The Tri Lounge from Aug 14, 2009 to Aug 17, 2009 comments

The Tri Lounge Aug 14, 2009 to Aug 17, 2009

Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:57 Comment 191667
Aero of Goleta email: @: Vamples man, here's what you do--get in the water, swim NW, stop at Suva for a slurpee and a burger, head over to Hawaii get some more food, then swim over to Goleta. I'll keep the porchlight on and the beer cold in case you're having a slow day.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:56 Comment 191666
FFO of . email: @: Sort of ANZAC, vimp. My dad was born on the Isle of Jersey and moved to NS when he was a wee lad (by way of South Africa). His brothers were born there. But my dad probably ate a lot of NZ sheep. That probably did something to him and I am sure he passed that on to me. Maybe that's where I get my good looks from ;-)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:53 Comment 191665
FFO of . email: @: Hey, Al, that would not necessarily be such a bad thing. No doubt vimp is hot. Just ask Jen.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:53 Comment 191664
potbelliedhogg! of @ email: @: Give me a couple of pasties, and I could prolly make some money as a ~dancer~.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:51 Comment 191663
potbelliedhogg! of @ email: @: I'm going to head out for a run after work tonight. Weeeell, ~run~ is prolly a misnomer. A very sloooow jog. I saw a picture of me in my board shorts from vacation a couple of weeks ago. Yikes. I'd give Buddha and his moobs a jiggle for his money.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:47 Comment 191662
vimp of nz email: @: I sensed the ANZAC blood running through your veins Fred!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:44 Comment 191661 Al of email: @: If it was West Virginia rather than New Zealand, that would make FFO and Vimp married.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:40 Comment 191660
Aero of Goleta email: @: THERE IS NO SLOW IN FFO!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:40 Comment 191659
Aero of Goleta email: @: Unlikely FFO--there's a species barrier...
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:40 Comment 191658
FFO of . email: @: Set your tracking thingamajiggy at slow and steady! I'm feeling pretty good now, but we know where that has gotten me the last few years!!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:38 Comment 191657
FFO of . email: @: vimp - I wonder just how far apart we might be relationship wise. My dad grew up in Christchurch and his two brothers were born there. We may be cousins at least!!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:37 Comment 191656
Aero of Goleta email: @: Fast Freddie man, I'm gonna be tracking you next weekend--don't disappoint...
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:34 Comment 191655
FFO of . email: @: softie - just armor plate your plane and do a kamakazie on those other dudes. They won't know what hit them. Or you could have vimp be your co-pilot. He knows a thing or two about these things.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:31 Comment 191654
FFO of . email: @: Aero - as smooooth as ever!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:30 Comment 191653
softrider! of @ email: @: Finished a very tough 180 km soaring race in the Scottish lowlands earlier this afternoon (live on the internet, doncha know). So far, only 10 (out of 23 who have started) have managed to finish without crashing or having to land before reaching the finish line. I'm currently sitting 5th which is a very good result for me, considering the competition. There are a couple of very talented pilots ahead of me. There are 4 races in this series. Best 3 of 4 races count. Round 2 goes tomorrow night. Yeehaaaaw!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:13 Comment 191652
Aero of Goleta email: @: Oh, hey Boop. How's tricks?
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:12 Comment 191651
Aero of Goleta email: @: And Boop? AS HOT AS LAVA!!!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:12 Comment 191650
Aero of Goleta email: @: KP? Heard of that dude. Mountain sized dude--A HUMAN OROGENOUS EVENT! WHOAAAA!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:03 Comment 191649
Boop of LA email: @: I invited JB to our 10 year reunion. He declined but said he'll be there in spirit.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 16:03 Comment 191648
vimp of nz email: @: Fred, I can't say I ever heard a Freddy Fender song! The old man use to call me Fred as a kid and that morphed into Freddy Fender. We're brothers man!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:50 Comment 191647
FFO of . email: @: vimp! Are you a Freddy Fender fan?? I really like his music. sorta dated now but it's a good trip down memory lane. For those of us of a certain age. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIg5zqGFoIs
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:40 Comment 191646
vimp of nz email: @: Freddy Fender.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:39 Comment 191645
vimp of nz email: @: Kevin.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:39 Comment 191644
FFO of . email: @: ol' KP is flyin' high, he is!!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:38 Comment 191643 KP of OTC email: @: and sb. KP at the OTC.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:35 Comment 191642 KP of SD email: @: OK, JB, it's KP from SD. Hi JC, JD.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:33 Comment 191641 sb of @ email: @: Yea I just rolled over and knocked a chunk off....(Sigh) oh what to do now....
