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I just wanted to give a huge shout out to the library and their programming. I went to the watercolor drop in they had tonight, and it was so much fun. They have so much variety in their programming for all ages. I love them. I am so happy to support them. Please keep supporting them however you can. We are truly lucky to have such a great library system in our city!

Hi all! We are finally making progress on getting our planters set up. I know it’s super late in the season, but are there any foods that we could plant now in prep for next year or late fall/winter?

A little background, this is our first time trying a garden! We currently are growing herbs (oregano, basil, rosemary), and have another elevated planter box. Our ideal location gets a lot of morning to midday sun, then the sun goes behind our house around 1-2pm, but we can move it where it gets full sun all day.

Any good container friendly things that can have a late start?

Thanks for any tips!

I know this was mentioned a few times, but holy COW are they in superpower force this year. I probably knocked 60 of them off one of my bushes tonight - I wish that was an exaggeration.

I know people have mentioned things like beetle gone and there was another spray someone mentioned that helps but I can’t find that post now. Does anyone remember what it was? Started with a D I think.

Trying to keep our yard relatively healthy to slowly transition to native and xeriscaped, so is there a good non-toxic option so I don’t have to keep knocking them every night? They are truly relentless to my yard this year.

We moved into a home that had an old ADT keypad and stickers that said monitored by ADT, but no cameras and as far as we can tell, no left over sensors or anything.

We are considering installing home security; nothing fancy, no video doorbells or cameras. More just motion detection, break in detection type stuff.

Is it easiest to stick with ADT since the keypad is already here, or is it simple for new programming if we went with a different company?

Why did Sheldon Lake stop permitting swimming and boating after the pool opened? Is it actually unsafe to be in or was it more so the pool could be profitable? Does anyone know any more history about it?

I remember in college there was an organization that would pick up furniture and would furnish homes that for people that didn’t have much, like first home after living on the street, halfway homes, refugee/immigration resettlement, people who lost things in fires, etc.

Is there anything like that here? Or are we primarily Marketplace/thrift store for old furniture?

I don’t even remember how I found it back in college so I don’t know what I would start searching lol

Went to the aquarium for the first time today with our kids.

It is so laughably bad. And I haven’t even been to Monterey or any of the well known ones.

I have found great humor reading old threads about it. And I suppose I just wanted to let you know that yes, it’s still bad. So embarrassingly bad.

Here, let’s throw some river trout and carp into some brown water to highlight our states fish we can see in the rivers. Let’s put an octopus in a 6x6 tank with no room. Oh, and here’s some snakes and a tiger just because we can because we’re a crappy restaurant chain.

Honestly I feel embarrassed and ashamed to have even thrown money at it.

What a pathetic place lol

Hi all -

Happy to post in the general thread too if this is too specific of a question but I was looking for information regarding the differences between EU standard and US standard for car seats? We are in the US but traveling to Europe for a month with our (will be) 18 month old.

We want to have the car seat on the plane with us, but we will be using both US based and EU based airlines and I know there are different regulations, as well as mainly using trains with the possibility of a handful of short trips in a car (to and from hotel).

Are the differences in car seat regulations to be concerned about? Is rear facing as regulated in the EU as the US/could she theoretically do front facing if she meets height/weight requirements even if she’s below the recommend age threshold?

Mainly looking for the regulatory guidance of EU standards and/or traveling guidance in Europe since most of it will be trains and planes.

Hi all -

We almost got killed by an irresponsible driver up on Horsetooth Dam Road driving SB. It was a grey/black Nissan truck with 2 people in the car, seemingly a male driver and female passenger. There looked to be a fishing pole hanging in the back. They came around the bend going at least 60+ mph, fishtailed, nearly crashed into the cliff, overcorrected, and came barreling at us probably 75+ feet down the road before coming to a stop a few feet in front of us. We would’ve been down the cliff and floating in Horsetooth if you hit us. They turned around without so much as even checking on us, went down to Dixon Reservoir, and we saw them turning right at JJ’s to go back up the canyon.

BE AWARE and PLEASE REPORT if you think you see them. We’ve already called the cops to try and get them off the road. Unfortunately we didn’t get their plate, but it was a normal green Colorado plate.

