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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 4m

— Okay. — What did you get? — Distributor. — H.E.I.? — Yeah. — You gonna pay for that? — Uh — huh. Listen, uh... go over there by those A.M.C.'s. There's a hole in the fence. — Okay. — Just go through there. — All right. — Pick you up on the other side. — How about a lift back into town? — Yeah.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 2h

— What are you runnin' now? — Quadrajet. — Uh — huh. That's all right. — G.M. — Shit, howdy. — Good carburetors. — Yep. Well, that's pretty clean. — Thanks. Hey, I gotta get a front left rotor for the Goat. You need anything? — Yeah, I could get some stuff. — All right. — I'm going. Free ride.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 4h

— It's practically a big block now. — You mill the heads? No, didn't mill the heads. Stock manifolds though, huh? Yeah, I didn't feel like messin' with the - I didn't feel like messin' with those headers. Yeah, the tripower linkage never worked out on that Goat. — Yeah? — Yeah.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 6h

Here's those sockets you loaned me. They're all there. Thanks. About time. Yeah, I loaned them to somebody else though. So you put that 383 bore kit back in here, huh? Yeah, I got the pop-up pistons. — Had the block bored over 30. — Yeah. 400 crankshaft. 400 harmonic balancer.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 8h

That Chevy still poppin' freeze plugs? Shit. No way. It is blowin' power valves though. — Yeah? — Yeah. And that was the same dog he took down to the city jail basement... — when he went to silence Oswald. — Uh — huh. — Hey. — See you guys. Yeah. Later. — Here. — Thanks.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 10h

and how he was icing people at a pretty young age, but, uh... you know, I didn't know all that stuff about his dogs. — Dogs? — Yeah. He was fascinated with his dogs. He had this one dachshund named Sheba that he just took with him everywhere. He treated her like his wife.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 13h

So, what else has been going on? Oh, well, I did find out some really startling information about Jack Ruby. — Uh — huh? — You know... I always knew all that stuff how he had been a hit man for the mob in Chicago... and in New Orleans and stuff...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 15h

— His Life, His Words, His Deeds. — Cool. Yeah, just one more and I'll have the whole set. — All right. — The last one's the Jackie Kennedy issue... that's got those wonderful articles like "How I Told the Children"... and "Why the Eternal Flame" and all that stuff. Uh-huh.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 17h

I'm supposed to be at a movie, so I gotta get a move on. — But I'll look for your book, okay? — Definitely look for it. Profiles in Cowardice or Conspiracy a-Go-Go. — Hey, what's happening? — Hey, not much. How you doing? Oh, pretty good. I just located this wonderful J.F.K. Memorial booklet.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 19h

— Really, really. Yeah. At the White House they were visited all the time by this doctor... that they came to call "Dr. Feel-Good." Oh, it's just crazy. It's just crazy. Well, you know, these all look really good... but I think I'll just wait for your book to come out.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 21h

do something like call it Conspiracy a-Go-Go. That's catchy. Yeah, I like that. I've just expanded and expanded upon it, you know. And I went on - There's this new section about how J.F.K. And Jackie were speed freaks. And they were just hopped up on amphetamines day in and day out. — Is that true?

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And, I mean, he was telling me that it's gonna be a real winner. I was thinking of calling it something like Profiles in Cowardice or something. But he said he didn't think it was too good an idea, you know. And he really thought that maybe I should, uh...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

But, of course, then there's my book, you know. — You've written one of these books? — Well, I've been working on mine. Yeah. It's gonna be good though. It's gonna be this totally new approach. I was just talking with my publisher at this small press.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

where he was supposed to meet with J.D. Tippet... and have their "breakfast of infamy." Yeah, yeah. You know, the waitresses went on record in the Warren Report... — saying that Oswald didn't like his eggs and used bad language. You're kidding. — My goodness. — This is good.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

