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The competitor is driven hundreds of miles away and comes back on its own. Here are twelve.
1. It Was a Properly Organised Sport
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This was not a…
Cash at the turnstile, no ticket, no seat, and scores posted as letters. Here are seventeen.
1. There Were No Seats, and Nobody Thought That Was Odd
The great majority…
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Nobody was there by choice, and everybody behaved beautifully. Here are twelve.
1. You Were There Because You Had To Be
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Nobody went for pleasure. Either the house…
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Unannounced, up a ladder, with a bucket and a piece of leather. Here are ten.
1. He Arrived Without Warning
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There was no appointment, no card through the…
The useful question about any remote place is not how far it is but what specifically makes it hard to reach, because distance, terrain, water and season each produce completely…
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What made the old barber shop different from anywhere else was that nobody had an appointment, so everybody waited together, and the waiting was most of the experience. Here…