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Sian Rees, The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts The story of the first female convicts who were transported from England to Australia. Only a buck at my favorite thrift store -- how could I resist?

I just discovered a new meaning for "canoeing." Apparently it is a term applied to a malady of indoor-grown marijuana plants. The leaves curl, taking the shape of a canoe. I would have just called it "leaf curl," but that is my ignorance and my black thumb showing through. We didn't know...

Just wonderful, Patrick! A beautiful boat and fine craftsmanship.

Gosh, did everybody stop reading after Christmas???? I learned about this book from a reference in Garrett Conover's Beyond the Paddle. I wrote a review for our canoe club newsletter. ElliottMerrick, True North, NewYork: C. Scribner's Sons (1933) Reprinted by University of...

An expensive swim indeed! Paddlers might consider an taking old or spare pair of aids to wear on the river. The ability to hear whistle signals and the voices of other paddlers is a safety concern. There are several brands of relatively inexpensive devices that provide amplification only but...

Ripple, my aids are 10 years old and nearing the end of their expected lifetime. My audiologist recommended Oticon, and said their technology is way ahead of other manufacturers. YMMY, so get a recommendation from an audiologist you trust. Don't try to save money by going to a discount...

Coldfeet, I envy your winter camping -- but for every day I prefer the mild climate here in Virginia. Do consider hearing aids. You're missing a lot if you can't hear the owls. My audiologist tells me that hearing aids help prevent dementia.

"I discovered a tick embedded in my crotch." — Kevin Callan Not in my crotch, but I did wake up one morning to discover a tick attached to my abdomen, which wasn't there when I went to bed. I mean the tick wasn't there; the tummy stays with me day and night. I couldn't pull the tick off...

Happy World Whale Day.....prompts me to recommend a Korean TV show on Netflix. Award-winning actress Park Eun-Bin plays the lead in Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Woo Young-Woo is a brilliant autistic young woman who gets her first job out of law school. She is obsessed with whales. A really...

Keep on movin', KO. I lost a dear paddling buddy to multiple myeloma about 11 years ago. It's encouraging that you are in the "watchful waiting" phase.

The nurse was making her morning rounds, and asked the patient how he liked his breakfast. "The eggs and toast were great," he replied, "but that Kentucky jelly tasted awful."

45 degrees today at sunset. A bit of rain forecast for the next couple days, which we need badly. Our creek is bone dry. The ground is so hard that when I attempted to pull up metal fence posts with the front end loader, the posts stayed put and the rear of the Kubota lifted off the ground...

For the second time, Tim Severin's The Brendan Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat. The author and his companions recreate the 6th Century travels of St. Brendan the Navigator, in a boat made of oxhides sewed together over a wooden framework. They successfully sail from Ireland to...

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Michael, connecting with like minded people is what this forum is all about. Gamma, thanks for the clarification. Local knowledge is always helpful. I need to amend what I said about boat launching in Virginia. "Officially," to use boat launches maintained by the Department of Game and...

Thanks, Michael. It's encouraging that the pollution has been cleaned up. We don't have to register canoes in Virginia, nor other manually propelled or sail-only vessels, just power boats. OTOH, I don't think it would be prohibited. Reciprocity would be an issue to research. The...

What? No jokes since July? Once upon a time, a man was having dinner by himself in a fancy restaurant. He looked around and saw a gorgeous woman with red hair, also dining alone. "Gosh," he thought, "she is beautiful and I sure would like to meet her." Just then the woman sneezed. Come to...

Two 12-15 ft. painters for each canoe. One 50 ft. throw bag. All are polypro and float. What would you use the static line for? IIRC it is non-floating and has minimal stretch; probably polyester with maybe some high-tech fibers. I can't think of a use on the river, except for a pulley...

Michael, thanks so much for this TR. The Allegheny is a river I'm interested in, and not too far away. Please tell us about PA boat launch permits. Does it really cost $22 to put your canoe in the river there, as shown on the state website? Here in VA the state owned boat ramps are all free...

Maurice Leblanc, Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar. Inspiration for the Netflix series. Borrow and read online with a free archive.org account: https://archive.org/details/arsenelupingentl0000lebl_u9d5 William A. Tidwell, April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War. A former...