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[BeTheMatch]

i'm sure covid had something to do with the dysfunction of the DMV over the past 2 to 3 years, no?

Nope, no way. Oregon is just the worst most dysfunctional state in the union. Definitely nothing redeeming about it.

You guys sure are sensitive about your little utopia!

 

[Hawks64]

No where else really to vent and write, so I'll lay it all out here...............

About 4 years ago, we had my mother (at that point in time 74) tested to see if she should continue driving. Needless to say she failed as she hit a "few" things. 18YO son found some humor in it and said "that's not that bad, just think of all the things YOU COULD HAVE HIT."

So we needed to take her car away. She was always independent. Living alone in her house for the past 20 years since her 3rd divorce. Drove to all the kids sporting events, getting her own groceries, doing some lawn work (I've mowed for her for the last 7-8 years), so she had a shock to her system.

Sister and I took her to get groceries bi-weekly, and since I was recently divorced I had a bit more time on my hands so we spent a bit more time together.

Fast forward a year and we notice she was having troubles w/ tremors and forgetting things. Went and had her tested and turns out she was at the onset of Parkinsons.

We sign her up for physical / mental / emotional therapy classes that last 6 months. She's doing really well, but soon we determine that being at home alone was not the best for her, so we work with her and decide to sell her house and move her into a retirement "village" where she would be able to "graduate" to different levels of care. She would start out in an apartment, but would have all the benefits of the the village (events, field trips, dinners, football watching, courtyard activities. etc).

She was there for about a year and a half and had made many friends and told me that she liked it there (although she would also admit that she missed having a "house").

Fast forward to this past April. She fell in her apartment and broke her knee cap. As she had to walk with a walker/cane, she came down and stayed with me since I was WFH. For 2 weeks she stayed w/ me and we played card games, scrabble, monopoly, and had many great conversations).

We took her back the dr to check on her walking and her knee. He said it was healing fine, and that she was doing great w/ walking. She was eager to get back to her friends.

2 weeks later she falls and breaks her hip. She has major surgery on her hip, and immediately after the surgery we notice that she's not the same mentally. She's seeing things, talking about things that have not happened, thinks my youngest has had a grandson (oldest did). Dr. says that anesthisia has a really bad effect on a lot of Parkinson's patients.

We move her to a rehab facility where 2 weeks later she proceeds to try to get out of bed to "catch the bus" and fall again. Rebreaking the hip. Another major surgery.

After a week in the hospital, she goes back to the rehab facility. A week in she gets out of bed again in the middle of the night and breaks the other hip. Another major surgery.

We move her to another rehab facility. She's been there about a month and is progressing physically to be able to help the nurses get her in/out of bed and bathroom and she goes to physical therapy daily. Mentally she's getting very emotional. Does not comprehend time. I'll miss a day of visit and when I come back she wonder why I was gone for a week. It's almost like dealing with a toddler part of the time, but then we can have a nice long conversation about stuff that happened in the 70's and 80's.
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Over the weekend we moved her out of her "village" and got rid of / stored a lot of her stuff. We moved her bed / dresser / recliner and pictures of kids into her new place where she'll be in a managed facility that has rehab but also specializes in parkinsons. She'll be in a complex that has a "living area" with 8 hallways extending from it. Down each hallway are 2 rooms (one per resident) where she'll have her own tv, fridge, chair, bed, and it will be "home". She just wants OUT of the rehab facility.

Hopefully she'll like it there. Her hip dr. says that she's probably got a year.

To go from a healthy mom who was going on 8 hour road trips this spring to watch her grandson play college baseball to this in less than 4 months is really a shock.

Hug em while you've got them. You never know what can happen.

Thanks for reading and letting me vent.

Sorry to hear you're all going through this.

 

[General Malaise]

i'm sure covid had something to do with the dysfunction of the DMV over the past 2 to 3 years, no?

Nope, no way. Oregon is just the worst most dysfunctional state in the union. Definitely nothing redeeming about it.

You guys sure are sensitive about your little utopia!

I think the band Garbage wrote a song about you. It's called "I'm Only Happy When I Complain".

