Re: [at-l] Ruth's hike

[Cortney <Cortney_Stewart@brown.edu>]

Beautiful.  I cannot wait until the shakedown.

>(Um, tuckerize?  Meaning to make really tired???????)
> >
> >(Ah, Ruth? Have you ever heard the word "Tuckerize" used in a
> >sentence before?)
>
>****How about "Whoa! I was headed up the approach trail with my 43.6 
>pound pack, including food and water, when out jumps this big ol' 
>hiker monster from behind a tree. Plenty scary! Says 'I'll just be 
>tuckerizing your pack there, Missy Greenhorn!' and he proceeds to 
>rip it to shreds, saying over and over and over "Don't need this! 
>None o' that! This'ere neither! Do without this here.! Too much o' 
>that!" and over and over, some necessary part of my GitToKatahdin 
>Kit was pitched over the embankment, to go tumbling down 
>plink-plink-ah-plinkity-plink amongst the leafless forest. It was 
>horrible.
>When I was finally able to escape, though, my pack weighed less than 
>30 pounds, so I was really able to fly."
>That was Friar Tuck.
>We'll Tuckerize your pack, right here in cyberland, and pitch the 
>worthless over the side with nary a sniff, and do all of this FREE 
>OF CHARGE.
>You're welcome.
>
>Sloetoe.

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