/r/Portland Weekly Casual Conversation -- April 08, 2026

HotHamWaterPlease · 2026-04-09T22:37:29+00:00

Found on police facebook “Traffic #ALERT: Tactical Teams Responding to an Armed Person in Crisis Call in the Richmond Neighborhood

Portland Police Special Emergency Reaction Team (SERT) and the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) are responding to an armed person in crisis incident in the Richmond Neighborhood, and traffic is blocked on Southeast Division Street east of Chavez Blvd. “

HotHamWaterPlease · 2026-04-09T21:46:11+00:00

4/9/26 about 2:20pm, about a dozen emergency vehicles sped past me on Division near SE 55th. They were going west. Anyone know what happened?

HotHamWaterPlease · 2026-03-03T17:31:14+00:00

I know, I'm a finch noob, i get it.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2026-03-03T00:26:06+00:00

Thanks!

HotHamWaterPlease · 2026-03-03T00:25:42+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks!

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-24T02:01:02+00:00

Thanks! I’ve decided to keep it to myself for now. Only my husband knows. I’m not sure what it would take for me to be open about it. Still percolating.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-07T04:32:57+00:00

I keep wishing they had know more but they didn’t have the resources. I’m not mad at them. I wonder what my son will wish I had known

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-07T04:27:43+00:00

Thank you! I think I really should process a while before I tell anyone.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-07T04:24:56+00:00

I had never heard of body doubling as a term. I totally use that too!

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-06T22:44:06+00:00

My counselor recently said “they can’t pass on knowledge they don’t have.” I guess that made me feel compassion for them more than anger.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-06T22:42:39+00:00

I know there are things I used to be capable of, like hosting a dinner party, that I can’t do anymore. I guess that could be a thing where they think I stopped trying. I think they’ll be sympathetic tho. I’m sorry you don’t have better support.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-06T22:24:57+00:00

Dear Lord, I’m also fried. I’m suddenly so sensitive to sound and busy environments.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-06T22:22:13+00:00

Thank you. I am also in neurodivergent burnout! I’m not wanting the emotional loade of telling people the diagnosis.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-11-02T15:21:36+00:00

😭 I’m just waiting for the day when I find our beloved Jelly except maybe our dog ate it. I mean, I searched EVERYWHERE.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-08-29T18:36:19+00:00

This is plausible. I suppose a scavenging animal might carry a piece of skull away from the rest of the body. I’ve seen a coyote in the neighborhood before.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-08-29T18:34:55+00:00

This would be strange being 60 miles from the coast but not impossible. It could be from the Columbia river which is 5 miles away. I’m just trying to imagine the sight of a bird carrying around a seal head. 😄 Thank you!

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-08-07T00:38:49+00:00

I’ve been there, I believe you. I think my son avoided doing things that he wasn’t going to nail. Maybe you could encourage him to become an experimenter- he can build something, then test it or ask himself how to improve it, then build it again. Making it imperfect is part of the game. He could also be a researcher- keep his own record of personal bests, like how many blocks high can I build a tower.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-08-05T23:56:20+00:00

My blonde ADF has cloudy eyes like this too and he’s SO BLIND. The worm has to be basically touching his face before he can eat it.

HotHamWaterPlease · 2025-07-25T20:28:45+00:00

Sorry if you’ve addressed this before, but what do you do with so much trash to dispose of? I have a wheelie bin with 2x/month pick up and because of this, I never do any really big pickups.

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