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Off Topic: GP Sissy *PIC*
By:sherm
Date: 11/14/2010, 6:41 pm

I'll have to admit I'm a Greenland Paddle sissy. When I first started using my new paddle the lake water was warm. Now its cold and the I just don't like that stroke by stroke trickle of cold water running down the paddle to chill my fingers. I bought a pair of NRS gloves but it seems the model I chose has nothing to do with keeping the hands dry. So, after extensive experiments I rube goldberged the solution shown below. The little white strips are made from self-sticking weather seal tape. I'm sure I'm not inventing anything new or original, but it did keep my hands dry during today's paddle.

I suppose a good story teller could say those little white things are modeled after an ancient Eskimo drip ring made of Seal liver and polar bear saliva.

Sherm

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Off Topic: GP Sissy *PIC*
sherm -- 11/14/2010, 6:41 pm
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Foster -- 11/17/2010, 8:40 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 11/16/2010, 11:19 am
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sherm -- 11/16/2010, 1:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:51 am
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Kurt Maurer -- 11/14/2010, 7:36 pm