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[JF_Gophers]

I decided to sit in th "quiet car" on the return trip. So far I only heard one sneeze and the conductor asking for tickets.

What do you do in NYC when you visit?

Ride your bike?

[Ralph Baer]

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What do you do in NYC when you visit?

Ride your bike?

I was visiting my brother and his family. We went out to eat both days. Besides that I visited the cemetery where my parents and my mother's parents are buried (and I will be buried. )

I one brought a bike with me, but that was in the days when I drove here.

[Patman]

I live under a rock. I tend to keep up on things but for some reason I haven't followed the ALS challenge. I use Facebook occasionally. This morning my cell phone blew up as I was receiving texts about being challenged.

I think it's a brilliant idea. The PR they are getting out of this (let alone the money) is huge. Everyone in the g household was challenged and the 12 people we challenged have all accepted and passed along the challenge.

Tomorrow is my Friday and then it's off for a final camping trip before schools starts.

I think, personally, it's kinda dumb but there's no sense being a killjoy about it. Most fads annoy me but you may as well let people be people.

[bigblue_dl]

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Holy crap I hurt. I probably shouldn't have decided that water skiing for the first time in about 6 years was a good idea. Oh well, it was fun while I was doing it. Face planted while trying to open my beer, that was kinda ****ty.

Later on in the night I fell in the St. Croix River, because the dock was unsecured. Walked from one section to the other, and the dock sunk like a foot, lost my footing, and flopped right into the **** river. So, other than that (which happened at about 2AM Sunday), bachelor party Saturday was a blast. And I guess my new phone is pretty sweet.

[goldy_331]

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Good Morning Lodge.

Congrats to lil Gurtie. I take it he goes into the corners with his elbows out and stick up like his old man, eh?

Had PT this morning so I can go to the Fair on Friday. Supposed to be great weather for it on Friday, hope the guessers are right for once.

Oh, a kid we have known since before mites (so like 5 years old) just committed to being a Gopher hockey player! Hope he can qualify academically.

[JF_Gophers]

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Extended forecast for the wedding is 91 F, 20% chance of rain, partly cloudy.

Not too bad.

[Ralph Baer]

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Holy crap I hurt. I probably shouldn't have decided that water skiing for the first time in about 6 years was a good idea. Oh well, it was fun while I was doing it. Face planted while trying to open my beer, that was kinda ****ty.

Later on in the night I fell in the St. Croix River, because the dock was unsecured. Walked from one section to the other, and the dock sunk like a foot, lost my footing, and flopped right into the **** river. So, other than that (which happened at about 2AM Sunday), bachelor party Saturday was a blast. And I guess my new phone is pretty sweet.

That wasn't the ALS challenge, was it?

[mookie1995]

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S'upp y'all

[bigblue_dl]

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I should clarify, I faceplanted while trying to open a beer WHILE waterskiing. I didn't fail so much as to manage to faceplant while just walking.

[Scarlet]

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Good morning from the left coast. I'm overly anxious about getting to the Emmys today based on the packet of info I got. Not going to get into it now as I need breakfast but wish me luck I don't get arrested.

[Gurtholfin]

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Holy crap I hurt. I probably shouldn't have decided that water skiing for the first time in about 6 years was a good idea. Oh well, it was fun while I was doing it. Face planted while trying to open my beer, that was kinda ****ty.

Later on in the night I fell in the St. Croix River, because the dock was unsecured. Walked from one section to the other, and the dock sunk like a foot, lost my footing, and flopped right into the **** river. So, other than that (which happened at about 2AM Sunday), bachelor party Saturday was a blast. And I guess my new phone is pretty sweet.

Oh yeah, no fail in any of that.


On the "hurt" note, I decided a couple of years ago to try slaloming again for the first time since I was a kid. My boy didn't believe me when I told him that I could actually do it.

I was so tensed not wanting to fall - it HURTS falling on waterskis - that it was more work than it was worth. The next day, I could barely get around as muscles that I didn't even know I had were sore.


Now I just ski on two. Plenty of excitement for me and minimal if any soreness...

[Greyeagle]

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It hurts. A lot!
I tried to turn too sharp on a ski I hadn't been on before and could feel myself going down so I tried to roll onto my back to lessen the pain. Back of the ski caught the water and I pulled my hammy....ouch.
Will give it a shot next weekend.....Hope the weather cooperates.

[St. Clown]

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It hurts. A lot!
I tried to turn too sharp on a ski I hadn't been on before and could feel myself going down so I tried to roll onto my back to lessen the pain. Back of the ski caught the water and I pulled my hammy....ouch.
Will give it a shot next weekend.....Hope the weather cooperates.

Yes, now that you're older, wiser, have stronger muscles and more agile reflexes, things should go swimmingly for you this time.

[Gurtholfin]

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What could go wrong?

[bigblue_dl]

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What could go wrong?

Nothing. Trust me.

My big mistake was not prying up the tab on the beer can a little bit before going. I got up, grabbed the beer, then had a hell of a time getting my finger nail under the tab with one hand, on water skis. If it was bent up a little, I could have cracked it easy with one hand and enjoyed a nice KBC Ore Dock while on skis. Oh, and of course I was wearing my belt and "beer" belt buckle, and a hat, and aviators. That's how I roll.