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To: KLP who wrote (167461)10/5/2008 4:40:33 PM
From: Justin C  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 225578
 
I've forgotten Huck Finn's connection with a fence, unless it had something to do with whitewashing.

Should we call you Huck Finn?

45' of fence down is quite a bit, but the good news is that 120' is still standing and unaffected.

that's quite a bit to blow down

The difference is our ancestors didn't know the difference in having vs. not having, electricity. It's sort of like TV in my lifetime .. I was 12 when my family got its first TV set (a Hoffman .. anyone ever heard of that brand?), and we had only one station for awhile. But I never had any sense of deprivation about TV.

I've so often wondered what it was like for our ancestors without [electricity]