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[mmichaelson]

Lioness, I tried skiing on a trip to Colorado, gosh it's been ten years now

[GreatCarouser]

Sorry, looking for shos' february bio

[lioness]

i didn't think shos put one out. i thought it was only yours, GC. lemme know if you find it.

[Trumpetmaster]

I have never been on ski's.
Not sure if I ever will.
I'll stick to making Snow Angels.
Safer!!!!

[mmichaelson]

Yep, TM, that is the truth. I was totally uncoordinated. I can't even imagine trying to snowboard. Two skis were hard enough!

[Trumpetmaster]

I did go water sking once.
That was tough. Could never get up on the skis when the boat would pull away.
Always fell over and went flop....
Got a big rubber tube, hooked it up to the boat and used that. much easier.

[OperaTenor]

I water skied when I was in Nuclear Power School in Orlando. When I first started, I tried getting up on two, and could never do it. I then tried one, from a deep water start no less, and got up the second try. Ever after, deep water starts, with both feet in the boots, were the only way I could get up on one. After mastering single ski starts, I was able to then get up on two. On one, I got so I could dip an elbow in the water while slaloming. Great fun!

There was a sinkhole full of water(what Floridians call a "lake") on base three of us skied on every weekend for five months. The bank was grassy right up to the water's edge, then there was an abrupt dropoff of ~8" to a shallow, sandy lakebed, which very gently sloped into deeper water. We had this ideal of being able to ski around the lake, let go at the drop zone, and time it so we would ski up to the bank and step off onto the bank with out getting our feet wet. Never happened that way, but we had a lot of laughs trying. Especially Milton. One time, he went in way too fast, and slid 20ft across the grass on his back after sticking the tip of the ski 6" into the bank. Another time, he cut in to whip across the wake and jump it while letting go to go into shore, overbalanced in mid-air, and ended up cartwheeling in ~1.5 feet of water. We came around to pick him up, and he was lying in the water, looking kind of dazed. There was this little brown thing bobbing in the water near him. He had literally gotten the $h!t knocked out of him! After we ascertained he was unharmed, we fell over laughing.
Then there was the time I wanted to impress a couple of girls sitting on the dock by sliding up to them and splashing them in the process. I had too much speed, went skipping across the water like a flat rock, and hit a dock piling ski first. Needless to say, they weren't impressed.

uch:

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[mmichaelson]

Never been brave enough to try water skiing. I'm a chicken.

[lioness]

i made some great chicken rice and assorted veggies last night

[mmichaelson]

Yep, I made some great cheese-covered chicken breast the other night. No rice yet. . .working our way there. But it was great with home-made cornbread (Using soyflour, I might add) and peas and carrots. Yummy. I'll bet yours was too.

BTW: do your cats go NUTS every time you cook chicken?????? (Chloe does)

[lioness]

sometimes they want some. somtimes they will just meow thinking they want it.

OMG!!! this is so funny. normally Nick wants nothing to do with catnip... and i have tried several types over the years. she's the only addict. i picked up this catnip from the metaphysical/herb store. LOOK OUT! the 'catnip is so ho-hum' kitty found his fix! they were complete fiendz last nite!!! rolling in it, eating it. you name it, they did it. i was so entertained. i lmao for about a good 20 minutes. next time i will get it on video.

[mmichaelson]

Send it in to America's Funniest Home Videos and you could win 10K!

[mmichaelson]

Chloe loves the stuff. . .she's a total spaz when she gets it. . .gets goofy and all. Ty, he could care less. . .he'll play with the toys just because they're toys, but he won't roll on them or lick them like she does. . .that is the only thing that can make her lose her "kitty cool".

it's really funny!

[lioness]

next time i pick more up, i'll send some out. i bet you Ty would looove this stuff!!

not sure how good that would be sending it through the mail though :p

[mmichaelson]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Nice way to tie in that other thread! Oh man, that was funny. Just make sure I don't get arrested for possession.

[treebeau]

Originally posted by lioness:
well, i can't board very well. i need something to settle my pride :p

Was that an intentional pun? Lioness? Pride? If so, good one !!

Regards,
Tim B.

[mmichaelson]

She's always punning. . .

[lioness]

why thank you Tim B!!

it was a pun... but very true that i can't board very well.

[zlosin]

A very interesting tidbit !

THE SOX CURSE LIVES (FOR HOCKEY) [Roger Clegg]
As explained here, the Boston Red Sox curse still lives, at least for hockey fans. When the Red Sox won the series in 1918, the following season’s Stanley Cup playoffs were canceled because of an influenza epidemic. Then everything went along fine for 85 years, with the Sox losing and the Cup being awarded. But then, last fall, the Red Sox won another series and, sure enough, hockey fans must now again suffer a Cupless season.

ERIE !!!

http://www.mytelus.com/sports/article.do?pageID=nhl/hockeyarchive&articleID=1843314
for more information

[barfle]

Somehow this thread got away from me.

Waaaay back in ancient history, when I was a pre-teen and we lived in Michigan, we had a house that fronted to a small lake, about 1x5 miles. For you geography buffs, the lake was called Van Ettan lake, and it was adjacent to Wurtsmith AFB, where my dad worked. We had a ski boat, and I was pretty darn good, IMNSHO. Then we moved to California, and although I didn't get a chance to water ski for about twenty five years, I still don't miss Michigan winters one bit.

I tried water skiing with a coworker as an adult, and during those twenty five years, my body weight tripled, and I was shocked, shocked at how HARD the boat pulled on my arms.

I went snow skiing once in the late 1960s with my sister's boyfriend, who was a pretty good hot-dogger. He loaned me a pair of his old skis, and I had absolutely zero fun. I figured it was just something I didn't have any talent for (like playing music), so I didn't bother with it for about 15-20 years. Then a bunch of us went to Big Bear and rented skis and took lessons, and come to find out, that no-good rotten bum had loaned me skis that were (1)wooden, and (2) the edges were falling off. No wonder I couldn't control the damn things.

Now I'm a good enough skier to enjoy it. I'm not very good on bumps, and if my skis leave the snow, I don't land on them, but I like to drop down the fall line and let 'em run when appropriate.

I only get to ski once or twice a year, on average, so I don't own any skis any more, since it's cheaper to rent this year's model than it is to own last year's.