Dr. Know I was wondering if the city is using the little house on top of the Steel Bridge? If it’s for lease, I think a hardwood floor and some IKEA furniture could transform it into a sweet pad.   More

Dr. Know Recently, restaurants have begun expanding their dining areas by annexing public, on-street parking spaces to build little outdoor decks for tables and seats. Will you please comment on the lega   More

Dr. Know I hear electric cars don’t shield riders from all that electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation they produce. I pity the way the “humans” in these cars are getting their gonads micro-nuked. Are   More

Dr. Know Can you legally ride horses on Portland’s streets? And water them at Skidmore Fountain? Should I build a paddock in my driveway? —Carl It’s funny you should bring this up, Carl. As it turns    More

Dr. Know Because of my youthful appearance, I’m often carded for alcohol. But occasionally a barkeep will simply ask if I’m 21. I’ve asked why, and they say undercover OLCC agents can’t lie during    More

Dr. Know Portland has been installing countdown displays at stoplights. But sometimes when they count down, nothing happens—the light remains green. Why can’t they sync with the yellow light, like th   More

Dr. Know Following hip-replacement surgery, I was given a prescription for 160 painkillers called “Hydrocodone/APAP 5-325.” I’ve taken only one tablet. What’s the street value of the remaining 159?   More

Dr. Know Is Portland noisier than most cities its size? I live on a side street in Northeast Portland, and for whatever reason, every dickhead in the city has to walk or bike by between 10 pm and 3 am sc   More

Dr. Know Just saw a news item entitled “Squirrel knocks out power for 7,400 Southeast Portland PGE customers.” This demands an insta-response from Dr. Know: How does one squirrel take down a power statio   More

Dr. Know I often see “Oregon” abbreviated as “Ore.” Yet we all know the official two-letter U.S. postal-code abbreviation for our state is “OR.” What gives? —Brett S. Please don’t be offe   More