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Nothing was bought, and that one fact decided every fort ever built.
Scrap lumber, pallet boards, packing crates and whatever a building site had thrown out determined what was…
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The rink was whatever water had frozen nearby, and everything about pond skating follows from the surface being found rather than made.
Ponds, flooded lots, creek backwaters and…
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The work was found, not given, and that is the part that did the teaching.
Nobody offered a child a job. You went and asked, door to door,…
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People arrived without warning and nobody minded, because there was no practical way to warn anybody.
That is the fact the entire custom rests on. If you cannot…
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Making clothes was cheaper than buying them, and that one fact is the entire reason this happened.
Fabric and a pattern cost substantially less than a finished garment, so…
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In 1964 the dictionary was too heavy to carry, which meant it lived permanently on a stand of its own in a fixed corner, and consulting it…