A little Humor - How to know you're from Colorado

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 4, 2008 4:27 PM MST Comment 82 comments

98% of Americans will scream before going into a ditch on a slippery road. The other 2% are from Colorado and say "Hold my pop and watch this"
You eat ice cream in the winter
It snows 5 inches and you don't expect school to be canceled
You wear flip flops every day of the year regardless of temperature
You have no accent at all but can hear other people's and you make fun of them
"Humid" is over 25%
Your sense of direction is: Toward the Mountains and Away from the Mountains
You say "Interstate" and everyone knows which one
You think May is a totally normal month for a blizzard
You buy flowers to set out on Mother's Day but try to hold off planting them until just before Father's Day
You grew up planning your Halloween costume around your coat
You know what the Continental Divide is
You don't think Coors beer is that big of a deal
You went to Casa Bonita as a kid (and as an adult)
You've gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such purposes
You always know the elevation of where you are
You wake up to a beautiful 80 degree day and wonder if it's going to snow tomorrow
You don't care if some company named it, the Broncos still play at Mile High
Everybody wears jeans to church
You actually know that South Park is a real place and not just a TV show
You know what a Trust Fund Hippy is and that its natural habitat is Boulder
You call it Elitch's, not Six Flags
A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you
Your two favorite teams are the Broncos and whoever is kicking the crap out of the faders
When people out East tell you their state has mountains to, you just laugh
You go anywhere else on the planet and the air feels "sticky" and the sky is no longer blue

I can also personally add going out to get the paper in bare feet when there is snow on the ground.

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lmao...

You’ve gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such purposes
Try a Mercury Sable(Ford Taurus)

Mile High will NEVER Die!!!

by rynoz71 on Nov 4, 2008 4:34 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

1969 Ford Fairlane 500

Although in all reality it was in New Mexico that it happened, but was licensed in Colorado.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 4, 2008 5:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Or a

1985 Nissan Stanza!

by Jezru on Nov 5, 2008 4:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

That was awesome. When the news reports here in SD that there is going to be snow in the mountains it pertains to 4000’. HA I say, I grew up in high elevation than that. When It rains here to me its nothing I tell these people try driving on black ice (no not the new AC/DC CD). That was the best Desert.

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 4, 2008 5:18 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Might want to add, seeing snow on July 4th, not that uncommon

I can remember going over Bertha pass and it was snowing on the 4th of July.

May also want to add, can drive in snow with two wheel drive car better than out of state 4-wheel drive owner. Always loved first real snow, then you would wait till aboot 8:30 am to go into work (driving my fairlane with no heater) and see all the California and Texas transplants in the ditch with their 4WD Navigators and such.

Also add, you know why there is a plug outlet coming out of the front of our car, when I moved to New Mexico, the mechanics were fascinated with the concept of a raidiator heater.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 4, 2008 5:37 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

My father recently brought his parents truck down from South Dakota (the real SD) and it has a radiator/block heater installed. I told people it was to charge his electric car and some of them actually believed it

by Sneaky Sean on Nov 5, 2008 7:58 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I have to plug my F-250 in

here in the high desert of California during the winters as it can get down to single digits at times.

It’s not really needed for the diesel, but it does get the heater working faster!

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

"I love your analysis of our team. Its kinda like watching a spider monkey trying to figure out a jar of peanuts.. you know whats going on.. you know whats in there, but to actually figure it out, is just a bit beyond your mental skills..."
- Bronco Dano

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 9:55 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

In my teen years

I lived between Denver and Castle Rock with an awesome view of Denver. We would sit out on our deck on the 4th and watch all the fireworks shows all over the city.

There were at least two times where we got snowed on!

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 9:53 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like you lived out near Daniels Park?

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 5, 2008 10:30 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Surrey Ridge

Exit 191 off I-25

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:32 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

We could see Daniels Park from our house

the buffalo as well.

Spent lots of time at Daniels Park as a youngster.

