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dviss1 said:
Shameful.

Being born in Portland obviously obligates you to hate anything Seattle.

It's on every Oregon birth certificate. :dunno:
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Damn...I better go trash my PC and buy a Mac then.
 
dviss1 said:
If you get hired at Apple? Um yeah...
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Just saying Microsoft is Seattle (area), so as a Portlander, shouldn't I hate them? Just trying to figure out the rules here...
 
I've never cared about the Mariners even a tiny bit. If Portland had a ML team, I'd definitely drive up and catch a couple of games a year. I just hope it's a National League team.

:cheers:
 
BBert said:
I've never cared about the Mariners even a tiny bit. If Portland had a ML team, I'd definitely drive up and catch a couple of games a year. I just hope it's a National League team.

:cheers:
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Mariners have had some all-time greats (Junior, Randy, Ichiro....) and just let them rot on mostly weak rosters. I don’t know how anyone supports that franchise.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Just saying Microsoft is Seattle (area), so as a Portlander, shouldn't I hate them? Just trying to figure out the rules here...
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Microsoft doesn't represent Seattle. They don't put Seattle on their logo.

I'm not sure why it's so hard for some Portland fans to get this. It's like Boston and New York.

We hated the Sonics.

We hate the Huskies.

We hate the Sounders.

So naturally, I hate the Seahawks. I don't really care about the Mariners. I just don't understand how people can pick and choose which Seattle team to hate.
 
Man..... it's so weird that there's so much info that they won't share.

Who the investors are?
 
Natebishop3 said:
Man..... it's so weird that there's so much info that they won't share.

Who the investors are?
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Costco is a public company, you can find out who the major investors are.

barfo
 
Natebishop3 said:
Microsoft doesn't represent Seattle. They don't put Seattle on their logo.

I'm not sure why it's so hard for some Portland fans to get this. It's like Boston and New York.

We hated the Sonics.

We hate the Huskies.

We hate the Sounders.

So naturally, I hate the Seahawks. I don't really care about the Mariners. I just don't understand how people can pick and choose which Seattle team to hate.
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Simple.

My Dad raised me as a Husky (alumni) and Seahawk fan (he grew up there).

We moved to Portland when I was two. He didn't follow basketball so he didn't raise me as a Sonic fan. I fell in love with the Blazers and basketball in general in the late 80's.

I became a soccer fan when the Timbers went to MLS. So I am a Timbers fan and I hate the Sounders.
 
The Professional Fan said:
Simple.

My Dad raised me as a Husky (alumni) and Seahawk fan (he grew up there).

We moved to Portland when I was two. He didn't follow basketball so he didn't raise me as a Sonic fan. I fell in love with the Blazers and basketball in general in the late 80's.

I became a soccer fan when the Timbers went to MLS. So I am a Timbers fan and I hate the Sounders.
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That's different though. You have roots in that area. I'm from Portland. I was born here. My parents went to UO. I was raised a Duck and hate the Huskies. I grew up during the heat of the Blazers/Sonics rivalry. Hating Seattle is part of life.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
OK, makes sense. How about Costco though? Do I need to hate them since half the stuff they sell is "Kirkland" brand? :devilwink:
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I get that you're being funny, but do you equate supporting a team with buying some milk? Because I buy Kirkland milk from Costco, but I only do it because it's cheap. I don't wear a Kirkland tshirt. I don't put Kirkland decals on my truck. I don't frequent a Kirkland message board.

How do you view supporting a team? Is it just a transaction to you? For many people, sports are a huge part of their lives. It's something that identifies them. They wear the jersey of their favorite player. They rock their team's hat wherever they go. They religiously go on their team's message board (who would do something like that anyway?) and argue with people about their team.

There have been studies on sports teams and how they have a symbiotic relationship with the sense of place of a city.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I get that you're being funny, but do you equate supporting a team with buying some milk? Because I buy Kirkland milk from Costco, but I only do it because it's cheap. I don't wear a Kirkland tshirt. I don't put Kirkland decals on my truck. I don't frequent a Kirkland message board.

