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Great photo by the way.Goduckies said:Seams ok other than by Union Station to my hotel area... Washington Park was beautiful.
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The original Portland Mavericks played at Civic Stadium from 1973-1977 . . . Kurt Russell played on the inaugural team in 1973.Bendintheriver said:
When I was a kid, Kurt Russell was a big Disney movie star (computer wore tennis shoes, etc). I would get his autograph after the games. He and his dad would talk with me and the other vagabond kids who hung around long after the game was finished. Super nice people. Then I saw his father on television like on Bonanza and couldn't believe he was a movie star too so next time I saw him he talked to me about acting in a Western television show. Just solid human beings.Kaepsknee said:
Done and done.DerekJohnson said:
Bring back the Mavericks!MikeDamone said:MLB in Portland is a hilarious thought. Wilson and the other tards need to give it up. MLB ain’t coming. Timber’s games are basically an LGBT/ANTIFA rally. Baseball could just pick vegas and save themselves a lot of trouble.
https://www.kptv.com/news/salem-keizer-volcanoes-announce-new-independent-baseball-league-return-of-portland-mavericks/article_b522ed28-5fe8-11eb-96d8-130b8bd9f639.html
And a must watch for any Baseball fan.
https://www.netflix.com/title/70299904
Kurt Russell’s dad was an OG of epic proportions.
Hmmm . . . You got his autograph when you were a kid? What year did you graduate from Aloha High School? ;-)
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Speaking of the original Portland Mavericks, the player-manager was Frank “the Flake” Peters, former OSU basketball star who played in NCAA final four in 1963.
When I worked at The Oregonian sports department in college, we’d always head down to Peter’s Inn after work.
Frank was full of it.
Frank got busted for having multiple grow houses in the Portland area and served time.
Never knew about the statutory rape conviction until I saw this article.
Frank has a way of keeping his name in the news.
https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2019/07/frank-the-flake-peters-tried-to-win-governorship-one-barfly-at-a-time-gathered-oregonians-worries-in-sacred-book.html -
Go to around where Ex Novo brewing is, by the Moda Center. Walk around, toward Labrewatory. You'll see a third world country. That entire area used to be all breweries and restaurants, including the giant Widmer Brothers Brewery/Sports Bar. It's almost all boarded up now. The McMenamins just down the street might be the only place you can actually sit down inside and get lunch and a beer.trublue said:Take a walk around downtown . . . a nice long walk.
Walk up the hill up Mississippi. There's still a bunch of restaurants there but it pales in comparison to what it used to be. Also the "Red House" is in that area, if want to look at up what that was.
Was a gentrifying, awesome place for young professionals. Even @TheEkonomyStopper could get a decent job. Completely fucked now. -
Was in a 'third world country' recently.
It was so much fucking nicer than the shitholes that comprise much of Portland and Seattle. There weren't acres of homeless encampments occupied by drug addicts. There weren't needles and feces on the sidewalks. There weren't bums passed out in the doorways of businesses.
We toured some pretty rough neighborhoods - part of the 'have nots' as our tour guide called it. Still not as bad as the shitholes in Portland and Seattle and Spokane and Eugene and SF and LA.
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Yeah I'm sure some areas are bad... just saying that what I saw wasn't the end of the world, but again I am used to it living in SF for so long
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How is Alberta these days?PurpleThrobber said:Was in a 'third world country' recently.
It was so much fucking nicer than the shitholes that comprise much of Portland and Seattle. There weren't acres of homeless encampments occupied by drug addicts. There weren't needles and feces on the sidewalks. There weren't bums passed out in the doorways of businesses.
We toured some pretty rough neighborhoods - part of the 'have nots' as our tour guide called it. Still not as bad as the shitholes in Portland and Seattle and Spokane and Eugene and SF and LA. -
Prolly cold.TurdBomber said:
How is Alberta these days?PurpleThrobber said:Was in a 'third world country' recently.
It was so much fucking nicer than the shitholes that comprise much of Portland and Seattle. There weren't acres of homeless encampments occupied by drug addicts. There weren't needles and feces on the sidewalks. There weren't bums passed out in the doorways of businesses.
We toured some pretty rough neighborhoods - part of the 'have nots' as our tour guide called it. Still not as bad as the shitholes in Portland and Seattle and Spokane and Eugene and SF and LA.
The Throbber's third world country visits include dank bud, sandy beaches and gulf stream breezes, mon.
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Frank also made it to Triple A baseball. Played with Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker who was also on that Final Four OSU basketball team. Played pick up ball with Peters at the Willamette Athletic Club in the 1980s and he could still play. Worked downtown and went to Peter's Inn a lot. Great bloody marys and they never checked for ID. Had an 18 year old girl friend one summer and she never got checked. Good times.trublue said:Speaking of the original Portland Mavericks, the player-manager was Frank “the Flake” Peters, former OSU basketball star who played in NCAA final four in 1963.
When I worked at The Oregonian sports department in college, we’d always head down to Peter’s Inn after work.
Frank was full of it.
Frank got busted for having multiple grow houses in the Portland area and served time.
Never knew about the statutory rape conviction until I saw this article.
Frank has a way of keeping his name in the news.
https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2019/07/frank-the-flake-peters-tried-to-win-governorship-one-barfly-at-a-time-gathered-oregonians-worries-in-sacred-book.html -
A must see if you have any nostalgia for the 1970's.
