Re: [Paddlewise] staying calm, (was Boise/Proper Equipment)

From: Tord Eriksson <tord_at_tord.nu>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:40:09 +0200
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 06.33, you wrote:
 
> > It isn't that easy, as I normally suffer from stage-fright, in a great
> > way - my only radio transmission was not that bl**dy great as I said
> > nothing, or very close to nothing!
>
> You're absolutely right, it isn't that easy. I've been practicing and
> performing for 45-years. After having bombed many times, I now have the
> confidence to do the above.
>
> > I used to play the trombone (the valve-equipped variant), in my very
> > early years, but then I didn't suffer from stage-fright ...
>
> Aha, Tord...this is the problem...never play the valve-trombone! If you
> carry a REAL slide trombone in your kayak you will never need the flares or
> the VHF. Just be careful, whales sometimes become aroused at the sound of a
> trombone. :<)

Oh, so that's where the whales come from - I didn't know why I keep missing 
them - better get a new trombone! And I am impressed that you get that 
trombone into a hard-shell kayak, but what an excellent fog horn it must be! 
Better than our puny compressed air can thingy!


Tord
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