Anonymous Jan 20, 2014 at 10:19 am

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1
Tim keeps a pad of yellow post it notes handy for his Tim Tickets he routinely leaves under the wiper blades of those in need of Tim's Parking Tips.

Tim should probably also keep a taser or pepper spray handy for when one of his Portland Friends finds him dicking around with their car and he starts up with his "Howdy.."
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What is this "Portland polite driving" of which you speak?

Oh, is that the thing where you smile and wave at the pedestrians waiting at a crosswalk as you drive by without honoring their legal right of way? Yeah, totally love that one.
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If the pedestrian is waiting on the sidewalk, the driver has the right of way (unless some traffic signal tells you otherwise). Vehicular traffic doesn't have to stop until the pedestrian steps off the sidewalk and into the crosswalk:

http://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/811.028
(4) For the purposes of this section, a pedestrian is crossing the roadway in a crosswalk when any part or extension of the pedestrian, including but not limited to any part of the pedestrians body, wheelchair, cane, crutch or bicycle, MOVES ONTO THE ROADWAY in a crosswalk with the intent to proceed.

If I want to cross the street, I'll wait until there's a break in traffic I'm comfortable with, then go for it. There's no need for you to get angry or pouty because I won't cross in front of you while traffic is still whizzing by in the other lanes. You have the right of way - take it!
4
Polite Portland Driving? Can I have some of what you are on?
5
How is it that "at a crosswalk" automatically means "on the sidewalk" to you?
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'How is it that 'at a crosswalk' automatically means 'on the sidewalk' to you?"

because they didn't say "in the crosswalk"?
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So if I'm at the library, I'm actually standing near the library? Then if I'm at a bus stop, there's no way that I could be in a bus shelter: only shelter-adjacent. 'Cause English is super consistent like that.

Show me the dictionary in which "at" means "near to".
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Meh, at vs. in isn't a perfect and precise distinction, but if a family member asks me "where'd you leave the vacuum?" I'm going to say "in the bedroom" not "at the bedroom".

On the other hand, if I get asked "where'd you leave the folding chairs?" I'm going more likely say "at Jason's house" than "in Jason's house".

If I can take another tangent... ever notice how we say "in September" "on Tuesday" "at 3:15"? Why?? That's gotta be annoying for people learning English.
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Oh my god I,A had to walk a whole TWO BLOCKS to their house
10
"This city is growing, and I know we're not all happy about it."

This sentiment is so stupid. An entire town full of people who moved here, who complain about other people moving here. If you wanted to live in a place that doesn't have a rapidly expanding population you moved to the worst place possible.
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This tears it. I'm moving to Lake Oswego.
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@Chunty

I think you're missing the point here. This kind of thing happens all the time around here where 3 cars are taking up the space that 6 cars could use to park.
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dpdx, IT IS AN OUTRAGE

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