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:33 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I still think that is the best view in Colorado, love coming down by the Buffalo and seeing Denver

But kind of sad to see all the houses in highlands ranch now.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 5, 2008 12:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Our place actually backed up to Phipps Ranch (which was sold to develop Highlands Ranch right after we bought the land). Luckily, the bedrock was too close to the surface to build the tract homes in our backyard (we had to blast out rock to set our foundation).

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

4th of July

I lived at 9200 feet for about 6 years. I always told folks that our growing season was 4th of July weekend.Then it snowed on the 4th, 3 years running. Wussy man, I went down to Denver foothills

Fullbacks Rule

by Emmett Smith on Nov 5, 2008 10:35 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

My Dad lived up in Grandby for about two years and the saying up there, you have two seasons, Winter and July

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 5, 2008 12:31 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Two wheeling in snow

May also want to add, can drive in snow with two wheel drive car better than out of state 4-wheel drive owner.

I learned to drive in Colorado, in the snow and the mud and the crud, in a 61 Chevy with a 3 speed stick and a six cylinder. In December, 1969, I was stationed at Fort Ord, California, and took off in late December to head to Colorado. At the start of the pass east of San Francisco (where California borders Nevada – forget the name) they State Patrol blocked the road and wouldn’t let you go on without chains. Tthere was about 6 inches of snow on the road already. I went up the exit ramp and down the entrance ramp and kept going. My only problem was all the California slugs with chains that kept getting in my way. The trick is to keep your speed up.

War is behavior with its roots in the primal sea: eat whatever you touch, or it will eat you. John Fowles.

by bradley on Nov 5, 2008 12:37 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Very true

Oregon is the same way, but the problem here is they don’t know how to plow the roads, they just pack the snow, so it becomes an ice rink and then you are SOL if you don’t have chains. I have only lost control twice, once was in a blizzard in my Fairlane coming up I-25 south of Pueblo and I hit some black ice, did a 720 and managed to back into a snow bank on the frontage road and still made it out of there without chains or any help, and this past year in Oregon where I was in a no chain zone and they had not plowed the road well and since there are tall tree right next to the road the snow melted in the day and then froze in the afternoon and again was black ice and backed into a snow bank on the other side of the road, that one I had to chain up for 100 miles to get home, that was horrid. It is amazing, I really had no fear driving any pass in Colorado or New Mexico, but Oregon is really scary.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 5, 2008 12:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

'76 Vega Wagon

I was driving by Mile High on the Monday night game against Green Bay when we had the two fumble recoveries for TDs to start the game in my ’76 Vega Wagon (with very little weight on the rear wheels). By the time I got home, there was about 8 inches of snow on the road (plows never got to our neighborhood until after it stopped) and I ended having to make some insane runs at the hills to get up to our house (fishtailing all the way). I got really good at driving sideways (it was the only way to keep up momentum).

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:51 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I drove a Volvo wagon in college.

lol

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Nov 10, 2008 1:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Living in San Diego

my first year, I was getting ready to drive home to Denver for Christmas but they closed I-15 at Cajon Pass (goes from LA to the high desert) because there was a couple inches of slush on the road! After a day, they had the CHP escort groups of vehicles over the pass.

My roommate at the time was from the Springs and said that we should just run the roadblock and see if the CHP could keep up with us!

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, Colorado must have already been hit by Global Warming!

In Alaska, the roads are hard to differentiate from the ditches, so we don’t technically go in the ditch very often.

I was 34 years old before I ever heard of a “snow day”, during which school would be closed. I was in New Mexico and was asked what we did back home on a snow day. It was such a foreign concept I had to ask what a “snow day” was.

Global warming has been harsh to Alaska, here in anchorage we just finished our coldest October on record, which followed our coldest summer on record, My theory is that the elevated temperatures at the equator are forming a vacuum and pulling our hot (?) air south.

