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Old 01-10-2023, 01:54 AM   #53 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Back in the last Century, I traveled to computer trade shows in San Francisco*, Las Vegas and New Orleans. I could live for a day (and a half) on a mix of nuts and raisins I could carry in a pocket.

*I tried VR goggles there in the mid-1990s. Definitely not ready for prime time.
I went for a day and a half in Hawaii (Kawaii) on a $2 Costco polish dogs and what I thought at the time were bargain priced beef sticks. Turns out they were beef (hearts). You get hungry enough and you eat it. Hiked 26 miles (water fall detour included) on the kalalau trail in jeans, a tee shirt, a water pump, and beef hearts. Slept in the open which fortunately didn't rain, because I had no shelter or waterproof clothing. Rained the whole hike out though, which was still miserably hot.

With some trail jogging, I made it back in time to pick my friends up from the airport, despite some lowlife siphoning my mostly full fuel tank of most of its fuel.
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