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Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:50:22 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> John Neal wrote:
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> > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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.
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> > You mean you can't even get cell coverage? <shudder> ;-)
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> Neh, just get those snazzy satellite phones. We're going to have to start burrowing
> (lugnet.underground) or flying (lugnet.space) if we want to get away, soon enough.
I'm just waiting for work to give me a pager on a weekend I go caving...
I'd have to pick the muddiest cave possible and see of the pager even
survives...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) we're taking the Boy Scout troop to what they call "cave slimey" next month; the boys who went last time are saying "bring throw-away clothes." sounds like just the ticket! -Steven (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Neh, just get those snazzy satellite phones. We're going to have to start burrowing (lugnet.underground) or flying (lugnet.space) if we want to get away, soon enough. best, Lindsay (who agrees that Thunder Bay is pretty doggone remote.) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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