From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteYeah, good luck! We got braces on Kivi last November and then she got some oral surgery over spring break. The final bill after 24 months of work is going to be $13K, about half paid by insurance.
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ReplyDeleteHer canines were migrating back along the roof of her mouth, so it's been a little more involved than usual and we opted to have her wisdom teeth all out at the same time since they were going to have her under general anesthetic anyway -- minimize surgery count. You'll probably (hopefully) be much cheaper.
ReplyDeleteI was wtf'ing Belochs link, but that total is worth a wtf too! Luckily, our estimate is a lot lower than that. Poor kid! I had 4 teeth pulled for my braces.
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