You'll notice that Wyoming is not on that list of states. While travelling we went through Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa too. None of them are listed either. Neither is Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, nor Minnesota, states I'm familiar with. Some states have laws prohibiting metropolitan areas in their state from having contradictory ordinances such as this.

I've been driving for 47 years. This was my second ticket. My first ticket was when I was 18. Needless to say, I'm a careful driver. You'd think he would have given me a warning if the ordinance was truly for the safety of pedestrians. I'm convinced it wasn't.

Just got back Wednesday from a week in Jackson, WY. I strongly recommend Bubba's Bar-B-Que. Best food and service was there. Bathrooms sparkled.

Sidewinders is fairly good. We went there twice.

Strongly recommend against going to Moe's Original Bar B Que. Service was truly non-existent. I got the catfish plate. Catfish was way over cooked to mush. Hush puppies were served burnt. I ordered the sweet tea from the menu. Asked cashier/waitress 3 times about the sweet tea then said I'd just take regular tea and asked her for some sugar. She brought Sweet 'n Low to the table. Worst meal in Jackson.

I would also recommend avoiding Snake River Brewery and Restaurant. Service was good enough. Both of our plates had cold French fries. Hers were sweet potato fries and mine were supposed to be the Pub fries (batter dipped) but were plain French fries when they arrived. I had iced tea, she had a beer, and we split a bread pudding ... sort of. When the bread pudding arrived it was missing the butter cream sauce so my wife sent it back. It arrived with butter cream sauce. I took one bite and told her she could have the rest. It wasn't any good. The sandwiches were good. $55 for lunch!

Just an FYI: Wyoming allows using a cell phone while driving but Jackson doesn't. No warning ticket. I told the officer I had never heard of not being allowed to use a cell phone to talk (no texting) while driving. $75 ticket. He said it was to protect the pedestrians in Jackson. It's a shame the town council makes the police officers lie about it. I call it the Jackson, Wyoming Police Department's 'screw the tourists, we want money too!!!' tax.

Jackson is way too expensive so brace yourself. I won't be going back ... ever.

I don't get it. Why buy knives you can't sharpen?

Some knives don't hold an edge for an extremely long time but they're usually easier to sharpen.

Those that hold an edge for a long time are usually harder to sharpen.

It's a trade-off. Take your pick.

I like a high carbon steel for my knives that will get really sharp, won't break, chip, or bend, and I can sharpen myself. And they don't have to cost much. In fact they're dirt cheap. Who am I trying to impress? My wife is the only other person that may be in the kitchen while I'm cooking and she doesn't care what my knives look like.

Just get a knife that can take a decent edge. Sharper knives are safer knives.

Two reasons I try samples at COSTCO -

1) To learn what not to buy (and I've learned a LOT).
2) To snack on what I already know I like and already buy.

I've found some absolutely terrible products at COSTCO by trying samples. They'll never enter my house.

I occasionally find something new I like but that's not a major reason I try samples. It's more by accident.

I'm to the point that I think the samples are to find impulse buyers that will buy something a lot of people don't like. Kiolbasa sausages are one of those items. That's the greasiest tasting nastiness I've ever had.

We are a family of four. We get the Executive membership so we get the check yearly. It more than covers the $110 membership fee.

Iowa controls the booze in the state. COSTCO has the lowest markup so best prices.

I bought my computer there and a TV. COSTCO has the manufactures provide a 2 year warranty instead of the usual 1 year warranty on many, many items.

We get literally tons of stuff there every year; groceries, electronics, vegetable garden plants, trees, lawn fertilizer, flower bulbs, booze (as mentioned above), batteries, light bulbs, printer paper, and ink cartridges. I really like the meats and bakery goods. And I try out the food samples. They don't hand out many things I like so I end up learning what not to buy.

COSTCO is across the street to the north from where I work so I get my lunch (salad) there most days.

Across the street to the east is Walmart. Nearly anything we can't get a COSTCO we get at Walmart.

Also across the street to the east is a new Goodwill. I browse around in there some days and pick up an item now and then. I work in a nice area so I've found some new and like new items for next to nothing.

Lowes is next to COSTCO and a large shopping mall is not far north of COSTCO and Lowes. Williams-Sonoma, Bed Bath and Beyond, and some others are there.

I work in a nice spot.

Anyway, that's more than you ever asked but with a regular membership fee of $55 I'd say that if COSTCO is conveniently located for you it would definitely be worth a 1 year trial period.

I was going to say that. Glad someone did.

Asbestos is natural.

Rotenone and pyrethrin are natural but deadly to insects so they're used as organic pesticides. They're also weak pesticides so more has to be used than if one was using synthetic pesticide. Rotenone was at one time banned from organic use because of its danger to humans but it's been reinstated.

Water is natural but in a large enough quantity it can be deadly to a human.

Natural just means from nature. Doesn't mean much to me as far as safe to ingest.

Pizza is a personal thing. A little too much salt can turn a great pizza into a mediocre pizza for me but others may think it's great. A bit too much of any seasoning can also do the same thing.

There's very little difference between a great pizza and a mediocre/bad pizza.

I think the same is true of a plate of spaghetti because the sauce is also a personal thing.

I've had a lot of mediocre pizza (and spaghetti) in my life. For decades I wouldn't eat restaurant pizza.

When I go to a new Italian restaurant I usually order spaghetti to decide if I like the restaurant.

I still remember the pizzas from Pagliai’s Pizza & Pasta in Cape Girardeau, MO from 40 years ago. Now those were very, very good pizzas.