>From: Sandykayak_at_aol.com >Ain't Paddlewise wunnerful? > >Thanks to all of you who responded privately wishing me (and my community) >well - looks as if you did a good job. Latest report is that we will be >getting tropical storm winds this evening, though it is starting to get a >wee >bit windy now. Yup, we're all glad you're okay. And in keeping with the feminist comments below, isn't it nice they now name storms after men as well as women? >The title of this topic (BOMFOG) refers to a feminist dig: i.e. if we have >the Brotherhood of Man does that mean it's the Fatherhood of God? How >about >the Siblinghood of Paddlers (SOP)! Harking back to a thread of a days ago, it struck me that "The Sea Monkeys" would make a great name for a sea kayaking club, though I suppose "The Brine Shrimp" would work too... both names are non-sexist...and non-sexy... >I supposed I'll get flamed for using the "f" (feminist) word. I apologize >in >advance and assure you that I really do like men...of course there are a >few.....!!! Yeah, I know, its the few rotten million fellows who ruin it for we fifty decent guys:-) Philip Torrens N49°16' W123°06' *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Sep 14 1999 - 10:24:30 PDT
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