 

[Joe Bryant]

No where else really to vent and write, so I'll lay it all out here...............

About 4 years ago, we had my mother (at that point in time 74) tested to see if she should continue driving. Needless to say she failed as she hit a "few" things. 18YO son found some humor in it and said "that's not that bad, just think of all the things YOU COULD HAVE HIT."

So we needed to take her car away. She was always independent. Living alone in her house for the past 20 years since her 3rd divorce. Drove to all the kids sporting events, getting her own groceries, doing some lawn work (I've mowed for her for the last 7-8 years), so she had a shock to her system.

Sister and I took her to get groceries bi-weekly, and since I was recently divorced I had a bit more time on my hands so we spent a bit more time together.

Fast forward a year and we notice she was having troubles w/ tremors and forgetting things. Went and had her tested and turns out she was at the onset of Parkinsons.

We sign her up for physical / mental / emotional therapy classes that last 6 months. She's doing really well, but soon we determine that being at home alone was not the best for her, so we work with her and decide to sell her house and move her into a retirement "village" where she would be able to "graduate" to different levels of care. She would start out in an apartment, but would have all the benefits of the the village (events, field trips, dinners, football watching, courtyard activities. etc).

She was there for about a year and a half and had made many friends and told me that she liked it there (although she would also admit that she missed having a "house").

Fast forward to this past April. She fell in her apartment and broke her knee cap. As she had to walk with a walker/cane, she came down and stayed with me since I was WFH. For 2 weeks she stayed w/ me and we played card games, scrabble, monopoly, and had many great conversations).

We took her back the dr to check on her walking and her knee. He said it was healing fine, and that she was doing great w/ walking. She was eager to get back to her friends.

2 weeks later she falls and breaks her hip. She has major surgery on her hip, and immediately after the surgery we notice that she's not the same mentally. She's seeing things, talking about things that have not happened, thinks my youngest has had a grandson (oldest did). Dr. says that anesthisia has a really bad effect on a lot of Parkinson's patients.

We move her to a rehab facility where 2 weeks later she proceeds to try to get out of bed to "catch the bus" and fall again. Rebreaking the hip. Another major surgery.

After a week in the hospital, she goes back to the rehab facility. A week in she gets out of bed again in the middle of the night and breaks the other hip. Another major surgery.

We move her to another rehab facility. She's been there about a month and is progressing physically to be able to help the nurses get her in/out of bed and bathroom and she goes to physical therapy daily. Mentally she's getting very emotional. Does not comprehend time. I'll miss a day of visit and when I come back she wonder why I was gone for a week. It's almost like dealing with a toddler part of the time, but then we can have a nice long conversation about stuff that happened in the 70's and 80's.
s

Over the weekend we moved her out of her "village" and got rid of / stored a lot of her stuff. We moved her bed / dresser / recliner and pictures of kids into her new place where she'll be in a managed facility that has rehab but also specializes in parkinsons. She'll be in a complex that has a "living area" with 8 hallways extending from it. Down each hallway are 2 rooms (one per resident) where she'll have her own tv, fridge, chair, bed, and it will be "home". She just wants OUT of the rehab facility.

Hopefully she'll like it there. Her hip dr. says that she's probably got a year.

To go from a healthy mom who was going on 8 hour road trips this spring to watch her grandson play college baseball to this in less than 4 months is really a shock.

Hug em while you've got them. You never know what can happen.

Thanks for reading and letting me vent.

Aw Man. I'm sorry GB. With you completely on the hug them while you have them. Thanks for being there for her.

 

[Gatorman]

Aw Man. I'm sorry GB. With you completely on the hug them while you have them. Thanks for being there for her.

Coop. Sorry to hear. My Wife is going through something similar with her mom (Hip replacement gone wrong) and she is going from being a totally independent person to someone who likely will never leave an assisted living facility. Getting Old Blows...

 

[urbanhack]

I need to post a rant / help / T&P story about my younger sister. She's five years younger than me and was married to a jerk for 15 years. They have three boys (18, 16, 12) and finally got divorced about 5 years ago. My sister has been through a lot...there are depression, anxiety and abandonment issues galore. She got his entire 401K from the divorce ($175,000) and monthly child support of close to $1,000 assuming she holds up her end of the parenting agreement.

