One time on Usenet, "jmcquown" > said:

> I was
> once engaged to a man whose family was on an island in south Louisiana.
> They didn't get a bridge to the mainland until 1973. Paddled a pirogue
> to get to school. ^^^^^^^

I had to look this up; had this image in my mind of you trying to stay
balanced on one of Barb's pierogi, while attempting to paddle...

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Jani in WA (S'mee)
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