Date:         Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:35:41 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Frydaye's visit with the Bards
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Such pomes  as "Lessons of the Road" by Alfred E.Lord Tennisbum and
"Tires" by Robert W. Service-Advisor tend to bring on a bit of
nostalgia, and remembrances of "Roads Less Traveled By". A few of us, in
an earlier age, had the privilege of doing some serious clutching and
gear shifting while traveling a 1500 mile gravel road to the Far North
and the promised land known as "The Great Land", on tires both round and
flat at the same time, mounted on a box that most of us thought
invincible as we struck out on a seeming great adventure.. Eventually
each of us arrived at a long narrow valley with the gravel road arching
first to one side of the valley, then down across the bottom and back up
the slope on the other side, only to pause momentarily, before dipping
and sweeping back down in the opposite direction, continuing it's
oscillations until it disappeared from sight. Travel along that road was
wearing, on both vehicle and traveler, and when one lonely  traveler
stopped to rest a bit,   the following observation was written about
this "Road Les Traveled By" in those days.

Winding in ,
and winding out,
There is no doubt
That the Lout
That laid this route,
Was going to Hell
or coming out!
Author unknown

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver