h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hello again, my lovely lederhosen
It has been several weeks since my last entry, and I'd like to say I've spent the time bettering humanity; only I havn't.
Thats not to say I havn't been busy, oh no, not by a long shot over third; my bases have been loaded and my plate has been full while the pot overflows.
I have worked enough to double my paychecks, but don't tell the IRS lovely lavender lace lingerie that they are; they'd only want more of it
I have also completed my Haunted House tour guide outfit. We're doing a Ghost Town, so I'm doing a Gunslinger; and the best part about it is it's all useable stuff
Full length Oilskin coat (although on me it's a 3/4, I'm 6'6" )
Oiled leather hat, collapsible. I can curl it up and stick it in my pocket, and it'll spring back into shape!
Oiled leather boots. Just got them yesterday, and they'll also finish my Renaissance outfit, which is VERY handy 'cause King Richards Faire is in town
And my Fiance is going to lend me one of her old rifles (she was once considered for the Olympic Shooting team )
Add her painting me up to look dead, and I should be someone you'd like to guide you through a Haunted House, right?
"Dead Gunslinger in Devils Gulch", got a sort of ring to it, don't you think?

I have also discovered a flaw in my current temporary monitary supplimation. That flaw is best described as "New England Winters"
Now I know the rest of the world gets snow, some get considerably more than we do. But I can not beleive there is anywhere else where it is greeted with such a Gung-Ho attitude as in the NorthEast USA. People tend to get a bit crazy, wanting to take the elements on in true 'live free or die' fasion.
I also beleive that snow was taken into consideration in the design of most places which receive it, not so here. We (the NorthEast in General, MA and NH in specific) are built on land between mountain and sea, namely foothills; hills being the operative word.
My $$$ in Courrier-dom is based on being able to get around the state, and usually AROUND the Highways.
Snow + hills, as well as very small and numerous backroads; and you end up with either:
=impassable roads, or
=real life pinball machine

So again I'm gripped in the throughs of a mental tailspin, which is also a contributing factor to my absence from Hootoo, as well as a very splendid and worthwhile story contained therein
I'll try to keep my onlineness to a maximum, and my oneness to a minimum.

Murray

yay, you're back (sort of) Ooo your Fiance sounds very formidable! We need women like her!!!

Well, technicly I was never "gone", I just couldn't seem to find the time to do more than keep up with the backlog, yours included. Sorry to hear you quit the team...still running?

OOOOOOHHHHH 6ft 6" cowboy: wow!!! Don't letlady Karen hear about this!!!

Just as well your fiancé is fully armed!

zdt

Yes I do run, just not as often or as much or as fast as the Coaches required. Ooo, 6'6?

well, in the immortal words of Ron White:

I'm 6'4" to 6'6" depending on which convenient store I happen to be leaving (I'm not sure if they do this "over there", but here the stores mostly have height strips on the doorframe, for ID purposes ) Then you add in the 1" or so for the heels of the new boots and yah, I beleive I'll be an imposing enough figure

Of course I'm going to have to practice my wild west accent...Yeehaw, partner!
I tend towards the British when it comes to theatrical accents

Glad you're still running Elwyn it's always better to do something because you want to, rather than having someone tell you to