From everything I've seen, once you get outside the left coast for Oregon, most of the state is pretty sane - even wanting to leave and join Idaho because of the craziness coming from Portland. I think that part of the state was even among the first to experience the joy of pumping their own gas. :)
From everything I've seen, once you get outside the left coast for Oregon, most of the state is pretty sane - even wanting to leave and join Idaho because of the craziness coming from Portland. I think that part of the state was even among the first to experience the joy of pumping their own gas. :)
Very true. I live in the coast range now. Up in the sticks. But born and raised in the bluest of blue Eugene. Grew up surrounded by hippie culture which I see has now turned out to be a fake. Once all those hippies were faced with something scary in their older age they bowed to the govt. quicker than one could imagine.
And it's not just the injections. It's *everything*! For instance, what happened to the anti-war movement? How come suddenly it's okay for corporations to tell the government what to do? How come my generation developed a trust in government when the motto of the late '60s and all of the '70s was "don't trust The Man"?
Bc… they conformed then and they conform now. The perks, socially, lead by the nose ring.
As one of that eminently culpable generation of the MEs, who complained bitterly about their parents & bought into the mass counterculture psyops, I am disgusted. Luckily, I was a lousy student and a goof. Saved me til I gained some maturity & learned how to learn. God spared me consequences of some really stupid mistakes. Saved me Period. In His good time, in His good hands.
I wasn't surprised at that. I know of one who's very smart but has no wisdom at all. She stood in line for 2 hours on a cold February day to get her shot as soon as it was approved for her.
And the fake feminists, like Hillary, who while sneering at the country song "Stand By Your Man," did exactly that for her entire married life and who are now selling out young women who don't want to be exposed to men in locker rooms, bathrooms, or to compete against them on sports teams. And the fake 'protectors of children' like Hillary, who are all silent, at best, in the face of child sex trafficking.
Very good point. I grew up in SW Portland and went to Eugene for college and taught there for 3 years. Lots of hippies were still around in the mid-seventies, they’re still there like you say. Happy for the government dole.
New Jersey and Oregon were the last holdouts. Now it's just New Jersey. And "full service" is hardly the right term for the gas stations. You need to pay someone to pump your gas. They don't check tires, clean windows, check oil, or any of that. They just take your card, run it through the machine, and then pump your gas. It's a really strange experience when you come from ... just about any other state. It's also really annoying when there's one person working for a station with 12-16 pumps.
Not really sure the reasoning behind these laws. I could maybe see that way back in the day there might have been some odd health concern, but otherwise it looks like a way to keep people employed for a job that's not really needed in most cases. (There are some cases where people really can't pump their own gas, but most people seem to get by just fine once they figure out how to operate those strange machines. :) )
I will say that I noticed gas prices for NJ were lower than NY the couple of times I've had to get gas there, even with a person paid to do a job I could do. Says something about taxes, I'm pretty sure.
From everything I've seen, once you get outside the left coast for Oregon, most of the state is pretty sane - even wanting to leave and join Idaho because of the craziness coming from Portland. I think that part of the state was even among the first to experience the joy of pumping their own gas. :)
Very true. I live in the coast range now. Up in the sticks. But born and raised in the bluest of blue Eugene. Grew up surrounded by hippie culture which I see has now turned out to be a fake. Once all those hippies were faced with something scary in their older age they bowed to the govt. quicker than one could imagine.
All my old hippie friends instantly rolled up their sleeves. I was shocked!
And it's not just the injections. It's *everything*! For instance, what happened to the anti-war movement? How come suddenly it's okay for corporations to tell the government what to do? How come my generation developed a trust in government when the motto of the late '60s and all of the '70s was "don't trust The Man"?
Bc… they conformed then and they conform now. The perks, socially, lead by the nose ring.
As one of that eminently culpable generation of the MEs, who complained bitterly about their parents & bought into the mass counterculture psyops, I am disgusted. Luckily, I was a lousy student and a goof. Saved me til I gained some maturity & learned how to learn. God spared me consequences of some really stupid mistakes. Saved me Period. In His good time, in His good hands.
May he Bless us, every one.
I wasn't surprised at that. I know of one who's very smart but has no wisdom at all. She stood in line for 2 hours on a cold February day to get her shot as soon as it was approved for her.
Yup fake, they were just following the crowd and the “in”, trendy thing, and are doing the same now.
Amen!!!!
Woh! Just replied with the same. 😎
Great minds I guess
Lol
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Sooo true!! My next door neighbors...
And the fake feminists, like Hillary, who while sneering at the country song "Stand By Your Man," did exactly that for her entire married life and who are now selling out young women who don't want to be exposed to men in locker rooms, bathrooms, or to compete against them on sports teams. And the fake 'protectors of children' like Hillary, who are all silent, at best, in the face of child sex trafficking.
Very good point. I grew up in SW Portland and went to Eugene for college and taught there for 3 years. Lots of hippies were still around in the mid-seventies, they’re still there like you say. Happy for the government dole.
Wait, what?..pumping their own gas? I thought full service gas stations went away in the 80’s.
New Jersey and Oregon were the last holdouts. Now it's just New Jersey. And "full service" is hardly the right term for the gas stations. You need to pay someone to pump your gas. They don't check tires, clean windows, check oil, or any of that. They just take your card, run it through the machine, and then pump your gas. It's a really strange experience when you come from ... just about any other state. It's also really annoying when there's one person working for a station with 12-16 pumps.
Not really sure the reasoning behind these laws. I could maybe see that way back in the day there might have been some odd health concern, but otherwise it looks like a way to keep people employed for a job that's not really needed in most cases. (There are some cases where people really can't pump their own gas, but most people seem to get by just fine once they figure out how to operate those strange machines. :) )
I will say that I noticed gas prices for NJ were lower than NY the couple of times I've had to get gas there, even with a person paid to do a job I could do. Says something about taxes, I'm pretty sure.
Lower than PA as well. I'm not terribly close, but check the math every now and again to see if it's worth making the drive to fill up.
Wife's Suburban has a 44 gallon tank.