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:11 Comment 191640 JC of SC email: @: Johnny B Have your email, ie read further down the page will email you, Thanks Tina
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 15:08 Comment 191639 JC of SC email: @: JC here, hey IronScot you riding with Lance tomorrow
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:58 Comment 191638
tina of @ email: @: JB, JC, JD. no. that's not weird...
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:48 Comment 191637 JB of @ email: @: Guess I will have to start stopping by more often!! Please send my email adress to JC. Thanks .
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:35 Comment 191636 JD of @ email: @: Johnny B!!! Man I was just wondering about you the other day.. Welcome home. 8)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:27 Comment 191635
IronScot of Scotland email: @: Wooohooo Johnny B!! :) Orlando, that sounds kinda neat..
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:10 Comment 191634 Al of email: @: There is a whole lot of not training or racing going on in here! Come back more often! :-)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:04 Comment 191633
Johnny B of Orlando email: @: As I am a D list page peep I thought I would drop by as AL gave a D for the day. Please pass to all that I miss you all very much also and thank you for getting me my rough times a few years back!! Even though I do not race or train.....Life is Good.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 14:00 Comment 191632
Laura of @ email: @: Al - didn't you get the memo? Today is an unpaid furlough day for the Lounge! Hey Johnny B!! :-)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 13:24 Comment 191631
Boop of LA email: @: OMG!!! Johnny B!!!! Welcome back to the Lounge!!! How are you? How's Florida? We miss you!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 12:59 Comment 191630
jkb of Orlando email: jburkett@4universal.com: Hello all just doing my sometime annual check in. Hope all of you are doing well!!! John AKA Gunny Burkett
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 12:17 Comment 191629 Al of email: @: Disappointing day on the Page. I give it a D-.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 10:33 Comment 191628 E of email: @: throw yer junk every day! woo!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 9:19 Comment 191627
not Al of @ email: @: c'mer cat!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 9:19 Comment 191626
tina of @ email: @: I could totally see al doing that. lol!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 7:51 Comment 191625 Al of email: @: If I lived in SV, I'd be throwing my cat on the roof every day so I could call E and get him to come over.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 7:41 Comment 191624 E of email: @: today I'mo gonna make a difference by eating a bbq lunch paid for with tax money and then waxing an engine also paid for by tax money and if I'm really lucky I'll go on a cal and save a poussy in a tree or get some kids model airplane off a roof or sumptin...I dunno though
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 7:14 Comment 191623
swoosh! of starlite email: @: And E !!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 7:08 Comment 191622
swoosh! of starlite email: @: MAKING A DIFFERENCE! Good job SQRN (and Tina, and Laura, and Ray)!!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:34 Comment 191621
tina of @ email: @: me too :-)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:25 Comment 191620
Laura of @ email: @: I've think you've found your niche, Tina. :-) Laters!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:24 Comment 191619
Laura of @ email: @: lolo!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:23 Comment 191618
tina of @ email: @: Although, I'm feelin' pretty 'at home' with the global poverty stuff I'm starting to work on now. YAY! :-)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:22 Comment 191617
tina of @ email: @: stop putting ideas into my head! I'm like a kid in a candy store with all the possible opportunities life gives us!!! I need to bury my head in the sand for a while or something.... :-D
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:20 Comment 191616
Laura of @ email: @: Tina, yep, you are sunk as a nurse or a tech, but you always could go into Medical Infomatics - it's a new field that combines business/finance with science/medicine and tech..right up yer ally. :-)
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:19 Comment 191615
tina of @ email: @: Not that I'm not insane now, but at least I have it under control... :-D
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:19 Comment 191614
tina of @ email: @: If I add 'become a nurse tech person' on my 'to do' list after 'solve global poverty', I think that may be the tipping point to my insanity.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:17 Comment 191613
tina of @ email: @: DeWald! I remember Ida! I actually caught a glimpse of her last year at a tri I was volunteering at (I think she was just hanging out, not competing). She has a kid now! That's really all I know.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:15 Comment 191612
Laura of @ email: @: Tina, somewhat what Ray said re the patient tech role. You DO all the gross stuff, but you are also the eyes and ears for the nurse, because you are often in the room more and a good tech can alert his/her nurse if there is a sudden change in status in a patient. Sure, some nurses will boss and be total bit!!s, but they are also the ones who boss the student nurses around and junior colleagues -- other nurses will work with you to teach you. It's like any job, gotta enjoy your piece of humble pie, but you do make a difference.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:15 Comment 191611
tina of @ email: @: I'll stick with doggie fostering and chatting it up with my homeless homecakes :-D
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:14 Comment 191610
tina of @ email: @: If I were a nurse, I'd tell them that I don't do anything medical related where you have to know any medical jargon and...I only do 'clean' things. My chances in the nursing field are pretty nill :-D
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 6:11 Comment 191609
Laura of @ email: @: SQRN..#191588..that is great!! Whooo! Now, let her get back into bed, it's been several hours..:-))
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:44 Comment 191608
d2p of email: @: it's showtime
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:29 Comment 191607 Al of email: @: I've learned that I can't get bombed, Ray. Takes me a week to recover. Sadly, this really has nothing to do with getting old. I've always been like this.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:24 Comment 191606
ray of @ email: @: Need...to...find...more...coffee!!!!!!
