tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post7899856877994929709..comments2024-02-14T11:00:03.180-05:00Comments on Tom McLaughlin: THE STONETom McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691546351143209227noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-60899158685496675782020-09-03T13:42:27.036-04:002020-09-03T13:42:27.036-04:00I'll leave such things to people that are a bi...I'll leave such things to people that are a bit more nit-picky on PC terms - good catch, though! I must admit I am guilty of ignorantly using that word myself sometimes. I even slip up and say Oriental sometimes. Old habits die hard, but it is good they are dying out.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-12792349096209318672020-09-03T11:00:35.070-04:002020-09-03T11:00:35.070-04:00"Trade" has been proposed as explaining ..."Trade" has been proposed as explaining how certain artisan artifacts "move around" . <br />Abandoned for something better? (Those crazy, traveling, Abanaquis and other assorted Algonquins)<br />Like that inexplicable car half way up Hidden mountain...er...um...Mt. Washington?<br />I mean, come on...horse shoes, and entire home foundation cellar pits, can be found in some pretty strange places. <br />Pointy things. How many were "lost" when hitting, but not mortally, potential game* (or predators). <br />Only to be carried to the fleeing animals ultimate final resting place. <br />And how much "travel garbage" from points well South can be found TOSSED by the side of the road in "Scenic Maine"? <br />(*I suspect this happened quite a lot.)CaptDMOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-64243568765580547752020-09-02T15:00:54.865-04:002020-09-02T15:00:54.865-04:00But Brian...you're losing it! Tom used the ve...But Brian...you're losing it! Tom used the very un-PC term, "Indian". I'm so very disappointed.Jared James Bristolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20524196.post-33705585397776974282020-09-02T14:34:50.615-04:002020-09-02T14:34:50.615-04:00I'm fascinated by this stuff as well...nice co...I'm fascinated by this stuff as well...nice column!Briannoreply@blogger.com