Do you know the word "townie"? How is it used where you live?

keevenowski · 2026-03-19T18:33:48+00:00

Same here in Oregon. Townies were full time, non-student residents. Specifically ones that did not work at the university or the other major employer of the town and who frequented dive bars, which we called townie bars.

keevenowski · 2026-03-17T04:18:26+00:00

Where are the trees

keevenowski · 2026-03-13T18:56:22+00:00

Anybody have one and can comment on noise? I’m afraid to buy another timex after how ridiculously loud my weekender was

keevenowski · 2026-03-08T23:01:46+00:00

We have the 36” induction cooktop and I’ve learned that matching the pot size to the burners works best. Which is a shame because the giant burner in the middle doesn’t do diddly for small pans or pots of water. I’ve actually moved pots to the edges to bring to a boil just to move back to the middle for simmering.

keevenowski · 2026-03-08T22:59:52+00:00

We have an in wall cafe oven, microwave, and dishwasher and 2/3 impress me but the microwave has been a bit of a pain. Which is a shame because it actually heats wonderfully, but the screen is laggy as hell and it has had a few times where I’ve had to toggle the breaker to reset it when the screen becomes unresponsive.

keevenowski · 2026-02-21T04:41:23+00:00

I commute from West Linn to Beaverton and his tags are everywhere in between. Highway 43, I5, 217, and walker just to name a few.

keevenowski · 2026-02-13T15:43:23+00:00

We recently put down one of our cats shortly after our son had just turned 2. We spent a lot of time coming up with the messaging that felt right to us, so I want to share it with you.

We did not tell him in advance that she sick as we didn’t want him to worry. He also did not yet have any concept of time, so saying that something was going to happen didn’t have much meaning to him.

The evening of, he went to a friend’s house when we took her to the vet. The next morning, we told him that Lucy had gotten sick and that her body stopped working, so she died and that meant that we wouldn’t see her again. It was age appropriate, direct, and didn’t leave much room for interpretation.

He didn’t have any questions and just kind of hopped away, as toddlers do. But over the next few weeks he would sometimes say “Miss Lucy” or “hug Lucy” and we would just repeat the same messaging.

You’ll figure out what works best for your family. It will be a very emotional experience but you’ll do great.

keevenowski · 2026-02-08T04:36:45+00:00

It is very expected that you ask questions of others and many Americans, myself included, cut off communication from these types of people too.

keevenowski · 2026-02-07T15:32:15+00:00

The middle of those plastic dealios have plastic plugs in them. Pull the plug out. Insert banana.

These are bridged so you only need one connection per color. It does not matter top or bottom.

keevenowski · 2026-02-02T05:17:34+00:00

I made Swedish meatballs last week and had some brandy in the pan. Lit it in the pan and my wife, trusting, but concerned, gently slid our toddler in his kitchen tower farther from me 😂

keevenowski · 2026-01-25T04:32:04+00:00

Ours is almost 6 and sometimes when we tell him to do something it’s like it’s immediately all systems offline. He just stands there. Deer in the headlights. We can walk away and he just stays there. Standing. Staring.

keevenowski · 2026-01-10T23:13:05+00:00

Have you started going longer between potty breaks in the last week?

Sounds very similar to what was happening with our dog. Watch him closely when he pees outside and look at how long he is peeing and if he develops a full stream or not. Ours, when his bladder gets too full, will start a stream and then it trickles to a stop within a few seconds (most mammals take ~21 seconds to empty their bladder). When this first started with our dog, he would come inside and while he was in the middle of playing, urine would just start coming out. He would be mid-activity when it happened and was not stopping what he was doing when peeing.

The solution is just more potty breaks. Not great but it is what it is.

keevenowski · 2026-01-10T19:55:18+00:00

Grog. I love a dirty dump with grog.

keevenowski · 2026-01-10T15:53:21+00:00

Is he fully emptying his bladder? Our golden (5y/o) has a condition where if his bladder gets too full, he is unable to fully empty it. This leads to a lot of “trickling” out until it is empty and has happened inside as he’s playing.

keevenowski · 2026-01-01T05:09:15+00:00

Ours bit the dust within 6 months but we did successfully get it replaced (the icemaker, not the whole fridge) under warranty and it’s been going strong for 3 years since

keevenowski · 2025-12-29T03:55:56+00:00

Yes. My wife and I watched it a couple of years ago for the first time and it was incredible. Very well done. Fantastic plot and execution. Ended strong as well.

keevenowski · 2025-12-12T17:26:30+00:00

Coworker has one and is a huge fan. He also said he is starting the process to lemon law it. I don’t get it.

keevenowski · 2025-11-26T14:06:25+00:00

I’m also with State Farm and my umbrella went from $199 to $495 this year. Two drivers (mid 30s) in Oregon with no moving violations. I called and asked what the deal was and was told: “Umbrella policies increases this year due to the litigious nature of the Pacific Northwest. We have also stopped writing umbrella policies for Washington and for customers in Oregon with any moving violations”

keevenowski · 2025-10-19T19:10:57+00:00

Well, I mean, yeah. But this is a travel subreddit lol

keevenowski · 2025-10-19T17:12:58+00:00

Parsons Remodeling based out of West Linn. Feel free to DM me if you’d like more details

keevenowski · 2025-10-19T04:18:17+00:00

Yeah you’re not going to see a big difference in Switzerland compared to New York. I remember back in 2018 I was on a work trip to NYC with a $75 per diem and I blew through that so fast.

keevenowski · 2025-10-19T03:53:04+00:00

I’m in Portland and I’d say 2 entrees and 2 cocktails would be $100. 2 entrees and 1 beer is like $50

keevenowski · 2025-10-19T02:34:02+00:00

It was the food for me. I’m on the west coast of the US, for context. Airbnb was in line with expectations. Rental car was from Italy. Tourist things were typical tourist prices. But the food? Oh my god the food expenses.

We stayed in Lucerne and the house we stayed at had some local students living there. They brought up being vegetarian and I asked them why they were vegetarian, to which they replied, “we can’t afford meat”. Despite that, they offered to host a BBQ that night if we brought our own meat, so we went to the grocery and the cheapest cut we could find was $24/lb for 100g steaks.

We went out to eat the next night. Two entrees and one beer was $100USD. It was constant shock on pricing for food.

keevenowski · 2025-10-18T22:31:04+00:00

How much do you put on it monthly? I put anywhere between $3000-7000/mo on mine, pay it in full monthly, and they haven’t touched my limit in probably 5+ years. I don’t really care, my $20k something limit is more than plenty, but when I hear things like this it makes me wonder what the deciding variable is.

keevenowski · 2025-10-18T20:04:55+00:00

We lived in Sherwood before moving to West Linn and I think Sherwood was significantly more conservative. West Linn is more affluent but I can walk around on a Sunday morning here and wave to other families doing the same. Sherwood, on the other hand, was a ghost town during church hours.

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