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Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:43:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> James Brown wrote:
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> > This can't be true story... I've been to Thunder Bay - it isn't near
> > anything.
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> 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 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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