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Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 05, 2016, 05:02:04 PM
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First of all, it ISN'T the Kalifornia Peoples Republic.
Second of all, Bend is arguably the per capita beer capital of the US with over 33 breweries with tap rooms in a city of just over 100,000.
They have regular gun shows here.
Construction and manufacturing are thriving here, one of the few places in the US that can claim that.
The water is very clean and tastes great straight out of a well, unfiltered.
It hasn't been over-run by Mexicans... yet.
Feel free to add your submissions as to what makes Central Oregon great. 8) 8) 8)
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So you live there now? :orly:
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I've been here since the middle of July.
Started out living in La Pine, now I'm about 15 miles north of Bend in Redmond, home of Lancair Aircraft. 8) :scrap:
(http://myjetreview.com/assets/images/Lancair_Legacy-5.jpg)
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How's your new(ish) job going, Pappy?
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OMG PAPPY IS BACK!! :GA:
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How's your new(ish) job going, Pappy?
Good, for the most part.
The owner is a bit of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. One minute he'll give you the shirt off of his back, the next, he's yelling at someone over something trivial.
I guess it's an ok place to work for now, until I win the lottery. ;) 8)
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My niece moved to Oregon when she got out of the Army followed by one of my brothers and they love it. They keep bugging me to come out and visit
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My niece moved to Oregon when she got out of the Army followed by one of my brothers and they love it. They keep bugging me to come out and visit
Oregon is awesome!!
Deschutes County is the 3rd fastest growing in the country for a reason. 8)
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Just send me a plane ticket and I will visit. :green:
My sister has been to America and she loved it.
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Just send me a plane ticket and I will visit. :green:
My sister has been to America and she loved it.
:plus:
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Just send me a plane ticket and I will visit. :green:
My sister has been to America and she loved it.
Do you want to come for the legal pot?? :stoned: ;)
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Nah, can't smoke pot. Makes me paranoid. I would just like to visit for the different atmosphere. And surely there are some sights to see as well. :)
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I would just like to visit for the different atmosphere. And surely there are some sights to see as well. :)
Plenty of sights to see around here. 8)
(http://visitcentraloregon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/smith-rock-photo-winner-4-570x380.jpg)
(http://www.terragalleria.com/images/np-pacific/crla80028.jpeg)
... and that's just getting started.
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Those places look awesome.
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Is the bottom pic Crater Lake? Or some lake made from a meteor (oid? ite?)
Not fond of brown in the least, so the bottom pic is more appealing to me.
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Is the bottom pic Crater Lake?
Yes.
Or some lake made from a meteor (oid? ite?)
Actually, Crater Lake is a volcanic caldera like a smaller version of Yellowstone.
Not fond of brown in the least, so the bottom pic is more appealing to me.
You ain't got no love for Smith Rock?? Whattuppwithdatt?? :smarty:
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Actually, Crater Lake is a volcanic caldera like a smaller version of Yellowstone.
Is the island occupied?
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Visitors can walk around it if that's what you're asking.
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Meant more permanent than accommodating day trips. Looks nice. Would assume being a national park area it's not inhabited in the usual sense, but wondering if maybe park type amenities, lodging and dining, campsites, ranger stations, boat rentals, and the sort.
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Is the bottom pic Crater Lake?
Yes.
Or some lake made from a meteor (oid? ite?)
Actually, Crater Lake is a volcanic caldera like a smaller version of Yellowstone.
Not fond of brown in the least, so the bottom pic is more appealing to me.
You ain't got no love for Smith Rock?? Whattuppwithdatt?? :smarty:
I had a cousin who sent pics of his motorcycle trip through the western mid-west(?). He was mad that I didn't respond. Well, it was a hell of a lot of brown sand, rocks, mountains, etc. Just give me black or gaudy any day.
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Meant more permanent than accommodating day trips. Looks nice. Would assume being a national park area it's not inhabited in the usual sense, but wondering if maybe park type amenities, lodging and dining, campsites, ranger stations, boat rentals, and the sort.
Just looked it up and the crater area in general is a well equipped tourism venue, though the island appears to only accommodate day hikes. Wondering if people are sometimes tempted to miss the returning boat ride. :laugh:
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Monkless Brewing recently opened up. :glug: :beergrin:
http://www.monkless.com/
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Glad to see you, Pappy. I guess central Oregon does need another brewery. ;)
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Glad to see you, Pappy.
Thanks! :)
I guess central Oregon does need another brewery. ;)
We're up to 36 now. 8)
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One thing I have to bitch about, is how the snow plows around here take their time in clearing the streets after a major snow dump.
Now the main arteries like Hwy 97 get plowed right away because the number of trucks and commerce that use it.
The roads that feed the major residential districts, not so much. Residential streets, forget about it!!
We've had almost 2 feet of snow in the last week and some areas are almost impassible.
I couldn't go to my storage unit, pay my bill and start my motorcycle because the parking lot and entrance were basically a skating rink of powder covered ice. The entrance/exit is on a hill just steep enough where you can't get on the highway unless there's no traffic.
That's not even mentioning that the parking lot to my condo complex hasn't been plowed and I can barely make it in an out of my garage without getting stuck.
Fuck I'm ready for winter to be over already. :grrr:
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What are your summers like? How hot does it get?
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They're mild by "desert" standards.
We might have a week or two above 100 deg F but most of the summer is in the 80's F with nights in the 40's or 50's F.
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Ah, Fahrenheit. We use Celsius.
I get it though, 100F is about 38C. Very hot. We have already had that this summer.
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The thing that makes it tolerable is the cool/cold nights which act like free air conditioning.
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Similar to what my parents experience in Collie, which is a town south and inland from here. Very cold nights. So much so that it killed their frangipani which they had transplanted from their previous place near where I live now.
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We are now officially the home of the last Blockbuster Video Store on Planet Earth!!! :woohoo:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/us/last-blockbuster-america-trnd/index.html
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A 'must go' tourist location!
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Come to see Blockbuster Video, stay for the beer :beergrin: and weed. :stoned:
Not to mention fishing! :boatfish:
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Went to the Airshow of the Cascades in Madras last weekend!! :viking:
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:plane:
:fly:
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Even Portland, which has the most breweries of any city in the world, recommends beer from Central Oregon!! :headbang2:
https://pdx.eater.com/maps/bend-oregon-breweries-brewpubs
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Who here remembers "Blockbuster Nights" from the 90's?
Well, now you can have a Blockbuster Video sleepover at the last remaining Blockbuster on earth!!
Starting Aug 17th, you can Air B&B the store for a one night sleepover for only $4.00!!!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/last-blockbuster-airbnb-4-dollars-night/
(https://3w8dlo2orf8y3crtc22sslbh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/worlds-last-blockbuster-sleepover-airbnb.jpg)
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When the kids were young, blockbuster was part of the budget, each getting to pick one rental per week. One game and one movie generally was the result, with them working together to select items they both wanted. It was sweet.