[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 84, Issue 15

Thu Dec 18 14:12:11 CST 2014

Nancy is right and she said it well. This garbage stops when we speak up!!! 
Marmot

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> On Dec 18, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Nancy Ging <nancy at turtlehome.com> wrote:
> 
> I tried to send this to the list owner address, but discovered that address
> doesn't work. I'll post it here instead.
> 
> To the List Owner:
> 
> Why is repeated and offensive misogyny allowed in posts on this PCT-L list?
> I don't care if the person posting is the most knowledgeable PCT person on
> the planet. I don't care if they are "really a nice guy" in other respects.
> Such overt misogyny is not funny, it's not cute, it's not tolerable.
> Allowing these kinds of posts in this unrestrained kind of manner is
> essentially saying it is okay. It is not. It has been encouraging men (and
> women) to devalue women for many, many years. It hurts my daughter and
> grandchildren. Can you imagine how it must feel for a young girl to read
> this kind of thing for the first time? It is very painful.
> 
> We know better than this. No excuses. Nothing makes it okay.
> 
> There is only one person who ever sends posts like this. Please put a stop
> to it.
> 
> Thank you for all you do,
> Nancy Ging
> 
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>   1. Farm Girls and the PCT (hiker97 at aol.com)
>>   2. Re: Farm Girls and the PCT (Martin Kaminer)
>>   3. Neat story of the early PCT (Diarmaid Harmon)
>> 
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>> 
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:18:08 -0500
>> From: hiker97 at aol.com
>> Subject: [pct-l] Farm Girls and the PCT
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Message-ID: <8D1E84553663C3A-E2C-2A03D at webmail-vm091.sysops.aol.com>
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>> 
>> One evening PCT Grizzlywas down at the local trailtown saloon with his
>> bros and PCT thru-hikers.  It was crowded and everyone was having a
>> goodtime with hot pizza and cold brews.  Itis a typical Saturday night in a
>> trailtown with hard-core hikers gratefullywashing away the trail.
>> 
>> Grizzly was deep into conversationat the end of the bar with several young
>> thru-hikers about the pros and cons ofultralight hiking.  All at once in
>> comes agroup of hefty local farm girls.  It mustbe a full moon or something
>> for they are out trolling the town for PCT hikers.  These gals take what
>> they want and you hopeit is not you.  They saddle up to the barand everyone
>> moves away.
>> 
>> Presently, Grizzlynotices the gals eyeing the group of fetching PCT hikers
>> he is talking to.  He has an uneasy feeling inside.  All at once one of the
>> gals slowly slides up behindthe nearest fellow.  Grizzly can hear thewood
>> floor boards creak and strain as she approaches --- things shake like
>> thestart of an earthquake.  She gives aquick shot at the spittoon and sizes
>> up his new friend and now victim.
>> 
>> Presently, she slaps thehiker on the rear and says, ?Hey sexy how about
>> you give me your number andthen we can do some partying.?
>> 
>> Hiker: ?Why, yes ma?am.  Do you have a pen??
>> 
>> She replies, ?Why sugar,I sure do.?
>> 
>> Hiker: ?Well, you betterget back in it before the farmer notices you?re
>> missing.?
>> 
>> Grizzly does not remembermuch after that.  His wife, TrailDust,found him
>> the next morning next to a parking meter in front of the saloon?sbusted
>> windows and destruction.
>> --------------------------------
>> Your obedient servantand trail rapscallion,
>> Switchback the TrailPirate
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:46:54 -0500
>> From: Martin Kaminer <martin.kaminer at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Farm Girls and the PCT
>> To: hiker97 at aol.com
>> Cc: PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Message-ID:
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>> 
>> Thanks... here's one more in that vein for good measure:
>> 
>> A man finally decides to give up the rat race, sells his apartment and buys
