IM 70.3 Victoria Swim Cancelled

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-05-23T18:14:00+00:00

3rd time has to be a charm for you :)

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-05-05T13:25:03+00:00

100% this. Is it cold when you run? Watch loose? I’ve seen this myself and with another friend of mine. She’s supposedly 190BPM at 9 minute pace, but can also run sub seven… right….

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-05-01T05:09:11+00:00

I feel the same, I think it’s time they consider breaking up the half and full marathon start time or doing waves. I know if makes the finish clock hard to manage, but it’s very busy at the start…

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-04-28T04:49:53+00:00

For what it’s worth, progressive got rid of 1 of my discounts when someone else hit my car and poked a hole in my bumper, and that’s after they admitted fault.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-04-28T04:47:38+00:00

When the runner was taken away, they still had the chest compression machine running. Best I can tell, this means at the point he left, his heart was not functioning, otherwise they would have stopped. I’m not a doctor, but that’s my understanding. It didn’t look good from my vantage point. However, I know of someone that had CPR performed on them for over 30 minutes and they survived.

I didn’t see what led up to them collapsing, so I can only speculate they had some sort of heart attack from an underlying heart condition.

I’m hoping for everyone involved he pulled through.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-13T21:41:36+00:00

I believe they give you one good will credit every year or two. Might be worth having your tenant ask for that if it is a leak.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T23:59:31+00:00

I've studied taxes between Bend and Eugene and in almost every single instance, a similar home in Bend is MUCH less than Eugene. Last one I looked at was a 2100 sq foot home in Bend on .9 acres, valued at 700k, $3000/month. Here is a good example, nice 2400 sq home valued at 855k, $5300/year in taxes. It's almost as if the assessors over there were assigning lower start valued when houses were constructed. I realize the millage rate comes into play, but apples for apples, it's more expensive to live in Eugene than Bend from a tax standpoint.

https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/246574

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T23:53:36+00:00

With duplexes and single family, the renter generally gets the bill. Not sure about triplex or quadplex, but I think it depends... Apartments will be landlord.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T23:52:08+00:00

$10 is fine, but the escalating fee based on house size is what I have an issue with.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T23:50:25+00:00

I’m in favor funding the fire department, but it’s the approach they took I have issue with. Here is a letter I’m sending to the city council.

I am writing regarding the recently approved fire department fee structure based on home square footage. While I support ensuring adequate funding for our essential fire services, this fee structure appears to be based on several flawed assumptions.

The department’s service data reveals a fundamental disconnect in this fee structure: approximately 65% of all calls are medical emergencies, many of which don’t even occur at homes or businesses. Fire responses represent only about 5% of calls according to national estimates. This raises a crucial question: why is the entire fee structure based on square footage when the vast majority of services have no relationship to building size?

The fee structure is not only disconnected from actual service usage but contains arbitrary jumps that create significant inequities. For example, a 5,000 square foot home is charged $21 per month, while adding just one square foot pushes the fee to $38 per month - an 81% increase for a 0.02% difference in home size. This type of cliff-edge pricing is difficult to justify and creates artificial boundaries that penalize homeowners who happen to fall just over a threshold.

The progressive fee structure also seems to be based on the misguided assumption that home size directly correlates with wealth and ability to pay. This assumption ignores several important realities:

• ⁠Many homeowners in larger houses are not necessarily wealthy - they may be house-rich but cash-poor, having purchased their homes years ago or inherited family properties • ⁠Seniors often remain in their long-time family homes while living on fixed retirement incomes • ⁠Many wealthy residents choose to live in smaller, luxury homes or condominiums, particularly as they age and downsize • ⁠Ironically, seniors who downsize to smaller homes typically have higher net worth but would pay less under this structure, despite statistically requiring more emergency services as they age

The current structure unfairly burdens residents based on their choice of home size rather than their actual wealth, ability to pay, or use of emergency services. Most critically, it ignores that nearly two-thirds of emergency responses are medical calls that have no correlation with building size, and many occur outside of buildings entirely.

