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Dear Aaron Switzer,

Trading pants sounds like fun. Seriously. My wheels were spinning as I read WTF… I know exactly what pair of pants I have that are bad-ass and one of a kind. Lovely. Get tons of compliments on them. Comfy. Then it occurs to me: But what do you have to offer? Your proposal makes it sound like I should be so lucky to trade pants with you. I’m not convinced. How about a picture of yours?

Anita Henderson

This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2009.

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by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 25, 2009

<h1>Big Britches</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 25, 2009</p> <p><P>Dear Aaron Switzer,</p> <p>Trading pants sounds like fun. Seriously. My wheels were spinning as I read WTF... I know exactly what pair of pants I have that are bad-ass and one of a kind. Lovely. Get tons of compliments on them. Comfy. Then it occurs to me: But what do you have to offer? Your proposal makes it sound like I should be so lucky to trade pants with you. I&#039;m not convinced. How about a picture of yours?</p> <p>Anita Henderson</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/big-britches-2133124/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=17012&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/big-britches-2133124/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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