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:23 Comment 191605
ray of @ email: @: I read Al's post like we're expected to get bombed...like she needs an excuse to imbibe. :-P
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:23 Comment 191604
ray of @ email: @: tina, patient care techs don't really need to know squat about science and they get all that hands on touchy feely stuff. Of course, the nurses boss them around and the techs actually get to wipe bottoms and empty bedpans and do all that gross stuff.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:22 Comment 191603 Al of email: @: Between Ray's thunderstorms and remnants of Claudette, we're expecting to get bombed on later this week.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 5:21 Comment 191602
ray of @ email: @: Thunderstorms and pouring rain today. Border collies woulda loved it, grabbed the tennis ball, frisbee and said let's go. Shelties--have to take them for a drag in this. First boom and they're straining at the leash to run home.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 4:15 Comment 191601
Tina of @ email: @: And just to clarify for E, I did NOT say "I'd be all over a nurse"....unless maybe she was totally hot, but still.
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 4:15 Comment 191600
tina of @ email: @: I'd be all over this nursing thing because it seems SO rewarding...but I'm a complete idiot when it comes to the medical knowledge part and I think that part is kinda important. :-D
Date: Monday August 17th, 2009 4:14 Comment 191599
tina of @ email: @: SQRN!!! What an awesome day!!!!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:49 Comment 191598
vimp of nz email: @: Oh fine!! Vimpy does all the work why you drink and get yer pecker wet! C'MON MANG!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:25 Comment 191597 E of email: @: OK
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:24 Comment 191596 E of email: @: but now you see why I'll never be IC
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:23 Comment 191595 E of email: @: when I am Incident Comander I'mogonna activate the medical group under logistics first cause nurses er friggen hot and then activate procurement, ya know fer the beer, steaks and stuff. Then we'll all formulate our objectives and then I'll call in the vimp as Ops Cheif ta scissor kick the fire out while we all party with the nurses and said beer and steaks. Now that's an IAP!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:20 Comment 191594 E of email: @: ICP Shack! Woo!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:20 Comment 191593 e of email: @: FDSV! WOO! and then we celebrated with the obligatory beers and shop talk (mostly aboot chicks and football and skiing). As a gift we get to go watch Don Felder (Hotel California) on Wednesday with one Engine, ya know, in case there's a fire and the symphony burns down...or tsunami...or hurricane...or race riot...or plane crash...or maybe like a cheese knife finger cut...or OD on cocaine
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:15 Comment 191592
Aero of Goleta email: @: Ol Aero does NIMS/SIMS every year. Rollin like Hoff...
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:13 Comment 191591 e of email: @: I jus passed my incident command course...prolly qualifies me to be President, prolly...cept I was born in Morrocco and the birthers would have a good ol time with that
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 23:11 Comment 191590 E of email: @: YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERYDAY DIDYA EVER THINK OF THAT??
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 21:27 Comment 191589
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: She's a very grumpy sad little lady, but we hit it off. :-) Today I made a difference!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 21:26 Comment 191588
SQRN of Cardiff email: @: Happiness is getting your patient up out of bed who has been in bed for over two weeks!! I told her she had no choice , I got her up, walked her to a chair where she sat down and then proceeded to cry...she broke my heart, but I was so excited that I got some co-workers to come in and cheer her on for her efforts!! I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!! :-)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 20:37 Comment 191587
Laura of @ email: @: Boop - Hilary and I saw that movie on Friday night! And, when we got home, she immediately went to my bookshelf and pulled out the Mastering the Art two vol set..which I've had for years and she now plans to take back to Chicago (but, I still have Julia's, "The Way to Cook", her 1980s solo work). All are great! Yum. :-)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 20:33 Comment 191586
Boop of LA email: @: I saw Julie & Julia today....loved it! A little slow in the middle but then picks up again. Made me want to go buy Julia Child's cookbook.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 20:32 Comment 191585
Boop of LA email: @: TINA! I remember most of that too!! Good memories here in the Lounge... ;-)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 19:18 Comment 191584
swoosh! of starlite email: @: says swoosh.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 19:14 Comment 191583
swoosh! of starlite email: @: swiss tends to become shwish.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 19:13 Comment 191582
swoosh! of starlite email: @: I just picked some fresh swiss chard. wow. that's hard to say.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 17:50 Comment 191581
vimp of nz email: @: Seriously but for reals.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 17:49 Comment 191580
vimp of nz email: @: You'll be crying this weekend when Vimpy goes past at 900W with a 50 foot rooster tail, THAS WHEN YOU'LL BE CRYING!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 17:44 Comment 191579
Jen of NZ email: @: Not me, I am tough as nails and only cry when pregnant.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 17:43 Comment 191578
Jen of nz email: @: I remember the sensitivity of Ida...remember her? I never knew her but man, she was a sensitive soul, no?
