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There's a book that tries to explain why Seattle is Seattle, and ABQ is ABQ: The New Geography of Jobs

The author makes a good point that well educated or highly motivated tech workers have a lot of mobility. And if those workers want to work in a specific technology area, they tend to move to where the notable clusters of that work are. (Software in Seattle or Boston, Space in CA or CO, et cetera.)

Plus in NM's case, we see that when a company shuts its doors here or if there is a recession, people looking for tech work (since SNL and KAFB can't hire everyone) end up having to leave. There's just not a whole lot here compared to Austin, Phoenix or Denver. (I am an engineer who moved here, BTW.)

Then again, maybe that's a selling point to certain people (like me): "Albuquerque: It's not Austin or Phoenix or Denver."

According to this link Gale Martin became Gale Martin Waddell. Further googling shows she passed away in 2019. Gale was married to a Richard Waddell and had a son Robert Waddell and a daughter Donna Waddell.

Hope this helps!

The worst part is usually getting the inner door panel off. If you choose to go the DIY route, get something like this to make your life soooo much easier.

Okay. Let's try something new for you. Read a book.
Now, not just any book. This one is called <u>The Coming of the Third Reich</u> by Richard Evans.

It's a bit more complex than 'See Spot Run' but if you work at it I think you might be able to handle it.

When you are done, go ahead and make a list of every difference between Hitler's brownshirt asshole and Trump's MAGA hat assholes.

Hint. It'll be a small list, with the 'nationalism', 'mindless devotion to a cult leader', 'scapegoating foreigners (Jews for Hitler, Mexicans for Trump), 'disdain for intelligence', 'political violence', 'claims of fraud, etc. etc etc.

Hell. I'll make it easy for you. Just list all the differences between Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch and the Trump Capital Building Insurrection.

You can live on that level of income, but it will be tight. You may be able to get a studio apartment (I saw one on craigslist for $475/mo utilities & internet included, but they seemed very picky about renters) and quite a few around $600. You might be better off finding a room to rent, but that can be very hit and miss.

Beyond that, if you don't have a car, you can get by very cheaply for everything else. Make sure you buy food in bulk and don't eat out very often. There is also a food bank that gives away food (either a grocery bag full or a cart full) once a month to anyone who comes, no questions asked. I don't know the details, but maybe someone else on here will know.

>the odds are so stacked against me

The odds aren't stacked against you. You're in a touch situation and you will have setbacks, but you can get through this. When things look bleak, remember with $12k/yr income, you are in the top 10% of earners in the world.

Head over to /r/frugal and /r/personalfinance for help figuring out a budget that will let you start moving forward.

The constitution requires explanations to accompany vetoed bills. If this, or any future governor follows this law as written in the constitution (as EVERY one has up to this point), there is no loophole. No ambiguity. No exploitable gray area.

For Android users, there are IMSI detector application you can run to detect and defeat these sorts of devices.

The two most well known apps are AIMSICD. and Cell Spy Catcher.

This is also why it's important to not use SMS for text messaging as those are easily intercepted and parsed. Better to use a mobile messaging app with full end to end encryption like Google Hangouts or whatever your preference is.

An ISS pass is a pretty common event. Its orbit ensures that it will pass over at at pretty regular intervals. But many passes are frequently not visible or occur at low angles.

What is unique about this pass is that it is nearly overhead and occurs right around sunset. The station will be visible for a comparatively long time and will still be brilliantly illuminated in full sunlight just as we're getting dark down here on earth.

It will be a pretty spectacular sight. Just look to the northwest sky starting at 6:46pm. As it appears, it will become by far the brightest object in the sky and appear as a steadily moving bright unblinking light travelling nearly vertically across the sky. Venus might be a tad brighter, but it will be very low in the southwest sky about to set as this pass happens.

For tracking the pass in real time, I like the Heavens Above app.

As an amateur radio operator, I sometimes also like to try and communicate with the ISS during good passes like this. That station is equipped with a packet data repeater that allows for the sending and receiving of short messages, and from time to time, the astronauts themselves are even active on voice communications.

I don't have a dog but your question made me wonder and I found these. Compostable bags.

A truly enlightened atheist will be the first to admit that they have zero absolute proof that God does not exist. Have you listened to or read Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris or Dennett? Check out The podcast Waking Up by Sam Harris or The Atheist Experience. Good stuff!

If you have a cell phone, you might try using the ABQRIDEtix (ios/ android) app. It does have a minimum purchase of $4 (so you have to buy 4 single rides or 2 day passes minimum) but you can just keep the others around and activate them when you need them.

My mother is an agent for Farmers. She mentioned some recent rate increases across auto providers due to an increase in healthcare costs.

Just did some google and found this on Consumer Reports. Sorry for the link as I am on mobile. http://www.consumerreports.org/car-insurance/car-insurance-rates-are-going-up/

Being that rate increase occur on renewals, these would hit at different times for insured drivers.

