Thank you.
I want to comment on the “car on the road” and the “car in the ditch”. It reminds me of a personal thing. I did a walk a number of years ago. I lost weight, trained, and walked from Tobermory to my little town of Sebringville. I had an agreement with the local newspaper to call them every day at nine o'clock.
On the first day I called in I had walked for a couple of days, and the day before I had walked 27 miles. They asked where I was, and I told them. They asked how I was feeling, and I said I was fine. They asked if there was anything wrong, and I said no, but I have a blister. So it came out in the paper that Shellenberger had developed a blister on his walk. The next day when I called in, the very first thing they asked was, “How is your blister?” I said, “I got two more.”
It's like “car in the ditch, car in the ditch”. People back home thought I was crawling down the road on my hands and knees with these big blisters. They were sore, but I made it through. That really sold newspapers. In fact, by the end of the week, when I finally got home, the people were very relieved that I was finally there. But the interest wasn't necessarily in me walking down the road. As soon as I was in the a bit of distress or “in the ditch”, that's what sold the papers.
So I know what you're talking about, from that particular instance. That's just a little history. Sorry about that.
Mr. Scott.