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

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:06:34 -0800, "why?" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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>"Gary S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:30:40 +0000, Peter Clinch
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>>> Hey, cut the guy some slack.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Happy trails,
>> Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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>And his van was broken into while he was "homesteadibg:

Wilderness. Ask him to define wilderness. Wilderness in the Lower
Peninsula? Wilderness in the Upper Peninsula? Ask him.

An Old Yooper
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