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Old 04-23-2010, 11:16 PM
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Death of a Caveman ends an Era in Idaho

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/23/1164899/death-of-caveman-ends-an-era-in.html

interesting story

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Old 04-23-2010, 11:25 PM
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He sounded like a nice old bloke!!
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Old 04-24-2010, 12:50 AM
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He was on PBS a couple months back, they did a show on the Salmon River. There's a few ranches over there that are only accessible from the river and aircraft.
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Old 04-24-2010, 12:56 AM
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Most people exist. Some people live. When the final score is tallied, I hope the record shows that I lived at least half as much as this guy.
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Old 04-24-2010, 09:07 AM
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Very cool, he lived an interesting life!
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Old 04-24-2010, 05:14 PM
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there was a news story about him on TV here lastnight, I'll see if I can rip it from the DVR and post it

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