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The auction company wants to sell the original Hudson Bay Charter, but Canada says it is a historical document that should be in a...

Are the American department stores dying, too? I remember as a kid Carson Pirie Scott in Minneapolis...still there? JC Penny, Montgomery...

Canadian Tire (Crappy Tire as I call it) is another retailer WAY past it's prime, I'd rank it only slightly higher than Wally World...

In response to a conversation started on this thread, I had an interesting conversation with an epoxy manufacturer today. I'll break it...

Working with college students, we ate pizza quite a bit on extended trips. Over the years we made them with real pizza dough (quite...

Yup I’ve made them a couple times, mostly when my adult children join me. They ate it up but it was a bannock crust made first (that’s...

This one is from a caribou hunt back in 2001 in Western Alaska.

I found this one going through old family photos. I’m not sure exactly who the people are but I am sure I’m related to at least one of...

Having second thoughts on the last pic being in the ADK’s . Here are some more but with a post card from Maine. The pic with the fish...

Well to minimize my conversion work I used the gunwale holes of the old seats closest to the ends of the canoe for the thwarts. I didn’t...

I'd clamp something (like a wooden furring strip?) to the hull at your desired locations and see how it behaves. If the flex / support...

Out for a dawn paddle on the Waccamaw River, NC. Coffee break spot on the return home.

Late to the show, but here's what I remember from the solo conversion I did. I've been rooting around for useful photos and will post...

New Hampshire's Grafton Pond is about 30 minutes from my house. Often a packed parking lot on weekends, during the week it is largely...

Well, it's definitely true - time in boat is critical. It is also true that getting all these tips and tidbits from polers on- and...