MadPoodle_at_aol.com wrote: > > >From: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com > > > >> BTW, regarding my finding isolated places spooky, I ask the commentator > >> has he ever walked miles of wooded trails at night without a flashlight > > > > Ahh, have you ever walked thru St. Marks place at night without a > flashlight? Now that's spooky........ > > Scott > > Somebody remind me, why did I leave the safety of Miami to go to New York???? > Oh yeah, I wanted to experience a mugging!!! Actually, you are mug-safe if you stay in your paddling gear. I once landed by my lonesome at an NYC urban takeout as day was ending. Several really tough looking guys were hanging around at the site. I wasn't sure what impression my wearing a skirt(spray) would give but I had a lethal looking 8-foot paddle in hand and a knife in its holster Rambo-style on my PFD. However, what seemed to intimidate them more than anything was that I had just emerged from the water. One of them, startled by my appearing suddenly in their midst, exclaimed "Man, you've been out there?!?!" They were clearly terrified of it and seemed to have decided that anyone who would go out on the water was certifiably crazy and not to be messed with. They then left, followed by the fastest disassembly of a folding kayak ever for me! :-) ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 27 1999 - 21:09:40 PDT
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