[at-l] Skin So Soft Foils Tryst on Knife Edge

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Rafe wrote:
>We'd gotten word that Avon "Skin So Soft" made a
>good insect repellent so we lathered ourselves up
<snip>
>The woman at the front of the group wrinkled her
>nose and said, "Ooooh, you guys smell AWFUL."
>Our spirits fell in unison, even as we all broke out
>laughing.
>

I tried Skin-so-Soft too - bought a quart bottle of the stuff, mixed it like 
I was told and went truckin' out for a hike.  Couldn't stand myself, never 
used it again so it didn't make the cut when I was packing for the thruhike. 
  And I was stuck with the rest of that quart of SSS. Well, until I found 
some sucker to take it off my hands - but he got it free.  <G>

Years later - Ginny and I were scouting side trails in PA for the first of 
the new colorized PA AT maps and we took a bag of cold soda and beer for the 
thruhikers.  Left the bag on the AT where one of the side trails crossed 
with a note that they should enjoy and leave the empties and we'd pick them 
up on the way out.  Got back later (a lot later) and just as we were picking 
up the still full bag, a gaggle of thruhikers showed up.  So we all sat down 
and talked (and drank beer and soda) for a while.  And then, in unison, we 
ALL turned and looked down the trail (north) cause we smelled Skin so Soft.  
But no one showed up for 4 or 5 minutes.  And they weren't moving all that 
slow.  They weren't at all friendly either - guess we didn't smell good 
enough for them.  But at least you wouldn't have smelled us coming a quarter 
mile away.  <G>

Walk softly,
Jim


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