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Old 01-18-2018, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Baker City, Oregon
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Speaking of Kesey. His novel "Sometimes a Great Notion" which became a film with an all star cast of Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick and others is perhaps the best Hollywood portrayal of Oregon ever. At least in my opinion. The logging scenes are pretty true to life and it pretty well captures the era when the timber industry was king in coastal Oregon. It captures the Oregon I got a taste of growing up.
Anybody who is interested in Oregon history should watch Sometimes a Great Notion. Gyppo loggers vs. company loggers. The logging scenes are really great, crummies, chokers, skidders, yarders and all the rest. You can see how incredibly dangerous the occupation was.

You get to see the original Mo's in Newport and Mo even made a cameo appearance in one of the scenes.

You can buy the Blu-ray on Amazon for about 13 bucks or you can rent it here: http://www.store-3d-blurayrental.com...notion&Submit=
The trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJz8JEEjGrI

They made home movies during Ken Kesey's Cross country trip with the Merry Pranksters on the bus Furthur. It's been made into a documentary, called the Magic Trip, and it's very interesting. Rent it on Amazon Prime streaming for 99¢ or rent the Netflix DVD.

The trailer:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57OaoZZ61oM

More about the bus: Furthur: The Bus Then & Now | History

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Old 01-18-2018, 08:35 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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Oregonians are hippies basically cool
cool, but Hippies usually smell a lot like sweat or 420 smoke (Hippies, antique hippies, <10% of Oregonians (From my perspective). Most I know are suburbanites who WISH they were outdoorsy. (and occasionally are outdoors) 4:30pm sunsets curtail many, but I expect to see more in August (long nights) June is still too rainy, Gotta wait till July 5th for summer to arrive.
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Old 01-18-2018, 08:56 PM
 
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cool, but Hippies usually smell a lot like sweat or 420 smoke (Hippies, antique hippies, <10% of Oregonians (From my perspective). Most I know are suburbanites who WISH they were outdoorsy. (and occasionally are outdoors) 4:30pm sunsets curtail many, but I expect to see more in August (long nights) June is still too rainy, Gotta wait till July 5th for summer to arrive.
I shouldn’t laugh but this is kind of true and funny.
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Old 01-18-2018, 08:57 PM
 
Location: bend oregon
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At least they don’t have two houses and gave one house in California and one in bend. I swear so many rich people do that. I’ve never thought hippies smelt bad but I can’t smell very good.
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Old 01-18-2018, 10:28 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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.... I’ve never thought hippies smelt bad but I can’t smell very good.
Obviously you do not "Hitch-hike" enough!

Quite the experience! give it a try!
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Old 01-18-2018, 11:06 PM
 
Location: bend oregon
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When I had a car I picked up hitchhikers and I’ve hitchhiked a few times. Kinda scary, this one guy was driving real fast and was tired and almost hit the decider in the freeway.
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Old 01-18-2018, 11:41 PM
 
Location: bend oregon
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Whoops I mean divider. Why would a decider be in a freeway
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Old 01-19-2018, 10:31 AM
 
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I heard the Further bus has been restored.
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Old 01-25-2018, 02:20 AM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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WA vs. OR

Population: WA 7.4 million, OR 4.1 million Projections 2020: WA 8 million, OR 4.4 million
Cities: Seattle 705K, Portland 640K
Density: Seattle 7962 per square mile, Portland 4375 per square mile
Buildings over 500 feet: Seattle 18, Portland 4
Fortune 500 Companies: Washington 10, Oregon 3
Major League Sports: Washington 3, Oregon 2
Airport Traffic: Seattle 21.9 million, Portland 9.1 million (2016)

Then, the intangibles:

Cities over 50,000 east of the Cascades:

Oregon: (1) Bend
Washington: (6) Spokane, Spokane Valley, Yakima, Kennewick, Richland, Pasco

National Parks:

Oregon (1) Crater Lake
Washington (3) Mt. Rainier, North Cascades, Olympic

I am trying to provide some major stats here, there are plenty more "intangibles" and opinions. For example, The Oregon Coast is much better than the Washington Coast. The beauty of the major cities can be argued as well.
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Old 01-25-2018, 10:06 AM
 
Location: The beautiful Rogue Valley, Oregon
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I am trying to provide some major stats here, there are plenty more "intangibles" and opinions. For example, The Oregon Coast is much better than the Washington Coast. The beauty of the major cities can be argued as well.
Particularly since all of the Oregon coast is public land and in Washington much of it is private.
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