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03-09-2005, 01:50 PM

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:49:49 -0500,
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jj <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> concluded:

>Believe me, then, golf can be an exciting game, especially when your
>favorite player gets an eagle!

This looks like exciting golf but you don't want to be shooting any
eagles or birdys.

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03-09-2005, 01:52 PM

On 9 Mar 2005 12:50:25 -0800, Peter Cole wrote:
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>> It's actually funny but if you think of it, anything can sound
> boring.
>> I know one guy who cycled but gave it up because it was 'boring just
>> staring at someone's back wheel."
>
> I really find this to be true. I can't stand pace line riding for more
> than a half hour or so. Not only are you staring at someone's wheel,
> but you have to concentrate on the gap. Kind of detracts from the whole
> experience. I love distance riding, and it's nice to meet people along
> the way and of course hang out afterwards, but I'd rather do most of
> the actual riding alone (or widely spaced).

You might like riding with my bunch. We do pace lines but the
conversation never stops. I can keep a conversation going over 200
miles (over 208 to be exact ;-). Just don't expect the conversation to
follow a straight line, you may need to know your grade B movies
pretty well, bad jokes are a requirement and using words with 2
meanings is an absolute must (preferably at the same time). I'm well
versed at putting my foot in my mouth and keeping a 100 rpm pace. :-)

We'll keep the clock ticking so you don't have to concentrate on how
long to be on the front.

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03-09-2005, 07:32 PM

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:28:26 -0500, jj <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:05:43 -0500, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
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>>Ewwww.... that sounds painful. Lucky they got you in time. I realize
>>it was nearly exactly a year ago that I was hospitalized for an
>>intestinal blockage, and same here, it was about 6 weeks when i was
>>back on the bike. I mentioned once before that cycling is great
>>because when it's hard to do anything else, you can get on a trainer.
>>Especially when it's abdominal surgery, because of the way you sit.
>>And for bypass patients they get you on the exercycle as soon as
>>possible.
>>
>>I must be weird, though, I love swimming.
>
>My brother had to have emergency appendectomy about a year ago and he still
>complains occasionally about weird sensations of pulling a muscle in the
>abdominal region from riding. Do you find any after effects like that in
>your abs since you've healed?
>
>I keep telling him he should be doing some minimal abdominal exercises, but
>he won't listen to me. OTOH, he works manual labor type job, so I'm sure he
>gets indirect ab work. He's also fairly trim at 150lbs.
>
>The only thing I can think of is that maybe he has some adhesions. They did
>key-hole surgery on him and supposedly didn't 'cut' any muscles, just split
>them side-ways. I thought it was a little strange that they advised no
>training for about a month for laparoscopic surgery.
>

For me it was six months before I even TRIED situps; a year later I'm
finally returning to the fitness and flexibility I had in that area. I
still get twing-ey feelings around the incision, but that's normal,
it's just surface. A friend of mine says that to this day her
ceasarian incision still hurts when it rains, and that's 15 years!

I think it's good to get your abs back in shape with situps because
it's very important for your back.I can't tell you if he has
adhesions, but it's not unheard of- that's how I ended up in the
hospital. I had adhesions from a routine surgery years ago that caused
a blockage.
You can get them from any surgery,even heart surgery. But they don't
always cause real problems unless they stick to other organs. I think
I remember levi Leipheimer had adhesion surgery a couple of years
ago?My mother says she's had them for years from gall bladder surgery
but like your brother she says she just feels a pulling sensation, and
her surgery was ages ago.

As for laparoscopy,it's less invasive but it's still surgery. I hear
of some people being able to get back to normal in 2 days but I guess
it depends.

