[at-l] i'm gonna spew

Thu Aug 23 17:56:44 CDT 2007

I left his site before I could earn the honor of being unsubbed from it.
Maybe that was being smart or maybe it was being dumb. It doesn't matter,
really. I got to meet, as a result, in person, Orange Bug, and a ton of cool
peeps thereafter . . . chief amongst them the author of this tread, OB
himself, and the Light Shoe herseff, Clyde, the Owner of this list, and many
more I cannot now recall . . . I still want to meet FELIX . . .

On 8/23/07, pudscrawler at aol.com <pudscrawler at aol.com> wrote:
>
> This is about the funniest post I've read on this subject. It's a tad bit
> like dancin' on a grave but not really. Maybe it's more like getting in the
> last laugh or the last word.
>
> It's like watching a free-for-all in an old western saloon in the movies.
> I'm not sure if the pain is from laughing or from crying. Alas, the human
> condition.
>
> OrangeBug posted his description of it on WhiteBlaze.
>
> Kinnickinic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Bullard <jim.bullard at gmail.com>
> To: Lilla Thompson <lthompson at hollins.edu>
> Cc: at-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> Sent: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 5:31 pm
> Subject: Re: [at-l] i'm gonna spew
>
>
>
> Well, Ryan did say it was a "dead" hard drive so you'd have to pay some
> big
> ucks to retrieve them. That would lower the value a bit unless of course,
> t just gives you a warm feeling knowing that the posts are in there
> omewhere and this is *the HD* they were originally posted to.
> On 8/23/07, Lilla Thompson <lthompson at hollins.edu> wrote:
>
>   Yeah, and then there's Ryan's offer of his old 1996 hard drive with WF
> posts. That's gotta be worth thousands…
>
>
>
> Did you check out "the official patch for Wingfoot's 1987 Golden
> Anniversary Expedition, which served as the centerpiece of the Appalachian
> Trail's 50th anniversary national celebration". Only $500 each folks.Orfor
> nly $150 you can have 2 National Geographic magazines with articles
> about the AT, the second of which "was published to coincide with
> Wingfoot's
> 1987 thru-hike to celebrate the A.T.'s 50th anniversary of completion of
> the A.T." That's coincide as in coincidence, mere coincidence.
>
> Wingfoot is mentioned once late in the article as being one of a group of
> thru-hikers the author encountered. No mention is made in the article of
> his
> "historic" hike, just his trail name along with Ramblin' Rose, Sourdough
> Bob
> and Hobbit (not to mention many other hikers mentioned throughout the
> article). Perhaps the author didn't realize that WF's hike was " the
> centerpiece of the Appalachian Trail's 50th anniversary national
> celebration" and that all the other hikers on the trail that year were
> incidental.
>
> What's sad about this is that apparently he truly believes himself to be
> an important figure in AT history. I have no doubt that he loves (loved?)
> the AT and is/was passionate about preserving it but he can't seem to
> separate his need for personal celebrity from what he wants for the AT.
> Consequently his efforts take on more of the appearance of
> self-aggrandizement than of service to the AT.
>
> On 8/22/07, *Lilla Thompson* <lthompson at hollins.edu> wrote:
>
>
> As ever, I'm just so impressed with the man's lack of ego ;)
> I think I'll throw myself a party...commemorating something or other.
> Gifts and cash welcome...
>
>
> Those are quite the prices. $125 for a used copy of the "Philosopher's
> Guide"? I have one I bought for $8. Of course mine wasn't "used by
> WingFoot".
>
> On 8/21/07, David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > relics are available for sale, but only if you are a SERIOUS
> collector:
> > http://www.trailplace.com/farewell/miscitems/miscitems.html
> >
> > On 8/21/07, David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > From http://www.trailplace.com/farewell/ty/thankyou.html
> > >
> > > Thank You Gifts
> > >
> > > You can say "Thank You" to Wingfoot
> > > for the many lasting contributions he has made to the A.T.
> > > and its hiking community over the past 25 years.
> > >
> > > Gifts and comments are being collected by Wingfoot's
> > > friends for presentation at a farewell party for him on Sept. 27th.*
> > > You can use a credit card to send a gift by clicking below:
> > >
> > > Well wishes and thank-you notes may be sent to:
> > >
> > > Wingfoot Farewell Party
> > > 1800 Brandy Woods Trail SE
> > > Conyers, GA 30013
> > >
> > > On 8/21/07, Felix J < athiker at smithville.net> wrote:
> > > > Ryan Brooks wrote:
> > > > > I've got a dead hard drive from 1996 that may or may not contain
> > posts
> > > > > by Wingfoot.  Taking offers.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Ryan
> > > > >
> > > > > ichard Mann wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> www.trailplace.com
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Buy it now!!!
> > > >
> > > > So...where is the party? And, where IS he going?
> > > >
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