WaccoBB is now CLOSED!

Thanks for willing to create community with me!

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish! :wink:

With Love and Gratitude,
Barry
:waccosun:

:waccosun: WaccoBB is closing on Friday, February 5th at 2pm. :waccosun:

:rip:


I'll be online from 1:30 to 2pm for any last comments.

It's been real
(or, rather, virtual! :wink:)

One persons nutball is another's free thinker. Everyone on this or any other forum needs to use their own BS filter and keep it well tuned. The internet often is not a place of truth. It's a place...

OK, looking back at our COVID section, I agree we went overboard. There is obviously a way to responsibly discuss each one of these bulleted topics. What I was trying to get at was ‘Don’t be a...

The Hill We Climb

When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?

The loss we carry. A sea we must wade.

We braved the belly of the beast.

We’ve...

Hi HTH - Thanks for your thoughtful suggestions. We've decided to use Discourse. My son and I have set it up and are figuring it out. Barry is advising, and my developer Fox Scarlett is helping to...

Wacco BB closing reminds me of good friends who lived on Mark West Road talking about how the fires fractured their long term community; I have been on this forum since 2004 if I recall correctly,...

Thank you, everybody, for your kind words! They have really warmed my heart and given me a sweet afterglow for this endeavor. Big Smile:waccosun:




I am very happy to hear this! I've been in...

The New Horizon




There’s a storm coming
the air changes subtly
something inside
shifts
turns

"Why has there never been a coup in Washington D.C.? Because there is no U.S. Embassy in Washington D.C.”
- Ira Kurzban attorney, following the 2004 U.S. Coup deposing Jean-Bertrand Aristide of...

Since the new variant starting to take over, i have moved to wearing five-layer KN-95 masks when I'm in a store. They have a nice tight fit. I use the 3-layer masks when I'm out in the open.
...

Oh, the statistics made me feel less anxious about Covid very locally here in Sebastopol where I live and more aware of how it's affecting different areas and populations of our county. I assumed it...

Quilts


for Sally Sellers

Like a fading piece of cloth
I am a failure


No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter

Thank you Michael for the daily statistics. I'll miss your posts for our local Sonoma County,

You’re an angel, GRU. Thank you for all your efforts on our behalf.

I'll miss your posts of the statistics here in Sonoma County, GRU. And thank you . Lilith

Thank you so much for your service to our community, Michael! I so appreciate how how you took up this task on your own, and consistently posted, day in and day out, to keep us informed! :waccosun:

My dude, you shit our collective bed with your fire-hose of know-it-all conspiratorial nonsense. Basic curation must have taken Barry an hour a day. You won, good bye and good riddance.


...

January 14

309 New Cases in Sonoma County. Follow Cases in your zip code here. https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...page/page_30/w

7 Sonoma County Residents Deaths were attributed to Covid-19...

Go Barry, well done, from beginning to end.

January 13

488 New Cases in Sonoma County. Follow Cases in your zip code here. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/1edbb41952a8417385652279305e878d/page/page_30/w

8 Sonoma County Residents...

If any of you who read my poetry posts would like to receive them in your in-box after the demise of Wacco, you can send me a message at [email protected] and I will add you to the mailing list.
...

well times is wasting if Barry is going to pull the plug here in ten days - so far, one leader clearly took lead to at least form something - if we join there, and it turns out it's not a good fit...

who is tech-skilled enough to take [email protected] and make it fly?

A couple days ago, Vara wrote there were already 75 people on the site, and more coming on all the time.

because my reply did not include the following, which I found hard to find on this site (unlike others, I'm sure) I want to add Varda's suggestion here again. To help keep us connected online,...

Barry, are you hoping this wonderful community you started will disburse? Please join the group Varda recommended so we hear your voice once in a while too...

I will see you on the site Varda recommended. I am on Neighbor next door as well, with similar experience so do not post much at all or even look at it much for the same reasons; too many personal...

My Wish For You




I wish you happiness
Each and every day
Mornings filled with pink golden clouds
Laden with unlimited possibilities

I would suggest being very cautious using the Next Door site. There's lots of conflict amongst the posters and censorship of free speech. It is probably okay for selling something. I would suggest...

I don't care what we call it - I just think that we need to transition this group and these folks to a Google group. It would take a small team of people to set that up and invite or transfer...

I am on Nextdoor and there is a big mix of folks, some not so like-minded with my progressive leanings. I have seen lots of support when there are fires, accidents, lost pets and that has been very...

Given that it "wouldn't be the same" I request that any new site/group does not use the Wacco name in any way.:waccosun:

I have started a new thread for referrals to sites that can be used in lieu...

50830I am proud to say that WaccoBB.net served many different needs of our progressive community, including local announcements, local political and non-political discussions, events, for sale,...

Can someone set up a WACCOBB Google Group? It wouldn't be the same but we need an announcement board and community forum.

Having some involvement with Wacco since its inception and observing its growth and evolution through its time it saddens me to bid adieu. I'll particularly miss the daily poem provided with such...

Deep bows to you, Barry, for your dedication and constancy in providing this gift to our world - weaving the fabric of community. I wish you all the best in whatever venture comes next. You are a...

Trying to Be Thoughtful in the First Brights of Dawn

I am thinking, or trying to think, about all the
imponderables for which we have
no answers, yet endless interest all the
range of our...

Through Barry and wacco, I too made my first viable connections with west county while still living in L.A., planning a relocation. Oh dear! I am just finding out! Barry, thank you immensely for...

Sigh.

I wish you all the best, my friend.

I have derived much pleasure from and even got my feathers in a ruffle sometimes with the lively and controversial discussions I found here.

I am...

Well, here we have it. All things change!
Barry, I recall the beginning when you helped me figure out how to use this site!
And all the ways you so beautifully brought so much heart to this ongoing...

Hi Barry! I have not been on Wacco for a long while but I popped in assuming it would always be here! Now I find I caught the last moments of this setting sun. When I moved to W.County in 2002 a...

To help keep us connected online, we now have a new group, [email protected] please join us, it’s free and supportive, email me [email protected] and will add you!

blessings to all

In God’s Time

A platitude meant to calm
But what can it mean?


God’s time is geologic,
Susan says. Frustrated wishes and demands tell her this.
She is right.

good message Jude! I did not use the "gratitude button" as much as I would have if this very old, slow computer did not have to open up a new window in order to do so - maybe that's a setting I...

SEPTEMBER 1, 1939

by W.H. Auden


Auden: A poet for our times
by Christopher Hitchens

​I sit in one of the dives
On Fifty-second Street

Extremely sad to be losing this important community resource. Barry, wishing you well in whatever the coming months and years bring - I hope you write a BOOK about your experience with...

Thank You BARRY !!! ...for your dedication to creating a space and place for us all.
:heart: Love and Blessings to You, Mr and Mrs WACCO :heart:

:heart:Trudy & Steve Bhaerman and, of...

Happy trails Barry, fare thee well!

aha, so waccoBB's closure is (in large part) really another casualty of the response to covid, both financial and emotional/intellectual. well, damn.

i was thinking about rousting a membership...

A Wacco reunion picnic, when possible, is a great idea!