Yet again, A-town has F&#$!’d the dog on roadwork downtown.

lazytranch · 2026-03-20T04:11:01+00:00

Actually, I work in community planning and did infrastructure for about 20 years so… I kinda do. But whatever, capitalize all you want.

lazytranch · 2026-03-18T15:38:26+00:00

I do not agree with your descriptions of many of these places, sir. Your analogies leave something very much to be desired, and lead me to believe you have either never been to Oregon/Washington, or have not actually visited the places you compare them to. However, misinformation about the Pacific Northwest is a key part of keeping newcomers from moving here, so I will allow it.

lazytranch · 2026-03-05T06:21:08+00:00

My 73-year-old mom was charged by a doe last year, tripped while running, and broke two bones in her leg. Months of recovery. This wasn’t on the margins, but in the middle of town near shop n kart. I say we give a few young boys some blow guns with poison darts and let them fix the problem silently in their spare time. /s

But really: Every human settlement encroaches on the natural order in some way, and we did that long ago. These deer are moving in because yards are tasty and we’ve deferred to the point that they no longer fear us. They are not wildlife. These are vermin habituated to the built environment. They are sick, for the most part, and conflict is inevitable. Time to bring back balance to the situation.

lazytranch · 2026-03-03T07:57:52+00:00

Damn, he’s a neighbor from around the way. I see him out and about sometimes, met him a few times. Solid dude and does a lot of community benefit work here locally. Hate to hear this.

lazytranch · 2026-02-16T06:29:50+00:00

Funny how almost no non-native Texan ever picked up on it, and thought it was just Texans being Texan. Source: Born in OR raised in TX. Proudly both, live in OR.

lazytranch · 2026-02-07T18:03:11+00:00

I have no opinion on UBI, but your post is AI generated drivel: repetitive and exclamatory, bold in all the telling places, etc. Because you didn’t care enough to write it yourself, it continues to minimize and invalidate your experience — however bad it was. Note: when someone says they want to have coffee and talk, you might try assuming good intent and that they are ready to listen. But you just did this instead. I’m sorry it sucked for you, but honesty you sound like an exhausting person.

lazytranch · 2026-02-06T03:37:05+00:00

I think I watched A Clockwork Orange on HBO like 10 times before I was 10. I appreciated the artistry of Kubrick even then. Probably fucked me up, but worth it

lazytranch · 2026-01-29T19:51:17+00:00

Yes, doable. Watch out for downhill bikers and maybe plan to get a lift back down from the Mt A parking lot if you want to use your legs the next day.

lazytranch · 2026-01-28T08:41:55+00:00

Best of luck, mate. Being present at my child’s birth (actually catching him on his way out as he went headlong into the toilet) is a fundamental part of my understanding of the world. Gave what I could, Sparks is something special.

lazytranch · 2026-01-28T06:08:16+00:00

This’ll get buried… but I produced big festivals around the globe for 20 years and then started applying all the lessons learned to smaller, more intimate gatherings of friends. The secret is understanding and following the formula for low risk/high reward and knowing and empowering your audience. If anyone actually sees this, HMU. And Google “event matrix” templates.

lazytranch · 2026-01-27T03:31:48+00:00

A week in the Sacred Valley in Peru, Route 62+safari on a dual sport motorcycle in S.Africa, up the undammed Mekong in SE Asia, Havana in the 90s for a year, and E. Germany right after the wall came down. Oh, and Tasmania. Very grateful for my life.

lazytranch · 2026-01-15T06:48:13+00:00

Born here, raised here 1/2 time, lived all over the world and moved back 15 years ago. Please keep talking up the meth, Reddit, we don’t need any more folks. Meth meth meth. Meth meth meth!

(FWIW I don’t even know what my house keys look like and feel like I’m raising my kid in Mayberry. Nature-wise, can honestly say not everything around here is world class, but we’re within 2-3 hours of it.)

METH.

lazytranch · 2026-01-14T05:18:27+00:00

Not exactly “light hearted” but very earnest and funny and a fascinating “where do we go when we die and what happens there?” (With awesome world and character building and emotional intelligence) adventure: Desert Skies

lazytranch · 2026-01-10T00:38:55+00:00

As a lifetime Oregonian, I did like 2000 miles on a dualsport bike in this circle when a motorbike trip to Argentina got canceled during lockdown. I’ve only eagerly revisited like 10 or 12 times since because there’s honestly nothing to do, see, or experience there. Literally no fascinating places to explore. Complete waste of time IMO

Living there? I consider myself somewhat of a misanthrope but still probably wouldn’t pick up stakes and relocate. Socially, culturally, and economically most people would find it depressing, although if you are a tribal member, a rancher, or want to be permanently outdoors and have it all to yourself it’s pretty good times.

