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On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 21:42:03 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
I\'ve walked barefoot through snow at about that temperature for 5 hours.
Yes, we all know you\'re capable of super-human feats.
I\'m reminded of a
Dripkick Murphys song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXiVb-raNJY
Make sure you listen to the end.
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 21:42:31 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:07:48 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:11:51 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:38:46 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com
wrote:
The funniest lot are scuba divers in big condoms. It\'s not a
watersport if you don\'t get wet. I scuba dive naked.
You wouldn\'t here! Just walking in the surf will cramp your toes. The
people who swim here tend to be chunky ladies with a lot of natural
insulation.
It would solve a lot of problems if Kinsey did some naked scuba diving
on the Maine coast. I\'d give him about an hour. Many lobstermen can\'t
swim. They figure if you fall out of the boat and can\'t get back in
you\'re going to die. Why prolong the agony?
Are there sharks? Can\'t think of much else that could kill a scuba
diver.
https://seatemperature.info/gulf-of-maine-water-temperature.html
You may think you\'re superhuman but you wouldn\'t last long in 45F water.
We have the Foresthill Bridge.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tr40e89actsa5tz/Foresthill_Bridge_Auburn.jpg?
raw=1
There\'s a group of people who post little colorful inspirational notes
along the footpath to dissuade suicides.
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 09:59:04 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk
wrote:
On 16/04/2023 02:51, rbowman wrote:
It wasn\'t very far from a designated trail but most people don\'t
go far from a trail.
When visiting somewhere in the countryside most people don\'t go that far
away from their car.
The opposite is the Pacific Crest Trail, a roughly 3 month hike from
Mexico to Canada. I\'ve only done bits of it but have acted as a trail
angel. What the hikers really appreciate is a cold beer.
I have days and days. On bad days I\'d be walking very gingerly. I had no
problem walking across the Golden Gate but that doesn\'t have the visual
relief.
On Sun, 14 May 2023 11:45:48 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
We have the Foresthill Bridge.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tr40e89actsa5tz/Foresthill_Bridge_Auburn.jpg?
raw=1
There\'s a group of people who post little colorful inspirational notes
along the footpath to dissuade suicides.
I have days and days. On bad days I\'d be walking very gingerly. I had no
problem walking across the Golden Gate but that doesn\'t have the visual
relief.
There was a small airport on the north side of Ft. Wayne. One takeoff from
one of the runways you climbed past an WOWO\'s AM antenna array. It was a
strange feeling visualizing yourself on the antenna rather than the
cockpit of the Tomahawk. Somebody has to change the light bulbs but it
ain\'t me.
The CN Tower in Toronto is another one. I\'ve been in tall buildings like
the John Hancock in Chicago but something in that needle like structure
caused my reptilian brain to say \"NO!\"
On 16/04/2023 18:42, rbowman wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.
How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.
I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.
Whatever happened to Bertram?
On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:35:23 -0000, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:36:25 -0000, John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:19:48 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2023-03-08, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:23:13 +0000, NY wrote:
OK, so some British-English spellings have mutated over the years: few
people uses \"gaol\" instead of \"jail\", and \"disk\" is becoming common as
an alternative to \"disc\" - and not just in computing. Of course CD is
\"compact disc\" with a C, so British spelling rules there ;-)
Gaol always threw me as in \'The Ballad of Reading Gaol\'. I suppose it\'s in
line with Gerald and so forth. I\'m never sure about disk and tend to
alternate. \'Ax\' is another one. This newsreader flags \'axe\' but I tend to
favor that spelling.
The one difference that works the opposite way round is the
pronunciation of \"herb\". British pronounces the H whereas American often
omits the H sound \"erb\" as if it were French.
I\'ll go with herb. \'Erb\' sounds affected to me.
Herb sounds affected to me.
It\'s a guy name.
It\'s a gay name.
Think so? Do people name kids Herbert, knowing in advance that they
will be gay?
On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:35:23 -0000, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com> wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:36:25 -0000, John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:19:48 GMT, Cindy Hamilton
hamilton@invalid.com> wrote:
On 2023-03-08, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:23:13 +0000, NY wrote:
OK, so some British-English spellings have mutated over the years: few
people uses \"gaol\" instead of \"jail\", and \"disk\" is becoming common as
an alternative to \"disc\" - and not just in computing. Of course CD is
\"compact disc\" with a C, so British spelling rules there ;-)
Gaol always threw me as in \'The Ballad of Reading Gaol\'. I suppose it\'s in
line with Gerald and so forth. I\'m never sure about disk and tend to
alternate. \'Ax\' is another one. This newsreader flags \'axe\' but I tend to
favor that spelling.
The one difference that works the opposite way round is the
pronunciation of \"herb\". British pronounces the H whereas American often
omits the H sound \"erb\" as if it were French.
I\'ll go with herb. \'Erb\' sounds affected to me.
Herb sounds affected to me.
It\'s a guy name.
It\'s a gay name.
Think so? Do people name kids Herbert, knowing in advance that they
will be gay?
On 16/04/2023 18:42, rbowman wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.
How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.
I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.
Whatever happened to Bertram?
On 16/04/2023 18:42, rbowman wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.
How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.
I did go to high school with a Hubert, who was black.
Whatever happened to Bertram?
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.
