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Me too. Just sold the family heirloom car, been in the family for 14 years and owned variously by my sister, my dad, me, my brother-in-law and then me again. And it was fine mechanically except (wait for it) the electric window on the driver's side gave out. It would have cost a couple of hundred quid to fix and probably more than the car was worth (especially as I had pranged it recently and had a leak fixed) so (with reluctance) we sold it on ebay.
I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.
Well, depends on where the gym is. If it's 10 miles away and you have limited time ...
Plus the weather here is beastly about 7 months out of 12, so jogging is an endurance sport at best. Give me a Stairmaster any day!
Oh, yeah; tamiflu's some expensive stuff too.
I heard Dick Cheney is behind the compnay that does Tamiflu.
Hmmmmm.
I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.Well, depends on where the gym is. If it's 10 miles away and you have limited time ...
Plus the weather here is beastly about 7 months out of 12, so jogging is an endurance sport at best. Give me a Stairmaster any day!
Me is bike commuter. 15 km twice a day, all hills.
Me is bike commuter. 15 km twice a day, all hills.I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.Well, depends on where the gym is. If it's 10 miles away and you have limited time ...
Plus the weather here is beastly about 7 months out of 12, so jogging is an endurance sport at best. Give me a Stairmaster any day!
Plus you are probably in great shape.
I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.
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I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.Case in point.
Thank you, sir. I was looking for that very picture.
The biking has been a life-long thing for me. I used to do gyms. Martial arts. Tournaments.
On top of it alcohol sensitivity, MSG and Chicken allergies should now keep me from chunking up too much ever again. I had a little gut about three months back when the new allergies hit, but just figuring out what I was allergic to thinned me right back down.
It was a f*@+ing nightmare because I was also allergic to Benadryl (and didn't know it. So I'd eat some chicken, get hives and dermatitis, then I'd take Benadryl and it's get worse. PSYCH!!!
I swear I thought I was going to die a few times.
What I did was eat nothing but fruit and rice for a week. Once everything cleared up I added one food item per day. When the reaction would come I'd say CHICKEN! or MSG! and take some Benadryl and then F&&&! WHOLE BODY ITCHING NOOOO!
Then I'd do another week on fruit and rice. Get better. Scratching my head and say "I know it's chicken," but what else is there. F!*+ F+*$ F~@*!
It finally occured to me that it was the Benadryl. Day of eating nothing. Pop two Benadryls and BAM!!!
Me is bike commuter. 15 km twice a day, all hills.I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.Well, depends on where the gym is. If it's 10 miles away and you have limited time ...
Plus the weather here is beastly about 7 months out of 12, so jogging is an endurance sport at best. Give me a Stairmaster any day!
Not nearly as long, but I ride my bike to work everyday. About a 24 minute ride. Still not training, I really have to go back so I can drop the extra 15 pounds I'm carrying.
Oh, yeah; tamiflu's some expensive stuff too.
I heard Dick Cheney is behind the compnay that does Tamiflu.
Hmmmmm.
You have exactly 27 minutes left to live.
I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.Well, depends on where the gym is. If it's 10 miles away and you have limited time ...
Plus the weather here is beastly about 7 months out of 12, so jogging is an endurance sport at best. Give me a Stairmaster any day!
No way. I tried running on a treadmill for the first time a couple months ago. Damn near killed myself. Couldn't stay in one place always running into the console or treatening to get my heels clipped. Active mechanical exercise devices are for a different breed of H. Sapiens than me.
Although I understand your point, I agree with Mothman, it is pretty funny when people drive to the gym.
I started running again, then I was on call for a week and the kids got swine flu and I lapsed into complacency again.
I will start again though.
This is a nice thread, Heathy.
I too need to get back on the road. Lack of time is my inevitable excuse. Is anyone up for an exercise support group on the boards? Someplace where you can go and get s*+* for not getting out there?
I'm just a lazy piece of human s!&%. I'm worthless and weak. Now I'll flag my own post for ragging on myself, even though it's negative, yet highly constructive.
Don't flag yourself. You'll get banned for, like, 8 weeks. These boards are draconian! Or so I've heard...
Although I understand your point, I agree with Mothman, it is pretty funny when people drive to the gym.
Assuming I could afford a gym membership...
Down here, driving to the gym is partly due to everything being spread so far out. But the big reason is you need that 1 to 1-1/2 tons of metal around you as protection. Bicyclers and motorcyclists get hit and run over all the time (even the motorcycle cops).
Apparently, looking out for two-wheelers takes too much time from texting, phoning, eating, reading, or the other things drivers do in a car.
I'm just a lazy piece of human s&~%. I'm worthless and weak. Now I'll flag my own post for ragging on myself, even though it's negative, yet highly constructive.
I've been waiting for this to be said; it needed saying and should not have been flagged. So I'm flagging you for flagging yourself.
Am I the only one who found four practically identical babies giggling non-stop in unison to be a little creepy after the first 30 seconds?
I'm still thinking about your window motor with annoyance. Back when man was armed with screwdriver, there was nothing we couldn't do. Now, they've taken our screwdrivers away. What are we left with? Crowbars and duct tape?
Now I know how Ben Kenobi felt in the age after the fall of the Jedi Knights.
This was your father's screwdriver. Not as clumsy or random as a riveter.
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I know. Faced with a motor riveted to the door, the only thing I can do with the screwdriver is puncture my eardrum to relieve the pressure in my head.
You could do that, or you could get a car that was assembled with screws. A friend who is a mechanic said that Fords are easiest to work on because they use screws instead of clips and rivets.
