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Jody Rogers-Buttram wrote:

> You've got a point there, but I don't know that it will fly with my 
> Pookie.  :))

Let me tell you what happens to relationships between crew and rider at 
the OD - espeically  when some sort of other relationship, e.g. spousal, 
is involved. By about 70 miles it getting a little testy. By that time a 
crew has packed and unpacked - usually the wrong stuff according to the 
rider - a number of times the strain is starting to show. If they are 
using Camp Roosevelt as a check, that means hopping a ride on a truck 
that is running shuttle to get it there.

By about 70 miles they have driven 5 times the number of miles than the 
rider has ridden. By 70 miles the crew is beat to hell and one more 
"dear, would you go back to the truck parked 1/8 of a mile down the road 
and get me my lipstick - I look a mess" might be enough to push them 
over the edge. It only gets compounded as they leave the check at 80 
miles and head cross country again usually only arriving at the River a 
few minutes before the riders to have to rush to set up. Then you get to 
Liberty Hall, where there is almost zero parking and the crews have to 
carry eveything a long way - usually in the dark to the check. I suspect 
there are a lot of marriages that end there. I've witnessed what might 
have been the demise of two if not for an independent bystander that 
stepped forward to keep the crew from grabbing the rider by the throat 
and squeezing until their eyes bugged out.

If you are make it through that one - you're probably okay.

However, if you make your crew wear something that they don't consider 
appropriate for the importance of their job- they just might drink the 
Wild Turkey waiting for you at 70 miles and tell you - we're partying 
you're on your own!

I vote for anything other than the Village People.

Truman

*/Bruce Weary DC <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:


>     Jody--
>     If the men are are already enslaved to your service for the day, what
>     difference does it make what the prison uniform looks like? ;> Dr Q
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