Doc Story - Notes

Main Plot Points

Character intros and plot setup

Doc comes over to Central Oregon to hang out with Buck, who runs a resort on the shore of one of the high lakes. 

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o   In Bend, Doc sees that Buck is still his old cantankerous self

§  Pissing off a woman at a concert (largesse – large ass)

§  Maybe drilling through a light bulb – or talking about having done it before (80,000 volt flashlight shining through the ass-end of a biting fly)

o   Back at the lake, Buck introduces Doc to his favorite brook trout – which he has caught and released dozens of times over the years .  This will come into play later when a guest catches it, kills it, and plans to eat it. 

o   Doc mentions that he’s retiring, and planning to move to C.O.  Probably wants to live out of town a ways – between La Pine and Sunriver, or somewhere like that

·         The guys come up for an annual camping trip. 

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o   Somewhere along the way, the subject of all of Buck’s marriages comes up.  Doc suggests that he learn to just say, “Thank you, ma’am.  That was a wonderful …. ; then stopping before he adds, “Will you marry me?” 
Somebody suggests that he practice this with [Buddy #2], who gets up and says that he wants no part in this.  He’s seen the relevant part in the restroom at Autzen Stadium, and it scares him … or something to that effect Got this part down

o   At some point, Doc [or maybe Buddy#3] relates a story of his time in Bend, when Virginia tried to get him in trouble with an estranged husband for providing comfort to his wife during their time apart. (see the 'Hosting a Runaway' blog entry for more detail).  

o   Semper Fido is introduced [This will come up later, when a kid gets enraged by the dog’s name]  
o   Subject comes up about somebody's Dad who fell over dead right after bonking his wife - both in their late seventies.
o   Somebody else says 'More likely with me, I'll fall over dead after whacking off.  It'll be up to one of you guys to wipe my hard drive clean.'  Somebody replies, 'I ain't touching it, whether it's hard or not.'



Some kid is there (maybe in Bend or Sunriver), and keeps making rude comments about women.  Buck shuts him down with, 'Son, have you ever even had sex?'  Leads to the clarification that he meant with another human being.    

Buck relates a story about his friend Ray, who had recently passed away.

o   Hated being called 'Ray-Bones', so people mostly just did that when he wasn't around.

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o   Died of alcoholism.  He had stopped drinking a few weeks before he died, but never lost the thirst.

o   Only Buck was with him at the end.  He called Buck over and said, "Smell that, Bucky?  That's the stable. I can smell the stable. I'm heading home."  A couple minutes later, he was dead.  

o  Ray had worked with horses his whole life - everything from ranch work, to a stint on the rodeo circuit.  The job he hated most was leading sad-sack semi-retired horses on trail rides at the Oregon coast.  After his drinking made it impossible for him to hold down any jobs with working horses, this was about all he could get - and eventually, he couldn't even do that.  He said that all these horses thought about, from the moment they saw the saddle, was getting the ride over with, so they could eat some oats at the stable, and just have it over with.  On the way out, with tourists on board, they'd plod like every step was a pain in the ass.  But on the way back, they'd pick up the pace.  And once they got the smell of the stable in their nose, they were unstoppable.  It got to where Ray-Bones would try to arrange the route of the ride, so that they returned from upwind, and the horses were easier to control.  

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Moving over:

Doc moves over from the valley, moving into a medium-size log home in the woods, about a quarter mile from the next house. The guys come over to help, but they're all old, with bad backs, and never were worth a shit anyway.  They just sit around drinking the beer and eating the pizza that was intended for the helpers, while a couple local kids help move things.  

o   He spends time setting up the place

o   Buys firewood from neighbors

o   The subject of why folks call him ‘Doc’ comes up

§  He says it’s because he has a doctorate, not because he’s a medical doctor [This will DEFINITELY come up again, when it’s revealed that he had been an OB-Gyn, but who left his practice a few years before to go into research.  (In the interim, abortion has become illegal.  He never performed one since they were outlawed, but there is a great deal of retroactive morality and judgment in the country – and Doc just prefers to not bring it up].

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