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 17:19 Comment 191577
vimp of nz email: @: I SCISSORKICK TO THE RULES OF MY OWN DOJO MANG!!!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 14:53 Comment 191576 Al of email: @: That was a swimming joke, in case you didn't get it.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 14:52 Comment 191575 Al of email: @: New world record in the mens 100m in the track world champs today. Gotta be the suit. BAN THE SUITS!!!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 14:51 Comment 191574 Al of email: @: Not possible, Phats.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 14:48 Comment 191573 E of email: @: when was that?
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 13:35 Comment 191572
Phats of email: @: I remember when Vimpy wasn't a douchebag...
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 13:11 Comment 191571 E of email: @: I heart hair bands!!! Woo!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 12:16 Comment 191570
swoosh! of starlite email: @: I remember some of that !
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:53 Comment 191569
tina of @ email: @: If I may...one last one. I remember KIRK picking me up at the airport on my first trip EVER to Cali. It was in January for the Carlsbad Half/Full so I left the cold and snow in MN. I remember driving up the coast to his place in Dana Point, windows rolled down, sunshine beaming in the vehicle and Kirk on the phone talking to some hotshot in LA about doing trailer work/making a deal or something. I remember thinking to my little Minnesota self "I am SO in California...." ha! :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:49 Comment 191568
tina of @ email: @: THESE ARE ALL SUCH GREAT MEMORIES PEOPLE!!!! thank you :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:49 Comment 191567
tina of @ email: @: I remember KIRK up in the middle of the night putting on a pot of coffee working on his trailers and/or the chat pages!!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:48 Comment 191566
tina of @ email: @: I remember napping in the nap room at the Fed :-D
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:47 Comment 191565
tina of @ email: @: I remember when Jen didn't even KNOW vimp! :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:46 Comment 191564
tina of @ email: @: I remember when Wy started her walkabout. :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:46 Comment 191563
tina of @ email: @: I remember when Corn and Roger used to argue all the time! :-D
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:45 Comment 191562
tina of @ email: @: I remember when laura was a lawyer!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:44 Comment 191561
tina of @ email: @: I remember when KP initially came on to the tri coaching scene!! NOW LOOK AT HIM!! :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:44 Comment 191560
tina of @ email: @: I remember when I was a Starbuck's barista!!!!! :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:43 Comment 191559
tina of @ email: @: I remember when sqrn was doing her laundry at the dude's place she worked at!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:42 Comment 191558
tina of @ email: @: I totally love looking back at what people were when we first met vs what they are doing in their lives now. super neat :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:41 Comment 191557
tina of @ email: @: omg. i feel so 'californian deal maker' right now... "LET'S MAKE THAT WORK" good lord...
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:40 Comment 191556
tina of @ email: @: LAURA! YES!!!! Let's totally make that work!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:30 Comment 191555
Laura of @ email: @: Ok, mom's ADLs are done; 3 mile walk done; time for pancakes! laters..
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:28 Comment 191554
Laura of @ email: @: I so also need to make a pilgrimage to Byerley's and since it is looking very certain that we will be living back in S.D. at least part of the year, we will be driving through the Metro, so that's a date. :-)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:26 Comment 191553
Laura of @ email: @: Hey Tina..that would be fun! Hopefully, we will be up in the Metro later this year - I'd enjoy a coffee chat! :-)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:05 Comment 191552
tina of @ email: @: Laura - you and I totally need to somehow hook up in person someday - have coffee chat and such...perhaps wine chat... :-D
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:04 Comment 191551
tina of @ email: @: Laura, you're job seems totally exciting - never knowing what to expect day to day....LOVE THAT!!!
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:03 Comment 191550
tina of @ email: @: I KNEW HIM WHEN HE JUST STARTED COACHING!!!!!!! I know a future star when I see one :)
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 8:02 Comment 191549
TINA of @ email: @: WAIT!!!! I don't believe I ever heard of KPs stuck wetsuit story. Details please.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 6:17 Comment 191548
Laura of @ email: @: I feel like Radar from the old M*A*S*H show..."wait for it"..
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 6:15 Comment 191547
Laura of @ email: @: enjoying a rare quiet moment here. A little Kenyan pressed coffee, just me and the dog are up..soon all hell will break loose..
