Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:54:20 +0100
From: Stefano Moretti <S.Moretti@agora.stm.it>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: baidarka yesteryears
Gene Smith wrote:
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> One thing for sure about developing an appreciation of older ways, you *do*
> learn to keep a firm grasp on your valuables when some ancient one intones,
> "I'll tell ya one thing fer sure, sonny..." Turns out there was the odd
> ignorant idiot in olden times, too!
Annd very active sexually, considering their numerous offspring (grin)
... As a biologist fed on Darwin's evolution theory, it's somewhat hard
-for me - to admit that these guys were the "fittest", in recognition
of their reproductive success...
Baidarka builders - who refined such beatiful craft and workmanship over
the years - on the other hand have eventually succumbed. How about that
??!!
Stefano from Rome, where only rotten trees are felled