In a message dated 7/23/2004 11:23:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, al.m_at_3web.net writes: > So the capitalists aren't making very good kayaks these days. How are the > > communists doing? > > > > Which ones - chinese or those in the former USSR? :-)... None of these > super-powers can make anything close to a good touring or recreational > kayak. They make some folding kayaks, though. > Kinda funny, how much travelling abroad could you do from a communist society? (Excluding party officials). Rob G Rob G *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Kinda funny, how much travelling abroad could you do from a communist > society? (Excluding party officials). > > Rob G >From what I see here in Vancouver, they travel in quite impressive numbers from China :-).... Still have to see their kayak, though ("Atlatl"?).... Russians, having the largest territory in the world, have more than enough wilderness in their backyard (second largest is probably Canada, though substantial part of it has water in the form not suitable for kayaking most of the year :-). *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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