Note to all Broncos fans: Please stop Global Warming, I want my garden to come to life before July next year. Thank you.

by Arctic Bronco on Nov 4, 2008 6:36 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

road/ditches

I drove on a road for the first time in six years about a month ago. I’ve been driving boats for so long that I was worried that I had forgotten all the rules of the road and such.

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Nov 4, 2008 9:04 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Did you turn off your crab lights when there was oncoming traffic?

Did you honk when passing on the port side?

by Arctic Bronco on Nov 4, 2008 9:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

FuNnY!

"It tastes like burning" - Ralph Wiggum

" I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T!" - Homer Simpson

by Rockies17 on Nov 4, 2008 6:59 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Let's here it for Casa Bonita and Elitches!!!

Memories of my childhood!

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. - William Penn

Tom Arnold, of Fox Sports Net's Best Damn Sports Show Period, said this about Warren Sapp: "Hey, Warren, the Raiders signed you to a seven-year deal. I guess Bill Callahan was right --- they are the dumbest team in America."

by Philistine21 on Nov 4, 2008 7:42 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Especially the old Elitch Gardens

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 4, 2008 9:42 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Remember the Gum Tree?

I think it was the line for the old log ride… sigh…

by Jezru on Nov 5, 2008 4:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I do, man that was ages ago

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 5, 2008 4:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Mountains in Va.

I once went rootin in a Datsun B210 in the “mountains” of Virginia. Dude we were like at 3,000 feet. It was sick dude.

I don't believe we can win every game, just the next one. - Lou Holtz
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.-Bill Gates

by orangeblood on Nov 5, 2008 5:37 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Cold

As Carlsbad goes into ‘autumn’, I nearly pulled a rib when herself first said,

“Watch out, it’s cold today.”

First season away from it, and I truly miss the indescribable blue of the autmn sky and the scent of the woods I lived next to

Fullbacks Rule

by Emmett Smith on Nov 5, 2008 10:33 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

After living in San Diego for 6 years after college

I got transferred to the Springs and brought my wife (who grew up in San Diego). She adapted pretty quickly. There was one morning when the radio said it was -20 and she didn’t even flinch and said it didn’t feel any colder that zero!

Of course once you get below zero it doesn’t really matter, it’s just cold.

Now that I’m in the desert the opposite has happened. Once it gets above 110 it doesn’t really matter (but it is a dry heat).

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:37 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I remember reading somewhere

that the human faculty for cold sensation hits a plateau around -10 to -20. It all feels exactly the same. And then the ‘nodes’ or whatever that are doing the registering kick in again around -40, where it is noticeably colder again. This is also the point at which they start getting damaged, so that is probably why you can feel them then…

The coldest I have had to deal with was around -60, where a sneeze freezes in front of your face with cracking sound. It is all pretty awesome, being the warm thing in a cold place.

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Nov 5, 2008 3:55 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

That's going in my quotes.

I’ve been saving quotes since the late 70’s, and

It is all pretty awesome, being the warm thing in a cold place.

is going in. How do you want me to credit it? Styg?

War is behavior with its roots in the primal sea: eat whatever you touch, or it will eat you. John Fowles.

by bradley on Nov 5, 2008 4:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I am honored! Credit it to Jeremy if you must credit it, though… the story behind the Styg moniker is a long one and best left to MHR Broncocon 2009…are you going to be able to make it to the gathering?

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Nov 5, 2008 7:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Okay, done

Did you get the Quotes I sent?

War is behavior with its roots in the primal sea: eat whatever you touch, or it will eat you. John Fowles.

by bradley on Nov 5, 2008 7:54 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Almost all of those points could apply to Calgary too.

My only question is, do you guys know what a block heater is? The guy from Alaska likely does. :D

It’s nice to see that our weather is so similar, I could easily make the transition to life down there.

by CalgaryFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:26 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Yes, I know what it is.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 5, 2008 12:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I should rephrase the question

I’m just wondering if they are used in Denver/Colorado.

by CalgaryFan on Nov 5, 2008 12:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Used to be a lot, but now with newer cars and heated garages, you don't see them that much

Used to be standard equipment in the 70’s and early 80’s when you bought a car in Denver, but they started getting phased out in the 90’s.