New Mexico also has a large amount of uninsured motorist, while it may not have increased, we do have a high premium for it.

I can only hope I would be as cool and calm as this guy in a life threatening situation like that.

Also, here's the following hour of scanner audio, starting with when the officer was shot and the ensuing manhunt, condensed down to about 20 minutes after dead air is removed.

TL; DR: CityLink is a poorly managed operation sitting on a gold mine of fiber optic cable.

CityLink is managed by John Brown [1], an erratic individual with a colorful past. [2] I am good friends with an individual who was in charge of organizing the New Mexico Tech Fiesta last year. One person contacted John Brown about the possibility of providing further bandwidth options for the Tech Fiesta. After further evaluating the situation, it was determined that additional bandwidth was not needed at the venue and the final word was "thanks, but no thanks." John Brown then attempted a lawsuit for breach of contract. There was no verbal or written agreement with CityLink. That's right. John Brown was suing over a contract that does not exist. The Tech Fiesta stood their ground and CityLink backed down.

I live and work downtown well within the reach of CityLink fiber. CityLink's fiber network, from what I can discern, is very comprehensive and, if correctly leveraged, could be promoted and deployed at the warp speed such has been seen with Google Fiber in Kansas City. But it's not. I personally have had the same experience as CaptainBurritoPants. I have received a lot of hype from them, but when it comes to actually deploying service and giving them my hard earned cash, CityLink won't say a peep.

Unfortunately, I would have to advise against any business with CityLink until the current situation changes. They have an excellent network with enormous potential held back by lackluster management and company structure.

REFERENCES 1) John Brown | LinkedIn 2) City Didn't Check Into Provider

Yumm! Thanks! FYI, if you need a little more flavor, we always use the Knorr Bullion Cubes(Chicken or Beef) in our Chile dishes. My husbands grandmother owned a well renowned New Mexican restaurant and that was her tip for us. According to her, it MUST be the cubes.

There's a meetup group that people use, trek and performance bike lead Saturday rides, there's some club in rio rancho, and the [New Mexico touring society](nmts.org) leads rides every day.

I ride with NMTS. The average age of the groups is pretty old, but many of them are biking animals. One fast guy leads crest rides every week. One slow guy has biked the trans-AM multiple times and has over 250k miles on the bike. It's a pretty diverse group. The strava club is only used by a few of the members, but gives an idea of what kind of riding they do.

Edit: get tubes with sealant in them now! Or go tubeless. Do something, anything before you meet your first goathead!

I use a Thinkware F750 with rear camera attachment. Quite pleased with it. You can get front camera and rear attachment here in town at Best Buy or on Amazon. Has on board GPS plus other nifty features like lane departure and forward collision warnings. It also has a speed camera database. We got rid of our cameras years ago, but I got to watch the feature in action when I was in Phoenix a few weeks ago, and it works very well, with an audible distance callout.

If that's too rich for your blood, the Rexing V1 is an excellent alternative.

I very highly recommend front AND rear facing cameras.

Mine has already come in quite useful. It captured this carwash mishap.

I have not been in any actual accidents yet, but the sheer amount of stupidity on the roads is staggering.

I second this. If you're OK with a private room (instead of a whole house to yourself), you can find a place for a fraction of the price of even the cheapest hotel. Just a quick search turns up this one - convenient location plus off-street parking for $30.

I don't think it's really fair to compare small-to-medium sized metros with huge ones. Tucson, a city similar in size and demographics to ABQ, ranked 85th.

In any case, here's where we didn't score so well "New Mexico’s largest city was in the bottom 10th percentile in jobless-rate improvement and payroll growth, and it ranked next to last in personal-income growth."

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bottom-10-lack-of-businesses-says-it-all-2015-05-12?page=3

The rankings are also based on rank-ordered data, and that doesn't tell you the magnitude of any differences between metros.

Since no one's answered his question, I will. The cut off for subsidies in Obamacare is $63,720 a year (total household income and married). So if you made more than that last year (or this year) you will need to buy private health insurance. Now, if you are not married to your baby's momma and she makes under $47,080 - she will qualify for Obamacare too. If she makes under $16,394 then she qualifies for Medicaid (free)... again, assuming you two aren't married.

https://www.healthcare.gov/lower-costs/qualifying-for-lower-costs/

Here is a document from 2012 that proposed amendments to our zoning code to account for short term rentals, but in the end this is what they said about it: > "Staff recommends that the issue be studied further and that alternative approaches be considered. Staff > recommends that a recommendation of denial of the amendments, as written, be forwarded to the City Council."

It's worded that way because I think they wanted to ban short term rentals completely, which they correctly suggested would be harmful for tourism. Here's the document in all its legalese glory: https://www.cabq.gov/planning/documents/EPC100162012EPC400567shorttermrentals.pdf

This is AirBNB's information, which is very vague: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/961/what-regulations-apply-to-my-city

Your best bet is to find other AirBNB hosts and ask them what their experience has been.

