Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

On 12/22/24 5:09 PM, D wrote:

  On Sun, 22 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:
 

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:55:57 +0100, D wrote:
 

Montana is on the list! Someone suggested that we might like eastern
Oregon. Someone suggested Wyoming, but that maybe is too flat?

 Much of Wyoming is high prairie. There are signs on I-80 when you cross
the Continental Divide but it's hard to discern exactly where it might
be.  You hit mountain ranges in the west including the Tetons. Even
Yellowstone, while definitely worth visiting, is mostly flat, at least the
more accessible parts.. Grand Teton NP is at the southern border of
Yellowstone and is where the fun begins.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton_National_Park

 Very beautiful!

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 Also very COLD ... and when age gives you
 medical issues, maybe TOO FAR from top-
 notch facilities.

Only cold below -25 C scares me. That's one advantage of having grown up in northern europe. ;) I'm not saying I like cold, I don't, but it doesn't bother me that much.
Sadly though, my wife does not like overly warm climates. I would be perfectly happy in florida or texas, but that is waaaay too warm for her. So northern US it is.

 In my youth I often thought about moving to
 Alaska - even bought a .375 H&H for bears.
 NOW I don't wanna be more than 30 minutes from
 the docs and hospitals Just In Case.

Who hasn't ever thought about moving to alaska? I too, have a dream about a small, remote, off grid cottage, where local trading is a thing, and where income taxes are a thing of the past. ;)
All fun and games, until you cut yourself and the wound gets infected. ;)

 .375 ... imagine a light 12-ga shotgun with
 3" mags - NOT pleasant to fire ! You do it
 only IF something large and furry is about
 to eat you  :-)

I've heard squirrels in alaska are very aggressive!

The Bighorns are another spur, but not as dramatic as the Tetons.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighorn_Mountains
 That page has a nice relief map for reference.
 Eastern Oregon is also pretty flat high desert until you get to the
Cascades.

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 That along with east Wash, esp with Trump, is likely to
 become "Greater Idaho". The locals HATE the Wokies for
 good reasons.

This is what I would count on! ;)

 The re-distribution of the original Texas territory
 sets the legal precedents.
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