At 08:57 PM 2/12/2004 -0800, alex wrote: > > really hate the things. Although I sometimes carry a GPS for back-up, they > > really take the fun out of piloting and dead reckoning. I can't seem to >get > > some of my friends to turn the dang things off either. > >What really takes the fun out of paddling is a cell-phone or pager. GPS is >just a harmless toy compared to it. I have taken my cell-phone while paddling on a couple of occasions. In one case, I was teaching a class at the time when I received and answered a call. It was from my wife telling me that her water had just broke...and, yes, I finished the lesson. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 13 2004 - 04:42:48 PST
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