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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (23400)	5/3/2006 9:24:16 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Yep. Once I crossed a lake on the winter road in a whiteout. Car bogged down in the drifts just after I hit the ice. Three in the morning and I knew it would be hours before the weather lessened and the plows started to tackle the snow. There was a Reserve across the lake and I had to decide between trying to walk to it or watching my car run out of gas in about 3 hours. I decided to walk. With a bottle of scotch for energy and confidence I set out in what I hoped was a somewhat straight direction. After a time I started to consciously try to cover ground with my steps as it was becoming too much of a lifting from snow...and not going forward all that much. After a time I started to think about digging into one of the drifts and waiting it out. But the thought came that I was giving up--and what if I didn't wake up? Needless to say, I kept on until I saw the darkness of the trees and I knew I was close to people, safety, and yes...FIRE! Nature does not much tolerate stupidity such as I showed that night. Even the lowly mosquito used to kill healthy men in the days of long portages. Without fire and water (and shelter) we are frail creatures, indeed...