>>> << One thing that raised my eyebrows was Norm's conclusion that the land of Oz lacks women sea kayakers because of a lack of sit-on-top kayaks there, which seems a bit naive, if not sexist, to me. >> Oh, dear.....and with apologies to Peter O and our other Ozzie friends, Australian men are not noted for being non-sexist. I believe the notion of "Sheilas" is still very much ingrained. sandy kramer miami >>> Actually, Norm Sanders is a native of the USA -- an entertaining writer, too. I just feel he sometimes generalizes too much from limited observations. Of course, I've never done that! <g> Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Nov 09 2000 - 08:36:54 PST
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