Ardith:

I almost fell off my chair. Part of the boating experience is a
christening of sorts. Besides horseplay, it took me WAY too many years
to be anointed. This was accomplished *years* after being full to the
gunwales, and staring into a cyclonic hydraulic. I was blessed with
the best bowman to have in that situation, because when I yelled to
draw, she asked "Cross-Bow?"

"YES!!!" [That *is* what I _meant_ to say! |-]

No, I needed to drink the waters when I was with a tourist, and a dog
of all things, and it took the both of them, and the force of the
water on the keel-less Yellow Submarine to convince me to take a dip.

Both times, I was quite shaking when knees hit shore, but the first
time was from fear, and the second from the anger-cold. Funny now that
I think of it, but why the jerk picked such a tricky river to intro
the rookies to... All I could think at the time, was how much this
'fellow' needed a sock in the nose!

"When in doubt, go to a high brace." I'd have braced him, and slapped
him silly if I had my druthers.

Still, a bad day at the lake beats a busted hand anytime. Your subject
found the hard way, that sailing wasn't for him. He now knows that he
can survive what was otherwise considered a disaster. He also found
out he wasn't about to shrink nor melt. It sounds like the two of you
were thoroughly entertained, if not occasionally scared
witless. Besides that, if everyone returns with as many digits as they
woke up with, I estimate it was one memorable, even if a bit
uncomfortable, day. 

I wouldn't cut off a finger for it, but *my* I'd pay good money to see
it with my own eyes!

I just rolled in from Ten-days in a car/at my hometown. A few laughs
were had, but a few harsh words were exchanged also. (sic.) I guess as
long as there were more laughs than crasssness... We both returned
with as many digits as we left with, so the bottom line comes out
positive. 

I was shocked to run into my cousins'  kids. One wore a button
"Route 666". From then on, when she acted like a 21 yo brat, I'd just
turn her head to show the person what kinda trouble they were dealing
with. Poor cousin, says to me last thing, "Save up some money, and
marry them off. ...Somebody else's problem."

I couldn't stop laughing my butt off about that one.




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