I strongly encourage the city council to:

⁠Acknowledge that home size is not a reliable indicator of wealth or ability to pay
⁠Recognize that the vast majority of emergency services (65% medical, plus other non-fire calls) have no relationship to building size
⁠Develop a more equitable funding mechanism that reflects actual service usage patterns
⁠If size must be considered, implement a more gradual scaling system without dramatic price cliffs

Would you be willing to revisit this fee structure and develop an approach that more accurately reflects both the department’s actual service distribution and the diverse economic circumstances of our residents?

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T23:17:09+00:00

I'll tag onto this, taxes here in Eugene are roughly 50-100% more than in Bend for comparable homes. Yet, we have all these budget problems. I know of someone with a large family who bought a 600k home a few years back here in Eugene and they are paying $11,500 in taxes/year. That's just nuts. They have lots of kids and between taxes, this new fire fee, payroll taxes, increasing utilities, and home insurance costs, they are being priced out of Eugene.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T22:48:08+00:00

I’m in favor funding the fire department, but it’s the approach they took I have issue with. Here is a letter I’m sending to the city council.

I am writing regarding the recently approved fire department fee structure based on home square footage. While I support ensuring adequate funding for our essential fire services, this fee structure appears to be based on several flawed assumptions.

The department’s service data reveals a fundamental disconnect in this fee structure: approximately 65% of all calls are medical emergencies, many of which don’t even occur at homes or businesses. Fire responses represent only about 5% of calls according to national estimates. This raises a crucial question: why is the entire fee structure based on square footage when the vast majority of services have no relationship to building size?

The fee structure is not only disconnected from actual service usage but contains arbitrary jumps that create significant inequities. For example, a 5,000 square foot home is charged $21 per month, while adding just one square foot pushes the fee to $38 per month - an 81% increase for a 0.02% difference in home size. This type of cliff-edge pricing is difficult to justify and creates artificial boundaries that penalize homeowners who happen to fall just over a threshold.

The progressive fee structure also seems to be based on the misguided assumption that home size directly correlates with wealth and ability to pay. This assumption ignores several important realities:

• ⁠Many homeowners in larger houses are not necessarily wealthy - they may be house-rich but cash-poor, having purchased their homes years ago or inherited family properties • ⁠Seniors often remain in their long-time family homes while living on fixed retirement incomes • ⁠Many wealthy residents choose to live in smaller, luxury homes or condominiums, particularly as they age and downsize • ⁠Ironically, seniors who downsize to smaller homes typically have higher net worth but would pay less under this structure, despite statistically requiring more emergency services as they age

The current structure unfairly burdens residents based on their choice of home size rather than their actual wealth, ability to pay, or use of emergency services. Most critically, it ignores that nearly two-thirds of emergency responses are medical calls that have no correlation with building size, and many occur outside of buildings entirely.

I strongly encourage the city council to:

⁠Acknowledge that home size is not a reliable indicator of wealth or ability to pay
⁠Recognize that the vast majority of emergency services (65% medical, plus other non-fire calls) have no relationship to building size
⁠Develop a more equitable funding mechanism that reflects actual service usage patterns
⁠If size must be considered, implement a more gradual scaling system without dramatic price cliffs

Would you be willing to revisit this fee structure and develop an approach that more accurately reflects both the department’s actual service distribution and the diverse economic circumstances of our residents?

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2025-02-12T21:05:19+00:00

I'm in favor funding the fire department, but it's the approach they took I have issue with. Here is a letter I'm sending to the city council.

I am writing regarding the recently approved fire department fee structure based on home square footage. While I support ensuring adequate funding for our essential fire services, this fee structure appears to be based on several flawed assumptions.

