Fred T, CA Kayaker wrote: > > And remember: Never ask anyone where they are from. If they are from > Texas they will tell you. Otherwise, you don't want to embarrass them. > > Fred > California Kayaker > (Raised in the country in N. Central Texas. Closest water - Wind > Mill. Please don't tell anyone - they don't know I'm from Texas. I don't > want Yall to shun me.) Don't mess with Texas. Our web school marm, Jackie Fenton, is from several generations of Texans. Texas is a hotbed of sea kayaking (well hot anyway). My understanding of coastal waters is that you have to go out quite aways before you have enough water under your keel to float. So you tucker out from walking well before you get to start paddling. But the good news is that you won't get water in over the top of your cowboy boots. Also Texans paddle with sprayskirts made of mosquito netting. The bugs are so numerous that they form a barrier that keeps sea spray out but allows body vapors to pass through. It is a patented breathable waterproof process called Critter-TEX; for obvious reasons, Texans are not allowed to use GORE-tex. Don't mind me. There were 12 murders on my block this morning and I am procrastinating from cleaning up the mess before I go to the Downtown Boathouse this morning to sweep out all the floating condoms (probably left over from the 4th use; I don't mean in terms of uses for a condom discussed in Paddlewise recently; I mean _used_ four times) and floating needles in the embayment before the annual Regatta. Besides I can't seem to find my AK-47 that I will need for the subway ride down there. 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 - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Aug 19 2000 - 06:49:32 PDT
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