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so where can I score some green around this place?

I'll private message my e-mail address.

thanks

Did anything interesting happen in Portland today? It seems like everyone's talking about something interesting!

1) The amount of snow on the ground in Portland cannot exceed 4 inches.

2) The roads really aren't that bad out there (excepting the neighborhood and arterial streets, which are not good).

I come from Tulsa, a city that also goes "OMGWTFBBQ" when snow falls, and shuts the hell down. But nothing like this. I have never seen the entire infrastructure of a city just utterly fail like this. Buses crashing into each other like it's Doomsday. Gridlocked highways like the city is being bombed. My partner taking 4 hours to drive 12 miles, by taking winding back streets and avoiding I-5. 2.5 hours to get Chinese food delivered from 3 blocks away. West Burnside completely locked up at 9:00 PM.

So here's the question.

If this happens to Portland with 4 inches of snow, what would happen to Portland with 12 inches of snow? What was the total accumulation of snow last year that shut the city down? I know that involved ice underneath the snow, which is an entirely different matter, and quite a lot more dangerous.

Some problems I've noticed.

1) When you're starting from a stop, say in traffic, and you hear that noise that means your tires are slipping, the thing to do is NOT to go, "oooh, let me HIT THE GAS, THAT'LL HELP OMGLULZ!!!" Let off the gas, then apply it slowly, go into a low gear, and wait to see if you get traction.

2) When you're driving downhill, and you feel yourself starting to slip, the thing to do is NOT to go, "OMG BRAKES GOTTA HIT THE BRAKES!!!!!" That causes chaos and death.

3) When you're driving uphill and you feel yourself start to slip, the thing to do is not go, "OH SHIT I CAN'T MAKE IT UP THIS HILL LET ME STOP MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WANDER OFF." This will annoy people who CAN make it up the hill BUT FOR your car in the way.

4) When you're on the highway, and you want to put your chains on, try moving to the shoulder, instead of doing it IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE LANE. Plus, if the highway is gridlocked anyway, WHY DO YOU NEED YOUR CHAINS? Come on, workers of Portland, lose your chains! (strained communist joke).

Just a few handy tips from someone who has driven in only slightly more snow than this (though I did spend a December in Minnesota once, so I guess that counts for something).

The most important thing is to relax, stay calm, and realize that this'll all turn to mucky slushy rainy disgustingness tomorrow - which is much easier to drive in.

Much love.

Oh, snark welcome.

I want to see how long people were stuck in traffic for. Myself, I left work at 3:30 to beat the traffic (HA!) and didn't get home until 8:04. I have a 14 mile commute. Now you go!

 

Damnit all, I deleted a job posting that I had favorited from Craigslist... Wondering if any of you know of the company...

A week and a half ago or so; they posted they needed part-time help.  It was a call center of types.  They were open 24/7 or something close to it.  People would call into the call center, needing to be connected with an interpreter.  Then the employee connects them with the interpreter as needed.  I don't remember the name of the company, but they wre hiring for 2 shifts.  Either Sat/Sun 530am-200pm or Sat/Sun/Mon from like 300pm-Midnight.  Anyone know this off hand?

This happened back in Jan '98 or so... ice hit in the afternoon and a bunch of people got stuck downtown...

At the time, I remember people saying it was pretty common and 'had gotten better in recent years'... So that's the question. Was this 'common' prior to '97 or not? (I've not seen ice or 'random snow' to hit and totally screw up traffic since then, but old(er)-timers seem to insist it was common-place).

Anybody know?

Channel 8 put one of my pics up on their site:

http://www.kgw.com/your-pics/80307302.html

( And more pics from Thrillsboro )

It's screaming because it has green dye in its eyes and hot pepper sauce in its mouth.

I was supposed to pick up my ex and my 4 year-old from the airport tonight. I'm thinking I will send a cab for them instead and avoid driving. Has anyone used a taxi service with baby or child safety seats in Portland? The phones to all of them are busy (of course), or putting me on hold forever. I just want the easy answer! Thank you in advance, Deepies.

Does anybody know what happened to jef182? His account is deleted, and I havent seen any posts from him in a long time.

Your excitement is nothing short of fantastic.

Edit Note:  Changed from original to present the information in a bit more mature and less caustic manner.

... well, he did sign away U.S. sovereignty and every Americans' right to due process and other constitutional protections against foreign entities.

www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-surrenders-u-s-sovereignty-his-interpol-executive-order/
"A paragraph later, McCarthy describes Obama’s actions in the starkest of terms:

This international police force (whose U.S. headquarters is in the Justice Department in Washington) will be unrestrained by the U.S. Constitution and American law while it operates in the United States and affects both Americans and American interests outside the United States."

When you read most of the legalese, it looks like a lot of tax and duty issues, but there are two tiny little statements that is what should concern everyone: the end of sec 2(c) "The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable."

All INTERPOL has to do now is 'claim' they have records/evidence/proof that deems someone guilty of a charge, and no one in this country can question it since their archives and records have been deemed inviolable; or beyond reproach.

Their property and assets are also immune from search and/or confiscation. As the citizen.com article points out; when you're arrested, you become a ward of that policing organization, read: their responsibility and property.


TheCitizen.com article:
http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/41292

Original 12425:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12425

Amending of 12425:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

International Organizations Immunities Act:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/International_Organizations_Immunities_Act#Title_I

Edit:
INTERPOL can not directly arrest you; however their issued warrants are generally executed without question. Their agents can 'detain' you without legal representation without limitation. It also makes INTERPOL immune from subpoenas, searches, or the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act).  Essentially they can spy on you and invade your privacy without redress.  If you don't understand the severity of Obama signing away national sovereignty, then you don't understand the value of your rights.

Oh DP, I love you!
So I can tell everyone is excited about this year's snowpocalypse, but what I want to know is, what is everyone planning to do to enjoy our new winter wonderland?
I for one am drinking hot tea to keep warm and cleaning my house avoid cabin fever, also running around around my house with my doggie, going to try to catch lots of snowflakes in my mouth and maybe take some photos.
Fun!
Your turn DP!

I miss people thinking it was cool to post about bacon.

Is anyone else having trouble getting a call out on their Verizon cell phone? Our house full of Verizon phones is DOWN.

WE ARE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Has anybody noticed that it's snowing?

... you have the time and energy to do a mini photo-essay simply because we have a half inch of fresh snow.


( Two more! So very exciting! Woo! )

What's going on? Did the Blazers win the pennant?

Since I love DP when it snows and haven't been posting lately, please excuse me for just one moment! Also, somewhat belated & late to the game as I had work!


OMGZ SNOW! @ Murray & Farmington in Beaverton.