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Old 03-05-2019, 10:33 AM   #1
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Re: No Faith in the Moral Standards of the Players as a Group

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Remember skiing on the old long skis? That was hard shit. I can't even imagine taking a pair of old school 200s down a challenging run today.

That kid in a day glo turquoise Nevica ski jacket and Vuarnet shades, listening to Sabbath Volume 4 or Meddle from a Walkman in his jacket might've had more skills than the old man on carving skis today.

Echoes was such a great skiing tune... until it got to that whales-crying-in-the-deep part.
I used to ski 195s. 178s now. It's like the difference between the tennis rackets McEnroe used in the early '80s and the ones I used in the early '90s.

I had a day glo Nevica ski jacket.

The most challenging thing about skiing today is trying to convince your kids not to bomb down the mountain (or hill here in the middle west).
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Old 03-05-2019, 12:57 PM   #2
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I used to ski 195s. 178s now. It's like the difference between the tennis rackets McEnroe used in the early '80s and the ones I used in the early '90s.

I had a day glo Nevica ski jacket.

The most challenging thing about skiing today is trying to convince your kids not to bomb down the mountain (or hill here in the middle west).
I did an "agony of defeat" fall not too long ago. Went end over end, lost helmet, and one ski would not unlock. Did that for about 100 yards.

When I finally stopped, little kids were skiing all around my near corpse, leering at me to see if I was alive. Mine likes to ski trees. Went through the woods, popped out about 50 yards ahead of me, started yelling for me to get up, with no idea what had just happened to me.

Wiping out as a young kid is a good lesson with minimal pain, as you don't weigh much or have far to fall. Wiping out at 190 lbs and turning into a human snowball on a fairly extreme slope is another matter. I've a healthy respect for my age and limitations as a result.
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Old 03-06-2019, 08:14 AM   #3
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The most challenging thing about skiing today is trying to convince your kids not to bomb down the mountain (or hill here in the middle west).
You haven't seen a challenge until their friends come over and play on your lawn.
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Old 03-07-2019, 11:30 AM   #4
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So, as a Bio/intro question for an upcoming show we have to answer the following question: Surviving a zombie apocalypse will require aligning yourself with the right people. Name one person you would pick.

So far I got the Professor from Gilligan's Island. Thoughts?
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Old 03-07-2019, 06:08 PM   #5
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So, as a Bio/intro question for an upcoming show we have to answer the following question: Surviving a zombie apocalypse will require aligning yourself with the right people. Name one person you would pick.

So far I got the Professor from Gilligan's Island. Thoughts?
Professor would pick me.
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Jeez....

This place is dead.
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Not even Hank wants to liven it up.
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Not even Hank wants to liven it up.
how's going CJ?
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