BE Demographic Survey - age? Poll
by johnv59 on Mar 1, 2009 2:05 PM PST
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PrintI believe the BE community reflects real life community, people of all types, backgrounds, ages, life styles, ethnicity, etc. However, being an Internet community we are all visually invisible to each other (except for certain get togethers) - that is one of the things that has made the Internet such a sensation. People are judged not on appearance but by their words. I know I've made some friends here that would never be possible in the real world (mostly due to location).
So, one of the interesting things I often wonder is the age demographic of this community, just for fun. I'll be up front, when the Blazers won their 77 championship I was in High School and it's a memory I'll never forget, watching with my parents on TV (no cable TV then where we lived). And I listened to disco after the game on vinyl, ouch, (shout out to KC and the Sunshine Band!!) and boogied in my room in front of the mirror. We may be the only 3 generation BE family. Mom reads, I read, and my son reads. My baby grandson is next!
So, anonymously, which age category do you fall in? Poll below.
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Remember when?
I have reached the age where I tend to begin a lot of sentences with “I can’t remember” instead of the previous decades where I began them with “remember when”. I do remember the championship and watching Bobby Gross doing cuts to the basket and Walton hitting him with a perfect pass for a lay-up. Rudy sure reminds me of Bobby. I loved that team then and I love this team now. I am in the around 60 category.
just because there is a mouse in the cookie jar, that doesn't make him a cookie.
Yea
I’ve mentioned to my friends that Rudy reminds me of Gross. Lots of similarities actually.
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
As my name implies
I am a student at Oregon State, 22 years old.
I’ve been a blazer fan for a while. My great-aunt is a HUGE fan (I think she’s 84 now, and still going strong), and she took me to games when I was little. Lost some interest during the Jail Blazer era, but I have watched pretty much every game while I’ve been in college, even during the horrific 21 win season.
These past two years or so have seen a huge increase in blazer fans around campus. On a game day you will see blazer gear all over, and even on non game days lots of people will sport hats and sweatshirts. Good times.
Me too. It's called life after HP. I'm so lucky. I just got word that a whole bunch of
my old buddies got “laid off” after sweating it out for years hoping they wouldn’t get cut. Working there was making me physically ill and I couldn’t do it any more. I cut and ran instead of waiting around for a severance package and I don’t regret it a bit.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Stinker! However, working there was beginning to feel like a very nasty virus.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Off to the game!
With my son, going to be a good one, I feel like a shark smelling blood. SAS is going down!!
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
"anonymously"
Just so you know, it’s not actually anonymous. You can see people’s votes in their profile. Haha now I know how old you are.
yea
but seriously, how many people take the time to look that up? :-)
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
I did!
Tom lied about his age. He may be using Bedge to troll for dates
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 1, 2009 8:53 PM PST up reply actions
That's not tominhawaii, it's someone else
It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it's told.
that was my best year
"its tough to play with one eye, unless you're a pirate." Delonte West
"una canasta a Pau en la cara" Rudy
by Honka Playboy on Mar 1, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions
33 was my best year, with young kids
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
pretty good year for me also
That was the year my son was born
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 1, 2009 10:01 PM PST up reply actions
I have 6 of those critters (sons)
and remember every birth like it was yesterday
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
Geez man
Even back then they knew what caused that
jk
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 2, 2009 10:06 PM PST up reply actions
In one sense I'm like Brad Pitt
I started out old and have gradually regressed. As a little kid, my dad dubbed me “the little old man.” I guess I was precociously interested in what adults were saying and doing. Now, I’m in my 50’s but spend much of my spare time watching and blogging about a kid’s game.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
But unlike Brad Pitt, I don't find Angelina Jolie attractive
Au contraire, in fact.
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
im 17
predators hit me up
"shaq and zach randolph have the same trainer... "
best one liner i ever heard.
before i am no good 18
"shaq and zach randolph have the same trainer... "
best one liner i ever heard.
Hey Johnv59! It seems that your story and mine are pretty similar!
I was a Junior at Beaverton High when the Blazers were making their Championship run in ’77.
Music wise at the time I was more into the Eagles, Doobie Bros and Fleetwood Mac.
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
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Sophmore
+1 for Eagles, Doobie Bros and Fleetwood Mac
Honorable mention Boston, Frampton, Aerosmith
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
What High School did you go to?
