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[at-l] This weekends hiking



At 09:16 PM 06/10/2002 -0500, Shane Steinkamp wrote:
> > I'm with Shane on this one.  My day pack never
> > contains my tent or hammock,
> > but it always contains my emergency bag, my first
> > aid stuff, food and water.
>
>I am besieged with what my Jewish Grandfather used to call
>'bad Jewish luck', but that I've called the 'Steinkamp
>Curse'.  I have been fortunate enough to survive many
>serious situations too numerous to mention.  This, however,
>isn't the Steinkamp Curse.  The Steinkamp Curse happens on
>flat, level ground, on a clear day, two or three miles from
>the car - BAM! - something bizarre happens.  Twisted knee,
>freak hail storm, struck in the head by a meteorite...  I
>have learned to be prepared...
>
>Shane

Meteorite? Who was that "Little Abner" character?  Joe Btwzz? I don't 
remember how to spell it but it was pronounced like a Bronx cheer.  He 
wandered around with a rain cloud over his head.  Was he a relative of yours?

sAunTerer