<Snipped Rick's Ranting About Wifey and Inlaws.> 8-) Rick, stop arguing with them. You wont win. Show them instead. When the water gets warmer take the Wife and MomInLaw to a protected area. Put them in said kayak. Keep them close to shore. Dump them from the kayak. Tell them to get back in the kayak without touching the bottom or getting out of the water. After they flop around for awhile ask them what they would do if they were 100 yards off shore? When they say swim. Ask them how far they can swim. And then have them PROVE they can swim 100 yards. For cold water that is going to be more interesting. You could TRY to get them to put one hand in ice cold water for 15 minutes or so and then have them try to tie there shoes. Maybe that would drive home the point. FYI a few months ago I went running at the end of the afternoon. The day had been pleasent maybe in the low 50s. By the end of the run it had gotten dark and it was much colder. The air temp was in the high 30s maybe low 40s. I had not worn gloves and my hands were NUMB from the cold. I could barely untie my shoes. Interesting lesson I did not need 8-) Hope this helps... Dan McCarty *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 13 2001 - 11:12:49 PST
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