"katysails" wrote in message
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John admitted:
Even better for a Lake Erie guy.................

eeewwwww....Lake Erie......you're right....
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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Whoooooooa there. The lake is a LOT cleaner than it used to be. I remember
when I was a kid, we would go to the northern shore in Ontario and you'ld
see nothing but dead fish on the beaches. Looks like the efforts of the
federal government have finally paid off. It's clean enough where I don't
feel uncomfortable letting the kids swim in it, though I wouldn't recommend
eating fish out of ANY of the Great Lakes.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...82224353xopmod
Funny, this picture made me think of this little factoid. Visiting one of
the few legitimate tourist attractions at PIB, "Perry's Cave", the guide
mentioned that Commodore Perry's men filled their water barrels from the
springs in the cave, it seems that even then, long before the industrial
age, the water in Lake Erie wasn't fit for human consumption, probably had
something to with naturally occurring organisms in the water.
John Cairns