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    Oct 01, 2018 4 minutes

    Dear Cottage Life

    “It’s a Double Standard,” by David Zimmer in the Summer ’18 issue made me chuckle. We built a two-seater outhouse recently, and it is a hit (or two for sure)—though my two younger brothers (aged 65 and 68, respectively) refuse to share. — M.s. Lamont, Cache Lake, Ont.

    AFTER WE WROTE ABOUT BUG-BESTING TIPS IN OUR MAY ’18 ISSUE, @181_BILL TWEETED: “THANKS TO YOU, THERE’S 5 LESS DEER FLIES ON MY LAKE, BUT I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY FRIENDS I LOST WEARING A BLUE CUP ON MY HEAD.”

    MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

    On a rainy morning at the cottage, I opened your Summer ’18 issue and came across your marshmallow catapult (“Missile in Action,”

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