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Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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Date: 
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:43:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
James Brown wrote:

This can't be true story... I've been to Thunder Bay - it isn't near
anything.

That is just flat out not true. It is too "near something"... near the
end of the earth.

Nah, you must be misteaken.  Thunder Bay isn't near Yellowknife.  ;)

We (my inlaws and their friends) own a cabin (well, technically 99 year
crown lease) at mile 180 1/2 Algoma Central railway. That's a wayback
spot, you can't drive to within 10 miles of it, you can only walk,
train, canoe or fly in. The cabin itself is the other side of a lake and
you have to bring a motor with you, but there are boats always left on
the embankment. No running water, no electricity, and definitely no
phones.

Cool.  We have one of those too, except ours isn't quite so remote - just a 15
minute hike from the nearest highway (or a half-hour paddle across the lake).
Running water is provided courtesy of gravity.  But ditto on the no phones.
When my great-uncle built it though, it was that remote - because the highway
wasn't there yet.

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



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(...) That is just flat out not true. It is too "near something"... near the end of the earth. We (my inlaws and their friends) own a cabin (well, technically 99 year crown lease) at mile 180 1/2 Algoma Central railway. That's a wayback spot, you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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