Re: Excerpt: The Log Cabin: An Adventure - Chapt. 4

Gary S. wrote:

> Hey, cut the guy some slack.
>
> I'm sure his local cooper's shop was busy, and unable to provide a
> wooden barrel, as used by homesteaders of an earlier time. The poly
> drum is a modern equivalent.
>
> Homesteaders did have some technology of the time backing them up,
> especially being able to buy tools and supplies. If Len's project
> involved making all of those things from scratch, it would have taken
> far longer than 18 months.

Fair comment, and I would be *very* surprised if Len doesn't know one 
helluva lot more than me on the subjects he writes about.

But... Chris Townsend, Outdoor Writer, also knows far more than me on 
the subjects on which he writes, but doesn't talk down to people as if 
they've crawled out from under a slimy rock and are failing to be duly 
grateful for being in his presence.  Len does rather set himself up for 
any slack being reeled tightly in, hence the mock-html and smiley on my 
comment.

Pete.
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