Pasayten's Methow Valley Bulletin Board

I came of age in a country where many of our best writers and thinkers were grappling with the questions: What is totalitarianism? Why will it not happen here? What is the difference between our open society and `theirs`?

My father-in-law had been the doctor in a small farming town, and most of his ...

When a felon is elected with a terrible business record, expect a circus. His cabinet is a reality TV show, featuring morons and clowns: lying, petty and vindictive. Generations will not suffice to build back credibility, if at all.

Taxes are complicated. Always have been. Nobody likes taxes, everybody likes the services they pay for. What is the answer? They are continually adjusted. By who, the king's whim, and the oligarchs, or the people's representatives? Centuries ago, taxation was a major origin of modern Democracy. The ...

Incredibly incompetent. The kind of thing you would expect from a bunch of clowns cosplaying being Americans. Actually, clowns would do better.

Looking for perlite/vermiculite/pumice stone/styrene. Whatever you got for lightweight concrete aggregate. Can pick up. Methow Valley.

Text Mike @ 5098810748

just-jim and rideback: thank you for this.

My Dad told me this joke back in the day (remember the Pentagon's $2000 toilet seat):

'Remember the Texas oilman who made a million dollars? Well, he wasn't from Texas, he was from Oklahoma. And it wasn't in oil, it was in cattle. And he didn't make a million, he lost a hundred thousand. But the ...

The Orange Clown and his sycophants... how embarrassing! Elect a clown, get a circus.

It is easy for Trump and Musk to destroy an agency or institution because they do not think it is efficient, to treat it like a business for profit. You can always find something you don’t like if you dig deep enough. The possibilities are endless, particularly if you do not need to give evidence ...

What a clown!! The statement is so ridiculous it is almost sublime irony. How can he save something he cannot understand? The cosplay president! What a joke!

rocks from excavation in Twisp. At least 3 cu yds. No dirt. Rounded river rock. Most as big, or bigger, than your head. Text Mike @ 509-88one, zero seven four eight

Looking for some workers. Twisp. Flexible. 2 - 6 hrs/day. $25/hr cash. Mostly digging. Text Mike 509-881-0748.

There are over 100 candidates in the Voters Pamphlet for this election. Some people have the impression that because I was in politics, I somehow have some insights on how they can sort it all out. I do not.

But I must, at least, vote. So I put this together, maybe it will help someone.

Long ago ...

T1_11 sided, metal roof, treated foundation, commercial-built
Insulated sides, insulated floor, shelves, workbench
Wired for 110VAC, lights and outlets (can be modified)
Solid wide door, window at far end
W/ 10x12 galvanized snow-proof lean-to mounted on right side, can be switched to other side (W ...

good riddance