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 6:10 Comment 191546
Laura of @ email: @: FFO, thanks! I'll gladly admit that I was really scared on Friday, because he was an overflow admit to our floor and I had never been in that type of situation before. Didn't envy the p.m. staff. Hope he gets his life straightened, but, like Ray said, odds on for recidivism.
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 6:07 Comment 191545
Laura of @ email: @: Geeze, KP is now working on the OTC. We all remember him when he was just an age grouper who got his wetsuit stuck! Very cool stuff! ;-))))
Date: Sunday August 16th, 2009 1:06 Comment 191544
Insinopoicy of Toledo email: braigngaudgib@gmail.com: Hi folks! I just want to say hello to you all, and see you in next posts! cheers Insinopoicy
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 22:17 Comment 191543 KP of SD email: @: I dig your stuff, Fred. Seriously, you need to write a book. Damn, I want to read that book. Better yet, I'd like to live in the same town so I could ask you questions for the duration of 5hr rides :-)
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 21:45 Comment 191542
FFO of . email: @: I did not play second very often. Catcher and left field mostly. In Thailand my team played the national women's softball team from the Phillipines. They kicked our butts from end of the National Stadium to the other. It was an embarassment. I did not coach any baseball after that. I have stuck to running since then.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 21:37 Comment 191541 KP of SD email: @: Fred. Can you imagine an infield of you and I up the middle turing regular double plays?! I'm am gonna dig out me Clete Boyer glove. I can move to 2nd or SS according to your desire. On the OTC, it's been great so far. Looking forward to more of it in the future.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 20:49 Comment 191540
FFO of . email: @: KP - That must have been a wonderful experience working with the top dogs. Years ago I coached the Thai womens national softball team for the 5th Asian Games. Seeing world class athletes up close is inspiring.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 20:46 Comment 191539
FFO of . email: @: Laura - I am glad you and your guys were not injured. Very brave of you to hold that guy in the room.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 20:44 Comment 191538
FFO of . email: @: swoosh - I hope your doggie is not in pain. We had to let our Maggie go last year. She did very well up to the last day. Dogs are the best.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:45 Comment 191537
swoosh! of starlite email: @: yeah, that was already 2 years ago!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:44 Comment 191536
swoosh! of starlite email: @: and speaking of Berlin, GO MAMMOTH TRACK CLUB! :-)
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:44 Comment 191535
tina of @ email: @: I remember that snakebite story. That wasn't two years ago already, was it?!?!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:43 Comment 191534
tina of @ email: @: KP! That's fantastic!!!!!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:35 Comment 191533
swoosh! of starlite email: @: I didn't ban her! Pucky and Cozmo decided to go camping that weekend. Without their leashes ;-)
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:32 Comment 191532
ray of @ email: @: tina, puck is the lab that got snakebit a couple of years ago. She survived it! I didn't get to meet her because Swoosh banned her from the house when we went for dinner.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:28 Comment 191531 Al of email: @: I almost got into a fist fght with a stupd chick on the bike trail today over her unleashed dog. LEASH YER DOG SO IT DOESN'T GET HURT, PEOPLE!!!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 17:21 Comment 191530
swoosh! of starlite email: @: NICE KP ! Thanks for the wishes for Puck. She's 14 but I want her around forever!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 16:48 Comment 191529 KP of SD email: @: Best wishes to Puck, swoosh!. Dogs are the absolute best. They say we share 95% of our genes with chimps but when was the last time a chimp ran into a burning building to pull out his owner. My dog is always happy to see me. Always loyal. Almost always happy and even has silly sense of humor.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 16:44 Comment 191528 KP of SD email: @: Tina, new and cool. I was invited to do a two week medical rotation at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. I teamed up with an MD from Boulder and athletic trainers from the national ski team in Utah and the national wrestling team in Denver. The treatment I offer consists of chiropractic care, Active Release Technique, soft tissue manipulation and a wide array of physical therapy modalities (heat, ice, GameDay, electric stim, iontophoresis, cold laser, compression, etc.) The Medical Performance Center is well stocked with ways to get athletes well as fast as possible. I treated track and field athletes up until they left for Berlin for the world championships, BMX bikers who are leaving for worlds in South Africa tomorrow and kayakers who left for worlds in Halifax last Sunday. As well the developmental womens beach volleyball camp and male national paralympic soccer team. I was invited back to work the BMX world cup meet in September as well. I finish up on Tuesday. A very nice experience!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 16:19 Comment 191527
swoosh! of starlite email: @: Yes. I would prefer it to be a chicken, that's for sure.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 16:06 Comment 191526
tina of @ email: @: wasn't so bad when I just thought it was a chicken. :-/
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 16:06 Comment 191525
tina of @ email: @: Really sorry to hear about puck though... :(
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 16:05 Comment 191524
tina of @ email: @: Oops! No wonder ray cared.... :-D
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 15:02 Comment 191523
swoosh! of starlite email: @: Tina, Puck is our dog, not a chicken !!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 14:10 Comment 191522
tina of @ email: @: And...is this the same place that's south of San Diego? Kinda in the boonies? if so...I USED TO RIDE BY THERE ALL THE TIME!!! One of my favorite routes actually! :-) (for the life of me, I can't think of the names of the nearby towns....I remember every turn in the roads, however. :-D There was a 'jumping from an airplane' place nearby there I used to bike by all the time...
