Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak Camping Question

From: Dave Kruger <kdruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:58:30 -0700
Craig Jungers wrote:

> REI. Last year my dividend from REI was bigger than the GDP of Haiti. I've
> been a member of this organization since about... um... 1963 or so and have
> a membership number in the low six figures. 

Gotcha beat, Craig:  I'm barely above 50,000; joined in 1967; I bet that 
six-figure number is a re-do.  You should be in the low 5 figures if you 
joined in 1963, when they were still selling hob-nailed boots, alpenstocks, 
and pemmican!  [grin]

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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