After she moved out, she never let anyone help with financial planning, budget, etc. with her new found money. She has a four year degree from Purdue and is a certified yoga instructor. After she moved out she never got a job and struggled to settle into 2 different apartments while she was blowing through the 401 K $$. Another point of story that is large is that my dad passed about 7 years ago and he would drive up from Indiana from time to time to check in on her and help out with the boys when they were younger. My mom never backfilled that role as she had her midlife crisis after my dad passed and ended up meeting a guy within a year. So she was checked out and having fun and living her life while my sister expected her to take the role of my dad.

2.5 years ago right before covid and without telling anyone, we found out she had no money left and was 4 months behind on her rent. The only option was to move in with my mom (2.5 hours from the boys) and hopefully get a fresh start or figure out how she was going to have a home again for her and the kids. (part of holding up her end of the parenting agreement).

We've all tried to work with her and help her move on, but she just hasn't. She's still living with my mom and over the past few weeks has deteriorated. She started getting sores on her feet and legs, couldn't wear shoes, couldn't drive and then had trouble walking without help. I heard what was going on with her physically and called her and said she should go to the doctor. My older sister and I had stayed in touch as we are always trying to determine how to best help her. My older sister decided to go see her and she called me immediately and said she was taking her to the ER (last thursday). Come to find out she's been drinking heavily and that she might well have full blown cirrhosis of the liver. :( She's in bad shape. Her sodium levels were super lower and she was having hallucinations and other alcohol withdraw symptoms. She's till in the hospital and is not fully coherent just yet.

No idea what is going to happen. She doesn't have insurance but we just discovered that we can back date her application and she's going to be covered by Medicaid. She's probably going to need to go to inpatient treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. I'll be heading back in about week to my semi annual trip home.

Thanks for letting me rant and get his off my chest. ugggggggggggggggggggg

 

[General Malaise]

Sorry, Hack. I know this has been a big burden on you and your family and I'm really hopeful your sister seizes the opportunity here to sober up, get the help she needs an take it one day at a time after she is out of treatment. My little sister went into treatment in the fall of 2019 and has been mostly sober ever since (few hiccups but she's always bouncing back, going to her sponsor, working the program). Always around if you want to vent or talk or fling discs or whatev. Hang in there, brother.

 

[urbanhack]

Sorry, Hack. I know this has been a big burden on you and your family and I'm really hopeful your sister seizes the opportunity here to sober up, get the help she needs an take it one day at a time after she is out of treatment. My little sister went into treatment in the fall of 2019 and has been mostly sober ever since (few hiccups but she's always bouncing back, going to her sponsor, working the program). Always around if you want to vent or talk or fling discs or whatev. Hang in there, brother.

Thank you. It's been both good and bad being out West. I don't have to deal with the day to day, but now I'm not there to help out.

 

[GroveDiesel]

You never realize as a kid how much being an adult can suck. So sorry for those of you struggling with aging parents, hurting siblings, kids who feel lost or whatever else you have going on. Life is tough.

 

[ChiefD]

Met @nirad3 out tonight during his stop in KC for some brews and BBQ. As luck would have it there was a Shania Twain concert going on across the street so there was no shortage of eye candy for a couple of old farts.

Good to catch up with one of the good guys around here.

 

[shuke]

Damn, sorry Hack.

 

[Joe Bryant]

I need to post a rant / help / T&P story about my younger sister. She's five years younger than me and was married to a jerk for 15 years. They have three boys (18, 16, 12) and finally got divorced about 5 years ago. My sister has been through a lot...there are depression, anxiety and abandonment issues galore. She got his entire 401K from the divorce ($175,000) and monthly child support of close to $1,000 assuming she holds up her end of the parenting agreement.

