Ronnie replied to Ralph: > Hey Ralph, Green rubber gloves from the hardware store! That is my kind of technical. As you can see by some of my previous post, I like making my own kayaks and gear. Maybe I can make a pair of green rubber gloves.< Hey Ronnie, You should get together with a friend of mine, Doug Alderson. He's always fabricating his own equipment and even boats (from door skins clad in cloth/epoxy). He has a good book out with money-saving tips. It's a standing joke between us whenever we meet, as to how much I've spent recently compared to his spendthrift ways. At the last surf meet, he was wearing his discount special drysuit. Light, compact, and with a zipper all the way to the crotch (providing relief, without the cost of a separate zipper). I was there with a new HD custom drysuit with all the bells and whistles. $300.00 vs $1200.00. He had a good laugh once again (though I stayed in the surf all day and didn't break any fingers). Of course there was the time off Storm Island in horrendous seas where a buddy of mine was freezing in his home made gloves made from old white polypro underwear. Guess there is a balance somewhere. Well, good paddling to you. There's a big low headed my way Friday, so I'm hoping to get out for some storm night-paddling (something I've never done before). I just might have to buy a new headlamp. :-) Doug Lloyd Victoria BC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ "Whatever can be said at all can be said clearly and whatever cannot be said clearly should not be said at all." Ludwig Wittgenstein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Dec 11 2002 - 05:55:29 PST
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