Saturday, July 17, 2004 :::
 

Here's an interesting true story. In search of a fortune many men entered Canada on a trek to the Yukon. Some were dying so Canada made it a rule that you could only enter Canada if you brought along ALL of the supplies you would need. That would include your food...bacon, beans, etc....building stuff...nails, lumber...personal items and basically anything you needed to survive. So the groups of men arrived at the border with a ton of goods. The trek was so rugged that the mules died littering the trail with bones, and the men put packs on their backs and traveled 2 miles, deposited the pack , walked back to the garb another. It was very slow going but they perservered. Soon little villages sprung up along the trail. You could get your clothes washed at the laundry, get a prostitute, eat some grub, buy a new hat, or buy a freshly-baked apple pie.  The pie lady sold pies for $5.00 apiece which is like $80.00 now. She made the most money of anyone. The men contimuned all of the way to Dawson the new town at the head of the Yukon River. Out of a 100,000 men, 15,000 made it. Unfortunately the gold had been panned out so people have to find alternative ways to make money, and they did. I like this story because it has a good moral. Always have one thing you do well, like the pie lady. If you can give people one thing they need you will survive. I will be working on that idea this year. No one needs art and writing, well maybe writing...news. Still pies seem like an exceptional idea.

::: posted by bite me, kick me, make me scream at 10:54 PM