<div>Ha, ha, ha. Say, I hope you had a great 5-pound base pack weight thru hike this year. Sounds like the weather up north is really bad now.</div>
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<div>Cheers, Switchback <br>
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Sent: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 11:52 am<br>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Thru Hikers<br>
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<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey Switchback!!</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another version:</FONT></div>
<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Q: What's the difference between a thru-hiker and a homeless person?</FONT></div>
<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>A: A shopping cart.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>True Story from this year's thru-hike</FONT></div>
<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>July 2, 2007</FONT></div>
<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>From Red's Meadow we took the bus into Mammoth. No shower or laundry, looking pretty scuzzy.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>I sat on a ledge by the door outside the Vons grocery store with another hiker. She looked pretty bad too.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>We had a shopping cart full of resupply in front of us.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>A <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 16.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">sympathetic</SPAN> lady runs up and slips two dollars in my hand and says: "I know what it's like."</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Warner Springs Monty</FONT></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net href="mailto:pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net">pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net</A> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com href="mailto:zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com">zoomersdelivers@yahoo.com</A> ; <A title=lizmares@cox.net href="mailto:lizmares@cox.net">lizmares@cox.net</A> ; <A title=carolwbruno@yahoo.com href="mailto:carolwbruno@yahoo.com">carolwbruno@yahoo.com</A> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 08, 2007 11:12 AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] Thru Hikers</div>
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<WBR>Q: What's the difference between a thru-hiker and a weekend hiker?<br>
A: The thru-hiker picks up the M&M's he/she dropped on the ground and eats them.<br>
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Q: How do you get four thru-hikers in a single bed?<br>
A: Tell them they can sleep there.<br>
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Q: How do you get them to leave the bed?<br>
A: Tell them they have to pay.<br>
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Q: What's the difference between a homeless vagrant and a thru-hiker?<br>
A: Gortex.<br>
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Q: How many thru-hikers can fit in a picnic shelter on a rainy windy night?<br>
A: There aren't that many thru-hikers.<br>
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