Strange but true about Colorado Springs

[otowi]

That may be a fluke (MS) although Colorado does have a higher incidence rate than many other states. There seems to be a correlation between MS and higher latitudes, perhaps altitude also matters. There seems to be a relationship between MS and vitamin D deficiency. In short, no one knows.

[Sonic_Spork]

1.) Strange but true, page 2 of this thread is blocked from my work computer because of someone's reference to MJ. OooOOooo...naughty! lol (Entire threads on the subject have not been blocked in the past...silly software...)

2.) I don't know if this is a Springs thing or just...a thing. I've met an awful lot of people here who have the kind of disabilities that don't show. The whole "you look normal but you get a check and don't work" kind of thing. People who have a laundry list of diagnostics and may or may not have a "green card" but when invited, still are up for all kinds of recreational activity. I also knew a ton of people with these hidden ailments when I lived in WA. The strange part about it here in the Springs, is that there are a number of them who claim to have conservative politics and complain about entitlement and welfare recipients and laziness....while not working and collecting some form of disability and such. In other states these folks were self-described liberals or socialists.

I'm too polite to call them out on it, but it makes my right eyebrow quirk upwards involuntarily...

[YoYoSpin]

Originally Posted by Sonic_Spork

I'm too polite to call them out on it, but it makes my right eyebrow quirk upwards involuntarily...

I know exactly what you mean. There's a guy I bicycle with occasionally (30 - 40 mile rides) who has a Disabled Vet license plate and handicapped parking display on his SUV. He looks to be in excellent shape for a 60 plus year old, and brags about beating guys half his age at handball...retired military and very vocal with his right-leaning beliefs.

[StarrySkiesAbove]

I just posted this on the Shooks Run thread but since it is a little local trivia I'll post it here too. As far as street names in the central part of town ( the original old platting of the city that was done by General Palmer) the North and South streets were named after mountain ranges and the East and West streets after rivers.

[Sonic_Spork]

Originally Posted by YoYoSpin

I know exactly what you mean. There's a guy I bicycle with occasionally (30 - 40 mile rides) who has a Disabled Vet license plate and handicapped parking display on his SUV. He looks to be in excellent shape for a 60 plus year old, and brags about beating guys half his age at handball...retired military and very vocal with his right-leaning beliefs.

Yeah, I mean...I don't want to judge, and I don't think I'd question an "older" person (someone who could reasonably be retired anyways, especially if they put in a lot of years in the military or went to war)...but when I meet like 20-40 year olds, who really seem absolutely able-bodied and intelligent, no reason I can see why they couldn't work almost any kind of job, but they're getting by on some kind of program and yet complaining about single welfare mommas and whatever. It's weird.

On another note, being someone kinda new-ish to the state, I find it "strange but true" how the smoke from fires on the other side of the state can sure muck up the air here in the Springs. It was pretty astonishingly thick and funky on my drive home Friday towards Security-Widefield. I found it hard to believe there wasn't a closer fire kicking off all that smoke, and apparently I wasn't alone in that, since the first night last week when we got hit with the smoke real bad, 911 was inundated with calls about it.

[otowi]

I think a lot of those peoples with disabled plates have something like epilepsy or fibromyalgia.

I had ash on my car earlier this week from those fires - yeah the smoke can travel hundreds even thousands of miles. But then, I also remember having ash on our cars from Mt. St. Helens when it erupted so I'm not so surprised.

[StarrySkiesAbove]

Originally Posted by otowi

But then, I also remember having ash on our cars from Mt. St. Helens when it erupted so I'm not so surprised.

I remember that too!

[Sonic_Spork]

I was a little kid when that happened, I think...(Mt. St. Helens eruption)...

And as a teenager I was going through a trunk of stuff my Grandma had collected and there was a butter tub with a partially smudged label on the top, all I could make out was "Helen's ashes," and it was indeed full of ash.

I freaked out because I thought we had a tub full of a dead person's cremated remains sitting around...lol...Grandma explained and the family had a good laugh at me...