Scott Ives wrote: > > You guys are kidding, right? Why would anyone actually buy rocks? > ... I understand that you can buy landscaping rocks at garden stores and other places for US$250 a rock or more. Linda and I recently moved over to her new pond several 500-lb. boulders that came out out of the hole where we added on to the house last year. We figure we have at least a thousand dollars worth -- probably too valuable to leave lying around outside. Since they were brought to our property by a southbound glacier (this was before my time), doubtless many are Canadian ballast rocks. If we could only figure out which are which.... Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
With enough ballast a kayak can be made essentially self-righting (like those little pool toys with lead in the bottom). This is an important point for people to keep in mind--particularly Nordkapp owners. :-) >'Round these here parts, if you have lead in your bottom they call you lead a** and tell you to get the lead out. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:20 AM 9/18/98 -0500, Chuck Holst wrote: >Since they were brought to our property by a southbound glacier (this >was before my time), doubtless many are Canadian ballast rocks. If we >could only figure out which are which.... The Canadian ones say "eh" a lot. Wayne *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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