Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:35:03 -0500, 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.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Teton_National_Park

 
Very beautiful!

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

It can get chilly. I preferred to take car camping trips after Labor Day
when the kids were back in school and the traffic in the parks was down.
That doesn't work as well anymore since retirees have caught on. Anyway it
was mid-September and I decided to go through Grand Teton on my way home.

It was winding down for the season to the point there wasn't anybody to
give the campsite fee to. No problem. I had a three season sleeping bag
that had been adequate for years. I froze. I spent some time hanging
around in the restroom that was somewhat warmer. I bought a new bag when I
got home.

   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.

My ex is a Type 1 diabetic and never wanted to be too far from top tier
medical care. The plan worked well except for ultimately winding up
virtually under house arrest in NYC.

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

I don't think Idaho would welcome eastern Washington. David Eddings
eventually settled on the fantasy genre but his first book that ever got
published was set in Spokane where he had lived. The title is 'The
Losers'. He claimed the best thing about Spokane was the sewage treatment
plant that had been built for the '74 World's Fair.  Back in the '90s you
had to go to Spokane for much of a selection or stores like REI. I liked
the drive over but navigating Division St. sucks.

What you might think would be bucolic little towns attracted Hispanics to
work the crops and in their wake drugs and gangs.

https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/city/washington/yakima

It doesn't help that Canada brings in workers to pick the fruit in the
Okanagan Valley of BC and kicks them out when the season is over.