[at-l] ATL Flame Wars

[Felix J]

Ryan Brooks wrote:
> Sloetoe wrote:
>   
>> --- JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> What happened to the flame wars of old.  Have email
>>> lists gentrified?  Not that I miss them, but just
>>> curious.  The AT lists seemed particularly, but not
>>> uniquely, prone to them.  Just curious.
>>>     
>>>       
>> ### As I read this, I was sipping on Gatorade,
>> pondering the southeastern US drought and the
>> northeastern US floods, global climate change and the
>> role of traveling AT hikers' automobile exhaust in
>> contributing to same. My cellphone rang (complicated
>> by the fact that I'd left it underneath my umbrella),
>> and when I answered, it was someone claiming a
>> personal emergency, and thanking their lucky stars
>> that the call (dialed blindly) was answered. They
>> asked me if my GPS was on, and if I could inform them
>> where they were. I quickly threw a pen at the wall map
>> and answered "Abbeville, South Carolina. You're way
>> off trail. Head west and look for the high stuff. And
>> don't treat your water anymore" and hung up. No call
>> backs. The Gatorade was orange.
>>   
>>     
>
> Hey man, hike your own hike!

But, NIMBY
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