{"id":6790,"date":"2020-12-06T11:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6790"},"modified":"2020-12-06T11:32:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:32:36","slug":"episode-187-1962-yukon-territory-sharing-sumptuous-dinner-with-bill-dunn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=6790","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 187 1962 YUKON TERRITORY”” SHARING SUMPTUOUS DINNER WITH BILL DUNN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From: <\/b><\/span>Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com<\/a><\/a>>
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Subject: <\/b><\/span>Dinners 1) Mississauga 2) Yukon NOT QUITE THE SAME BUT BOTH DELIGHTFUL<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>March 7, 2018 at 10:33:11 PM EST
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To: <\/b><\/span>Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com<\/a><\/a>>, julie Skeoch <julieskeoch@yahoo.ca<\/a><\/a>>
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EPISODE 187    1962 YUKON TERRITORY    “SHARING A SUMPTUOUS SUPPER WITH BILL DUNN”<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/p><\/div>\n


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Dec. 2020    YukonTerritory in summer 1962<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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 I  was combing through my mining days pictures, now converted to digital.  And  what to my wondering eyes<\/div>\n
did appear but a supper in the bush.  Candlelight, dinner in a  washbasin (double duty), a bed made of balsam poles  and<\/div>\n
a bit of luxury with a real mattress.  This was the only job where a  real mattress was provided.  Never had  one that summer so<\/div>\n
do not know how this fellow, Bill Dunn, got this one.  Stole it probably, he was good  tat that kind of ting.  And he is<\/div>\n
all dressed for a fancy meal in long Johns.  Supper in  a basin\u2026shared.   Easy to make  You want the recipe?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Supper  Recipe, Dublin Gulch<\/p><\/div>\n

-Can of \u2018Bird\u2019s Custard\u2019  (two cans if you wish)<\/div>\n
-Powdered Milk and water (keep it thick)<\/div>\n
-something else\u2026looks like hash <\/div>\n
-Pour into wash basin \u2026 after washing hands in basin<\/div>\n
-Mix well<\/div>\n
-Get two  spoons<\/div>\n
-Candles for romance<\/div>\n
-We used the other pan to get gold dust in the evenings in Dublin Gulch<\/div>\n

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Note:  Bill Dunn\u2019s feet are as white as ivory.   Why?  Because  he  had<\/div>\n
holes in his gum rubbers as I did.  Water  seeped in and kept feet <\/div>\n
nice and white.  Unfortunately the feet got boiled from body heat<\/div>\n
and skin peeled.  Not pleasant.<\/div>\n

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I am amazed at the number of people who wish  they had the adventures that came with mining exploration.  Maybe this <\/div>\n
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This is Bill Dunn, one of our Yukon Crew.  Became a good friend for that short Yukon summer.  How did he get there?<\/div>\n
He was engaged to be married to a girl in Peterborough or Lindsay.  The night before the wedding his friends put him<\/div>\n
on a plane to Whitehorse as an \u2018end of wedding\u2019 gift. We hired him.   Dirty trick, right? Not so sure Bill was the marrying kind really. <\/div>\n
He left her standing at the altar but I don\u2019t think he would have been the best kind of husband.  I could  say more but won\u2019t unless pressed by<\/div>\n
a  reader.  he found another girl in Mayo Landing\u2026another disaster.  In a drunken rage she tried to knife him but failed.  Much more<\/div>\n
to that story that is  also better not told.  Bill was   quite happy eating out of this wash basin.  Then again it may not be Bill\u2026all I<\/div>\n
have is a corner of his nose, his hairy lower legs and his supper.   How come he has new boots?  That is a real mystery.  Most or our boots were gum rubbers ruined by the low growing brush daily so that were full of holes  for water to rush in and  rush out.  That is why his feet are so clean.  Maybe he  stole those  boots from<\/div>\n
someone\u2026.maybe a new guy on the crew that did not stay long\u2026a lot of guys drifted  in  and out of our  bush  camp.   Why?  Well it certainly was not the food.  Fine five star dining every night providing you had  a wash basin.<\/div>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Dec. 2020<\/div>\n

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Begin forwarded message: From: Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Subject: Dinners 1) Mississauga 2) Yukon NOT QUITE THE SAME BUT BOTH DELIGHTFUL Date: March 7, 2018 at 10:33:11 PM EST To: Marjorie Skeoch <marjorieskeoch@gmail.com>, julie Skeoch <julieskeoch@yahoo.ca> EPISODE 187    1962 YUKON TERRITORY    “SHARING A SUMPTUOUS SUPPER WITH BILL DUNN” alan skeoch Dec. 2020    YukonTerritory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}