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Fun! I'll have to get my kayak out and head on down 2nd street.

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And with two simple sentences, so much is explained.

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Do I remember correctly that, back in the '80s (or still?) in the gay male subculture (or at least in various larger cities) there are/were specific "tells" that gay men used to signal to one another that they were, in fact, gay? I don't mean the silly "which ear is pierced" thing, though I guess that would count, I mean stuff like tying your scarf with a certain knot, or buckling your belt backwards or something. Fairly subtle stuff that one wouldn't notice unless one was looking for it oneself.

Or did I make it up or get that from some paranoid "they're secretly organizing under our very noses to overthrow the godfearing straights" speech from Jesse Helms or something? In any event, it always struck me as a fairly practical solution to the "are they or aren't they?" problem.

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Those horrible scars on my face?

Bark-marks.

But now, as I age and die, I am reduced to girly-sports like broomball, the northern yuppie's version of outdoor Twister. Thankfully, there is still Grog.

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In Minnesota, I've heard a guy being in a spinning class is a clue.

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the guy is actually from south Carolina, and I'm sure he didn't think of any of this before heading out.

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One hint: do it with an aluminum canoe, instead. It's more fun with two people, plus the canoe has a keel that keeps you going straight.

No, wait, sorry, I mean "going forward" . . .

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Still using the cracked helmet, I see.

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You didn't make it up. People used to use handkerchiefs to denote a variety of things. I wouldn't be surprised if in specific parts of the country different groups of gay people did the sort of things you suggest. We still do things to help people pick up on it, but it tends to be pretty subtle. Jewelry, very small rainbow stickers on the car, keychains, what have you. And then there is the body language.

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Uh, yeah, small rainbow stickers and keychains are subtle.

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Perhaps this is better in the tech forum, but . . .

Yahoo has added an RSS module to the My Yahoo! page so you can have constantly updated news streams from news sources and blogs.

It's still in beta, but it is fully functional.

http://e.my.yahoo.com/config/promo_c...odule=ycontent

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I think of it more like the northern winter version of kickball. With more injuries. And frostbite.

RSS on Yahoo
 

What was wrong with the NFH module?

RSS on Yahoo
 

can that be programmed for an individual's areas of interest?

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In college, I was actually a member of a championship broomball team (oxymoron, I know) at the university ice arena... Had actual team sweaters and everything. Could get fiercely competitive.

One time, a buddy of mine lost his footing, did a face plant and left his top two front teeth in the ice. After having replacements put in he was a big hit at parties with a blacklight, as his front teeth glowed purple...

Worst injury I ever got was a wicked slash to the shin, caused a bruise about the size of the ball.