Important Advise from an Oregonian!
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THERE ya go... hahahaha. Actually Scotch isn't really my thing...even though my dream was to sip Scotch quietly with Sean Connery.... Vodka is. Not that I really have it though.0
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
It was passed in OR, it'll be legit in a few months.
Just prior to the vote a bunch of new "medical" dispensaries opened up. They were getting ready for what we all knew was going to happen.
Also, OUT for hugs from strangers. NO TOUCHING :mad:
And, okay, while it's easy to say that losing weight doesn't buy happiness, I can tell you that in my case it has. Things that make me happy: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks, running in the rain. Things that are problematic when you weigh 300 lbs: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks, running in the rain.
I'm SO MUCH happier now.0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »Pssst...just so you know, the word you are looking for is adviCe. It's a noun.
To adviSe is a verb.
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
It was passed in OR, it'll be legit in a few months.
Just prior to the vote a bunch of new "medical" dispensaries opened up. They were getting ready for what we all knew was going to happen.
Also, OUT for hugs from strangers. NO TOUCHING :mad:
And, okay, while it's easy to say that losing weight doesn't buy happiness, I can tell you that in my case it has. Things that make me happy: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks. Things that are problematic when you weigh 300 lbs: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks.
I'm SO MUCH happier now.
Yes, but it isn't legal YET and it sounds like implementation is going to be complicated. I hope that it takes a really long time.
I grew up in Eugene, but I HATE the smell of pot.0 -
*clears throat to yell politely* LOSING WEIGHT ISN'T THE KEY TO HAPPINESS......HAPPINESS IS THE KEY TO LOSING WEIGHT........(((((Sunday hugs))))))) 5 hugs a day now......and hugging someone five times doesn't count... :-) Enjoy the day all!
I would rephrase it to being positive and realistic is the most helpful way to get this done.
Why wouldn't hugging someone 5 times count toward happiness? If I hug my dh or dd 5 times I'll probably feel better than hugging 5 random people. You really have to hug 5 seperate individuals to feel happy?0 -
Sighes....I made a fruedian slip......pouts....lol0
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booksandchocolate12 wrote: »I'm a New Yorker. All this huggy happy stuff makes me uncomfortable....
Maybe I'm really a New Yorker at heart. My discomfort with hugging is making all the other southern people in my life uncomfortable.0 -
I don't have anyone to hug me. Not even a pet.0
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
It was passed in OR, it'll be legit in a few months.
Just prior to the vote a bunch of new "medical" dispensaries opened up. They were getting ready for what we all knew was going to happen.
Also, OUT for hugs from strangers. NO TOUCHING :mad:
And, okay, while it's easy to say that losing weight doesn't buy happiness, I can tell you that in my case it has. Things that make me happy: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks. Things that are problematic when you weigh 300 lbs: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks.
I'm SO MUCH happier now.
Yes, but it isn't legal YET and it sounds like implementation is going to be complicated. I hope that it takes a really long time.
I grew up in Eugene, but I HATE the smell of pot.
Meh. TBH, I don't think that I'll smell it much more than I do now. I mean, sometimes I can smell pot in my neighborhood (we live in a fairly wooded, ruralish area with a bunch of retirees), but it's just a whiff. The rules in the Corvallis area are pretty strict about where you can and can't smoke tobacco products, I suspect that those rules will carry over to pot. Campus has no smoking on it at all, and in town you can't smoke on the sidewalks, or in city parks. So, I just never smell it. TBH, I smell pot more often.0 -
Don't get me wrong, I'm affectionate with people I know. But chatting up or --God forbid--hugging a stranger? No. Just...no.
My daughter is going to school in the South. When we were driving her down there for orientation we stopped at a McDonald's. A lady struck up a big conversation with us in the ladies room. Really? We're never going to see each other again, and you have to know our life stories? In the bathroom? WHY???
I'm not a rude person, btw. I'm all for a polite smile and nod. A hello. And then move along folks. Move along.0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »
It was passed in OR, it'll be legit in a few months.
Just prior to the vote a bunch of new "medical" dispensaries opened up. They were getting ready for what we all knew was going to happen.
Also, OUT for hugs from strangers. NO TOUCHING :mad:
And, okay, while it's easy to say that losing weight doesn't buy happiness, I can tell you that in my case it has. Things that make me happy: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks, running in the rain. Things that are problematic when you weigh 300 lbs: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks, running in the rain.
I'm SO MUCH happier now.
legal for us....woop....sighes...all the peeps from Idaho and California will come up and make our police force cranky.... And because I am from Oregon MY thoughts are strangers are friends you haven't met yet...that is just my view mind you. Everyone has their own self safety zones...I won't invade yours. When you think about it...losing weight happened, and you felt happy and you came out of your shell to do all the things you mentioned. That was because you changed your relationship with food, and saw it as fuel instead of a ticket out. Again that is just my interpretation of what you said.0 -
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booksandchocolate12 wrote: »Don't get me wrong, I'm affectionate with people I know. But chatting up or --God forbid--hugging a stranger? No. Just...no.
My daughter is going to school in the South. When we were driving her down there for orientation we stopped at a McDonald's. A lady struck up a big conversation with us in the ladies room. Really? We're never going to see each other again, and you have to know our life stories? In the bathroom? WHY???
I'm not a rude person, btw. I'm all for a polite smile and nod. A hello. And then move along folks. Move along.
bathrooms are in general just "smile zones" and no talking... that was strange of her. :-)0 -
ok that pic...I would just fall off the stage....too much muscle and body oil....ewwwww :-)0
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Amanda4change wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
I'm from Oregon but live in California, even after 16 years here I've still got my layer of rust!
