Colorado B.S. Thread

I did check the traffic cameras and it seems unreal.

 

Sorry if it’s a repost... Apparently it was a high speed chase.

https://www.kktv.com/content/news/P...crashing-in-southwest-Colorado-569088751.html

 

Nobody likes programmers anyway

 

FTFY

Can you link to a reputable news source for this?
Found one myself since the official Governor's website newsroom doesn't show it yet.
https://www.cpr.org/2020/03/25/polis-announces-statewide-stay-at-home-order/

 

Yeah, we're pretty happy about the return to quiet in the mountains, but we still have crazy drivers testing the top end of their pickups. See San Miguel Co.

 

That shit is crazy!!!
Talk about a death wish

 

So that's what the 937" million candle power lightbars are for.....

 

That and the loud stereos and RGB whip antennas on the RAZRs tearing around all night long when I camped at Rabbit Valley... Damn annoying people and that is free, dispersed BLM.

 

No joke! I'm not a programmer but a infrastructure guy that supports programmers and my work day is EXACTLY the same just with a better view!

 

They look to have a 1 piece rear driveshaft. Anyone on here?

 

Ya'll got me craving an Old Fashioned!

 

Except that for the majority of people life will go on just like always with going to work and getting shit done. I’ll still be out riding my motorcycle, hiking or fishing when I’m not going to work.

 

Whatchya got in the tin?

 

Doc Holiday sauce!

 

It’s true.

 

Sugar Cubes!

 

Got sent this today and thought it was a good one.

I talked to a man today, an 80+ year old man. I asked him if there was anything I can get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America. He simply smiled, looked away and said:

"Let me tell you what I need! I need to believe, at some point, this country my generation fought for .... I need to believe this nation we handed safely to our children and their children. I need to know this generation will quit being a bunch of sissies, that they respect what they've been given…that they've earned what others sacrificed for."

I wasn't sure where the conversation was going or if it was going anywhere at all. So, I just sat there, quietly observing and listening....

"You know, I was a little boy during WW II. Those were scary days. We didn't know if we were going to be speaking English, German or Japanese at the end of the war. There was no certainty, no guarantees like Americans enjoy today.

And no home went without sacrifice or loss. Every house, up and down every street, had someone in harm's way. Maybe their Daddy was a soldier, maybe their son was a sailor, and maybe it was an uncle. Sometimes it was the whole damn family...fathers, sons, uncles...

Having someone, you love, sent off to war..it wasn't less frightening than it is today. It was scary as Hell. If anything, it was more frightening. We didn't have battle front news. We didn't have email or cell phones. You sent them away and you hoped...you prayed. You may not hear from them for months, if ever. Sometimes a mother was getting her son's letters the same day Dad was comforting her over their child's death

And we sacrificed. You couldn't buy things. Everything was rationed. You were only allowed so much milk per month, only so much bread, toilet paper. EVERYTHING was restricted for the war effort. And what you weren't using, what you didn't need, things you threw away, they were saved and sorted for the war effort. My generation was the original recycling movement in America.

And we had viruses’ back then...serious viruses. Things like polio, measles, and such. It was nothing to walk to school and pass a house or two that was quarantined. We didn't shut down our schools. We didn't shut down our cities. We carried on, without masks, without hand sanitizer. And do you know what? We persevered. We overcame. We rallied around the flag for the war. Thick or thin, we were in it to win. And we would lose more boys in an hour of combat than we lose in entire wars today.”

He slowly looked away again. Maybe I even saw a small tear in the corner of his eye. Then he continued:

"Today's kids don't know sacrifice. They think a sacrifice is not having coverage on their phone while they freely drive across the country. Today's kids are selfish and spoiled. In my generation, we looked out for our elders. We helped out with single moms whose husbands were either at war or dead from war. Today's kids rush the store; buying everything they can...no concern for anyone but themselves. It's shameful the way Americans behave these days. None of them deserve the sacrifices their granddads made.

So, no I don't need anything. I appreciate your offer but, I know I've been through worse things than this virus. But maybe I should be asking you, what can I do to help you? Do you have enough pop to get through this, enough steak? Will you be able to survive with 213 channels on your TV?"

I smiled, fighting back a tear of my own..now humbled by a man in his 80's. All I could do was thank him for the history lesson, leave my number for emergency and leave with my ego firmly tucked in my rear.

I talked to a man today.... A real man....A real American man from an era long gone and forgotten. We will never understand the sacrifices. We will never fully earn their sacrifices. But we should work harder to learn about them...learn from them...to respect them.


Thought for today: Kids today think they have it tough. Seniors especially who should be graduating from high school are unsure of their future due to the current COVID-19 situation keeping them home. When kids graduated in 1965, they went off to Viet Nam.

 

Thank you