There is some CityLink fiber in downtown Pretty sure Humble Coffee has access to it, but I'm not sure if it's governed. Maybe /u/archibot can chime in?

Note: Hellmans mayo = East Coast. Best Foods = West Coast. Same exact item. You'll hit your head against a wall looking for Hellmans.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/food-products-with-different-brand-names_n_1250304

Also, Smith's loyalty gives 10 cents off a gallon of gas for each $100 you spend.

Weird I was just going to ask the same question. My buddy told me that Three Guns is clear up to embudo, and gets snowy and muddy beyond that.

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Here's a post from 6 days ago that says it's still snowy: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-mexico/la-luz-trail

How about Unser to Paseo del Volcan (the Santa Ana Star Center turnoff) to 550 through Bernalillo. I've taken it before and once you're past Northern Meadows, the traffic isn't bad and there's only one stoplight between the Star Center and 550. It's a few miles longer, but it'll probably feel faster.

Anyhow, since you're leaving after 7, the I-25 traffic shouldn't be completely horrid. It's the 5-6 am traffic that's bad, if I remember correctly.

Also, have you used Waze? The Albuquerque users are pretty good about reporting slowdowns. You can check the traffic before you leave and make your route decision then.

12-20mbps down/768kbps up is a pretty standard speed for CenturyLink in most neighborhoods. You're only going to see faster speeds if you live in a newer development.

I used to live in Four Hills and had 12mbps service, later upgraded to 20mbps, with 768kbps up. But that's a rather old neighborhood, I moved a stones throw away to Volterra, and now I have 50mbps down/and 20mbps up because it's a new house with modern cat 5 wiring to a nearby fiber node.

However, I usually don't see the full 50mbps download I'm provisioned for. Speeds closer to 40mbps are more typical.

The current maximum speed offered by CL in ABQ for residential DSL service is 60mbps down/20mbps up, and only in a select few areas.

Comcast, by contrast, offers speeds up to 105/20 anywhere in town. And that's a soft cap, speeds will be faster than that if the capacity is available on the node. I typically see speeds in excess of 150mbps and up to 40mbps upload at times.

I have both services coming into the house, so I can A/B compare them. Both have proven to be equally reliable, but Comcast wins on the speed front by a large margin. I recommend that whatever service you use, use your own customer provided equipment, the stuff they give out is generally pretty terrible and is the cause of most issues and the need to actually have to interact with them.

Welcome!

Ignore the haters. I was a hater once too, then I left Albuquerque and my god I couldn't wait to get back. Albuquerque has its problems but a lot of people don't know how good they have it here.

If you camp, there's good spots in the Jemez.

If you hike, there's hiking just about everywhere.

If you'd like an unofficial guide, check out 100 Things To Do In Albuquerque Before You Die - https://www.amazon.com/100-Things-Albuquerque-Before-You/dp/1681061430. Please note that while I've pasted the Amazon link, you would do better to buy it at Page One or any of the other local book stores.

That's that was a fun rabbit hole to go down. Mysterious New Mexico: Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment is the name of his book.

Sure.

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I have a 64GB card for the front since it's 1440P and a 32 for the back (I have a slightly older 720P model). They both get about 3 days of record time or about 5 hours of driving.

The quality's actually significantly better than what Youtube shows, it was good enough to get the license plate off the car.

(Edit - I agree with everyone else, Downtown is gonna be the spot)

Depending on what kind of group you guys are, how about sharing an AirBnb? If that's not your vibe, Hotel Blue and Hotel Andaluz are both situated in prime downtown territory.

I suggest Duel Brewery for interesting beer, easy accessible Downtown location, and an awesome upstairs patio. And for your breakfast the next morning, Cocina Azul, excellent walkable NM cuisine! If you're not familiar with NM chile, get ready to treat. yo. self. I usually get the green chile stew; my husband gets the chicken fried steak with green chile gravy. For a taste of red chile, I'd recommend the carne adovada.

This is random but since you said "shops," there are a few shops in the Downtown area that offer something unique and very New Mexican: Native American jewelry. There's Skip Maisel's right in Downtown, the Palms (my favorite) a decently walkable distance away, and also a couple of pawn shops ("old pawn" is a common way that old Indian jewelry is sold - pretty much any random pawn shop in NM will have a selection, and contemporary jewelry shops will often have an "old pawn" section). There's tons of awesome masculine stuff like rings, cuffs and belt buckles, but Indian jewelry is also a cool and very affordable gift for female friends back home. If you're buying from a knowledgeable person, be sure to ask which tribe the piece comes from: there are several tribes with characteristic styles.

What you're looking for that short time period definitely the Elena Gallegos area or Embudo Canyon. Embudo Canyon is closer to the uptown area, basically just head up Indian School until it hits the mountain.

And if you have days with more time (and it's warm), it is definitely worth it to head around to the other side of the mountain and try out some trails like tree spring or 10k. Here is a good resource for hikes in the area.

