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Re: Other: Paddling photos
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/2/2011, 2:49 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Paddling photos (Mike Savage)

: Nope, not over-reacting, I get the same reaction. It's worse when I
: see it directly myself when I'm paddling. And it's a legal
: requirement to actually wear a PFD or lifejacket on any boat
: over here. You still see "naked" paddlers/boaters
: here.

: Mike Savage
: South West Cork

People are amazingly hardened to this too. One evening this year we had a drowning, college student with a bunch of friends in an old canoe using only throwable life preserver cushions was a good swimmer drown when the canoe flipped. Later on watched a whole bunch of beginners in rental kayaks on the same lake, with the rescue vehicles still present just toss their pfd's into the boats and go paddling without wearing them, amazing. No cure for stupid.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Paddling photos
Glen Smith -- 8/1/2011, 7:23 pm
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 8/1/2011, 8:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 1:51 am
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Mike Savage -- 8/2/2011, 12:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 2:49 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 8/3/2011, 7:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/3/2011, 7:28 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 5:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 6:44 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 6:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/2/2011, 6:45 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 8/2/2011, 7:06 pm
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Allan -- 8/2/2011, 7:03 pm
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Matthias -- 8/4/2011, 4:25 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/5/2011, 3:08 am
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Bob Johns -- 8/5/2011, 5:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 8/6/2011, 2:48 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 8/3/2011, 9:19 am
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Rob Hallett -- 8/4/2011, 1:25 pm
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Kirk fredericks -- 8/4/2011, 1:38 pm