Hi Tig & Tink;

Well, actually, I responded to your flame against what I believe to be an innocent poster. In any event, I think a discussion of this sort is political in nature, and should be moved to private email or a board designed for this kind of talk, as opposed to this rather specific Kayak Building Board.

Discussions of this sort are rarely factual, but rather laden with personal opinions and exaggerations by both sides. Before we leave this board, I'd like to say that I value your opinions, and I very much value information that the "civilians" amongst us are not privy to. I presently disagree, mostly in total, with what you have professed, but I have an open mind and can be swayed with real evidence. Just tell me you don't also ascribe to that "Global Warming" stuff . . . ;-)

Last post here on this topic, looking for a cypress tree to hack down for the next few kayaks, Spidey