From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Started today. Dates back to Oct 2012. And you can hide it in settings.
ReplyDeleteWhen you're looking at your profile and you scroll down past the cover picture, look to the left of Mr. Jingles.
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ReplyDeleteAlex Mayo : 2,666,154 views.
ReplyDeleteI'm right in that 700k range, too. I didn't know there were that many robot ghosts!
ReplyDeleteLex Larson if you hover over it, it says it's approximate. I wonder how often it updates?
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ReplyDeleteI don't even post public.
ReplyDeleteLex Larson at least a few are me looking for gifs.
ReplyDeleteIt's total content views, not just profile views. And I'm apparently doing a pretty good impersonation of an artistic recluse with just 415,921 views.
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske Makes sense. =) So that's about 3k hits. 990k left!
ReplyDeleteOr alternately, maybe if Paul Czege comments on your shit, or circles you, you don't need to view his profile, because you already know who he is. I'm sure it's that, actually.
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ReplyDeleteI just realized, profiles are public, and this is public if you don't turn it off. It's Google combatting all the assertions that G+ is a wasteland.
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ReplyDeleteCasey Garske Exactly. I encourage the use of the block function.
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