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Earth_First

(14,910 posts) Sat Oct 11, 2014, 05:27 AM Oct 2014

"We were somewhere outside Barstow..."

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"We were somewhere outside Barstow..." (Original Post) Earth_First Oct 2014 OP

If you were in Barstow, you were already in the desert. Maybe the nip altered your perspective. Shrike47 Oct 2014 #1

Well now that was a buzz kill. loudsue Oct 2014 #2

Wouldn't that depend on the direction you're going? Ron Obvious Oct 2014 #6

OK, that wins the Internet. CaptainTruth Oct 2014 #3

One of the funniest movies Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #4

haven't seen it, but the book's one of my all-time favorites eShirl Oct 2014 #5

the movie is as close a reproduction of the book barbtries Oct 2014 #7

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

1. If you were in Barstow, you were already in the desert. Maybe the nip altered your perspective.

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 07:28 AM

Oct 2014

loudsue

(14,087 posts)

2. Well now that was a buzz kill.

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 07:47 AM

Oct 2014

Talk about harshing someone's mellow.

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

6. Wouldn't that depend on the direction you're going?

Reply to Shrike47 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:49 AM

Oct 2014

Maybe our friend was going west, southwest, leaving the desert and used a liberal value of "outside"?

CaptainTruth

(6,594 posts)

3. OK, that wins the Internet.

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 08:27 AM

Oct 2014

We can all turn our computers off & go home now.

I'll go read my Hunter collection again.

RIP Hunter ... we miss your words.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

4. One of the funniest movies

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 08:34 AM

Oct 2014

ever made.

eShirl

(18,494 posts)

5. haven't seen it, but the book's one of my all-time favorites

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 10:15 AM

Oct 2014

barbtries

(28,799 posts)

7. the movie is as close a reproduction of the book

Reply to eShirl (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:58 AM

Oct 2014

as any movie i have ever seen. Johnny Depp is terrific in it. i love them both.

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