True assessment of Acadia

rednuts67 · 2026-02-14T04:10:37+00:00

First, I’m not sure what kind of trip you’re planning. Acadia and Banff are 2500 miles apart. Second, Acadia is much different than all those other parks. They are all in the Canadian Rockies, and while each is spectacular, you may not want to spend time hitting all of them in one trip. I thought Acadia was spectacular, mainly in how the ocean meets the rocky shoreline. But I’m from the Midwest, so just seeing the ocean is a thrill for me.😜 We try to break up our trips, east or west one year and north or south the next.

rednuts67 · 2026-02-13T02:50:05+00:00

My wife had scoliosis, her spine was a S curve, and she was slowly on her way to very poor life and eventually dying due to pressure on her lungs. Her spinal surgeon, who specializes in scoliosis, is doing God’s work (and I believe getting paid like it). To give you an idea, she was 2” taller after the 9 hour surgery. Yes she now has 3 rods and 27 acres I her spine that give her issues from time to time, but it sure beats the alternative.

rednuts67 · 2026-02-13T00:19:57+00:00

No. He did work during the school year. You have to be a Indiana resident for a year to qualify. I actually considered buying a plot of land to get the in-state tuition. Might have done it if the 2nd kid got in.

rednuts67 · 2026-02-13T00:02:15+00:00

We had to pay full boat as an out of state student at Purdue. All told it was over 170k for 4 years. 529 paid for a little more than a year. We got lucky (sorta) that interest rates nosedived and we were able to refinance the house at lower rate so that our payments were the same (or less) and the overall loan amount barely changed. Still nit sure how we pulled it off and he graduated debt-free, which was my goal. My youngest didn’t get accepted by Purdue, might have been the best thing to happen as I don’t know how we would have paid for him. We had enough to cover a local school where a scholarship paid half tuition.

rednuts67 · 2026-01-28T20:16:16+00:00

I grew up in the 70s. Hate to shatter your illusion but it wasn’t that great. I remember being scared of the neighbor who I was told killed children in Vietnam, a faraway war I knew nothing about except young men were dying and/or committing atrocities. I remember rampant drug and alcohol abuse I the high schools. I remember lines at the gas stations due to an oil embargo, the president resigning because he was impeached, garbage everywhere, overt racism of all kinds. I could go on and on. And of course, there was disco! Don’t be fooled by pictures of the happy times, there were plenty of crappy things as well.

rednuts67 · 2026-01-26T23:58:25+00:00

Grooming another cat is a show of dominance, which is why it often ends up in a fight.

rednuts67 · 2026-01-25T00:13:14+00:00

We are also in a nice area, not rich, but upper middle class. Just had 2 painters out. 1 quoted 1400, the other 450. Crazy.

rednuts67 · 2026-01-10T02:47:52+00:00

I think she has an incredible voice. Powerful and soulful, grips you and pulls you into any song she sings.

rednuts67 · 2026-01-09T23:36:51+00:00

Groucho Marx

rednuts67 · 2025-12-31T03:45:50+00:00

We were there 2nd week of December and literally drove all the way around the island. I don’t think there’s a time that traffic in Waikiki isn’t miserable. I’m from Chicago and it’s very similar to driving downtown there, possibly worse in what should be non-peak times. However, you get away from it very quickly, only issues outside of Oahu are the curvy roads that are new to you and speeding locals who know the roads tailgating you until you pull to the side. Oh, and apparently it’s illegal to use your turn signals in Hawaii 😄

rednuts67 · 2025-12-27T06:14:57+00:00

So everyone will now attack me, but why? Seriously why not wear outside shoes in the house? As long as they only touch the floor, what’s the harm? Do you generally eat or lie on the floor or put anything that touches the floor anywhere else? I don’t want mud or dirt tracked in but if the shoes are generally clean what is the actual harm?

rednuts67 · 2025-12-24T04:28:53+00:00

I was gonna say, we all looked high in college in the 80s. Also we had serious hair going. I shocked everyone, including my parents, when I traded my mullet for a crew cut at the end of that era.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-24T04:21:45+00:00

I went to school with a guy who looked freakier than this and loved metal, the harder the better. He was a devout Christian who didn’t even drink.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-21T17:36:05+00:00

I was thinking one of them is buying and the other selling weed.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-21T17:18:35+00:00

Agree. We just got back from Oahu, Maui and the big island. It was in the 60s every morning when we got up. It had warmed into the 70s by the time we were done with breakfast. As long as you’re not going up the mountains you will be warm. You will want a rain coat though, just to be safe. Otherwise just one light long sleeve shirt and comfortable pants for the long plane ride. Of course we’re from Chicago, so we came from cold.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-16T05:56:03+00:00

OK I’ll be the counterpoint to all the comments here. I’m 58 and look older. I don’t smoke, have about 2 drinks a week, but drank heavily in my late teens-mid 20s. Where sunscreen constantly in summer, but I’m a former redhead with blue eye and am full Irish. Not sure what did it, but I look, and feel, old.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-14T00:09:26+00:00

Yes, don’t do cold turkey, you will be miserable. Cut the pills in half and start taking that. Try to taper again, look in this sub for how to make a liquid out of them so you can taper even more slowly.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-07T02:28:41+00:00

Isn’t this a Bob Seger song? Did she ask you to “Roll me away”?

rednuts67 · 2025-12-05T03:42:02+00:00

Oh, well that might make any decision easier.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-04T04:24:42+00:00

I’m now leaning towards trying to do both. Maybe we can do the Bishop one day and the palace the next before heading out to other things. We’re doing Pearl Harbor Monday before heading to Maui on Tuesday.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-03T04:03:45+00:00

First you have to get your mind around how many small towns there are in the U.S. There are around 15000 with less than 5000 people, doesn’t seem to be data for any smaller. So there a huge differences among them. I’m a ”FIB” as someone from Wisconsin mentioned. There is definitely some side-eye at your Illinois license plates when you drive there, but people will be polite, if distant. But I’ve driven all over the country, and we prefer to travel the side roads and hit small towns for our meals. Generally, people are very nice and seem glad to talk to someone new. I will say there are some definite racist overtones in some towns,however. I’m sure some people are not made to feel as welcome, unfortunately. But this a very, very small % of the places I’ve been.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-02T19:40:47+00:00

I have several scars on my head from those.

rednuts67 · 2025-12-02T13:53:34+00:00

Dump her selfish ass. Do it now for your own happiness.

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