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Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: sandyman on July 18, 2010, 11:32:09 AM

The New Appalachian Trail

A little bit too long for my old legs I fear

Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: Frances144 on July 18, 2010, 02:05:14 PM

The question I ask is are there really enough blister plasters out there?

Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: gunug on July 18, 2010, 02:14:35 PM

I'm thinking this is a "Question of Semantics" as a recent topic by Sokukodo phrased it.  XABD would probably just say "let's not go there anymore!"  I hope he's having a restful day in spite of it being the "dog days!"  This is the topic by Sokukudo but "read it" carefully and ponder it slowly:  

http://www.techsurvivors.net/forums/index....showtopic=23069

And this from the Wikipedia page on the "dog days" of summer:

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"Dog Days" (Latin: diēs caniculārēs) are the hottest, most sultry days of summer. In the northern hemisphere, they usually fall between early July and early September. In the southern hemisphere they are usually between January and early March. The actual dates vary greatly from region to region, depending on latitude  and climate. Dog Days can also define a time period or event that is very hot or stagnant, or marked by dull lack of progress. The name comes from the ancient belief that Sirius, also called the Dog Star, was somehow responsible for the hot weather.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days

:sighing smiley: Dog Days again!  The semantics portion of this commentary was lost when I yawned! I'm going to have to take a nap.

Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 18, 2010, 08:13:10 PM

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"Dog days"

I've been working like a 'dog' for the last three days! Not much packing left, mostly in the girls computer room. The printer is already in a box, I think their FAX will go in there also. External HD has back ups of the old 'multi-color,' original iMac and the iGloo. Olivia's MBP has a new-fangled Firewire port and I don't have cable for that... More importantly, all the Wii stuff id already packed up! Movers come tomorrow. We clean the house when they leave. We'll hopefully be able to 'hit the road' early Tuesday and be back in the extreme Western part of TM by ~9:30 pm. Hopefully, the movers won't knock on the door for a couple of days!!!

And to answer Frances, "No!" Actually, it's not blisters that are bothering me, it's getting up from packing, taping, marking each box!!! Sometimes, I just crawl to the next pile of stuff...

Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: RHPConsult on July 24, 2010, 02:43:50 PM

"New", "Old", makes no difference. If you want an experience and the best laughs you've had in a long time get Bill Bryson's 1998 gem . . . A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering the Appalachian Trail

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He's one of a kind and so are his books. And not just for summer reading. In the midst (apparently) of searing heat.

Enjoy.

The, see if you can ignore . . . A Short History of Nearly Everything

Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: Highmac on July 24, 2010, 03:08:25 PM

... and if you ever thought the Brits could not laugh at themselves, consider that Bryson's Notes from a Small Island, which was anything but complimentary, was a best-seller in hardback and paperback. The redeeming feature is that even his put-downs are written with such wit and warmth that it's difficult to be offended. We know what he said was true and he was laughing with, rather than at, us. We certainly loved it in this house!

As well as Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, Down Under..... (how did you guess that one was about Australia?). However, it would appear it is now being marketed as In a Sunburned Land

Title: The Appalachian Trail
Post by: gunug on August 01, 2010, 06:00:10 PM

Thanks to everyone for the tip on Bryson (I've never read his stuff) but the Washington Post can't be wrong:

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"Choke-on-your-coffee funny."
--The Washington Post Book World