BEg2 ch 18 quick summary, private noses

[Allen Ruch]

I am 100% convinced the boat trip to Staten Island was also foreshadowing. As I mentioned in a previous post, it's where they stored the wreckage from 911. The lines:

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The industrial racket from back in the marshland behind the giant cliffs of ruin has grown continuous. Now and then workers, in long-standing Sanitation Department tradition, have lengthy exhilarated screaming exchanges. "Strange shift to be working," it seems to Maxine.

"Yeah. Nice overtime for somebody. Almost like they're up to something they don't want anybody to know about. [...] Either they're playing catch-up or they're getting it ready to open for dump business again."

A presidential visit? Somebody's making a movie? Who knows.

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—Quail

PS: I was the one hating on Steely Dan! It was me! MEEEEEEEEE!!! We hatesss them forever, nasssssty smooth production, sssss! 

On 2/11/22, 5:59 AM, "Pynchon-l on behalf of Mark Kohut" <pynchon-l-bounces at waste.org on behalf of mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

    So far, 9/11 foreshadowings are pretty minimal it seems to me.  Unknown
    money flow, some Middle Eastern folks,
    what'd I miss?