any members in Montana

anyone in Montreal or Quebec City?

@bjesien that's pretty far from New Haven, 3 hours? But if you ever go to New Haven, I would take you up on it. I used to have all my friends in MA, but they are slowly abandoning me.

I'm in Falmouth MA, not too far from New Haven. Much closer than Billings to Missoula MT.

any members near New Haven?

@thecarpathian no worries. That's a nice part of Connecticut, my favorite is Narragansett. (Yes, now I am renaming states, Gulf of the Woke....)

I will figure something out....

@grislybutter ,

Ah, that's a tough one grizz. I'm practically on the Rhode Island border so we're talking 80+ miles. I wouldn't mind the drive to help a testvér out, but I'm going full out at work starting tomorrow. I hope I'm not screwing up a good deal for you. Sorry, man. If it were closer I'd have been happy to check it out for you today.

@thecarpathian next to Waterbury

I'm back up in CT. @grislybutter , where is it at?

seriously.

@thecarpathian I am looking at 2 Simaudio amps. Are you in FL snd/or CT? That's where they are. Anyone in CT or FL?

Oh yeah, right--now you'e serious, @grislybutter . . . sure thing, man.  

You guys sure do unwind.the cocaine bear is funny cuz it's true  what's next.enjoy the music and do you need an amp to do it.how many? 

I am serious @immatthewj I need.an.amp!

Amps?  We don't need no stinking amps!

No dinner and dancing, no amp...

you people have the time of your life and I still don't have an amp. "Thanks" for all the help!

Sometimes I will watch something simply because I am fascinated by how bad it is

Same here! 🤣

Ah yes, the politics ruffled many a feather. But in fairness, at its heart the show is more old-school libertarian than anything else such as the sort that triggers a lot of folks these days. The broad Republican brush it was painted with wasn’t entirely fair, or accurate.

@devinplombier , I am quite familiar with how, in general, Montana leans politically. That truly has nothing to do with my dislike for that series.

The fact that it was the most-watched series in the US (despite being absolutely ignored by the media) goes to show that it was good at entertaining all kinds of folks in a very broad cross-section of modern America.

And I am pretty sure that in a previous post, or more than one previous post, I made the concession that I was in the clear minority on this one. I cannot explain why I watched as many episodes as I did before I stopped watching. Sometimes I will watch something simply because I am fascinated by how bad it is. I will also reluctantly confess that at one time in my life I watched professional "wrestling," and I think a fair comparison can be made between Yellowstone and professional "wrestling" except that there is probably more potential for serious accidental injury in professional "wrestling." The plot-lines/scripts are equally as ridiculous but the acting, in general, is probably a bit better on Yellowstone, so at least I’ll give them that much credit.

and the violence and body count and familial dysfunction are maybe a little bit exaggerated at times.

right there you completely lost me.

@immatthewj 

Feel free to read past my feeble attempt at facetiousness on to the rest of my post, which is where my point resided 

I was afraid to ask him for any...

I guess that might be like asking "does a cocaine bear $h!t in the woods?"

I was afraid to ask him for any...

He could be a real him about things.

Bummer, @thecarpathian   Did he used to have some pretty good $h!t?

@immatthewj ,

I can't check with him, after that scathing movie came out I'm not allowed to hang out with him anymore.

I have been to Montana, what natural beauty! Question; Is there a grizzly bear tax?

Check with the cocaine bear on that one, @thecarpathian .

@audioslave1970 ,

The exact property tax levied depends on the county in Montana the property is located in. Missoula County collects the highest property tax in Montana, levying an average of $2,176.00 (0.93% of median home value) yearly in property taxes, while Wibaux County has the lowest property tax in the state, collecting an average tax of $505.00 (0.84% of median home value) per year.

Do you know how crazy low that is compared to other states??! Plus you have property tax assistance and property tax rebates. Sounds like a great gig to me.

I have been to Montana, what natural beauty! Question; Is there a grizzly bear tax?

Helluva first post, @audioslave1970 .

