Ready to Bare it All at Portland's World Naked Bike Ride?

[OmCheeto]

Meanwhile, in the greater outskirts of the suburbs of Portlandia...

Accused bike thief lassoed by man on horse...

There still be wild west out here.

 

[nsaspook]

Some of the 'horses' are on the side of the road.

http://www.oregonlive.com/multnomah..._race_leaves_dodge.html#incart_most-readcrime

Fairview police stopped a 2014 Dodge Charger driven by Eduardo Canseco, 24, on Marine Drive, Alexander said, and a 2016 Ford Focus driven by Oliver Reyes-Zaragoz, 24, was pulled over a short time later.

Meanwhile, deputies learned that the other Charger, a 2007 model driven by Carlos Joshua De Jesus, failed to negotiate a turn, went airborne and rolled over, Alexander said. The car tumbled over a guardrail and crashed down the side of an embankment, leaving vehicle parts -- including the engine -- scattered along Crown Point Highway.

That little stretch of road is famous for being a drag-strip. I've tested a few engine rebuilds there myself.

 

[OmCheeto]

Just discovered this lady a few days ago on my Christian Science Monitor Facebook feed:

How To Tell When You Need Brain Surgery
--- Murr Brewster​

The article I initially read, was about knitting.
My mom taught me how to knit when I was about 5, but I've since forgotten the art.

Although she is originally from Virginia, I'm pretty sure, she is "one of us".

 

[nsaspook]

There will be no summer this year.

http://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/04/reasons_its_time_to_leave_port.html

Portland used to be so great. But not anymore. Everything has changed. Or else what used to seem romantic now just seems dumb. If you were looking for that one thing to push you over the edge and back to your hometown, well, here are 13.