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eleveneightnate
10-14-2021, 01:08
Heya,
Just a quick obligatory intro. I'm from Colorado, but took a 5 year hiatus to Oregon for work and am now just a few weeks away from being back to Colorado. I wasn't quite as into firearms when I lived in Colorado before, but took up more interest while in Oregon and had a great time on the Northwest Firearms forum. I was looking for a similar community in Colorado and was referred here.
While I don't regret moving to Oregon (met the love of my life), living in downtown Portland during the last couple years has been absolutely crazy so we're ready to get back into the mountains for a slower pace. Let me know if you want any crazy stories, I promise you Portland's even nuttier than you think.
Here's a pic I took of my favorite spot in Oregon. I'll definitely miss surfing!
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Thanks for having me,
Nate
What caliber is the love of your life?
eleveneightnate
10-14-2021, 01:32
What caliber is the love of your life?
She's like a 6.5 creedmoor: trendy, expensive, slightly hipster, but goes the distance.
ChickNorris
10-14-2021, 01:55
Hello hello ~
buffalobo
10-14-2021, 04:41
Welcome, join the fray.
Delfuego
10-14-2021, 07:49
She's like a 6.5 creedmoor: trendy, expensive, slightly hipster, but goes the distance.Already liking the new guy [Beer]
I had the pleasure of visiting Portland last year. The fires were crazy and the entire city was almost dark even during the day. It was also at the height of the riots or whatever you want to call them. Oregon in general is a beautiful place but the people generally weren?t to my liking.
Welcome to pumping your own gas again!
theGinsue
10-14-2021, 09:20
Let me know if you want any crazy stories, I promise you Portland's even nuttier than you think.
Welcome Nate. As I was reading your intro I was thinking "I'll bet this guy has some stories.." and then I got to your offer. When you have time to share them, I'm sure we'd all get a kick out of hearing a bit about what you saw and experienced.
She's like a 6.5 creedmoor: trendy, expensive, slightly hipster, but goes the distance.
Already liking the new guy [Beer]
That was my reaction when I read Nate's response. I think he'll fit in here beautifully.
Nate, I'm sure you've been back to CO since you left 5 yrs ago and seen that this state has changed tremendously in those last 5 yrs. This is no longer the state most of us fell in love with and I hope you won't be disappointed with coming back. Then again, nothing here is quite as bad as Portland, yet.
Hello and welcome back!
I was out in Coos Bay a couple of months ago for family and wish I could have spent some real time out there going fishing and stuff.
Enjoy! [Beer]
Welcome.
Does the "love of your life" know about SNOW?
How to shovel it, drive in it. etc.?v lol
Welcome.
Does the "love of your life" know about SNOW?
How to shovel it, drive in it. etc.?v lol
I don?t have a degree in meteorology but I?m fairly confident they get snow in Oregon.
eleveneightnate
10-14-2021, 11:27
Welcome Nate. As I was reading your intro I was thinking "I'll bet this guy has some stories.." and then I got to your offer. When you have time to share them, I'm sure we'd all get a kick out of hearing a bit about what you saw and experienced.
That was my reaction when I read Nate's response. I think he'll fit in here beautifully.
Nate, I'm sure you've been back to CO since you left 5 yrs ago and seen that this state has changed tremendously in those last 5 yrs. This is no longer the state most of us fell in love with and I hope you won't be disappointed with coming back. Then again, nothing here is quite as bad as Portland, yet.
Thanks for the warm welcome! Anything is better than Portland at this point. We're gonna be up in rural Teller County away from the city, it'll be exactly what we need to recoup after the craziness here.
Where to start with stories... well, I worked right downtown next to the federal justice center and got to witness a lot of the riots from the 8th floor of my building (they're still happening, btw). Our building was lit on fire a couple times, actually. I used to ride the bus down there, but when that became too sketchy I started driving and paying for parking. One day after a particularly intense riot the night before, I noticed all the parking meters on the block had bullet holes in them. Guess the upside is I was able to save $2.50/hr for parking that week! All of downtown is boarded up, shot up, and anarchist graffiti is everywhere.
