>>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! :-) 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. So, should I say "Cheers?" Be free, be cool, be paddling in liquid when you can, be yourself, strive for peace at all cost, and when you have to fight -- give it all you got. Doug Lloyd - who's perhaps more spiritual than religious; but more reflective than spiritual, but really wishes he was on the water more where waves of grace wash the decks clean of life's bitter bits of detritus. Bless you Jolie; a journey requires one to always move forward. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ "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 Sat Mar 15 2003 - 03:29:18 PST
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