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Post #61,517
by jake123
11/6/02 9:16:39 PM
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New Re: I was there from 73 to 76 off and on
Yeah, we've talked about that:) It's true... it's very rare for a gov't to last more than two mandates in Qc since Duplessis... I guess les citoyennes learned something from that debacle.

I've never done the Cantons de l'est, myself, and I'm far more familiar with Northern Ontario (something about 30 years in On contra 5 years in Qc). OTOH, if you're ever up this way, I'll take you down on the Main and we'll have a grand old time.

Also, if you are into that canoeing thing... I can highly recommend Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
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Post #61,519
by boxley
11/6/02 9:27:14 PM
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New spent 2 weeks in my youth doing algonquin park
in Ont, my ideal trip would be great slave lake thru the Mkenzie drainage accross to Point Barrow AK take about 3 months. Well I can hope to win the lottery.
thanx,
bill
will work for cash and other incentives [link|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html|skill set]

"Money for jobs? No first you get the job, then you get the money" Raimondo
Post #61,525
by jake123
11/6/02 9:31:05 PM
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New National Geographic
About ten-fifteen years ago had a huge article and photo spread of someone who did just that... except that he started on the shore of the Hudson's Bay... and he walked the whole way. It took him something like a year and a half to walk all the way to Alaska.
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Post #61,549
by boxley
11/6/02 11:38:56 PM
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New walking is for idiots (I know)
I wanted to do the Ididarod trail in the summer when it wasnt so cold. Took me 3 days to get to happy river in water from my knees to my waist most of the time. There is a reason people establish camps in the summer and travel thru the winter.
thanx,
bill
will work for cash and other incentives [link|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html|skill set]

"Money for jobs? No first you get the job, then you get the money" Raimondo
Post #61,714
by Ashton
11/7/02 5:25:55 PM
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New That sounds a lot like
something Colin Fletcher would do! He's a Welshman with US citizenship, but none of the Disneyland stuff has infected or inflected him. A genuine (backpacking) Icon here, having many revisions of The Complete Walker, The Thousand Mile Summer and other books to his credit.

Alas though I've know him for many years, I haven't visited him in Monterey (Calif. not Monterrey Mex!) for several years - to catch the latest drift. He's walked from Canadian to Mexican borders (maybe further into Canada than I suppose), the Grand Canyon etc.

So if he ain't the guy.. he could do this walk in a trice ;-)
(Hell he also plays exc. tennis in his age group ~ well over 70 by now.) Exciting stuff.. but not quite enough to galzanize us lazy sods into such heroic Gestes, mes amis.


Ashton

Irrelevant note: he does his writing on a green screen, DOS, WP 5.1 - and his publishers accommodate that because they must! I've set up a couple of his machines in past (incl. a spare 486 - hell a 386 was already plenty fast) but fortunately he has someone local to handle the magic now. I showed him Windoze once and he said ~ "who needs all that crap - I write; I don't play with this &^$&^#.." [cackle] Man after own heart..
Post #61,836
by jake123
11/8/02 9:51:44 AM
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New This walk in a trice? Not too sure about that...
It's significantly more than a thousand miles. It can't be done in summertime only. That means you're going to have to walk all winter. If he's spent all his time South of the Border, he might discover that the winter up there is different from anything he's ever experienced before... -50 degrees is a normal daytime temp.\r\n\r\nHere's an interesting far north trivia for you... if you have a car/truck/whatever that runs on gasoline and/or diesel, for about six months you can't turn it off unless it's in a heated garage. If you don't... the fuel will freeze in the fuel line and you'll have to wait till spring. It's one of the reasons we (Canada) have the highest per capita energy consumption rates in the world... any industry in the far north needs energy and lots of it just to keep the joint from freezing into immobility for the winter.
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Post #61,916
by Ashton
11/8/02 5:51:07 PM
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New Heh.. see your point.__ Also Canada (parts in winter)
seems to make about as much sense for human habitation as.. Vegas [any time of the year]. We did Vegas for Pure Murican genetic Greed: What's the excuse of Candians ?? :-\ufffd

(Yeah, believe shorts is his major uniform - whereas you seem to be describing another Survival Tee Vee show, with little to do re enjoying one's presence in nature. Seems more like "how to survive on Mars" than.. anything remotely er 'spiritually uplifting' and all ;-)


