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That makes two of us! You were the one who came out to say no kayakers should be paddling the lake … except… ”Except” that’s about 80% of the lakes are shore lines and coves! 90% of motor boats only use less than 50% of the lake! So I was paddling exactly where you’ve now back paddled to...

I guess I missed the “implication”. ;) Still, there’s the implicit understanding kayaks are for exploring area deep drafted motor boats can’t. So “quiet” or not, “cove” vs shallow, as long as it’s areas motor boats don’t frequent, there’s little to worry. In a contoured lake like Winni...

What’s “foolish” by the uninitiated are “fun” by those who seek it out. Much like biking! Plenty of people ended up in hospital from getting hit by cars too. Let’s not bike at all! Kayaks has almost zero draft. So we can stay close to shore where motor boats can‘t even get close. The wake is...

I’ve paddled my dingy(*) on Winni a few times. I quite like it. ;) Granted, I was out for a slightly “sporty” run rather than sitting in the water. So the wakes are a welcomed feature rather than a disturbance. Our records of lunching in the lakeside towns weren’t too good though. In the...

True…except for some people they’d rather bike year round. So they only ski when they can’t bike! I used to be “one of them”!

You may enjoy driving for its own sake, but you don’t have monopoly of which aspect of “driving” you enjoy. Others may enjoy it differently than you! You’re, instead of out the left field, are out the “right field”, by not realizing there’re others enjoying “driving” in their own way. For the...

There’s no such thing as “unnatural to human” about paddle shifting. Driving isn’t a “natural“ thing to human anyway! :ROFLMAO: All you’re admitting is old habit die hard. That said, I do find the paddle shifter cumbersome. I wish they find a more ergonomic way of going through multiple gears...

Sure you can do that when you live in the sticks where there’s no traffic lights to begin with! ;) On the other hand, I ride my bicycle to go grocery shopping, when I could have gotten there in 1/2 the time by car. You know why? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: (You’re dead right. Some people...

ski industry or not, Friday has been a Saturday spillover for those who have the flexibility for as long as I’ve worked. It’s a day we worked from home to get chores out of the way so we can “play” on Saturday! Mid-winter, many ski Friday to avoid the Saturday crowd, while doing chores on...

Owl’s Head was my 1st choice for my eclipse weekend. But they didn’t allow skiing on eclipse day, while Mont Sutton did. Sutton won. Quebec has many cool ski mountains. Sadly, it’s a bit far.

Glorified addiction?

Is there that much “bleeding”? K has a healthy mountain biking operation In the summer. The typical starting date is Memorial Day weekend. So it’s not like they shut down the mountain and turn it into a ghost town like some other mountains.

How likely are you to fuck yourself up in a day of skiing?

Question is IF you want to hold the engine at 4k rpm in the first place. Modern engine has a pretty decent performance curve. Drifting off a particular would have no impact on the performance. It becomes pointless to “hold the car at x rpm”. In the end, “driving” has become more and more of a...

The “manual” shifting in modern cars shift way faster than traditional clutch activated manual shifting. Though it doesn’t have the same fudging “satisfaction”. Pure function over “feel”.