Here is the All Trails link. It is categorized as the most difficult hike in the Sandias. It is VERY steep (you gain over 2,400 feet in elevation in just over 2.5 miles) and lots of loose rocks but the views were incredible. Be sure to check the weather, bring supplies and please be super careful when completing this hike!

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-mexico/chimney-canyon-trail-137a

I would tell the sender that it never arrived and ask them to resend it. On the one or two occasions where packages have never arrived, I have had packages resent by major retailers, like Amazon. If you don't request this all the time, I think they are pretty lenient. https://lifehacker.com/what-to-do-if-a-package-is-stolen-from-your-porch-1819473675

This is a good one. Easy access to the freeway. Not a bad area.

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/4977771?checkin=02%2F06%2F2017&amp;checkout=02%2F18%2F2017&amp;guests=1&amp;adults=1&amp;children=0&amp;infants=0&amp;s=0Wn_Jl9z

That sounds amazing, a road trip through some of the parks in Utah is definitely high on my list. I'm sure you're prepared for it to be cold on your camping nights, but if you're not used to high altitude/low humidity conditions, you might still be surprised at how seriously fucking cold it can get. Be sure to have insulation pads for under your sleeping bags.

Would you consider an AirBnb or a VRBO in Albuquerque? There are a lot of awesome ones in the Old Town area for not much more than the stank-ass America's Best Value Inn - this one even has bikes you could use! Or if you decide to posh it up, there's a BnB in the Country Club area called Casa de Suenos which is very cool, and right in Old Town is the Hotel Albuquerque which is really spendy but absolutely gorgeous.

EDIT: Though if you're staying at America's Best Value Inn on Menaul, it's right next to some of the BEST food in Albuquerque, The Range Cafe. I can't figure out if they're open on Xmas eve though.

I made a google maps of the location I am pretty sure that was taken at. Check out the map here

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1: gotta second comcast. They suck but in the three areas of albuquerque I've lived they've been the best option every time. 2: Music scene is a lot of math rock (check out roo if you're into that, guitarist is a classically trained, I remember seeing him in middle school and even then he was amazing. Older songs here but it doesn't really compare to their live show at all), there's a few hardcore metal type bands (My roomate is in saintly rows, free ep here if you want to check them out ) 3: comic store check out astro zombies by unm 4: There seem to be a bunch of people at unm that spin poi. There's a juggling club there that does that (I'm pretty sure), but I've even seen people just out by the duckpond on campus spinning socks during the day, or poi at late at night.

There's a ton of good hikes around here. Recently I did spring tree &amp; 10k on the east side of the Sandias. It's very scenic and shady. My favorite on the city side of the mountains right now is the Pino trail. Once you get out of the scrub oaks, there's lots of wild flowers and a couple of small water seeps higher up.

In addition to La Luz, there is an airplane crash site on the side of the Sandia Mountains that makes a nice hike. It's a little shorter than you're looking for, but shaded for most of the way (which is really nice in July). There's also the Eye of the Sandias. Tent Rocks is fantastic as well, although also shorter. Otherwise I'd look around Santa Fe. The higher in elevation you can go in July to stay out of the sun and heat, the better.

Excellent. You shouldn't have any issues here, then. I definitely recommend Gooseberry Springs Trail for someone like you.

lol...even outside companies have been spamming me with COVID19 updates...Chase bank, Capital One Bank, Hilton, Hotels.com, Oasis Vape Shop, Simms Fitness, and McDonalds...you cannot even avoid social media to get away from this nonsense.

It’s a bit tricky if those two I mentioned are out of your price range. I looked on kayak and this one I’d recommend as it’s pretty close to old town and the highway https://www.kayak.com/hotels/Albuquerque,NM-c17767-h35268/2018-07-16/2018-07-17/2guests?sharing=1 I’ve been to this hotel bar a few times and it’s not bad. Not great but it’s safe at least.

What’s your price range?

I was hoping this was a case of non-aqueous rain. There was wind and rain early Thursday morning, so I thought possibly a wind funnel picked up the crawdads from an irrigation ditch and a strong wind blew them to Wilmoore St.

Your theory sounds more plausible than this exotic weather phenomenon however, so I'm a little disappointed.

Good advice, but a few more addendums I would leave:

• Instead of leaving your outside lights on 24/7, which thieves may catch on with, and to me , it gives the appearance that someone is on vacation, but some simple programmable timers: https://www.amazon.com/Programmable-Enerlites-HET01-C-Settings-REQUIRED/dp/B01KG712PI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1499777296&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=timer+light+switch for the outside lights. You can adjust them to turn on/off at random times based on day of week, or just at dawn/dusk.

• On social media, make sure your posts, etc, are friends only, or seriously locked down. Even with friends-of-friends, one of your friends may have a shady neighbor/family member/friend that will see your posts about leaving town.

