Re: [Paddlewise] An Urban Adventure, or....

From: <JSpinner_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:19:11 EDT
Thank you for a lovely break in a day too dreary to haul the boat an hour up 
the road to the usual Wed. paddle. It was a bit like looking at that deer 
crossing the road in the park last night. I've never seen a deer in this park 
in the 40+ years I've lived in this area. Stunning!
    We won't go into deer in urban parks, just be thankful for the moment of 
beauty it offered me after 14 hours of work. That is why I sneak a moment 
here and there to glance at my list mail while at work.
    As far as Dr. Peregrine Inverbon, Ph.d., DD, LL.d, Ph.G, President, 
Genuine Canadian Ballast Rock LTD. (TM) goes, he is going to get me into big 
trouble trying to explain the frequency with which I either fall out of my 
chair or sound like someone is strangling a duck in my cubicle. I have no 
idea how to explain Canadian ballast rocks to the simple, nonpaddling folk 
who share my space. Even my screensaver of a paddler doing a chine turn 
scares some of them. Maybe it is the extreme brace that scares them, either 
way, a few tend to pale as they rush by. 
    Those noises just cause them to walk 350 degrees the other way around the 
building to avoid my cubicle. They have told me they DON'T want to know what 
would cause such sounds out of the art department. All they want is a cup of 
coffee.
    Thanks to all the poets, pundits, those aspiring to profundity, and each 
person who contributes to these lists. Even when cranky, you are a blessing.

Joan Spinner
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