[at-l] My introduction

[Felix <athiker@smithville.net>]

I'm a lurker and with the recent introductions, I thought it might be 
time for me to do the same...

I'm Felix. Felix J. McGillicuddy. The recent stories from the Trail have 
reminded me of a couple of things that happened to me whilst I was hiking 
last year...

1. I hiked with a guy from West Virginia (sorry Jack) for a while. He was 
very self-conscious (is that the write word?) about his accent and wanted 
to sound like he was from the same area we were hiking in. When we got to 
New York, he was really concerned about ordering a sandwich. He had never 
heard of a 'grinder'. He called them subs. So, he had me teach him how to 
order a grinder, and sound like a New Yorker. I taught him all I know and 
sent him on his way. That night, he rolls in to the shelter a little 
after dark. "How'd it go?" I asked him. "Not so good" he replied. "Why? 
What happened?" 
"Well, I went in and ordered my grinder. I said everything just like you 
told me, Felix. And the guy still said 'You're not from around here, are 
ya?' I said 'How'd you know?' And he said 'Cause this is a hardware 
store.'"

2. One of my maildrops was Boise, ID. I got a ride from a very nice man 
named Joe Lee. He was telling me about his three sons. One had gone to 
school and become an eye doctor. The middle one was a car dealer. The 
third was a potato farmer. Well, as the story went, none of the three 
were thriving in their endeavors. So, their father came up with an 
advertising ploy that he hoped would help all three at the same time. He 
dropped me off at the post office without telling me what the scheme was. 
After I did my bidness with the post office (you know, the usual 
'forwarding' card filling out) I walked up to the diner for a bite to eat 
before hitchhiking back across country to the Trail. As I sat there 
eating, I noticed a car dealership across the street. There it was, on 
the sign out front:

FRANK LEE'S CAR LOT
Eye Donors Given Yams

(If you only knew how long I've wanted to use this)

Anyway, back to lurking. Stop by my homepage and take a look at my hiking 
page and stuff. UrL is at the botton of this e-mail. 

-- 
Felix J. McGillicuddy
ME-->GA '98
"Your Move"

Stop and see me at:  http://members.tripod.com/~Felixhikes/index.html

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