On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:00:15 -0500 dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com writes: >|They also eat seal liver that would kill you and me. > <<snip>> Friends, if Eye have to eat seal liver or ANYTHING's liver to survive cold water ...well, this good, ole boy will just stay ankle deep in his swamps and bayous down here. Heck, my main paddling season is just now getting started. Most of the really mean mosquitos are dead; the night time temps are low 40's with high 70's during the day; day paddling has now become truly enjoyable and not just a field exercise in avoiding heat stroke or heat exhaustion. I have a thermometer left over from the swimming pool days, so I measured the water temp last Sunday before leaving the put-in. I'm not even going to tell you what it read, but about 45 minutes of paddling has me doing the "stretch and switch" with poly underwear to wind up with bare skin under my PFD ( ...yes, always !) I have tried to eat liver and will take my chances with the coldest of water any day. My mother-in-law ( a wonderful Cajun Momma, God rest her soul ...) once told me she could cook liver and I would not know it was liver ...SHE LIED ! In conclusion here ...if I tump over in cold water ( ...which I have done ! ...hey, it was at least pretty cold in THAT February ! ) I know I have a better than average, fighting chance of making it okay. With the liver ...well, just go ahead and divide up my gear ! ...adieu ...Peyton (Louisiana) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 11:35:59 PST
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