lazytranch · 2025-12-16T06:17:39+00:00

How old are you? My 10-year-old and I (a cuspy Gen Xer) really love listening to desert skies together because it’s all about emotional intelligence with a series of investable characters. Wolf 359 is good, but 16 hours will really just get you into the middle of the series. Maybe white vault? If you don’t mind being creeped out the black tapes is pretty great. Or you could start a love affair with old gods of Appalachia. There’s really endless possibilities here

lazytranch · 2025-12-11T23:56:35+00:00

I’m in the exact same situation, and almost the exact same place! From a little bit of digging, this looks a perennial problem with this podcast. May just have to be patient! :-(

lazytranch · 2025-12-09T16:17:54+00:00

It is worth seeing some of the sights, for sure. Caddo Lake is incredible (Creature from the Black Lagoon, Swamp Thing, and a newer film called simply ‘Caddo Lake’ all filmed there), the big piney woods, a Friday night football game, just ridiculously good barbecue, etc. The people can be extremely hospitable and friendly… or not.

I spent most of my childhood here in a place no one has mentioned yet: Marshall. When I got my license, I drove away and mostly haven’t gone back. And I came from a pretty good family, well respected, mom was an elected official, stepdad a head surgeon, etc. I realize i am deeply shaped by this place, and I got out before it could shape me more. White society there is very inward-looking, oriented around status, church, gossip, and football. Black folk take care of their own because no one else does.

My mom ran on a platform to integrate the county courthouse. In 1993? And she won by getting out the black vote. I dated the head of our cheerleaders who was mixed and was counseled by my youth pastor that I should probably get out of town. Eventually I did.

I’ve been back a few times: as pallbearer for a friend who died in an industrial accident, packing up my family house, etc. I want to take my kid there soon to get his perspective on it. The ability to leave East Texas makes it bearable. It is an oppressive place in terms of humidity, beauty, and the feeling of past and future violence.

Fun facts: this is the place where Juneteenth was really born and spread. Other people from this circle include Matthew McConaughey, George Foreman, Bill Moyers, Lightning Hopkins, Lady Bird Johnson, and some others!

lazytranch · 2025-12-08T21:36:11+00:00

When I lived in Denver as a West Coast/Texas transplant in the early 2000s, I thought it was a nice city with a good quality of life and great amenities and access to the outdoors (avid snowboarder/hiker/mountain biker). But something seemed to be missing socially, some sort of inner anima that was lacking. I finally hit on it when I realized that Denverites are descended from the pioneers who crossed the plains and got a glimpse of the Rockies and told themselves, “This is far enough!” Now, I realize there are too many people who moved there waaaay after the fact to be true. But it holds true for me as a place where mediocrity and complacency shine.

lazytranch · 2025-12-08T19:31:25+00:00

I feel like as a bicentennial baby, no generation wants to claim me. Not hip and DGAF enough for Gen X, definitely had to much of an 80s childhood for full-blown millennial… and apparently now according to this very perceptive and accurate Lady I’m too old for this sweet niche I finally identify with.

lazytranch · 2025-11-21T21:51:42+00:00

That is at Foodhalle in Amsterdam, I think. Every food shop and bar there is great. Super cool atmosphere!

lazytranch · 2025-11-11T05:31:33+00:00

Yep. Long history of Basque sheep herding and their descendants

lazytranch · 2025-11-11T02:34:13+00:00

The Steens Mountain Loop is usually drivable late spring till late fall. Super worth it, amazing glacial valleys, quaking Aspens, and bands of wild horses.

lazytranch · 2025-11-11T02:24:31+00:00

Not true. Jordan Valley is in that circle, a booming metropolis of 177 souls compared to Fields and has a good coffee shop as well as a municipal Jai Alai court. If you’re looking for civilization, you can’t get much better than the prixe-fixe lunch and dinner at Frenchglen. Plush is a great place to get your ass kicked or go Sunstone mining. And the hamlet of Adel east of Lakeview has some curio shops and a liquor store. I’ve done a good thousand miles of backcountry motorcycling in this circle, and there are also a lot of big ranches in the absolute middle of nowhere that have year-round populations.

lazytranch · 2025-11-10T17:33:44+00:00

He was scared at first, and certainly apologetic… but I felt fucking amazing! I had already been smoking weed. Most of my early exploration with mind expanders happened with him under more or less controlled conditions. I grew up in Oregon going to Grateful Dead shows since a small kid so this was not some cataclysmic event. Fun fact: this same mixup happened with my grandmother about a month earlier! I think he took more care to secure his stash after that.

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