-[ Quoting William Elliot , to Dennis Menard ]-
 WE> Yes, and cabbage keeps well.  How about root vegetables?  Is it
 WE> possible to grow lots of sunflower seeds or other nuts?  Otherwise
 WE> caribou with intestinal contents for greens.  Whoops, I suppose that's
 WE> just a native survival technique disdained by modern folks.  BTW, what
 WE> have the natives call Canadians?  We've been call fork tongue
 WE> palefaces.
Root vegetables do fine.  And sunflowers.  Other nuts?  The eating kind, I
assume you mean?  Not a chance!  First Nations folk call us "White Man" and
think we, foolishly, throw away all the best parts of fish/game we harvest.
I reckon they are probably right.  :)
 WE> Today is our first snow, a wet sloppy snow less than an inch so far
 WE> early this evening.
Our snow has been light this year; much too light.  I dread next summer if
the snowpack doesn't increase within the next two months or so.
 DM> knew it was cold then because, your lashes would freeze together when
 DM> you blinked, the hairs in your nose would accumu- late ice until you
 DM> were forced to breathe via your mouth, you could not bend your fingers
 DM> because your gloves were as flexible as iron, brushing against spruce
 DM> branches would cause them to break off with a report like a rifle ...
 DM> and so on.  After a "very brief" respite, the temp has dipped down to
 DM> -41 C. Brr ...
 WE> Err, no thanks, the most I ever seen is 8 F.
Hmm ... I do not see any negatory indicator preceding that "8 F"; am I to
SUPPOSE, then, that that "8" represents a pository integer (ie, suppository
number)?  This morning (Jan 12/98) it is a balmy -20C.  +8F OR C would be a
gorgeous spring day.  :)
 WE> www.amnesty.org has lots to say about USA and even some about Canada.
I noticed a little about Canada; nothing about the use of pepper spray in
Canada, though ... not even the fact, it seems to have become popular with
increasing use by the criminal element.
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