[Paddlewise] Have money, will buy!

Dear Paddlewisers,

Sheeesh! I turn my back for one second, and my wife is sending the list
messages. Please excuse her little attempt at addressing my fiscal
responsibilities -- or lack thereof (family matters are kind of off-topic).
OF COURSE I'm going to PAY the bills, before I get more kayaks, bikes, a
Westie and matching van, etc (and put some away for the kid's future
educational needs, I might add!).

Her problem is she can't keep me tethered, er, make that leashed (better
word, right Jed?). Yes, it would have been easier if I had come into the
marriage with a well engineered folder that had lots of stability and fit
into a nice bag or two or three -- agreed Ralph -- but we both tried to
avoid selecting partners with "excess baggage".

I have three life insurance policies, and they don't list dangerous sea
kayaking as a negator - only river paddling and sky-diving; so Gabriel, if
I drown, the house is paid for, she and the kids will be rich, and if she
looses 20 lbs, she be back in courting mode! Now that's practical.

And sorry Duane, I'm more than likely gonna make my next kayak (a
tweaked-out low-volume Outer Island in wood strip, which I intend to paddle
in a more gentlemanly-like fashion), so the only endorsement I can give is
that the perfect boat is the one you build yourself, to fit yourself.
Though, when my other Aunt dies, that carbon-fiber Jubilee just might
happen, or maybe a Romany 18, then there's that Capella, or that new
Paradigm, I dunno. In the meantime, if Matt comes out with a decent sea
kayak, I might consider that too (oooh, that was low, and very much in jest
-- some of my best friends paddle Mariners!). Remember ultimately though,
it's the paddler that counts the most, and were not talking brawn and
bravado - though I have a fair bit of that too. 

Well, I better get outta her, though I must say Arthur, at least _your_
wife "stood by her man" when she interloped onto the list. Our wives,
eh...our friends, our lovers, and apparently, our mothers!

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd (happily married, but still courting danger and flirting with
disaster...gotta go, here she comes)  
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