Portland Oregon? I think about retiring there
Posted By: only state with MD-assisted suicide....sm on 2007-05-14
In Reply to: And not to mention - Margaret
I dream of relocating to Oregon - because it's the only state that allows physician-assisted suicide so that people who have terminal diagnoses can end the life the way they want to. (no flames please, to each his/her own).
Signed: A Jack Kevorkian Supporter!
P.S. please, really, let's not get into it folks...no flames 
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Portland, Oregon people ....
on Portland area, nice neighborhoods or nearby towns to live, rentals, real estate companies, local colleges. Thanks.
First of all don’t plan on retiring-
for what reason? I start drawing pension next year (65) from one company where I used to work but not planning any kind of retirement. I married a younger man a few years ago and we actually moved up in house size from before the marriage. I just think anyone who reaches a certain age should downgrade from any steps in a home- those are for younger folks.
You are not in Portland, OR are you? nm
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Oops, sorry, it's in Portland Maine.....found a link!
http://www.dimillos.com/restaurant/
:)
$2.65/gal here in Oregon...sm
DH and I drive cross country every year to Philly and for the past 3 years Oregon has been the highest place each time. Wyoming and Kansas have always been the best prices. We are not allowed to pump our own gas here, which believe it or not I miss doing! I can do it a lot faster than some of the people who work at some of our stations!
Gas here in Oregon is...
$3.25 to $3.35 and has been for several weeks; we have been well over $3 for some time now. I am driving cross country to Philly next week and will look forward to paying (hopefully) a bit less. I live in the country, 25 miles from town, my husband drives to work every day 66 miles round trip. Not buying gas for one day may sound like something to do, but just think how much more people will buy on the 16th of the month. The fact is, if you have the $$$ and want to drive you will. I have an SUV, will take it cross country, and will pay what I have to. We have taken this trip every year for 4 years (twice in one year in 2005) and we have never seen a decrease in RVs, trucks, or traffic ever. We are a country obsessed with cars and driving. City dwellers with good public transporation are lucky, but those of us who live rurally make the trade off of paying more each time we go to town.
Yup, that was right here in Oregon
in fact it was the sister hospital of the hospital I worked in for 3 years. They had to call 911 because there was no doctor in the hospital. I don't think the surgeon was even there- they paged him and he told them to call 911.
The hospital was not leqally required to have a doctor on site 24/7 (can't remember the reason why) but they should not have done her surgery there because of that fact due to her age and the risks. They just didn't want to lose the money. They are history now, thank God.
FOG IN OREGON
Here in Portland, I can leave here and no fog and two miles away be fogged in so be care of what you say. And it can be a light in one place and heavy in another causing a delay -- give her a break. The counselor was WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. I do not believe in pampering the children but they are children and must be handled as such. These type of people should not be in these positions, they like the power over the kids and act like a warden in a prison.
Here in Oregon $3.48 and above...
and it has been high for quite a long time. My Explorer takes about $65 to fill, which is not too bad, and my husband's commuter Subaru fills up at about $35, also pretty reasonable. I was in line behind a Suburban the other day and it topped out at over $90. We are driving cross country in 3 weeks; good thing we have cash saved up for the gas bill we will get in June!
Oregon here
Man is it frustrating. I also have caller ID so I don't pick up, but what they do is this. They call and use an 887 number. I don't pick up and within 2 or 3 minutes later they call back with the "private name, private number", I don't pick up and maybe 5 minutes later they call back with a 800 number. Like I say, I don't pick up but it is very frustrating. Especially when you do pick up and nobody is there. I've picked up once or twice so I can tell them off but nobody is on the other line.
I live in Oregon
This happens so often out here in Oregon. People go unprepared, onto roads that they do not know, no extra food, water, etc. There were signs posted all over the road that they took -- "road closed by snow" Bad road, etc. But they ignored the signs and kept going. They even moved rocks off of the road and kept on going. With kids in the car, they should have turned around. I really feel bad for them and my heart goes out to the mother but they had warnings all along the road and just ignored them. That is what is going to live with her forever. And to start out at 8 o'clock to go over mountain passes on roads you don't know -- just does not make sense to me. That is one of the worst roads in Oregon and really is not a road just a logging road mainly. My prayers are with them. Again, I don't even head out from Portland in the winter without water, flares, shovel, blankets, food, etc. if I am even going on the Interstate down south to visit friends about 3 hours away because you never know what will happen.
