Why, thanks
For letting me in.

Resident Loon - I have the utmost respect for you - a 'Mercan with a sense of irony.

I have spent many happy months in America, playing what I call Mr Disappointed pinball.

This comprised of me having an unlimited Greyhound pass, courtesy of my former employers, and a lot of disposable money.

Rules of the game - go to the Greyhound depot in wherever I was and saying "I want to go somewhere 24 hours away."

Worst result - Grand Rapids, Michigan. The dullest place in the Western world.

Best result - Eugene, Oregon. The biggest, longest, most sustained party I've ever been to. Where The Onion started, I believe.

Anyway. I sort of feel I belong. Thanks, chaps.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 16 Jan 2009, 22:51, Reply)