OT Portland memories

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Oh man, we used to go around with supersoakers.

One time we were driving home to Vancouver and videotaping out the car for some weird reason and we slowly passed an El Camino and the girl in the back flashed us. We pulled even and pointed the camera at her. She hadn't seen it before. When she did she got pissed and started screaming something at us and flipping us off.

 

[CupWizier]

I remember buying one of the first calculators at J.K.Gill. Thing was huge and did addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, nothing else.



PSU, right?

barfo

My godmother was the granddaughter of JK Gill

 

[Hoopguru]

Waddles

 

[Hoopguru]

The Chase off Mcloughlin Blvd. in Milwaukie.

 

[CupWizier]

Anyone ever Had Dicks in Seattle? Maybe one of the most overated places Ive ever been honestly.Used ot be packed every day back in the day though . Dont know about now.

I bet you ate a lot of Dick's back then. Do you still partake?

Asking for a friend.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Flakey Jakes

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Here's the thing about that. Any research I've ever done shows water slides being at Eastport and not Mall 205. But I was always curious about the tower of stairs that used to stand inside near the candy shop and jewelers stores on the main walkway. What was that for? It used to have a Super Pretzel cart right next to it. If you were coming from Montgomery Wards and walking east, it was probably a third of the way down.


I am doing well, man. How are you?

I tried to go to the water slides at Eastport once, but they had closed down shortly before, so I never made it. I don't remember mall 205 having water slides. My grandparents had a Montgomery Wards card so I used to go there with them when they bought me and my brother school clothes or shoes. We always loved going through the Wards catalog when we visited them circling all the toys we wanted for our birthdays or for Christmas.

 

[tlongII]

Sunset Driving Range

 

[Orion Bailey]

I bet you ate a lot of Dick's back then. Do you still partake?

Asking for a friend.

Why would I still partake if I thought it was overrated?

 

[oldfisherman]

The River Queen
Sweet Tibbie Dunbar
Pinot Granache (Van)
Medieval Inn

 

[-Ace-]

That was it. Those stairs took you to the top. it was a hidden gem. Every time i went i was able to get right in and play!

good to here you are doing well! Ditto. Just being a homebody and working on the property. Waiting for this to lift so i can start working with musicians again.
Im going bat shit crazy nOt being able to play live music. Lol

That's good. I'm still out in the stores, selling beer. It's starting to normalize a bit. Here's a display a fellow sales rep and I did at FM Hawthorne this week:

 

[CupWizier]

That's good. I'm still out in the stores, selling beer. It's starting to normalize a bit. Here's a display a fellow sales rep and I did at FM Hawthorne this week:

Hey, I was over last week when that display was first starting out as I needed to pick up a prescription. Found it a bit humorous that they were featuring Carona Beer in the display. Do you work for Freddy's or a beer distributor? My brother in law worked many years at Maletis Brothers until he switched over to Container Recovery which was co owned by Chris Maletis and a few other distributors.

 

[Lanny]

Waddles

My aunt use to work there. She was stunningly beautiful. She got more tips than the rest of the car hops combined.

 

[-Ace-]

Hey, I was over last week when that display was first starting out as I needed to pick up a prescription. Found it a bit humorous that they were featuring Carona Beer in the display. Do you work for Freddy's or a beer distributor? My brother in law worked many years at Maletis Brothers until he switched over to Container Recovery which was co owned by Chris Maletis and a few other distributors.

I work for Columbia Distributing. It is a little funny to have so much CORONA, but it's gotta sell for Cinco de Mayo, right?

 

[Hoopguru]

My aunt use to work there. She was stunningly beautiful. She got more tips than the rest of the car hops combined.

My mother & Aunt also worked there.

 

[oldfisherman]

My aunt use to work there. She was stunningly beautiful. She got more tips than the rest of the car hops combined.

My mother & Aunt also worked there.

Eat at Waddles often when I lived on a houseboat behind where kmart used to be. So I donated a lot of tip money to both your families bad habit funds. All the woman that worked there were easy to look at.

 

[HailBlazers]

NE 30th and Alberta

Hashish

 

[Lanny]

My mother & Aunt also worked there.

My aunt worked there in the early 50s. I remember going with my parents to pick her up after work. She would give me a sugar cube or two.

 

[barfo]

My aunt worked there in the early 50s. I remember going with my parents to pick her up after work. She would give me a sugar cube or two.

LSD?

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

TIL Waddles was the Hooters of the 1950s.

 

[Lanny]

LSD?

barfo

No, it wasn't low sodium dietary.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

In the late 60’ to the late 70’s we had an amazing proliferation of “head shops” around PDX. And they were always an interesting adventure to say the least (Music Millennium was one of the best). They usually seemed to be in old dark buildings that smelled of mold/mildew/patchouli and incense of various kinds. The person running the place was always some stoned out hippie or earth mother/warrior goddess and the music usually some stony, cutting edge psychedelic rock the head shop folks always seemed to be aware of before anyone else. And the collection of paraphernalia was almost always amazing, including a lot of stuff you just don’t see anymore. Today’s dispensaries are wonderful (and they get to sell the weed that head shops couldn’t) but they are just so more “clinical” and sterile. The “ambiance” just isn’t what it was with the head shops of old. But then, that’s probably a good thing........though it’s essentially putting a tuxedo on a pig.

 

[riverman]

In the late 60’ to the late 70’s we had an amazing proliferation of “head shops” around PDX. And they were always an interesting adventure to say the least (Music Millennium was one of the best). They usually seemed to be in old dark buildings that smelled of mold/mildew/patchouli and incense of various kinds. The person running the place was always some stoned out hippie or earth mother/warrior goddess and the music usually some stony, cutting edge psychedelic rock the head shop folks always seemed to be aware of before anyone else. And the collection of paraphernalia was almost always amazing, including a lot of stuff you just don’t see anymore. Today’s dispensaries are wonderful (and they get to sell the weed that head shops couldn’t) but they are just so more “clinical” and sterile. The “ambiance” just isn’t what it was with the head shops of old. But then, that’s probably a good thing........though it’s essentially putting a tuxedo on a pig.

This reminds me of the fancy roach clips they used to have in head shops or the "stones" for joints.....basically a rock with a hole drilled through it and polished...I'll bet those old head shops still smell like patchouli oil and musk

 

[Hoopguru]

Slot Car Tracks

 

[CupWizier]

Slot Car Tracks

Loved the slot car days as there was a big one in the Hollywood district on NE 37th and Broadway. We use to ride our bikes to there and race for a few hours. Great fun.

 

[Lanny]

This reminds me of the fancy roach clips they used to have in head shops or the "stones" for joints.....basically a rock with a hole drilled through it and polished...I'll bet those old head shops still smell like patchouli oil and musk

I've never bought anything in a head shop except for a bong. How else could you score a bong?

 

[Bosnian Beast]

I remember going down to hillsdale, playing in basketball tournaments at Beverly Cleary, and all the bridges and Aldridge

 

[riverman]

70s during summers I was planting trees behind clear cut logging for a nickel a tree, no J roots...Country Fair, Wavy Gravy, Ken Kesey and the Farm out in Pleasant Hill..from Lane County all the way down to Shasta...went to bars occasionally in Portland

 

[HailBlazers]

Waay back in 20-19 I used to love my frequent business meetings over Macchiato's (no that's not some candied Carmel drink you damn westsider) at the various stellar coffee joints around NW, SE, downtown, NE Portland. Will never forget it despite how very long ago it was.

 

[MARIS61]

What are some of your best Portland memories that are now gone.

Insert Biden dementia joke here.