Re: [Paddlewise] Alligators on the bayou

From: Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:28:59 -0700
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote:

  Doug:
     I don't know why you are referring to sarcasm, satire, and jeu
d'esprit, whatever that is (bottled water?). We are trying to have some
serious kayak discussions here, but you keep digressing from the main
topic. Steady as she goes, matey.


Brad... I (for one) welcome your attempts to keep this forum on an even 
keel. Far too many serious threads have deteriorated lately. Paddlers should 
think first and compost later.

Craig Jungers
Seriously serious in Moses Lake, WA



Craig/Brad



Sorry Craig, you especially should know only Matt n' his Mariners can keep 
an even keel in any type of serious seaway. Speaking of those Mariners, have 
they ever played against the Gators? I don't follow American sports much so 
don't know, even though Brad thinks I know something about those Gators.



As for composting, guess my decomposing composition lately seems to have 
given you some recomposition paronomasia possibilities (no Brad, that's not 
some malevolent French elixir). Absinthe is. An ancient French drink 
reported to bring folks to the edge of reason - before it was banned in 
France. Must be the decomposing ingredient wormwood. I drink it all the 
time. See, it's not a decompensation of mental stability due to anything 
psychiatrically intrinsic. But what's your excuse? :-)



I do hope you both realize the only real decomposition happening in the 
field of sea kayaking is Harvey's fleet of SOFs, though Harvey has done an 
amazing job of documenting many somewhat decomposed kayak specimens. At 
least his work will last long after my kid's kids' great grandchildren are 
tootling around above the skin of the ocean in anti-gravity school buses 
exploring new shorelines at the foot of the Rockies for field trips.



So, happy Eater to all you decomposing old f_at_rt$, of which I am one now. 
Remember, old paddlers never die, they just smell that way. Heck, even young 
paddlers smell that way if they don't paddle in Icebreaker base layers.



Doug Lloyd (who just bought a bunch of Icebreaker marino wool layers at a 
local gear grab sale - you gotta get some man!!)



Np affilliation to Icebreaker, the Mariners, the Gators or Gatorade, or 
Absinthe
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