[Paddlewise] Fw: Hands Across the Water (was Bush League)

> >>Doug's response was the following story:
> >>
> >>I paddled over to Jolie's a couple of months ago.I just love it!
Canadians
> do party harder, though,eh.<<
>
> >Doug: We had talked before your arrival, and knowing that you were a
deeply
> spiritual person, had decided as a group to radically tone down our usual
> rowdy behaviour, so as not to offend you.<
>
> Yikes, and here I thought you guys_were_ being rowdy! I'd hate to see you
> WKC folks _not_ toned down! As for drinking, I usually know what side of a
> good buzz to hover at, when I do drink. I may "swagger" a bit to the
> religious right, but I think God made us to enjoy ourselves. Chronic
alcohol
> abuse is a different matter. Being a paddler, I tend to be the type, like
> the rest of us Paddlewisers I imagine, who try and take care of their
> bodies. I'll concede my notion of being a harder hardy partier from Canuk
> land. As for the etiology of modern alcoholism, researchers might want to
> conduct their control experiments using paddlers consistently found
gathered
> at Lyme Point, American San Juan's. There would be no lack of volunteers!

ER...that's Limestone Point, Doug.  Are you in a black-out?
> :-)
>
> And hey, if the rest of the people on this list are half as nice as
> subscribers I've met like you, Rob, Steve, Mike (and Tina and Dave whom
I've
> also met through PW), there is hope for the world yet in this new era.

Thanks, Doug.  We love you too!

Jolie
>

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