Well....I grew up in Boring Oregon, and married a sailor. So have returned to the fold so to speak, but lost my love to run in the rain. I miss the sunny days of California...but like the elk in my yard, and the sound of rain.
I grew up in Beavercreek, which isn't far from Boring! Nice to meet a former neighbor0 -
again everyone has their own person space....0
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Amanda4change wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
I'm from Oregon but live in California, even after 16 years here I've still got my layer of rust!
I'm a Californian but originally from New Jersey. It's taken me a while to get huggy.
But now I'll hug anything.
Come here...
Sorry, though, I ran out of pot in, hm....1984.
I've never had any pot, but sure I'll hug!!!
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
It was passed in OR, it'll be legit in a few months.
Just prior to the vote a bunch of new "medical" dispensaries opened up. They were getting ready for what we all knew was going to happen.
Also, OUT for hugs from strangers. NO TOUCHING :mad:
And, okay, while it's easy to say that losing weight doesn't buy happiness, I can tell you that in my case it has. Things that make me happy: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks, running in the rain. Things that are problematic when you weigh 300 lbs: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks, running in the rain.
I'm SO MUCH happier now.
legal for us....woop....sighes...all the peeps from Idaho and California will come up and make our police force cranky.... And because I am from Oregon MY thoughts are strangers are friends you haven't met yet...that is just my view mind you. Everyone has their own self safety zones...I won't invade yours. When you think about it...losing weight happened, and you felt happy and you came out of your shell to do all the things you mentioned. That was because you changed your relationship with food, and saw it as fuel instead of a ticket out. Again that is just my interpretation of what you said.
NOPE, not really. I have a thyroid issue that was finally diagnosed and could lose weight like a normal person. My relationship with food changed, yes, but I also got off my lazy rear and dug myself out of the pit of a sedentary lifestyle that I was in. I am the same person that I was 100lbs. ago. I was never in a shell, believe me
The reason that I am happier now is because logistically it's possible for me to do the activities that I love so much and had given up on.
I mean, for some people the scenario you lined out is probably what happens, but not for me.
Also, still NO TOUCHING :mad:
Dammit, I just realized that I have people coming over today who I haven't seen in a while. They are all over 60. There will probably be hugging. GAH!0 -
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Hugs from Eugene!
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Not that long. Measure 91 takes effect in July of this year. It's only 4 month away.
You know... not that I'm counting or anything....
Oh, and I"m a former New Jersey-ite and PHEW after one trip back there I'll pass. People there are too angry... and mean. Give me happy huggy marijuana loving and tree hugging OREGON!0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »Pssst...just so you know, the word you are looking for is adviCe. It's a noun.
To adviSe is a verb.
Wanna grammar hug?
Word-choice errors are the bane of my existence. I am currently arguing with someone on Facebook about hola/ola/olla in Spanish.
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Not that long. Measure 91 takes effect in July of this year. It's only 4 month away.
You know... not that I'm counting or anything....
Oh, and I"m a former New Jersey-ite and PHEW after one trip back there I'll pass. People there are too angry... and mean. Give me happy huggy marijuana loving and tree hugging OREGON!
OPB recently did a Think Out Loud program on the issue, and they gave the impression that the implementation is going to be a big, slow mess.0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
It was passed in OR, it'll be legit in a few months.
Just prior to the vote a bunch of new "medical" dispensaries opened up. They were getting ready for what we all knew was going to happen.
Also, OUT for hugs from strangers. NO TOUCHING :mad:
And, okay, while it's easy to say that losing weight doesn't buy happiness, I can tell you that in my case it has. Things that make me happy: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks. Things that are problematic when you weigh 300 lbs: hiking, backpacking, kayacking, jumping into mountain creeks.
I'm SO MUCH happier now.
Yes, but it isn't legal YET and it sounds like implementation is going to be complicated. I hope that it takes a really long time.
I grew up in Eugene, but I HATE the smell of pot.
Meh. TBH, I don't think that I'll smell it much more than I do now. I mean, sometimes I can smell pot in my neighborhood (we live in a fairly wooded, ruralish area with a bunch of retirees), but it's just a whiff. The rules in the Corvallis area are pretty strict about where you can and can't smoke tobacco products, I suspect that those rules will carry over to pot. Campus has no smoking on it at all, and in town you can't smoke on the sidewalks, or in city parks. So, I just never smell it. TBH, I smell pot more often.
Corvallis does do a really good job of enforcing the no-smoking zones. I lived there for several years and was impressed with all of the signage.
I live in apartments which have just completely banned all smoking on the property. This is great...but I can still smell smoke in the building where I live. The smell of marijuana makes me sick and I am not looking forward to having to put up with neighbors doing that in close quarters.
I will hug anybody who does not smell of (any kind of) smoke.
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Hello to my fellow Oregonians! I was born and raised there and i miss it. I live in northern California now but i still love my alma mater...go ducks!0
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azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Not that long. Measure 91 takes effect in July of this year. It's only 4 month away.
You know... not that I'm counting or anything....
Oh, and I"m a former New Jersey-ite and PHEW after one trip back there I'll pass. People there are too angry... and mean. Give me happy huggy marijuana loving and tree hugging OREGON!
Here in Jersey we have a saying , if you haven't been charged with assault at least once then your really not from jersey !!!0 -
booksandchocolate12 wrote: »I'm a New Yorker. All this huggy happy stuff makes me uncomfortable....
Ditto.0
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