At 16:14 21-12-98 -0500, Lloyd Bowles <lbowles_at_bmts.com> wrote: > >Product Information Department wrote: > >> For me, the main attraction was, and is, that >> Paddlewise is sea kayak specific. > >I guess as a canoeist, that makes me an outsider. What the heck, paddling is >paddling. We have plenty in common & can learn from each other. I know I'm >learning at any rate. Besides, I went though the sp...n wars too. ah, us outsiders ;-)} there's quite a few, it _is_really all about paddling... >> So thanks my fellow Paddlewisers. Thanks especially to Jackie, for gently >> "riding herd" on the free-wheeling discussion, and all your hard >> behind-the-scenes work. > >I'll second that. It's a great group. Friendly, plenty of current info & >history. 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':| _| |(_||_)|_)\/ |:.'.||"|.'*:| ( | | _/ \:~^~^~^~^:/ __, ,___, /`-....-'\ (--|__| _ |' _| _, , / \ _| |(_)||(_|(_|\//_) `-.,____,.-' ( _/ best wishes to all, happy paddling, mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- 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 of Paddling websites I manage] 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, CEO Sun Microsystems "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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Dec 21 1998 - 14:02:06 PST
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