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 *************************************************************************** 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 06 2005 - 01:40:30 PDT
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