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   William Vetter to bre...@sff.net   
   Re: Anyone know about Medieval cloth?   
   07 Oct 14 21:49:01   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, October 7, 2014 6:57:21 PM UTC-4, bre...@sff.net wrote:   
   > If you want to bring something cheap and light to sell in the past, go   
   >   
   > to Costco and get the giant-sized bottles of aspirin and tylenol. As   
   >   
   > many as you can cram into your time bubble. Then when you get back to   
   >   
   > 1584 or whatever, set up as a wisewoman or an herbal healer or a doctor   
   >   
   > or a saint with a charisma for healing. Pain relief in an era with no   
   >   
   > anesthesia, dentistry or modern medicine -- think about it.   
   >   
   Buy those blister paks of replacement hacksaw blades.  They can cut through   
   just about anything they had.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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