> On Sep 10, 9:54 pm, "Karen"
nospam.com> wrote:>>> That guy in the Alaska cabin is on Channel 9; just started.
>>
>> I caught it about 20 after. They're in commercial now. He sure was
>> amazing...and lived to be 86. He seemed to have several changes of
>> clothes. Did he wash them in the cold water of the lake? No
>> detergent?
>>
>> He had to be a very eccentric guy to live like that. Didn't even
>> have a cat or dog for company.
>>
>> Could you live like he did?
>
> He was 52 when he went up there! Thirty years he remained...
That really is extreme....he was more at one with the wildlife than he
was with other humans. Otoh....he likely had FAR better friends.
Wasn't the scenery spectacular...especially in winter? And the -45 temp
in that little cabin with the smoke pouring out of the chimney. It all
looked like a Christmas card. He experienced nature during those 30
years as much as any human being probably can.
> No, I couldn't have. I was a boozer and partied away half my life,
> wondering what it was all supposed to mean.
You probably wouldn't have been a boozer had you lived life more like he
did. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have wondered what it all was
supposed to mean, either.
Do you NOW know what the answer was/is?
Watching The Who right
> now, Live at Leeds. Christ.
You're a lot younger than me. I have no idea who/what you're talking
about. ;')
> It was like last night.
Memories transcend time....both the good ones and the bad ones.
Music can take me back far more intensely than any photograph can. I
can listen to tunes I first heard as a child and I'm right back to being
a young girl in my mind...and I can even capture how I felt at the time.
Alcohol has never dulled any experience or memories for me....the bad
stuff or the good. I can't relate to anybody who is at all dependent on
the stuff. It seems so negative ... and a waste of money. Supposedly,
it's such great FUN. I get high on music and bright people with a sense
of humour. Alcohol never seemed to enhance that for me. Made me feel
dull or belligerent instead. Or I got VERY sick if I drank too much too
fast. Just not any fun at all. And most of it tastes bad, too.
Did you ever live anywhere but in the Seattle area?
