Sad coment: Years ago William Nealy penned a cartoon about the loss of community between paddlers. The first picture labeled yesterday (I think) shows two paddles who were driving from opposite directions on a 4 lane highway. Upon seeing each others kayaks they slammed on their brakes jumped out of their cars and ran to each other crying "brother!" The next picture show two paddlers passing each other on a two lane highway without so much as a glance. This picture was labeled today or now or something like that. Sunday afternoon I headed down to Seward to camp and paddle the next day. I passed at least a dozen vechiles with seakayaks on top. I waved at each but not a one waved back or even made eye contact. Sadly for some community is not a word associated with sea kayaking. Bob *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
----- 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 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> > > Sunday afternoon I headed down to Seward to camp and paddle the next day. >I passed at least a dozen vechiles with seakayaks on top. I waved at each but >not a one waved back or even made eye contact. > > > Sadly for some community is not a word associated with sea kayaking. > > > > > >Bob you weren't dressed weird or wearing a funny hat were you : ) some times I don't like to talk to guys wearing skirts (kayak) too Dana *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
>>Bob > >you weren't dressed weird or wearing a funny hat were you : ) some times I >don't like to talk to guys wearing skirts (kayak) too > >Dana > Not even if my funny hat matches my skirt? Bob *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
At 06:02 PM 5/8/02 -0800, Bob Carter wrote: > >>Bob > > > >you weren't dressed weird or wearing a funny hat were you : ) some times I > >don't like to talk to guys wearing skirts (kayak) too > > > >Dana > > >Not even if my funny hat matches my skirt? > >Bob as long as you are color coordinated I guess it is ok Dana *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
"Bob Carter" <revkayak_at_mtaonline.net> wrote: >Upon seeing each others kayaks they slammed on their brakes jumped out >of their cars and ran to each other crying "brother!" On my first whitewater outing of the year, a few weeks ago, I got waves from 2 of the 4 kayak-laden vehicles I passed. I don't get as many waves from sea kayakers. I think our sport tends to attract more introverts, where whitewater is a much more social activity. Don't get me wrong, I've had tons of fun with SK'ers I've just met, but in general.... Shawn Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.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/ ***************************************************************************
> On my first whitewater outing of the year, a few weeks ago, I got waves > from 2 of the 4 kayak-laden vehicles I passed. I don't get as many > waves from sea kayakers. Waving to passer's by is a measure of community to be sure. It is a must for my utopian community along with "the rule of thumb". "The rule of thumb" being that the local phone book cannot be thicker than my thumb. "The one finger wave" is the wave of choice. "The one finger wave" requires both hands to remain on the steering wheel while extending the right hand index finger. I have lived in areas that utilize a one finger wave, but, the finger was too often other than the index. Bruce McC WEO *************************************************************************** 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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