Geez,
How did this thread get from a FENCE along the Mexican border to a Timber War between the United States and Canada.
Scott,
Years ago a friend of mine owned a boat shop here and he did most of the work on the big house boats and patio boats for the marinas on Shasta Lake. That required a lot of plywood and at that time we had a big plywood mill in Anderson, 20 miles down the freeway from us. He bought from them for years until one time he was in Los Angles. He had to make at least one trip a month down there for stuff he couldn't get here and he came back loaded down with plywood. I asked him why he hauled it all that distance and he told me to come look at it. It was made and had the Anderson Stamp on it. I don't remember the exact price per sheet, but in Los Angles he could buy it for half what they charged him at the mill just 20 miles away. I know this has nothing to do with the U.S., Canada deal, but our electricity is the same. I live 7 miles from the dam and they pay less for it down South than we do right here where it is generated. I have just never really understood how you can ship anything 500 miles and sell it for half what you can at the source and still make a profit. Rants over, back to the normal programming in this thread.
Ron