After she moved out, she never let anyone help with financial planning, budget, etc. with her new found money. She has a four year degree from Purdue and is a certified yoga instructor. After she moved out she never got a job and struggled to settle into 2 different apartments while she was blowing through the 401 K $$. Another point of story that is large is that my dad passed about 7 years ago and he would drive up from Indiana from time to time to check in on her and help out with the boys when they were younger. My mom never backfilled that role as she had her midlife crisis after my dad passed and ended up meeting a guy within a year. So she was checked out and having fun and living her life while my sister expected her to take the role of my dad.

2.5 years ago right before covid and without telling anyone, we found out she had no money left and was 4 months behind on her rent. The only option was to move in with my mom (2.5 hours from the boys) and hopefully get a fresh start or figure out how she was going to have a home again for her and the kids. (part of holding up her end of the parenting agreement).

We've all tried to work with her and help her move on, but she just hasn't. She's still living with my mom and over the past few weeks has deteriorated. She started getting sores on her feet and legs, couldn't wear shoes, couldn't drive and then had trouble walking without help. I heard what was going on with her physically and called her and said she should go to the doctor. My older sister and I had stayed in touch as we are always trying to determine how to best help her. My older sister decided to go see her and she called me immediately and said she was taking her to the ER (last thursday). Come to find out she's been drinking heavily and that she might well have full blown cirrhosis of the liver. :( She's in bad shape. Her sodium levels were super lower and she was having hallucinations and other alcohol withdraw symptoms. She's till in the hospital and is not fully coherent just yet.

No idea what is going to happen. She doesn't have insurance but we just discovered that we can back date her application and she's going to be covered by Medicaid. She's probably going to need to go to inpatient treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. I'll be heading back in about week to my semi annual trip home.

Thanks for letting me rant and get his off my chest. ugggggggggggggggggggg

I'm sorry GB. Hang in there and I'm hoping and praying for good outcomes and peace and comfort.

 

[nirad3]

Met @nirad3 out tonight during his stop in KC for some brews and BBQ. As luck would have it there was a Shania Twain concert going on across the street so there was no shortage of eye candy for a couple of old farts.

Good to catch up with one of the good guys around here.

Great seeing you again @ChiefD ... and you're right the view was nice. That place cleared out about 30 minutes after you left though.

 

[kevzilla]

Page six save. Anyway, yesterday I was behind a Rivian pickup with a half-dozen bales of green hay jammed into the bed on end, and as it turned into the wilds of Austin suburbia, I thought "That's it. That's peak hipster."

 

[belljr]

Page six save. Anyway, yesterday I was behind a Rivian pickup with a half-dozen bales of green hay jammed into the bed on end, and as it turned into the wilds of Austin suburbia, I thought "That's it. That's peak hipster."

I've never heard of these and recently saw 2 different pickups driven by older women....

It looked pretty freaking nice though

 

[mr. furley]

it's no Eat-off, it's the ####-off

Reddit - Dive into anything

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[shuke]

it's no Eat-off, it's the ####-off

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

We started this at one point but gave up.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

it's no Eat-off, it's the ####-off

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

This made me laugh after an awful day.

 

[mr. furley]

it's no Eat-off, it's the ####-off

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

This made me laugh after an awful day.

same. i had tears of laughter. was the perfect bump in my day yesterday.

 

[ChiefD]

I discovered something pretty monumental today: the actual length of time is takes a pair of Levi's jeans to go from work jeans to home jeans.

7 years.

I bought two pairs of brand new Levi's when I started my new job 7 years ago. I wanted to make a good impression with some slick new jeans.

Anyway, I wear them each about 2-3 days a week, with a pair of Wranglers mixed in once in awhile. I'm looking down at my shoes a few minutes ago and the Levi's are just now starting to get that fray at the bottom at the shoe tops.

So, I have about 7 more years of full-time work, so time for two new pairs. I may literally be buying the last two pairs of jeans in my life. Because once these become home jeans, they last another 10 years easy. And once I retire I won't wear them nearly as much at home.

Man, what a day. Exhilaration and a little sad at the same time.

 

[BeTheMatch]

I discovered something pretty monumental today: the actual length of time is takes a pair of Levi's jeans to go from work jeans to home jeans.

7 years.

I bought two pairs of brand new Levi's when I started my new job 7 years ago. I wanted to make a good impression with some slick new jeans.

