It's too cold, gray and generally unpleasant to paddle this afternoon, and a thought occurred to me. What if I'd set my beloved Pintail down at one of my customary put-ins and some very rich gent driving a new Ford Exhibitionist --- or whatever that new, <big> one is --- was out testing his integral GPS and autopilot and drove over my boat, splintering it into fragments, pulverizing my Canadian Ballast Rocks (tm), and leaving me with a pile of toxic waste and gray dust. And he felt really badly about it and gave me the replacement cost of my Pintail and fixed gear on the spot. Would I buy another Pintail, or would I buy something else. (Taking the money and running was not an option, no matter how big the fleet is getting.) I'm still thinking. Which leads me to ask you, fellow PaddleWisers, what would <you> do if someone trashed your boat by accident and gave you the replacement cost? Would you buy what you've got now or something else. And why? Jack Martin *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 10 1999 - 13:39:48 PST
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