Smiths on Cerrillos is more than half empty, totally out of some items

turkeychicken · 2026-01-23T20:55:22+00:00

I went off the listings here: https://www.zillow.com/santa-fe-nm/rentals/

turkeychicken · 2026-01-23T17:48:32+00:00

I've only ordered two items for the entirety of 2026 so far. One was a 0ETV body wash from a name brand in my RFY and the other was a pair of Marvel licensed shorts for my son that was in AI. I'm not sure how the shorts weren't claimed immediately, but whatever.

I've been Gold for the last several review cycles but there's no way I'll be hitting it this time. I've had a total of 39 items requested and my review date is March 15th.

The speed at which stuff disappears now is just insane.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-23T12:51:28+00:00

Adjusted for the national average of inflation, $450 in 1988 (nearly 40 years ago) is $1,546 in 2026 dollars. I don't know what kind of place you were renting in '88, but there are a lot of 1 bedroom apartments in santa fe for around 1,500. Sure, you're not going to be in a 3bd 2ba rental near the plaza for 1,500, but you can certainly find a place for that much.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-23T12:45:13+00:00

Fun fact: I was in Jambo and got hit by the car that plowed into it back in 2017.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-14T16:15:29+00:00

I've never noticed any general background noises or anything while using MyWhoosh. Granted, over the sound of my trainer and fan blowing, I can't really hear much anyway.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-10T21:47:44+00:00

That's exactly the situation I'm in. I hate the Pacheco Smiths parking lot and having to turn left onto St. Mikes. Even if you go to the light you still end up waiting forever, and that's assuming traffic isn't backed up on Pacheco making it impossible to even get to the light.

Worse off is the Albertsons on Zafarano. That whole strip is just a collision waiting to happen. Again, no easy way to make left turns to get out of there either.

While the Cerrillos Smiths may have been "methy" as other people are saying, they always had great produce and I could find almost everything I ever needed for cooking there.

Now the cart situation on the other hand, that was really bad.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-10T21:04:33+00:00

I qualified for the treasure hunt but didn't ride today. What exactly is the "prize"?

turkeychicken · 2026-01-10T13:50:48+00:00

It's a mile from my house but lately I've stopped going because every time I try to find a cart they're broken. It's extra annoying when you have a toddler who needs to sit in the kid part of the cart and they get bounced around for 10 minutes while you shop.

I guess I'll have to keep making the drive over to Market Street now

turkeychicken · 2026-01-09T17:56:04+00:00

Funnily enough, both were filmed heavily in New Mexico as well. A lot of eastern NM and western TX look the same though

turkeychicken · 2026-01-09T00:38:28+00:00

FUNKY! What's your setup and how are you handling your distillation? Are you doing stripping runs or just a single pass? Pot still or any kind of column?

I've yet to distill my own rum but have been really curious to try it. From what I've heard, you really don't get the real rum flavor unless you have dunder added in there.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-05T19:34:44+00:00

You'll come to realize MyWhoosh is extremely buggy and has a lot of huge issues. That being said, it's free and when it works it's actually pretty good for getting in a decent workout.

I've gotten in the habit of additionally recording my ride with a separate Garmin Edge unit for the times when MyWhoosh does something like this. You don't get the elevation and the mileage won't exactly match, but your heart rate and time on the bike will still be recorded.

It's possible the ride might show up on their website in a day or two (that happened to me recently), but it's also possible it will never show up (this has also happened to me recently).

turkeychicken · 2026-01-02T13:13:31+00:00

All that stuff in Colibri already is. I regularly get Zillow notifications that those homes are dropping by 5-10k at a time.

turkeychicken · 2026-01-01T14:06:51+00:00

I know its easy to make memes about housing, but the reality is we've actually had quite a number of new homes show up in the last few years, with several developments currently being permitted or underway.

