Re: [Paddlewise] Natural Selection at Work

From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:27:13 -0800
    My version of Robert Frost:  On the path of life, I have taken the road 
less
traveled, and that has proven to be a huge mistake. (The well-traveled road
is well-traveled for a reason.)

BRC


> On 27/01/2010 10:42 PM, Craig Jungers wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Niels Blaauw<niels_at_nibla.nl>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I also remember a life jacket, invented by McManus, that doesn't float. 
>>> It
>>> only has built-in speakers, shouting at appropriate moments "DON'T DO 
>>> IT,
>>> YOU FOOL!"
>>
>>
>> I like that! I have a tee shirt with the words "try not to be stupid" but
>> it's hard for me to read it. Something that broadcasts the message now 
>> and
>> then is much better.
>>
>> However old age and physical infirmities have done wonders in terms of
>> calibrating my stupid-meter. (stupidometer?). My wife is no good, 
>> however;
>> she thinks everything I do is stupid.
>>
>> Craig Jungers
>> Moses Lake, WA
>> www.nwkayaking.net
>
> Sometimes, I think my wife actually encourages me to do stupid things. She 
> certainly encourages me to go off for a week at a time on Georgian Bay 
> (hoping, perhaps, that a bear will get me if I don't manage to drown 
> myself).
>
> She does mutter, from time to time, about all the money wasted -- so 
> far -- on my life insurance policy. I suspect she has plans to spend the 
> benefits, although I have no idea on what.
> -- 
>   Darryl Johnson
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