Re: [Paddlewise] FW: ACA meetings: Greenlan

From: John Winters <735769_at_ican.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 08:12:23 -0500
Mike wrote;

>
>> I suggest we go one step further. If you don't own at least one folding
>> kayak you are not a serious paddler. :-)
>>
>
>Does it count if the kayak didn't start life as a folder, but does now?

Ralph has more expertise in folders and I would defer to his judgement. See
his comments on folding Inuit.

Ralph also wrote;

 (SNIP)

. >I must make a confession here.  When I was growing up in a
>Spanish-speaking household, I was often called a "sinverguenza" by my
>family.   The term "sin verguenza" means "without shame."  Sometimes
>"mal criado" was added, which is Spanish for "badly raised."  Having
>both said in the same breath as in "sinverguenza y mal criado" was to
>shamelessness what a BCU 5 Star award is to kayaking. :-)

I knew you must be descended from royalty. :-)


Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/

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