Minor things that please you

[Max Rockatansky]

Although, you are the first person I've encountered in years that didn't have a sour opinion or not snarky thing to say about Hesperia.

Maybe it's my experiences with similar towns in Oklahoma, combined with the kindness and competence of the people we interacted with, that made Hesperia seem nice enough.

That being said, the desert towns along I-15 don't seem to be very highly thought of.

Personally I preferred to stay in Barstow or Victorville on work trips.  Staying north of Cajon Pass usually yielded better hotel rates.  Besides, San Bernardino isn't exactly appreciably nicer or offers more amenities.

[Scott5114]

One nice thing about staying in San Bernardino would be that you don't have to deal with Cajon Pass in the dark. It is not a difficult pass by any means but I am 0 and 2 on good experiences with it (going southbound the day before we had a rain-induced backup).

[Max Rockatansky]

Fortunately I was usually (strategically) heading the opposite direction on those work trips. 

I did get a vehicle down the NOTR alignment on the actual Cajon Pass (east of the Summit) once (and hiked it later).  Even with high clearance I found it to not be practical to avoid freeway issues.

[kphoger]

Wholesale drug prices.

My wife was recently prescribed a 30-day supply of a certain medication, to pick up at Walgreen's, for $44.  For reasons I won't get into, she had already made an appointment at a different clinic for several days later, so we didn't pick up that prescription.  The new clinic operates on a Direct Primary Care model;  the doctor there prescribed a 90-day supply of the same medication, which they had on hand to give us right then and there, and it only cost $5.  And the blood-draw labs were less than twenty bucks.  Walked out the door with meds in hand, canceled the prescription at Walgreen's!

[Scott5114]

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs is a little bit higher than wholesale, but the business model is "X% markup over wholesale" so it ends up being pretty cheap. They don't take my insurance but it doesn't matter when a 90-day supply of my meds is like $7.

[freebrickproductions]

I will say, I do like seeing all of the pride-related pfps and signatures on the forum this month.

[Rothman]

One day, we will learn all of the reasons kphoger did not get into.