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   On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:45:38 -0400, Boron Elgar    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:02:41 GMT, usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:34:46 -0400, Boron Elgar    
   wrote:   
   >>>On Sun, 26 Sep 2021 09:27:16 -0400, Boron Elgar   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>>They do so love to charge you a "portage" fee  if you transfer a   
   >>>>number from one provider to another.  Such a fee can often be a decent   
   >>>>bargaining chip.   
   >>>   
   >>>Not portage, just porting...too much kayaking in my past....   
   >>   
   >>Portage, ugh.  Triggers some unpleasant memories from summer canoe camp in   
   >>Canada.   
   >   
   >The weight wasn't too burdensome if one's partners were decent, but   
   >the black flies and mosquitoes never let up. Some were large enough to   
   >have assisted in the portage- at least it seemed so at the time.   
      
   For two summers I went to a canoe camp at Lake Temagami in Ontario.  It was   
   mostly a positive experience.  But there was one trip...   
      
   We paddled North through Lady Evelyn Lake, then turned West to stop for a side   
   trip up Maple Mountain.  On the return to the base camp, we were on a small   
   river, and one day it was portage after portage.  We'd unload the canoes, hump   
   all the gear to the other side, and load everything back into the canoes.    
   After   
   a short paddle there would be another portage.  Once there was another portage   
   literally around the first bend in the river; we had been on the water only   
   minutes.  It was a hellish day, and we spent far more time hauling our gear   
   over trails than we did in the canoes.  The one bright spot of that day is that   
   we got an extra candy bar, and in those days a Canadian Cadbury chocolate bar   
   was a real treat.   
      
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