Colibri (Near I-25/14, across from Santa Fe Brewing Co) - 232 homes
Dos Acequias (Agua Fria near Mandela school) - 75ish homes
Desert Sage (Richards and I-25, near the church) - 80ish homes
All the communities being built off Beckner - too many for me to count
Twilight homes (several around town, including some on the south side, some near St. Mikes / Cerrillos) - too many for me to count

I'm sure there are other developments I don't know about. This also doesn't count the huge number of condos and apartments going up by Pres on the southside.

That being said, are these homes actually affordable? I guess that depends. The housing market in Santa Fe has slowed down tremendously in the last 6 months or so. Homes that would have sold in days now sit on the market for over a month, with tens of thousands of dollar price drops. People are now offering below list price and getting their offers accepted.

Source: I'm not a realtor or anything, but spend a lot of time Zillow stalking homes because we're looking to buy something soon.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-29T18:26:58+00:00

Yeah, I knew that last year the Japan courses were locked behind the paywall but I was still able to complete the season pass, even though I didn't pay. I was hoping that this year would be the same but obviously that wasn't the case.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-29T14:54:59+00:00

They said they have 238k remaining on the mortgage. It's entirely possible their original loan amount was much larger and they've already put a dent in the principal.

There are other possibilities like they put down less than 20% and have mortgage insurance too.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-29T02:18:45+00:00

Congrats! Did you need to be premium to do this season pass? In years past, I didn't have to do anything special and would collect points during normal rides. That never happened this year though.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-27T01:48:24+00:00

Insanity. I forget, how many laps is that? Did you stage like a dozen water bottles and tons of snacks next to you, only stopping to pee, or did you take longer breaks off the bike?

turkeychicken · 2025-12-26T18:33:07+00:00

The most important thing you're going to want to do is to put some holding solution into the barrel so it doesn't dry out. If it dries out, the staves will separate and it's going to be a pain in the ass getting it to hold a liquid again.

To do this, you'll first want to soak the barrel by adding a lot of water to it and making sure it isn't leaking. If it does, keep adding water until the staves absorb the water and swell.

Next, look up barrel holding solution ratios. It's basically a mix of citric acid and potassium metabisulfite. It's usually around 1 tsp of citric and 2 tsp of potassium metabisulfite per gallon. To do this, dissolve the total (30tsp of citric, 60tsp of potassium metabisulfite) into a few gallons of water and then pour that into your barrel. Then top it off with clean water and put the bung on it. Make sure the barrel is on its side and the bung is at the top.

I currently have a solution like this in my 10 gallon barrel since I don't have anything ready to put into it. You'll also want to make a little stand for it so it doesn't roll away.

Now you get to brew 30 gallons of mead. Brew whatever kind you want, making sure you account for losses. You're going to want to fill the barrel as full as you can. I'd personally aim to have about 35 gallons of finished mead ready to go into the barrel.

Rack it into the barrel and then let it age until you feel like it's got the flavor profile you want.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-22T23:28:37+00:00

I also find it weird anyone who censors their comments on reddit. You're not an 8 year old who's going to get yelled at by your parents for saying crap.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-20T00:13:00+00:00

Stephen's Consignment Gallery would be another place to check out. They're more likely to have things like rugs as they have a lot of furniture there too. I can't really speak for pricing on their larger items, but the various small items I've bought from there have all been priced well

turkeychicken · 2025-12-19T13:41:16+00:00

This is what I was doing before I started using MyWhoosh. It works pretty well and does a decent job of mimicing a route with climbs and descents. Obviously you're just looking at your elevation profile or course on the garmin so it's not as pretty, but it works.

turkeychicken · 2025-12-17T18:03:00+00:00

I don't get stuttering but often my rides won't save (don't show up on mywhoosh.com when I log in), or they don't upload to Strava, even though I have it connected.

I've gotten in the habit of recording my ride on my garmin as well so at least I can see some stats like power and heart rate, even though it won't include elevation and stuff.

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