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hist_text-digest Wednesday, December 31 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1292
In this issue:
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
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-áááááá Re: MtMan-List: Winter Stuff
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:50:46 EST
From: Wrc4440@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:45:13 -0500
From: Fred Miller <fmiller@lightlink.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
On Monday 29 December 2003 6:11 pm, Lanney Ratcliff wrote:
> Larry
> Do a Google search for "words that end in gry" and you will see that no
> other COMMON English words end in gry but that there are several obscure
> words, not just one, that end in gry. There is supposedly a little word
> that is spelled "gry" but pretty much nobody ever heard of it. This is a
> reoccurring riddle that pops up from time to time. Scrabble whizzes
> probably love it.
Lanny, the "third" word "The English L.........." Yep - it's language.
Fred
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:55:44 EST
From: Wrc4440@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
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THe word is energy. GJG 2nd time
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:55:28 -0800
From: JW Stephens <lray@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
Does he mean ENEGRY?
Wrc4440@aol.com wrote:
> ENERGY
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:00:37 EST
From: Wrc4440@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
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Its my wifes fault she drinking coors.
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:19:10 -0700
From: "Gene Hickman" <ghickman9@bresnan.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Winter Stuff
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I guess I never should has turned-off the spell checker.=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: roger lahti=20
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com=20
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Winter Stuff
Bead Shooter,
Where'd you come up with "tobbans" rather than "toboggans"?=20
I guess the biggest mistake I've seen us make is to come to a snow =
shoe ready to sled in our gear and find there wasn't any snow. Gear had =
to be carried on our backs instead of sliding easily on the snow. Took =
more than one trip for many to get all they had brought in to camp.=20
Smartest thing we did was on that same trip. We all seven or so of us =
threw in together on one shelter. Each took a couple long poles from the =
area and laid them into a central point (turned out to be a handy low =
lying limb on a big ponderosa Pine) and then started covering the poles =
with the pieces of canvas shelter we each carried. We ended up with one =
fairly roomy low 'teepee' shelter that even had room for a central fire. =
And all on about a foot of old pine needles.=20
The David Thompson Party is famous for doing that same sort of thing =
on the "Palouse R. Run" in the early spring. They set the same sort of =
low teepee shelter up against a giant of a boulder, have their fire =
against the basalt boulder and their camp with it's back to the wind.
YMOS
Capt. Lahti'
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 29, 2003 =
2:01=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: MtMan-List: Winter =
Stuff</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Bead =
Shooter,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Where'd you come up =
with=20
"tobbans" rather than "toboggans"? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>I guess the biggest =
mistake I've=20
seen us make is to come to a snow shoe ready to sled in our gear and =
find=20
there wasn't any snow. Gear had to be carried on our backs instead of =
sliding=20
easily on the snow. Took more than one trip for many to get all they =
had=20
brought in to camp. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Smartest thing we =
did was on=20
that same trip. We all seven or so of us threw in together on one =
shelter.=20
Each took a couple long poles from the area and laid them into a =
central point=20
(turned out to be a handy low lying limb on a big ponderosa Pine) and =
then=20
started covering the poles with the pieces of canvas shelter we each =
carried.=20
We ended up with one fairly roomy low 'teepee' shelter that even had =
room for=20
a central fire. And all on about a foot of old pine needles. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>The David Thompson =
Party is=20
famous for doing that same sort of thing on the "Palouse R. Run" in =
the early=20
spring. They set the same sort of low teepee shelter up against a =
giant of a=20
boulder, have their fire against the basalt boulder and their camp =
with it's=20
back to the wind.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>YMOS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Microsoft Sans Serif" size=3D2>Capt. =
Lahti'</FONT></DIV>
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:00:37 EST
From: Wrc4440@aol.com
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:33:15 -0500
From: "Addison Miller" <admiller@citynet.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
> if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word. What is it?
> _______gry?
ENERGY is RGY not GRY...
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:55:28 -0800
From: JW Stephens <lray@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
Does he mean ENEGRY?
Wrc4440@aol.com wrote:
> ENERGY
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:50:46 EST
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Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:27:34 -0800
From: "Candi Smith" <twostitch@archersminiatures.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
Here is the answer that all are looking for on this web site.....
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor/topics/grypuzzle.htm
Twostitch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Miller" <fmiller@lightlink.com>
To: <fmiller@lightlink.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 12:55 PM
Subject: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
> A GOOD riddle!
>
> This is going to make you think! There are three words in the English
language
> that end in "gry". One is angry and the other is hungry. Everyone knows
what
> the third one means and what it stands for. Everyone uses them everyday,
and
> if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word. What is
it?
> _______gry?
>
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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:17:03 -0700
From: "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
I would like to recomend that no one fall for this shameful exploitation.
That might cut down on the competition some.
Wynn
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "roger lahti" <amm1719@charter.net>
To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
> Old Age and Treachery will win out over Youth and Vigor every time. <G>
>
> Capt. Lahti'
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net>
> To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 6:15 PM
> Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
>
>
> > Capt
> > You are a very wicked and plotting man.
