The Oregon Coast is a very, very strange and beautiful place. Sure, it has great little restaurants and coffeehouses—but there are also machete-wielding madmen, and a guy trying to buy a cigarette from me for a dollar. And I don’t even smoke.
I laughed so hard — this is my favorite since lavender picking and the crazy guy in the parking lot stalking the neighbor. The machete is so funny!! Just like the northwest isn’t all trees and ocean spray, Hollywood isn’t all glamour and glitz — we recently had this surprising incident where a hit and run driver ran through the neighborhood, cutting through our friend’s yard, and ended up on the lawn of one of the guys from Weezer. His wife comes out with a gun (maybe thinking she’s gonna be the hero and stop this madman hit and run driver? I have no idea what she was thinking) and she pulls a gun. The cops come out to stop the guy but he’s long gone but she’s waving a gun in the air. They ask her to put it down no fewer than 12 times (not exaggerating, I’ve seen the body cam) and she won’t do it!!! And so there ends up being an intense scary shootout with the Weezer musician’s wife and she gets shot! It’s all anyone has been talking about for the past two weeks. Just an exciting story for your Sunday morning!
Dang, Reda! I had no idea, I never even read about that in the news. LOL. What the hell was she thinkg?? It's funny that everbody thinks these places: Hollywood, the beach, Oregon, wherever are idealic places, and then they have the craziest stuff happen, as we've discussed. BTW, there was a weirdo in a car at The Sea Hag the other night again, but a different weirdo 😹😹 Now I'm going to have to go look up this weezer altercation.
Now you need to write about that! I’m always wondering what’s going on at The Sea Hag, if there’s some fun drama or a recent encounter with the nemesis.
Fun story! The guy might have been trying to quit. It’s hard to go cold turkey and when I was quitting I’d occasionally buy or bum single cigarettes off people because I didn’t want to buy a pack and fall completely off the wagon. I think the only reason selling single cigarettes is illegal is because the cigarette companies want to keep you hooked! It’s cruel.
Thanks, Annie! And I never even thought of that. Since he was well dressed it mightwell have been that. Like he was trying to sneak it. And since cigarettes are only 47 cents, I would have made a profit on him! I can't believe anybody can even afford to be addicted to cigarettes anymore.
Bumming cigarettes for a quid, them were the days. I did actually do this a lot in my youth, the little shop always shut before the pub and the cigarette machine, while a rip off, was often empty ;)
At 47 cents (pence?) a cigarette, I’m thinking about buying a carton, go downtown and sell loosies for a dollar. Here in Oregon, I just can’t see going up to a stranger and hoping he has a cigarette like back in the day. Nobody smokes anymore, well, nobody smokes cigarettes anymore 😂
It's the way of things, as an ex smoker sometimes just that one will hit the spot and all you need, it's about a dollar for one cigarette here now, they taxed the shit out of tabacco to get people to quit in the UK. Nearly £18 for 20. Might be a money maker in the US 🤣
Same here! Here we have something called “American Spirit” which you can buy loose tobacco. It was MUCH cheaper. Yeah, it’s like a health cigarette LOL 🤔😹😹
I’ve been asked if I had a loosie a couple times up here. I occasionally vape, but the first time I heard of loosies was 15 years ago, before I knew about vapes. Also, I figured it was ‘Lucy’, n maybe they thought I had lsd or something.
Often, I get ppl on the tube or on the high street asking me if I have money. Like u, I have an extreme fear of being stabbed, shot, raped, beaten up, etc. however, I am so broke, the buffalo can’t even fart. It probably shouldn’t offend me when ppl ask for money, but it does. It feels like a slap in the face.
I would understand it more if he had asked for a cigarette. We have so many unhoused people here that it’s hard. I’d be broke too if I gave to everybody.
Yea I could deal with the asking for a cigarette more as well. At least u kinda know what they r doing with it. With money, it’s not only the fact that u dont know what they will do with it, if u pull some out, u never know who might decide to rob you or something. I’m very low income meself, and these ppl get nasty sometimes when u have nothing for them. A couple times, I have pennies, n they had a fit. Greedy bastards - that’s all I have too.
😄 I think the fear of being stabbed is really quite rational, Adam. Jokes aside, a few years back I had a friend who was living homeless down by the river here in town at a place they call the point, and I went down there to visit a few times. It was such a weird vibe. And once when I visited there were three or four dudes who were obviously high to the gills and they were all toting around these samurai swords in the underbrush. It was very surreal.
Yeah, I keep a stabbing distance away from some people, especially at night. That's crazy, sumarai swords! I've seen some of the camps and there is always something weird going down. Corvallis definitely has some rough camps.
