[pct-l] bad hikers, 2012

[Tortoise]

Maybe many of you knew what "opposites day" means but I never heard the 
term until this series of messages.
Just because you and your buddies know what a term means, don't assume the 
general populace of California or even trail towns knows.

My 2¢

Tortoise

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
President John F Kennedy,  1962

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On 2012.07.20 12:15, Austin Greavette wrote:
> Any person with some level of intelligence would know what opposites day
> is. If the bill was in fact paid, no one here has any right to say anything
> about someone's sense of humor as I'm quite certain not all your jokes are
> laughed at. Perhaps bad taste - but I have 3 young sons, and I hate
> opposite day lol but it is just in fun.
>
> Maybe miscommunication between his wife and him? Perhaps with past bad luck
> of people skipping out on a tab, it's easy to pocket cash and blame it on a
> hiker they'll never see again?
>
> As for trail names being given to those more deserving, that's a joke
> right? To whoms standards would you suggest we seperate the deserving vs
> the undeserving?
>
> If the bill wasn't paid - well that just sucks period. It speaks volumes
> about the person, and unfortunately gives us hikers a bad name to those
> communities and strains the amazing blessings of trail angels.
>
> I'm a good ole Canadian boy (pct 2013) and perhaps I should just go back to
> reading emails instead of commenting, but seems to me a lot of people here
> jump to conclusions pretty quick.
>
> I find these emails very resourceful (not this one) lol but you get the
> idea. Thanks....
>
> Oz
>
>
>
> On Friday, July 20, 2012, Sean Nordeen wrote:
>
>> * *>* I mean, who doesn't know what "opposite day means??"*
>>
>>   I actually have no clue what that means either.  From the context here I
>> can guess, but if I saw that in a register, I would have had no clue.
>> Perhaps the lesson here is to not talk bad about a place (or someone for
>> that matter) if you don't really mean it, even if you add "just kidding" at
>> the end.
>>
>> -Miner
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