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    What goes in/on your PFD?

    Camera in the left pocket and I USED to carry SPOT in the right but now I have an Inreach that doesn't fit in the PFD so it's just a camera. But then I don't paddle in big water.
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    Group Meals in Camp: Yes, No, Bleh?

    We tend to go with BYOB&L (Bring your own Breakfast and Lunch) followed by IGtCYBYOA (I got the coffee you bring your own additives) and then assign the planning and prep of the evening meals out by boat.
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    Poll: What is Your Opinion of Tilley Hats

    I found a Wool Stetson Stallion in a junk shop that has more of a brim than the Tilley.
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    Maine Canoe Symposium June 3-4, 2023

    We had a great time at the MCS just before Covid, but my son wants to do the Allagash starting the 10th.
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    Cold handle frying pans, they’re still out there.

    They are out there at a wide range of prices, you just have to do the leg work. Just don't call them 'Antique Cowboy Skillets'. $15 is a good price for them, I paid $20 for a 14". A while back we were at a shop, I was waiting at the register for my wife when a guy walked in with a 6" pan and...
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    Can we thrive with mediocrity in our canoe lives?

    "...we need hobbies, even if we’re bad at them,..." That's why I like Hand Tools, I make my mistakes slower.
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    Photo of the day

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    Fibbing To Your Spouse About Canoe Stuff

    I've got a couple of my canoe partners' boats, his wife doesn't understand the Golf Principle.
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    Fibbing To Your Spouse About Canoe Stuff

    I looked at it this way if I didn't spend the money I brought in my wife would have given it to her daughter to pay her tuition. We did very well directing all available money to her and if the stock market hadn't crashed she would have graduated date free. As it is she will graduate from the...
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    Fibbing To Your Spouse About Canoe Stuff

    She's not aware of the Volume of equipment I have, nor is she aware of all the tools I have. She does appreciate it when I have to do something for her and I have the tool to do it with. On the flip side, most days I bring in packages of fabric from the mailbox.
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    The Red River Expedition 1870

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    Explain Your Screen Name

    -I was a Combat Engineer in the Army Route Clearance was part of the job. -After leaving I got a job as a Building Maintenance Custodian for the USPS -BC* I was hiking the 4,000'rs in the White Mtn of NH. To avoid the crowds I always started before dawn but had to deal with the spiderwebs -When...
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    What's in your front hall closet ?

    What's a front hall closet?
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    ownership

    When asked by non-canoeing friends 'Why do you have so many canoes?' My reply is, "Do you play golf with one club?"
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    ownership

    Unfortunately, I missed the youth part of my canoeing
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    ownership

    And most of the Adirondacks
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    ownership

    I needed an additional canoe for a trip and also wanted to test drive a 17' Keewaydin, $200 for a weekend.:unsure:
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    Cold handle frying pans, they’re still out there.

    I'm slowly working on a set of enamel cookware. I've got a couple of coffee pots, 2 pans, and a bunch of coffee cups, and on the lookout for the plates. It's a little too Patricia J. Bell but I thought I might try it.
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