"Me fail english, that unpossible" - Ralph Wiggum

by Broncoman on Nov 5, 2008 12:50 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

YUP AND ALSO IN MICHIGAN BACK THEN.

by metalman5050 on Nov 5, 2008 6:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

It's not really cold enough in the metro area...

…for engine block heaters. Now up in the hills, that’s a different story.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 6, 2008 4:47 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

In the worst parts of alaska

block heaters aren’t enough, and you just have to leave the truck running full time, even the diesels. Guys gas up their vehicles the same way they would load up their wood stoves, once in the morning, once at night…

Mountains, forest, sea: these render man fierce, but yet do not destroy the man.

by Jeremy Bolander on Nov 5, 2008 3:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

My wife's father frequently stays in Calgary for work...

and he says Calgary is just like Denver was 25 years ago. I want to come up for the Stampede one of these years.

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:34 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

"like Denver was 25 years ago"..

He means that in a good way!

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:35 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

No offense taken :D

The best part about the Stampede are the chuck wagon races, they are a lot of fun.

by CalgaryFan on Nov 6, 2008 9:12 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

how about:

-you know of every single Mexican food restaurant within 2 miles of home and work
-you classify Mexican restaurants solely based on Green Chile quality and spiciness
-you say the word “Elway” at least 7 times a week
-you never wash your car
-you always run red lights
-you don’t use your blinker

I love being from Denver

by super7 on Nov 5, 2008 1:04 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Blinkers in LA

are a signal to the person in the other lane that there is an opening that needs to be closed up!

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 1:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Casa Bonita! lol

They have the best entertainment in the world! lol

by broncoboy on Nov 5, 2008 2:46 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

and the worst food (make sure you don't have plans the next day).

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

except for the sopapillas!

The only reason to eat any food there…

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 6, 2008 9:05 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah i know

that place is gross

by broncoboy on Nov 6, 2008 10:18 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Their cheese enchildas don't even qualify as Mexican food.

The kids love the high divers though.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 6, 2008 4:48 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

That gorilla made me cry when I was 3

I still hate that thing. haha

"You play to win the game!"- Herm Edwards

by broncoboy on Nov 6, 2008 4:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I never saw the gorilla. DAMN!

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 6, 2008 5:09 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to add to the list.

We have more bald guys with pony tails than any other place on Earth.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 5, 2008 3:46 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Two More!

You’ve trick or treated with your costume over your heavy winter coat, moon boots, knitted cap in several inches of snow.

You’ve had to move your Easter Egg hunt indoors because of snow.

by Jezru on Nov 5, 2008 4:50 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Pop?

One other thing: Growing up in Colorado we called it Soda. Not pop. Maybe it’s a Denver thing, and it could be different outside the city/suburb limits… When I briefly lived in Nebraska it was so weird hearing them ask if I wanted a “pop”. A what? Hell no and the Huskers suck! (and they did! bless you Bill Callahan)

by Jezru on Nov 5, 2008 4:55 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

when I was a lad

it was pop. By that was a long time ago. I havent heard it called pop since well the late 80’s

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 5, 2008 5:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I always called it pop

My cousins from Michigan would always call it soda and we always thought they were talking about Soda Water (which my dad drank with his J&B Scotch).

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 5, 2008 5:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Ditto. It is pop. Nobody from here calls it soda.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 6, 2008 4:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I still call it POP

but I guess its because I grew up in Mich. Now i’m in Tn after six years in Denver and the craziest thing down here is every one calls everything a Coke. They will say, “Hey, you want a coke? Yes. What flavor? Well, just give me a Dr Pepper Coke if you don’t mind!” Watz up with that?

by metalman5050 on Nov 5, 2008 6:08 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

By the way DBF, very funny stuff and YES, I too have gone out to get the paper barefoot in Denver.

by metalman5050 on Nov 5, 2008 6:10 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I have too

especially in the dead of winter.

