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Old 08-20-2010, 08:34 PM
 
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Originally Posted by ORexpat View Post
Portland isn't a female. It's a eunuch. Poor Portland. And it's ruled by Aries, too, if that's any help.
Oregon is Aquarius, but is PDX Aries ruled really?
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Old 08-20-2010, 08:37 PM
 
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Its a city that got its balls cut off is what he means lol.
Being Aries in no way means its a city that got its balls got off. Not in the least, particularly with Aries being a VERY male driven sign. The city has balls as well as loads of female energy.
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Old 08-23-2010, 02:07 AM
 
Location: Portland OR
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Marketing ploy by chocolate candy company to get people to eat unhealthy. Let's see if there's any correlation between manliest and obesity.
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Old 08-23-2010, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Marketing ploy by chocolate candy company to get people to eat unhealthy. Let's see if there's any correlation between manliest and obesity.
FYI:
I bought 2 shirts from JC Penney's this summer. I am 6' 2" tall, and like my shirts to have that extra 2 inches from the arms to the waist so my shirts don't pull out at the belt. Thus I buy "Tall" sized shirts. The 2 shirts I bought from Penney's in the Tall size, (not B-T) were made and sized for a man with a 56" waist and a 58" waist. The actual fabric waist measurements at the belt area for the two shirts are 59" and 60" circumference.

While I am easily 15% over HWP, and may bounce up to just under 20% over HWP, my wast line is 38" and I sometimes wear a old 40 inch pair of blue jeans for comfort around the house. HOWEVER, I am NOT 75% to 100% over HWP.

It seem grotesque to me that a standard "Tall" man's shirt should presume a 56 inch waist, and be 'loose' fitting at that. The problem in PDX is finding a "Tall" men's shirt in the 1st place, and second then finding a shirt that's sized to fit a tall male who isn't obese. I could live with a shirt cut to fit someone with a 42" or 44" waist easily, very easily. But one cannot hide the bunching up of the extra fabric for a 56 or 58 inch waist. The shirt just hangs wrong, period.

Thank you for letting me rant.
{can I just leave the soapbox over in the corner?}

Phil

Last edited by philwithbeard; 08-23-2010 at 11:22 PM.. Reason: clairty of though.
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Old 08-24-2010, 01:43 AM
 
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Oregon has always seemed to have feminine energy to me as well. I'm curious ORexpat how do you calculate the sign of a city? I'd imagine an Aries city as being something like Houston or Phoenix.
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Old 08-24-2010, 09:10 AM
 
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Out of the other cities that ranked "manlier" than Portland I would like to know where they finished in these categories;
"Green" is about as unmanly as it gets.
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Old 08-24-2010, 09:24 AM
 
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I personally think its a good thing.
I guess I have ladylike components to me despite the fact I am a "man".
I display traits in both genders and I happened to love Portland.
I'm no ironworker type or nascar watching junky or even WWE (used to though) like some other USA cities like St Louis like to pertray. Portland is a different animal in a good way I think.
Dude, what? No man ever boasts of female qualities.

Ever.
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Old 08-24-2010, 09:27 AM
 
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Is wearing flip flops really considered un-manly?
Yes. Very. It makes you look like a wuss, a frat boy, or a Chicago Cubs fan.
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Old 08-24-2010, 11:52 AM
 
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Yes. Very. It makes you look like a wuss, a frat boy, or a Chicago Cubs fan.

Go back to your Midwestern forums, lil' kid...No one here gives a damn about the Chicago Cubs.
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Old 08-24-2010, 05:40 PM
 
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Yes. Very. It makes you look like a wuss, a frat boy, or a Chicago Cubs fan.
I know some "alpha male" types who wear flip-flops.
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