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Re: [at-l] Squatting
Oh my goodness! I usually take my pack off so I can see where I'm
squatting. Also easier to get back up. Inconvenient to put the pack back
on, but I needed a break from the pack anyway. Right?
Highlander
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> From: bogey1 <bogey1@worldlynxyork.net>
> To: Trailplace Mail <atml@trailplace.com>; AT MailList Saffron
<at-l@saffron.hack.net>
> Subject: [at-l] Squatting
> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 11:31 AM
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>
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> > From: bogey1 <bogey1@worldlynxyork.net>
> >
> >
> > Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 10:43 AM
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> > ++ A Good reason to Give Up Squatting ++
>
>
> Did you ever bend over to tinkle with a pack on and then was not able to
> get back up?
> > "Oh darn!" "Here I squat, toilet tissue in hand and my pack is pushing
me
> > down, down, down."
> > "Should I just take a break here?"
> > "Why not?", "I can't get up anyhow", I tell myself.
> > "Darn if only I hadn't let my sticks propped up against that tree over
> > there just out of reach, I might be able to pull myself out of this
> > predicament."
> > My hubby waits just 10 feet away.
> > "Is everything okay, Slim?", he asks.
> > "Sure, Bogey", I reply,
> > "I'm making a micro- nature study of the duff here."
> > I bet he bought that one!
> > Quickly I try to remember all the nature guides I'd read so I can post
> him
> > in on my study..........How's it go? .......Urine is yellow, dirt is
> brown.
> > Rocks are hard, plants are green....wood is ....yep! That's the
ticket!
> > There's lots of stuff to study if you look real close........
> > Finally, my legs bending under the strain, I roll out to the side
kinda'
> > like an awkward, bare-butt commando and come up with forest duff all
over
> > my tush.
> > I brush it off, yank my pants up and go back to the trail. We continue
> and
> > I get this scratchy, itchy feeling in my drawers. I walk. I scratch. I
> > walk. I scratch......oh the joys of hiking.......
> > Later that day.......
> > Uh, Bogey!, I have to pee!"
> > "Got any Caladryl?"
> > "Huh?", he says
> >
> > SLIM
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