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 5, 2008 6:14 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

VERY FUNNY STUFF MAN, THANX!

by metalman5050 on Nov 5, 2008 6:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I figure...

…if my dog can do it, so can I. But I put my boots on for longer treks.

War is behavior with its roots in the primal sea: eat whatever you touch, or it will eat you. John Fowles.

by bradley on Nov 5, 2008 7:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing's funnier...

Than watching someone leaping from iceless place to icelessless place in their bathrobe and bare feet to get the paper.

by Jezru on Nov 6, 2008 11:21 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

There was no leaping on my part

I just walked right up to the paper and left my bare foot prints in the snow as evidence!

"It's all over Fat Man" - Tom Jackson to John Madden 1977 AFC Championship Game

by DesertBroncoFan on Nov 6, 2008 12:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

The snow isn't so bad on bare feet.

It’s the ice. Your feet can stick to it.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 6, 2008 4:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Awesome post

That was great stuff. Living in south florida it’s nice to get a taste of the Rockies.

by Steve O' on Nov 5, 2008 5:21 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

You know you're from Colorado when you know how to say Colorado!

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:19 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

CORRECTLY!

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:21 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

exactally

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 6, 2008 11:44 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

How do you say Colorado correctly??

can you sound-spell it out?

by RiG on Nov 10, 2008 7:17 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You know you're from Colorado...

…when you can tell somebody is from if somebody is from Texas or California based on how they ski (and drive).

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:26 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

wow...let me try that again!

…when you can tell somebody is from Texas or California based on how they ski (and drive).

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:27 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You know you're from Colorado...

…when you know that there is only one thing that can cause a blunder like that and you’re wondering if you should have some yourself. ;-)

GO BRONCOS!!!

by UnarmingMermaid on Nov 5, 2008 9:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Drive. Living in this god forsaken welfare loving crap hole I can relate to the driving

somethings wrong, Trying to conquer these fears i thought were gone. And it's been so long, I'm dying to live in a world i don't belong

by broncfanstuckinsd on Nov 6, 2008 11:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

You can tell if someone is from Texas.

Dead animals have skid marks in front of them in the road. Dead Texans don’t.

(Just a joke folks).

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Nov 10, 2008 2:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Northern California

Moved from Arvada in early 90s. Learned that a “big windstorm” meant 20 mph winds. Cold as hell meant 59 degrees. One day the phone started ringing off the hook at 7 am – it had snowed about a 1/4 inch & wife’s relatives wanted to make sure we saw it before it melted…sure miss the old days, green chile too hot to handle, Bronco bars all over, even I-70 in blizzard conditions in my Chevette. Great Post!

"Be not like dumb-driven cattle...."

by jcps on Nov 6, 2008 2:12 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Love that green chili!

Just hot enough to make your eyes water and your nose run. Then you wash it down with hot coffee, or better yet, an ice cold beer.

If this be Hell, let us make the most of it!

by Trinidad Jack on Nov 6, 2008 4:44 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

"Cold as Hell"

I never understood why people say that

by RiG on Nov 10, 2008 8:24 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

In Indiana "chili" is something with meat and beans.

In Colorado “chili” is precedeeded by “red” or “green” and is something you might find with Heuvos Rancheros. God, I miss the real Mexican food out there. (I miss chili reljanos [sp?]).

I can’t wait for the MHR-CON. I’m going to load up on Colorado food. I miss the great restaraunts in the Springs (Red Top and their giant burgers, 39 cent Burger Stand, Fargo’s Pizza, B.F. Goodribs, The Broadmoor, and that Italian restaraunt with the double decker bus out front where they sing opera).

"Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep" Defoe

by Steve Nichols on Nov 10, 2008 2:17 PM MST reply actions 0 recs