> >
> > Wynn
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "roger lahti" <amm1719@charter.net>
> > To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 6:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
> >
> >
> > > bb,
> > >
> > > Your though on giving some promising youngster something they won't
out
> > grow
> > > is right on the money too.
> > >
> > > I'm not ready for a dirt bath just yet but I got lots of "things" that
> > > probably need giving away over the next few years of Rendezvous. I
think
> > > I'll keep my eyes peeled for those "upstarts" that don't look like
> they'll
> > > be " a flash in the pan" and potlatch something nice on the closest
one
> > from
> > > time to time.
> > >
> > > Let's see now. I got me way too many double barrel percussion shot
guns,
> > > probably three flint lock rifles too many, a couple smoothbore flint
> locks
> > > that ain't gonna get much more use, a couple nice flint smooth pistols
> > that
> > > could go to a good home, more powder horns than I can carry, quill
work
> > that
> > > should be hanging around some pretty young ladies neck or holding up
> some
> > > young bucks legg'ens. I know someone will get use out of my linen
> > haversack
> > > and knap sack and the copper pots and copper flasks will be well used
by
> > the
> > > right newbie. I can only use one favorite knife at a time so no sense
in
> > me
> > > hanging on to all of them. And that brain tan long coat and leggings
> need
> > to
> > > go to just the right person.
> > >
> > > Guess it will boil down to who's closest to me fetching my wood and
> water
> > > and fluffing up my bed roll at night when I get in the give'in mood.
<G>
> > >
> > > Be see'in you youngsters come green up I imagine. Winter well and may
> > > visions of full stocks dance in your heads.
> > >
> > > YMOS
> > > Capt. Lahti'
> > >
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:02:10 -0800 (PST)
From: mike stilts <mostilts@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
- --- Wynn Ormond <cheyenne@pcu.net> wrote:
> I would like to recomend that no one fall for this
> shameful exploitation.
>
> That might cut down on the competition some.
> Wynn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "roger lahti" <amm1719@charter.net>
> To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:46 PM
> Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
>
> Dear Wynn
I have you know that i ain't no grenhorn and have
been livin in Southern rockys mountains for 3 yeares
> > Old Age and Treachery will win out over Youth and
> Vigor every time. <G>
> >
> > Capt. Lahti'
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net>
> > To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 6:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
> >
> >
> > > Capt
> > > You are a very wicked and plotting man.
> > >
> > > Wynn
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "roger lahti" <amm1719@charter.net>
> > > To: <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 6:43 PM
> > > Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
> > >
> > >
> > > > bb,
> > > >
> > > > Your though on giving some promising youngster
> something they won't
> out
> > > grow
> > > > is right on the money too.
> > > >
> > > > I'm not ready for a dirt bath just yet but I
> got lots of "things" that
> > > > probably need giving away over the next few
> years of Rendezvous. I
> think
> > > > I'll keep my eyes peeled for those "upstarts"
> that don't look like
> > they'll
> > > > be " a flash in the pan" and potlatch
> something nice on the closest
> one
> > > from
> > > > time to time.
> > > >
> > > > Let's see now. I got me way too many double
> barrel percussion shot
> guns,
> > > > probably three flint lock rifles too many, a
> couple smoothbore flint
> > locks
> > > > that ain't gonna get much more use, a couple
> nice flint smooth pistols
> > > that
> > > > could go to a good home, more powder horns
> than I can carry, quill
> work
> > > that
> > > > should be hanging around some pretty young
> ladies neck or holding up
> > some
> > > > young bucks legg'ens. I know someone will get
> use out of my linen
> > > haversack
> > > > and knap sack and the copper pots and copper
> flasks will be well used
> by
> > > the
> > > > right newbie. I can only use one favorite
> knife at a time so no sense
> in
> > > me
> > > > hanging on to all of them. And that brain tan
> long coat and leggings
> > need
> > > to
> > > > go to just the right person.
> > > >
> > > > Guess it will boil down to who's closest to me
> fetching my wood and
> > water
> > > > and fluffing up my bed roll at night when I
> get in the give'in mood.
> <G>
> > > >
> > > > Be see'in you youngsters come green up I
> imagine. Winter well and may
> > > > visions of full stocks dance in your heads.
> > > >
> > > > YMOS
> > > > Capt. Lahti'
> > > >
> > > >
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:11:29 -0800 (PST)
From: mike stilts <mostilts@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: A GOOD riddle!
Coors is the best. I drink it myself
Mountain man Mike
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> Its my wifes fault she drinking coors.
>
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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:57:27 -0700
From: "Wynn Ormond" <cheyenne@pcu.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Beginner needs help
Dear Wynn
I have you know that i ain't no grenhorn and have
been livin in Southern rockys mountains for 3 yeares
> >
Hey Mike
I have lived in the Rockies for 40 odd years and been playing this game for
several but I will still fetch wood for a flintlock. Hell I am done it for
a cup of coffee. But I aint going to pack his stuff into camp. I'll let
the mule do that.
Wynn
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