And I didn't get the connection between eloquence and rudder use - if one was implied. Using a rudder is the pits. An annoyance. But, something some of us put up with. Others can be blissifully unaware that rudder use is a necessary evil or at least the rudder an annoying appendage that allows certain benefits of efficiency, or whatever...ditto skegs. DL > Well, first of all this has no place on Paddlewise. > > Secondly, it's not true. According to www.snopes.com (a repository of > urban > myths and legends) it's been variosly attributed to Al Gore or one of the > Clintons. Their example is almost word for word like the one you sent out > without checking: go to > http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/thief.aspAnd they have another > example aimed at Tipper Gore. Doesn't take much to > determine the veracity of these. > > Craig Jungers > Royal City, WA > > On 7/6/07, SlipinN_at_aol.com <SlipinN_at_aol.com> wrote: >> >> Maybe Hillary could write something up on rudder use. >> >> >> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:18:24 +0000 >> >> Judy, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that Hillary >> Clinton's great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, a fellow lacking in >> character, >> was >> hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana. He was hanged in >> 1889. >> The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jul 06 2007 - 21:18:46 PDT
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