Ashton
not knocking Canada/Canadians mind you - may well have to seek refuge there, if Murica morphs much further into Ashcroft/Cheney/Dubya-LaLaLand, y'know?
At least youse guys are Americans too! - we ain't got no monopoly on the continent (well.. Hegemony R' US of cour$e, but..)
     Army laser shoots down supersonic ballistic projectile - (marlowe) - (41) - Nov. 6, 2002, 11:27:34 AM EST
         MrEd: While Wilbur was Away - (deSitter) - Nov. 6, 2002, 11:44:12 AM EST
         How much are you willing to pay for it? - (jake123) - (39) - Nov. 6, 2002, 12:09:01 PM EST
             Billions for defense, not one cent for tribute. - (marlowe) - (38) - Nov. 6, 2002, 05:32:08 PM EST
                 Point of inquiry - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 6, 2002, 06:21:18 PM EST
                     Brevity is the soul of wit. - (marlowe) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2002, 01:14:09 PM EST
                         Witless cant __!= 'brevity'__ == pap. -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 7, 2002, 05:02:16 PM EST
                 I didn't ask you that. - (jake123) - (34) - Nov. 6, 2002, 07:56:45 PM EST
                     lets return the favor I say we pay 1/2 - (boxley) - (9) - Nov. 6, 2002, 08:44:49 PM EST
                         Hehehe... - (jake123) - (8) - Nov. 6, 2002, 08:53:05 PM EST
                             I was there from 73 to 76 off and on - (boxley) - (7) - Nov. 6, 2002, 08:57:17 PM EST
                                 Re: I was there from 73 to 76 off and on - (jake123) - (6) - Nov. 6, 2002, 09:16:39 PM EST
                                     spent 2 weeks in my youth doing algonquin park - (boxley) - (5) - Nov. 6, 2002, 09:27:14 PM EST
                                         National Geographic - (jake123) - (4) - Nov. 6, 2002, 09:31:05 PM EST
                                             walking is for idiots (I know) - (boxley) - Nov. 6, 2002, 11:38:56 PM EST
                                             That sounds a lot like - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2002, 05:25:55 PM EST
                                                 This walk in a trice? Not too sure about that... - (jake123) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2002, 09:51:44 AM EST
                                                     Heh.. see your point.__ Also Canada (parts in winter) - (Ashton) - Nov. 8, 2002, 05:51:07 PM EST
                     I'm willing to pay whatever it takes. - (marlowe) - (23) - Nov. 7, 2002, 01:17:49 PM EST
                         In short, you can't answer the question. - (jake123) - (17) - Nov. 7, 2002, 01:29:55 PM EST
                             It's worse than that... - (Simon_Jester) - (4) - Nov. 7, 2002, 02:50:20 PM EST
                                 That's exactly the point I was trying to make to him. -NT - (jake123) - (3) - Nov. 7, 2002, 03:43:27 PM EST
                                     Which is, of course - the game plan of every - (Ashton) - Nov. 7, 2002, 05:33:29 PM EST
                                     Which is, of course,... - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 7, 2002, 06:30:22 PM EST
                                         I just want to see if he will do otherwise. - (jake123) - Nov. 8, 2002, 09:54:23 AM EST
                             Cost benefit analysis? Let's see yours. - (marlowe) - (11) - Nov. 8, 2002, 11:18:35 AM EST
                                 No you are not. - (Brandioch) - Nov. 8, 2002, 11:58:02 AM EST
                                 Sure. - (jake123) - Nov. 8, 2002, 12:36:34 PM EST
                                 I'd first like to see.... - (Simon_Jester) - (8) - Nov. 8, 2002, 01:17:31 PM EST
                                     neat technology without star wars there wouldnt be - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2002, 12:16:03 AM EST
                                         True...and I don't mind spending money on research - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 11, 2002, 10:35:42 AM EST
                                     That new LASER system, if it indeed works, - (admin) - (5) - Nov. 11, 2002, 10:46:54 AM EST
                                         Still won't stop a freight container, tho... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2002, 10:59:21 AM EST
                                             Yep. - (admin) - Nov. 11, 2002, 11:06:16 AM EST
                                         And you'll distinguish between the - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Nov. 11, 2002, 12:18:23 PM EST
                                             Everything can be circumvented. - (admin) - Nov. 11, 2002, 12:27:58 PM EST
                                             No defense is perfect. - (Brandioch) - Nov. 11, 2002, 01:54:09 PM EST
                         Whatever it takes, eh? - (Silverlock) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2002, 10:04:43 AM EST
                             The armed forces are sufficiently appreciative... - (marlowe) - (3) - Nov. 8, 2002, 11:25:11 AM EST
                                 What I'm willing to do - (Silverlock) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2002, 11:46:15 AM EST
                                     Ah There's SL - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2002, 12:10:19 PM EST
                                         Nah, just bugsh*t crazy with a ton of work -NT - (Silverlock) - Nov. 8, 2002, 02:10:58 PM EST

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