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Re:Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago by mcguire on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @02:56PM (#6059484)
Technically, I think the instructions come from the Boy Scouts, so the "send a boy across the river" is not that odd.
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Re:Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago by samstave on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @03:07PM (#6059567)
I prefer to envision one having a house-boy, or stream-boy, if-you-will that you can send with the rope and pulley.

"Here boy, affix this pulley to that far tree."

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