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Posted on 04/21/2005 6:44:57 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Heh heh heh!
Oh my.
Mornin to ya, Jen!
Oh, I plan on moving. I've got 2 more years before I'll be able to decide where though.
You can start thinking about it now!
The upside of lifting first thing is I have energy until about noon. The downside is, after noon my body stiffens up like a board. Still - someday I'll be able to wear a swimsuit in public without feeling like a whale.
Don't I know it!
trini has gone on a health kick that has put me to shame.
She quit smoking and goes to the gym almost every day now. She running a mile without a problem.
She even cut back on her caffeine intake.
*sigh* Unfortunately, my current situation doesn't allow for gym time, so outside of exercises for my bum knee, I don't get much physical activity.
I'm proud of her though!
She's been computerless for months now, but I'm pinging her anyway just in case she goes to the library or sumthin'.
Cut back caffeine? Never!
And I doubt I'll ever been in that kind of shape, but lifting's really good for you. Plus we're trying to walk for short errands, that sort of thing.
That kind of exercise I can do. Walking or swimming is easy and somewhat enjoyable.
It's the treadmill/stair-stepper/spinning class gym stuff that I just can't get inspired to do.
But I'd sure love the results if I could get motivated enough to do it!
Is it time? I thought it went off a little after 9 am?
25th anniversary?
"Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!"
I'm gonna post a thread.
Yup, 25 years ago at this moment, all hell was breaking loose.
Cool. Next time it blows, I'll have to watch it on tv.
I thought it was afternoon, but maybe that's just when I heard about it.
I was in high school... on a band trip up to Victoria, B.C. for a big parade. After the parade we got back to the bus, and the bus driver was listening to the radio... CBC radio was saying that volcanic bombs the size of volkswagons were falling on Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. Lava was flowing into Tacoma... pretty much wiping out western Washington.
The band director found a phone where he could call the U.S. and let us know that the reports were slightly exaggerated. :-)
The media? Exaggerate? Never! ;~D
I was finishing up my senior year of college...
I was three, and we were living in Portland at the time.
I remember being mad that I wasn't allowed to go out and play on my swingset, 'cause it was covered with ash and there was still ash in the air. And I remember people walking outside with hankerchiefs over their faces.
I wish I'd been able to appreciate it more!
No, really... the size of volkswagons they were. :-)
The collective apoplexy that the local TV news was doing was just too funny. They kept harping on the ash... that to breathe even the slightest bit was certain death. Surgical masks sold out everywhere. People were making huge cardboard and duct tape air filtering gizmos for their cars.
But most of western WA barely even got a discernable dusting of ash. Eastern WA was a different story... over there they were knee-deep in the stuff and it was a pretty horrific mess.
The worst part was that you couldn't just wash it away with water. Water just turned it into a sort of paste. Like wet cement.
Should I mention where I wasn't, at the time?
;-)
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