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...Help! No One Left Me a Big Crate of Supplies Without matches, a flag almost the size of Texas, tarpaulin, twine and a knife, what does one do for shelter and fire in the Australian bush? In Queensland, where the nights are reasonably warm, Lilley says Aboriginal people traditionally used a low, semi-circular windbreak of shrubs or tree boughs "with an open fire and your dog or dogs if it was cool or cold at night. A three-dog night is really cold." One piece of advice the Kuchas haven't heeded: Don't construct your shelter under eucalyptus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: These Survivors Would Be Eaten Alive in the Real Outback | 2/15/2001 | See Source »

Freshman forward Tyler Kolarik, who is always dangerous with the puck, followed up with two more excellent scoring opportunities but couldn't find the twine...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Drops to Cornell 2-1, Tops Colgate 4-1 | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...weren't careful you might fall into the small, empty cracked-concrete swimming pool. A path led down to Charles Creek, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay. There was a ramshackle dock with many planks missing, and a skiff, from which we caught crabs by trailing knotted twine behind us in the weedy, brackish-green water. We were impressed by the stupidity of the crabs, which clung stubbornly to the twine as we hauled them up to die in the skiff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Days of Innocence and Ugliness | 1/11/2001 | See Source »

Then, 10 minutes later, junior midfielder Roger Buttles gave the Crimson the lead by tickling twine with a blistering shot past Dartmouth goalie Patrick McClammer to make...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lax Ends Season With Win Over Dartmouth, 6-4 | 5/8/2000 | See Source »

...just hope that this time around, the frustrating reverberation of the puck striking the crossbar, is replaced by the sweet, soft sound of twine...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 867-5309: Wacky Weekend | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

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