+1 for Honorable mention Boston, Frampton, Aerosmith
How about some BTO! I got to shake C.F.Turner’s hand during concert – Front Row!!!
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LMA Rocks and B-Rex ROARS!!
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lol
I grew up in Grants Pass…GPHS grad. I vividly recall my Electronics teacher bringing in his Beta-max and all of us re-watching the finals on those big-a$$ bricks he called tapes
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
Wow your Electronics teacher was way cooler than my Electronics teacher...
I think my brother-in-law still has an old Beta-max machine. He also has an original Quadraphonic Stereo (Four Discrete Channels) including a Quadraphonic turntable specifically for playing records recorded specifically for this type of stereo. He keeps stuff forever.
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
LMA Rocks and B-Rex ROARS!!
RRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWWRRRRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTO - Taking care of business
They play that all the time at games, and I don’t think 90% of the crowd knows who it was/is….
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
I know who they are and what it is...
but I hated that song when it first came out and I still hate it.
Open invitation: all you who are self-proclaimed ping pong experts. If you think you can beat me - or if you just want to see how it's really played: cdd37@yahoo.com. This means you, too, Jerryd.
+2
And don’t forget Rush!
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
Oh yeah RUSH! I saw them 5 times at the Memorial Coloseum!!!!
2112 in concert – AWESOME!!!
Blazer's Edge Ambassador to The Dream Shake Blog
LMA Rocks and B-Rex ROARS!!
RRRRRRROOOOOOOWWWWWRRRRRRSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2112
a rock classic
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
My 18-year-old son loves Rush.
Whatever, he’s a musician. Their songs have too much going on for my taste. I like Flo Rida. In the ayer, ay-ayer, ayer, ay-ayer…
BTW
Was a senior at KUHS in Klamath Falls then
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
7th grade. Jr. Hi in Hillsboro
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Van Halen I
Nuff said
"The match in Los Angeles is a good opportunity to begin to demonstrate that we want to make war." Rudy Fernández (translated)
Jean Luc Ponty
Freddie Hubbard
Herbie Hancock
Tom Scott
Steely Dan
Tower of Power
But KC, Led Zep, Eagles, Earth W & F, and such like on the weekends
GO
THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"
Loved Steely and Tower
very different music, but both great
There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man — with human flesh.
Paul Muad'Dib - Dune (Frank Herbert)
My Translation: My Dad is a dude just like me, and my sons are dudes like me also. I love that.
Season Tix: Section 315, with my sons
I saw Game 7 of the 1970 championship series against the Lakers
where Reed limped onto the court to everyone’s surprise and scored the first two baskets. That was an electrifying moment in sports. Only Kirk Gibson’s pinch-hit homer in the 1988 World Series against the A’s compares to it.
Awesome
I would also mention Carlton Fisk’s game six home run for Boston in the 1975 World Series.
U.S. beats U.S.S.R. in Olympic hockey.
Walton dunks on Kareem as Portland sweeps the L@kers in 77.
And…
Rudy Fernandez dunks on Dwight Howard in the Olympic final in 2008.
Ok, that last one is a stretch, but who cares? It’s a Blazer site.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
All great moments, for sure
but today’s sports genre is Great Moments In Sports In Which An Injured Star Player Not Expected To Play Limps Into The Game And Leads His Team To Victory.
Benny Goodman was cool, then he was forgotten
Now, he’s cool again. And Glenn Miller. And all the other swing greats.
Open invitation: all you who are self-proclaimed ping pong experts. If you think you can beat me - or if you just want to see how it's really played: cdd37@yahoo.com. This means you, too, Jerryd.
I wish I was alive in the 70's
music wise anyway…..but on the other hand there was no metal to speak of so perhaps I am ok with my current age.
Oderint dum metuant
!!
that is pretty damn sweet. I am 23, and live in SF, and i hear about many cool stories from my co workers who were here during all that.
Must have been amazing.
Rip City Baby...People have no idea what is coming.
Follow my twitter www.twitter.com/PDXBlazersFTW, @PDXBlazersFTW. Lots of random Blazer Posts from links I find around the blogosphere.