How do you view supporting a team? Is it just a transaction to you? For many people, sports are a huge part of their lives. It's something that identifies them. They wear the jersey of their favorite player. They rock their team's hat wherever they go. They religiously go on their team's message board (who would do something like that anyway?) and argue with people about their team.

There have been studies on sports teams and how they have a symbiotic relationship with the sense of place of a city.
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I was more focused on dviss' take that being from Portland obligates one to hate anything Seattle. I don't support the Mariners, but I don't hate them either. I'm rather indifferent to them, actually. Is that acceptable by your standards?
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I was more focused on dviss' take that being from Portland obligates one to hate anything Seattle. I don't support the Mariners, but I don't hate them either. I'm rather indifferent to them, actually. Is that acceptable by your standards?
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No. You must have an intense hatred. It is required.
 
Natebishop3 said:
That's different though. You have roots in that area. I'm from Portland. I was born here. My parents went to UO. I was raised a Duck and hate the Huskies. I grew up during the heat of the Blazers/Sonics rivalry. Hating Seattle is part of life.
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That is perfectly reasonable
 
I was a cubs fan growing up (visited Wrigley Field for the first time last month) , now a Mariners fan.

I don't hate a team in Seattle because I didn't like another team that was in Seattle. that's just silly.
 
CupWizier said:
Seattle doesn't manufacture PC's though as they just manufacture an operating system and their are alternatives to that. :bgrin:
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Yeah, I'm not converting to Linux just to spite our arrogant neighbors to the north.
 
Strenuus said:
I was a cubs fan growing up (visited Wrigley Field for the first time last month) , now a Mariners fan.

I don't hate a team in Seattle because I didn't like another team that was in Seattle. that's just silly.
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What's wrong with cities having rivalries? That's..... basically what sports are built on :dunno:
 
Oh, you think the city is your ally. But you merely adopted the city. I was born in it. Moulded by it. I didn't see the rivalry until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING! The city betrays you, because it belongs to me!
 
This is happening. I know a guy that knows a guy.

to the point that we will be looking at bidding the steel soon, so they can continue with their budgeting.
My company will get the contract for supplying almost all the steel it looks like.
 
Orion Bailey said:
This is happening. I know a guy that knows a guy.

to the point that we will be looking at bidding the steel soon, so they can continue with their budgeting.
My company will get the contract for supplying almost all the steel it looks like.
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Curious how your company handles bidding for a job that presumably won't start for a few years, when steel prices are, shall we say, uncertain due to the tariff situation?

barfo
 
barfo said:
Curious how your company handles bidding for a job that presumably won't start for a few years, when steel prices are, shall we say, uncertain due to the tariff situation?

barfo
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Sorry, I should clarify. We are looking at supplying all of the BENT steel. The raw materials will be purchased from the mill at some point. But our bending costs will remain relatively the same regardless of cost of poundage of steel.
We have a nitch and can do most things nobody else can do this side of the Mississippi river, so we are almost a lock for it.
 
Natebishop3 said:
What's wrong with cities having rivalries? That's..... basically what sports are built on :dunno:
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Yeah, specific sports though, not an overarching thing. I may not like a TEAM in that city from a sport I like, but I won't for a sport I don't care of (I.E. I'm indifferent about the seahawks).

If Portland gets a team, I'd be a fan of both. I can't just go and hate a team I cheered for for a decade and a half, thats just weird to me.
 
Orion Bailey said:
Sorry, I should clarify. We are looking at supplying all of the BENT steel. The raw materials will be purchased from the mill at some point. But our bending costs will remain relatively the same regardless of cost of poundage of steel.
We have a nitch and can do most things nobody else can do this side of the Mississippi river, so we are almost a lock for it.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation.

Shouldn't your company relocate to Bend? Bend Steel would be such a good name for your business.

barfo
 
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