Spotify or Pandora? Life in rural, mountainous New England...

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LOL. 1-post JONG asking for an F&F code.

Not really how this place works....build up some cred by posting stoke, then you can ask....

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Saturday and Sunday felt like the good old days at Magic. No crowds, meeting up with good friends on the hill and yes, the skiing was pretty damn good for the first weekend in December....

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For those that know why, this was a pretty big deal...I got to ski Magic's WROD (it was excellent snow BTW) for 2 hours on Saturday and 2 hours on Sunday. For now, 2 hours is about the most I can do so I'll be tethered to Magic but fingers crossed that life is improving enough for me to travel a little...

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I posted that very early on in that thread's life. Glad to see it's finally where it belongs....

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There's some Darwin at work right there.

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Similar experience with the Ridgeline...well designed but poorly executed. Ours was also the last MY with the 6-speed transmission that was notorious for blowing up at 60K miles so we traded it in at 50K for an Odyssey. Best vehicle move we've made in a while (except, of course, buying our 2017 M-B...

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I'm totally guessing on this but that area is already extensively skied. My guess is, they won't develop it any more than it already is (brush thinning) but buying the land that is for sale will preserve access to that area. In simpler terms, it's to keep some douche from [insert your most disliked...

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My experience in Yurp is pretty dated...I lived there from 1988-1992. We took one ski vacation as a family in Austria. I skied with my 2.5 year old in a backpack carrier but our 5-month old stayed with a babysitter for half-days (which is about all I could handle with an extra 30 pounds on my back)....

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My brother lived in Columbus, OH for 6 years. He said it was the most boring place he'd ever lived (he's lived in more places than me and that's saying something). He thought Kansas City was hopping compared to OH-IO...

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Haven't been in years but take a look at AirBnB/VRBO. We used to stay in the same condo year after year. Could ski to the door and had to walk up a slight incline for 50 yards to get on a connector that took us straight to the Super Bee. Kinda between east and central villages. I remember it being...

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I chatted with them and told them I wasn't paying their rate for shitty reception. They(the AI bot?) didn't care. $34.99 per car or nothing....

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The satellites are geostationary. They "hover" over the Pacific Ocean. The further away you are, the lower the angle. I know it seems impossible but any time I have trees or hills (what we call mountains) to the SW of where I am, I lose the signal. It's happened on every car I've owned (Acura,...

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This probably belongs in the Padded Room. See the Official Upstate NY thread for reference.

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So...I had Serius/XM because I bought a used Mercedes and somehow that came with free 90 days and then $9.99/month. About a year later, I bought a Honda minivan and it also came with free S/XM for 90 days and somehow after that expired, they gave me both cars for $9.99/month. Earlier this month, S/XM...

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^ LULZ....they'll sell 2 each to the 37 regular posters in this thread. Better off buying a lottery ticket.

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Casual Patriots fan here...Josh looked the like year 1 Josh last night. It's pretty obvious (at least to me) that Pagula hasn't wanted to spend any money in a while. Their receiving corps is a faint shadow of what it once was and their O-line is pretty bad. I know Houston's D is good but that was a...

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You wanna talk depreciation? That's M-B's middle name. I grabbed my 2017 E400 (still had the rear facing seats) with 51K miles for under $32K out the door in late 2023. The only option it didn't come with was the heated steering wheel (originally sold in California). The sticker was still in the glove...

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About 2 months before I retired from the Army, I got sent to Dallas to preview the Special Ops variant of the V-22 and how the bubbas in the back could actually see the full sensor suite the guys up front could see. Turns out the Air Force project manager for that program was the cousin of a very close...

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The new thread is live. Cat started it.

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Subscribed. Hoping for a better year (personally) than last year. See you kooks out on the hills.