Re: [Paddlewise] Signs of end of world

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 08:09:33 -0400
At 04:45 PM 6/12/01 -0400, Michael Noyes wrote:
>Robert J. Matter wrote:
>
>   Bob Denton wrote:
>
>
>     and
>     finally I was asked where I kept my first aid kit?! I guess I passed
>     because I was issued a serialized triangular red, white and blue sticker
>     and told to display it on the bow?!
>
>     Wha?
>
>
>   Ain't never heard of that either.
>
>I believe that it was a courtesy inspection.  If you go through a
>courtesy inspection and pass you get a sticker to display.

Is that anything like a courtesy seatbelt inspection checkpoint?  If 
courtesy isn't one of the most misused words in the English language the 
phrase, "for your convenience" certainly is.


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