From: TexDyer@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:53 PM
To: billhenderson; gfalsetti@adelphia.net
Subject: THERE IS NO " W " IN DYER
I WELCOME MYSELF BACK TO THE LAND OF THE LIVING.............. FOR THE LAST WEEK, I HAVE FOUGHT WITH AOL AND THEIR AUTOMATED
" TRULY ADVANCED " PHONE SYSTEM AND FINALLY FOUND AN AOL TECHKIE
WHO KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING...............THUS, I HAVE AN AVAILABLE
OUTSOURCE FOR THE SAGA IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE U.S. IS A MELTING POT FOR CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES WHILE CANADA IS A TOSSED SALAD FOR THE SAME REASON.
WELL...........YA' COULDA FOOLED ME..............THE WHITE ANGLO-SAXON
PROTESTANT BORDER GUARD CONTRASTED VIVIDALY WITH THE
ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK PUNJABI TO MY CAB DRIVER WHO COULD NOT EVEN SPELL
OLCOTT ,NEW YORK........MUCH LESS FIND IT............. I GAVE UP IN SOME SMALL TOWN 4 MILES SHORT OF MY GOAL
AND FOUND THE ONLY OPEN BAR AT 11:30 IN THE MORNING.
THE LOCAL INHABITANTS OF THAT SAME BAR........TOOK PITY ON A STRANGER
IN A STRANGE LAND AND OFFERED TO DRIVE ME TO THE MARINA.................
I SEEM TO EXIST ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS ROD HAD LAUNCHED THE BOAT AND GUY WAS THERE TO WALK ME THOUGH THE
INITIALIZATION PROCESS.......HOW THE AUTO-HELM WORKED ..........THE FACT THAT
THE VHF .............DIDN"T.........BUT THE MOTOR DID AND AN EXTRA 2 GALLONS OF
GAS.............JUST IN CASE NO SAILS SET...............NO VHF..........AN UNTRIED MOTOR............. AND A COMPASS COURSE DICTATED BY SOMEONE YOU NEVER MET IN YOUR LIFE
..............WHAT THE HELL........LET"S GO FOR IT THE LAKE IS A MILLPOND...............NOT A BREATH OF WIND ONE MILE OFF OLCOTT
AND I HAVE 5OO YARD VISIBILITY.............IN EVERY DIRECTION........NO WAY I CAN
SET SAIL - IT IS THE MOTOR AND THE COMPASS COURSE AND ME FOR THE NEXT
8 AND 1/2 HOURS..............I KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT IF I CAN NOT DO THIS , I
AM GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF HURT COME THE ALANTIC! I ALMOST RAN AGROUND ON THE TORONTO ISLANDS............SO MUCH FOR VISIBILITY
..........I CAME AROUND TO THE EASTERN GAP AND MADE FOR THE NATIONAL YACHT
CLUB WHERE LUIS PEREZ THE OWNER OF PATAGONIA BOAT WORKS HAD WAITED
AN EXTRA 2 HOURS TO MEET ME HE HAD ALREADY DEVISED A PLAN TO INSTITUTE
AN OFF-SHORE SEARCH WITH THE HARBOUR AUTHORITIES WERE I NOT VISIBLE IN
THE NEXT 30 MINUTES..................I WAS COLD..............I KISSED THAT DOCK.............
I'M GOING TO BE A BASKET CASE BY THE TIME I REACH THE AZORES...............
IF AOL DOESN"T GET ME FIRST ! BILL............I SEEM TO HAVE LOST SOME E-MAILS IN THIS TRANSITION PROCESS..
I THINK YOU HAD SOMEONE TO TALK WITH ME ? GUY...........YOU HAD SOME PHOTOGRAPHS ? CAN YOU SEND THEM TO MY WIFE?.....
......MIGHT BE THE LAST SHE SEES OF ME....................... PDYER@DINNINGHUNTER.COM THANKS ! O.K. KIDS...........I'M NOT DEAD YET..............LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD..... ..............JOHN IS AT 905 642 6424 ROOM 104 LUIS IS AT 416 237 0572 JIM HAMMOND IS AT 416 203 1058 LET'S PARTY JOHN DYER
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