>> a cabin in the mountains. No one around for miles. Peace and quiet, just
>> like he always longed for.
>> 
>> After a few days there's a knock on the door. He opens it and sees an
>> enormous bearded man nearly seven feet high, built like a bear, emitting a
>> fierce growl.
>> 
>> "My name's Enoch!" he says, "I'm your neighbor, 'bout five miles down the
>> road!"
>> 
>> "Pleased to meet you" the man says, somewhat startled.
>> 
>> "Glad to have a neighbor after all this time!" continued Enoch, "Came to
>> invite you to a party at my place Saturday night!"
>> 
>> That's nice, the man thinks, he did come here to get away but it had gotten
>> a bit lonely.
>> 
>> "Only thing," says Enoch, "kind of a rough crowd up here. Parties can get a
>> little wild!"
>> 
>> "That's OK," the man says, "I've seen my share of wild parties."
>> 
>> "There's gonna be some drinkin'!"
>> 
>> "That's alright," says the man.
>> 
>> "And there might be some fights!"
>> 
>> "I'm used to those too."
>> 
>> "And there might even be . . . some wild rampaging sex!"
>> 
>> "Really, I'm from New York, nothing shocks me. I appreciate the invitation,
>> looking forward to it."
>> 
>> "OK then!" roared Enoch, "We'll see you Saturday night at my place, five
>> miles down the road!"
>> 
>> Enoch turns to leave. The man asks him "Just curious, how many people will
>> be at this party?"
>> 
>> "Oh, just the two of us."
>>> On Dec 17, 2014 2:18 PM, <hiker97 at aol.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> One evening PCT Grizzlywas down at the local trailtown saloon with his
>>> bros and PCT thru-hikers.  It was crowded and everyone was having a
>>> goodtime with hot pizza and cold brews.  Itis a typical Saturday night
>> in a
>>> trailtown with hard-core hikers gratefullywashing away the trail.
>>> 
>>> Grizzly was deep into conversationat the end of the bar with several
>> young
>>> thru-hikers about the pros and cons ofultralight hiking.  All at once in
>>> comes agroup of hefty local farm girls.  It mustbe a full moon or
>> something
>>> for they are out trolling the town for PCT hikers.  These gals take what
>>> they want and you hopeit is not you.  They saddle up to the barand
>> everyone
>>> moves away.
>>> 
>>> Presently, Grizzlynotices the gals eyeing the group of fetching PCT
>> hikers
>>> he is talking to.  He has an uneasy feeling inside.  All at once one of
>> the
>>> gals slowly slides up behindthe nearest fellow.  Grizzly can hear thewood
>>> floor boards creak and strain as she approaches --- things shake like
>>> thestart of an earthquake.  She gives aquick shot at the spittoon and
>> sizes
>>> up his new friend and now victim.
>>> 
>>> Presently, she slaps thehiker on the rear and says, ?Hey sexy how about
>>> you give me your number andthen we can do some partying.?
>>> 
>>> Hiker: ?Why, yes ma?am.  Do you have a pen??
>>> 
>>> She replies, ?Why sugar,I sure do.?
>>> 
>>> Hiker: ?Well, you betterget back in it before the farmer notices you?re
>>> missing.?
>>> 
>>> Grizzly does not remembermuch after that.  His wife, TrailDust,found him
>>> the next morning next to a parking meter in front of the saloon?sbusted
>>> windows and destruction.
>>> --------------------------------
>>> Your obedient servantand trail rapscallion,
>>> Switchback the TrailPirate
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>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:08:39 -0800
>> From: Diarmaid Harmon <irishharmon at comcast.net>
>> Subject: [pct-l] Neat story of the early PCT
>> To: PCT <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Message-ID: <9568CF09-1839-49C5-AFB1-879B86FAEFC9 at comcast.net>
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>> 
>> http://koin.com/2014/12/17/growing-up-on-the-pacific-crest-trail/ <
>> http://koin.com/2014/12/17/growing-up-on-the-pacific-crest-trail/>
>> 
>> 
>> Diarmaid ?Irish? Harmon
>> irishharmon at comcast.net
>> "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
>> in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
>> thoroughly used up, totally worn out, Guinness in one hand, steak in the
>> other, yell 'Holy Sh**, What a Ride!"
>> 
>> 
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