Anyway, I wear them each about 2-3 days a week, with a pair of Wranglers mixed in once in awhile. I'm looking down at my shoes a few minutes ago and the Levi's are just now starting to get that fray at the bottom at the shoe tops.

So, I have about 7 more years of full-time work, so time for two new pairs. I may literally be buying the last two pairs of jeans in my life. Because once these become home jeans, they last another 10 years easy. And once I retire I won't wear them nearly as much at home.

Man, what a day. Exhilaration and a little sad at the same time.

Flying pretty close to the sun there, Chief!!

 

[ChiefD]

I discovered something pretty monumental today: the actual length of time is takes a pair of Levi's jeans to go from work jeans to home jeans.

7 years.

I bought two pairs of brand new Levi's when I started my new job 7 years ago. I wanted to make a good impression with some slick new jeans.

Anyway, I wear them each about 2-3 days a week, with a pair of Wranglers mixed in once in awhile. I'm looking down at my shoes a few minutes ago and the Levi's are just now starting to get that fray at the bottom at the shoe tops.

So, I have about 7 more years of full-time work, so time for two new pairs. I may literally be buying the last two pairs of jeans in my life. Because once these become home jeans, they last another 10 years easy. And once I retire I won't wear them nearly as much at home.

Man, what a day. Exhilaration and a little sad at the same time.

Flying pretty close to the sun there, Chief!!

The simple things amuse me now.

May as well eat pudding every day at this point.

 

[-fish-]

Sometimes I think I have my life together. Have a good law practice, long term girlfriend, roverkid doing great. Then my partner announces he may be retiring at the end of the year. This causes more discussions about my potential retirement and results in breaking up wtih the girlfriend of just shy of 7 years. Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home. So suddenly I'm a single empty nester alone in a house that's too big for me, with nothing keeping me here except a small group of good friends. It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures, and maybe find a new home. Considering going back to San Diego. Or maybe I stay here. Its exciting and depressing all at once. And I met this stunning Ukrainian gal. It may be time to entertain you old farts again.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Sometimes I think I have my life together. Have a good law practice, long term girlfriend, roverkid doing great. Then my partner announces he may be retiring at the end of the year. This causes more discussions about my potential retirement and results in breaking up wtih the girlfriend of just shy of 7 years. Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home. So suddenly I'm a single empty nester alone in a house that's too big for me, with nothing keeping me here except a small group of good friends. It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures, and maybe find a new home. Considering going back to San Diego. Or maybe I stay here. Its exciting and depressing all at once. And I met this stunning Ukrainian gal. It may be time to entertain you old farts again.

phone number is still the same. send away.

 

[kevzilla]

It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures

I'll be in Vegas in two months, let's see if your limo driver connections still work.

 

[-fish-]

It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures

I'll be in Vegas in two months, let's see if your limo driver connections still work.

Send me the dates.

 

[El Floppo]

Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home.

why's that?

glad to see you approaching this with some excitement... should be a fun time for you. and aside from the ukranian broad- I guess there's other things to do too.

 

[Sammy3469]

Sometimes I think I have my life together. Have a good law practice, long term girlfriend, roverkid doing great. Then my partner announces he may be retiring at the end of the year. This causes more discussions about my potential retirement and results in breaking up wtih the girlfriend of just shy of 7 years. Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home. So suddenly I'm a single empty nester alone in a house that's too big for me, with nothing keeping me here except a small group of good friends. It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures, and maybe find a new home. Considering going back to San Diego. Or maybe I stay here. Its exciting and depressing all at once. And I met this stunning Ukrainian gal. It may be time to entertain you old farts again.

There are boatloads of crazy Ukrainian gals in San Diego.

 

[urbanhack]

Sometimes I think I have my life together. Have a good law practice, long term girlfriend, roverkid doing great. Then my partner announces he may be retiring at the end of the year. This causes more discussions about my potential retirement and results in breaking up wtih the girlfriend of just shy of 7 years. Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home. So suddenly I'm a single empty nester alone in a house that's too big for me, with nothing keeping me here except a small group of good friends. It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures, and maybe find a new home. Considering going back to San Diego. Or maybe I stay here. Its exciting and depressing all at once. And I met this stunning Ukrainian gal. It may be time to entertain you old farts again.

