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To Answer jmp883's questions: "Door High" means just a shade over 6'. The room has a window, a closet (with folding doors that stick out when opened), and a door (which swings in), plus I don't want to bump it with my head. The top of the window trim was the lowest of the three openings, s...

Interesting topic, which begs solutions, but none given. Before I offer one, I read with interest the comment about "don't move to Australia": I noticed that in Australia I never saw a home with asphalt shingles on the roof, but on ly either tile or corrugated metal roofs- a woman on the I...

The ViaRail Hudson Bay train operates between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba (which is on the shore of Hudson Bay). The train takes a “C” shaped route (northbound) through such places as Dauphin, Swan River, Hudson Bay (Saskatchewan), The Pas, MB, and Thompson. Thompson is the last town on the rou...

The “Grand Excursion” was organized by the Twin Cities annual celebration, “The Taste of Minnesota”, to remember the original Grand Excursion, in 1854, which was a floatilla of river boats bringing settlers to Minnesota - this preceded the railroad, as railroading in Minnesota didn’t begin until the...