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Riverton? How did Jack know?
jimnick:
--- Quote from: Allan on Jan 22, 2006, 08:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Allan on Jan 22, 2006, 04:13 PM ---If you find someone badly enough... You find away.
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Sorry... that should have read... "If you WANT TO find someone badly enough... You find a way."
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Your point was clear and you are right!
:)
Toadily:
I am a bit embarressed cause picking at this is trekkie-ish but in the script Alma says there is a little place "in Riverton" seems if you lived in Riverton you would just call it town. But anyways, who cares, he found him, maybe he asked around.
bhebbe:
I think I know the answer ... I grew up in that area of the country. We didn't have addresses. Believe it or not, the postal worker knew where everyone lived - i.e. General Delivery - if you know where this person lives, please deliver. When the area grew a little, a second postal worker was hired, and then we got addresses - Route 1 or Route 2. I think was brillant for Jake to take the shot gun approach to locate his soul mate. I think it was probably one of the many cards he wrote. One for every post office in the state. We would have done the same.
jimnick:
--- Quote from: bhebbe on Jan 23, 2006, 10:56 AM ---I think I know the answer ... I grew up in that area of the country. We didn't have addresses. Believe it or not, the postal worker knew where everyone lived - i.e. General Delivery - if you know where this person lives, please deliver. When the area grew a little, a second postal worker was hired, and then we got addresses - Route 1 or Route 2. I think was brillant for Jake to take the shot gun approach to locate his soul mate. I think it was probably one of the many cards he wrote. One for every post office in the state. We would have done the same.
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You're right. Alma did say the post card came General Delivery, didn't she. I have a nephew in southeastern Kentucky, everything I send to him is sent to his name, care of general delivery, county name and zip code. So, I guess this works in rural areas, but don't try it in San Francisco.
thanks for the insight...
Jim
Walford:
Toadily, thanks for expanding my understanding of the story!
Jack went back to Joe Aguirre not to find work, but to find Ennis. I think the movie makes that clear.
I never realized until now that Jack spent four years searching for Ennis.
Wow.
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