Parry wrote:
>
> elag <elag@cloud9.net> wrote in message news:<3F019415.E1063E0E@cloud9.net>...
> [several snips]
> > > > > > I love trees... I thought I could stop through the "major" towns...
> > > > > > Winnipeg, Whitehorse, Moosomin...
> > > > >
> > > > > Never heard of Moosomin. Is that one of those places where you pass a
> > > > > gas station and ten minutes later realise that was the town?
> > > >
> > > > I just added in to round out my slight gag, mainly because it sounds
> > > > slightly like "moose" (though of course it's an Indian thing). I'd walk
> > > > 1000 miles for a wry titter.
> > > >
> > > > It is small but it seems nice & it enjoys an ample water supply!
> > > >
> > > > http://www.world-spectator.com/towns.moos.html
> > >
> > > Oh, THAT Moosomin. What the people in Fleming and Elkhorn call "the
> > > big city." It would be a change from Manhattan, I imagine. And if you
> > > want to crack the movie biz, I see they have a drive-in theatre for
> > > sale.
> >
> > Hey, I've always pined for my own theatre where I can show Stan Brakhage
> > films, Silent movies, and Black & White cartoons... pay as you exit.
> > Maybe people over there might be bored enough to take a chance on
> > distinctly opposite fare. I could charge 5 bucks to attract all the
> > cheapskates and deadbeats and maybe even break even. I could rent all
> > those really obscure films I've only read about and that you hardly ever
> > see even in NYC.
>
> A common daydream of my own, too. When the train station closed, I
> imagined hollowing out the building and projecting Von Stroheim movies
> in it.
Nice coincidence... I was just wondering about the name of the director
of "Greed" (1924). Sometimes I confuse him w/ Otto Preminger.
Maybe, someday I really can realize my idea on some level. After all
I've seen films & screened my films in places which were little more
that storefronts, bars, rooftops, &tc. I'll have to watch for an opportunity.
>
> > I wonder how much they're asking?
>
> Well, there's a number for inquiries. They probably can't ask for
> much. And they say they have quite low property taxes.
I guess Moosomin is a bit far for me... I hope somebody comest up w/ a
more interesting use for it than selling the latest sausages fro the
"dream factory".
>
> > > * Did you know Canada's flag didn't always look like a blood-stained
> > > rag. Towards replacing the Union Jack motif in the 1960's, about 2000
> > > flag designs were submitted, some of which can be seen here --
> > > http://www.archives.ca/04/04240303_e.html
> >
> > I like the current design... very simple and graphic and redolent of syrup.
> >
> > > -- my favourite being the thing that looks like a bug with a heart
> > > for a body and human hands for legs.
> >
> > That is amazing. Equally amazing is the idea of a freaking hockey
> > flag.... "please make fun of our country... oh, please..."
>
> Like the old joke: "why is Canada pink on the map? From
> embarrassment..."
>
> I'd like to see what other designs they have stored away. Perhaps a
> white flag with the word "FLAG" printed on it, or a picture of a
> sasquatch having sex with a mandrill, or a big pile of bear shit, or a
> coat hanger,
coat hanger?
> or a glamour portrait of Carole Laure, or a gravy boat
> with the inscription "Canada: Apathy & Corruption," a kaleidoscope
> that changes configuration when shaken, etc. Were it up to me, if a
> flag was necessary I would design one of mirror silver so you couldn't
> really see it, and rig it up so it would set fire to any other flags
> it happened to be near.
Now there's an American idea if I ever heard one.
"All your Flags are belong to us!"
>
> > > * Did you know Canada was instrumental in developing a fantastic
> > > secret weapon proposed by the British in WWII? It was found that ice
> > > mixed with wood pulp formed a material that was very strong and
> > > wouldn't melt in warm water -- pykrete. So they tried making a
> > > battleship out of the stuff. The Ice Ship, theoretically, would be
> > > unsinkable. It would be rigged with machines to super-cool water, so
> > > if a hole was blown in the ship it could immediately heal itself, or
> > > else spray enemy ships with freezing water to paralyze them in ice.
> > > Coincidentally, a WWII Superman comic featured ice ships, causing the
> > > government to fear there was a leak.
> >
> > I have read about that, probably in the trivia laden "Reader's Digest".
> > It would make a great formula for building Ice Hotels and sculpture gardens.
>
> You read "Reader's Digest"? No wonder you're so smart.
It's not like I have a subscription... It's just that you tend to find
it in toilets (where it belongs)... and I happen to have found one of
their books of "Strange Stories, Amazing Facts &tc"... actually quite
interesting if you only have 45 seconds reading time...
>
> > > * And Oak Island, my favourite buried treasure story:
> > > http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Nova_Scotia/oakisland.htm
> >
> > It is an interesting story, but probably there never was any treasure.
>
> That sort question mark makes the story interesting. But the so-called
> "Money Pit" is such an elaborate and sophisticated engineering feat it
> presumably was constructed in the service of something deemed
> important.
....
I've probably read most of the same material you have but I'm inclined
to doubt nearly all of the early stories. I think the "water trap",
being that it occurs below the water level, is a natural phenomenon.
It looks to me like a long game of "telephone"... distortion on top of
exaggeration on top of lie with an overlay of fervent hope.
This Skeptical Inquirer article goes some way towards debunking the
mystery.
http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-03/i-files.html
It is, at least, very interesting. I know, of course, that a final
solution to the mystery is unlikely at this late date, and treasure even
more so.
Got a spare million dollars? We could be millionaires!
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