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brojek [email] 14 Dec. 11:58, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowEntering...
brojek [email] 14 Dec. 12:22, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowhell..o m'dears
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 15:30, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeEntering...
Klavs 14 Dec. 16:08, from: 134.138.128.17, purpleEntering...
Klavs 14 Dec. 16:09, from: 134.138.128.17, purpleHi all, no VK out there?
Klavs 14 Dec. 16:10, from: 134.138.128.17, purple*gone*
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:21, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleBouncing through the back door...*boing*boing*boing*
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:23, from: 216.154.8.25, blue __________
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Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:24, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeTraffic! Finally!
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:24, from: 204.38.177.33, purplellizard~Heya! :)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:25, from: 216.154.8.25, blue __________
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llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:25, from: 216.154.8.25, blue __________
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Thornn 14 Dec. 16:27, from: 204.38.177.33, purplellizard~I know. For once there's actually more than three people
here at once... :)
whoever feels like answering~How are you today?
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:27, from: 216.154.8.25, blueIt's a good thing there is so much room here.
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llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:28, from: 216.154.8.25, bluethornn; very well thank you, and you?
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:28, from: 129.125.21.118, orange _________________
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traffic :-)
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:28, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleI'd come out from hiding, but I don't have my self-portrait on this
compy... :(
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:29, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeActually, I don't think Brojek is here. Haven't seen him for the last
hour.
Thorn>> I'm doing great, how are you?
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:30, from: 204.38.177.33, purplellizard~Pretty good.
Still happy about becoming an Advanced User... :D
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:30, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleshimrod~See above message. ;)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:31, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeThornn>>
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Finally took the time :-)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:32, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeself-portrait:
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Went snowboarding recently, can't wait to go again.
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:33, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleShimrod~ *nods* I take it you already knew how?
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:33, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod and thornn; you're both such showoffs. It took me AGES to figure
it out!
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:34, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleShimrod~how to become an Advanced User, that is... :)
I've never snowboarded...I ski, though. :)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:35, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeThornn>> Yep. sorta.
llizard>> I can't speak for Thornn, but being a 5th year compsci student
sortof helps :-)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:35, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; I'd NEVER try snowboarding - too fast.
_,^^%--- ha
+----|<\/| \ ha I prefer crosscountry skiing
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Thornn 14 Dec. 16:35, from: 204.38.177.33, purplellizard~sorry. :( :(
I'll stop now.
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:37, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleshimrod~I'm only a first year compsci student... taking APCS in high
school, actually... :)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:37, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeThornn>> Snowboarding is great. That is, if you get through the first
2-3 days. Trouble with snowboarding is that you fall much faster because
you are on one board only :-)
Problem with this problem, you fall backward half the time :-)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:37, from: 216.154.8.25, blue
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Shimrod; it still makes me feel vaguely inadequate even though my
computer knowledge is entirely self (or VK) taught.
brojek [email] 14 Dec. 16:37, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowsuddenly got drawn away for a loong time...
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:38, from: 216.154.8.25, blueThornn; don't worry, I can take it. :^)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:39, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeThornn>> At least now llizard won't feel dumb anymore for taking two months
to figure it out :-)
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:39, from: 204.38.177.33, purpleshimrod~It looks fun...though when I go on vacation, it's cheaper just to ski (since I already have equipment... :)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:39, from: 216.154.8.25, blueglad to see you back brojek (that is the problem with actually having
to work instead of chat)
Thornn; I am going to the BlunderaboutBlindly School of Computers offered
here for a minimal fee (it's included in the room and board) and have
been attending the school since Nov 1995.
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:40, from: 204.38.177.33, purplebrojek~wb! :)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:40, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> No snow here either :-)
AND no mountains (Holland is after all the flattest country in the world :-)
I went snowboarding in a special building :-)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:41, from: 216.154.8.25, blueThornn;
ha
^^^^%--- ha
" \ ha Oh I'll still feel dumb, but THAT's nothing new!
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:41, from: 204.38.177.33, purplellizard~*lol* :)
brojek [email] 14 Dec. 16:41, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowAaah., hello again m'dears :-)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:41, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> I know lots of people who would never figure it out in their entire life :-)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:42, from: 129.125.21.118, orangelizard>> :-)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:43, from: 129.125.21.118, orangebrojek>> Did you have the chatwatcher on? Cause when I got in here, it gave
me a big flashing message saying that you were waiting and would be
with me in a few minutes :-)
Thornn 14 Dec. 16:44, from: 204.38.177.33, purple*Ack! End of class....*
Bye! *waves*
*gone*
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:44, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeRepost because I feel like it:
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bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny
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shocked rich cyclops happy smoking pipe bunny
bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny smoking smoking
bunny pot
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bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny bunny seeing
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siamese cowboy napoleon bungy bald St. bunny girl
twin bunny bunnyparte bunny bunny bunny
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brojek [email] 14 Dec. 16:45, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellow c llizard: I can't wait till snow shows up.
_(`-,_ It makes bike riding more interesting.
'O)>-`O
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:46, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; you snowboarded inside?? If I were the snowboarding type, I
think I would be a snob and insist on going to the Rocky Mountains (about
a 4 hour plane ride) I gather there are some sort of decent hills near
me but I have never liked the speed of downhill. (I downhill skiied
for about 3 years... but haven't done it since
I was 12 - the whole family all were taking lessons so we would ski
properly. We all quit in the same year when some hotdog skiier
hit my mother as he was doing some stupid trick. She fell breaking her
glasses. My older sister went to the mountains to ski and on the last day
broke her skis and dislocated her shoulder. She never replaced her skis
and STILL has trouble with her shoulder sometimes.)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:47, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebye Thornn!
