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I'll go against the stream, here.

Thanks, PapaG, for not only putting your time and money where your mouth is but for making people aware of opportunities. Our church did something similar in West Seattle, and a large part of the success we had the second time around was in talking to people about how excited the kids were about having new supplies and the thanks we got from teachers for setting the kids up for a little more success. Many of the donors expressed surprise that something was going on like that, and were happy to help where they wouldn't have known about it before.

:clap:

That's all nice and well, but you are applauding a poster whose posted this thread simply to troll another poster: This thread was directed solely at the biggest shit-talker on this board, and how little he does to help out the very people he accuses me of hating. . . . hard to applaud that, IMO.
 
That's all nice and well, but you are applauding a poster whose posted this thread simply to troll another poster: This thread was directed solely at the biggest shit-talker on this board, and how little he does to help out the very people he accuses me of hating. . . . hard to applaud that, IMO.

(PapaG just did a Doh!)
 
That's all nice and well, but you are applauding a poster whose posted this thread simply to troll another poster: This thread was directed solely at the biggest shit-talker on this board, and how little he does to help out the very people he accuses me of hating. . . . hard to applaud that, IMO.

Hard for me to take being called a racist and a Christian, because I am neither. But, you are outraged at me, and interjected yourself in something that had nothing to do with you.

Have you actually read chrisinpdx's posts? If so, and if you don't comment against them, then you're as bad as he is, IMO.
 
(PapaG just did a Doh!)

The only "Doh!" I do is laugh at you for trying to sucker people into spending their dough for worthless property in Beautiful Central Oregon.
 
Hard for me to take being called a racist and a Christian, because I am neither. But, you are outraged at me, and interjected yourself in something that had nothing to do with you.

Have you actually read chrisinpdx's posts? If so, and if you don't comment against them, then you're as bad as he is, IMO.

Here's a tip, if you don't want everyone commenting on your stupid bullshit, DONT POST IT PUBLICLY ON A FUCKING MESSAGE BOARD. CHRIST.
 
Here's a tip, if you don't want everyone commenting on your stupid bullshit, DONT POST IT PUBLICLY ON A FUCKING MESSAGE BOARD. CHRIST.

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How was the glory hole last night? "Giving back" again?
 
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This was a handout, yes?

As a Republican, did you bill the kids with heavy interest?
 
yes, papag, who by his own words is more "socially liberal than anyone here" is calling you gay as an insult

stay classy tualatin
 
...is it considered "charity" if your employer is ordering and paying you to do it? Just curious :dunno:


Back when I was in the corporate world, they actually paid us (and fed us lunch, to boot,) to periodically go help out at schools, boys & girls clubs, and the like. Sadly, there were some who 'skated' those efforts....and went home (effectively, as an extra paid day off) instead. :(
 
yes, papag, who by his own words is more "socially liberal than anyone here" is calling you gay as an insult

stay classy tualatin

To us native LO'ers, it's known as Toilettown, due to the sewer running through it.
 
Back when I was in the corporate world, they actually paid us (and fed us lunch, to boot,) to periodically go help out at schools, boys & girls clubs, and the like. Sadly, there were some who 'skated' those efforts....and went home (effectively, as an extra paid day off) instead. :(

For those who rag on government workers, it was pretty much a bi-monthly deal for many of my coworkers at the USACE and BLM to volunteer all over the place to help any organization in need on weekends. It was just a major part of the social attitude there that I never experienced before or since in the private sector, and I think it's why few private companies can ever hope to match the quality and efficiency of most Federal Agencies.
 
To us native LO'ers, it's known as Toilettown, due to the sewer running through it.

LO is known as toilet town, or tualatin is? I know Lake Oswego has a sewer pipe running through it, dont know anything about tualatin.
 
LO is known as toilet town, or tualatin is? I know Lake Oswego has a sewer pipe running through it, dont know anything about tualatin.

I have lived in Tualatin my whole life and I have no idea what sewer he is talking about.
 
I have lived in Tualatin my whole life and I have no idea what sewer he is talking about.

It must be lake Oswego. The lake has a sewer line in it
 
It must be lake Oswego. The lake has a sewer line in it

More to the point, the "sewer line" that feeds Oswego Lake is the Tualatin River, the most polluted river in Oregon. Hence the moniker "Toilettown" for Tualatin.

The drainage area of the river is approximately 712 square miles (1,840 km2) with 27 creeks feeding into the Tualatin.[14] Its watershed is 15% urbanized, 35% agricultural, and 50% forested.[6] the river drops 1,800 feet (550 m) in elevation during its first 12 miles (19 km) and then only an additional 250 feet (76 m) for the remainder of its course.[14] This creates a slow river for the majority of the course, creating problems with pollution.[14] Pollution reached a point that in 1989 local agencies were forced to begin cleaning up the river after the Tualatin failed water quality standards outlined in the Clean Water Act of 1972.[15] It was the first river in the state to fail overall pollution limits.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tualatin_River

Oswego Lake has a very interesting history and is probably the most relevant target in America to become a 99%er "swim-in" site (Next summer?).

This is definitely worth a read for anyone interested in local history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswego_Lake
 
I'm not sure that the tualatin feeds the lake anymore.
 
So Oswego Lake is a cesspool?

The City of Tualatin isn't even mentioned in the wikipedia article for the Tualatin River. That's because it was named after the Tualatin Valley, which houses many cities.

The Tualatin River is a tributary of the Willamette River located in Oregon in the United States. The river is approximately 83 miles (134 km) long, and it drains a fertile farming region called the Tualatin Valley southwest and west of Portland at the northwest corner of the Willamette Valley.

Tualatin isn't 83 miles long.
 

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