03-09-2005, 07:34 PM

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:49:49 -0500, jj <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>On 9 Mar 2005 10:17:26 -0800, "Maggie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>
>Then, having played the game, you find it interesting watching others do it
>on tv, because you're watching their form, you know what it takes for a
>human to hit a ball over 200 yards and stay on the fairway, and you know
>how hard it is to read a green and to sink a put from the edge of the
>green. Believe me, then, golf can be an exciting game, especially when your
>favorite player gets an eagle!
>
>jj

I'm not big on golf either, but I think it's one of those things that
looks a lot easier than it is. I doubt I could just go out there and
whack the ball like TIger Woods. It's probably really exciting for
those who are really into it.

03-09-2005, 07:38 PM

On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:52:04 -0600, Neil Cherry <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>On 9 Mar 2005 12:50:25 -0800, Peter Cole wrote:
>>
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
>>>
>
>
>You might like riding with my bunch. We do pace lines but the
>conversation never stops. I can keep a conversation going over 200
>miles (over 208 to be exact ;-). Just don't expect the conversation to
>follow a straight line, you may need to know your grade B movies
>pretty well, bad jokes are a requirement and using words with 2
>meanings is an absolute must (preferably at the same time). I'm well
>versed at putting my foot in my mouth and keeping a 100 rpm pace. :-)
>
>We'll keep the clock ticking so you don't have to concentrate on how
>long to be on the front.

We're kind of like that too- i even think we should have a talk show.
"Paceline Chat: The weekly current affairs show where we discuss the
topical issues of the day, on the road.WE now go live to Lakeshore
Road, where we will be discussing the latest developments in Iraq..."

We're always yakking about everything. Except when doing hill climbs.

03-09-2005, 09:43 PM

In article <1110392245.965554.236170@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
"Maggie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> You are right....anything can sound boring if you are not interested. I
> know people who love golf. They live for golf. I think it has to be
> the most boring sport known to humans.

You haven't seen any curling then. Bowling is also a yawner for me.

....

> Hopefully I don't fit into the Nerd category.

Not yet, but we're working on it.

cheers,
Tom

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03-09-2005, 10:08 PM

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 22:32:02 -0500,
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
wrote, in part:

>
>I think it's good to get your abs back in shape with situps because
>it's very important for your back.

I'd think an incision a greater concern than a sprain. My experience
has been that it takes longer to functionally recover from a sprain
than a broken bone. A broken bone does let you know when the weather
is changing. Stitches haven't bother me after the wound stops itching.

A nearly severed thumb with its attendant bone, ligament and nerve
damage will never be right.
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03-09-2005, 10:39 PM

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 21:43:36 -0800, <8qmo0d.r9f.ln@bud.garden.local>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote:

>"Maggie" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
>
>> You are right....anything can sound boring if you are not interested. I
>> know people who love golf. They live for golf. I think it has to be
>> the most boring sport known to humans.
>You haven't seen any curling then. Bowling is also a yawner for me.
>
Hey, watching curling or bowling is exciting compared to listening to
it on the radio. However, they're both better live radio than golf or
NASCAR.
>...
>
>> Hopefully I don't fit into the Nerd category.
>
>Not yet, but we're working on it.

How about a drilled-out slide rule for weight weenie bike nerds!
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03-09-2005, 11:05 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Zoot Katz <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

>>> Hopefully I don't fit into the Nerd category.
>>
>>Not yet, but we're working on it.
>
> How about a drilled-out slide rule for weight weenie bike nerds!

I was trying to think of any bike-specific nerd-identifying
accoutrements similar to the old pocket protector cliche.
The first thing that came to mind was peanut butter wrenches,
but I don't think those really qualify.

Pee Wee's bike wasn't nerdly; that was just plain goofy.

One of these days I've gotta build that generator-powered
battery recharger/regulator.

cheers,
Tom

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03-09-2005, 11:05 PM

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:05:56 -0800, <kkro0d.ojf.ln@bud.garden.local>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats) wrote, in part:

>I was trying to think of any bike-specific nerd-identifying
>accoutrements similar to the old pocket protector cliche.
>The first thing that came to mind was peanut butter wrenches,
>but I don't think those really qualify.

When they're mixed with your kitchen untensils they do!
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