I laughed so hard — this is my favorite since lavender picking and the crazy guy in the parking lot stalking the neighbor. The machete is so funny!! Just like the northwest isn’t all trees and ocean spray, Hollywood isn’t all glamour and glitz — we recently had this surprising incident where a hit and run driver ran through the neighborhood, cutting through our friend’s yard, and ended up on the lawn of one of the guys from Weezer. His wife comes out with a gun (maybe thinking she’s gonna be the hero and stop this madman hit and run driver? I have no idea what she was thinking) and she pulls a gun. The cops come out to stop the guy but he’s long gone but she’s waving a gun in the air. They ask her to put it down no fewer than 12 times (not exaggerating, I’ve seen the body cam) and she won’t do it!!! And so there ends up being an intense scary shootout with the Weezer musician’s wife and she gets shot! It’s all anyone has been talking about for the past two weeks. Just an exciting story for your Sunday morning!
Dang, Reda! I had no idea, I never even read about that in the news. LOL. What the hell was she thinkg?? It's funny that everbody thinks these places: Hollywood, the beach, Oregon, wherever are idealic places, and then they have the craziest stuff happen, as we've discussed. BTW, there was a weirdo in a car at The Sea Hag the other night again, but a different weirdo 😹😹 Now I'm going to have to go look up this weezer altercation.
Now you need to write about that! I’m always wondering what’s going on at The Sea Hag, if there’s some fun drama or a recent encounter with the nemesis.
I gave him the cold shoulder the other day ☺️😂😂
I read about that! Crazy as fuuuuuuuck. 😄
Fun story! The guy might have been trying to quit. It’s hard to go cold turkey and when I was quitting I’d occasionally buy or bum single cigarettes off people because I didn’t want to buy a pack and fall completely off the wagon. I think the only reason selling single cigarettes is illegal is because the cigarette companies want to keep you hooked! It’s cruel.
Thanks, Annie! And I never even thought of that. Since he was well dressed it mightwell have been that. Like he was trying to sneak it. And since cigarettes are only 47 cents, I would have made a profit on him! I can't believe anybody can even afford to be addicted to cigarettes anymore.
Favorite line, "I figured I could take him in a fight unless he had a knife." 😂 Also, Shadow looks super alert and focused . . . love that pic.
Thanks Mary! 😹😸 (I wonder if he had a knife. He kind of looked like he might’ve had a knife…)
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Bumming cigarettes for a quid, them were the days. I did actually do this a lot in my youth, the little shop always shut before the pub and the cigarette machine, while a rip off, was often empty ;)
At 47 cents (pence?) a cigarette, I’m thinking about buying a carton, go downtown and sell loosies for a dollar. Here in Oregon, I just can’t see going up to a stranger and hoping he has a cigarette like back in the day. Nobody smokes anymore, well, nobody smokes cigarettes anymore 😂
It's the way of things, as an ex smoker sometimes just that one will hit the spot and all you need, it's about a dollar for one cigarette here now, they taxed the shit out of tabacco to get people to quit in the UK. Nearly £18 for 20. Might be a money maker in the US 🤣
Yeah, they tax it hard here too, but I don't think that bad. 24 dollars. Forget it! I'd be growing my own tobacco, drying it and rolling it.
Probably healthier, if such a thing lol, I was rollies girl in the end, non of that processed nonsense ;)
Same here! Here we have something called “American Spirit” which you can buy loose tobacco. It was MUCH cheaper. Yeah, it’s like a health cigarette LOL 🤔😹😹
Oh think I brought that when I backpacked a bit of America years ago, flashbacks 😱
18 pounds is about 24 dollars.
Thanks for the shoutout Adam!!
I’ve been asked if I had a loosie a couple times up here. I occasionally vape, but the first time I heard of loosies was 15 years ago, before I knew about vapes. Also, I figured it was ‘Lucy’, n maybe they thought I had lsd or something.
Often, I get ppl on the tube or on the high street asking me if I have money. Like u, I have an extreme fear of being stabbed, shot, raped, beaten up, etc. however, I am so broke, the buffalo can’t even fart. It probably shouldn’t offend me when ppl ask for money, but it does. It feels like a slap in the face.
I would understand it more if he had asked for a cigarette. We have so many unhoused people here that it’s hard. I’d be broke too if I gave to everybody.
Yea I could deal with the asking for a cigarette more as well. At least u kinda know what they r doing with it. With money, it’s not only the fact that u dont know what they will do with it, if u pull some out, u never know who might decide to rob you or something. I’m very low income meself, and these ppl get nasty sometimes when u have nothing for them. A couple times, I have pennies, n they had a fit. Greedy bastards - that’s all I have too.
😄 I think the fear of being stabbed is really quite rational, Adam. Jokes aside, a few years back I had a friend who was living homeless down by the river here in town at a place they call the point, and I went down there to visit a few times. It was such a weird vibe. And once when I visited there were three or four dudes who were obviously high to the gills and they were all toting around these samurai swords in the underbrush. It was very surreal.
Yeah, I keep a stabbing distance away from some people, especially at night. That's crazy, sumarai swords! I've seen some of the camps and there is always something weird going down. Corvallis definitely has some rough camps.
Cigarettes should be free to all adults. As should liquor. Let's campaign against William Morris and the drinks industry. #free
I am going to support this campaign!
Great fella! No backstabbers here, just pure #420 but #CBD vibes....