Woodstock - SPOILER ALERT
Dave Monroe
against.the.dave at gmail.com
Wed Aug 19 08:32:33 CDT 2009
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM, John Bailey<sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Doc is probably 29. When he turns 30 he won't be able to hear the
> 15.750kw sweep of the TV, which makes him sad...
Seeing as I'm currently wielding a cane (must ... get ... lawn ...), I
read that as being a bit too young for a character I'd been reading as
being rather further on into middle age. But not TOO young ca. 1970
for someone born May 8th, 1937 ...
> Are there any references to Doc having ever surfed, in the novel? He
> does cross the road to check out some longboards at a very odd moment.
As with fucking and paper (GR), seems the only "real" surfing here is
on the ARPAnet ...
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