In a previous article, Ken Fortenberry said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
Weekend before last, I was paddling on my favourite local river.
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Don't scout leaders believe in giving lessons? They're a menace.

Yeah, maybe a menace and it's a real shame you injured
yourself but on the other hand kids on the water, that's
a *good* thing, right ?

Only if somebody teaches them to not be a menace to themselves and others
first.

30 years ago when I was taken canoeing by my YMCA day camp, they spend
some time in a secluded bay teaching us strokes and how to handle the
canoes before being sent into a popular paddling area. These morons
didn't even TRY to steer or stop. They didn't even say "sorry".


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
please excuse my typing, but my whole left arm is in a cast. and i don't
mean _the king and i_.