# clayton\_e on park bench. Updates/Comments **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796 "2002-08-27T17:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/1 "2002-08-27T17:24:02Z")
Clayton’s still on his park bench, working on completing hour #4, so I’m doing his Doping for him. He wrote down some stuff for me to type here (typos corrected by me). Clayton\_e wrote: > [@](#): > > Hello to all, doing fine here. Very peaceful. If any of you have requests for signs (Palve will take pics for the website) just post them here. > > I took panoramic pics (just took like 8 pics side by side). They’ll be up on the site in a while. > > Have a good one, > Clay (Journal so far is below) > [@](#): > > Start: 9:39 a.m. Writing in a permanent marker, Sharpie. Forgot a pen, will try to get sne soon. I’m eating those mini carrots, good breakfast. > > 10:20: Not much going on, a little chilly, but that’ll change soon (I have been watching the boundary between the shadow and the sun move closer and closer to me). Read some of the book “No Logo”. Pretty interesting. > > 10:25: A state prisoner van passed by. An inmate waved. Not sure what to think, just glad they didn’t stop. Guy across the street just came out on his second cigarette break from Mailboxes Etc. > > 10:35: Son of a bitch. I was taking pictures to try to make a panoramic view and a huge-ass SUV parks right in front of me. > > 10:39: 1 hour down. It’s getting warmer, I see the boundary between shadow and sunlight is creeping ever closer. Thankfully the SUV moved after only a few min. These mini carrots are good, but I gotta ration them. > > 10:55: Someone just carried a large chair past me and down the road out of sight. Little kids are playing with little poppers, the things you throw on the ground and they make a loud _pop_! > > 11:13: A guy just walked past carrying skis. Go figure, it’s like 80[sup]o[/sup]. I can now stick my foot into the sunlight. _Shoo!_ _Shoo!_ > > 11:20: The guy carrying the skis just went past in the other direction. > > 11:30: Palve’s dad drove past. > > 11:47: More than 2 hours done. Just talked with my 8th grade English teacher. > > 12:07: Palve’s mom just waved hello. > > 12:12: A red truck trying to park barely missed hitting me. Driver was very apologetic. The small hole that used to hold the antenna now holds a feather for some reason. I wonder how they keep it from falling out… > > 12:39: 4 hours down. Palve just stopped in. Nothing else to note. > > 12:55: Yay. Palve brought a Snickers bar. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/2 "2002-08-27T17:44:09Z")
What the heck? ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/3 "2002-08-27T19:03:29Z")
A sign suggestion: “Honk if you’re a Doper!” Although… maybe not. P’r’aps “Honk if you dig the SDMB!” instead? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/4 "2002-08-27T19:03:39Z")
Where is all of this going on? Big city? Small town? Are there lots of people passing by, or is it fairly quiet? It’s probably going to be a long day for him… ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/5 "2002-08-27T19:05:11Z")
Oh, I forgot. Pics for “the website” - what website would that be? ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/6 "2002-08-27T19:07:10Z")
See [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132595) for the set-up. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/7 "2002-08-27T19:17:54Z")
Where is he, exactly? If it’s convenient I might stop by to say “Hi.” If he’s in Schenectady or Cohoes or some such place, I’ll give it a miss. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/8 "2002-08-27T19:22:38Z")
Proposed sign: **"Look Out Behind You!"** ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/9 "2002-08-27T21:05:39Z")
This is happening in a small village in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. When the pictures get uploaded to the website, I’ll post the link up here. He’s doing pretty well without too many liquids, and the sun just set behind the buildings across the street, so he’s not too hot. I’ll give him the sign suggestions now, as I’m just on my way out to visit him again. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/10 "2002-08-27T21:35:14Z")
How about a sign: I’m a Doper, YMMV. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/11 "2002-08-28T01:39:59Z")
