tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post1612951332639347512..comments2023-07-07T00:32:17.629-07:00Comments on BendBubble2: The West Coast Economy Begins To CollapseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-54013412805688475132008-06-28T22:06:00.000-07:002008-06-28T22:06:00.000-07:00see, the problem is that multi millionaire fishing...see, the problem is that multi millionaire fishing guides listen to cock-twang music. Ie. Garth Brooks/Sugarland type stuff. Classical music just isn't on the radar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-58201003605656176182008-06-28T18:02:00.000-07:002008-06-28T18:02:00.000-07:00Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news...Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=3451355<BR/><BR/>A good read.Bewerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389021459268558541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-38327786631151036052008-06-28T17:59:00.000-07:002008-06-28T17:59:00.000-07:00...These sponsorships aren't sentimental decisions...<I>...These sponsorships aren't sentimental decisions, or whimsical investments made by high-rolling bike geeks. Both U.S. companies who have elected to cast their lots with cycling have substantial business in Europe and Asia -- much of it in traditional cycling nations such as France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Great Britain -- and want to increase their brand awareness.<BR/><BR/>"Cycling gives us a chance to attract new people in North America to a sport we view as in resurgence, and is also a chance for us to reach hundreds of millions of people in Europe," said Garmin vice president for communications Jon Cassat.<BR/><BR/><B>Olathe, Kan.-based Garmin</B> is not a total newcomer to sports or to cycling, having been on board as a lower-tier "official partner" in the Slipstream universe, and the company is mindful that doping and political infighting are not about to vanish.<BR/><BR/>"But the standards this team lives by are near and dear to our corporate culture," Cassat said. "Slipstream has an open, vocal commitment to riding clean. The sport has been living under a black cloud, and this is an opportunity to make a difference. Cycling should be attracting a great fan base. We think our timing is quite good."</I><BR/><BR/>Why can't companies like Garmin sprout in Bend?Bewerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389021459268558541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-55466933894910996822008-06-28T12:32:00.000-07:002008-06-28T12:32:00.000-07:00>>An important source of employment: Forest Servic...>>An important source of employment: Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Forestry,...<BR/><BR/>Now that I agree with. The gov't is a very important employer in a once and future poor area like Central Oregon.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558612755834018291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-86371711360957036762008-06-28T12:18:00.000-07:002008-06-28T12:18:00.000-07:00"Central Oregon firefighters are on high alert thi..."Central Oregon firefighters are on high alert this weekend, bracing for near-record temperatures and possible dry lightning."<BR/><BR/>An important source of employment: Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Forestry,...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-62172678646128555852008-06-28T12:12:00.000-07:002008-06-28T12:12:00.000-07:00I wish some of those top-performing rafting outfit...<B>I wish some of those top-performing rafting outfitters and hiking guides could have stepped up to the plate...</B><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I've had it with these chintzy MULTI-MILLIONAIRE fishing guides hoarding their money like SCROOGE.<BR/><BR/>Tourism: Central Oregon's Economic Panacea.IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-67608304044920202752008-06-28T09:53:00.000-07:002008-06-28T09:53:00.000-07:00Yesterday's Bulletin article said the music festiv...Yesterday's Bulletin article said the music festival just wasn't getting enough donations, due to the economy.<BR/><BR/>I wish some of those top-performing rafting outfitters and hiking guides could have stepped up to the plate after the Realtors died off.timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558612755834018291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-4595907111154251332008-06-28T05:25:00.000-07:002008-06-28T05:25:00.000-07:00What are you smokin, drinken, snorting, crap don't...<B>What are you smokin, drinken, snorting, crap don't inhale. ><<<'></B><BR/><BR/>It was drinken.IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-49126634830542060592008-06-27T22:28:00.000-07:002008-06-27T22:28:00.000-07:00Re: Sorry figure it out for yourselves.Wouldn't a ...Re: Sorry figure it out for yourselves.