tord_at_tord.nu writes: > Better arguement for PFDs is hard to find: Your loved ones have a > bigger chance to retrieve your body, if you should die while paddling! Plus, the life insurance settlement is quicker if there is a corpus. [Might as well enjoy this gallows humor. It is a peculiar kind of joy, but common to seafarers. BTW, commercial fishers locally _never_ wear PFD's when working on deck because it is not "manly," they say. In fact, when someone goes out in the middle of the night to pee over the rail, and dons a PFD, the others are wary of suicide, the donning of the PFD being so unusual. Probably save a couple lives every year if they all did wear PFD's when working the deck ... and a strobe or at least a light.] -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Oct 17 2006 - 20:11:08 PDT
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