>we'd like to meet some of the other listers... >What do all you Paddlewisers look like anyway?? ;-) >Karen Hancock >Tigard, OR I'll stop by on my way home from Barkley Sound. I look like Jean Genet in a yellow C.D. Caribou. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I got a suggestion that Paddlewisers (or Paddleweisenheimers as some are known) put a yellow piece of flagging marked with a "P" on their hat. Then we can recognize each other anywhere around the Symposium. Sounds like a good idea to me. What do you all think? Karen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hancock wrote: > > I got a suggestion that Paddlewisers (or Paddleweisenheimers as some are > known) put a yellow piece of flagging marked with a "P" on their hat. > Then we can recognize each other anywhere around the Symposium. Sounds > like a good idea to me. What do you all think? > > Karen I think you should all be dragging around 10 kilos of official Canadian Ballast Rock. The miners of that rock have a special carrying device for the ballast rock when used on land. It consists of a heavy duty gunny sack connected to a heavy two piece line that divides to serve double duty as front and rear bumper tie-downs when cartopping your kayak. There may be some confusion however. Northwesterners are very style conscious and the non-Paddlewise among them may decide to imitate this new look in Demo Beach attire. Some neighbor to the immediate north may take advantage of this. British Columbian are known for their enterprising ways (the most successful Canadian kayaking operations are out West for example). An unscrupulous British Columbian may bring a truck load of western Canadian rock down to the symposium and palm it off as official Canadian Ballast Rock. But we all know that the only true such ballast comes from the Eastern provinces where the rocks are more mature. So maybe you should also wear the suggested yellow ties on your hats or from your pigtails or ponytails. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ***************************************************************************
All right now, someone is going to have to tell Ralph where to get off.... Karen ;-) rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > > I think you should all be dragging around 10 kilos of official Canadian > Ballast Rock. > > There may be some confusion however. Northwesterners are very style > conscious and the non-Paddlewise among them may decide to imitate this > new look in Demo Beach attire. Some neighbor to the immediate north may > take advantage of this. British Columbian are known for their > enterprising ways (the most successful Canadian kayaking operations are > out West for example). An unscrupulous British Columbian may bring a > truck load of western Canadian rock down to the symposium and palm it > off as official Canadian Ballast Rock. But we all know that the only > true such ballast comes from the Eastern provinces where the rocks are > more mature. > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Or take the bull by the horns and paint the ballast yellow with P in black. Yellow for visibility in the fog being generated by this thread. =^..^= --Mel-- Mel Lammers mslammers_at_earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> To: Hancock <magpi_at_access1.net> Cc: <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PT Symposium...stand out from the crowd > Hancock wrote: > > > > I got a suggestion that Paddlewisers (or Paddleweisenheimers as some are > > known) put a yellow piece of flagging marked with a "P" on their hat. > > Then we can recognize each other anywhere around the Symposium. Sounds > > like a good idea to me. What do you all think? > > > > Karen > > I think you should all be dragging around 10 kilos of official Canadian > Ballast Rock. The miners of that rock have a special carrying device > for the ballast rock when used on land. It consists of a heavy duty > gunny sack connected to a heavy two piece line that divides to serve > double duty as front and rear bumper tie-downs when cartopping your > kayak. > > There may be some confusion however. Northwesterners are very style > conscious and the non-Paddlewise among them may decide to imitate this > new look in Demo Beach attire. Some neighbor to the immediate north may > take advantage of this. British Columbian are known for their > enterprising ways (the most successful Canadian kayaking operations are > out West for example). An unscrupulous British Columbian may bring a > truck load of western Canadian rock down to the symposium and palm it > off as official Canadian Ballast Rock. But we all know that the only > true such ballast comes from the Eastern provinces where the rocks are > more mature. > > So maybe you should also wear the suggested yellow ties on your hats or > from your pigtails or ponytails. > > ralph > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
"I got a suggestion that Paddlewisers (or Paddleweisenheimers as some are known) put a yellow piece of flagging marked with a "P" on their hat. Then we can recognize each other anywhere around the Symposium. Sounds like a good idea to me. What do you all think?" Hmmm, Yellow P, well, if it's good enough for wolves it's good enough for me, Nick Lyle *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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