Reinhold, <br>I for one, appreciate your humor.......and anyone else's. Keep it comin'! Life is short- when we can't be hiking, at least we can be laughing! Of course, hiking and laughing at the same time would be preferable! I also appreciate the post by another member that gave the website for "hiking humor"! Who knew there was such a thing??<br><br>Wheeew<br><br><b><i>Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger@cox.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br>Switchback,<br>Some of the humorless folks on this list don't seem to believe in the Bill<br>of Rights....they continuously try to shut us up or censor our freedom of<br>speech whenever we try to liven up the show.<br>As far as risking your life for a cause...I think a lot of guys would for<br>Angelina.<br>I mean the younger guys would...older guys like Tortoise would
not....they<br>would not know<br>what to do with Angelina.<br><br>JMT Reinhold<br>One of the older ones<br>-------------------------------------<br><br>Switchback wrote:<br><br>> Unsupported Reinhold writes: I've been drinking...hic, I mean thinking,<br>> there ought to be free beer to<br>> seniors. I mean...hic, we deserve it........we worked hard all of our<br>> lives,<br>> served our country, and paid into the system...hic.<br>> -----------------------------------------------------<br>> Switchback replies: Yes, we senior hikers deserve to be respected and<br>> honored for our duty to our country -- everyone please send me $10.<br>> Especially<br>> when there seems to be so many who do not even know why they should love<br>> their<br>> country. I bet a lot of citizens under 35 would be hard press to name<br>> three<br>> things they love about the America and what they would give their lives<br>> for.<br>> Now days
too many people parasite off the sacrifices and courage of<br>> others --<br>> past and present.<br>><br>><br>> That is why I like the trail community. In this case, the PCT community.<br>> There seems to be a lot of folks who know what sacrifice and continual<br>> vigilance is all about. It is about using and protecting a trail<br>> environment --<br>> giving back to your community and country. When you put something<br>besides<br>> yourself as very important, that is admirable and a wonder human<br>> characteristic.<br>> Hurray for hiker-trash and hard-core backpackers who honor the trail and<br>> remember those who made it possible. That is most of the folks on the<br>> PCT-List.<br>><br>> Now I could go into why so many personal relationships fail and our<br>> mediocre<br>> school systems, but I will not -- off topic, taking up bandwidth, etc.<br>> Ooops. CRASH!! I just fell off my soapbox, but not
to worry, I am okay.<br>><br>> Cheers, Switchback the Trail Pirate<br>> PS: By the way, on your three things you love about America, you might<br>> start<br>> with the Bill of Rights.<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ************************************** See what's new at<br>http://www.aol.com<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL:<br>><br>http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/attachments/20071111/ed0b1ffb<br>> /attachment.html<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> Previous message: [pct-l] Preparing for the 2008 PCT Campaign.htm<br>> Next message: [pct-l] No cook food on the trail<br>> Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]<br>><br>><br>> More information about the Pct-l mailing list<br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pct-l mailing list<br>Pct-l@backcountry.net<br>To unsubscribe or change
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