RE: [Paddlewise] Missing Canadian Ballast Rocks

This message is in regard to the sale of Canadian Ballast Rocks
in New York City.  I had business downtown and as I was walking
along, I noticed a street vendor with a table full of rocks.  The rocks
were grayish with a speckling and were somewhat rounded.  They
seemed nicely matched.

I stopped to look at the rocks and the vendor became somewhat 
nervous when I asked about their origin.  He assured me that they 
had come directly from our friends to the north and that he had all 
of the appropriate customs paperwork, although he had mistakenly 
left it in his apartment that particular morning.  Since he lived near
the Natural History Museum, it was too far away to easily get the
forms.  He said he would bring them with him the next day. 

I thanked him for his information and said I would come back the
next day.  He then pointed out a table 2 stores down where his 
cousin was selling Rolex watches and something he called a 
titanium GPS.  I guess there must have been a Rolex sale since
I got this great $2,500 watch for $18 and the GPS was even less.
I can't wait to try one of those midnight solo circumnavigations of
Manhattan, using them to guide my way.

Anyway, I went back the next day to see about those rocks and
I guess he must have been sick because he wasn't there and the
place where his cousin had been was occupied by a man selling 
kevlar and feather paddles.  I wish I could remember the rock guys
name.  It sounded kind of Hispanic.  Like Diablo or Dia...something 
or other.

Oh well, maybe next time he will be there.

Larry Mills
Purchase, NY

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