AngryHobbit
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Ok, I fixed the video so you can actually see it now.
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Glad to see you back. How's the knee?Well, looking like my 3rd Dan test will be in June.. bit of TKD drama lately..
glad to be back here though
So turns out there wasn't enough room to fit the vice in the gap, thought there was more room! Tried spraying the nail with something similar to WD-40 but that didn't help loosen it... tried 'hacksawing' through the exposed bit but couldn't get through it. Will get my dad to bring some tools
Ah nice, I liked that full range of motion sequence, good for the hips! I do similar stuff, I still cannot get my arms straight up over my head. It just stops at a certain angle and won't go any further. That's a work in progress... too many years of weight training without realising I needed to balance it out!
I have been doing alot of sun salutation sequences though, quite like it alot!
AngryHobbit
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It's work... I wish there was a magic wand we could just wave - and suddenly be able to do a split. No such luck. What you see there is the result of six years of Zumba, six years of yoga, a year and a half of Barre, and a year of belly dancing. Plus stretching and practicing at home. I think the hardest part for me is going slow. It would be so easy to just... fling your leg up. But that's not how you build up strength and flexibility.
AngryHobbit
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"Short" is a filthy word we don't use in polite company. We prefer "gravitationally superior".
dvcochran
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I am right there with you!
AngryHobbit
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Am going up to tomorrow to train up in Lines Umpiring for tennis! It's something different, and have always loved tennis, and it's a paid position once you get to doing tournaments, should be interesting!
Although just found out today that most tournaments are being postponed and cancelled at the moment due to coronavirus... ugh....
Although just found out today that most tournaments are being postponed and cancelled at the moment due to coronavirus... ugh....
Aaaaand rocked up here after a long trek, to only be told it was cancelled! Pretty bummed out.. but yeah apparently all tennis relate events and tournament, even training is on hold because of health reasons... wish I was actually told!
But had a nice day in the city still
. Went to the river, the national art gallery, a cathedral.. was a really nice day, and been meaning to have a day there for awhile now
Lots of cancellations around here, too. Glad you at least managed a good day out of it. Museums and stuff are starting to shut down in some areas.Aaaaand rocked up here after a long trek, to only be told it was cancelled! Pretty bummed out.. but yeah apparently all tennis relate events and tournament, even training is on hold because of health reasons... wish I was actually told!
But had a nice day in the city still
Oh really... wow it truly has reached an epic level... our shops are just empty too.. we couldn't even find what we after for dinner tonight, there was no meat or mince at ALL... :s
Governor closed all public schools for 30 days here in Louisiana. Jakes baseball team was pretty upset. Our Seniors', senior year consisted of only 5 games in 2.5 weeks..
New Mexico banned events consisting of 100 people or more so our national championship tourney had to be cancelled.
We did have a tourney yesterday.....it was kinda wierd ...they asked for people not to shake hands. They wiped down the ring after every competitor and fight. And you had to wipe down your gear after every fight.
New Mexico banned events consisting of 100 people or more so our national championship tourney had to be cancelled.
We did have a tourney yesterday.....it was kinda wierd ...they asked for people not to shake hands. They wiped down the ring after every competitor and fight. And you had to wipe down your gear after every fight.
dvcochran
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Our states border each other. I am wondering if you had noticed any change in social conventions?
We went to an auction and purchased another 65 acres over the weekend. I would say there were about 50 people there, and a noticeable part of the makeup was young children. One thing I noticed was no one was afraid to interact and even shake hands as usual. Leading up to the auction, I met with several people and when I asked if they were shaking hands, no one hesitated.
I think I understand that greeting conventions are different around the world. For me, something that other parts of the world and possibly even parts our own country do not fully understand is that a handshake often has much more meaning than just a greeting. I fully believe I can glean quite a lot of information about a person from a handshake.
I spent a good amount of time interacting with most of the group at the auction and by the time it started I had a good idea who the real players were.
Before the start of bidding there was a Q&A session where I was vocal about the terms of the auction (which were very innocuous and messed up). After all the questions 5 people simply left and I could tell the auctioneer was not very happy but that is how auctions go.
The property was split up into 4 tracts. Then the sum total of the 4 bids was lumped together, 10% added and that was the starting bid for the whole farm. Only one other man bid on the whole farm and I am pretty certain he was a ringer with the auction company. At the end of the day, we got the whole property for just under 200k less than what it was on the market for.
After the auction was over and we were processing the paperwork, I tried to shake the auctioneers had and he would not. I am certain it had nothing to do with the virus.
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dvcochran
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I am sorry to hear this. Is Jake a senior? Hopefully something can be done on the back side of this safety swell to offset things like this. I'm sure I don't have to tell you they only come around once.
He is just a Freshmen. But we had 3 seniors on the team that are gonna miss out.
I wish they had would let them still play and just restricted fans at the games.
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