>>>Somehow to me an oar implies some serious travel or race where a paddle is a bit fly by night piddling about on a bit of water.
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>>>The oar would be by Microsoft the paddle by Apple. :-)
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>>Ever been white water rafting ?
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>Yes :o) Down the Colorado (in a raft).... I've also spent a lot of time in canoes in Colorado (many many years ago when I lived at Camp Tahosa) :o)


A small point . Thats on a raft. You can't be in a raft. :-)