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P: 4/29/2004 7:43:44 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	Last Monday while talking with a client I heard a lot of commotion in the hall and people talking about a flood. I looked out the window and sure enough my building was an island. There was a burst water main at the head of the triangle my building is on and there was a LOT of water surrounding my building. I decided to go for it and made a "First Decent" of Main St in Boise Idaho and am still the only kayaker in the world to do so. Film at eleven. Well, actually the film was at ten in Idaho, but I made two stations and have well over 100 clients call me or stop me in the street to share a laugh with me. The building had over ten inches of water in the basement but fortunately was between tenants down there so no major damage was done to anyones business, but the building will need a complete rebuild in the basement as the water ruined all of the walls as well as the carpets. After my 80 seconds of fame the broadcaster said, "Well, I learned one thing from that. Always take your kayak to work." Pretty good advice as far as I am concerned... Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 4/29/2004 7:43:44 PM

There are 29 replies to this message. There are 29 replies on this page.

P: 4/29/2004 7:46:03 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	and as always, a little course correction, poor technique using a back stroke like this, but hey, when you are about to run aground you do what you must... Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 4/29/2004 7:46:03 PM

P: 4/29/2004 8:02:12 PM
winyan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,144 Last Post: 11/1/2006 Member Since: 5/9/2003	Heh, I love it Wink! I've only been kayaking once, on a lake in NH, but I really enjoyed it. I've been seeing a lot of kayakers lately on the Black River here, in NJ. (about 5 miles from my house). win "... (Corporations) have all the benefits of voters, without the guidance of a conscience. ... Corporations they will bring this country down." Theodore Roosevelt 1904
Posted: 4/29/2004 8:02:12 PM

P: 4/29/2004 10:42:34 PM
Patty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,031 Last Post: 6/4/2008 Member Since: 12/7/2003	That's great!
Posted: 4/29/2004 10:42:34 PM

P: 4/29/2004 10:44:21 PM
sevens one Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,537 Last Post: 9/8/2009 Member Since: 4/14/2004	Finally, a real celebrity in our midst.! Nan ______________________________ "You kept making all the stops?" "Well, people kept ringing the bell!" ls gift
Posted: 4/29/2004 10:44:21 PM

P: 4/30/2004 1:06:50 PM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,893 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	Is it just me or does that gal in the first picture with the video camera look like she has one pant leg on and one bare leg? Congrats Wink. ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 4/30/2004 1:06:50 PM

P: 4/30/2004 2:06:20 PM
luckyhonu Ideal Rock Total Posts: 517 Last Post: 12/27/2007 Member Since: 10/3/2003	It's not you, I noticed that too - I was wondering what happened
Posted: 4/30/2004 2:06:20 PM

P: 4/30/2004 2:32:13 PM
winyan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,144 Last Post: 11/1/2006 Member Since: 5/9/2003	My guess is she rolled up her pants legs so they wouldn't get wet, and one went plop anyway. Doesn't that always happen when you're knee deep in a puddle?? win "... (Corporations) have all the benefits of voters, without the guidance of a conscience. ... Corporations they will bring this country down." Theodore Roosevelt 1904
Posted: 4/30/2004 2:32:13 PM

P: 4/30/2004 2:32:39 PM
Pyramid Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,914 Last Post: 11/11/2009 Member Since: 11/10/2002	Great story - looks like it was good fun
Posted: 4/30/2004 2:32:39 PM

P: 4/30/2004 2:43:52 PM
Nicrez Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,230 Last Post: 10/21/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2004	Hmmm...WInk I wonder how many stations you would have made if your office where smack dab in the middle of NYC...? News at 11--Man in Kyack on 42nd Street, moves faster than cabs... Hysterical! Thanks for the post!! "Sometimes it's OK to throw rocks at girls...as long as they sparkle! " Nicrez, G.G., A.J.P.
Posted: 4/30/2004 2:43:52 PM

P: 4/30/2004 4:06:19 PM
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003	Traffic block makes policemen laugh ?!!! This must be the only way to get it Thanks ! Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]
Posted: 4/30/2004 4:06:19 PM

P: 5/2/2004 7:01:03 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	---------------- On 4/30/2004 1:06:50 PM Mara wrote: Is it just me or does that gal in the first picture with the video camera look like she has one pant leg on and one bare leg? Congrats Wink. ---------------- She started out with both legs up, but did not bother once it fell and got wet to lift it up again. That is her news station in the back ground... Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/2/2004 7:01:03 PM

P: 5/2/2004 7:06:37 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	Yes, our policemen in Boise tend to be a friendly lot, they are usually underworked as far as serious crime goes. We get one murder every few years and a few rapes, but it is a wonderful city and great fishing and kayaking are only a few minutes to a couple of hours away, depending on what you are looking for. There is even some great kayaking and fishing right here in down town Boise. I am hot and tired, just got back from a weekend at the Owyhee Reservoir camping and fishing with my lovely wife. Wonderful way to spend a weekend! Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/2/2004 7:06:37 PM

