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They did a good job with RTD in Denver, from what I could tell. There are TWO ways out of the airport ... one that goes downtown and one that goes south, pretty much to the Tech Center and passes near some huge lake or reservoir in doing so. There is even a commuter rail interface that takes you up to some northern bedroom communities, probably from Union Station, but it's not RTD per se'. It's all light rail in the RTD part, so that's all faster to put together. I had planned to go but then the pandemic hit. I had planned on getting in and out of DIA using RTD and then picking up a rental car at a suburban location down in the Tech Center. I've probably said this before - broken record: there was a trailer set up as an info booth on the Boulder Turnpike on approach to Boulder coming up from Denver. This was about 25 years ago. This earthy-crunchy chick who was presentable enough (and not the kind who could braid her armpits) was working in it. She was smug and not that friendly - she shouldn't have had a public contact job helping tourists. As soon as a hippiesh compatriot dude she knew walked in, and not even for touristic purposes, she lit up. Ah, yes, she was with tribe! You then wonder what people like this might be like in the present day after some initial slight hitting of the wall. Did she join the establishment, move to the nicer and newer suburbs, and find a husband who would keep her in bon bons ... or is she working at a candle shop in Boulder or Capitol Hill and driving a beat up Subaru wagon? Yes, I do tend to overanalyze things.

Cool deep dive.

LOL (Im laughinh in a good way) You are over analysing again! I find him funny. Its not the awkard Italian-American shtick he does that I find funny. Its the physical stuff and how he accentuates certain words that I find funny. Ill agree that he is capitilizing on the already Italo-machismo, my dad is an Italian immigrant from the old country, doesnt speak English, American culture versus Italian culture routine. His shtick is not quite Guido Jersey Shore, nor is it the mafia tough guy thing...its in-between and you are right, its stale. But his way of talking and accentuating certain words with the physical comedy movements that I find really entertaining. I havent seen any movies that he may have been in. He did have a role in The Irishman and I recognized him in that role. Surprise...suprise, he played a mafioso. Crazy Joe Gallo. He was quite good at it though. He is a good looking fella with a somewhat tough swag about him. Its only fitting that he play a mafioso.

I didn't know he was a comedian until a friend of mine told me it's the same guy who was in "Green Book," cast as one of the brothers-in-law, I believe. I don't find him as funny as some of the others who did this Italian-American spin on awkward situations because I think he's working off of an already established comedic platform ... and it's not as convincing because he's actually from Chicago and not the NYC area, where they do talk like that.

This whole thought process, reminds me a lot of a Sebastian Maniscalco comedy routine.

I always liked using the rail system in Denver..it's pretty extensive at connecting downtown to the burbs. They now have a line connecting the airport to downtown and the rest of the light rail system. I'm planning on taking a week or so out to Colorado in the spring/summer to visit old friends, play tourist...but I probably won't ride the light rail much..going to probably rent an SUV.

This is interesting - to me, at least. Today was the grand opening of the new Metro line from Istanbul's new airport (about 30 miles out, and practically on the Black Sea) into the city center. They opened the new airport - Europe's busiest - in 2019 and fully relied on big coach type buses. The old airport was connected to the city by Metro, and now the old airport has been put to some alternate use. This new high-speed line takes less than 1/2 and hour. It does not yet go into the skyscraper part of the city, but that's on tap and just a few planned stations away. It takes one more Metro train to go into the historical center ... and this high-speed Metro is not intended to ever go there, which is a good thing. This whole situation is analogous to Denver Stapleton flipping over to DIA, which is way the hell out of town. Denverites joke that it's in Kansas. https://www.dailysabah.com/business/transportation/erdogan-inaugurates-high-speed-metro-line-to-europes-busiest-airport Personally, I enjoy riding on different subway systems.

I agree about the color part. On a sportier vehicle, mixing it up with red accents on the dash or even in the seat stitching can be nice. I've seen this on older Camaros and in vehicles like GMC Acadias from the 2010s ... and it worked. It becomes a matter of how much, though. @David @Robert Hall As vehicle manufacturers move their line-ups to EV, one can see, at a quick glance from the home pages of their websites, what the manufacturers offer and where MSRP starts. For (almost) ALL of these EVs, the prices are a huge jump from the equivalent models powered by ICEs in the near past. The price jumps make for some serious heartburn.

For the first time in a bunch of years, I am actually looking forward to the new year. Work has been quite the roller coaster for me, but I'll have some career change news to share in a week or two. Happy New Year to all.