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 14:08 Comment 191521
tina of @ email: @: KP! The OTC - is this something new and cool for you, or is this something you've done before??
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 14:07 Comment 191520
tina of @ email: @: As much as ray talks about how you should fry puck up, I'm sure deep down he cares...
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 13:03 Comment 191519
ray of @ email: @: :-(
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:51 Comment 191518
swoosh! of starlite email: @: this weekend actually, is all about spending time with Puck. Over the last couple of days it seems that perhaps her time is nearing ... :-/
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:49 Comment 191517
swoosh! of starlite email: @: yes, strictly for home-garden use. :-) Although, I had thought that when the goaties become part of the farm that I might sell their poops!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:42 Comment 191516
ray of @ email: @: Of course, it does take a lot of chickens to sh!t out a friggin' cubic yard. Maybe it's not such a good enterprise.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:39 Comment 191515
ray of @ email: @: Swoosh, who knew that stuff was expensive:The rising cost of oil and the dwindling number of local poultry ranches have area farmers and gardeners scratching for a source of good, old-fashioned fertilizer: chicken manure. When Bruce and Robin Breslaw of Creswell began raising birds in 1980, they were among nearly 20 Lane County chicken ranchers. Now, their Chicken Ranch is one of just three remaining ranches in the county. Back then, they could barely give away their ranch's pungent byproduct. Today, they struggle to keep up with demand, despite charging $7.50 a cubic ...
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:36 Comment 191514
ray of @ email: @: KP, that's great experience but zero ride time? That's just harsh!!!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:28 Comment 191513
swoosh! of starlite email: @: it's just fertilizer Ray...
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:27 Comment 191512 KP of SD email: @: Day 12 at the OTC. Zero ride time in two weeks.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:25 Comment 191511
ray of @ email: @: 191509: Mmmm...tasty!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:22 Comment 191510 A of email: @: I've been napping.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 12:04 Comment 191509
swoosh! of starlite email: @: I've been putting dried chicken poop on my tomato plants. :-)
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 10:12 Comment 191508
tina of @ email: @: I had a margarita :)
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 9:42 Comment 191507 E of email: @: I drank wine then beer last night. Trues story
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 9:40 Comment 191506 E of email: @: RIDE THE WHITE BEER HORSE! WOO!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 8:07 Comment 191505
ray of @ email: @: Beer in moderation is better. Alcohol addiction is tougher to overcome than heroin addiction. Just as deadly in the long run.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 8:05 Comment 191504
ray of @ email: @: Laura, great work. Unfortunately, as you'll soon see, there is no getting off the horse. We have yet to cure a heroin addiction. We exchange it for a methadone addiction but the relapse rate is close to 100%. Still, you have to try.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 7:43 Comment 191503
Laura of @ email: @: But, you guys..stay off the Horse! Bike and beer is better.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 7:42 Comment 191502
Laura of @ email: @: One of my nursing profs has those of us in her clinical group, at the end of each shift, each say to the group what we were grateful for that particular day. At first, we were all uncomfortable with that, but gradually, we learned that by expressing our gratitude for whatever, that it was a teaching moment for all of us. Nursing is really life-changing. At least for me.
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 7:38 Comment 191501
Laura of @ email: @: Aw, you guys...:-) thanks. Every experience is a teaching one, you know? As challenging as they are, it's an opportunity to learn and to appreciate what you have. And, I sure appreciate the support of you guys!
Date: Saturday August 15th, 2009 4:18 Comment 191500 of email:
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 22:35 Comment 191499 KP of SD email: @: Keri H. and Kanye ... no big.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 22:32 Comment 191498 KP of SD email: @: Rollin' with my main mang, Peter Murphy ... "Whirlpools whirl ... Dragnets Drag".
