Re: [Paddlewise] kayaking community

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Carter" <revkayak_at_mtaonline.net>
> Sad coment:
>
>
> Years ago William Nealy penned a cartoon about the loss of community
between
> paddlers.

I sense the same regarding running.  When I started running back in the late
1960s and you would see a runner in Central Park or Riverside Park you would
wave your hand or nod your head.  Do that now and you would like fall over
from losing your balance from all the waving and nodding.  Another sign of
the changing demographics.  When I first ran those same parks, dogs would
invariably pull on their leashes barking and trying to take a piece out of
me.  One loose Great Dane almost knocked me down when he jumped on my back.
Sometime in the 1970s I started noticing that the dogs didn't even turn
their heads at a passing runner.

It really is a matter of size of community.

ralph diaz

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