To the lady in the white truck that stopped and made sure we were okay and said you have their license plate - thank you for being a kind human.

To the Nissan driver: fuck you, and I hope you get to spend the holiday in handcuffs. We had our baby with us. I don’t care about me, you almost killed our baby and I hope you never know a day of peace again.

I know the people that need to hear this don’t give a shit, but BE RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS. Please.

A family was almost killed today, and the people that almost killed us continued about their day as if nothing happened. I’ll be damned if they get away with causing another family that much fear and trauma.

Any recent updates with how Kaiser is doing in Fort Collins? I know they are primarily associated with Banner, but all of our doctors are with UC Health and we use marketplace Anthem.

Thinking of switching due to a job offer, but also not wanting to go through the hassle of finding new doctors and not sure how good the overall Kaiser coverage is in FC.

The only searches that have come up were pretty individual problems or questions. I’m looking for general information of coverage and how it compares to Anthem, if possible.

Thanks for any insight!

Hi community pals!

A friendly reminder that in person voting opened today and is open all week at the administrative building, and ballots are due *Tuesday, June 30*. If you’re MAILING your ballot, it’s recommended to have it sent by *TODAY*. Postmarked does not count, it has to be fully received!

You can drop off ballots for friends or family, but no more than *ten ballots can be delivered*.

I spilled coffee on my ballot (🫠), so I went to vote in person instead and it was super quick, and they were absolutely lovely.

I am not associated with anyone or anything, I am just an average person passionate about the civic duty of voting.

Grab a friend! Go vote! Enjoy a coffee or treat after!

Edit: fixed date mistake

Does anyone know when it’s supposed to be? All I have seen is “early next week”, which we all know in Avs terms may be month to month haha

But I am so desperate to know what injuries we have to be worried about as the rumor mill has been crazy.

Hi all,

I have been perusing different subs to see which would be most appropriate - so if it’s not here, I’m sorry and I’d love to be pointed in the right direction!

I picked up a signed piece of photography that looks similar to a photographer’s who work I already own, and it’s signed on the back, but Google has been unhelpful in trying to track it down. FWIW, it’s a photo of the black sand beach in Iceland. I was thinking it was a Hordur piece, but I’m not quite sure, and I haven’t found this specific piece anywhere on his public portfolio.

Would here/where would be the best place to post the piece & signature for help in identifying?

Has anyone tried them? I’m recently getting into hot yoga more (and I enjoy headbands in general as I hate hair in my face during practice), and noticed Yogitoes had headbands that seemingly may also be helpful in the sweaty sessions.

Any experience with them? Reviews are either stellar or abysmal, no in between which makes me question it.

God, please, someone help. I am so frustrated at people who record all their videos on HDR now, and anytime I scroll past on my iPhone, the videos automatically go up to the brightest possible level.

I have had auto-brightness both on and off, I know how to do reduce white point, but even then the videos will still be super bright. I’m really hoping there is an answer that’s not “you have to toggle something all the time” because it will literally be just scrolling IG or something simple and it hurts my eyes every time because the videos themselves will never be anything less than stupid bright.

Does this make sense? I feel like I’ve scoured the settings trying to find something and the options seem to be adjusting the brightness on my *phone*, but nothing that impacts the videos.

There are so many people who idle their cars for an excessive amount of time. We’re already struggling with ozone rating for the front range. Why do so many idle for so long? Of course, there are days that are super extreme temperatures. But today, for instance, I witnessed four cars sitting, idling, for *over an hour* while their kids were at practice when I was at the park. A very nice overcast day, windows could be down, sitting outside watching practice, etc. Same with school drop off lines, or waiting for school to be out. Why don’t people shut off their cars if they’re waiting? especially with fuel prices only getting higher - you’re burning fuel *and* contributing to the bad air quality.

I’m trying to come at this from curiosity as to why, and if we keep failing for ozone pollution from the national standard and the EPA, do you think it would be feasible for enforcement against long periods of idling?

There’s always so much conversation surrounding diesel vehicles contributing to pollution, or running AC unnecessarily, etc but I haven’t seen much discourse into idling, and I feel like that could be a significant contributor we’re overlooking.

Any thoughts?

Are any of the local indivisible organizers or groups planning anything for the May Day general strike? Have any businesses stated if they’re closing?