Last Person #5

[Xue Sheng]

Read posts, think about responding, but just don't want to get involved in them anymore.... not even the rare taijiquan posts

 

[granfire]

yeah, I have those days myself

 

[Buka]

It's raining here, thank God, we've been in a bit of a drought. Sounds so hypnotic and sweet hitting all the big leafed trees.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

It's raining here, thank God, we've been in a bit of a drought. Sounds so hypnotic and sweet hitting all the big leafed trees.

I love the sound of a moderate rain in trees, man. It reminds me of every camping trip I went on, growing up. (Yeah, it rained on us a lot - can't honestly recall a camping trip without it.) One of my favorite sounds.

 

[Buka]

I love the sound of a moderate rain in trees, man. It reminds me of every camping trip I went on, growing up. (Yeah, it rained on us a lot - can't honestly recall a camping trip without it.) One of my favorite sounds.

I hear ya, bro. Got rained on a lot camping too. I remember laying on my sleeping bag, putting my fingertip to the canvas tent top once. You know how that went.

Funny thing - when it started a few minutes ago, all the baby chickens took off running like they were getting shot at. Then I realized at six weeks old - they had never experienced rain before.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I hear ya, bro. Got rained on a lot camping too. I remember laying on my sleeping bag, putting my fingertip to the canvas tent top once. You know how that went.

Funny thing - when it started a few minutes ago, all the baby chickens took off running like they were getting shot at. Then I realized at six weeks old - they had never experienced rain before.

Now we know what happened with Chicken Little.

 

[ballen0351]

I'm sleepy. You guys ever been sleepy?

 

[Dirty Dog]

I'm sleepy. You guys ever been sleepy?

I work nights. What do you think?

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I'm sleepy. You guys ever been sleepy?

Lately, most of the time.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I'm sleepy. You guys ever been sleepy?

sleepy...ME...noooooo...I'm never.......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[granfire]

always, especially at 4.30 in the morning

 

[hoshin1600]

ordered a new BJJ gi from venom last night. the 3.0 Challenger. i have no idea on quality and fit. hope its decent.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

ordered a new BJJ gi from venom last night. the 3.0 Challenger. i have no idea on quality and fit. hope its decent.

I've considered going for a BJJ gi next time. I think the closer sleeves might mean fewer trapped hands. Most of them have too much branding for my taste, though. They're a bit more expensive, but that's almost a non-issue over the life of the uniform.

 

[hoshin1600]

I've considered going for a BJJ gi next time. I think the closer sleeves might mean fewer trapped hands. Most of them have too much branding for my taste, though. They're a bit more expensive, but that's almost a non-issue over the life of the uniform.

i also need a new karate gi. the Tokaido gi i usually buy is pushing the $200. mark. so i wasnt intimidated by the $140. for the venom.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

i also need a new karate gi. the Tokaido gi i usually buy is pushing the $200. mark. so i wasnt intimidated by the $140. for the venom.

These days, I'm using a $70 gi (actually, two of them), which I pay wholesale for, so get it for less than that. The price difference is pretty big, but if I pay $100 less every 3 years (or more, I have a fairly lightlweight gi that survived about 10 years as my primary gi), then the cost difference isn't really significant.

 

[Flatfish]

I've considered going for a BJJ gi next time. I think the closer sleeves might mean fewer trapped hands. Most of them have too much branding for my taste, though. They're a bit more expensive, but that's almost a non-issue over the life of the uniform.

There's quite a few options with less branding if you don't like that. I prefer pretty plain myself. Keep and eye out on BJJhq.com. One item for sale each day and if it happens to be a Gi you will get a good price worth the expenditure of patience.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

There's quite a few options with less branding if you don't like that. I prefer pretty plain myself. Keep and eye out on BJJhq.com. One item for sale each day and if it happens to be a Gi you will get a good price worth the expenditure of patience.

Thanks - I'll watch that. Maybe I'll find a new favorite gi.

EDIT: You weren't kidding. That's a nice price on the no-gi set today. I might pick that up. Because I need more stuff. Right?

 

[Steve]

I've considered going for a BJJ gi next time. I think the closer sleeves might mean fewer trapped hands. Most of them have too much branding for my taste, though. They're a bit more expensive, but that's almost a non-issue over the life of the uniform.

If you own your own business, you should be able to get into some of the wholesale suppliers and find some "blanks" that are intended for school owners to patch up. not only will you get them for a song, but they will be patch free.

 

[Buka]

Maine lobsters and Big Island beef. Leftovers for work supper. Ah well, one must make do.

 

[Xue Sheng]

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Maine lobsters and Big Island beef. Leftovers for work supper. Ah well, one must make do.

I am so very sad you have to make do with such things while living in Hawaii.....