[at-l] Mislabeling bottles and hiker dumb "mistakes"

[patv@ukans.edu (Pat Villeneuve)]

Ha! And I was at a laundromat in Manchester Center without coins or even small
bills. I thought it was so considerate of them to put in a bill changer that
would accept $20s. Didn't stop to think that it would all come out in quarters!!
It was like hitting the jackpot in Vegas. No way was I going to carry all that,
so I turned into the laundromat slut offering change to anyone who came in...

Give Me Chocolate

Leslie Booher wrote:

> The first year that I backpacked, I had misunderstood what I'd read  about
> money, particularly coins.  The result was that, when we got to a
> laundromat, I had all the quarters I needed right there in my pack.  Never
> again!  <G>  anklebear
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Linda Benschop <lvb@syclone.net>
> To: Orange Bug <orangebug74@yahoo.com>; Ron Winchester
> <winchester@mail.unnet.com>; AT-List <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:06 AM
> Subject: [at-l] Mislabeling bottles and hiker dumb "mistakes"
>
> > Speaking of the importance of labeling a bottle when something else is in
> > it:
> >
> > One of the last hikes, I put fuel (ETOH) into an empty water bottle and
> did
> > not label it.  Sure, I would remember which one it was!  But, waking up
> with
> > sleepers it my eyes, I reached for the *wrong* bottle and wiped my eyes
> with
> > the contents.  NOT a pleasant experience.  My friend had to use all of our
> > precious water (on top of Blood where there is NONE) to rinse out my eyes.
> > Luckily, no real damage...but quite a bit of pain!  And sure did feel
> dumb!!
> >
> > Hmmm...interesting topic.  What was the "dumbest" hiker related thing YOU
> > ever did??  NOW confess!!!
> >
> > Something like burning yourself....right, OB??
> >
> > Hummingbird
> >
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