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i think it could work with tea, you know, if you use earl grey: the bergamot oil in it will be just what the withdoctor -- errr, the doctor -- ordered!

>I usually distinguish grey seals from harbour seals by the >large heads and pointed snouts. by the large heads and pointed snouts on animal?

i called and spoke with the reporter who wrote the story -- he sounded entirely disinterested in the subject of re-warming hypothermic patients! presumably these kayakers had been immersed for , happily; but i really thought he (the reporter) might have shown a little more interest...

jim, i think you should write to this message board more frequently: you make me laugh! tell those damned eskimos (whoever they are!) to try solar heating panels...

"...Africa's Cape Horn..."? indeed? when did it move, i wonder? this news!

tim, i hear the straz surf boat is coming along very nicely? is this true and when shall folks be able to purchase said boat? can't wait! everyone should be looking forwards to this...(everyone who loves to play in the surf, that is)

i think that any boat participating in an NSPN trip should already have been exposed as "deck-rigging-less" at the beach briefing, surely? this is rare nowadays, although some home-built boats have no decklines.

wax is exactly right -- long-distance sailors have been doing this for aeons. francis chichester (he became sir francis chichester after his return) discussed this in his book about sailing alone around the world in gypsy moth IV. he made only one stop (in sydney) for supplies and took nine months doing it (1966/67). captain joshua slocum was of course the very first to complete a single-handed circumnavigation (i expect you all knew this already?); but he took his time (two or three years, i seem to remember), whereas chichester was racing the clock. the former arrived home in new england in 1898.

(i) those birds feeding so actively were terns of the "comic" type (those ornitholgists among us know what i mean) and (ii) those creatures were obviousy homo clam-diggerans -- forgive patty her poor latin spelling! nice, nice day -- thanks, all!

i was stung severely, as a child, by a portuguese man-of-war when swimming in the indian ocean and carried the "scars" for many months. the tentacle lodged up one arm, around my neck (as a necklace) and down the other arm, leaving marks across one shoulder -- i was probably only nine years old and the pain was severe. i believe this incident most likely sensitized me to all sorts of other allergies that lasted until adulthood -- interesting, huh? however, this started as a question about jellyfish in LI sound...i'm not really contributing anything, i know! stuck here in saratoga, NY, stepping around the equine manure, i can only about being back on the ocean!

he won't have to return the "brighton rock", for it is what you would call "jawbreaker", i ...hard candy with (in this case) "brighton" written through the length of the thing, internally. every british resort features "rock" with the name of the place in it. i have spent a lot of time on that particular (entertainment) pier, as a child!

why, thank you, dear people! we have huge fun and sustain some damage (nothing too serious); but how can one paddle with steve maynard and john carmody for an entire weekend and learn? they are awesome teachers...i think everyone who is serious about sea kayaking should aspire to and experience this level of tuition! (no, i know that not everyone is as addicted as some of us...)

dee, my first aid kit has been carried in one of these boxes for a few months, already, and i have to tell you that, while i like the boxes well enough, those four "locks" are not as good as you think they are. i do not find them particularly strong and they prise open easily. report again on your satisfaction level when you have used them for a while...

mary, if you take out the existing seat and play around with the foam replacement, i suspect you may find that the correction might be very, very little in terms of inches of movement of your gluteus maximus. if that is the case, surely you'll still get in and out easily enough? if it is the case...then you have to start thinking about it all over again (or sell the boat to me)! the foam seat is much more comfortable than the fibreglass one, anyway (i think you'll find).

you're quite right: thank you, carl! silly me: i was looking in the wrong place -- and i look. i was disappointed when i saw "no" under the rebate column on defender's website. you need to dig for it, a bit, on icom's place; but it there. ngibonga kakhulu, umnumzane!