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To: Ilaine who wrote (51598)	6/1/2000 10:53:00 AM
From: Crocodile	Respond to of 71178

I'm thinking that we really need to call in an expert on this matter... (-: However, this is kind of fun doing some collective brainstorming on this problem.... Sort of like those people in that series that's on tv right now... what is it called... Survivors...?? Someone told me a bit about it last night... (and Yep, I don't keep up on tv too much). Yep, we'd be the ones starting fires using someone's glasses.... or making rope out of twisted up maram grass.... or building a boat out of flotsam or jetsam that we found on the beach..... And we would be the only team brave enough to experiment with eating Durians... Yep... we're the DARians..... real Survivors... (-:

To: Ilaine who wrote (51598)	6/1/2000 11:27:00 AM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<If a spike came loose, wouldn't there be a hole where it used to be, that you could see when you looked at the metal plate?>> Should be unless it was full of dirt or the plate had been moved and covered the hole. We should have been having this discussion 5 years ago when the abandoned rail was 200 yards from my house and I could have walked over there.

To: Ilaine who wrote (51598)	6/1/2000 12:11:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Here is a link to a picture of some of my RAILROAD SPIKES: teleport.com It's a little hard to tell, but they're v-shaped at the point. And they seem to be bent both ways. This batch is not local, so we'll see about them later. And we'll get photos before and as they come out, to determine their orientation. Sort of "prying." "Prying eyes." I'm also going to take a bar, and see how resistive they are to being removed. I don't think this spur has ever been re-tied, it isn't that old; and we'll get some data from the section that was just replaced. If I should leave and not return this weekend, someone please alert the wife. DIMENSIONS: Longs: 6 5/8" Shorts: 5 5/8 All are Square in cross section; and either measure 5/8 or 9/16" thick