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AfterBurners said:
Actually Bend OR sounds nice.
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Be advised that, owing to the unfortunate popularity of the state with in-migrating feckless hipsters and smugly entitled "I am rich therefore I must be smart" STEM lords, the state of Oregon has recently revised the admissions requirements. You will want to check the updated lists of degrees, disciplines, and professional certifications on the web site to see if you qualify.
 
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AfterBurners said:
Actually Bend OR sounds nice.
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jlabrasca said:
Be advised that, owing to the unfortunate popularity of the state with immigrating feckless hipsters and smugly entitled "I am rich therefore I must be smart" STEM lords, the state of Oregon has recently revised the admissions requirements. You will want to check the updated lists of degrees, disciplines, and professional certifications on the web site to see if you qualify.
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I go down to Bend once a year for work. People are freakishly outdoorsy, and I'm pretty granola that way. Plus, there was a weird vibe where there didn't seem to be anyone between the age of 16 and 35 in the town. It's not clear if there's a resettlement program or an instant-aging machine somewhere in town. :)
 
boatgeek said:
I go down to Bend once a year for work. People are freakishly outdoorsy, and I'm pretty granola that way. Plus, there was a weird vibe where there didn't seem to be anyone between the age of 16 and 35 in the town. It's not clear if there's a resettlement program or an instant-aging machine somewhere in town. :)
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Maybe I'll take a road trip there. Check out some housing.
 
jlabrasca said:
Be advised that, owing to the unfortunate popularity of the state with immigrating feckless hipsters and smugly entitled "I am rich therefore I must be smart" STEM lords, the state of Oregon has recently revised the admissions requirements. You will want to check the updated lists of degrees, disciplines, and professional certifications on the web site to see if you qualify.
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I'm sure that I qualify
 
AfterBurners said:
I'm sure that I qualify
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boatgeek said:
I go down to Bend once a year for work. People are freakishly outdoorsy, and I'm pretty granola that way. Plus, there was a weird vibe where there didn't seem to be anyone between the age of 16 and 35 in the town. It's not clear if there's a resettlement program or an instant-aging machine somewhere in town. :)
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I had to edit my original post because the ottocerecting spelchekr didn't like "in-migrating" and I didn't want to be mistaken for a different kind of intolerant iconoclast.

You do see folks in the excluded middle years in Bend, but only after dark and only during snowsports season.

This is a funny thread. Thinking about all of the times I've talked to traffic cops from various departments; its a long list. I have been stopped in speed traps (popped twice by rolling roadblocks, so I use the term "speed trap" advisedly) and at random stops looking for DUIs, and I have been picked up off the side of the road after dumping my bike. For me, that last incident redeemed state troopers for all previous and subsequent interactions. I have been waved on more often than I have been cited. I don't think it was ever frightening or even very annoying -- apart from the time that the trooper dropped my registration and watched it blow across the highway while walking back to my car, then handed me my license and insurance card, along with the citation, hoping that I wouldn't notice the missing document (I did notice and got the trooper's car ID. I sent a letter and an invoice for the cost of a replacement registration with my payment for the citation. They never cashed the check).
 
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Bat-mite said:
I got pulled over once for driving too slow. I was with a friend, we were college-aged, and we had just been to a movie. I had had some popcorn and a Diet Coke.

I was on an unfamiliar road, and the cope got behind me. I didn't know the speed limit, so I went pretty slow. Then they pulled me over.

One of the cops was a rookie, and there was an older cope mentoring him. I had to go through a full drunk test. Okay, no biggie. But then when the rookie told me he smelled alcohol on my breath, that's when the older cop tapped him and said, "Let's go."

Another time, like you, I was traveling in a rental car. Afraid mine wouldn't make it from MD to ON, Canada. I had long hair and a beard back then. The Canadians pulled me over at the border, searched the car, asked me for my ID and all my credit cards. I got interviewed by three different people all asking me the same questions. Eventually, they let me go.

I don't know to this day if I was profiled for long hair and a rental, or if I fit the description of someone they were already looking for.
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Did you have that rocket sticking out the back of your vehicle?
 
cwbullet said:
You really should make fun of hillbillies. Country folk and hillbillies will be the only ones to survive when all goes south.
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When all goes South, the only survives (and only for a short time prolly) with be the lucky one's that bought, and live in old missile silos (Besides the one's in the Cheyenne Mt.). They have their generators, air filtration systems and water purification systems. It's either going to be another sizeable impacter that causes great tectonic displacement, vulcanization and massive Tsunamis, or the sun will fry every thing and we turn into cannibals over night.
 
Zeus-cat said:
No front plate on Kentucky vehicles either, so he had no clue we were out of state until we passed him. Ohio currently has a front plate, but on July 1, 2020 we can remove it.
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Wish they finally get rid of front plates in California too. Enforcement is practically non-existent, and many people already don't bother putting them on. Especially on higher end cars. To the point it's ridiculous. If they are not enforcing it, they should just ditch front license plates (and save money).

As for being pulled over... In my almost 30 years behind the wheel, only once. Just after I got my first driver's license. For driving wrong way on a one-way street. In front of police station, no less. In my defense, it used to be a two-way street, and I drove with my dad many times on it in the past. I didn't spot new signage before it was too late. Oh well :)

Back in Europe where I grew up, you don't get pulled over with some lame excuse just so that cops can sniff around your car.
 
cwbullet said:
You really should make fun of hillbillies. Country folk and hillbillies will be the only ones to survive when all goes south.
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I'll go back being hillbilly as soon as I save enough to retire. Somewhere south. So that when things go south, I'm at the right place.
 
amiliv said:
I'll go back being hillbilly as soon as I save enough to retire. Somewhere south. So that when things go south, I'm at the right place.
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When things go south, money probably won’t matter.
 
Peartree said:
I got pulled over on a dark country backroad once on the way to my alma mater for some event or other. I saw the shiny star on the door of the car going the other way and knew immediately that I was toast. When he asked me if I knew why he pulled me over, I said, because I was doing 67 in a 55mph zone. He laughed and said that (despite it being almost 10 pm) I was the first person that day that didn't lie to him. Then he said that they were looking for DUI's running back roads to avoid cops (I hadn't had anything other than Pepsi), and speeders more than 15mph over the limit (just slid under that one), told me to slow down, and have a nice night. It pays to be polite and tell the truth.
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Never ever ever answer that question. You may confess to something the cop hadn't already noticed (as you did here).

Always claim ignorance. "No sir, I really don't."
 
I was certain that neither of us had any doubt as to why he pulled me over.
 

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