portland oregon

Chanur said:

Go to the Widmer brewery. Have some Hefe. See Multnomah falls and drive up to Timberline Lodge.

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I won a drinking trophy from Widmer at a festival... sort of. I kept hitting up their (apparently endless) supply of barrel aged barleywine at a multi-day food & drink festival, so often that their marketing rep recognized me, tracked me down and gave me a bottle of it as things were winding down. I consider it my drinking trophy. "Congrats on getting retarded drunk for days on our >10% beer, have a trophy!"

tyen said:

Wrong; Rain Jacket.

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More importantly, a good light breathable one that you can roll up and stick in your bag when it's not raining. Or just say fuck it and wear a hoody because who cares about rain?

Roscoes and Horse Brass Pub are nice beer spots, Belmont Station too for taps and lots of bottles. Pok Pok is vastly overrated, with tiny overpriced portions compared to every other Thai restaurant in the city. There's so many good food spots, just look up the type of food you're craving for each meal and pick something that sounds good.

Aldarion said:

Umbrellas are the superior device for dealing with rain, and riding bikes in the rain is fucking stupid. Only in Oregon.

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Personally, I fucking hate umbrellas. If there's any wind, they're useless. And you transform yourself in to a one armed cripple when you use one. Fuck that. Then again, I live in a climate that, outside of this year's shitty fucking summer, doesn't really get a lot of rain. However I have spent a fair amount of time in Victoria and Vancouver, which have pretty similar climates to Portland. And what I've noticed when it rains in those places, is that it's typically a pretty light, almost misty rain. Not a downpour like you get in thunderstorms etc. So an umbrella is fairly useless for that if you're walking at any rate of speed, because the small droplets fall so slow, you get wet anyways.

Soygen said:

I might visit Portland. Tyen/Trex, do you guys have an extra closet?

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Fresh out.

Tenks said:

Don't you mean does Req have any more closets?

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No. That's not what he meant.

Izo said:

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Stay clean and dry on your commute - use bike fenders
Not sure if retarded or serious?

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Serious. My mom and her BF both ride to work rain or shine, use fenders, and those dumb saddle bags. It gets extra stupid when it's 5pm and black as shit outside. I don't feel comfortable driving while it's dark out and pouring.

Rain pants are what they're called, unless it's a rain suit.

Aldarion I agree. Some people are so dumb. I think I have five different pairs of rain boots? That's all I wear in the fall/winter and half of spring. Just bought 3 pairs of black Bog rain boots this season so I can match the kids. We'll be the most precious.





I use an umbrella almost always. I like it when we walk to a restaurant and Tyen has to look at the ground to not get rain on his face and then when we get to our destination, I close my umbrella a shake it out and sit in my chair dry as a desert while he fumbles around trying to find a place for his soaking wet rain jacket and then has to sit in wet jeans for an hour because "umbrellas are dumb".

I know all the chick things to do, are you going with ur lady, Haast ? Could def help you out there

trex said:

I know all the chick things to do, are you going with ur lady, Haast ? Could def help you out there

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Yes, we'll both be there. I'm sure she'd like some lady-focused recommendations.

Izo said:

Stay clean and dry on your commute - use bike fenders
Not sure if retarded or serious?

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LOL what a silly answer. Yes, I am aware of "bike fenders" just like I'm aware of the little basket with a plastic flower on it that you can clip on the front of your bicycle, and the cute little horn you can clip to your handlebars so you can honk at your friends while you drive down the sidewalk.

Of course none of those devices do anything to prevent the rain thats falling down onto your head, or into your face since youre presumably moving forward. Nor do they improve visibility or make the pavement any less slippery.

When I said biking in the rain was a bad idea did you honestly think I was worried about that little trail of water thrown out by the tires of the childrens toy youre riding in traffic? No, no I was not. I was obviously referring to the idea that when the weather is bad, reducing visibility and causing traffic accidents even in vehicles that were intended to be driven by grownups in traffic, perhaps itd be a good idea not to ride said childrens toy in traffic and instead get in the damn car like a normal adult and drive to work. Hippy.

Where did bikes touch you when you were a kid?

Alex said:

Where did bikes touch you when you were a kid?

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Probably up the b-hole

Here's a bunch of grown adults riding "children toys" around in the mud. Man, I wish I could be an adult.

(These are the Portland bikeshare bikes)

Am I missing something here? It seems like kind of a dick move to muddy up a bikeshare bike, too.

It was an approved publicity stunt.

Another day, another retarded protest in Portland.

Protesters, Portland police clash outside City Hall

Everyone I know calls them the "grey days", it's less about pure torrential rainfall but it's wet outside and you won't see the sun for a long while.

https://rainfall.weatherdb.com/l/201/Portland-Oregon

Amount of rainfall is a bad metric. It doesn't rain heavily. It's just a heavy ass fucking mist. Like walking through a spray bottle. At least in Seattle. Never been to Portland.