P: 5/2/2004 8:19:20 PM
lop Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,651 Last Post: 9/7/2009 Member Since: 6/14/2003	My favorite (and only) Boise story is once when returning by a van from a river rafting trip to Boise airport, my bag flew off the top of the van. We couldn't find it, so I had to get on the plane and return bagless. Needless to say, I had a phone message at home from someone who had found it. I arranged to have the lady send it to me, only to find freshly washed and folded clothes upon it's return. (We had been rafting and camping to 7 days.....) How nice is that!
Posted: 5/2/2004 8:19:20 PM

P: 5/2/2004 10:21:01 PM
Hest88 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,670 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 1/22/2003	That's so funny! Way to go Wink!
Posted: 5/2/2004 10:21:01 PM

P: 5/2/2004 11:17:15 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	---------------- On 5/2/2004 8:19:20 PM lop wrote: My favorite (and only) Boise story is once when returning by a van from a river rafting trip to Boise airport, my bag flew off the top of the van. We couldn't find it, so I had to get on the plane and return bagless. Needless to say, I had a phone message at home from someone who had found it. I arranged to have the lady send it to me, only to find freshly washed and folded clothes upon it's return. (We had been rafting and camping to 7 days.....) How nice is that! ---------------- Yep, that is pretty typical western hospitality. Lot of good folks out here! Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/2/2004 11:17:15 PM

P: 5/3/2004 9:21:13 AM
dberg Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 10/25/2004 Member Since: 1/26/2004	The "doom buggy" The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted: 5/3/2004 9:21:13 AM

P: 5/3/2004 9:23:16 AM
dberg Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 10/25/2004 Member Since: 1/26/2004	whoops....that was supposed to have text with it. Winks post made this native Boisean smile and remember one of her stories.... Last year while visiting family we decided to raft the Payette River. Class 3 and 4 rapids the entire way as the water was so high! So exciting! On the way back to base camp our bus started smoking. Being about 20 yards from the parking lot we all just go off and went around back to take off our suits. When we emerged not 5 minutes later, this is what we saw! The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted: 5/3/2004 9:23:16 AM

P: 5/3/2004 9:31:18 AM
dberg Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 10/25/2004 Member Since: 1/26/2004	This is what was left. The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted: 5/3/2004 9:31:18 AM

P: 5/3/2004 9:32:38 AM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	Sounds like you were on the South Fork of the Payette, one of my favorite runs. Yikes, good thing you were not on that bus when it decided it was tired! Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/3/2004 9:32:38 AM

P: 5/3/2004 9:33:53 AM
dberg Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 10/25/2004 Member Since: 1/26/2004	last one. We could have used that broken water main that day! The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted: 5/3/2004 9:33:53 AM

P: 5/3/2004 9:34:41 AM
dberg Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 10/25/2004 Member Since: 1/26/2004	Yep...it was the South Fork. Looking forward to our next visit back to Boise to do it again. The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted: 5/3/2004 9:34:41 AM

P: 5/4/2004 7:40:16 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	So next time you come please call me and we will all have lunch together. Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/4/2004 7:40:16 PM

P: 5/4/2004 8:00:39 PM
niceice Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,792 Last Post: 7/22/2008 Member Since: 1/29/2003	Nice! Any excuse to play in the water, heh Wink? Our type of guy Man, that van fire looks scary! When they go, it looks like they GO! Todd L. Gray, President NiceIce.com
Posted: 5/4/2004 8:00:39 PM

P: 5/4/2004 8:05:57 PM
dberg Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 10/25/2004 Member Since: 1/26/2004	Wink - I'll be sure to do that. After lunch can we come play with your rocks again? The odds are good, but the goods are odd.
Posted: 5/4/2004 8:05:57 PM

P: 5/5/2004 12:31:55 AM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	Sure, and maybe this time I won't be running out the door to catch a plane... Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/5/2004 12:31:55 AM

P: 5/5/2004 12:33:36 AM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	---------------- On 5/4/2004 8:00:39 PM niceice wrote: Nice! Any excuse to play in the water, heh Wink? Our type of guy Excuse? You need excuses? Dang, I just thought it must be time to kayak. No electricity, no computer. No computer no PS, therefor, IT"S KAYAK TIME! Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/5/2004 12:33:36 AM

P: 5/7/2004 3:11:06 PM
StinkyTGrump Rough Rock Total Posts: 1 Last Post: 5/7/2004 Member Since: 5/7/2004	Wow, that's so cool you live in Boise - born and raised baby!
Posted: 5/7/2004 3:11:06 PM

P: 5/8/2004 10:59:56 PM
tinatark Rough Rock Total Posts: 24 Last Post: 9/5/2009 Member Since: 6/2/2003	LOL @ Wink! Did you also make the front page of the newspaper? ! What happened, a water line break? And you just happened to have your kayak at work that day? Hmmm. Very nice to see you, btw. Tina
Posted: 5/8/2004 10:59:56 PM

P: 5/10/2004 6:19:08 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,032 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	Unfortunately the paper did not get photo's, they would have had to travel five or six blocks to get here... I just happen to have my kayak with me a lot, it fits nicely in the bed of my pickem up truck, along with the paddle. I keep the helmet etc in the back seat, mostly so it wont blow out when on the freeway, there is not a lot of theft in these parts, cowboys and other pickem up truck drivers tend to be quick on the retaliation when it comes to that. Idaho is a great place to live, nice folks, little crime and great recreational opportunities. Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 5/10/2004 6:19:08 PM

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