At 11:32 AM 4/6/99 -0700, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: >Hank's Lightning paddles are terrible! Don't go near them. They are so >light and great that you will want to toss away all of your other >paddles, i.e. a very expensive experience. :-) Hi Ralph et al! Last season a friend (a distributor no less, curse his eyes) insisted that I try an ugly black Zavarel graphite paddle. It was a horrible experience, and at the end of 20 or 30 minutes of loathing (a couple of laps around the local puddle), I returned to find that he had somehow contrived to fill the shaft of my lovely wooden paddle with lead. Out came the checkbook. I later tried to foist the lead-filled paddle off on the Ms., but she wasn't having anything to do with it. Out came the checkbook again. I feel that there ought to be a law against this sort of thing. To quote Paul Simon, "If I'd never loved I never would have cried . . ." >Perhaps I should paddle one of Derek's logs so that my existing >inventory would shine once again. Nope, won't work. Tried it. Spent 2 whole minutes using a Mohawk aluminum/plastic paddle last weekend. Severe withdrawal; tenseness in my shoulders, cramps in my forearms, shakes, the works. What we really need is some kinda support group, maybe one of those 12 step programs or something; "My name is S_______, and I am a graphite addict . . ." ;-) ByeBye! S. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 06 1999 - 14:19:34 PDT
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