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Boring as a speaker, but amazing as a writer and even better as an outdoorsman.
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Rip Patrick McManus,
I don't remember right off reading his material but the characters Crabtree and Muldoon do ring a bell.Pt 2010, Long Haul 2011,12,13,14,15,16,17, 18, 19, 23
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The stories and the Last Laugh were my favorites!Comment
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RIP...Patrick & Tammy
- Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??Comment
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RIP Patrick, what a great writer.
My favorite tale of his was about the timber wolf that chased him on his bicycle.Charter member of the Turd NuggetsComment
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One of my favorite writers growing up...was the only reason I read Outdoor Life. Best story I read involved a turkey with a stomach issue interrupting a turkey hunt.Editor-at-Large at...well, here, of course!
"Remy-Z, you've outdone yourself again, I thought a Mirada was the icing on the cake of rodding, but this Imperial is the spread of little 99-cent candy letters spelling out "EAT ME" on top of that cake."Comment
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when he was on his roll, he didn't have a 'bad' story, but my favorite has to be the grasshopper trap with 'the night the bear ate goomba' being a close second.
When I was going to academy day (day with 8th graders go to the high school to be measured for lockers) the night before I stayed at my friend's house with another of our friends. Both he and the other guy were reading the articles in his older brother's Playboys. I was reading "A Fine and Pleasant Misery" - and laughing so hard I was in tears. My friends were both telling me to shush because they were afraid they would get caught with their reading material.
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That's sad to hear. My wife had bought me one of his books where he tried to explain his writing as a birthday present a few days ago.Comment
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I use his Panic* story in teaching new SARs about getting and remaining unlost.
*he relates how professionals tell you first not to panic, he disagrees then describes different methods of panic from ricochet to full bore linear panics; he also explains group panics and how to deal with people who argue with their compass.Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; April 17, 2018, 03:56 PM.Doing it all wrong since 1966Comment
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I never heard of him but he sounds like a character . R I PPreviously HoosierL98GTAComment
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my favorite was fenton quagmire.
i read all of mcmanus' books, i think
my fav was 'they shoot canoes dont they'.Comment
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My fav that I'm sure we can all relate to is his story about how to get your wife to come out and help you wire up trailer lights!Comment
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