On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:19 GMT, (Lawrence Wasserman) wrote:

In article ,
Roy put an RP here wrote:
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:42:16 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
wrote:

Saw this in the latest offering from Lee Valley. Had to share.

http://www.leevalley.com/gifts/page....at=4,104,45483


Not to try to one-up Lee Valley, but I think THESE are The Mother of All
Pointy Sticks:

http://www.polespecialties.com/pages/813132/index.htm


Regards,
Roy

Yeah, but it looks like you have to supply your own point.

There's a bunch of you making way too many disparaging remarks about tipi poles of late. Just going
to pick on Lawrence's post to rebut all y'all.

Hey, I consider something that tapers from 4-5 inches across to 3/8 inch across over 26-28 feet in
length to be pretty pointy. It ain't sharp, I admit, but it sure has a pointy shape. If you shrunk
that pole down to needle size, it would be sharp AND pointy.

Visualize a tipi pole as a giant needle that you thread with a 3 inch rope. Got that image firmly
in your head? mmmh??

If you do, you need to get out in the shop and make some sawdust. Something's wrong with you folks
if you have to make unkind jokes about another man's tipi poles, and sawdust will fix it. And
before all y'all ask, no, you can't cut up my set of poles. I need 'em myself for the lodge as the
stakes are way too short to hold up the cover let alone the liner, ozan and door.

Hmmph.

Regards,
Roy