Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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DinkinFlicka said:
Hiya!

Lived in Denver for a spell. Visit ColoSprings often. I think living there would be fantastic. I have a good friend there and he says his basement apartment is always open to me so that might be my next stop after freeloading in Austin.

I would look into Littleton. The light rail system provides quick, ample access to all the bigger towns in western Colorado so I would argue to go that route versus being in the larger hubs as far as the walking distance argument.
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Beautiful, thanks! Was not aware of light rail out there. We love trains in general.
 
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gcbvol said:
Is Ouray somewhat close to Gunnison?
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I'll go ahead and answer this, no it's not that close. Ouray is in a box canyon south of telluride and north of Silverton and Durango close to the 4 corners. I've driven through Taos, very nice. Have you looked at flagstaff, I've been there about 10 times. One of my top 5 western towns, 25 miles north of Sedona.
 
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gcbvol said:
Any folks here spent a lot of time in Colorado? It's our number one state to consider our retirement home base. Wondering if there are any recommendations of towns to check out?
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Grand Vol said:
I spent 10 years there from 97-07 in Colorado Springs. I originally thought it might make a good retirement area too, but got too dang expensive.

But if money isn't an issue, I'd suggest one of the towns past the Front Range. I loved the area out near Gunnison though I'll let you know getting near an airport or "civilization" won't be an easy trip.

Avoid Pueblo.

Not a big fan of Denver myself.

I loved the Springs and feel like it's probably the best area to get to the rest of the State.
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It was a long time ago; but when we lived in Denver for about a year (Lowery AFB), the place just seemed not right. The local kids in school just weren't like other places. When the first school shooting took place, I wasn't surprised. I grew up mostly in the south, but even Maine seemed more normal than Denver.
 
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AM64 said:
It was a long time ago; but when we lived in Denver for about a year (Lowery AFB), the place just seemed not right. The local kids in school just weren't like other places. When the first school shooting took place, I wasn't surprised. I grew up mostly in the south, but even Maine seemed more normal than Denver.
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Altitude maybe?
 
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marcusluvsvols said:


^^^ what matters. What other company would do this? With no naming rights?..

Yall wanna do that math?

105 scholarship players...20 million bucks?!?

Almost $200k EACH PLAYER if divided equally

Welcome to the soon to be National Champions Tennessee Vols.
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Is that just football players or the whole athlete "Collective"?
 
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Sitting in Reno airport. Tahoe vacation is over.

Tahoe is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. Hiked in the mountains and spend a half day at the beach all in the same location. Incredible weather, absolutely perfect. Got to kayak on the lake, too.

We will be coming back.
 
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McDad said:
Sitting in Reno airport. Tahoe vacation is over.

Tahoe is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. Hiked in the mountains and spend a half day at the beach all in the same location. Incredible weather, absolutely perfect. Got to kayak on the lake, too.

We will be coming back.
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Was the water cold?
 
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gcbvol said:
Is Ouray somewhat close to Gunnison?
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As the crow flies? Lol sure.

One thing to learn about Colorado is the mountains sometimes double the time to go between one place and another. Relatively speaking, it's only a hundred miles or so. Driving? Is like 2.5 hours.

Beautiful country up there though.
 
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McDad said:
Sitting in Reno airport. Tahoe vacation is over.

Tahoe is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. Hiked in the mountains and spend a half day at the beach all in the same location. Incredible weather, absolutely perfect. Got to kayak on the lake, too.

We will be coming back.
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Nobody in their right mind believes you did any kind of physical activity like hiking.

Probably got banned from Lake Tahoe after splish-splashing in your speedo.
 
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Vol since 77 said:
Might be interested if you decide tonpart with some of it down the road. That's one of our "possible retirement places".
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I don’t plan to hang on to all of it forever, but I have no immediate plans to sell any at this moment, maybe in a couple of years if and when I decide to fully retire.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Nobody in their right mind believes you did any kind of physical activity like hiking.

Probably got banned from Lake Tahoe after splish-splashing in your speedo.
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By "hiking" of course I mean walking to the fridge from the sofa in the condo to get more ice cream.
 
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