Friday, August 4, 2023

 


9 comments:

  1. To Build a Fire

    Michael in Nelson

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    1. https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf

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    2. Michael nailed it.

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  2. God send every gentleman
    Such hawks, such hounds, and such a Leman

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  3. Charles Christian Nahl, an original 49er.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Christian_Nahl

    I had never heard of him before. At the start of his mining career he actually lived in the same town I do now.
    The painting above is titled 'The Dead Miner'.

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  4. I thought he killed the dog then put his hands inside to warm them up??

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  5. Is that a cellphone in the guy's right hand?
    Or, is it an empty cigarette cassette?

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