Hi folks, I have enjoyed this list immensely over the last year or so, and have learned a great deal from this wonderful group of people. Over the last couple of months, I have been unable to paddle at all due to a bad elbow. I'm scheduled to have surgery on it later this year, but even then it may be a while before I can paddle again. (It is quite painful, pretty much all the time. And I have a high threshold for pain.) So, unfortunately, the kayaks are in storage for a while (as is my canoe), and I have to turn my energies to other things. I am very hopeful that in a few months I can re-evaluate this situation, but everything depends on how successful the surgery is, and, I suppose, on post-surgery therapy. So.... I reluctantly will sign off for a while. Reading all the emails just makes it all the harder, hearing of all your great adventures. Please don't forget me (if you remembered me in the first place <g>), except those I've offended -- to those, please forget me enough so that when I sign back on in a few months (hopefully) you will not remember what a jerk I was <g>. Special thanks to Jackie for all her hard work in keeping this thing going! Happy Paddling to All, and *cherish those working bones and muscles*, lest you lose them! I hope to be back with you before too long.... Mark *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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