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The best paddling finction stories I have read are by the venerable Ken Strickland, who has various nom de plumes. Pete Staehling had a passel of them - check them out! Ken is the O'Henry of paddling, Pphhhttttthh. socemdog |
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That's what I told him years ago with love and affection - that he is
the O'Henry of paddling stories!!! And Cubic Dog is our poet laureate. |
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Yeah, after AOL cut out newsgroups, I cut out AOL, Hope all is well with
you over yonder! wrote in message oups.com... Hey, "no longer AOL"! Have you lost your faith, Robin? ;-) Wilko http://kayaker.nl |
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Socemdog wrote:
Yeah, after AOL cut out newsgroups, I cut out AOL. Being owned and operated by a media conglomerate, AOL wants neither free speech, nor people thinking for themselves. They want us to affix our eyes and ears to the media "pipeline" of sexual innuendo and corporate propaganda. |
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You sound like one of those conservative wackos.
(Takes one to know one) "Bill Tuthill" wrote in message ... Socemdog wrote: Yeah, after AOL cut out newsgroups, I cut out AOL. Being owned and operated by a media conglomerate, AOL wants neither free speech, nor people thinking for themselves. They want us to affix our eyes and ears to the media "pipeline" of sexual innuendo and corporate propaganda. |
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I've moved on ISP wise as well. This part of our city got a one year
free 10 Mbit glassfibre internet connection with Giganews subscription. Not bad, but it means that when using a newsserver to download stuff, reading news on newsgroups at the same time is not possible (the download software takes precendence over the newsreader). Besides, having had a very slowly improving torn muscle near my wrist means that I haven't paddled moving water for almost two months. Also, no more cartwheels in the pool for me for some time. I tried again this past Saturday, and the pain after the third end was excruciating. Not to mention the withdrawal symptoms! :-( I guess you're still paddling, seeing you on RBP? Wilko http://kayaker.nl |
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Sorry to hear about your wrist, Wilko. Yep, still paddling some, not near
'nough, though! I guess you can sympathize with that, though heh hehe :-) wrote in message oups.com... I've moved on ISP wise as well. This part of our city got a one year free 10 Mbit glassfibre internet connection with Giganews subscription. Not bad, but it means that when using a newsserver to download stuff, reading news on newsgroups at the same time is not possible (the download software takes precendence over the newsreader). Besides, having had a very slowly improving torn muscle near my wrist means that I haven't paddled moving water for almost two months. Also, no more cartwheels in the pool for me for some time. I tried again this past Saturday, and the pain after the third end was excruciating. Not to mention the withdrawal symptoms! :-( I guess you're still paddling, seeing you on RBP? Wilko http://kayaker.nl |
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Wow, sorry to hear about your wrist, Wilko. At least its not
springtime, so you have a few months of enforced rest and recuperation facing you. --riverman |
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wilko, I reread my previous post regarding your sad state of affairs,
and also want to express my regrets for your injury. What I wrote, is that as someone else who does not bounce back up as easy as I use to, or for that matter, bounce down in the first place! I have found that getting older is the pits! I have always read your stories about "Dare and Do" with some secret admiration, wishing that I could still "Do"! Alas those days are past, and I must be content to paddle easy ways, and leave the rowdy stuff for the younger dare crowd. But I have also found that the easy paddle is still a joy, and I know that you will be welcomed. Just bring your stories, RkyMtnHootOwl. 0v0 On 29 Nov 2005 09:20:54 -0800, riverman wrote: Wow, sorry to hear about your wrist, Wilko. At least its not springtime, so you have a few months of enforced rest and recuperation facing you. --riverman |
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Robin, Myron, no worries. Although I have to forget about cartwheeling
for a while (at least when my personal doctor is around ;-)), that doesn't mean that I have completely stopped kayaking. This past sunday we ran the upper Rur in Germany, with a group of nine boaters from the http://kanoforum.nl paddling forum where most of the paddlers knew eachother from. Funny detail is that one of the guys that I paddled with on Sunday had known me since 1994 from RBP when we exchanged some e-mails but never met me IRL untill now! :-) So, I don't stop paddling, just took precautions not to be slowed down by the injury. I paddled a creekboat instead of my trusted Flipstick playboat to prevent me from playing. Good thing too, because we had a swimmer at the bottom of this slide: http://www.xackers.net/freewheelers/pictures/rur10.jpg He got stuck upside-down for maybe 20 seconds, before bailing out. A friend bailed him out while I had to get his boat and paddle, which were stuck on a submerged rock in a micro-eddy at the bottom of the drop against the wall (on the right side of this picture). Getting to those rocks and climb onto them (covered in slippery silt) would have been quite a challenge from a playboat. Altogether a good day on the river with a nice water level and fun company. :-) Maybe another trip this weekend... :-) Other impressions of a very similar trip (also with snow on the banks) on the same river last season: http://www.xackers.net/freewheelers/imagerur.htm Wilko riverman wrote: Wow, sorry to hear about your wrist, Wilko. At least its not springtime, so you have a few months of enforced rest and recuperation facing you. --riverman |
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