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Wouldn't a 9 mil work better for self defense than a bar of gold?Bewerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389021459268558541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-84253381075056623982008-06-27T21:57:00.000-07:002008-06-27T21:57:00.000-07:00reality sucks think about it for a minute civil wa...reality sucks think about it for a minute civil war 1863 they really sufered. oh wait a minute history repeats itself The end of the roman empire. Sorry figure it out for yourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-67456507876315325432008-06-27T21:29:00.000-07:002008-06-27T21:29:00.000-07:00you have ben warned we are entering uncharted wate...you have ben warned we are entering uncharted waters.prepare it will happen sooner than you think.My grandad who survived the great depression said the resourcefull will survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-11797078596899941012008-06-27T21:12:00.000-07:002008-06-27T21:12:00.000-07:00IHateToBurstYourBubble said...They are lovers of T...<B>IHateToBurstYourBubble said...</B><BR/><BR/>They are lovers of The Fudge. They love to create it, chill it, mix it with nuts, roll it out and most of all, pack it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>You are totally off your nut tonight. What are you smokin, drinken, snorting, crap don't inhale. ><<<'>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-68478598541649042882008-06-27T21:10:00.000-07:002008-06-27T21:10:00.000-07:00SPECIAL ALERT: as warned for many months a major g...SPECIAL ALERT: as warned for many months a major global “upheaval” is in progress -- spurred by the one-two punch of run-away inflation & a collapse of the derivatives/credit markets -- which will affect everyone. Many banks are at risk. Investors who continue to procrastinate or wait optimistically for storm clouds to dissipate, will in the main, see their assets deflate radically & at best risk losing much or most of their net buying power &/or capital. If not already done so, we urge that U immediately reduce financial risk via 3 basic steps: exit the US$ (or hedge exposure to US$ assets of any kind via futures short selling &/or bank forward contacts), place approx ½ of your assets into a mix of 90-day to 2-year govt bills/bonds (Swiss govt paper preferred, but any (non-US$) 1st world govt paper OK), place almost ½ of your assets in gold (via a basket of gold futures &/or quality gold shares, with at least 15% in physical gold bars or coins). A small position in oil/food/comod stocks & special situations is justified. See HSL for details on July 6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-19099176244266830112008-06-27T21:07:00.000-07:002008-06-27T21:07:00.000-07:00>>>Please place a check next to the ones that have...>>>Please place a check next to the ones that have been "Californicated to an extent that it barely resembles an outdoor activity."<BR/><BR/>***<BR/><BR/>I think half of them were destroyed by Californication and half by Oregonorrhea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-45983860184624977912008-06-27T21:06:00.000-07:002008-06-27T21:06:00.000-07:00Donkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Donkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-80121139432862324292008-06-27T20:37:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:37:00.000-07:00Fudge packers?Sounds like a Baby Ruth Bar.Couple o...Fudge packers?<BR/>Sounds like a Baby Ruth Bar.<BR/>Couple of weeks ago, I removed my office mates chair and replaced it with nasty looking toilet and set 2Baby Ruth bars (from the movie Caddy Shack) in the bottom of it. Man ya got to have some fun now and then. Things are slowely going to crap but life needs to have some levity, don't ya think. Lighten up. SF is going down just as you have predicted. <BR/>Bend sales have slowed as never before in June, it may be the first time in 30 years(my term) that June did not beat May sales. We will know in a week or so. But last month 106 sold and this month as of today 81???? May not hit the bar.<BR/>Cash is King...Gold a close second.<BR/>So Sunday I really expect some real genius rant..it is all excelerating at a snails pace,as it should. After all we are climbing into the 2012 spaceship Odessey and when we land we had better have some tangible goods worth something to others.<BR/>I think I would like to climb into a spaceship about now.<BR/>Happy weekend all!<BR/>Awaiting the Sunday AM Rant as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-78021986970018960922008-06-27T20:16:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:16:00.000-07:00Have you participated in all of those activities? ...Have you participated in all of those activities? I don't mean to offend you, but maybe you are the ignorant one on this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-58777330822349043482008-06-27T20:11:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:11:00.000-07:00You've simply exposed yourself as a Cali-Sympathiz...