Gpwecho (sorry, I don't see a name) wrote about his "friendship" with his moving-around-paddle. Dear Gpwecho, Sorry I have to do this, but you need a serious reality check. You know the saying "If a friend defeats me once, shame on him ; if he defeats me twice, shame on me"? How good is your friendship if that paddle keeps trying to murder you, by tripping you in the dark or disappearing when you need it most? With friends like that, you don't need any enemies! The subject has been discussed before, I think the header of that discussion was "A paddle gone bad". That's what happened to you: Your paddle has gone bad! What you need is a paddle-training-class. I looked on the internet, but couldn't find any. What I did find were a couple of dog-training-classes, which may be just as well. If you can teach your paddle to SIT, FOLLOW, HEEL and FETCH, you might be able to teach it commands like "STAY, BRACE, COME and FLOAT". Don't teach it to sink. Remember that your needs and the paddles needs may not be the same. You don't want a friendship with your paddle where every stroke has to be an endlessly discussed compromise between your needs and his. What you need is a master-slave relation with the thing. Put on your leather skullcap, take out your whip and show the bastard! Don't do this with the wife around, she might get jealous. Enjoy the training, Niels. *************************************************************************** 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 May 22 2001 - 01:13:15 PDT
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