How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:51:38 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
I wouldn\'t name any kid Herbert.
How about Hubert, Norbert, Cuthbert, Gilbert, Filbert and so forth. It\'s
odd the only *bert that survived is Robert, to the point of being a
cliche. Albert is a distant second.
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 02:21:09 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 21:42:31 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:07:48 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:11:51 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:38:46 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com
wrote:
The funniest lot are scuba divers in big condoms. It\'s not a
watersport if you don\'t get wet. I scuba dive naked.
You wouldn\'t here! Just walking in the surf will cramp your toes. The
people who swim here tend to be chunky ladies with a lot of natural
insulation.
It would solve a lot of problems if Kinsey did some naked scuba diving
on the Maine coast. I\'d give him about an hour. Many lobstermen can\'t
swim. They figure if you fall out of the boat and can\'t get back in
you\'re going to die. Why prolong the agony?
Are there sharks? Can\'t think of much else that could kill a scuba
diver.
https://seatemperature.info/gulf-of-maine-water-temperature.html
You may think you\'re superhuman but you wouldn\'t last long in 45F water.
You\'re an idiot. I\'ve gone in 32F water for hours.
On 14 May 2023 21:38:04 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 14 May 2023 11:45:48 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
We have the Foresthill Bridge.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tr40e89actsa5tz/Foresthill_Bridge_Auburn.jpg?
raw=1
There\'s a group of people who post little colorful inspirational notes
along the footpath to dissuade suicides.
I have days and days. On bad days I\'d be walking very gingerly. I had no
problem walking across the Golden Gate but that doesn\'t have the visual
relief.
There was a small airport on the north side of Ft. Wayne. One takeoff
from
one of the runways you climbed past an WOWO\'s AM antenna array. It was a
strange feeling visualizing yourself on the antenna rather than the
cockpit of the Tomahawk. Somebody has to change the light bulbs but it
ain\'t me.
The CN Tower in Toronto is another one. I\'ve been in tall buildings like
the John Hancock in Chicago but something in that needle like structure
caused my reptilian brain to say \"NO!\"
I was riding a steep chairlift a few weeks ago. The guy with me asked
if we could pull the safety bar down, almost apologetically. We
started talking and I asked him how old he was. 42.
I had zero fear of heights when I was young.
About the age of 40, I
started getting intense vertigo. I couldn\'t walk along a cliff (the
cliffs of moher were intense) and it was scary to climb a ladder.
And
it gradually faded away, mostly gone now. I\'ve had other guys say the
same thing, fear of heights kicking in around the age of 40.
The guy and I agreed that it didn\'t affect our skiing.
This doesn\'t bother me now.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dmfelqyufr8ng5u/20230410_125737.jpg?raw=1
On 14/05/2023 21:40, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 02:21:09 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 21:42:31 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:07:48 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:11:51 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:38:46 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com
wrote:
The funniest lot are scuba divers in big condoms. It\'s not a
watersport if you don\'t get wet. I scuba dive naked.
You wouldn\'t here! Just walking in the surf will cramp your toes.
The
people who swim here tend to be chunky ladies with a lot of natural
insulation.
It would solve a lot of problems if Kinsey did some naked scuba
diving
on the Maine coast. I\'d give him about an hour. Many lobstermen can\'t
swim. They figure if you fall out of the boat and can\'t get back in
you\'re going to die. Why prolong the agony?
Are there sharks? Can\'t think of much else that could kill a scuba
diver.
https://seatemperature.info/gulf-of-maine-water-temperature.html
You may think you\'re superhuman but you wouldn\'t last long in 45F
water.
You\'re an idiot. I\'ve gone in 32F water for hours.
No you haven\'t, not unless you\'ve been wearing a dry-suit or similar.
One again you spout BS, like your IQ and degree.
You\'re an idiot. I\'ve gone in 32F water for hours.
No you haven\'t, not unless you\'ve been wearing a dry-suit or similar.
One again you spout BS, like your IQ and degree.
On Mon, 15 May 2023 11:41:16 +1000, Fredxx <fredxx@spam.uk> wrote:
On 14/05/2023 21:40, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 17 Apr 2023 02:21:09 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 21:42:31 +0100, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:07:48 +0100, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 08:11:51 -0700, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:38:46 +0100, \"Commander Kinsey\"
CK1@nospam.com
wrote:
The funniest lot are scuba divers in big condoms. It\'s not a
watersport if you don\'t get wet. I scuba dive naked.
You wouldn\'t here! Just walking in the surf will cramp your toes.
The
people who swim here tend to be chunky ladies with a lot of natural
insulation.
It would solve a lot of problems if Kinsey did some naked scuba
diving
on the Maine coast. I\'d give him about an hour. Many lobstermen can\'t
swim. They figure if you fall out of the boat and can\'t get back in
you\'re going to die. Why prolong the agony?
Are there sharks? Can\'t think of much else that could kill a scuba
diver.
https://seatemperature.info/gulf-of-maine-water-temperature.html
You may think you\'re superhuman but you wouldn\'t last long in 45F
water.
 You\'re an idiot. I\'ve gone in 32F water for hours.
No you haven\'t, not unless you\'ve been wearing a dry-suit or similar.
One again you spout BS, like your IQ and degree.
The degree isnt bullshit, I have seen the pic of the certificate.