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Re: Strip: Just a humorous story
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 5/4/2010, 1:32 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Just a humorous story (Mark Sheeres)

: Great stories.
: I didn't even get my kayak built before the comments started! I had
: the kayak in my driveway, sanding down a coat of varnish, so
: there I was, ugly sanded wood, sludgy mess all over, me covered
: in water and sludge... and a guy driving past my house parked
: and walked up and wanted to ask me all about it. Nice guy, but
: after about 20 minutes I was getting pretty tired of this
: interruption of my work!

: I did have to smile to myself though later, when I took the
: finished kayak out for the first time. On my way to the lake I
: parked in front of the local kayak specialty shop where I wanted
: to buy some Croakies. You know the kind of store, the one with
: the $3000 kayaks. And I overheard one sales clerk say to the
: other, "Do you see that kayak out there? That thing's
: AWESOME!" Made me feel good.

If you don't want to stand out in the crowd, don't build a wooden boat :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Just a humorous story
Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/16/2010, 10:06 am
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Mark Sheeres -- 5/3/2010, 10:37 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 5/4/2010, 12:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/4/2010, 1:32 am
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Allan -- 3/27/2010, 8:23 pm
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Jim Farrelly------WebKitFormBoundary+jH3iW3RBvAm9G -- 3/30/2010, 9:00 pm
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Terry Haines -- 4/7/2010, 6:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/8/2010, 12:31 am
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Glenn -- 4/7/2010, 9:31 pm
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Terry Haines -- 4/13/2010, 5:40 pm
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Charles Leach -- 3/21/2010, 2:14 pm
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Matthew Bastian -- 3/19/2010, 3:34 pm
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 3/17/2010, 12:11 pm
Re: Strip: Just a humorous story *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 3/17/2010, 7:21 pm
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 3/17/2010, 11:48 am
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Kudzu -- 3/17/2010, 1:27 pm
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Glenn -- 3/19/2010, 10:39 am
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Terry Haines -- 4/7/2010, 6:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/8/2010, 12:25 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/8/2010, 6:20 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/11/2010, 12:53 am
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dave g -- 4/11/2010, 11:55 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/12/2010, 12:31 am
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Melissa M -- 4/9/2010, 8:06 am
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 4/11/2010, 5:12 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/12/2010, 12:26 am
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Melissa M -- 4/14/2010, 3:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2010, 7:11 am
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Farback -- 4/12/2010, 8:07 am
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Kudzu -- 3/19/2010, 2:08 pm
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Alex Ferguson -- 3/17/2010, 5:44 am
Malcolm is right...
Robert N Pruden -- 3/16/2010, 11:16 pm
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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 3/16/2010, 9:16 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 3/17/2010, 2:35 am
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Ted Henry -- 3/16/2010, 12:40 pm
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wwfloyd -- 3/16/2010, 11:31 am
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Roger D -- 3/16/2010, 11:22 am