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 21:34 Comment 191497 KP of SD email: @: Laura, you are an example of people who do the right thing when they are faced with life's toughest challenges. Doing the next indicated step is not being a hero, but it is meeting and overcoming the most difficult of circumstances. That's what we do. Nobody is exempt. Often, when it is our turn we see that we are not unique. Rare is the person that can see things through that prism without first hand experience. Prayers to you and your family.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 21:31 Comment 191496
tina of @ email: @: bedtime! :)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 21:30 Comment 191495
tina of @ email: @: Dude! I still want to accommodate my guest! :-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 20:59 Comment 191494 JC of SC email: @: LDL, thanks for being there. Rough for everyone, family included
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 20:54 Comment 191493 JC of SC email: @: Thanks d2p, yes, it was. Tina, he is not there for the BEER, enjoy your evening
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 20:49 Comment 191492
tina of @ email: @: I, too, heart LDL :-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:45 Comment 191491 E of email: @: I heart El Diel. :)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:41 Comment 191490
Laura of @ email: @: and now I sleep! W/o any sleep aid, I might add...night all!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:40 Comment 191489
Laura of @ email: @: Agitated, like ripping your i.v. out 5 times in 3 hours..like trying to run out of your room and swinging at nurses and docs. Not exactly a "Promises" ad..
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:38 Comment 191488
Laura of @ email: @: It concerns me that when I read E's comment, I knew EXACTLY where he was coming from! ;-))
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:37 Comment 191487
Laura of @ email: @: Tina: one word - Agitated! :-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:29 Comment 191486
tina of @ email: @: Laura - so what was the dude like when he was coming off of heroin??
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 19:23 Comment 191485 E of email: @: Armstrong. That's the call fer the fire radio. Ya hear that and ya come runnin' ta throw the beat down on whoevers beating on yer fire breatherin. Beat my fire brother and ya might get a halligan ta the face, use yer teeth like chicklets gnomesain
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 18:48 Comment 191484
d2p of email: @: this is incredible! - http://bit.ly/342OAo
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:44 Comment 191483
Laura of @ email: @: And, now I do go cook! Baked chicken, fresh green beans from my garden and rice pilaf. Might have to have a Spotted Cow, "Fat Squirrel" ale alongside..laters!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:42 Comment 191482
Laura of @ email: @: Oh, and contact precautions for MRSA just added a nice touch. All in a day, eh? ;-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:41 Comment 191481
Laura of @ email: @: Nope! "Mr. Strong" was probably out generating watts or some such nonsense, because it took him long enough to get to our floor!! So, we basically stood in the doorway to the room and tried to talk our pt. down..25 y.o. and hooked on H..man..
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:36 Comment 191480 KP of SD email: @: When you called out for vimp, did he answer?
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:35 Comment 191479
Laura of @ email: @: Time to go cook! lates.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:34 Comment 191478
Laura of @ email: @: But hey, it's almost Saturday! Sleep in Saturday! Whoooohoo! ;-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:33 Comment 191477
Laura of @ email: @: Spend 8 hours in a room with a pt withdrawing from heroin. Good times..
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:31 Comment 191476
Laura of @ email: @: Family Nurse Practitioner..in a nice rural clinical..not sounding too bad right about now..:-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:27 Comment 191475
Laura of @ email: @: When the pt made a grab for the doc, and the nurse and myself..we called "Mr. Strong".
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:26 Comment 191474
Laura of @ email: @: yep...that was Friday...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:25 Comment 191473
tina of @ email: @: that's heavy duty stuff you're dealing with...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:25 Comment 191472
tina of @ email: @: wow.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:24 Comment 191471
Laura of @ email: @: Maybe the outcome would have been different if it had been beer..
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 17:23 Comment 191470
Laura of @ email: @: My observation from the work day: Heroin withdrawal combined with Lorazapam and Haloperidol brings a visit from Mr. Security...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 16:18 Comment 191469
FFO of . email: @: E - You can do it like our cook at summer camp used to do: one sixer of Pabst; one gallon of Red Mountain; mix thoroughly; start early and drink often.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 16:02 Comment 191468
Aero of Goleta email: @: Beer's cool.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:41 Comment 191467 E of email: @: F beer...wine. It's wine friday...then maybe some beers after I dunno
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:25 Comment 191466
sissy of ilovethisbar email: @: lunch with toby rocked. gave up my chair for a little boy whose mommy just got home from iraq. then she wins the backstage passes.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:22 Comment 191465
sissy of ilovethisbar email: @: lunch with toby rocked. gave up my chair for a little boy whose mommy just got home from iraq. then she wins the backstage passes.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:04 Comment 191464
Phats of email: @: We like beer.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:03 Comment 191463
swoosh! of starlite email: @: Salvator Double-Bock to be exact. :-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:02 Comment 191462
Phats of email: @: We Californiaians are conservative bunch.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:02 Comment 191461
swoosh! of starlite email: @: TINA: Paulaner !
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:02 Comment 191460
Phats of email: @: Havin' Bebu do a beer run for me...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:01 Comment 191459
tina of @ email: @: Course, Iowa legalized same sex marriage and California did not, so there's that quandry to deal with....