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:48, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebrojek; I suppose you can look at it that way. I retire my bike as
soon as the snow hits. The roads become too narrow and Toronto drivers
are rotten enough when there is NO snow on the ground. It's just too
dangerous. Even though I desperately want to ski, I'm just as glad
that there is no snow so that I don't have to take the bus
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:49, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebrojek; or (shudder)
ha
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.__< \ ha the car... I LOATHE driving the car
_(.-->_==___ I really LOATHE finding a parking space for the car.
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Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:49, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> I went with a few friends very cheaply. I'm going to the Alps
in januari, so I thought it might be a good idea to get a feel for the
board again :-)
I don't like fast downhill snowboarding much. I love snowboarding offpiste
through the powder snow. In powder snow you can fall all you want, you
won't feel a thing :-)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:51, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; nice repost. I don't think I ever
saw napoleon & bungy bunnies before. (bungy jumping is illegal
here now - too many deaths)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:53, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>>
What about your Harley Davidson:
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Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:55, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> Illegal? Wow, I thought it was quite safe. I've always wanted
to bungyjump sometime, maybe I shouldn't :-)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:56, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; I've always thought that powder skiing would be pretty amazing
and if I were to don downhill skis ever again, it would be to do that.
The rationer of the computer LOVES downhill skiing and really LOVES powder
snow skiing. But neither of us have the skis any more. Luckily for me, he
likes crosscountry skiing almost as much as downhill. Downhill is just
too prohibitively expensive for us. (travel, accomodation, equipment....)
However, if we lived as close to the Alps as you do, we would probably
be skiing as well, and whatshisname would, no doubt, be snowboarding.
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 16:58, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; if the harnesses are good and there is a proper net below, it's
probably quite safe. Don't forget, I live in an overlegislated part
of the world. Apparently, there were not proper checks done. (But I've
heard that it is very important to be in good shape with strong back
and abdominal muscles... the backlash can be very hard on the back)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 16:59, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> Actually, I don't live that close to the alps :-(
It's 1000 km from here. I'm only going for 1 week in januari.
I've tried Powder-skiing. It's really hard, your ski's sink into the snow,
and then it's very hard to turn (you have to jump). on a snowboard you
don't sink into the snow very much, so it's much easier to turn.
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:01, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; I'm only allowed on the BACK of the Harley.
ha
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_.__> \ ha I just sneak it out for these ASCII occasions.
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And the Harley is packed up for the winter now. (It doesn't like the
cold very much... it's an old Police bike, 1980 I think.)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:02, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> Hmm, Holland is quite the opposite, more sortof underlegislated
maybe :-)
I always heard that bungyjumping is safe because it's so dangerous. The
danger makes people take lots of safetymeasures.
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:02, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; but you can take a train to the Alps, can't you? In comparison
to the distances I would have to travel to get to the Rocky Mountains,
you are insanely close to the Alps.
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:03, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> a Police bike? Hmm, have you seen the Blues Brothers?
brojek [email] 14 Dec. 17:05, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowYes, I had chatwatcher. Just no opportunity to get my hand on
keyboard, before i left. sorry for that.
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:06, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> That's true, the train gets you there within a day. I can
imaginre that taking a train to the rocky mountains from your house
would take a little bit longer :-)
Next problem for me is the money, travel, equipment (rent, I don't have my own),
etcetera. I'm still waiting to win the lottery :-)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:06, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; the summer that it was a major craze to bungy jump here, there
were a couple of companies offering jumps for some astromical fee per
jump. They appeared to be safety conscious but because it was so costly,
they tried to cut costs by paying lowish wages to the people who were
running it. As a result there were two deaths from faulty harness attaching
(? I don't recall the details exactly but it was just dumb human error)
So it was legislated that it would be illegal. The lawsuits would be
too great.
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:07, from: 129.125.21.118, orangebrojek>> I don't mind, I read aaa while waiting :-)
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:09, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard>> Ouch! You go to some company, see that they have big time
safety measures so you figure it'll be safe, and then some underpaid
guy attaches your harness the wrong way :-(
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:10, from: 129.125.21.118, orangeDamn, they're having a maintenance shutdown here. Gotta go :-(
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:10, from: 216.154.8.25, blueshimrod; I think the train is 3 days and 3 nights from here (if they allow skis
on it) The train system is appalling. THey don't allow one to wheel a bike
on - it has to be packed in a box - again, it's overlegislation. The
train company is afraid of lawsuits.
The train costs exactly the same (if not more) than the airplane. Domestic
flights are horrifyingly expensive. It costs me less to fly to Holland
than it would to fly to the Rockies.
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:10, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebye shimrod!
Shimrod [email] 14 Dec. 17:11, from: 129.125.21.118, orangellizard & brojek>> Bye!
*gone*
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:11, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebrojek; can you take your bike on the train in Poland (that IS where
you are, isn't it?)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:17, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebrojek; alas, my alarm has been harping at me to stop. (I keep hitting
the snooze button but the blasted thing insists on popping up again)
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:17, from: 216.154.8.25, bluebrojek; see you the next time!
llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:18, from: 216.154.8.25, blue __________
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llizard [home] 14 Dec. 17:18, from: 216.154.8.25, blue
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brojek [email] 14 Dec. 17:20, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowllizard: yes. without pay, unless it's express train.
brojek [email] 14 Dec. 17:23, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellowllizard: but Poland is so small, you can get from north to south
in 36 hour ride. This means usually three days for me.
brojek [email] 14 Dec. 18:33, from: 212.160.114.123, brown/yellow*gone* but I maight show up again.