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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 03:55 PM Original message |
What is your opinion of Oregon given recent events? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oregon has a lot of rugged wilderness. |
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nancyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:02 PM Original message |
It's mostly civilized. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. Even native Oregonians get themselves killed |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. oregon |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. hikers? |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Um, I think they have taken responsibility. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. "Take responsibility"? Er, yeah. I think they've gotten the ultimate punishment - |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Climbers, hikers, outdoor enthusiasts, support the local economy . |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. spend |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. "hikers"? what hikers are you talking about? |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's terrible, just horrible, I say... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I agree. Washington too. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. 4 out of 5 doctors agree..you'll get scurvy if you visit oregon |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Don't even VISIT with the money... |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
87. But MUCH nicer than N. California. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. I grew up in Central Oregon... |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I live in Central Oregon |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I've heard that... |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. My best friends parents live in Terrabonne. Small world, very small town. |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
45. right - Bend area is rapidly being developed- property values |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
88. Yes and Measure 37 is the scourge of our state |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hearing that a place is rugged and has wilderness |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's just a big mountain range with a few lumberjacks |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Drive 3 hours from Los Angeles |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. I agree - bountiful farmers markets all summer, and fields |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
70. Well, the interior of Nevada has California beat for that. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I love Oregon. My husband and I used to visit every year when |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I thought Multnomah Falls was the most beautiful waterfall anywhere |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. There's a lot of them in Yellowstone too. Well, Yellowstone is |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. From what I have seen so far |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Same here ... |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Welcome to Portland |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Why THANK you .... |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
78. World CLass City, and a very well-kept secret |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. My very favorite place for stupendous scenery is the lake |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. What, the helmets? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. you are a menace. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's pretty here, but it rains all |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ya gotta love the rain .... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. We got stuck in Port Orford one year for three weeks when our |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. never mind. self delete. |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. honestly |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. No it was way too rainy. I mean really dark deluge rains with flooded |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Eastern Oregon is arid - it's the high desert |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
73. If you live in Madras, Biggs, The Dalles, John Day, Burns, Fossil, Millican.. any of those towns.. |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm still waitin' for Big Foot to be found.... -nt |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. I would move to Bend in a heartbeat if my husband would agree to it. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. Oregon: the border between California and Washington n/t |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
57. California's Canada according to Stephen Colbert |
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icymist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Oh for crying out loud! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. To redeem myself, one of the reasons to love the rain in |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. and spectacular hydrangeas |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Used them in my daughter's wedding |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Flowers in February |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
77. You've never lived until.. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Oh I've been slimed by slugs and snails pretty regulary. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. My husband was born there. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. I think Oregon's a wonderful state... |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. A few too many smugly self-satisfied Oregonians |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Funny, so many here seem to like Bend and I find it the |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. I like volcanos |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Yeah, I've been down that road a lot. |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. minimal snow in Portland (almost none) but there is icy rain |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Hold off smugness... baseball .. calm lake .. |
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blitzen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. the deserts are real deserts in SE OR.... |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. yeah we are called sagerats or scrubrats |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. I wouldn't mind living there. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. Oregon sucks. Stay away from that place. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Not just Oregon, any state outside of California. We |
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DesEtoiles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Oregon is like living in NoCal without all the taxes, rolling |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Also, you don't have to pump your own gas and it's cheaper! |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. Oregon is a state |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. I love Oregon. It's a great place to live. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. No change, it's one of many mountain states with dangerous rugged wilderness. |
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Lipton64 (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. My opinion of Oregon hasn't changed, but my opinion of the idiots who climb its mountains has..... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. There is always opportunity for missteps and mistakes .... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
65. my husband used to live in Oregon, beautiful terrain & landscapes... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. The only problem in this particular case...of the mountain climbers... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. without casting aspersions most agreed, you may find it interesting... |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
66. Snow? Wilderness? Oregon? |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
71. Heaven on Earth! |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. SHHHHHHHHHHH! |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. And the thing about your photos is that -- |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #71 |
90. You say Painted Hills? Here are some of my pics: |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
79. I love Oregon and have family there. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
80. Oregon, very nice |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-20-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
82. Oregon is a wonderful PLACE |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
84. I lived in a hippie commune out in the middle of nowhere |
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thatsrightimirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
85. I've been to Crater Lake, |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
86. Kind of a loaded question don't you think? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
89. Oregon is still wild |
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