-- On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 14:04:55 Steve Cramer wrote: >Khiak Mann wrote: >> >> I ask a serious, specific question about paddling and conditioning >> and so far I've received two replies, both wise-assed and not helpful. >> >> Is this what paddlewise is all about? >> >Only when it's working correctly. > >Oops, that's three. > >Steve > I've been subscribed to Paddlewise on and off for about 18 months. Yeah. . . survived the Wave-Length transitions to get away from Tim, "Sponson Johnson." Sounds to me like it's time to start yet another group, one where people don't ridicule your interests. Just for the record, I've got a pretty extensive background in exercise physiology. Outdoor recreation is pretty much what I do full-time. Yeah, I get paid for it. I've broad experience with camping in arctic, mari-time, desert, and alpine environments. Other intersts include Nordic skiing, cycling, hiking, fly-fishing, and target shooting (former biathlete). I've a sense of humor, but I think the wise-assed comments here are uncalled for. I'm not going to waste anymore of my time with this group. Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
I've been more or less lurking on Wavelength/paddlewise for about five or six years now. Contrary to your outlook, I keep subscribed in part because of the shenanigans that go on. A bit of humor in one's day makes it all worthwhile. Here's to the wise asses. Keep it coming. mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Even 'wise ass' remarks can be informative. they often contain very usefull information, if you look for it. Humor also helps memory. I can remember Bill Cosby skits from the early 70's, but can't remember any chemistry lectures from the same time. :-)) michael mhh_at_aretha.jax.org wrote: > > I've been more or less lurking on Wavelength/paddlewise for about > five or six years now. Contrary to your outlook, I keep subscribed in > part because of the shenanigans that go on. A bit of humor in one's day > makes it all worthwhile. Here's to the wise asses. Keep it coming. > mark *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Michael Neverdosky wrote: > > Humor also helps memory. > I can remember Bill Cosby skits from the early 70's, but can't remember > any chemistry lectures from the same time. :-)) And, I bet you paid more for the chemistry lectures, also! As a long-time chemistry teacher, I wish I could engrave your statement on the wall of every classroom in the country where chemistry is taught. I'll just bore you with one anecdote that grabs the attention of my students: When discussing burner safety and showing intro students (never been in a lab before, most of 'em) I always tell them about the lab partner in my high school chem class, across the bench from me. This was 1960, so beehive hairdos were in vogue, and to maintain that stack of hair, a lotta hairspray was needed. Anyway, she lit the burner, adjusted the flame to a nice blue cone, and got distracted. She came back to the bench and leaned forward to read something on the bench, just in front of the burner, positioning her 'do over the cone. Poof! A nice round hole appeared in the beehive. As she raised her head, the two or three of us across the bemnch from her opened our mouths in shock and began to point at her still smoldering "improvement." Her eyes went up, and she sniffed once or twice, suspiciously, and announced, "Hey! Something's burning!" -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR chemistry teacher *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Hmmm, mondo serious stuff. Sorta curious though -- is a sense of perspective and a sense of play important to outdoor recreation? I always thought it was -- at least that's what I preach to my students. Perhaps I was mistaken, and should be stoned for my lack of seriousness. (BTW, I know this fellow on the list who can get you a really good deal on some stones. Seems that he came across some Official Canadian Ballast Rocks on the sly and wants to unload them.) Richard Culpeper www.geocities.com/~culpeper ---------- > From: Khiak Mann <khiak_at_mailexcite.com> > > Just for the record, I've got a pretty extensive background in exercise physiology. Outdoor recreation is pretty much what I do full-time. Yeah, I get paid for it. I've broad experience with camping in arctic, mari-time, desert, and alpine environments. Other intersts include Nordic skiing, cycling, hiking, fly-fishing, and target shooting (former biathlete). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> I've been more or less lurking on Wavelength/paddlewise for about >five or six years now. Contrary to your outlook, I keep subscribed in >part because of the shenanigans that go on. A bit of humor in one's day >makes it all worthwhile. Here's to the wise asses. Keep it coming. > mark I look forward to the information, the silliness, the intense discussions, and general humour here. Keep on like it is! Diane *************************************************************************** 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 07:18 AM 10/16/98 -0700, dianem_at_sd61.bc.ca wrote: >> I've been more or less lurking on Wavelength/paddlewise for about >>five or six years now. Contrary to your outlook, I keep subscribed in >>part because of the shenanigans that go on. A bit of humor in one's day >>makes it all worthwhile. Here's to the wise asses. Keep it coming. >> mark > > >I look forward to the information, the silliness, the intense discussions, >and general humour here. Keep on like it is! > >Diane > > I am on several other list that has no humor in them at all and they are boring. Half the fun is the way every one gets a long and can joke with each other and feel comfortable. Keep up the good stuff. I still say that Pure Florida sand is better than the Canadian ballast rocks, it forms to the hull and its USA made. Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Mark H. Hunt wrote: > I've been more or less lurking on Wavelength/paddlewise for about > five or six years now. Contrary to your outlook, I keep subscribed in > part because of the shenanigans that go on. A bit of humor in one's day > makes it all worthwhile. Here's to the wise asses. Keep it coming. > mark i've been around a little less, but appreciate the humor as well. of course, i sit at a computer everyday, all day long for a living, so some humor comes as a pleasant relief!! sometimes it does get ridiculous, but i try hard not to get irritated... it's much more irritating to get html attachments with someone's mail, or people who reply to the sender of a post and copy the list... as now they're gonna two copies of the mail, which was a quote of a 100 line post, to say "me too"!!! i just delete them... paddle on dude's and dudettes ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: "In a world without fences, who needs 'Gates'" -- Scott McNealy "In a world without walls, who needs 'Windows'" -- Dave Livigni *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 10/16/1998 6:29:47 PM EST, dldecker_at_mediaone.net writes: << Pure Florida sand is better than the Canadian ballast rocks, it forms to the hull and its USA made. >> Pure Florida Sand is really Canadian Ballast Rocks TM that have rumbled around the waters for a few millenia and then pushed off on pink haired snowbirds as sand! LOL John *************************************************************************** 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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