I’m a 3rd generation proud Montanan. Montana has been ruined by out of staters & the ignorance they bring with them. Montana’s infrastructure was not ready for the growth spurt & people moving here are bringing their problems with them. Every state has their own issues……Murders, suicides, drugs and so on & to hear people say durogatory comments about MT is really disheartening without truly knowing the demographics here. Montanans can no longer afford to live here, Property Tax’s have gone through the roof. It amazes me how Hollywood romanticizes my State, shows like Yellowstone have ruined MT. Tourism & Agriculture are some of the biggest draws and we are grateful but as they say in MT “Welcome to MT but please get the F**K out!”

disagreeing with someone far more articulate than one, and a much better writer to boot, is a bit of a fool’s errand

Which is why in most cases I would never embarrass myself by daring to disagree with you on a public forum, @devinplombier , but

and the violence and body count and familial dysfunction are maybe a little bit exaggerated at times.

right there you completely lost me.

Look, I know that disagreeing with someone far more articulate than one, and a much better writer to boot, is a bit of a fool’s errand but whatcha gonna do?

@immatthewj et al

I think your characterization of Yellowstone is biased and somewhat unfair. It has no pretense of being an accurate or sensitive portrayal of rural life, and the violence and body count and familial dysfunction are maybe a little bit exaggerated at times.

Yellowstone is a soap / drama that aims to entertain, and in my opinion it does that pretty well. Kind of like Succession, but with cows. Also, it marks perhaps the only time in Kevin Costner’s lengthy career that he could pass himself as a pretty good actor, and that’s something I guess.

Ah yes, the politics ruffled many a feather. But in fairness, at its heart the show is more old-school libertarian than anything else such as the sort that triggers a lot of folks these days. The broad Republican brush it was painted with wasn’t entirely fair, or accurate.

Yellowstone is not the Sopranos, or even Breaking Bad. It’s pulpy TV, and pretty good pulpy TV at that. The fact that it was the most-watched series in the US (despite being absolutely ignored by the media) goes to show that it was good at entertaining all kinds of folks in a very broad cross-section of modern America.

You're an interesting guy, @mark200mph ...

Along that line of grizzly bears.i do at least one griz bear malling a year.there an all nighter.the fish and game dude when I gave him nasal spray he gave me a can of bear mace told me it was his nasal spray for the bear.3 choppers 1 jet two national parks and alot of international patients.most of which can't read the don't feed the animal signs.a few bison and elk, mouse ,encounters non of which had a teddy on.enjoy the music and stay away from furry critters.

Wasn’t he the guy who lived on an old bus until they ate him?

Talk about Meals on Wheels, Alaska style...

@thecarpathian , I think you might be confusing the one I mentioned with another one. Emile Hirsch played the role of a young man (theoretically a true story) who went off to Alaska and was surviving off the land and found an old deserted bus to live in, but he ate some plants that were not edible and from his writings that were recovered when he was found, that is what apparently killed him.

Into The Wild

As far as The Grizzly Man, I don’t think he was living in a bus; I think he was just camping out in various places and interacting freely (rather recklessly) with the grizzlies (because he felt he had a friendly relationship with them) but when the bears got hungry, they did, in fact, eat him.

A grizzly bear walks into a bar, bartender asks, "What can I get you?"

Grizzly bear says, "I’ll have a rum.................and coke."

It wasn’t The Cocaine Bear, was it?

@thecarpathian I don't care if I am not clever or interesting. I WANT TO BE THE FUNNIEST!

You've got stiff competition there, @grislybutter .

@thecarpathian I don't care if I am not clever or interesting. I WANT TO BE THE FUNNIEST!

"It is NOT about @grislybutter ."

So it’s clever and interesting...😁

A grizzly bear walks into a bar, bartender asks, "What can I get you?"

Grizzly bear says, "I’ll have a rum.................and coke."

Bartender says, "Sure, but why the long pause?"

Grizzly bear looks down and says, "I don’t know, everyone in my family has them."

Wasn't he the guy who lived on an old bus until they ate him?

Talk about Meals on Wheels, Alaska style...

On the honeymoon, would the grizzly wear a teddy?

Ha ha!  No pun intended?  Well, @thecarpathian , I doubt it, but you be the judge:

night of the grizzlies

on that subject, did you ever see that documentary, Grizzly Man?  It is NOT about @grislybutter .  He thought he was on pretty good terms with grizzly bears up in Alaska, but I guess he was wrong.  It makes for interesting viewing.

Grizzly Man

On the honeymoon, would the grizzly wear a teddy?

