Halle's Smooooth Words o' Wisdom » Wamic http://mhalle.com/blog Whereby M. G. Halle Lays it All Out...Silky Style Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:22:34 +0000 en hourly 1 Mesdames et Monsieurs, “Start your lawnmower engines!” http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/08/17/mesdames-et-monsieurs-start-your-lawnmower-engines/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/08/17/mesdames-et-monsieurs-start-your-lawnmower-engines/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:21:40 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/2009/08/17/mesdames-et-monsieurs-start-your-lawnmower-engines/ You saw it here first folks. A good time was had by all last weekend east of Mt. Hood and no one was life-flighted to the hospital. Some of these rigs with swapped out snowmachine engines cruise up to 45mph.

Mesdames et Monsieurs, "Start your lawnmower engines!"

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Darryl is a longtime Tygh Valley, Oregon local. I photographed him in his garage for my portfolio and to see if a mag would be interested in this subject for an upcoming story on how ‘main st.’ Oregon is faring during these economic doldrums. Greed induced implosion is probably a better description than ‘doldrums’ actually.

]]> http://mhalle.com/blog/2008/12/03/main-st-oregon/feed/ 0 Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire http://mhalle.com/blog/2008/08/18/gnarl-ridge-wildland-fire/ http://mhalle.com/blog/2008/08/18/gnarl-ridge-wildland-fire/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:45:21 +0000 Halle http://mhalle.com/blog/?p=213 We spent a scorcher of a Saturday-our thermometer topped out at 104.2ºF-mostly on the porch. Around 1pm we couldn’t help but notice the spectacular Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire plume:

Gnarl Ridge Wildland Fire

The politics of wildland firefighting is a fascinating subject. Lots and lots and lots of taxpayer dough spent year after year after year…

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