EXT wrote:
Hope it is a larger show than the one I visited in Bracebridge a few ye=
ars
ago, I think I went through it in less than 10 minutes.

It takes at _least_ 30 minutes if you look at everything. :-)

It is still a small show. That's why we either go to buy -- or group=20
another activity in there. A couple of year ago our lustful thoughts of=20
buying things caused the blackout -- I'm sure.

The dealers are ready to sell at small shows -- 75% of my large=20
purchases have been at the Muskoka show...

Bandsaw, planer, carving tools, drum sander etc


Sudbury (Woodshow North) is small too -- but we have bought stuff there =

as well -- visit the big nickel and all.


"WillR" wrote in message
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Muskoka Wood Show August 19 to 21 Bracebridge Ont.
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http://www.muskoka.com/lions/events.html
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If you do go -- there are some igloos and tents still available.
http://accommodations.traveltomuskoka.com/
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On this page you can see a picture of the hydro-electric generating
station adjacent to the local business district. During the Great Augus=
t
Blackout, it had the only electric bulb (powered by 120VAC) operating
for many miles around.
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http://www.bracebridgechamber.com/
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We arrived early Friday looking for a quiet dinner and a relaxing
evening in the hot tub.... However things did not work out that way.
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We managed to get an ice cream cone at one of the local emporiums befor=
e
the inevitable melt-down. ..And for supper we cooked on the Coleman
stove -- which I had insisted we bring so we could have a picnic on the=

trip. We were one of the few hotel guests that had bacon and eggs the
next morning -- we set up at the river park and cooked our own breakfas=
t.
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The wood show did go on -- on generator power -- till they got the loca=
l
power restored the next morning.
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Now -- if all of you guys will ease back on your power consumption this=

weekend -- perhaps I can enjoy the show and some local sight seeing
without the blackout.
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See you there.
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Will R.
Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
http://woodwork.pmccl.com
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20
who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw