Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

what is all "lumber" according to jim ,the writer?

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Jim classifies "lumber" as useless things they might bring on the boat. He uses lumber as a metaphor for all the baggage we carry in life, which we don't need, that weighs us down.

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