[at-l] ATL Flame Wars - My Recollections

[Gary Ticknor]

And Tim Rich wrote: I'm going to set the record for the longest AT hike 
ever!

;)

Tim Rich wrote:
> Ah, those were some good times.  Let's see if I remember them correctly:
>
> RocksNRoots:  "You use Lekis and once left the trail at a road 
> crossing, therefore you are an advocate of ridgetop condo development."
> Shane:  "Zen gardens at shelters are not detrimental to the trail 
> experience."
> Bald Eagle:  "I am an engineer.  I must use logic.  This is not logical."
> Gary from Fairfax (whatever happened to him?:)):  "Attached is my 
> travel journal from my trip to Zanzibar, Nairobi and Mogadishu."
> RoksNRoots:  "Travel journals demean the spirit of true AT 
> servanthood.  When I sat at the feet of The Master at The Center, he 
> taught that you should be content to only travel the AT.  That, and 
> leg wrassle shirtless at every opportunity."
> Gary from Fairfax:  "I had to call in for a helicopter evac in 
> Mogadishu.  Quite exhilarating.  I ate pumice casserole."
> RoksNRoots:  "Cell phone use diminishes the warlord experience.  
> Knowing that you had a cell phone now invalidates my warlord experience."
>
> It went something like that.  Yep, it did.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Tim
>
> --- On *Fri, 4/18/08, Gary Ticknor /<garyticknor at starpower.net>/* wrote:
>
>     From: Gary Ticknor <garyticknor at starpower.net>
>     Subject: Re: [at-l] ATL Flame Wars
>     To: "JPL" <jplynch at crosslink.net>
>     Cc: at-l at backcountry.net
>     Date: Friday, April 18, 2008, 12:40 PM
>
>     Me, I miss them.
>
>     - Greenbriar, you have a problem with that?
>
>     JPL wrote:
>>     And of course: the ever popular *umbrellas*.  But the most
>>     tumultuous topic was of course PURITY!  Woo hoo.  Where's R&R and
>>     Dust boy when we need them to liven things up!
>>
>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>         *From:* Lilla Thompson <mailto:lthompson at hollins.edu>
>>         *To:* JPL <mailto:jplynch at crosslink.net> ;
>>         at-l at backcountry.net <mailto:at-l at backcountry.net>
>>         *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2008 11:17 AM
>>         *Subject:* RE: [at-l] ATL Flame Wars
>>
>>         Since nobody much posts any more on at-l, and some of the
>>         culprits of the flame wars of old have been silent, it’s not
>>         really all that surprising.  Now, if somebody would just
>>         bring up guns on the trail, the effectiveness of water
>>         filtration systems, cell phones, and/or badly behaved trail
>>         dogs, we could probably get something going….
>>
>>          
>>
>>         *From:* at-l-bounces at backcountry.net
>>         <mailto:at-l-bounces at backcountry.net>
>>         [mailto:at-l-bounces at backcountry.net] *On Behalf Of *JPL
>>         *Sent:* Friday, April 18, 2008 11:09 AM
>>         *To:* at-l at backcountry.net
>>         *Subject:* [at-l] ATL Flame Wars
>>
>>          
>>
>>         What happened to the flame wars of old.  Have email lists
>>         gentrified?  Not that I miss them, but just curious.  The AT
>>         lists seemed particularly, but not uniquely, prone to them. 
>>
>>         Just curious.
>>
>
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