> >Kidding aside (well, sort of), my first test before dating my wife seriously, was to see if she could lift one end of my British heavy. Helps to have one's priorities straight in life.<< Jolie then said: >Oh, c'mon Doug! Yer such an animal, you don't need any help!< No, no, no...I was an animal in my _past_ life, a big brown bear actually, until I was recycled by the universe into my current state as a human. There is an atavistic preponderance of one or two memories from my past life, though that life was cut short when a trigger-happy Alaskan kayaker shot me dead after failing to properly interpret my non-violent, territorial posturing body-language. I forgave him immediately with my last bear-breath and thus achieved good Karma, which meant of course that I was reborn as a resident of Canada. :-) Not sure what I'll be next time around. Probably some kayak-widow, or maybe worse -- one of them sophisticated Puget Sound, San Juan bound paddlers with their lightweight Carbonfiber paddle, Kevlar kayak with kayak-lifting straps, wearing Tevas, skimpy Quick-Dry shorts, poly "T-shirt" and an expensive zippered Gortex paddling jacket tucked under the bungies shooting whales with my Mega-pixel digital camera listening to resident pods with my latest underwater sound-amplification device. Well, at least its only my kayak I drag around caveman-style, as opposed to my attaching wife. Blame it on developmental degradation due to a difficult delivery, though I did come attached to my mother. 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 Thu Jul 03 2003 - 06:11:52 PDT
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