Oregon man says he's pregnant
Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portland, Ore., television station KPTV reported.
Beatie wrote the article, which includes a picture of him while he was 22 weeks pregnant. According to the story, he went through a sex change, but decided only to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy.
Beatie was able to keep the reproductive organs he was born with. The article said he stopped getting the injections and was able to get pregnant.
Beatie, who lives in Bend, wrote he was once pregnant with triplets, but the pregnancy was life-threatening and he lost the fetuses. Now, Beatie said he and his wife, Nancy, are expecting a little girl in July.
In the article, Beatie described some of the challenges he and his wife have faced -- they said doctors won't treat them. The couple met 10 years ago and Nancy is not able to have children.
He wrote in The Advocate that their situation "sparks legal, political and social unknowns."
The couple were out of town Monday and unable to speak with the station.
VIDEO LINK BELOW:
In southwest Oregon
Its low 80s....beautiful sunny day, but feels like high 80s. Suppose to hit 100 here by end of week.
Its 31 in southern Oregon
And feels like 20 degrees inside my house.
It's 31 degs in southern oregon
and even colder inside my house (or so it feels like). Lucky DH is still under the electric blanket.
Oregon mileage tax in place of gas tax
Hubby mentioned this to me yesterday...I said there's no way it would pass since it seems to be an intrusion of privacy...but apparently Oregon thinks it's a good idea. If it passes in Oregon, all the other states will follow in their footsteps and Big Brother will be truly be in the passenger seat. I'm all for going green and reducing oil consumption but I think this crosses the line.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-gas-tax4-2009jan04,0,1063687.story
34 right now, central Oregon coast range....
20 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean. May get up to 47 today, woo hoo!
Live in Oregon, just DH and me, spend about 400 a month...
give or take including cat supplies. Costco every 4 to 5 weeks. Love really good bread, yogurt, real half and half for my coffee and fresh fruit and veggies no matter what the cost. Eat out on an average of 4 times a week, lunch or dinner on our days off, not fast food (Ugh). Cook everything from scratch, no boxes or cans here, except for pasta. I don't eat red meat on a regular basis, chicken every now and then, but DH gets his steak, chops, whatever, ( I get the big pkg at Costco) at least twice a week. I have only seen a spike in dairy and bread products, but I won't buy cheap, to me it's not worth it; if I'm eating it, I want it to taste good and not be loaded with preservatives, etc. I'd rather spend 2.98 a pound for really good apples instead of 98 cents a pound for mealy ones. I'm Italian, so food is a religion for me and it better be good!
I'm in Eugene/Springfield area of Oregon
We just had a light dusting of snow in the night that melted off this afternoon, but we're supposed to get several inches on the valley floor with the next storm, Wednesday I think.
I'd work in Oregon with a real snowdog team.
I hear you can get to snow 10 months out of the year, and they have an outfit that takes tourists out with sled teams. And they let people bring their own dogs and hitch them up and do a little pulling with an experienced team. How fun would that be.
the wild west of oregon! go east to see family...
every year. my sis brought me to NYC one year and that did it, i was hooked on handbags! originally from the big city and forgot how many good buys there are if you look for them!
Oregon estimating 1.27 million Oregonians sick.
Estimates
Oregon's plans for responding to a moderate pandemic assume one would sicken 1.27 million Oregonians, sending an estimated 12,000 to the hospital and killing 2,500. Health officials don't track every case of the flu but estimate that about 10 percent of Oregonians -- or 379,000 -- fall sick from regular, seasonal influenza on average each year. And across the country, influenza and its complications kill about 36,000 people and send 226,000 to hospitals.
Swine flu has not been identified in any of the samples tested from Oregon patients, but labs continue to process them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have developed a confirmatory test for swine flu and are distributing it to states. Oregon should have those supplies by Monday, Kohn said.
Snow in Oregon, I am in rural coastal range near Newport...
absolutely beautiful. We have about 2 inches right how at 5 a.m.
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