On Wednesday, April 23, 2003, at 12:35 PM, Todd Miller wrote: > Not that I disagree, but as one who occasionally does without his PFD > when > floating on the local pond with friends, I have to chime in :-) > Another > thing the "statistics" won't show are the hundreds or thousands of > times > that PFD-less boating has occurred with no incident at all. I am sure most of the bullets shot in Iraq didn't hit anyone. There must have been thousands or tens of thousands of times that a bullet fell to earth harmlessly. Shall we conclude that, statistically, war isn't that deadly? That said, I think it is possible to paddle safely without a PFD, that is, until you need one. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 23 2003 - 11:48:41 PDT
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