[at-l] Where Harpers Ferry fits in the ATC picture

[camojack at comcast.net (camojack@comcast.net)]

Interesting analogy...
-"Camo"
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> To get a picture of how the headquarters and board functions should 
> relate to the members, the Trail and the clubs, think about Apple's 
> amazing little iPod for a minute. Let me over-simplify a bit and 
> suggest that there are 4 components to the listening experience. 
> First, and most important is you, the music lover. Then comes the 
> music which is your reason for buying the iPod in the first place. 
> The third component is the iPod itself, a wonder of technological and 
> design engineering, and finally, the rechargeable battery pack which 
> powers the process. 
> 
> In our ATC, the member is our iPod user who wants to listen to the 
> music. Obviously, for us hikers, the Trail is the music. The clubs, 
> club members, regional offices and regional staff are the iPod, the 
> exquisitely designed army of Trail advocates and lovers who make the 
> Trail what it is. All of the staff and board functions in Harpers 
> Ferry serve as the battery, the power source to keep that music 
> playing for the members. (In this analogy, I don't mean to ignore the 
> maintainers as a power source.) 
> 
> Just as a music lover rarely hesitates to think of the battery pack in 
> his or her iPod unless it needs recharging, much the same can be 
> thought of the folks in Harpers Ferry. They can be ignored unless the 
> music stops. 
> 
> I don't paint this picture only for the benefit of the members, but 
> also for those in Harpers Ferry, It is important that they understand 
> the limits of their positions while performing their profoundly 
> important duties. We all need to remember that it is the Trail that 
> steals the spotlight first, and beyond that it should be shined on the 
> tireless maintainers and volunteers. The batteries need to do what 
> batteries do with little fanfare or recognition. That is (or at least 
> should be) the nature of the ATC. 
> 
> Happy trails, 
> 
> Solar Bear From camojack at comcast.net  Sat Jun  4 00:39:28 2005
From: camojack at comcast.net (camojack@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Jun  4 01:40:16 2005
Subject: [at-l] Joke - West Virginia
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 "Let's give that one a badda bing in memory of Datto."

Did I miss something...is Datto no longer with us?
-"Camo"
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 Because I am 99% certain I'll be retiring to West Virginia in a few 
 years, I can tell my favorite West Virginia joke. It goes like this: 
 
 Smart Aleck: Did you know that the toothbrush was invented in West Virginia? 
 
 Straight man: No, really? 
 
 Smart Aleck: That's right. If it was invented anywhere else, it 
 would be known as a teeth brush! 
 
 Let's give that one a badda bing in memory of Datto. 
 Hello? Is this working? 
 
 Happy trails, 
 
 Solar Bear From thatguy.fehchet at gmail.com  Sat Jun  4 02:24:26 2005
From: thatguy.fehchet at gmail.com (that guy)
Date: Sat Jun  4 03:25:17 2005
Subject: [at-l] gotta say it...
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Forget Rednecks ... here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say on New 
Englanders:

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches 
of ice and sitting there all day hoping it will swim by, you might live in 
New England.
 If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each 
year because Mt. Washington is the coldest spot in the nation, and Boston 
gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you live in New England.
 If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in 
New England.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you 
live in New England.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work 
there, you live in New England.

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England.

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a 
wrong number, you live in New England.
 YOU KNOW YOU ARE A NEW ENGLANDER WHEN:

"Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend.

You measure distance in hours.

You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.

You have switched from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
 You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard 
without flinching.

You install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both 
unlocked.
 You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend/wife knows how to 
use them.
 You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
 You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road 
construction.

Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue 
spruce.
 "Down South" to you means Philadelphia.
 Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed.

You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
 You find 10 degrees "a little chilly."
 You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all your New 
England friends.


 On 6/3/05, Carol Donaldson <carol1944@brmemc.net> wrote: 
> 
> Robert, I have no idea where you're from. First of all, some of my 
> ancestors lived in what you call the USA before anyone from Western Europe 
> 'discovered' it. One of my ancestors even married an Englishman but ended up 
> dying in England and is buried in St. George Church, Gravesend, Kent, 
> England.
> 
> The "reason" I asked about "New England jokes" is because nearly everyone 
> knows a "you might be a redneck if" joke or some joke about the South. Why 
> are there not more jokes about the North? Equal Time.
> 
> In three years from today, I should be into Pennsylvania headed to 
> Katahdin.
> Coosa
> ("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" ~ Pope John 
> Paul II The Great)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert
> 
> How do you know if your ancestors were here before any of mine arrived? 
> I'm not exactly sure what you meant by that. I'd say most likely you are 
> wrong. I have no idea what that comment was doing in there or what it has to 
> do with the thread. I'd also like to know why you suddenly chose to bring 
> New England into the thread. Is it because you did some research to find out 
> that I'm from New England? For the record I have tons of jokes about New 
> England.
> 
> New England joke...
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