This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth - Page 142

evenodds · 08-28-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by LessinSF

Can I also say "niggardly" in public again?

As if you ever stopped . . .

Hank Chinaski · 08-28-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

Coltrane, DTB, Ty (I think), Hank and anyone else who runs, have you ever tried Chi Running? From what I can gather, you mostly run on the front half of your foot -- i.e., the ball, so your heel never really hits the ground. Also, you run a little pitched forward instead of upright.

I have been plagued by a tight hamstring all summer. I mostly took August off from running (I was running 3.5-4 miles/day 4 or 5 times a week -- I would run more, but I run to warm up before I train, so there's not enough time to do more). I was feeling better at the beginning of the week, so I ran again -- 3.5. miles. Because someone mentioned that Chi Running does not encourage further injury, I mostly ran on the ball of my feet, and it felt great while I was doing it, but now my calves are so tight it hurts to walk. It's the sort of tightness that will loosen up by Monday, so I'm not worried. The question is, when I am feeling fine next week and want to run, should I do the Chi Running again, and build up my calves (which would be helpful overall) or go back to regular running and maybe get the tight hamstring again.

I should mention I have a very slight scoliosis, so one leg is longer than the other, which throws off my gait.

Also my boyfriend thinks Chi Running is highly unnatural and does not think I should do it again. I think he may have a point, but I'm wondering if anyone else has done it.

i tried it for a few days and stopped. i was half way to an injury. a piece of advice i heard early in my running was that your gait should come naturally. whenever i've tried to force something else i get hurt. the idea of what our gait "would be naturally" forgets we aren't running on dirt.

eat Motrin, stretch after you've ran slowly for a half mile, and stretch when you're done and, most importantly, ignore coltrane.

maybe try orthotics (sp?)? they don't help me, but some people swear by them.

Hank Chinaski · 08-28-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by barely_legal

Thanks. At least I know. I hope he doesn't get invited to many birthday parties there this year.

ETA: I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to know that I just spoke to my nephew on the phone and he will settle for a mouse costume instead of an actual Chuck E. Cheese costume.

Chuck E. Cheese always struck me as the place where parents plan parties or "dinners", where they can ignore kids, eat bad pizza and swill worse beer. "Johnny fell and may be badly hurt? Okay, let me go see. Billybob. Will you order me another large pitcher if she comes round?"

barely_legal · 08-28-2009, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Chuck E. Cheese always struck me as the place where parents plan parties or "dinners", where they can ignore kids, eat bad pizza and swill worse beer. "Johnny fell and may be badly hurt? Okay, let me go see. Billybob. Will you order me another large pitcher if she comes round?"

ok, but who's going to tell a 4 year old that he can't go to his friend Tommy's birthday party because Tommy's parents are proles who want to drink beer and eat shitty food instead of hiring a clown, a puppet show, and a moonwalk for a party at the Four Seasons? No wonder your kids hate you. You should see what they post about you on Facebook.

Hank Chinaski · 08-28-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by barely_legal

ok, but who's going to tell a 4 year old that he can't go to his friend Tommy's birthday party because Tommy's parents are proles who want to drink beer and eat shitty food instead of hiring a clown, a puppet show, and a moonwalk for a party at the Four Seasons? No wonder your kids hate you. You should see what they post about you on Facebook.

no offense, but what is "posted" on facebook is called "tweets" not posts. get with it?

evenodds · 08-28-2009, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

i tried it for a few days and stopped. i was half way to an injury. a piece of advice i heard early in my running was that your gait should come naturally. whenever i've tried to force something else i get hurt. the idea of what our gait "would be naturally" forgets we aren't running on dirt.

Nike has a new shoe that mimics barefoot running, advertised in this Naked Running Camp ad.

Flinty_McFlint · 08-28-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

no offense, but what is "posted" on facebook is called "tweets" not posts. get with it?

Oh dear.

Fugee · 08-28-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

Oh dear.

Seriously.

dtb · 08-29-2009, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by evenodds

Nike has a new shoe that mimics barefoot running, advertised in this Naked Running Camp ad.

Naked running? That hurts my boobs just thinking about it.

(Oops -- I mean my TITS.)

sebastian_dangerfield · 08-29-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dtb

Naked running? That hurts my boobs just thinking about it.

(Oops -- I mean my TITS.)

Sissy. Try running with a ten inch, one lb appendage dragging you down. That's pain.

(I used to deliver bratwursts, salamis, etc. for a local deli.)

sebastian_dangerfield · 08-29-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by LessinSF

And soy milk is a crime against humanity, a barbarous atrocity eclipsed only by salt-free cheese.

You're mad. Extra vanilla Silk soy milk is excellent. Regular milk just tastes like milk. That stuff is like having a milk shake.

sebastian_dangerfield · 08-29-2009, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by barely_legal

So, my four year old nephew is scared of Chuck E. Cheese. He has a pretty novel way of dealing with his fears, though. He likes to dress up as the thing that scares him, and that helps him not be scared (this has worked well so far with lions and Darth Vader). So, he desperately wants a Chuck E. Cheese costume and my mother has tasked me with finding one because, for some reason, she thinks I'm handy with the internet.

Yes, I've tried googling, and couldn't find anything. Does anybody know where I can buy a child-sized Chuck E. Cheese constume?

If you find the place where they sell that, be sure you have all your shots before you go inside.

Hank Chinaski · 08-29-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Fugee

Seriously.

i've been waiting for the almost unheard of triple whiff- Adder. where for art thou?

Atticus Grinch · 08-29-2009, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

i've been waiting for the almost unheard of triple whiff- Adder. where for art thou?

Post hoc. It's clear to all of us that the qwerty keyboard is still new to you. I bet if we searched your office we'd find yellow pads and a warm dictaphone.

evenodds · 08-30-2009, 03:17 PM

Now that I am back, I glanced through the pms I have sent or received since the great migration of '03. I kept seeing references to a sonnet I had written in honor of ncs.

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
does the person who posts the first post on page number 1000 of this thread get some sort of honorary K? I know I won't get it, but I wonder nonetheless.

It's an extraspecial K. We will sing your name and write sonnets to your beauty and charm.

She did have that post, and I did write a sonnet, which I posted at 12:30 am, some six years ago:

Notcasesensitive loves reality
TV, indie rock, and Texas Hold ‘Em.
She would choose Love over money or Rob.
As a poster, she contributes her wit:
Excellent, always pithy, never lol.
She is not banished to the Land of Fu.
Notcasensitive’s brilliance overwhelms
The dumbasses who live here in Texas.
She is more charming than the Metroplex,
Houston, and all the Streets of Laredo.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Better legs than Gwinky, calves than Abba,
She is as beautiful as all Texas:
The bigger the hair, the closer to God.