How does talk of retirement result in ending a 7 year relationship? Enquring minds want to know.

 

[urbanhack]

I need to post a rant / help / T&P story about my younger sister. She's five years younger than me and was married to a jerk for 15 years. They have three boys (18, 16, 12) and finally got divorced about 5 years ago. My sister has been through a lot...there are depression, anxiety and abandonment issues galore. She got his entire 401K from the divorce ($175,000) and monthly child support of close to $1,000 assuming she holds up her end of the parenting agreement.

After she moved out, she never let anyone help with financial planning, budget, etc. with her new found money. She has a four year degree from Purdue and is a certified yoga instructor. After she moved out she never got a job and struggled to settle into 2 different apartments while she was blowing through the 401 K $$. Another point of story that is large is that my dad passed about 7 years ago and he would drive up from Indiana from time to time to check in on her and help out with the boys when they were younger. My mom never backfilled that role as she had her midlife crisis after my dad passed and ended up meeting a guy within a year. So she was checked out and having fun and living her life while my sister expected her to take the role of my dad.

2.5 years ago right before covid and without telling anyone, we found out she had no money left and was 4 months behind on her rent. The only option was to move in with my mom (2.5 hours from the boys) and hopefully get a fresh start or figure out how she was going to have a home again for her and the kids. (part of holding up her end of the parenting agreement).

We've all tried to work with her and help her move on, but she just hasn't. She's still living with my mom and over the past few weeks has deteriorated. She started getting sores on her feet and legs, couldn't wear shoes, couldn't drive and then had trouble walking without help. I heard what was going on with her physically and called her and said she should go to the doctor. My older sister and I had stayed in touch as we are always trying to determine how to best help her. My older sister decided to go see her and she called me immediately and said she was taking her to the ER (last thursday). Come to find out she's been drinking heavily and that she might well have full blown cirrhosis of the liver. :( She's in bad shape. Her sodium levels were super lower and she was having hallucinations and other alcohol withdraw symptoms. She's till in the hospital and is not fully coherent just yet.

No idea what is going to happen. She doesn't have insurance but we just discovered that we can back date her application and she's going to be covered by Medicaid. She's probably going to need to go to inpatient treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. I'll be heading back in about week to my semi annual trip home.

Thanks for letting me rant and get his off my chest. ugggggggggggggggggggg

An update on my sister. So she ended up spending 3 weeks in the hospital, the last two in physical rehabilitation. She's now been back at my mom's house for about 10 days and things are going about as well as can be expected. She's finally able to walk around the house without a walker. She has attended three AA meetings now and is saying all the right things. A long way to go, but she seems to be on the right track.

 

[shuke]

Moving superbaby™ into college tomorrow. Where does the time go?

 

[bostonfred]

Moving superbaby™ into college tomorrow. Where does the time go?

A lot of it went here iirc

 

[shuke]

Moving superbaby™ into college tomorrow. Where does the time go?

A lot of it went here iirc

Show your work.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Moving superbaby™ into college tomorrow. Where does the time go?

A lot of it went here iirc

Show your work.

shuke​

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Messages 56,500

 

[shuke]

7.6 messages a day.

 

[mr. furley]

7.6 messages a day.

amateur

 

[urbanhack]

7.6 messages a day.

We know from the log file data and user experience server logs that you read 14.75 posts for every post you make.

 

[Osaurus]

Hi. I don’t post much. Trying to skew my stats.

 

[belljr]

I thought he received 56,000 PMs.. lol

 

[facook]

Not sure where else to put this. I know many of you are fond of Central Oregon (most would say Bend, I lump us all together), and we just had a thread last week by @FreeBaGeL who had to cancel a Bend vacation due to air quality from fires in the Cascades.

