(06-03-2014 06:41 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(06-03-2014 05:57 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  

(06-02-2014 09:55 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  ......hell, you can't pump your own gas in OR.....talk about nutso crapola......

I learned this the hard way almost 20 years ago. I pulled in to a station, was pumping my gas and a dude comes up to me and says in a stern voice, "Don't EVER do that again!!" I asked do what? He then explained that there are NO self serve gas pumps in Oregon - it's against the law!!. My thought was that these NW idiots were crazier than even I thought. Must have been a "gas jockey job protection" bill that sailed through the far left legislature. I told the dude that it was the nuttiest thing I had ever heard of and that they should go join the (then) 20th century, like the rest of the country.

Heh, I had the same experience driving through New Jersey once. I thought I was getting carjacked for a moment when the attendant ran up to my car when I pulled into the gas station. No self serve gas is unheard of everywhere except for New Jersey and Oregon.

I was approached by a rather attractive woman from NJ at a gas station my freshman year of college. She leans against the pump, looks at me and says in this oddly seductive voice, "hey sweetie, can you show me how to pump my gas?" I thought to myself "are you kidding me? who asks that? What's about to go down??...fingers crossed.."

Turns out she was visiting her daughter who was in school and had never used a self service gas station.

(06-03-2014 09:06 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(06-03-2014 01:09 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  Oklahoma City:

Quote:According to the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the metropolitan area's economic output grew by 33 percent between 2001 and 2005 due chiefly to economic diversification. Its gross metropolitan product was $43.1 billion in 2005[65] and grew to $61.1 billion in 2009.

Seattle:

Quote:The city's gross metropolitan product was $231 billion in 2010, making it the 12th largest metropolitan economy in the United States.

I noticed the growth in Oklahoma was called out but not in Seattle...

His numbers are also extremely outdated. It grew another 10.3 billion by 2012. I am still searching for the most current figures.

The bottom line is that Seattle has a bigger population but is not experiencing near the economic growth that towns like Oklahoma City and Dallas are. Not even close. We are exploding with growth and they are shrinking.

(06-03-2014 05:57 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  

(06-02-2014 09:55 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  ......hell, you can't pump your own gas in OR.....talk about nutso crapola......

I learned this the hard way almost 20 years ago. I pulled in to a station, was pumping my gas and a dude comes up to me and says in a stern voice, "Don't EVER do that again!!" I asked do what? He then explained that there are NO self serve gas pumps in Oregon - it's against the law!!. My thought was that these NW idiots were crazier than even I thought. Must have been a "gas jockey job protection" bill that sailed through the far left legislature. I told the dude that it was the nuttiest thing I had ever heard of and that they should go join the (then) 20th century, like the rest of the country.

I used to work remote for an engineering firm in PDX.....I was told it was to 'employ people'.....trust me, not all Oregonians are pure libs....they make fun of it too....

(06-03-2014 09:15 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(06-03-2014 09:06 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(06-03-2014 01:09 PM)dmacfour Wrote:  Oklahoma City:

Quote:According to the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the metropolitan area's economic output grew by 33 percent between 2001 and 2005 due chiefly to economic diversification. Its gross metropolitan product was $43.1 billion in 2005[65] and grew to $61.1 billion in 2009.

Seattle:

Quote:The city's gross metropolitan product was $231 billion in 2010, making it the 12th largest metropolitan economy in the United States.

I noticed the growth in Oklahoma was called out but not in Seattle...

His numbers are also extremely outdated. It grew another 10.3 billion by 2012. I am still searching for the most current figures.

The bottom line is that Seattle has a bigger population but is not experiencing near the economic growth that towns like Oklahoma City and Dallas are. Not even close. We are exploding with growth and they are shrinking.

I know you're wrong, Just by the fact that you said Seattle is shrinking. Washington is routinely on top ten lists of fastest growing states, along with several other western states. Texas is on the list, but Oklahoma is mysteriously missing.



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Washington state is growing, the Seattle metro area is growing, the city of Seattle is pretty stagnant, 530,000 in 1970 to 612,000 in 2010, and most of the intervening years in the mid 500s. The growth is in the suburbs, not the city. We'll see how this impacts that.

Typical. Do as we say, not as we do.

Seattle Socialist Group Pushing $15/Hour Minimum Wage Posts Job With $13/Hour Wage

Quote:Seattle-based group The Freedom Socialist Party, which owns socialism.com and regularly campaigns for a $15/hour minimum wage, advertised a job on Wednesday that offers just $13 an hour.

The group has taken particular interest in campaigning for a higher minimum wage in Seattle, where the posted job is located.

The advertised job’s Indeed.com description says that the wage is negotiable depending on experience, but the group has said that living wage must start at at least $15–not $13 or $14 an hour.