Two major shootings happened right in front of my office as well. The one where the Patriot Prayer member was killed and the more recent one where the Antifa shootout happened. In fact, the building in the video of that incident is my old office building with rounds exploding against the first floor brick. I quit that job because our CEO wouldn't acknowledge how unsafe we all were there and instead focused his efforts on "white fragility training" for us. This was the general mindset with most Portland businesses. The newspapers and tv stations run cover for the extremism and the masses are convinced it's not that bad, despite the city crumbling in every way imaginable. The city was also only a few votes away from electing an openly communist mayor! It was around this time my girlfriend and I looked at each other and said "we gotta get the hell out of here".
I also had two friends that lived within the "Red House Autonomous Zone" during that craziness. Antifa had barricaded the blocks around their apartment and were running checkpoints at each entrance like a war zone. My friends were held at gun point (mostly AKs) several times and were "required" to show iD to get to their apartment. They were also asked to pay "protection taxes". The cops backed down and waited them out instead of enforcing the law for everyone.
What would you say the biggest changes have been in CO during the 5 years I've been gone?
eleveneightnate
10-14-2021, 11:35
Hello and welcome back!
I was out in Coos Bay a couple of months ago for family and wish I could have spent some real time out there going fishing and stuff.
Enjoy! [Beer]
The coast is hands down the best part about Oregon! I'll miss the salmon runs, whale watching, and surfing. But that just means more vacations to warmer waters now.
eleveneightnate
10-14-2021, 11:37
Welcome.
Does the "love of your life" know about SNOW?
How to shovel it, drive in it. etc.?v lol
Luckily she's from Ohio and knows her way around it!
Speaking of snow, I'm excited to get back to snowboarding actual powder under blue skies. In Oregon, th snow is called Cascade Concrete and it's not unusual to get rained on on the chairlift.
Welcome. Tbh there are not a ton of changes in the last 5 years legislatively. The biggest hits were 2013 you are probably aware of. Politically the left rounded out and secured the state senate, house, and governor recently (first time in a long, long time), so there has been a legislative progressive shift in the last few months but it's not too crazy - yet. There is plenty of room for it to get that way though...
Firearm bills recently are required secure storage, red flag bullshit, that kind of thing.
Environmental has been shifting california-ish, with CARB adoption, that kind of thing. But you were in Oregon, so apples and apples mostly.
ETA: Transients... Transients.... f the transients. But again, compared to Portland, you'll think it's been a reduction.
whitewalrus
10-15-2021, 08:49
Welcome back to CO and welcome to the forum
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eleveneightnate
10-16-2021, 14:48
Welcome. Tbh there are not a ton of changes in the last 5 years legislatively. The biggest hits were 2013 you are probably aware of. Politically the left rounded out and secured the state senate, house, and governor recently (first time in a long, long time), so there has been a legislative progressive shift in the last few months but it's not too crazy - yet. There is plenty of room for it to get that way though...
Firearm bills recently are required secure storage, red flag bullshit, that kind of thing.
Environmental has been shifting california-ish, with CARB adoption, that kind of thing. But you were in Oregon, so apples and apples mostly.
ETA: Transients... Transients.... f the transients. But again, compared to Portland, you'll think it's been a reduction.
Good to know, thanks for the info. Sounds better than Portland for sure, hopefully we can keep it from going down that route.
Vic Tory
10-24-2021, 09:56
Welcome back, Nate!
I have a cousin-in-law (Is that a thing?) outside of Bend. He grew up in Portland and is disgusted. He fully supports the group trying to secede and join Idaho. He tells me Oregon would be great again ... if they could remove Portland and Eugene.
(My C-I-L would fit right in on this forum....)
Luckily she's from Ohio and knows her way around it!
Speaking of snow, I'm excited to get back to snowboarding actual powder under blue skies. In Oregon, th snow is called Cascade Concrete and it's not unusual to get rained on on the chairlift.
Yeah, rain then freezes overnight. What fun. Been there done that.
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