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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Suspenders
I’m wearing suspenders. Most of the loggers I’ve known slur the word so it comes out ‘spenders.’ I got ’em because of this last hernia surgery – doctor’s orders were to wear something loose around the middle, so I got out my old fat pants and bought a pair of suspenders. I have 5 more Read more
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You Haven’t Met All The People . . .
One morning I saw a meme – maybe an unattributed quote: “You still haven’t met all the people you’re going to regret ever meeting.” I’d been ill with chest congestion for several weeks, so on that hand it was an upbeat message. On the the other hand, it’s a depressing description of the world as Read more
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Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
I’ve just watched a couple videos out of Minneapolis. A woman is dead in a confrontation with ICE agents. The old saying is that pictures don’t lie. Obviously, in this day of AI, that isn’t true. (Hell, Stalin’s airbrush specialists took the truth out of pictures before I was born) That’s not my point. The Read more
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The Ballad of Lenin’s Tomb
I hope everyone is familiar with Robert Service – the man who wrote “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.” Watching the film of Chavez’ tomb in Caracas blowing up last weekend brought another Robert Service poem to mind. It was written in 1930 – and is reputed to be the Read more
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An Encounter With a Lawnmower Thief
You can probably rate a town’s crime by what people steal. I got by in Trinidad, Colorado without encountering thieves for my first two years – and then came the third. I was teaching a Saturday class called computerized farm and ranch management, off campus, at Branson, Colorado. Branson is the southernmost town in Colorado, Read more
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County Property Taxes
It’s time to update the annual county taxation article. From a secessionist point of view, with three high school districts, it’s easy to figure out which communities provide the funds that keep our county going. Market Value Taxable Value Percentage Libby $2,126,453,001 $18,524,862 36.3% Troy $1,099,398,488 $ 9,565,190 18.8% LCHS $2,630,229,684 $25,045,480 44.9% Total Read more
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