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:01 Comment 191458
tina of @ email: @: GO CALIFORNIA!!!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 15:00 Comment 191457
tina of @ email: @: So, what do you think the odds are that this state will legalize weed...NOT THAT GOOD!!!!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:59 Comment 191456
tina of @ email: @: I'd go sunday, but the great state of minnesota lives like we are in Little House On the Prairie time and alcohol cannot be sold on Sunday.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:59 Comment 191455
Phats of email: @: I read it as "Chez" which is how it's written. Trippy...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:59 Comment 191454
tina of @ email: @: Thanks Fred!!! I'm goin' BEER SHOPPING tomorrow!!!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:58 Comment 191453
tina of @ email: @: IT'S THE WEEK-ENNNNNNNDDDDDD!!!!!!!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:58 Comment 191452
FFO of . email: @: tina - ST is the real beer expert, but here are my recommendations for someone familiar with German beer: anything from Anderson Valley, Lagunitas, or Humboldt Brewries. If they sell those brands back there. Anything India Pale Ale-ish should do. Stay away from bocks, wheat beers and stouts. You're welcome.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:56 Comment 191451
tina of @ email: @: My boss sent me an email at 4:09 saying we would look at this project stuff more on monday. I did not see said email till 4:51. I SO SUCK!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:54 Comment 191450
tina of @ email: @: I read it as CHAZ as well. You should really be a bit more clear in your writing Aero...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:44 Comment 191449
Boop of LA email: @: Al - LOL! I read it the same way. ;-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:41 Comment 191448 Al of email: @: I read it as "Chaz". My bad. Or as the dudes in my high school Spanish class used to say, "Mi malo".
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:35 Comment 191447
Aero of Goleta email: @: Al man, did I not say that Chez paddled out? Dude, pay attention;-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:34 Comment 191446
Aero of Goleta email: @: Tina man, I traded boards for awhile with this dude--a dude who apparently fires up Alynn's sex drive--she knows who I'm talking about. This board was some garage sale purchase with a picture of Jesus' painted on the nose. Some bloody gash in his head. I was sorta freaked, but it was an ok noserider... So, I guess Jesus surfs. Dude could use a band-aid...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:30 Comment 191445 Al of email: @: Aero doesn't think I'd paddle out wit him? I'm hurt...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:21 Comment 191444
tina of @ email: @: appears I will have to take this question over to fb....
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:20 Comment 191443
tina of @ email: @: Still waiting for a good beer recommendation people!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:19 Comment 191442
tina of @ email: @: I'm taking a well deserved brain break right now. :-D
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:19 Comment 191441
tina of @ email: @: I just saw boop's post! Hey boop!! I actually have 40 minutes left and a project I think my boss is expecting me to finish. blah.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:16 Comment 191440
tina of @ email: @: married. with children people!!!!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:16 Comment 191439
tina of @ email: @: I didn't mention that to him till one night after the conference when we were a coupla beers into it. I told him "Dude - she's great! I'm just sooo totally not a bible scholar nor do I want to be" :-D
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:16 Comment 191438
tina's prof of @ email: @: I'm not coming over for the food...I have a different hunger...BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:15 Comment 191437
tina of @ email: @: and get this - he is the PhD advisor to the chick whose class I just had and left mid class during the last day in tears. I can't make this stuff up people...
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:14 Comment 191436
tina of @ email: @: I emailed him (and I quote) "don't expect me to feed you". :-D
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:13 Comment 191435
Aero of Goleta email: @: Boohooop!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:13 Comment 191434
Aero of Goleta email: @: Yeah Chaz. I had a friend out here for a few years from Chicago. Dude surfed, raced scows--full waterman, all in Chicago. Turned into a monster windsurfer when he'd been here a while.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:12 Comment 191433
Boop of LA email: @: Happy Friday!!! Tina - it's already the end of the work day on your side of the country. You made it through. WOOOO!!!! :-)
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:12 Comment 191432
tina of @ email: @: Hey - so when I have prof dude over to the loft for beers on Tuesday, what beer do you recommend I should have on hand? This guy is from Germany originally.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:09 Comment 191431
tina of @ email: @: I may actually make it through this day. beer me.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 14:01 Comment 191430
ray of @ email: @: Just finished up a little swim. Beer me.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 13:46 Comment 191429
d2p of email: @: in 2 weeks in Sheboygan - http://www.visitsheboygan.com/dairyland/
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 13:46 Comment 191428
ChiChaz of Chgo email: @: Come to think of it, my cousin from Huntington Beach is in for a wedding this weekend. He surfs North Shore, Bali, Mexico, that kinda stuff. I was going to take him racing sailboats tomorrow, but maybe I'll take him surfing instead...NOT!
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 13:46 Comment 191427
vimp of nz email: @: The lawnmower just blew its load all over the garage floor.
Date: Friday August 14th, 2009 13:45 Comment 191426
vimp of nz email: @: Cfist!

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