In a message dated 6/9/2006 9:27:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Ralph:
I wouldn't mind vacationing in KY,
but what's a "yurt"?
Huh
What?
Some sort of hut, I believe originally constructed (loosely speaking) and
occupied by Mongolians, and probably circular in plan. They are one step
up, or maybe down, from mud huts and the kinds of forts you used to build as a
kid.
Imported to the US of A, no doubt by hippies and similar tree-hugging
countercultural types who would rather live in such a....thing, than in an
actual building with floors, walls, a watertight roof, and
(intentionally) running water.
Ex-Mrs-Ralph went to stay with her sister (Janet from Another
Planet) in such a device many years ago (before she had the good fortune to
become Mrs Ralph), and nearly broke her leg trying to take a whiz outdoors in
the dark. Maybe it would've been better for me if she had.
What, me bitter?
Ralph