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Re: [at-l] Smokin' & tokin' on the AT
Frank Webbe wrote:
>
> I was at Peck's Corner shelter two years ago, sharing it with a family of
> six from Indiana. The oldest boy, about 15, lit a cigarette in the shelter
> as we were getting set for sleep. I explained the proprieties to him and
> he gracefully went outside. My thoughts about his parents will go unsaid.
I remember that night very well, Frank. I thought "Who the heck does this
gut think he is telling my kid where he can and can't smoke?" But, to be
honest, me and the now estranged Mrs. were just too damned drunk to care.
Anyway, that was Dickie Ray Bob. He was 12 at the time (teenage here in
Indiana). Just before you got there, Dickie Ray Bob and his brother,
Billy Ray Bob, were fighting over which is a better smoke: Pall Malls or
non-filter Camels. When I was a young lad, still at my mother's teat
(about 8 or 9), I started smoking Lucky Strikes. I thought it was
wonderful that the boys felt so strongly about something, so as to
defend it with their blood. If all goes well, Dickie Ray Bob will be home
for Christmas '98. Seems it's getting harder and harder to defend
hot-wiring a police car in southern Indiana. Beaurocrats. I swear the car
was on fire when we got there.
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Felix
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