More journal entries from Clayton: > [@](#): > > 1:45: My writings are becoming less frequent due to the fact that NOTHING IS HAPPENING! Aack. bored. > > 1:55: There’s an SUV parked to my right and a large van parked to my left. Both with New Jersey plates. I feel scared/small. > > 2:15: Palve brought me a pen. Yay, and the big van left. > > 2:23: Palve sneezed. > > 3:15: Boredom has hit. I’ll read some more of “No Logo”. > > 3:52: A guy just walked past with a very large aloe plant and a beer. > > 4:15: Palve keeps on moving a pebble just out of the shade of a nearby building by just a small distance, then remarks with amazement when the shadow passes over it. > > 4:17: YAY! Kerri (works at the bookstore) brought me pudding cups! > > 5:50: Some shops are starting to close. > > 6:15: Just realized there are clocks in the window across the street. Watching them also. The bookstore is closed now. I can hear the news faintly from an above window, something about Iraq. > > 6:45: Remembered I needed a manila envelope for some business papers. Yelled over and asked the price. 25 cents was the answer. “Come on in” she said. I explained my predicament. They were amused and refused payment for the envelope (and they delivered!) > > 7:00: The paper came and interviewed me. They said it couldn’t be anonymous ☹ Oh well. At least I don’t go to school in this town anymore, that could seriously get my ass kicked. And Palve’s mom just went to go visit Palve’s sister in college. She stopped by and said she’d bring me back some pizza. Yay. > > 7:35: Damn it’s getting cold! > > 7:55: It’s getting much darker now. > > 8:13: Palve brought flashlight, Sobe, and mini 3 Musketeers bars. Pizza will come soon. Yay. And those pictures are [up.](http://www.trulyrandom.4t.com) Just click “Park Bench” on the menu at the left. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/12 "2002-08-28T04:53:00Z")
I just have to say, this is pretty damned exciting. I’m on the edge of my seat… wait, I just took my books off of my chair… ah, no longer on the edge of my seat, but still waiting to hear what happens next. ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/13 "2002-08-28T07:48:23Z")
I have the journal from 11:30 on, but I’m too cold and tired to post it now. My fingers are frozen (hindering typing) and I’m very sleepy, so I’ll just post the most recent entry. > [@](#): > > 3:10: I was listening to music from an apartment upstairs for a while, about 5 min ago they went to bed. > > A guy (same one who brought me my 2:00 meal) came up to me and said “You may say you don’t have a reason, but everything has a reason. I really don’t know you and you don’t knew me, but the thing I know about you is that you’re keeping a secret. The secret is the reason you’re here doing this.” > > He’s right. I guess the real reason is because I want to give people a break from their everyday lives. ---
**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/14 "2002-08-28T08:08:52Z")
Umm…interesting photo set-up on the web page. BTW, what does Scheefers sell? ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/15 "2002-08-28T11:17:47Z")
I got beat up. at 5:15 this morning 3 guys came up and beat the shit out of me for no fucking reason. A guy across the street came out as the guys left, he took care of me until the police came. I’m sick of all of this, sick of this town, sick of the people there, sick of it all. Fuck it. I’m going to bed. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/16 "2002-08-28T12:29:29Z")
:eek: Damn, I hope he’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/17 "2002-08-28T14:58:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palve \* > **This is happening in a small village in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.** Holy cow! He must be fairly close to me. Although Adirondack Park is a large place. **Palve** , could you let me know what town he’s in? Either here or send me an e-mail. Honey ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/18 "2002-08-28T15:20:48Z")
**clayton\_e** , _seriously???_ I hope you’re okay. That sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/19 "2002-08-28T15:34:16Z")
**Palve** Nevermind, I just looked at his pics and I know where he is. It sucks that some assholes could find it good sport to beat someone up for no reason. Tell him we hope he’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796/20 "2002-08-28T16:41:44Z")
I hate stupid people. I say we all go find those guys and beat THEM up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clayton_e-on-park-bench-updates-comments/125796.md?page=2)