• When recycling, remove the labels off your packages from deliveries, and throw them separately. If someone even just glances in your recycle bin, and sees lots of boxes from Amazon, etc, they may just come back and stake out the joint for packages left at the door.

• For the vagrants/homeless, if you are walking around town, put a single dollar in your pocket. I'm not advocating giving to everyone that asks for one, but there are occasionally those ones that are clearly off, either mentally, or because they are on drugs, and it's easier to just give a $1 and make a quick exit, than to let it escalate.

Here's a street bulb on Amazon for $60.11. $60 times 20,000 bulbs is $1.2 million. There's labor and admin costs as well, but probably not $19 million worth. I assume the bulbs will be more expensive and maybe there are other parts involved, but $20 million does seem a little inflated which isn't surprising when anyone sells the government anything.

Overall, IMO $20 million isn't too much for much greater energy efficiency, less burnt out bulbs, and darker skies. The added "fuck you" to PNM and their gouging for things as simple as a bulb replacement is nice too.

Related to this, maybe not for OP's situation but I personally recommend getting your own OBD2 scanner. Specifically one with bluetooth functionality that can interact with the Torque app for smartphones. Here is the specific reader that I have. It's small enough that I either just leave it plugged into the OBD2 port or if I won't be driving my car for a while, I just leave it in the glovebox. It's dead useful to be able to help anyone with code issues on the spot, not to mention it can of course give much more detailed real time info from the different sensors in the car.

The downside I feel I need to mention is it can be a bit difficult to figure out how to add the various sensor readings you may be interested in, but presumably you're already fairly decent at searching online if you're looking for specific sensor reading to troubleshoot a problem, so it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how to get whichever reading you need to appear on the Torque app.

If anyone is interested in getting their own OBD2 reader, do note you don't want to mess with the super cheap ones you can buy from walmart/autozone for $10-$15. All they do is give you the barebones minimum info, and can pretty much only show you codes. Other than that they don't do much, not to mention they're pretty bulky.

Oh wait! You need the flashy things!

https://www.amazon.com/Bird-Gone-RFLT-1-Reflect-Deterrent/dp/B06VSQ9FXS/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&amp;keywords=bird+repellent&amp;qid=1602811748&amp;sr=8-13

Birds just hate bright reflections for some reason. And also monofilament wire, which I had to string up in my back garden when a Coopers Hawk kept hunting my chickens.

More tips here: https://www.callnorthwest.com/2020/04/5-diy-ways-to-keep-birds-away/ Don't bother with Predator Decoys tho, I've seen pigeons nesting on top of 'em.

https://www.amazon.com/Cheetos-Crunchy-Cheese-Flavored-Snacks/dp/B01MTW73ZG/ref=sr_1_5?crid=60BUKA2CW8S3&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=baked+cheetos&amp;qid=1600042479&amp;sprefix=baked+%2Caps%2C207&amp;sr=8-5

That's a lot of little bags, but your girl is pregnant, so maybe not?

I don't. One of my coworkers is an excellent baker, and he recommended this book to me. Obviously it doesn't help with mixes, but maybe there's a baker out there who'd like it.

That whole spiel and not even some download links? Dude...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tmobile.tuesdays

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/t-mobile-tuesdays/id1111876388

Also, if they don't figure out a way to work some sort of taco promotion into this, they're doing it wrong.

In colder weather I carry these to hand out. Year round I keep bottles of water and sports drinks in the car. (I get all three at Costco usually) Often I keep granola bars, oranges, or something else that keeps without refrigeration and doesn't need cooking to hand out too.

>Can anyone please tell me where the one working air pump is?

I have one in my trunk: https://smile.amazon.com/Slime-40051-Digital-Tire-Inflator/dp/B074XHFN6Y/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=slime+compressor+tire+inflator&amp;qid=1668538762&amp;sprefix=slime+comp%2Caps%2C125&amp;sr=8-7

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Best purchase ever.

It has some privacy issues based on its model and location. I would recommend a different VPN app for sure. Proton or Mullvad both are more private VPN options.

privacyguides.org is a great resource for that sort of thing.

That said, a VPN wouldn't have done anything to protect them.

FWIW, NOAA is predicting well above average temperatures for New Mexico leading up to Christmas. Trend could change after the New Year, of course.

Stop making excuses and file a formal complaint with GroupOn. You cannot use their automated refund request stuff, you have to contact a human being in customer service.

Groupon doesn't want to profit off scammers, and they would be exposed to lawsuits if they did.

https://www.groupon.com/customer_support

You have 14 days to contact them after a voucher is marked as redeemed.

Otherwise your recourse it to track down the scammer and sue them in small claims court.

Just bitching about a scammer who you concede knows what they're doing and aren't going to stop helps no one. In general most people avoid knowingly getting scammed. If this scammer changes their business name frequently and are engaged in fraud that's something the city should know about via the police or the planning department's business office.

https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Durable-Binding-Branches-Bundling/dp/B09BCTBVZS

Use these to zip tie a shopping cart to their door handle, mirror, trailer hitch, what have you....