Had a wildfire spark this afternoon about 5 miles south of Bend. 90 minutes ago it was at 10 acres. Not sure how big it is now, but we are 15 miles north of Bend and it is the same air that we had August of 2020 with all of the fires in the Cascade river canyons. Fire bombers taking off and landing constantly. Lahaina had it much worse than us, for sure. Not even really trying to complain. More just in awe of where we are at with wildfires. Fires suck.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Not sure where else to put this. I know many of you are fond of Central Oregon (most would say Bend, I lump us all together), and we just had a thread last week by @FreeBaGeL who had to cancel a Bend vacation due to air quality from fires in the Cascades.

Had a wildfire spark this afternoon about 5 miles south of Bend. 90 minutes ago it was at 10 acres. Not sure how big it is now, but we are 15 miles north of Bend and it is the same air that we had August of 2020 with all of the fires in the Cascade river canyons. Fire bombers taking off and landing constantly. Lahaina had it much worse than us, for sure. Not even really trying to complain. More just in awe of where we are at with wildfires. Fires suck.

Are you ok?

 

[facook]

Not sure where else to put this. I know many of you are fond of Central Oregon (most would say Bend, I lump us all together), and we just had a thread last week by @FreeBaGeL who had to cancel a Bend vacation due to air quality from fires in the Cascades.

Had a wildfire spark this afternoon about 5 miles south of Bend. 90 minutes ago it was at 10 acres. Not sure how big it is now, but we are 15 miles north of Bend and it is the same air that we had August of 2020 with all of the fires in the Cascade river canyons. Fire bombers taking off and landing constantly. Lahaina had it much worse than us, for sure. Not even really trying to complain. More just in awe of where we are at with wildfires. Fires suck.

Are you ok?

Yeah, we won't burn. But it will be like smoking 1-2 packs/day for the next few days. 2020 summer sucked butt, and this feels just like it.

Thanks for asking.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Not sure where else to put this. I know many of you are fond of Central Oregon (most would say Bend, I lump us all together), and we just had a thread last week by @FreeBaGeL who had to cancel a Bend vacation due to air quality from fires in the Cascades.

Had a wildfire spark this afternoon about 5 miles south of Bend. 90 minutes ago it was at 10 acres. Not sure how big it is now, but we are 15 miles north of Bend and it is the same air that we had August of 2020 with all of the fires in the Cascade river canyons. Fire bombers taking off and landing constantly. Lahaina had it much worse than us, for sure. Not even really trying to complain. More just in awe of where we are at with wildfires. Fires suck.

Are you ok?

Yeah, we won't burn. But it will be like smoking 1-2 packs/day for the next few days. 2020 summer sucked butt, and this feels just like it.

Thanks for asking.

That sucks, man. Stay safe.

 

[urbanhack]

Not sure where else to put this. I know many of you are fond of Central Oregon (most would say Bend, I lump us all together), and we just had a thread last week by @FreeBaGeL who had to cancel a Bend vacation due to air quality from fires in the Cascades.

Had a wildfire spark this afternoon about 5 miles south of Bend. 90 minutes ago it was at 10 acres. Not sure how big it is now, but we are 15 miles north of Bend and it is the same air that we had August of 2020 with all of the fires in the Cascade river canyons. Fire bombers taking off and landing constantly. Lahaina had it much worse than us, for sure. Not even really trying to complain. More just in awe of where we are at with wildfires. Fires suck.

Are you ok?

Yeah, we won't burn. But it will be like smoking 1-2 packs/day for the next few days. 2020 summer sucked butt, and this feels just like it.

Thanks for asking.

Oregon is a tinder box right now...especially this week with these temps. I'm supposed to go camping next week at Big Lake right next to Sisters.

Stay safe!

 

[facook]

Not sure where else to put this. I know many of you are fond of Central Oregon (most would say Bend, I lump us all together), and we just had a thread last week by @FreeBaGeL who had to cancel a Bend vacation due to air quality from fires in the Cascades.

Had a wildfire spark this afternoon about 5 miles south of Bend. 90 minutes ago it was at 10 acres. Not sure how big it is now, but we are 15 miles north of Bend and it is the same air that we had August of 2020 with all of the fires in the Cascade river canyons. Fire bombers taking off and landing constantly. Lahaina had it much worse than us, for sure. Not even really trying to complain. More just in awe of where we are at with wildfires. Fires suck.

