[pct-l] bad hikers, 2012

[Lost And Found]

Personally I think it's an age thing. Not everyone keeps up with children's games. I'd rather be hiking or knitting!

Lost and Found


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Tortoise <Tortoise73 at charter.net> wrote:

>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
>
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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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