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[26 Year Gap]

Isn't rainy season from June 14-June 13th?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Isn't rainy season from June 14-June 13th?

Our annual Rain Festival runs from Jan 1 through Dec 31 each year. Last year, 418 Oregonians fell off their bicycles - and drowned!

Actually, having grown up in Chicago, I can tell you rain is much easier to deal with than snow.

Bud - do you know yet where you're going to live? Email me and I can "give you the layout" of the town, schools, shopping, etc. Plus, I have a personal friend who is a great realtor if you need one. Don't hold it against him that he and his daughter are also coaches. BTW - there are some townhome units in my development that are for sale. And no, it has nothing to do with living near me.

My email is [email protected]

Oh yeah - I know some attorneys (no, not because of that) so I may be able to help you get a job. At least, I can give you some leads.

[rainmaker]

Other important Portland information.

At least a time or two, you need to watch Perry Mason re-runs at noon. It's been on continuously since whenever Perry Mason started back in the '50s.

You'll also want to carefully choose your county of residence. The political lawn signs are a good indication where the county lines are.

Start now following the Trailblazers. They may fall apart later, but if they don't you'll want to be conversant with the details of this season.

Portland has the most stable home prices in the country right now, so be prepared to pay full price. You probably won't be able to take advantage of the big foreclosure boom.

Most of all, learn to say, "It's just a sprinkle, what's a little bit of rain?" Anyone that ever complains about the rain is automatically tagged as an outsider. YOu decide whether you want to be a native or a permanent visitor.

We drink milkshakes here, not frappes. We have potluck dinners, not covered dish dinners or carry-ins. We carry purses, not handbags or pocketbooks. And we drink pop, never soda. We go to the beach, not the shore, and we have El Ninos and El Ninas. And the hottest political issues are land use planning, water rights, land use planning, smokers' rights, land use planning and let's see, oh yea, land use planning.

If you're already doing college ball, you won't have any trouble breaking into it after a year or two. They always welcome a new person with skills, at least at the CC and NAIA level. But no matter how much experience you have, you won't get any varsity your first year. It just doesn't happen.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

Other important Portland information.

At least a time or two, you need to watch Perry Mason re-runs at noon. It's been on continuously since whenever Perry Mason started back in the '50s.

You'll also want to carefully choose your county of residence. The political lawn signs are a good indication where the county lines are.

Start now following the Trailblazers. They may fall apart later, but if they don't you'll want to be conversant with the details of this season.

Portland has the most stable home prices in the country right now, so be prepared to pay full price. You probably won't be able to take advantage of the big foreclosure boom.

Most of all, learn to say, "It's just a sprinkle, what's a little bit of rain?" Anyone that ever complains about the rain is automatically tagged as an outsider. YOu decide whether you want to be a native or a permanent visitor.

We drink milkshakes here, not frappes. We have potluck dinners, not covered dish dinners or carry-ins. We carry purses, not handbags or pocketbooks. And we drink pop, never soda. We go to the beach, not the shore, and we have El Ninos and El Ninas. And the hottest political issues are land use planning, water rights, land use planning, smokers' rights, land use planning and let's see, oh yea, land use planning.

If you're already doing college ball, you won't have any trouble breaking into it after a year or two. They always welcome a new person with skills, at least at the CC and NAIA level. But no matter how much experience you have, you won't get any varsity your first year. It just doesn't happen.

Guess that explains the fishnets.

[tomegun]

So if someone moved to Portland after doing playoffs and/or state finals in another state they wouldn't have a full varsity schedule?

Is there a transfers scrimmage or anything like that? That is pretty rough. You are shattering my dream of working for Nike when I retire (for the first time).

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by tomegun

So if someone moved to Portland after doing playoffs and/or state finals in another state they wouldn't have a full varsity schedule?

Is there a transfers scrimmage or anything like that? That is pretty rough. You are shattering my dream of working for Nike when I retire (for the first time).

You could interleave your college games with those freshman girls games for a season or two. After all, retirement should be about taking it easy, shouldn't it?

[Adam]

just remember, you won't be able to pump your own gas.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

just remember, you won't be able to pump your own gas.

Not only won't you be "able to" - it's actually illegal if you do. Gotta love a state in which it's illegal to pump your own gas but it's legal to assist a suicide for medical reasons. Actually, I like both laws.

Oh yeah - marijuana is "almost" legal, too. Why do you think guys like to be drafted by the Blazers?

