[at-l] Raccoon, AT 2003?

[bullard@northnet.org (Jim Bullard)]

At 07:26 AM 11/6/2002 -0800, Susan Davis wrote:
>One of my bosses walked into my cubicle yesterday to reassure me
>that I'm not included in the big reduction in force scheduled for
>later this month.  Since I hadn't known that such a thing was
>coming, it had rather the opposite effect.  Anyway, the important
>tidbit from the ensuing conversation is that I'm employed until
>next March, but things get very dicey after then.
>
>Which leaves me in the position of suddenly having an unlimited
>amount of time on my hands right at the start of the northbound
>thru-hiker season.  And which makes me regret twice as much that
>I had to miss the Gathering, and can't make this weekend's
>shakedown hike.  I've barely even scratched the surface of the
>training hikes that I wanted to do to get ready for such an
>endeavor, and there are some major financial and other question
>marks that could just as easily turn this into a pleasant
>daydream that never materializes.
>
>Eep.  Someone talk me out of this....

Let me get this straight.  You're asking people here to talk you out of
hiking?  Me thinks you are in the wrong place for that.

sAunTerer