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going
to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old
burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down."
He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a
pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but
decided to go home instead.
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One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going
to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old
burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down."He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a
pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but
decided to go home instead.
Please, sir, may I have another.
I know. Faced with a motor riveted to the door, the only thing I can do with the screwdriver is puncture my eardrum to relieve the pressure in my head.
You are a more patient woofy than I, Gunga-Heathy. After a certain point, I'd be to tempted to grab a prybar and get medieval on it.
Hey, are the rivets accessible? Can you drill them out, then rethread the holes for bolts?
"I don't believe it!"
"That is why you epic fail."
NOOO!!!
face goes all squishy
That's IMPOSSIBLE!
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I know. Faced with a motor riveted to the door, the only thing I can do with the screwdriver is puncture my eardrum to relieve the pressure in my head.You are a more patient woofy than I, Gunga-Heathy. After a certain point, I'd be to tempted to grab a prybar and get medieval on it.
Hey, are the rivets accessible? Can you drill them out, then rethread the holes for bolts?
I allready bit the bullet and gave the man the money.
I....don't have the equipment, and just looking at it, I could see that....I just didn't know, and proceeding under those circumstances sometimes led me to digging the hole deeper. I was thinking about cutting the damn thing out of there some how, but then I'm dealing with unforseen structural damage(s) that I wasn't sure of.
Plus, there's electricity involved.
Please, sir, may I have another.One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going
to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old
burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down."He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a
pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but
decided to go home instead.
I hope if dogs ever take over the world and they choose a king, they
don't just go by size, because I bet there are some Chihuahuas withsome good ideas.
I wish there was more types of meats on sticks.
I mean, corndogs.......uh......corndogs......
can we get creative?My dad tried to make liversickles when I was 3 to get me to eat liver...true story.
Don't forget the Teryaki family of meat popsicles! And I like the Middle eastern Shish-ka-bob style. And let's not forget: Sharwarma!
Chicken and Pork satay!
Chicken and Pork souvlaki!
The sharwarma is if the road starts with the words: 'Tareek' or 'Shaara'.
I know I am a grognard because:
Reason 43:
I have a hard time taking loot and just buying items for my character. I guess it's a hangover from AD&D, but I always seem to feel like if I didn't find the magic item in a treasure pile, I didn't 'earn' it. Weird huh?
I know I am a grognard because:
Reason 43:
I have a hard time taking loot and just buying items for my character. I guess it's a hangover from AD&D, but I always seem to feel like if I didn't find the magic item in a treasure pile, I didn't 'earn' it. Weird huh?
Real weird -- there's a pile of treasure somewhere without magic items in it? Everyone knows that you can't really create magic items! They spontaneously generate in piles of treasure as they sit over a long period of time. The bigger the pile, the longer it sits, the more magical items. Also, the further the pile is from the entrance of the dungeon, or the deeper its level, the more fertile it is for spontaneous generation.
Are they streetlegal?
In Thailand and Greece, respectively.
Real weird -- there's a pile of treasure somewhere without magic items in it? Everyone knows that you can't really create magic items! They spontaneously generate in piles of treasure as they sit over a long period of time. The bigger the pile, the longer it sits, the more magical items. Also, the further the pile is from the entrance of the dungeon, or the deeper its level, the more fertile it is for spontaneous generation.I know I am a grognard because:
Reason 43:
I have a hard time taking loot and just buying items for my character. I guess it's a hangover from AD&D, but I always seem to feel like if I didn't find the magic item in a treasure pile, I didn't 'earn' it. Weird huh?
Yeah, it's just weird the dynamic changing. When I played AD&D, what you found in treasure piles dictated what you ended up using as weapons,armor, etc. Now you take what you want, liquidate the rest, and head to 'Smiling Abdul's Magic Emporium' to buy the things the DM didn't put in the treasure pile.
I like figuring out ways to may even the purchasing of magic or special items part of the adventure, or requiring more in the way of role-playing than spending gp. It also seems to mean more to the players.
I like figuring out ways to may even the purchasing of magic or special items part of the adventure, or requiring more in the way of role-playing than spending gp. It also seems to mean more to the players.
I do too, and I like placing interesting items that players would want to keep. I have a hard time with my own character though. I have 13K and I need to figure out what I can get a 9th level bard to pump him up, and I am just stuck for ideas.
I remember the fights me and my friends used to get in when divvying the magical loot. It was fun dickering for the +2 longsword..
"Aww c'mon! My ranger NEEDS that!"
"You just got a Cloak of the Elevenkind! My fighter needs that!"
"What about my cleric?"
"Clerics don't use edged weapons!"
LOL memories ..
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I always find it funny when people drive to the gym.Well, depends on where the gym is. If it's 10 miles away and you have limited time ...
Plus the weather here is beastly about 7 months out of 12, so jogging is an endurance sport at best. Give me a Stairmaster any day!
Alright, so Patrick and some others raise some good points. I live in inner city Sydney, where the weather is extreme maybe 10 days a year if we’re really unlucky, and there are gyms all over the shop. And I still know people who drive to the gym.
Me, I don't go to the gym. I'm genetically fortunate in respect to putting on weight.
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I know I am a grognard because:
Reason 43:
I have a hard time taking loot and just buying items for my character. I guess it's a hangover from AD&D, but I always seem to feel like if I didn't find the magic item in a treasure pile, I didn't 'earn' it. Weird huh?
I know right? And having those five +1 swords down the bottom of your character sheet could often come in handy too.