[GarthB]

Originally Posted by tomegun

So if someone moved to Portland after doing playoffs and/or state finals in another state they wouldn't have a full varsity schedule?

Is there a transfers scrimmage or anything like that? That is pretty rough. You are shattering my dream of working for Nike when I retire (for the first time).

Officiating in some areas is very provincial. I know of two professional minor league baseball umpires who are not yet allowed to work Varsity games in their home association suring school season. Unfortunately "time-in" is valued more than ability by some associations.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Unfortunately "time-in" is valued more than ability by some associations.

On our local board, the season in which you pass the written exam and the floor exam, doesn't count as a year. You must work at least three years of only junior varsity ball to move up. You must work at least three years of "split" ball, a combination or junior varsity and varsity games, to move up. Finally, after working at least three years of "split" ball, you can move up to full varsity, i.e all varsity games. So in reality, no matter how good your peer ratings, and rankings, are, you can't get a full varsity schedule until your seventh (or eighth including your first "probation" year) year.

It didn't effect me. I took me four years to make "split", and four more years to make full varsity, two years more than the minumum.

Note: We have over 280 officials, 85 are considered full varsity, 30 are considered "split". We service about 70 high schools, most with both boys and girls programs, as well as many freshman programs, and many middle school programs.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by GarthB

Officiating in some areas is very provincial. I know of two professional minor league baseball umpires who are not yet allowed to work Varsity games in their home association suring school season. Unfortunately "time-in" is valued more than ability by some associations.

Just because a young official is working at the college or pro level doesn't mean that the individual does a superior job to the more senior official who is only working the local HS games.
There are many reasons that upper level assignors hire young officials. One of the most obvious is that he is betting on their development. He gives them a chance to gain experience while working with some of the folks on his staff and waits to see what happens. The belief is that these individuals have time to progress and the assignor will take the chance that if he starts them early enough and provides opportunities they may pan out, while this is not the case with the older person.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

And the hottest political issues are land use planning, water rights, land use planning, smokers' rights, land use planning and let's see, oh yea, land use planning.

Juulie is correct about land use planning. I was a volunteer for four years on my county's Planning Commission and twelve years on my city's Planning Commission, the last five years as President. Compared to the screamers I had to put up with at public hearings, coaches are a piece of cake. We call those people NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard). It seems everyone here wants to live on a cul-de-sac backed up to a national forest. Oh yeah - and with gates.

Frankly, it's a good thing you're not moving here from California. You'd be tarred and feathered. Our official state motto is: "Don't Californicate Oregon".

Juulie's also right about Perry Mason. A local channel has been running it M-F at noon for about 40 years. Whenever anyone asks them when they'll stop, they say "when people stop watching". Actually, it's pretty comforting to have something like that you can rely on every day. And...the acting wasn't half bad.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Juulie is correct about land use planning. I was a volunteer for four years on my county's Planning Commission and twelve years on my city's Planning Commission, the last five years as President. Compared to the screamers I had to put up with at public hearings, coaches are a piece of cake. We call those people NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard). It seems everyone here wants to live on a cul-de-sac backed up to a national forest. Oh yeah - and with gates.

Frankly, it's a good thing you're not moving here from California. You'd be tarred and feathered. Our official state motto is: "Don't Californicate Oregon".

Juulie's also right about Perry Mason. A local channel has been running it M-F at noon for about 40 years. Whenever anyone asks them when they'll stop, they say "when people stop watching". Actually, it's pretty comforting to have something like that you can rely on every day. And...the acting wasn't half bad.

I've been trying for a number of years to get the HS band director to feature the Perry Mason theme in one of their concerts. But, unlike Perry, I have not won that case.

[stripes]

Originally Posted by rainmaker

But no matter how much experience you have, you won't get any varsity your first year. It just doesn't happen.

Whoever the decision makers are in the Portland area are need to revisit this decision. That is a terrible policy. Plenty of people with the ability to work at the HS V level move every year and to have a blanket policy that they will not do V games is, IMO, just plain stupid. Portland risks losing talented transferring officials if they keep this policy.

[rainmaker]

Originally Posted by stripes

Whoever the decision makers are in the Portland area are need to revisit this decision. That is a terrible policy. Plenty of people with the ability to work at the HS V level move every year and to have a blanket policy that they will not do V games is, IMO, just plain stupid. Portland risks losing talented transferring officials if they keep this policy.

Yea, tell it to the judge.