Are you ok?

Yeah, we won't burn. But it will be like smoking 1-2 packs/day for the next few days. 2020 summer sucked butt, and this feels just like it.

Thanks for asking.

Oregon is a tinder box right now...especially this week with these temps. I'm supposed to go camping next week at Big Lake right next to Sisters.

Stay safe!

That it is, and thanks.

Hopefully this will clear up by then, but if not you'll want to skip that plan. Aqi was over 500 around Sisters yesterday, well over 300 today. Fingers crossed for you man.

 

[-fish-]

Sometimes I think I have my life together. Have a good law practice, long term girlfriend, roverkid doing great. Then my partner announces he may be retiring at the end of the year. This causes more discussions about my potential retirement and results in breaking up wtih the girlfriend of just shy of 7 years. Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home. So suddenly I'm a single empty nester alone in a house that's too big for me, with nothing keeping me here except a small group of good friends. It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures, and maybe find a new home. Considering going back to San Diego. Or maybe I stay here. Its exciting and depressing all at once. And I met this stunning Ukrainian gal. It may be time to entertain you old farts again.

How does talk of retirement result in ending a 7 year relationship? Enquring minds want to know.

Thought I answered this, but I guess I never finished. Ex GF is 15 years younger than me. My vision of retirement is spending half the year in Baja and/or traveling and fishing and half here in Washington. She's not at a point in her life where she can do that, unless I am paying all the bills and she switches to a job where she can work remotely from Mexico (her money mainly goes to servicing debt she accrued when she was younger). I wasn't willing to keep staying here year round to maintain the relationship, and I want to enjoy my retirement doing the things that I like to do.

 

[-fish-]

Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home.

why's that?

glad to see you approaching this with some excitement... should be a fun time for you. and aside from the ukranian broad- I guess there's other things to do too.

Assuming that the writers/actors strike isn't still going on, she's going to do a summer internship, which would be either NY or LA.

 

[urbanhack]

Sometimes I think I have my life together. Have a good law practice, long term girlfriend, roverkid doing great. Then my partner announces he may be retiring at the end of the year. This causes more discussions about my potential retirement and results in breaking up wtih the girlfriend of just shy of 7 years. Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home. So suddenly I'm a single empty nester alone in a house that's too big for me, with nothing keeping me here except a small group of good friends. It looks like it's time to shake up this comfortable life and go have some adventures, and maybe find a new home. Considering going back to San Diego. Or maybe I stay here. Its exciting and depressing all at once. And I met this stunning Ukrainian gal. It may be time to entertain you old farts again.

How does talk of retirement result in ending a 7 year relationship? Enquring minds want to know.

Thought I answered this, but I guess I never finished. Ex GF is 15 years younger than me. My vision of retirement is spending half the year in Baja and/or traveling and fishing and half here in Washington. She's not at a point in her life where she can do that, unless I am paying all the bills and she switches to a job where she can work remotely from Mexico (her money mainly goes to servicing debt she accrued when she was younger). I wasn't willing to keep staying here year round to maintain the relationship, and I want to enjoy my retirement doing the things that I like to do.

I'm in a somewhat similar situation so I can understand.

 

[-fish-]

Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home.

why's that?

glad to see you approaching this with some excitement... should be a fun time for you. and aside from the ukranian broad- I guess there's other things to do too.

Assuming that the writers/actors strike isn't still going on, she's going to do a summer internship, which would be either NY or LA.

It is very weird when I think about the fact that I announced her conception in the deadly animal draft and now we're discussing the beginning of her professional career.

 

[Gatorman]

Roverkid is about to go back to NYC, and it looks like this was her last summer home.

why's that?

glad to see you approaching this with some excitement... should be a fun time for you. and aside from the ukranian broad- I guess there's other things to do too.

Assuming that the writers/actors strike isn't still going on, she's going to do a summer internship, which would be either NY or LA.

It is very weird when I think about the fact that I announced her conception in the deadly animal draft and now we're discussing the beginning of her professional career.

Time moves both slow and fast in GM's thread...