On 29/03/2012 7:55 PM, Bradford Crain wrote: > Hello Peter: > > We got a new e-mail program at work, and that program switched from my old > e-mail address to > my new e-mail address, so some of my outbound e-mails may not have gone > anywhere. I actually > have no idea if my e-mails ever reached places like paddlewise and our > local paddling club. > But I think things have mostly been ironed out. > > It's been winter here in North America, and now spring, if you can call > rain and snow spring. > So my kayak is sitting idle in the garage, waiting for a very significant > increase in temperature. > I have been riding my bike to work and around the neighbor. I got hit once > by an SUV, and once > by a UPS truck. But both times I was wearing a ski jacket, ski gloves, and > a helmet. Guess I'll > need to wear the same clothes during the summer too. The SUV got my arm in > the dark, despite > my having three flashing lights on the bike. The UPS truck sent me sprawled > into a blackberry patch. > The driver had to pull me out. Glad to have health insurance. > > Is Paddlewise still functional? Yes, as far as I know. But traffic has been > slow. > > Brad Crain > Wow! I think someone/something is telling you to stop riding your bike. Traffic has been down. I notice it on other internet (non-FaceBook) fora as well. Since I refuse to have anything to do with FB, it makes for a feeling of disconnect. We had a brief warm (record-setting) spell in Ontario a couple of weeks back, and there was great hope that it might lead to swimable water temps in the Great Lakes, but it has gone back to seasonal -- and cooler than seasonal -- so those hopes have faded. My kayak is still hanging from the rafters in my garage, and will be for some time to come. -- Darryl base64 encoded Mime section invalid - length (0) was wrong. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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