Hey Buddha Bear!!!

“hi”

“hello! :)”

“Why don't you two get a room???”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, but somebody had to say it.





I can personally recommend a condo on Beech Mountain.”

“Hi Buddah Bear!”

“we just miss him that's all :(

sniff”

“I miss you too!”

“BB, did you accept the offer?”

“When are you gonna hike with us again?”

“Buddha -

We better see you at the 'Mountianeers hike in two weeks or heads WILL roll! :)”

“Whose heads?! Maybe we shouldn't go on this hike.”

“Perhaps Laqtis has his titanium axe packed already?”

“Chili, I haven't been offered the job, I've just been asked to apply. I sent my resume in to the person who requested it, and he's going to suggest some changes to help my chances, then he'll push it through. It's a government job, so the process is somewhat different than the norm.

I may come out to the hike in two weeks, it sounds like fun, and it would be nice to see y'all again”

“You're getting another new job? You're hard to keep track of! :)”

“Sass - It's been packed for a while. First item to go into the bag...hehehehehehehehehhe...”

“Good Luck, BB.”

“Hey BB, can you come a little early? I'd like to introduce you to my union presidente. Maybe you could give him a verbal beating about lousy union representation for me? =)”

“BB - If you're heading out, let us know and we can probably arrange some ride-sharing. We'd love to see ya.”

“I sent you an e-mail but it was returned. Please send me your current e-mail address to:
jtlott@gapac.com”

“Hey BB -

I got my "somewhere in texas, a village is missing it's idiot" button yesterday.

Thanks a bazillion.

I shall wear it with pride.

I'm not sure how my boss, the evil republican will like it, but hey, life is short...”

“

I'll need your address.”

“he'll take one if the W stands for Women...i heard he's skerred...

I like W..anyone that put in an express lane to fry pple is ok in my book...and bombing iraq into the stone age set them back...what...3 weeks?”

“Violin, I know you're pretty handy with a PC, can you change that "W" to a "V"? If so, I want one!”

“he'll take one if the W stands for Women...i heard he's skerred...





I heard he was gay.”

“Violin - I already have one...lol! Thanks though!

Pete, I know what you are, but what am I?”

“Did you know you're published?! I almost (Lucky for you I caught myself) called you at 11:20 tonight to let you know. You're in "Backpacker" this month!

And BTW, there sure are loads of thread titles with your name in them!”

“May issue?”

“What page?”

“Dang, and my subscription just ran out. Since it's Buddha Bear, I'll pick up a copy at the store. Congrats on whatever the heck it is you wrote.”

“what?”

“I think I sent a letter to them in feedback. Check those letters out, find the one that blasts them, and it's probably me. Or, my reader tip may have finally been published.... "condoms make a great emergency waterproofing system."”

“So now, yer like a real published writer and stuff.”

“Yep, it was your feedback letter. Page 102. Hey, don't you get something for them publishing that? A mug or something?”

“Depending on how much he ripped them, they just might wanna put a cap in his ass.....!”

“Anyone willing to retype the letter here for all to see?”

“"To dry wet boots, pour boiling water into a Lexan bottle, place it inside your boot and cover with a plastic bag. The warmth of the water draws moisture out of the boot in about twenty minutes, and you have water ready for a second cup of hot chocolate."


~Buddha Bear
Somewhere in Ohio”

“Geez. What a let down! ;)”

“AND Backpacker is now just full out using "Titanium Chef". Didn't TD copyright that phrase or something?”

“LAW SUIT!!

Where's Chilli!?!?!

Have they no shame??”

“NO laqtis, its, "buss a cap in yo ass".

Wouldn't the plastic bag keep the moisture?
Or would it condense on the plastic?”

“Finally, something in the magazine worth reading!”

“I haven't read Backpacker in five or six years.

Am I missing anything?”

“I don't know MarkO, I've never read it before.”

“You know how college students and other pranksters would compete to get fake letters published in Ann Landers?

I suggest a TT contest for getting ridiculously false backpacking tips published in Backslacker.

Obviously using plastic bags to draw moisture out of leather wins first place this month.”

“Hmmmm, Buddha Bear's Moron Of The Month?”

“It was a Reader's Tip.

"Keep em' dry....

To dry your boots, pour boiling water into a Lexan Bottle, place it inside your boot, and cover with a plastic bag. The warmth of the water draws moisture out of the boot in about 20 minutes, and you have water ready for a second cup of hot chocolate."

With that, I think I get 10% of the magazine prifts for that issue.”

“OK by me.”

“BTW - they edited the platic bag thing. I originally said to put a platypus bag full of hot water over the front of the boot. It draws the water out of the boot in the same way that the Nalgene dries the inner boot.

They can't even get a reader tip right!”

“So who's going to write up an ad for Terraquest?”

“That would be awsome!”