pull up in front of Oswald's house... — and give this little "Tit — Tit." — "Tit — Tit"? Yeah, yeah. It was the tip-off for Oswald, you know? Yeah, he was supposed to go up the street up Beckly Avenue - he was in Oak Cliff- to go to the Steak and Egg Kitchen...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Forgive my Grief. It is great. 'Cause, you know, this also has all this testimony in it. Like, gosh, you know, they talked to Mrs. Erlene Roberts, you know... who was Oswald's landlady and stuff. Oh, yeah. And she swears that she saw this, uh, Dallas patrol car...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And it's great. It's just got this like second by second account... of just the entire tragic sequence, you know. — That's fascinating. Yeah. — Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But then, of course, then there's my real favorite one right here... which you really should snap up if you can.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Best Evidence. That's the one with all the head-snap stuff in it. — Oh, yeah? — Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Of course, if you like that, you should really read Six Seconds in Dallas... 'cause, you know, Six Seconds is the one that's got all the trajectories... and the triangulation of the bullets and stuff.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

and he was able to just see everything. I really don't know too much about this. I was kind of just flipping through. Oh, well, it's really good. If you like that... you should really read one of the other books around here. It might be here.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It wasn't Oswald that did it. Of course you know it was Jack Ruby. — Oh, really? I didn't realize that. — Oh, yes. This is also the book that's got the testimony of Sam Holland, you know... the Prince of the Puff of Smoke. Yeah, he was up there on the overpass over Dealey Plaza...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's great. Rush to Judgment has all the testimony, you know... of all the witnesses who were never called before the Warren Commission. You know, like Mrs. Aquilla Clemmons... who was that maid who lived on Patton Street who saw the Tippet shooting.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

— Not too much. I graduated a couple of years back. Just pretty much hanging out. — Yourself? — Oh, yeah, you know me. I've been, uh, keeping up with my J.F.K. Assassination theories, you know. — Oh, really? — Yeah. You know, you're reading one of the great books on the subject.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

— Oh, that's an excellent book. — Yeah? — Yeah. Hey. We had a class a couple of years ago, remember? No, what class? It was an anthropology class in ethnographic film. Oh, yeah, yeah. The dancing birth scenes. Those death rituals. — Yeah, yeah. — I remember that. — What have you been up to?

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just need to get away for a little bit. I need some quiet. How about the next show, two hours from now. I'll meet you there. You've been wanting to see it. — Okay. Okay. — Okay? I'll meet you there. See you. Oh, I see you're reading Rush to Judgment. — Oh, yeah. I guess I am.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

— I mean, Bob Dylan. — Let's forget it. We're late. — We've already missed it. — Oh, no. Come on. Come on. We can make it. There's gonna be five minutes of trailers. It'll be no problem. We missed the beginning. Hang it up. I'm gonna go look at some books.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

— The more I get to know you... I just feel sorry for you. — I'm glad they think I'm an asshole. — I bet you are. I don't think anyone who's ever done anything... hasn't been considered an asshole by the general populace. — I mean, look at Freud. — Yeah, let's look at Freud. Man.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Suspect, you're beginning to suspect. Oh, that's rich. That's really rich. So what? At least what is there is based on good sources. At least I'm not chained to this slave morality that seems to rule your life. Thank you very much. You know, everyone else just thinks you're an asshole. — Great.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

and totally unoriginal. Great. Personal attacks now, is that it? I thought we were beyond that. It's like you just pasted together these bits and pieces... from your authoritative sources. I don't know. I'm beginning to suspect maybe there's nothing really in there.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's an escape from working on yourself, from perfecting yourself. Yeah, Mr. Perfect here. You know, that's what I hate. When you start talking like this. It's like you're just pulling these things from the shit you read. You haven't thought it out for yourself, no bearing on the world around us...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

all you're able to see is this base creature in them. You can't see any true potential. I think it's their potential I do see. But it's like all these other futile causes that you fall into. They all stem from a certain weakness. You know, psychologically, helping everyone else out is easier.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I do realize that. There are better ways to help. — I've been looking into these groups. — That's what I'm talking about. That's exactly what I'm talking about. See, we're conditioned to assume... that suffering is bad. It's not. See, when you pity someone...

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Both of them, both of them. It's bad for both of you. Him because it's not really gonna help him. And you because that relationship is naturally going to involve... that condescending element, maybe even contempt. Granted giving the man a quarter isn't gonna change his life around.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

— Come on, I got it for half price. — Budding capitalist youth. — Say, y'all. Y'all got some change. — Yeah. — Nah. — There you go. — Thank you. — You want a soda? — Yeah, I appreciate it. You know, there's something very wrong with that. What, that I gave the guy your Coke? The quarter?

