Doris | Joining In http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin Like life: a plausible if unlikely story. A tale of the ties that bind, of the creation, interpretation, and suppression of evidence; of genes, of family, tribes, and nations. Shot through with big fish, persuasive rhetoric, and plenty of corporate buffoonery. Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:38:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-Fish-icon-32x32.png Doris | Joining In http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin 32 32 Need a new sign http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin/need-a-new-sign/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:15:55 +0000 http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin/?p=115 The ‘Keep Out’ sign doesn’t look like it’s working. What do these people not understand about the off season? There’s nothing here for you, and yet you still come round here poking about despite my ‘Keep Out’. Maybe I’ll try…

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The ‘Keep Out’ sign doesn’t look like it’s working. What do these people not understand about the off season? There’s nothing here for you, and yet you still come round here poking about despite my ‘Keep Out’. Maybe I’ll try a ‘Unexploded Ordnance’. ‘Plague’.

Some man showed up today — always a man — saw him chasing Robert around but I don’t think he caught him. I gave him the look, and told him he could weigh the place up if he wanted but nothing was open, including the bathrooms (always a good one — then they can only stay as long as it takes to fill their bladders. They know I’m watching them.)

The lake is quiet. I think I hear someone cutting logs over the other side. Dave’s been out on his boat, gave us a wave. Crows are loud. Time for a glass and a cigarette.

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Met Newman today http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin/met-newman-today/ Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:27:31 +0000 http://legallyboundbooks.com/joiningin/?p=128 Not sure how to describe Newman. He showed up this afternoon, I’d seen him before skulking around here — took him for a vagrant or a government flunky. Turns out he’s neither — he intends to take on the lease…

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Not sure how to describe Newman. He showed up this afternoon, I’d seen him before skulking around here — took him for a vagrant or a government flunky. Turns out he’s neither — he intends to take on the lease for this place, would you believe.

I’ve thought about doing that. I’d like to feel more than just the in-place manager. But on the other hand I don’t want to have to deal with the Parks; the current lessee hasn’t dome much for us, but I think that’s down to  us being low on Parks’ totem pole. I wouldn’t want to fight that.

Speaking of totem poles, this Newman is a dead ringer for Fred Jesperson. At least, in the haircut department. We just don’t get haircuts like that over here, really. Too much maintenance, for one thing, keeping all the short bits short and the long bits just-so. Fred says it’s an image thing. First impressions she says, takes the wind out of the opposition’s sails.

I can see that. Anyway Newman, I’m pretty sure, hasn’t thought anywhere hear that much about his haircut. He says he wants the lease, I said why, he said because he wants to live up here, do good things, and make it a little Northwest gem. I have no idea, but apparently he’s something to do with a big corporation — he won’t let on, but I think he’s a bigger wig than he appears. He’ll need cash anyway to take over that lease, and a lot more to do anything with this place beyond unblocking the toilets.

But he seems ok. He has to move pretty quick, that lease is up and if it doesn’t get taken on by someone I don’t know what’ll happen. They could shut down the resort and just use volunteers to put in some trails or something. We were only ever the poor relation to the Coldwater pizazz down at the bay, anyway; visitors would spend a day trip with a packed lunch, and an afternoon wondering why people would actually rent one of those cabins. They might buy a pair of flip-flops. Some stayed to criticize the restaurant.

We’ll see.

 

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