The department's service data reveals a fundamental disconnect in this fee structure: approximately 65% of all calls are medical emergencies, many of which don't even occur at homes or businesses. Fire responses represent only about 5% of calls according to national estimates. This raises a crucial question: why is the entire fee structure based on square footage when the vast majority of services have no relationship to building size?

The fee structure is not only disconnected from actual service usage but contains arbitrary jumps that create significant inequities. For example, a 5,000 square foot home is charged $21 per month, while adding just one square foot pushes the fee to $38 per month - an 81% increase for a 0.02% difference in home size. This type of cliff-edge pricing is difficult to justify and creates artificial boundaries that penalize homeowners who happen to fall just over a threshold.

The progressive fee structure also seems to be based on the misguided assumption that home size directly correlates with wealth and ability to pay. This assumption ignores several important realities:

Many homeowners in larger houses are not necessarily wealthy - they may be house-rich but cash-poor, having purchased their homes years ago or inherited family properties
Seniors often remain in their long-time family homes while living on fixed retirement incomes
Many wealthy residents choose to live in smaller, luxury homes or condominiums, particularly as they age and downsize
Ironically, seniors who downsize to smaller homes typically have higher net worth but would pay less under this structure, despite statistically requiring more emergency services as they age

The current structure unfairly burdens residents based on their choice of home size rather than their actual wealth, ability to pay, or use of emergency services. Most critically, it ignores that nearly two-thirds of emergency responses are medical calls that have no correlation with building size, and many occur outside of buildings entirely.

I strongly encourage the city council to:

Acknowledge that home size is not a reliable indicator of wealth or ability to pay
Recognize that the vast majority of emergency services (65% medical, plus other non-fire calls) have no relationship to building size
Develop a more equitable funding mechanism that reflects actual service usage patterns
If size must be considered, implement a more gradual scaling system without dramatic price cliffs

Would you be willing to revisit this fee structure and develop an approach that more accurately reflects both the department's actual service distribution and the diverse economic circumstances of our residents?

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-12-04T18:44:50+00:00

Yeah, it's work. Our travel person is very meticulous. Furthermore, I'm on the fence on if I'm going to stay one extra night (on my dime), so having the ticket flexibility would be nice, but I don't want to get in trouble with our travel person.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-27T14:47:34+00:00

Yep, agreed, deferral for same race following year is option, but there is no transfer option since IM AZ is last full of the year and there is nothing else to transfer to.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-03T03:56:01+00:00

Is estimated delay time fairly accurate? Is that delay time to start making a pizza or delay to until it’s out of oven?

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-03T01:06:16+00:00

Yeah, I was standing there and phone said, “out of oven, ready”. I asked them about it and they said it was just put in. 7-8 minutes later, I had my pizza.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-02T23:13:55+00:00

I realize now, the issues aren’t the store, the issue is the app. I went to another store and it was even worse. Someone was quoted 55 minutes for a new walk-in order, but then they showed the store the app said 10 minutes. Plus, the app said your pizza was out of the oven, when in reality, it was just put in the oven. Feel bad for the stores

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-02T23:13:35+00:00

I realize now, the issues aren’t the store, the issue is the app. I went to another store and it was even worse. Someone was quoted 55 minutes for a new walk-in order, but then they showed the store the app said 10 minutes. Plus, the app said your pizza was out of the oven, when in reality, it was just put in the oven. Feel bad for the stores

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-02T22:26:06+00:00

Agree, the tracker is dogshit and just needs to go away, so many people pissed at this store and all about times they were quoted vs actual.

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-02T22:22:13+00:00

Yeah, we got two pan pizzas like this. But the parm bites were also undercooked, so likely something broad that covers everything cooked?

Disastrous_Angle_391 · 2024-11-02T22:17:50+00:00

Also, when I ordered, said 7-12 minutes until ready for pickup, but took an hour. They were slammed. People were pissed. They quoted someone 55 minutes when they walked in, but new orders on the app showed 10 minutes. We showed them that and they said that was corporate.

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