They take serious cutters to remove, a heavy knife, wire cutter, etc...

I mean only if you want to be an equally level jerk, ofc - but they started it.

"Keep your right hand in the air. Use your left hand to take the keys out of the ignition. Drop the keys on the ground outside your window."

I did have to go to the MVD, but the stop was the worst of it. https://www.amazon.com/License-Plate-Frame-Security-Screws/dp/B017ADQBZC I bought security bolts like those. I recommend them. It's petty hard to remove them without the tool. I debated spot welding the thing on-which would require grinding the wild to remove. Ultimately, u decided the bolts were enough. While I was at it, I bought a shield for the catalytic converter.

I think a dummy plate would be problematic for me because I would forget it and be driving with it on. If you had asked me right after the stop happened, though, I would have been on board.

I couldn't qualify for Home Internet but I did qualify for Business Internet which appears to be mostly identical. I had signed up for both T-Mobile and Comcast. Comcast never showed up to physically connect the cable at the street which demonstrated why I prefer wireless internet to my home. I dumped my last POTS line when Earthlink couldn't fix my DSL and it's now on Google Voice. I can now use all GV lines on an Obi2182. We're saving at least $70.00/mo. I highly recommend T-Mobile. Wireless is the thing.

https://www.amazon.com/CHORTAU-Version-Dashboard-170%C2%B0Wide-Recording/dp/B07PSDXMNV/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?crid=3BZ1A32G5X2JS&amp;keywords=chortau+dash+cam&amp;qid=1659664006&amp;sprefix=chortau%2Caps%2C317&amp;sr=8-2-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;smid=A3QV...

Good to know it's a real thing and not just me being cranky about it. We went to Steel Bender last week and they had these small fly fans on all of the outdoor tables. Already ordered a couple for our patio.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FSY28C2?psc=1&amp;ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_product\_details

They'll be gone in a week with the temperature and lack of precipitation, since they live on rotting refuse like dog turds and over-watered landscaping. Once the weather gets back to sucking the moisture out of everything as soon as the sun hits it, they're done.

In the meantime, if you really can't stand the flies, I've had good luck with these things (you can get them at home depot or lowes too, but I've not seen the reusable ones there, only one-time traps): https://www.amazon.com/RESCUE-FTR-Reusable-Fly-Trap/dp/B07NLL718P

I use something similar to this in my San Jose apartment bathroom. Attach the fill to the sink faucet and drain into the bathtub. No dryer but a clothesline does suffice. We don't use a dryer here, either.

I used to live in a 540 square foot condo in l.a.... we had our bikes up against a wall on this...

https://www.amazon.com/Delta-Michelangelo-Two-Bike-Gravity-Stand/dp/B000ACAM38/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?adgrpid=55625112363&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw46CVBhB1EiwAgy6M4pKoRzDx0AD9YdWYeEnQIsskLq3Cr_7DwgHrACRfyy-175atYdHH_BoCtzQQAvD_BwE&amp;hvadid=580737965406&amp;hvd...

hang it.

https://www.amazon.com/STB-Storage-Hangers-Organizer-Anti-Slip/dp/B089MF3738

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we hand 4 bikes in our college apt.. we just hung them by the front tire.

Even easier.

Zoecon Gentrol Point Source IGR ZOE1007 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0049EKEEK/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_3K9ZEY7ARS8BD9Q7M31T

Just crack the little tab thing and put them under furniture etc where they usually hide.

"Not easily". Good luck with that! Burquenos are clever shits. Some black spray paint, a pole and one of these from Amazon and it's back to 100+ mph.

The forests are all closed for the next six weeks, unfortunately, unless you go South.

When things start to open up, I highly recommend this book.

It's this exact light:

https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Samsung-Dimmable-Sunlike-Spectrum/dp/B08772CTK7/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?gclid=CjwKCAjwj42UBhAAEiwACIhADgKX0vC7zg3Rbd3ejvVdX-arS-g3kZDuPPqBckpG1GBQc_VvRqaPhxoCXgsQAvD_BwE&amp;hvadid=542484084951&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=90304...

It's this exact light:

https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-Samsung-Dimmable-Sunlike-Spectrum/dp/B08772CTK7/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?gclid=CjwKCAjwj42UBhAAEiwACIhADgKX0vC7zg3Rbd3ejvVdX-arS-g3kZDuPPqBckpG1GBQc_VvRqaPhxoCXgsQAvD_BwE&amp;hvadid=542484084951&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=90304...

IMO it's not as easy as implied. For a DoD job a Security+ cert is a bare minimum requirement for any IT job even if it doesn't have anything to do with cybersecurity. DoE doesn't have cert requirements like DoD but LANL and Sandia sometimes have some ridiculous education requirements. If you're still interested I'd start with this book.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1939136059

That is really why I got it. I bought this one on Amazon and it works great even at a distance.

