tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post2931174788598596939..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: Field Trip: The North West Company Fur PostFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-24249137095739520062010-08-22T22:08:48.328-05:002010-08-22T22:08:48.328-05:00POODLE: No smells, it was all quite hot and dry.POODLE: No smells, it was all quite hot and dry.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-17595766127663578282010-08-15T09:43:57.812-05:002010-08-15T09:43:57.812-05:00Was it smelly in there with all the animal pelts?
...Was it smelly in there with all the animal pelts?<br /><br />Love these photos of your field trip.poodletailnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-56292158578972022772010-08-14T13:00:24.649-05:002010-08-14T13:00:24.649-05:00MOMO: Being a completely chilled person at the bes...MOMO: Being a completely chilled person at the best of times, I can testify that furs are at least twice as warm as down... if not warmer. <br /><br />I learned this when I was given a hand-me-down 1920's raccoon coat. Years later (and that coat long gone) I finally broke down and bought a sheepskin coat because despite having super-cold rated goose down coats I was never, never, never as warm as I had been in that ratty old fur. I will never again be without a fur coat in MN.<br /><br />The major drawback of fur is it's weight. Fur coats are quite heavy. The Indians, in complete fur outfits would have stayed very warm; but they would have been very weighed down in their movements.<br /><br />Fresca: Great photo essay. Really captures the day.binknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-31815135338027533712010-08-14T10:11:34.078-05:002010-08-14T10:11:34.078-05:00MOMO: Yeah, in the imaginable past.
I think fur is...MOMO: Yeah, in the imaginable past.<br />I think fur is at least as warm as down.<br />But no central heating... The British gents got their own fireplaces, but the Voyaguers didn't.<br />Wigwams had a central fire, and a bunch of people to generate body heat.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-59495334144141710722010-08-13T19:26:54.704-05:002010-08-13T19:26:54.704-05:00Oh kewl!
Tree-sewing!
. . . the long-fingered h...Oh kewl!<br /> <br />Tree-sewing! <br />. . . the long-fingered human re-sourcing, in-venting. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(your next blog-mission must be done wearing a top-hat)Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-76108607341732115932010-08-13T17:38:11.792-05:002010-08-13T17:38:11.792-05:00What fun! I love that history museum stuff. You bo...What fun! I love that history museum stuff. You both look natty in your yesteryear garb.Lillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-56393408651930863482010-08-13T11:13:40.553-05:002010-08-13T11:13:40.553-05:00Great photos! It wasn't that long ago, was it?...Great photos! It wasn't that long ago, was it?<br /><br />I just don't quite grok how people survived the winter in this area before the advent of down coats.momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.com