A River Runs Through It was supposed to be set in the Missoula.  The Horse Whisper was supposed to be set somewhere in Montana.  Legends of The Fall was supposed to be set someplace in Montana.  None of these are on my personal list of favorite movies, and none of them are as action packed as Yellowstone, but I find all of them way more watchable because they are actually believable.  

And I'll quickly add Jeremiah Johnson to that list (I remembered that one and the character Will Geer played a little bit after reading the grizzly bear posts).  

That's nhp not NHL gotta love ai.

That's nhp not NHL gotta love ai.

Great discussion on reasonable and prudant.watch the world's fastest Indian where the NHL pulls him over. Also look up the silver state classic road challenge and Nevada open road challenge.i currently  have  2 mopar one i got to race an f16.enjoy the music cuz the mopar has nice hifi.

Anyway, the impression I got from a Dodge forum that I frequent is that the daytime speed limit is still 80 on the interstate and US highways.

Oops! Too late to edit, but as I thought about what I typed,  I got that part a bit wrong, and a google confirmed it:

daytime AND night time on interstate is 80 mph

daytime on two lane highways (not just US highways) is 70 mph, and night time on those highways is 65 mph.

Is it true that in Montana you can legally marry a grizzly bear?

The honeymoon would probably be a short one, @thecarpathian .

@mark200mph , Montana resisted, but sometime in the mid seventies, right before I got my driver’s license, they went from R&P to 55 mph, but yes, the way they protested that was by issuing only a $5 fine for daytime (not night time) speeding on the highway. Then sometime in the ’90s they went back to R&P, but what basically happened was that someone fought a speeding ticket after the MHP ticketed him because they (the MHP) decided that he (the speeder) was going faster than what is "reasonable & prudent." I don’t know what all legally happened on the way to the Montana Supreme Court, but they (the court) decided that they would fix that by once again doing away with "R&P." At that point the daytime speed limit on interstate and US highways went down to 75 mph. The second to the last time I was through Montana to start cleaning my Dad’s house out was in the spring of ’16 and at that time the daytime limit was up to 80 mph. I came up over a hill on I-15 somewhere south of the Marias river at 86 mph (at least that’s what the backwards facing radar said) and on the other side of the hill there was a state trooper dawdling along in the left lane and I got on the brakes as hard as I could, but I still blew right by him. He gave me a warning ticket, but he told me that for him, "80 means 80." And he wasn’t crazy about 80, because of the "increased fatals" they were seeing." He told me I was "a long way from home" (out of state plates and all) and asked me where I was going: I told him, and he said, "Well, you are almost home, so slow down."

Anyway, the impression I got from a Dodge forum that I frequent is that the daytime speed limit is still 80 on the interstate and US highways. Some member from Montana was trying to say that R&P was done away with the second time due to "federal overreach." I posted back that I didn’t know how he figured the Montana Supreme Court is "federal overreach," but he never got back to me on that one. (Some folks out there consider just about everything that happens as some form of "federal overreach.")

I would have gone i like a good day trip.montana had reasonal and prudent speed limit with a 5$ waisted fule tax back in the day .don't ask me how I know.the corvette needs a good run.enjoy the music.i did alot of trauma from patients in the lower montana.lots of big furry critters hitting the cars.one said it was big foot but it could have been his head traUma .enjoy life stay healthy.

the accountant is travelling to the countryside. 

He stops for a break and notices a shepherd with his flock of sheep. 

He starts conversing with the him and offers him a bet. 

"If I tell you how many sheep you have, will you give me one?"

"Yes, if you will pick one yourself."

The accountant looks around, he sees 100s of them but quickly comes up with "231"

"Yes" - says the shepherd. "Now you can choose one." The accountant spends a long time choosing and finally points at one. 

"OK" says the shepherd, one more bet?

"Yes"

"If I guess your profession, I get the sheep back?"

"Sure"

"Accountant?"

"Yes! How did you know?"

"You picked the ugliest one."

When I was in Missoula in the early 90's one of the members of Pearl Jam had a place just outside of town. It was a real popular place with the college ladies. As if competitions wasn't tough already, maybe that pushed the animal husbandry laws  over the top. 4 left feet, lol.

Yes, but you have to take them for dinner and dancing first...

For those who can't dance that well, I suggest finding one with 4 left feet.

@thecarpathian that's new to me. I thought it was semi legal with sheep.