GLOSSDAY Blacklight Flashlight,128 LED UV Flashlights, Upgraded Bright Ultraviolet Flashlight Professional Black Light Pet Urine Detector for Dog/Cat, Hunting Scorpions https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086TVBN6S/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_6QK8KGHGGQV6H015GA3J?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1

I can't tell if this is hyperbole or not. Written driving tests are not really that hard. Look at the MVD practice test: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nic.nm.driverstest (there is an apple version as well, listed MVD's website).

No, it means they are prevented from getting new ones at the store. You can continue to reuse the ones you already have. Also, restaurants and dry cleaners are excepted from the ordinance so you'll still be able to get plenty from your takeout orders. See Albuquerque ordinance § 13-17-2. (I agree that reusing a bag makes it less "sanitary" under a narrow description of that word. If you're really concerned about that, you can order yourself some online for about $0.04/bag.)

We did this too! But since the ban we've started using compostable bags and it's been working great. Here's the 3 gallon ones we use, it's almost the same size and holds up well for bathroom trash and litter.

One thing to be aware of is that often these cheap kits don't come with UV protectant and the lights will just get damaged again but worse, afterward.

Highly recommend the Sylvania kit: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00429NKWK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1

It came with multiple grits of sandpaper, as well as a UV protectant, and I used one kit on two cars, and they came out great. Just followed the instructions in the kit.

Right there with you. I don't know there's a trail up there I haven't hiked and I can't stand La Luz in it's full-length 'glory'. It's slow, exposed and not all that pretty.

There are a few ways to cut off the unnecessary switchbacks and for the more adventurous hikers, the Chimney trail is fantastic. But La Luz itself? Eh, Pass.

Check out meetup.com if you haven't already - especially the hiking groups. There are a lot of people into outdoor recreation here (hiking, climbing, skiing, biking) and hiking is a good starting point. There are several hiking groups you can try on meetup.com.

If you flunk out on finding anyone locally and need DIY resources, I'd recommend The Water Wise Home and Art Ludwig's books. The library has these too.

Even if permit stuff is a challenge you should still be able to put together something - a Laundry To Landscape system is pretty straightforward.

THIS is why the last two times we did multi-state moves we used a Chocklock. Best money you can spend if moving, and you can always resell on Amazon. Chocklock

This isn't quite true, there's a route up the western ridge which requires no scrambling at all. We went up that route, and then down the one you're describing (I agree with your description but actually found it really fun). Alltrails has both routes https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-mexico/sierra-ladrones-and-ladron-peak

Edit: I'll look for my own GPS track later because I'm not actually sure about the alltrails route compared to what I did)

Perfect. I’ve got some recommendations. Used to live in Sedona and worked at canyon outfitters only good outdoor store in town. Get a trail map there and ask Maryann for tips. Devils bridge is a nice arch that’s easy to get to.
On the south rim of the canyon shoshone-point-trail is one of the few uncrowded overlooks. It’s a walk thru the woods, not a hike and a good place for a picnic.

You clearly need to put in at least a small amount of effort to see that in fact Albuquerque has plenty of tree shaded trails here in the "desert."

Enjoy:

https://www.alltrails.com/us/new-mexico/albuquerque

I stayed at this AirBnB place when I was looking for housing last spring and I had a lovely stay! https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/7823440?guests=1&amp;adults=1&amp;children=0&amp;infants=0&amp;s=0e6i1ZFm

I'm late to this party but since no one mentioned it, the Altura Park Neighborhood sounds perfect for you guys. It would be very close to work, very close to a nice park, a really friendly neighborhood, and generally within your price range, especially if you rent. Here is a map...

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=albuquerque,nm&amp;ll=35.097914,-106.599634&amp;spn=0.012763,0.017209&amp;hnear=Albuquerque,+Bernalillo,+New+Mexico&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;z=16

Correct, that location's exterior only was used as "Casa Tranquila". The actual location from BCS episode 5 was shot at the Mountain View Community Center at 201 Prosperity Ave SE. Find more accurate locations and everything else All About Saul at https://instagram.com/all_about_saul/

Mike's possible daughter in law's house is located at 2817 California St NE Albuquerque, NM 87110. Find more, along with every other location from each episode at..

https://instagram.com/all_about_saul/

Mrs Strauss' house where the Alpine Shepherd Boy is introduced is located at 5000 Royene Ave NE Albuquerque, NM 87110. Find more as well as all the other locations and everything All About Saul at..

https://instagram.com/all_about_saul/

The actual rest home was shot at the Mountain View Community Center at 201 Prosperity Ave SE. The same location Gus and the cousins go to see Tio. Find more along with all the other locations from every episode so far at..

https://instagram.com/all_about_saul/

Not much time to sign up but the class starts this Monday and is completely online. The link to register included in the article is here.

