Date:         Wed, 19 May 2010 21:31:36 -0500
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The story behind the horse skull, the luggage rack, etc.
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@comcast.net>
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Tom Buese wrote:
> I believe we went thru this w/ Mr. Squirrel a number of years ago
> when he  in lived in SOCAL, & we tried to get him to go to some
> campouts w/ many volks in AZ etc.  I believe that his nudist
> lifestyle precludes him from hobnobbing much w/ the likes of this
> group?

I don't have no "nudist lifestyle." That's a scurrilous rumor.

I just sometimes get naked when I find a place where there is close to
zero risk that someone will see my body. A mere glimpse of it can cause
blindness.

What I do have is a "secludist lifestyle. At least when camping. Mrs
Squirrel and I like seclusion when we camp. The missus uses camping
trips to just read, say as little as possible to anyone, and
depressurize from work and other responsibilities, and I like quiet and
the feeling of the two of us being alone in a (hopefully) beautiful
place with no one around in eye or earshot.

Besides, the AZ gatherings were absurd numbers of hours away and across
some of the least attractive desert in the southland.

So here's a weird thought: What if I remained always a faceless "voice"
heard only on the ether of the Internet. A man of mystery, rumor, and
... belief.

"...some say he was a giant of a man, shy due to a carbuncle the size of
a plover's egg on his nose; but others tell of a man who..."

Oh, wait -- I know of at least two, if not three, members on the list
who have met me. Damn. Okay then, anyone coming though Bend (Oregon)
drop me a note ahead of time and we can meet for a pint. Or other
beverage of choice.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR