[Paddlewise] Nearshore Biota (was Fwd: Safety and "Canoe & Kayak" Magazine)

From: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_telus.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 05:46:24 -0700
Outfit3029_at_aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 9/14/00 3:39:14 AM !!!First Boot!!!, dlloyd_at_telus.net
> writes:
>
> << Way toooooo many pain killers! Won't be kayaking for another month they
>  say. I may go completely bonkers. Actually, my rant was inspired by one
>  of the many Codeine nightmares attendant with that medication. I dreamt
>  I was cleaning my kayak in the yard, when I noticed a clam shell stuck
>  to the hull. I bashed it off, whereupon it grew to the size of a
>  football. <snip>

> Doug,
>    Hmmm, let's examine this "dream" a little more closely, shall we?
>    You didn't by any chance dine on Linguini with clam sauce that evening,
> did you? Maybe it was a bad clam and not the codeine.<snip>

Thanks for the dream interpretation -oh this poor list, the weirdness it get
dragged through :-) (Thanks for your patience, Jackie).

Well, I'm up early unable to sleep with attendant pain tonight. It'll be a long
day at work today. I'm still serious about needing some info from anybody about
the possible impact we might be making on the immediate nearshore environment
during our landings and launchings and walk-abouts. A few years back, a biology
professor wrote something for Wavelength Magazine about a theory that clams and
oysters and such sent out signals to returning Salmon schools, helping point them
the way back to their home streams through some as of yet undiscovered
communication system. She was adamant about  a kayaker's impact on the intertidal
life and the possible decline in Salmon stocks (er, what about fishing). I
e-mailed her a few times, but she will not respond (we had a torrid e-mail
flirtation affair, then she dropped me like a....well, a hot clam). Anyway, if
anyone has some credible info, I would appreciate it.(The highly dedicated editor
of the Chesapeake Paddlers Association had a great article written by her in
their last newsletter about low inpact camping, BTW). Thanks again.

BC'in Ya
Doug Lloyd

>

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