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Unread 03-04-2015, 09:24 PM   #40
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Yes I do. I have done all the wilderness camping I care to and have grown accustomed to the comforts in life bed bugs be damned! I know I won't get Lyme's disease
I had saved an article at one time- wish I could find it

the premise was that it was disrespectful to the author's ancestors to camp or sleep outdoors

he said that his ancestors had suffered and fought the elements and beasts for thousands of years so that he could sleep in a comfortable bed in an air conditioned or heated home and warm his food in a microwave.

and after all they went through he would not insult their memory by moving back to the woods

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