Satyrday starts,,,,
Pissed off the kat this mornin’. Was up WAY early, and he refused to budge out oof bed until a reasonable hour. LOL Oh wells, more coffee and creamer for me. (he loves cream; Duh! Kat! )
Trying something a little different today, started my day with 10 minutes on the Erg while waiting for coffee to brew. Not much, but something, more to get my hips informed that “today is a paddle day, loosen up,,,,” And I am considering that when I get to the lake, the first thing I am going to do is work on that rolling thing for a few minutes. Others have said that is the best way to ‘remind’ your muscles about whats coming up. Personally, I think its a way of ‘waking up’ the hind brain and saying, this is where we are, this is what we are doing, now get your ass ready to pull me out of the drink if need be. Rolling needs to be instinctual IMO,,, I see it in the whitewater ‘masters’; doing combat rolls so fast, I don’t beleive they even realized they were underwater till they are wiping their faces off. Those guys (and some gals) start their ‘trip’ off with a small roll session usually. Maybe I need to emulate that myself. Why not today? (and every time hereafter)
But Dio, that water is KOLLDDDDDD!!!
Your point? its gonna be cold if I capsize and am not ready for it. Better to be ready, right? And maybe being wet will keep me cooler while I am going after those miles. Lord knows last weekend, I was soaking wet and didn’t capsize: I was drenched in sweat under that drytop. (they say gore-tex breaths,,, I can say otherwise,,, maybe it does to some extent, but certainly not as fast as I was sweating.)
Mama just popped in, wet, told me ‘Hey! It’s rainin’!” shook off all over me and the keyboard,,, then went lookin’ for krunchies,,,
Kayaking is a wet sport right? Rain above, water below the hull, paddle splash, spray from waves, you name it, you are going to get wet. Winter requires different apparrel than summer. Has that, has options on that, able to shift things up as conditions change, but I still want a full drysuit. Maybe not this year though. Wanna see what the next year brings us before I go investing in ‘frivolous’ again so soon.
And its about time to head out. Sun is still below the horizon, and I won’t see a sunrise today with all the cloud cover we have. Calling for highwinds tomorrow with all day rain, and that’s fine for a Sunday,,, Forces me to stay inside and do the things I SHOULD be doing on domestics day.
Loads on my mind, but its not gelling up to words on screen right now. Not something I can force either.
Time to go get wet,,, more later
Dio's Workshop 
“Wanna see what the next year brings us before I go investing in ‘frivolous’ again so soon”
That might be a dam good idea, Bro might need an Xtra bit of $$ fer whatever😉. BTW, thanks fer the shout out earlier – about using “and”. It’s been a standard of mine fer long enuff that I don’t remember where I first saw it.
Got an equipment question to ask – do ya want I should do it in an email? Nuttin controversial or anything, just thought I’d ask first.
Hope ya got good-n wet today🥂🍻 Far as the KKKOOOLLLDDD water, just take ya an Xtra minute to pee, that’s all. LMAO about Mama Kat, too🤪 Sorry, just the kinda sumbitch I am!😉
Don’t let the branium get too overloaded – might be a cause of some over-pressure! Bad ju ju!!
Y’all take care,
Mike in FLA.
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December 9, 2023 at 3:23 pm
If its something that you won’t want to share with the world, use the email addy. Fine with either,,,, BUT, if you post in comments, it may become a post,,, Fair warning,,,, LOL
Yah, I had to drop that point about mama in there. She is such a shithead about ‘its raining and I have to share’. Not like she actually gets wet or anything with those triple layers of fur she sports..
And Peeing in the wetsuit,,,,, doesn’t take long to get over that stigma does it? LOL about 3 seconds from first flush to ‘gotta warm up the interior a little bit’ almost involuntary in some instances.
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December 9, 2023 at 3:39 pm
LOL, I can dig it! Was referring to the PP after being in the H2O, though. Hadn’t thought about the suit LOL.
As to the big question, don’t care if it’s publik or not. Just thought it’d be proper to ask first. I was just curious if’n you – or anyone else – had an opinion on NVG’s (the affordable kind, not the newest and bestest). Other suggestions are welcome, too – lotsa stuff out there to choose from. The kicker is that I wear spec-tacles – ALL the dam time #$%^&* dammit (at least if’n I actually wanna see anything smaller than a dam semi at 100 feet!). If’n it does become a poast, at’s OK, too.
Glad ya had a *decent* day!
Y’all take care,
Mike in FLA.
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December 9, 2023 at 3:53 pm
Last ‘NVG’ I had was a rifle scope, russian built and it was “Ok”,,,, good for sniping ‘Yotes at 50 yards, but anything over that, I wouldn’t take the shot because the clarity just wasnt there. Newer ones, Dunno,,, Just no experiance with them since they have been out of my price range for some time. Ya might wanna check out some of the other sites listed on WRSA or Tactical Hermit and see if you can find something. I know I have seen posts on such, but I also know my budget and current spending decisions won’t allow me that purchase just yet (if ever the way things are going,,,,)
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December 9, 2023 at 4:01 pm
‘Preciate the pointers! More like the gargoyles ‘stead of the scope type. My budget is kinda LOL too, unfortunately. Will get more in depth asap.
Y’all take care,
Mike in FLA.
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December 9, 2023 at 7:22 pm