"Don White" wrote in
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"Jim Willemin" wrote in message
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I was laughing all the way home, and feeling very smug and almost
righteous. Proud of my little boat, too - she was more than up to
the rescue.

Good for you. That row might have intimidated more than one pseudo
boater in this group.


It was sort of a Luddite victory - I'm a firm believer in the efficacy of
simple machines, and am delighted to score one for the Neanderthals who
like to take things slow and quiet. But I dunno about the intimidation
part, Don - maybe so, but given a choice I like to think most folks will do
the right thing (as long as their reputation is not at risk). Besides, it
gives one such a warm fuzzy feeling to be the Hero to the Rescue. It was
not as dramatic as hearing 'Mayday, mayday' over the radio, but the rush
was there.