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Title: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 05, 2016, 05:02:04 PM
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)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: "couldbecousin" on March 05, 2016, 05:08:47 PM
  So you live there now?  :orly:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 05, 2016, 05:13:02 PM
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)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on March 05, 2016, 09:00:12 PM
How's your new(ish) job going, Pappy?
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Gopher Gary on March 05, 2016, 10:25:00 PM
OMG PAPPY IS BACK!! :GA:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 08, 2016, 08:18:33 PM
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)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Parts on March 10, 2016, 02:46:02 PM
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
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on April 11, 2016, 08:50:44 PM
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)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on April 11, 2016, 09:41:06 PM
Just send me a plane ticket and I will visit. :green:
My sister has been to America and she loved it.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: 'andersom' on April 12, 2016, 02:14:24 AM
Just send me a plane ticket and I will visit. :green:
My sister has been to America and she loved it.
:plus:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on April 12, 2016, 06:04:23 AM
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:   ;)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on April 12, 2016, 06:50:32 AM
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. :)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on April 12, 2016, 04:53:15 PM
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.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on April 12, 2016, 05:43:40 PM
Those places look awesome.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 12, 2016, 09:43:47 PM
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.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on April 13, 2016, 04:17:46 PM
Is the bottom pic Crater Lake?

Yes.

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Or some lake made from a meteor (oid? ite?)

Actually, Crater Lake is a volcanic caldera like a smaller version of Yellowstone.

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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:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Jack on April 13, 2016, 04:26:22 PM
Actually, Crater Lake is a volcanic caldera like a smaller version of Yellowstone.
Is the island occupied?
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on April 13, 2016, 04:30:29 PM
Visitors can walk around it if that's what you're asking.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Jack on April 13, 2016, 04:38:12 PM
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.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Queen Victoria on April 13, 2016, 05:00:04 PM
Is the bottom pic Crater Lake?

Yes.

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Or some lake made from a meteor (oid? ite?)

Actually, Crater Lake is a volcanic caldera like a smaller version of Yellowstone.

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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.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Jack on April 13, 2016, 06:40:46 PM
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:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on December 10, 2016, 12:46:05 AM
Monkless Brewing recently opened up.  :glug:    :beergrin:

http://www.monkless.com/
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on December 10, 2016, 12:59:57 AM
Glad to see you, Pappy. I guess central Oregon does need another brewery. ;)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on December 10, 2016, 01:37:56 AM
Glad to see you, Pappy.

Thanks!  :)

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I guess central Oregon does need another brewery. ;)

We're up to 36 now.  8)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 09, 2017, 12:39:33 AM
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:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on January 09, 2017, 12:44:50 AM
What are your summers like? How hot does it get?
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 09, 2017, 12:50:53 AM
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.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on January 09, 2017, 12:56:10 AM
Ah, Fahrenheit. We use Celsius.

I get it though, 100F is about 38C. Very hot. We have already had that this summer.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 09, 2017, 12:58:13 AM
The thing that makes it tolerable is the cool/cold nights which act like free air conditioning.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: renaeden on January 09, 2017, 05:49:42 AM
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.
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on July 24, 2018, 12:53:04 PM
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
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Calandale on July 24, 2018, 01:53:19 PM
A 'must go' tourist location!
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on July 24, 2018, 02:54:17 PM
Come to see Blockbuster Video, stay for the beer :beergrin: and weed. :stoned:

Not to mention fishing!   :boatfish:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on September 01, 2018, 08:07:13 PM
Went to the Airshow of the Cascades in Madras last weekend!!   :viking:

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:plane:

:fly:
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on March 20, 2019, 08:12:05 PM
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
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on August 14, 2020, 04:37:00 PM
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)
Title: Re: Central Oregon appreciation thread.
Post by: Jack on August 14, 2020, 04:44:26 PM
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.