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On 2/23/14, 10:06 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/23/2014 9:48 AM, HanK wrote:
On 2/23/2014 9:10 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 8:53 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:44:41 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/22/14, 8:41 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:28:20 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/22/14, 3:51 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:28:03 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

...a sparsely populated somewhat socialistic state defeated the
USA in
Olympic hockey and is taking home the bronze medal. Apparently our
highly paid professional hockey players weren't up to the test.

Norway, another socialistic state, at the moment has more gold
medals
than the USA, which has nine, the same as much smaller,
population-wise,
as Canada.

Must be the fault of global warming, eh?

They probably care more about these sports.

Yeah, that must be it. A country with a population of under six
million
fielded a hockey team that beat the highly paid U.S. National Hockey
League team because the Americans don't care enough about hockey.
Oh,
and the Fins only came in third.

Maybe the NHL should fire the losers they sent and hire the Fins. I
bet they would appreciate the pay raise.

I doubt most Americans would even notice tho.

When the Clippers went to LA they asked how come 15 million Angelenos
can't fill a hockey stadium and the answer was there must be 15
million people in LA who don't like hockey.

Oh, I dunno. People watch televised golf matches, and golf is somewhat
less exciting than watching beige ceiling paint dry.

That's your impression because you don't play (probably couldn't make
it around a golf course, could
you?), and you know nothing of the game.

Indeed, it is my impression and the impression of lots of other people,
and you are right, I don't play golf...because I consider it...boring.
And I find it boring to watch, more boring even than..soccer.

Took my bike on an 18-mile round trip yesterday, from here to Chesapeake
Beach and back. On Route 251, pretty hilly but scenic, as you know. Oh,
that was my *pedal* bike. I doubt you would have survived the trip, what
with your physical history. It's a tad tougher than walking around a
relatively flat golf course. I was pretty tired by the time I got back.

I'll bet you were. Physical exertion is not your strong suit. Come to
think of it, what is your strong suit?

18 miles is a l-o-n-g bicycle ride unless you ride on a regular basis.
I bought a Trek a few years back thinking I'd get some good exercise on
it. One, four mile ride and a sore ass for three days convinced me it
wasn't such a great idea.

I've been working out all winter on the treadmill and elliptical. I will
admit to taking a one hour rest when I got to Chesapeake Beach, but all
that really bothered me were my knees.

Mr. Luddite

On 2/23/2014 10:23 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 10:06 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/23/2014 9:48 AM, HanK wrote:
On 2/23/2014 9:10 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/23/14, 8:53 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 20:44:41 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/22/14, 8:41 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:28:20 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 2/22/14, 3:51 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:28:03 -0500, F*O*A*D
wrote:

...a sparsely populated somewhat socialistic state defeated the
USA in
Olympic hockey and is taking home the bronze medal. Apparently
our
highly paid professional hockey players weren't up to the test.

Norway, another socialistic state, at the moment has more gold
medals
than the USA, which has nine, the same as much smaller,
population-wise,
as Canada.

Must be the fault of global warming, eh?

They probably care more about these sports.

Yeah, that must be it. A country with a population of under six
million
fielded a hockey team that beat the highly paid U.S. National
Hockey
League team because the Americans don't care enough about hockey.
Oh,
and the Fins only came in third.

Maybe the NHL should fire the losers they sent and hire the Fins. I
bet they would appreciate the pay raise.

I doubt most Americans would even notice tho.

When the Clippers went to LA they asked how come 15 million
Angelenos
can't fill a hockey stadium and the answer was there must be 15
million people in LA who don't like hockey.

Oh, I dunno. People watch televised golf matches, and golf is
somewhat
less exciting than watching beige ceiling paint dry.

That's your impression because you don't play (probably couldn't make
it around a golf course, could
you?), and you know nothing of the game.

Indeed, it is my impression and the impression of lots of other people,
and you are right, I don't play golf...because I consider it...boring.
And I find it boring to watch, more boring even than..soccer.

Took my bike on an 18-mile round trip yesterday, from here to
Chesapeake
Beach and back. On Route 251, pretty hilly but scenic, as you know. Oh,
that was my *pedal* bike. I doubt you would have survived the trip,
what
with your physical history. It's a tad tougher than walking around a
relatively flat golf course. I was pretty tired by the time I got back.

I'll bet you were. Physical exertion is not your strong suit. Come to
think of it, what is your strong suit?

18 miles is a l-o-n-g bicycle ride unless you ride on a regular basis.
I bought a Trek a few years back thinking I'd get some good exercise on
it. One, four mile ride and a sore ass for three days convinced me it
wasn't such a great idea.

I've been working out all winter on the treadmill and elliptical. I will
admit to taking a one hour rest when I got to Chesapeake Beach, but all
that really bothered me were my knees.

Your ride was yesterday? Let us know how your ass feels tomorrow. :-)

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