Yeah, I took every opportunity to see the best rock bands of the era
if they were within hitching distance of Buffalo: Zeppelin, Hendrix, etc. Saw a lot of bands in NYC as well, at the old Village Theater, Fillmore East, etc. Saw the Doors and the Who at a stadium (Singer Bowl?) in NYC and Jim Morrison incited the crowd to riot — very scary.
Well, it’s past my bedtime. G’night.
WOW CatMan2! I thought I had some cool Rock and Roll stories to tell - You got me beat Stone Cold!
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LMA Rocks and B-Rex ROARS!!
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Well, I'm not trying to 1-up anybody here!
I do have a lot of great memories, though, as I think back to those days.
Being a teenager in the late 60’s and early 70’s, along with (not enough) sex, (too many) drugs, and (just the right amount of) rock ‘n’ roll, basically made me who I am today. I can’t change that, but I don’t really want to.
Now days my musical tastes are really broad, including jazz, classical, bluegrass, country, and blues. Drugs are in long in the past, and … well, I’ll leave it at that.
Anyone remember "It's a Beautiful Day"?
Saw them at the D-Street Corral in 1972 or so.
Open invitation: all you who are self-proclaimed ping pong experts. If you think you can beat me - or if you just want to see how it's really played: cdd37@yahoo.com. This means you, too, Jerryd.
I was following "The Gentlemen Wild" at "D" street.
When Paul & The Raiders weren’t there.
Elizabeth had a partner and he had a rap from the cops, Him and Lenny Suckerpunch were just out Tooling around
by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 2, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions
I wish I could remember the 70's
but I watch re-runs of That 70’s Show….that seems to ring a bell , somehow
"You're welcome friend
I love you."
- Tom "Dragline" inHawaii
by 92wastheyear on Mar 1, 2009 10:00 PM PST up reply actions
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I’ve lived in Oregon my entire life and have always been a Blazer fan. I grew up with the Drexler-era Blazers and I often find myself reminiscing about the NBA in the 80s and 90s — NBA Showtime, NBA Inside Stuff with Amahd Rashad and the Blazers classic jam “Bust-A-Bucket.”
I kind of grew tired of the NBA around the turn of the century because I thought it was losing it’s class (still followed the Blazers) but now I’m seeing the NBA making a comeback despite their current financial woes — I’m glad to see that guys like Brandon Roy, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and, yes, even Lebron James are going to be the next big thing to happen with the NBA.
"When I played, if you punched someone in the face, it only cost you 50 bucks" -- Maurice Lucas
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wanna read my story its on my profile
The Blazers will play beautiful basketball.
Brandon will shoot the lights out. Blake will run and LMA will finish strong at the hoop. Bayless will play because we’ll be so far ahead in the 4th quarter, giving all the Jerryd fans something to smile about.
But wait, that’s not all. Rudy will go 5 of 5 from distance. Batum will posterize someone. And Channing will NOT lead the team in points.
qoute from ofred
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Insert Tavis joke here :)
An admission: After the OKC game, I said some things. Stupid things. Things about Nate not knowing how to coach GO. It was only then I realized that I was in danger of becoming that which I most loathe - an uninformed, knee jerk fan who reacts to wins with wild delusions of championships and losses with trade and firing fodder. I will not be that fan. From this point on I will support the Blazers, the coaches and front office wholeheartedly, offering praise and criticism appropriate to the matter at hand. I will never again be "that guy".
Blazeraddict
2/9/2009
Insert spelling joke below
unless Trout just hi BET
An admission: After the OKC game, I said some things. Stupid things. Things about Nate not knowing how to coach GO. It was only then I realized that I was in danger of becoming that which I most loathe - an uninformed, knee jerk fan who reacts to wins with wild delusions of championships and losses with trade and firing fodder. I will not be that fan. From this point on I will support the Blazers, the coaches and front office wholeheartedly, offering praise and criticism appropriate to the matter at hand. I will never again be "that guy".
Blazeraddict
2/9/2009
by blazeraddict on Mar 1, 2009 11:22 PM PST up reply actions
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Holler!
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Doug
that sucks . You are not alone.
I have a job and am in college, although I hate my job.
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
I do have a job
most of my friends don’t though. And trying to find another job is hard, too.
by Doug-e-Fresh on Mar 2, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
haha
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
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