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Coming from Monument to visit the park. How’s the wildfire smoke in the area? It’s really smoky down here because of the Aspen Acres fire so we are looking to escape.

Is there a self service bicycle shop here in the springs?

So a couple of months ago I brought my Tundra into the dealership for an oil change. What should have taken an hour, maybe an hour and a half took almost 4 hours! I was very unhappy. My service advisor told me that the technician was having problems with the oil filter. I just shook my head, paid for the service and went on my way. I checked the oil when I got back to my apartment and it was almost full. I work from home so I don’t drive that much. I just noticed oil dripping from the bottom here today and went and checked and there is no oil in the motor!! I am beyond pissed off right now. I did have a couple of trips about 45 minutes away at the end of April/beginning of May and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. I just called the same dealership and they are coming to get it with a tow truck. My question is whether or not they will admit to their mistake two months after the oil change? Also, could there be damage to my motor from the little bit of driving I did with possibly very little oil in the engine? What should I do at this point?

Where is the longest stretch of paved bike trail in this town? I got a road bike so I don’t want to hit any gravel on it.

I have a question for seasoned utility estimators. When you do your takeoffs do you use all the same color for each utility such as storm, water and sanitary? For instance, storm is all green, water is all blue, sanitary is all orange? I have been using different colors for each different type of pipe and/or structure and it doesn’t matter if it’s storm, water or sanitary. My buddy says it should all match APWA colors so all storm should be green, etc. I understand but find it difficult to distinguish between pipe types, etc.

Anyone know the best place to donate National Geographic magazines on the north side?

How do I make authentic taco meat (beef) without adding the gringo seasoning packet? I just made some but it just has no flavor and tastes bad.

I have Chronic Pain due to several autoimmune diseases. Sometimes I get neuropathy in my feet and it’s worse than most of my other pain. It drives me crazy and I take off my shoes no matter where I’m at and start itching and massaging them but nothing works unless I put my foot on an ice pack. Anyone else have this problem? If so, how do you handle it?

I’m craving a pulled pork sandwich with slaw. Where am I going to get the best one?

I’m watching a movie right now that I really like and the actor is one of the best Gen X actors I know of and like a lot. Would like to see if he is mentioned. Go!

Edit: So I was watching True Romance and was thinking of Christian Slater, however based on many replies as well as my own thoughts, John Cusack and Winona Ryder as well as Robert Downey Jr probably had more movies and success. Slater was just cool as shit! Cusack a little goofy but also a really cool dude! I was always in love with Winona!

Thanks everyone for all your comments and you all have mentioned several other great Gen X actors! I miss being young! Long live Gen X!!

I keep seeing these ads for this leaf spring suspension system popping up on my feed and wondering if anyone has used this and how has it helped?

roadactivesuspension.com

I have a 2019 Tundra with a short lift and 34” tires and even when I’m not towing my trailer it gets very bouncy at times. This system says it helps with that but I’m not familiar with it. Thoughts?

So I went into my local dealer yesterday and sat on a Tdub for the first time because I am thinking about getting one. My honest first thoughts were that the seat is too hard and the handlebars are too low. I’m sure there are riser kits for the bars and aftermarket seats that are softer. Can anyone make some suggestions with links to good products?

I live in a new apartment complex on the north side of the Springs. This past weekend there were police officers coming in and out of my building and walking around outside. Sunday morning they were out with drones. I didn’t know what the hell was going on and didn’t feel like bothering them while they were working to ask. Next thing I know there is a El Paso county coroners truck outside and they wheeled in a gurney. Turns out a guy on the third floor shot himself Friday night. He was late 30s and did deliveries for Door Dash, etc. This incident really affected me because I watched them wheel out his lifeless body. His neighbor is my friend and a bullet came through his wall. All I can think about is how so many people are struggling right now! Also, how the apartment complex doesnt send out a message like, Hey folks, we lost one of our residents to suicide and we just wanted to let you know if your ever struggling mentally and need to talk to call this number or whatever. They haven’t said a damn thing and I heard this has happened here twice before. Is it normal for them to not gaf?

Edit: I fully understand that the apartment complex is under no obligation to provide any information to anyone nor has the right to share the fact that someone died. It’s just that this is the third suicide in this complex in less than a year. That’s unsettling. I may have wrote that in an emotional response, I realize that.