NYCkayaker Bullshit? ?? Re: Downtown Boathouse usage 2006

[William]

LOL  Hey Joy, this IS the male life ... a woman of
your advanced years should know this by now!
WIll 
PS .. Never met you but hey! take the positive in my
"advanced" years comment  .... 

--- Joy Hecht <jhecht at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> 
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net
> [mailto:nyckayaker-
> :::bounces at rockandwater.net] On Behalf Of j,duffy1
> :::Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:12 PM
> :::To: Chaze, Orlova1
> :::Cc: nyckayaker at rockandwater.net
> :::Subject: Re: NYCkayaker Downtown Boathouse usage
> 2006
> :::
> :::Pier 96 was open for less than one month of the
> 2005 season.  At Pier
> :::40, a remarkable percentage of the people who
> came out onto the Pier
> :::stopped to try the kayaks, whether they knew we
> were there or not,
> :::problem is, not that many people come out that
> loong, unshaded concrete
> :::gangplank.  I don't think we have any hard
> numbers on male:female
> :::ratios, but subjectively its a lot more female,
> at this casual level.  I
> :::think a lot of them fall away when they get a
> look at the dorky clothing
> :::involved at the more advanced levels.  There
> might be a small, but
> :::viable market for more flattering women's
> kayaking attire. (uplift PFDs?)
> 
> What kind of bullshit is this?  Get a life, guys.
> 
> And maybe take a look at how many guys are weirded
> out by wearing _skirts_!
> 
> 
> 
> Joy
> 
> 
> 
>
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> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and
> a half years 
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>  
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>  
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