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[Terrance]

David Morris wrote:
> 
> Are you SURE of this?  Lots of bums sloshing through the sewer for no pay?
> City budget only for the cost of guns and ammo, not for the workers?  I
> don't belive those bums weren't THAT stupid!  What could possibly motivate
> the ultimately motivationally-depressed to such volunteerism?
> 
> DM
> 
> >From: Terrance
> >HEY, wait just a minute. They don't get paid to hunt alligators, they are
> >volunteers.

JBFRAME at aol.com wrote:
> 
> See, that's another confusing thing about this deal.  Are they or are they
> not -- volunteers?  The text in a previous chapter certainly mentions the
> volunteer aspect, but it's hard to imagine these guys doing all this dreadful
> work for nothing other than Gotham's good will!!!
> What's the deal?
> 
> jbf

What is the deal? What's Benny's deal? What's Gironimo's
deal? Angel's deal? The one beggar's deal? Mississippi's?
What's the deal for the other bums? The migratory workers?
What about V.A. ("Brushhook") Spugo? 

The Alligators have only been down there for a year or two.
What's up with the Great Sewer Scandel of 1955? Some are
getting paid. Aren't they? Uncle Sam would like to know, I'm
sure, but can we know? Maybe we have to add a few things up.
Days. What calendars should we use? The Chapter we are
reading, it happens to be Chapter 5 (VV boys, that's an
omen, cut the BS and talk Pynchon ;-), is Chapter five ~ In
which Stencil nearly goes West with an alligator V. Nearly
goes West? Stencil with an alligator? What's that all about?
What's with the East side West side? The Uptown Downtown?