From Voyageurs National Park on FB:
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...
I disagree, but since disagreeing with Patrick or his ilk makes me a troll, I'll just sit on my hands.
ReplyDeleteJames Olchak
ReplyDeleteClearly that's not true. You would have needed your hands to write that baiting comment.
And it's not your disagreement that makes you a troll. It's that you feel the need to publicly declare both your disagreement, and your unwillingness to express disagreement for fear of internet name calling. Trolls actively seek conflict, and that's exactly what you're doing.
And I've had a shitty morning, so I'm rising to your bait.
EDIT: lol blocked. Cool beans.
Indeed. Hopefully they'll learn from this (both in this world and the movie's world).
ReplyDeleteThanks Beloch, I knew there were some of you out there unblocked.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Swensen it was too cynical even for me. ”Lol, focus grouping is BS but we did it anyway so enjoy your super dinosaur, plebes.” But the old T Rex wins, so what does that mean? Nothing, probably, because the satire doesn't go very deep.
ReplyDeleteYogurt said it best when he said, ”Merchandising, Merchandising, Merchandising!”
But I enjoyed all the scenes of mayhem, and was fairly entertained for my $7.50.
Beloch Shrike Blocked that dude a while back. Same sort of reasons.
ReplyDeleteMichael R
ReplyDeleteI don't block anybody, he blocked me. Which, I suppose, has become something of an OSR right of passage.
"Do you ignore flame bait, or has James Olchak blocked you?"