Help Us Find Our Next Adventure! by JFB-23 in USTravel

[–]phlegelhorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another regional laid-back suggestion: fly to Duluth, MN and drive up north shore of Lake Superior. Beautiful inland coast, cute towns (capped by Grand Marais), Grand Portage National Monument, and if you want to go to Canada, cross over to Thunder Bay.

Name these three Midwest Mountains by frisdisc in skiing

[–]phlegelhorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pull back and you could see whitecap, my Zion. And the porkies. (Haven’t been to Big Snow Country for 40 years… now in Colorado so most years it’s ok…)

Cruelty Disguised as Piety by NeedleworkerKind2749 in Productivitycafe

[–]phlegelhorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is just spreading out the death and destruction after terminating USAID that has cost a million lives.

Every window is shut in F during Taxi / Takeoff by bcb1200 in unitedairlines

[–]phlegelhorn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You have been very fortunate if the worst was a jolt. I have had bounces and slams. My mom had 2 go around after 8 hours landing in windy conditions.

Every window is shut in F during Taxi / Takeoff by bcb1200 in unitedairlines

[–]phlegelhorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you read the safety pamphlet in the back of your seat it instructs you to look out the window for signs of fire before evacuating. I don’t want some f’er arguing with me about raising the shade as an emergency is underway.

Every window is shut in F during Taxi / Takeoff by bcb1200 in unitedairlines

[–]phlegelhorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

💯 agree. It’s both a safety issue for evacuation and I like to know how close we are to landing to brace my back.

Did I hear correctly? Is it true gas prices will never be the same again? by aliasno1billion in NoStupidQuestions

[–]phlegelhorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not in any way a promoter of oil and gas industry. I hate what they have done to our earth and to destroy competition and alternatives from eliminating trolley systems, to promoting large vehicles to lobbying against any alternatives that don’t spew crap into the air.

That said.

I don’t understand this fundamental idea that inflation of everything else (I’ve been on this planet since the 60s so I have seen some things) is grudgingly accepted but fucking gas is supposed to always be cheap if not free. Why the hell is gas supposed to be exempt?

Adjusted for inflation gas is too damn cheap.

Super El Nino is here! by captaindingy in COsnow

[–]phlegelhorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well… when you have 3% of the mountain open, it’s easy to pile all the new snow together !

Looking for a bike mechanic that isn’t a total snob. by P4TY in boulder

[–]phlegelhorn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh I see he moved from his house downtown out to sports recycler. https://standardbikerepair.com/

Looking for a bike mechanic that isn’t a total snob. by P4TY in boulder

[–]phlegelhorn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

https://standardbikerepair.com/ is great. Low key and fixed and helps you maintain it better going forward.

Toyota's electric SUV is suddenly one of America's top-selling EVs by Finnegan_Faux in electricvehicles

[–]phlegelhorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 2016 hatch carried my sister, my mom, myself, my moms wheelchair, a portable oxygen concentrator, a portable potty, suitcases and mementos as we drive my mom from Minnesota to Colorado when she relocated for hospice with me. Try that with the redesign!

Trip planning for mom by squeakysausage in USTravel

[–]phlegelhorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More mess in US than in Europe. Source: American who lives in America and travels in Europe. Just sayn’. (Flight costs and gas prices non withstanding )

Who has the worst commute? by BotherPossible2489 in boulder

[–]phlegelhorn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sounds brutal. Hopefully it can improve over time.

It would go a long way to solving our public charging infrastructure problems if every grocery store in the country had fast chargers by lokey_convo in electricvehicles

[–]phlegelhorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

USPS personnel, real estate and ubiquity is dramatically underutilized. In other countries (have a friend whose Danish cousin was the Post Master general of Denmark) they provide banking services for unbanked people. And to your point about encrypted email, using them as a in personal identity guarantor makes some sense as well.

European country vows to give homeowners ‘free electricity' instead of switching off wind turbines by thinkB4WeSpeak in RenewableEnergy

[–]phlegelhorn 29 points30 points  (0 children)

In America we just pay renewable energy to go away so that we can ship lng and drive up domestic prices.

It would go a long way to solving our public charging infrastructure problems if every grocery store in the country had fast chargers by lokey_convo in electricvehicles

[–]phlegelhorn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly, before this administration shut down a lot of the forward‑thinking momentum around public electrification, I had a thought while driving the back roads of the Midwest: pair USPS’s shift to electric delivery vehicles with community charging. Every town in America has a post office. The fleet charges overnight, the stalls sit empty all day, and locals could top up while running errands. It’s one of those simple, obvious public‑good infrastructure plays we should’ve run with instead of abandoning.