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DrHuk&Duck said:
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so...... is that the name of the creek?.... or a sign telling swamp folk to wade across there?... and maybe expect the trail to resume on the other side?.....:unsure: .... i don;t think i would though ..... looks like a place where gators and other reptilian creatures would be hiding out..... :(
 
aleshanee said:
so...... is that the name of the creek?.... or a sign telling swamp folk to wade across there?... and maybe expect the trail to resume on the other side?.....:unsure: .... i don;t think i would though ..... looks like a place where gators and other reptilian creatures would be hiding out..... :(
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Ha…I never thought of that name like that before. That is Cross Creek, which is both a physical creek and a tiny community in North Central Florida. The creek connects two large lakes, the largest being Orange Lake, which is where I went duck hunting a few weeks ago. Two famous books (and a movie) are based on the creek and lake by Marjorie Rawlings: Cross Creek and The Yearling, which won her the Pulitzer Prize.
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I took this picture recently while visiting Miami. This is the Coral Castle in Homestead, Florida. Interesting information related to how did a tiny, sickly man build this by hand without the aid of machinery. It reminds one of the questions surrounding how the Egyptian pyramids were built. https://bittersoutherner.com/coral-...t-to-love-or-aliens-or-limestone-coral-castle
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Also related to the man who built this castle is Billy Idol’s music video called Sweet Sixteen:
 
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DrHuk&Duck said:
OK, you might have to explain this a little better for those of us who have no experience. The wood is the jig? What makes it Flemish?
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"flemish" refers to the string itself and the way it is made.... .. a flemish string is a set of cords cut at a specific length ...twisted together... and then looped over at each end and spliced back into itself..... this makes a very strong bowstring that has the same number of cords in it;s loop as the rest of the string....

the other and most common kind of bowstring is an endless loop string... . it;s one long cord looped over and over to form a string of a specific length and then served with a tough thread to strengthen the loops.... not as strong as a flemish string.....but it;s much cheaper and easier to make... and it;s the kind most often supplied with store bought bows .... .......

here is a picture of a flemish bowstring.....

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here - shown below - is a continuous loop bowstring......
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i hope that helps.... :). thinking back - i don;t think i included this in my traditional archery thread..... maybe i should...:unsure:.
 
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