Re: [Paddlewise] health issues

I would volunteer for the broodstock program except that I've undergone a
certain um... medical procedure that renders my ability to procreate
somewhat ineffective. Luckily, it hasn't reduced my enthusiasm for the
process itself, however. Unless, of course, it interferes with kayaking or
cross-country skiing. Or flying gliders. Or watching television programs
that feature kayaking, x/c skiing, or gliders. Hey.... wait a minute.....

And therein could be the problem. Unlike white-water kayakers who tend to be
young and virile, many sea kayakers are... um... of an age... in which the
testosterone fog has, shall we say.... lifted.

Actually the story of my... um... procedure is a good lesson for those who
are just now embarking upon a state of marital bliss. My wife and I lived
some distance from town and we decided to take our male cat in for a piece
of surgery that would leave him wondering just what exactly it was that made
him want to go outside at night. At any rate, on the way in my wife turned
to me and said, "Hey, as long as we're going in to town anyway...." and the
rest is history.

And I have the catnip mouse to prove this story.


Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA


On 11/14/06, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote:
>
>   It occurs that perhaps a captive breeding program run by the combined
> Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife might reverse the
> tide of diminished reproductive rates by kayakers due to point source
> pollution in the mighty Columbia. Anyone want to suggest the names of
> paddlers who you feel would make good brood stock and don't have to
> go to work?
>
> BRC
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