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    Pill taken...(I think-Can't remember-was it blue...or red????)
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    Quote Originally Posted by restless View Post
    Luddite,
    I noticed your age (23) as well as the year of your thru hike (2011). I think considering Jesters hiking history, he knows what he's talking about. Besides, how would you know where Bill B was on Memorial Day. Weren't you like 11 when the book came out? just wonderin there,expert.
    Seemed like a harmless question and not an accusation of wrong doing

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    Quote Originally Posted by TrailSquirrel View Post
    Seemed like a harmless question and not an accusation of wrong doing
    I'm over it.

    Guess I gotta start using the smiley faces more
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luddite View Post
    I'm over it.

    Guess I gotta start using the smiley faces more
    I personally dig on the bananas
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    I like these condescending guys
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luddite View Post
    I like these condescending guys
    Same here-Nobody really likes Billy Bryson - he never did the whole trail, he pissed off some trail angels and did a debbie downer about a hostel,
    so why are there so many posts and reads each time the thread comes up?

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    He pissed off some trail angels? Did anybody actually really see Bryson on the trail?
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    Speaking of good books being made into movies...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337692/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luddite View Post
    He pissed off some trail angels? Did anybody actually really see Bryson on the trail?

    Come on He's 250+lbs and so was his side kick ... He doesnt shop at the big and tall - He's short and squat. Someone saw him.
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    Yeah but have you ever heard of anyone who saw him? I'm not sure but I think he was a relatively obscure author before AWITW.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luddite View Post
    Yeah but have you ever heard of anyone who saw him? I'm not sure but I think he was a relatively obscure author before AWITW.
    You might check this out:

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    Quote Originally Posted by restless View Post
    Luddite,
    I noticed your age (23) as well as the year of your thru hike (2011). I think considering Jesters hiking history, he knows what he's talking about. Besides, how would you know where Bill B was on Memorial Day. Weren't you like 11 when the book came out? just wonderin there,expert.
    Luddite asked a perfectly legit question. To ask is not to say (1) the person questioned doesn't know, or (2) the asker does. Or am I missing something?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Driver8 View Post
    Luddite asked a perfectly legit question. To ask is not to say (1) the person questioned doesn't know, or (2) the asker does. Or am I missing something?
    Oops, sorry - looks like it's case closed on that. Didn't meant to pile on. ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luddite View Post
    Where did he claim to be and how do you know he wasn't there?
    I bet you didn't think asking a simple question would drive everyone so nuts.

    Anyway, I got that part wrong. It wasn't Memorial Day, it was the first say of Spring. So apologies to all as far as that goes.

    Bryson claims that he was at Rainbow Springs Campground on the first day of Spring. The reason he claims this is that on the day he goes to Rainbow Springs he gets caught in a bad snowstorm, and he liked the idea of what he calls the "pathetic irony of it." So he changed the date so he could mention the irony of it snowing on March 21st.

    How do I know it wasn't March 21st? Because four years after Bryson hiked, Jasnine still had his check-in card. They would have you fill in your info on an index card, and they would write what you ate on the other side so they knew what to charge you when you left. Bryson was there on March 23rd. Big deal, right? Who cares if he was two days off? But the question becomes, "if you'd lie about such a small thing just for the sake of irony, what else would you make up?"

    By the way, Bryson also writes about how absolutely horrible the food was at Rainbow Springs. From looking at his card, I also know that he had everything on the menu at least twice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jester2000 View Post
    By the way, Bryson also writes about how absolutely horrible the food was at Rainbow Springs. From looking at his card, I also know that he had everything on the menu at least twice.
    Ah, but even the worse town food on the trail is better then the food you carried out of town so of course you'll have seconds. Not that I'm saying the food is bad or anything. To be honest, I can't think of ever having a bad meal in a trail stop, even the microwave burritos I had were better then what I carried.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickb View Post
    I tried to ready Moby Dick once. There is a trail connection, after all.
    I have a trail connection to trying to read that book as well.

    I used to fly a lot in my job and started reading to pass the time. Normally I read history books but bought Moby Dick just to say I read it. Trying to read that book is like slogging through the mud in Vermont. You need to get to the other side so you put your head down and keep going. I tried really hard to read all of it but I don't think I did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fredmugs View Post
    I have a trail connection to trying to read that book as well.

    I used to fly a lot in my job and started reading to pass the time. Normally I read history books but bought Moby Dick just to say I read it. Trying to read that book is like slogging through the mud in Vermont. You need to get to the other side so you put your head down and keep going. I tried really hard to read all of it but I don't think I did.
    I read about half of it, then audio-booked the second half while taking long walks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fredmugs View Post
    I have a trail connection to trying to read that book as well.

    I used to fly a lot in my job and started reading to pass the time. Normally I read history books but bought Moby Dick just to say I read it. Trying to read that book is like slogging through the mud in Vermont. You need to get to the other side so you put your head down and keep going. I tried really hard to read all of it but I don't think I did.
    Yeah, I'd stick to the history books. I never understood the idea of wasting time reading "Literature" (the fictional variety). Although, I have been thinking about reading A Catcher in the Rye, just to see what the fuss is all about, but so far unable to bring myself to it.

    To me reading fiction is not much better than watching T.V.

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    Quote Originally Posted by john gault View Post
    Yeah, I'd stick to the history books. I never understood the idea of wasting time reading "Literature" (the fictional variety). Although, I have been thinking about reading A Catcher in the Rye, just to see what the fuss is all about, but so far unable to bring myself to it.

    To me reading fiction is not much better than watching T.V.
    Bartelby the Scrivener..........enough said

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    Quote Originally Posted by john gault View Post
    Yeah, I'd stick to the history books. I never understood the idea of wasting time reading "Literature" (the fictional variety). Although, I have been thinking about reading A Catcher in the Rye, just to see what the fuss is all about, but so far unable to bring myself to it.

    To me reading fiction is not much better than watching T.V.
    Try Gatsby on for size and see what you think. A quick read, and some of the best writing available, imo and in the opinion of many others.
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