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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dan Mezick and four of his friends paid me the honor of a visit here In Camden. We spoke of many things, profound and trivial – enjoyed an occasional libation or two. But always wishing to insure my guests the “full experience” – I offered to take them out on my boat, The Ethelyn Rose. She is not the Queen Mary, but definitely large enough to venture to the outer islands, well off shore. Not quite the end of the earth, but you can sort of see it from there. We stopped at a small group of islands by the name of White. Luncheon was enjoyed, conversations ensued, and as the time came to leave (mid afternoon) it had in fact grown a little warm (for Maine – that would be in the middle 70’s). I am not sure whether it was the warmth of the conversations or the accompanying libations, but Dan and one of his friends looked longingly at the water all about us, and indicated they wished to go for a dip. I smiled and told them that to the best of my knowledge there were two groups of people who would swim in that water: Drunks and Small Children. Undeterred they plunged in, accompanied by most satisfying screams (as far as I was concerned) and some degree of horror on the part of the other guests. Dan’s friend had asked me if people suffered from Cardiac Arrest when jumping in. My response – Not too many, but it is a good way to keep the number of tourists down. Anyhow, the “swim” lasted about 60 seconds before they threw themselves back on the boat. Sort of quivered on the deck like beached seals. True Blue – From top to bottom.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And what does this have to do with Open Space? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Harrison<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ps – Water Temperature this time of year is high 40’s (Fahrenheit) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Winter Address<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7808 River Falls Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Potomac, MD 20854<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>301-365-2093<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Summer Address<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>189 Beaucaire Ave.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Camden, ME 04843<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>207-763-3261<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Websites<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="%20www.openspaceworld.com"><span style='color:blue'> www.openspaceworld.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="www.ho-image.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.ho-image.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OSLIST <span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org"><span style='color:blue'>http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>