>Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:09:16 +0000 >To: "Jolie Smilowicz" <jolie_at_rockisland.com> >From: Nick Reiter <reiter_at_fodderty.u-net.com> >Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Jim--upset about placing his kids in danger > >Jolie > >Yes, I was once in a similar dilemna (although it concerned proper >equipment for going into the mountains here in the Scottish Highlands, >where conditions can become virtually arctic very suddenly). I decided to >speak out, as diplomatically as possible, giving examples of mishaps I >knew of. It is difficult, not only because you do not want to offend >people you like, but also because you don't want to scare them off with >tales of death and doom. What decided me to speak out in the end was, I >suppose, almost selfish: I asked myself how I would feel if I said >nothing and the people concerned went out one day and didn't come >back. That did it: I like to get some sleep at night. > >One ploy might be to get a knowledgeable friend of yours to raise it with >them in your presence; you can then act as a "reinforcer" by talking it >through after she/he has said the necessary and departed. > >Sorry if this sounds like preaching, but every year we have mountain and >water casualties in the Highlands, and many could so easily be prevented. >Of course, some people just won't listen; but some do. > > >At 18:25 12/12/2001 -0800, you wrote: >>I live next door to an elderly couple and their daughter and son-in-law, both >>intelligent Boeing types, with their 2 kids, often spend weeks with >>them. The >>daughter paddles one of those cheapy REI plastic boats you can see light >>through and always pops at least one, if not both of the kids, into it. She >>puts a PFD over their t-shirts in the summer or over their fleece in the >>winter. She dresses the same. I don't believe they have the foggiest notion >>about the concept called "tide chart" and the waters in front of my house can >>be fierce. I never know what to do. I feel it's almost criminal, but am not >>sure it is my place to speak up. Anybody else ever confront this situation? >> >> >> >> >> >>Jolie >> >> >>on 48 degree water >> >> >>jolie_at_rockisland.com >> >> >> >> >> >>*************************************************************************** >>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/ >>*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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