<B>You've simply exposed yourself as a Cali-Sympathizer.</B><BR/><BR/>No, I simply have participated in nearly every one of those activities. And I have never noticed that they have been Californicated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-34199928535822409602008-06-27T20:07:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:07:00.000-07:00I am here to educate.You have still failed to prov...<B>I am here to educate.</B><BR/><BR/>You have still failed to prove your point that all of those activities have been Californicated to an extent that they barely resemble outdoor activities.<BR/><BR/>I didn't learn anything from your comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-34848098347240112232008-06-27T20:04:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:04:00.000-07:00You have failed miserably to prove your point.No. ...<B>You have failed miserably to prove your point.</B><BR/><BR/>No. You've simply exposed yourself as a Cali-Sympathizer.<BR/><BR/>They are fucking locusts. They must be exterminated. That's all I know.IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-74784626569882716262008-06-27T20:02:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:02:00.000-07:00I do so because Mr. Doh, in one of his blogger rag...<B>I do so because Mr. Doh, in one of his blogger rages, told me to "get the fuck out" because I disagreed with his logic on one point.</B><BR/><BR/>You gotta grow a thicker skin then, dear.<BR/><BR/>And it probably WAS NOT <B>BECAUSE</B> I disagreed with you. It was because you needed it.<BR/><BR/>I am here to educate. And when necessary, horrify. And offend. And tell the ignorant to Get The Fuck Out.IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-34371191670819894392008-06-27T20:01:00.000-07:002008-06-27T20:01:00.000-07:00You're from Cali, right?No, born and raised in the...<B>You're from Cali, right?</B><BR/><BR/>No, born and raised in the Midwest. Bend resident for 20 years. <BR/><BR/>You have failed miserably to prove your point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-65455330298338671892008-06-27T19:55:00.000-07:002008-06-27T19:55:00.000-07:00Farmers market (Wednesday PM)Munch and Music (Thur...<B>Farmers market (Wednesday PM)<BR/>Munch and Music (Thursday PM)<BR/>Munch and Movie (Friday PM)</B><BR/><BR/>Huh?<BR/><BR/>These are PERIPHERALLY & COINCIDENTALLY outdoors. My God.<BR/><BR/>Go back to Disney World. That's outside.IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-43236644600328626952008-06-27T19:52:00.000-07:002008-06-27T19:52:00.000-07:00Please place a check next to the ones that have be...<B>Please place a check next to the ones that have been "Californicated to an extent that it barely resembles an outdoor activity."</B><BR/><BR/>You're from Cali, right?<BR/><BR/>EVERY SINGLE ONE.<BR/><BR/>$1,000 MT BACHELOR SEASON PASSES, $500 WADDERS, $3,000 FISHING GUIDES, GOLFING (FUCK ME), CAMPING (FUCK ME AGAIN)...<BR/><BR/>My God, you just proved my point better than I EVER COULD HAVE.IHateToBurstYourBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660687201024720176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449433527135568372.post-75943512813480693672008-06-27T19:46:00.000-07:002008-06-27T19:46:00.000-07:00ihatetoburstyourbubble said...Recreation has been ...<B>ihatetoburstyourbubble said...<BR/>Recreation has been Californicated to an extent that it barely resembles an "outdoor activity".</B><BR/><BR/>IHTBYB, give some examples to back up your opinion:<BR/><BR/>Below is the list of outdoor activities that someone posted earlier. Please place a check next to the ones that have been "Californicated to an extent that it barely resembles an outdoor activity."<BR/><BR/>Riding the lifts and hike at Mt. Bachelor<BR/>Rafting/tubing/kayaking down Deschutes River<BR/>Canoeing on one of the Cascade Lakes<BR/>Camping<BR/>Spelunking at Lava River Cave<BR/>Geology tour of Lava Butte, Fort Rock, Crack in the Ground<BR/>Parks: Shevlin, Harmon, Drake, Tumalo, Cline Falls<BR/>Swimming at Juniper or Sunriver<BR/>Horseback riding at Sunriver or Seventh Mountain<BR/>Scenic flights above Cascades, Crater Lake<BR/>Rock hunting at Richardson's Rock Ranch and Glass Butte<BR/>Rock climbing at Smith Rock<BR/>Mountain climbing on South Sister<BR/>Mountain biking at Phil's trail system<BR/>Road bike riding<BR/>Boating, fishing, hiking at Newberry Crater<BR/>Hiking river trail along Deschutes<BR/>Fishing on river<BR/>Golfing<BR/>Summer Sunday concert at Les Schwab amphitheater<BR/>Farmers market (Wednesday PM)<BR/>Munch and Music (Thursday PM)<BR/>Munch and Movie (Friday PM)<BR/>High Desert Museum<BR/>Pine Mountain observatory<BR/>Fly fishing on the Crooked River<BR/>Sailing on Elk Lake<BR/>Hiking Pilot Butte<BR/>OtherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com