Grab one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DHLCLCY/

Instant available ethernet port in any wifi only place, just need an outlet.

Most of the larger chains will usually have decent internet, but no one really offers ethernet in the room these days.

The only thing to do is explore the outdoors. But, oh man, the outdoors here is incredible.

Get a copy of this (the Kindle version will go on your phone, is cheaper, and better for carrying with you on hikes). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07M6XS287/ref=dbs_a_def_awm_bibl_vppi_i0

From now until early April you want some of these for mountain exploration https://www.amazon.com/Gpeng-Crampons-Stainless-Microspikes-Mountaineering/dp/B07YXZR85Z/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3HA6SHE3CLFKA&amp;keywords=microspikes&amp;qid=1640639532&amp;sprefix=micro+spikes%2Caps%2C164&amp;sr=8-4

As far as night life, it has been sketchy lately. The police have stopped enforcing most laws and no longer patrol anywhere (they just respond to calls and document the aftermath of serious violent crimes). It isn’t exactly “safe” to go out late. Drunk driving is rampant. That said, go out with friends you trust and watch out for one another and don’t drink more that two or three drinks throughout the night and have a designated driver and you will be fine. People who go out alone and get a little too drunk are asking to become victims.

A great strategy for going out, since you haven’t picked a place to live yet, is to get a small house near an entertainment district. Nob Hill is a great choice because it is near the hospital. If you aren’t out after 10pm or so and don’t walk on Central (except to enter places) you are fine.

If you've got a vehicle with larger tires, a compressor that you clamp to your battery terminals while your car is running is a good option, as well.

My first guess would be somewhere like audio express.

When my aux port broke I just replaced the head unit all together with one that is bluetooth enabled. Depends on what your vehicle is (assuming it's in a vehicle).

You could also get a replacement jack like this and DIY. This style of connector is super easy to use - just put the wire in and tighten down the screw. bit of hot glue to make sure it all stays in place, and you're good to go.

The All Trails website has a great list of all the trails in the area. The linked map is for the ones listed as easy. U mound on the south end of tramway would be a fun one.

Hmm, if renting a car isn't financially prohibitive, you might want to consider it for at least a portion of your trip. It's definitely NOT impossible to get around Abq without one, but our public transport is not the best. Especially if you want to go up to the Sandias, Manzanos, Jemez, or Tent Rocks for some hiking (highly recommended!), or make a day trip to Santa Fe going through Madrid as /u/jwink3101 suggested, it'll just be a ton easier with a car.

Old Town or Nob Hill are really the only two 'hoods you'll want to stay in. This is a nice affordable AirBnb in the Nob Hill area and here's an AWESOME-looking quirky historic one in Old Town. Damn, if I didn't already live in Old Town I'd go stay there myself.

http://www.facebook.com/ANTIPhoto

my previous shot was through the grate of the footbridge where this was taken, but i wasn't satisfied with the length of the exposure or the perspective. -> https://www.flickr.com/photos/turntablemessiah/9037216393

Just beware of lowball offers that will end up scamming you for more. http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/05/protect-yourself-from-moving-scams/index.htm

About 7 years ago, I arranged to have items from storage moved from Florida to New Mexico. I found a lot of companies with low initial estimates but upon examining the fine print, the contract gave them a lot of room to screw you with added on charges.

I finally went with Wheaton movers and was pleased with their work.

you could probably use your own amazon prime and get dry goods done now.. cans, jars, boxes.. pasta, beans, posole... new mexicans can live for months on 5 lbs beans and broth.. (need tortillas too).

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ping a local restaurant and get freezable stuff.

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...or check nextdoor.com in her hood for "helpers"?

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produce.. go to produce markets (people forget about those).

where I live, there are no crowds at the produce markets. only the big stores...

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.. big stores have "senior hour" usually in the AM.. I'm sure Albertson's does too.

Michelle lives in the triangle of NW ABQ / Corrales / Rio Rancho and takes care of a bunch of my neighbors dogs, horses, etc. I highly recommend her. Nextdoor info copy pasted below

https://nextdoor.com/pages/17047024?init_source=copy_link_share

We are frequent visitors at the local Dog Parks. If you spot us, please say hello. We would love to meet both you and your furry friends. I care for dogs, cats, chickens, birds,fish and horses. I love goats and all animals. I offer housesitting and can accommodate your pets overnight as well as caring for them during the day. I am a mature, experienced pet care provider and can care for your pets so you can work and travel with peace of mind. I can provide you with additional references from long-term clients. 10001 Coors Byp NW

Albuquerque, NM 87114

Get directions

(510) 469-5928

What exactly are you looking for? I work with two cubanos and they have a Cuban friend in town who makes (really delicious) pastelitos to order, and they're super cheap.

Also, and this is a serious suggestion, have you tried searching on Facebook Marketplace? There are tons of local Spanish-language posts selling homemade food items from all over Latin America. This Cuban lady has several active posts offering Cuban food.