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Mem's OP motivated me to see if I could directly embed a Facebook video. All I did was copy the URL from the address bar of the Facebook page having the video, and then pasting that URL into the Reply text entry box (after, as always, a line space after any prefatory reply text).

Do the Cntrl+UpDownArrow shortcuts work in Firefox for you?

While the page-up and page-down buttons appear on my ThinkPad Windows PC, the shortcuts Cntrl+UpArrow and Cntrl+DownArrow also work.

Kahel, I use Firefox almost exclusively and the buttons are there in all color themes. Same for the Chrome and Opera browsers. Try switching among default dark, default light and default system, and refresh the page after every switch.

The page-up and page-down jump buttons (with an arrow inside) may have been implemented differently in the several different color styles (themes) we have available on the site. I have just adjusted my control program to make sure that both the page-up AND page-down jump buttons appear in the...

I appreciate the positive responses. I know @Brightraven works on Saturdays and I assume others might work on Mondays, so Sundays may be the the best day. Because I'm probably going to be out of town in late September and early October, I don't want to waste time planning. So, I'm going to...

I will be paddling this Sunday, August 31, on a 9.5 mile round trip out of the Lake Lillinonah Pond Brook boat launch, which is at 158 Hanover Road, Newtown, Connecticut. I know there is water there, all flat water, and the weather is supposed to be good. The trip goes down Pond Brook Stream...

If I may be so bold, you deserved to swim. The discipline of the dump is the best whitewater instruction there is. You appear to be slightly heeling upstream and trying to low brace into the upstream current. As a lefty, you needed to be heeling to the gunwale downstream and supporting yourself...

Tony, that part of a Zav where the shaft transitions into the blade is sort of fat, and it's always been unclear to me whether I should consider it part of the shaft or blade. I don't need to sneak up in perfect silence very often, but if that bent Zav were my only paddle, I would simply not...

Thanks for that article, Benson, which was somewhat revealing. To me, Alexandra learned her paddle making craft in a niche environment from niche sources, and I find some of her paddle ideas appealing and others not so. A scalloped secondary grip, Yes. Using a Northwood stroke, Yes (occasionally...

I've never heard of these. What are they?

Just curious, RedSquirrel, are you in the medical profession?

Phyllis was on some of the whitewater trips I led in the 80s and 90s. She was an internist and ER doctor. In my prefatory speech before putting in, I would say: "You should feel very safe for yourself and family on this trip. If you get seriously injured, Phyllis is an ER doctor. If she screws...

You're a plenty good enough paddler to run a Kevlar boat down class 3 rivers, and enjoy the improved handling characteristics, rather than using a Royalex version. That's the ticket; get near the edge and then grab downstream current with your paddle. You're also good enough to turn sideways...

A full in-water return such as the palm-rolled box or Indian stroke, in which the paddle is never lifted into the air, would be quiet with any shape paddle blade. Yes, the stroke would be more awkward with a bent shaft because every other stroke would be with the back face, but it could be done...

I just found there is a "Part 0" video, with German narration and some English subtitles, which shows how Hans-Georg builds the initial gunwale frame and seat before he attaches the hull (in Part 1).

I'd like to gather an informal list of members from western Connecticut, southwestern Massachusetts and the mid-Hudson valley region of New York who may be interested in day trips in those areas. We have several members in that geography, and with some interesting canoes. I envision that...

Almost. The East Branch of the Naugatuck River flows from Winchester to Park, but not into Stillwater. The West Branch Naugatuck flows into Stillwater. Here is the inflow of the West Branch under SR 272 into Stillwater, which is now unfortunately about 1/3 choked with milfoil it its shallows.

And they are paddling real canoes, not the 8-foot, almost-cockpitted, electric-pumped, scarab-beetle-shaped things that pose as open canoes these days.

On Saturday, August 23, I took a day trip with two kayakers on Winchester Lake and then Stillwater Pond, both in the northwest corner of Connecticut. Some photos.