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Whereas he is neither first, nor last, nor only, nor alone... in a series originating in and repeated to infinity." Hey, wait up. — Hey, how's it going? — Hi. Okay. Where have you been? — Oh, nowhere. — We've gotta get a move on. — I got you something. — What? — Great. NutraSweet, my favorite.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"To reflect that each one who enters imagines himself to be the first to enter? "Whereas he is always the last term of a preceding series. "Even if the first term of succeeding ones each imagining himself to be first... "last, only and alone.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What did you do with the bookmark? I didn't do anything with the bookmark. — There wasn't one in there. — This is when Leopold discovers... that he's just been fucked over by his wife. He says, "If he had smiled, why would he have smiled?

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fuck you. I don't wanna read your book. — Here. You read it. — I'm not gonna read this fuckin' book. It will make a lot more sense if you read it. — I'm not gonna — Hey! Goddamn! See how easy that was? — No problem. Now, just — Dick. It all makes sense if you just read this passage here.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Why in the hell is he throwing it in? It's a perfectly good typewriter. The typewriter isn't the point. The point is it symbolizes the bitch that just fucked him over. It symbolizes the bitch that fucked me over six months ago. And it symbolizes the bitch that's gonna fuck you over.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You gotta throw the typewriter in. That's why we brought it here. I been thinking about it. I don't want to throw it in. — This is juvenile. — Here, you shut up. When he throws the typewriter in, read the passage that's marked in the book. Look, man. This is stupid. I'm not gonna throw it in, man.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She's off to a good start. But she's not gonna fuck 'em in this tent. — She's not gonna fuck 'em in this tent. — She's not gonna fuck 'em in this tent. Throw it in. Now the typewriter. — Come on, man. — I don't wanna throw the typewriter in.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

— So what do we do now? I'm really late. — First of all, give him the tent. Now recite exactly what I told you to say and throw the tent in. This was her tent. — I fucked her in this tent. — A little more feeling. I fucked her in this tent. She's probably gonna fuck a lot of other guys.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

— Half price. — Diet Coke and Diet Sprite. — Diet Coke. Hey, come on, man. This shit's getting heavy. — Come on. — No, bug off. I don't want one. — Lighten up a little, why don't you? — Fuck off, kid. — Diet Coke? — Man, you guys got... horrible attitudes. This is it. Put the typewriter right there.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I know something that we could do together... and we wouldn't have to leave the house, and we wouldn't have to buy anything. That's the one thing that would be more effective on my own. — Oh, yeah? — They're back. Whoa! All right! Come on, guys. We're wasting time. — Hey, you want a Coke?

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you're so eager and all fired up... to get out of the house today, why don't you do that? Why don't you go to the drugstore and cash a check... and go to the Kmart and buy a Frisbee. It takes two people to play Frisbee. Well, buy a boomerang. Better yet, I got an idea.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You have to get suntan lotion and insecticide. It's like premeditated fun. It's too hot outside anyway. You know, did it ever occur to you that maybe you're what's oppressive? I mean, "Let's never go out. Let's never venture out of this one-square-mile area." You're just what they want. Look.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

— Well, there is a lake in this town. We could go out there. We could go out to the hills. We could go to the park and play Frisbee. I hate shit like that. All that nature. And the sunlight's so oppressive now. And you don't just go to the lake. You have to prepare for it.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So you're denying that you killed her... and you're denying that you took part in carving her up? — Washing bones. — Why were you washing bones? — They were smelly. — Then why didn't you tell the police God, that is so gross. Hmm? I said it's nice outside. We should go do something. — Like what?

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now you tell me how you can live in an apartment... with the pieces of a person rotting away, with decay and not know it. I was totally sick during that period. So you didn't kill her, but you did carve her up? — No. — Who carved her up? There was, like, three people involved in the carving.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I should know. I'm a medical doctor. I should know. You should quit. You should never, never know. You never know. Hey, watch where the hell you're going.! See, I'm a drifter from Texas. I smoke a lot of pot. Sometimes I trip out to acid. And, uh, wow, it's like the most horrible scene.

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Should Have Stayed at the Bus Station @shouldhavestayed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You should quit traumatizing women... with sexual intercourse. I should know. I'm a medical doctor. You should quit. You should quit. You should - You should quit traumatizing women with sexual intercourse. I should know. You should quit traumatizing women with sexual intercourse.

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