NYCkayaker Bullshit? ?? Re: Downtown Boathouse usage 2006

[peter riley]

Enough!
Let's talk of something else

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
>>
>>
>>
>>
> ****************************************************************
>> 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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