QueenZipp & Dexter's good cop/ bad cop - FULL (Page 14)

robcolling - 2011-02-08 11:13 AM

^^ That cracked me up! 

robcolling - 2011-02-08 9:17 AM
Since my shin splints (most evil) have returned, and I've been complaining about them (par for the course), my oh-so-generous (and gifted athlete) brother linked me to a series of exercises to help:

Strengthening Exercises Link

 I thought I would pass them along to the group in case others suffered from shin splints (most evil) or weak lower legs. 

--Rob
 

QueenZipp - 2011-02-09 5:21 PM

Good answerw to the Question of the Day!  All pretty much good thoughts and rational thinking.

 

Today's Question of the Day?  Discuss the pros and cons of learning other swim strokes.  Not being proficient to compete in them, but why you think one should or should not learn the other strokes.

GLC1968 - 2011-02-09 9:48 AM

Yes, Michelle - Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats!   To be fair, it's not the best picture in the world.

 

michwea - 2011-02-10 10:06 AM

Okay...considering that my swim is my weakest link, it seems to me you could always benefit from having a different set of strokes in your arsenal.  You may need to draw on something other than freestyle during an OWS depending on conditions and it would be helpful to have developed endurance in another stroke.  I would also think that each different stroke has the potential to recruit different muscles, thereby helping to prevent overuse injuries from repeating the same old same old.

But what do I know?

papson14 - 2011-02-11 7:28 PM While I have you here, let me vent for a minute.....

We went to get Brielle (she's a week old) a passport so we could take her home for my brother's wedding and show her off.  Apparently the U.S. consulate and the Japanese consulate are fighting over a document confirming the citizenship of U.S. babies born in Japan.  Getting a Social Security card and passport will take 9-11 weeks!  Two American citizens, one a Naval Officer, have a baby in a U.S. hospital on a U.S. Navy Base and they cannot confirm that she's a U.S. citizen.  We were given this news late Friday afternoon so we get to figure out what we can do over the weekend.  There are a couple of avenues we're going to investigate next week but who knows. 

Brielle is basically a prisoner in Japan until she gets a passport.  The military moved us to Japan for 3 years now it's telling us that we can't go home during my wife's maternity leave.  Since she doesn't get much leave during the year as the Clinic Dept. Head, this means her 80 year old parents will have to fly to Japan if they want to see their newest granddaughter before her 1st birthday.  Not an easy trip for them physically or financially.

Icing --If we hit any snags the wife and kids won't be able to go to Australia for the IM either.

Okay, I'm done now.

papson14 - 2011-02-11 5:28 PM While I have you here, let me vent for a minute.....

We went to get Brielle (she's a week old) a passport so we could take her home for my brother's wedding and show her off.  Apparently the U.S. consulate and the Japanese consulate are fighting over a document confirming the citizenship of U.S. babies born in Japan.  Getting a Social Security card and passport will take 9-11 weeks!  Two American citizens, one a Naval Officer, have a baby in a U.S. hospital on a U.S. Navy Base and they cannot confirm that she's a U.S. citizen.  We were given this news late Friday afternoon so we get to figure out what we can do over the weekend.  There are a couple of avenues we're going to investigate next week but who knows. 

Brielle is basically a prisoner in Japan until she gets a passport.  The military moved us to Japan for 3 years now it's telling us that we can't go home during my wife's maternity leave.  Since she doesn't get much leave during the year as the Clinic Dept. Head, this means her 80 year old parents will have to fly to Japan if they want to see their newest granddaughter before her 1st birthday.  Not an easy trip for them physically or financially.

Icing --If we hit any snags the wife and kids won't be able to go to Australia for the IM either.

Okay, I'm done now.

papson14 - 2011-02-11 5:28 PM While I have you here, let me vent for a minute.....

We went to get Brielle (she's a week old) a passport so we could take her home for my brother's wedding and show her off.  Apparently the U.S. consulate and the Japanese consulate are fighting over a document confirming the citizenship of U.S. babies born in Japan.  Getting a Social Security card and passport will take 9-11 weeks!  Two American citizens, one a Naval Officer, have a baby in a U.S. hospital on a U.S. Navy Base and they cannot confirm that she's a U.S. citizen.  We were given this news late Friday afternoon so we get to figure out what we can do over the weekend.  There are a couple of avenues we're going to investigate next week but who knows. 

Brielle is basically a prisoner in Japan until she gets a passport.  The military moved us to Japan for 3 years now it's telling us that we can't go home during my wife's maternity leave.  Since she doesn't get much leave during the year as the Clinic Dept. Head, this means her 80 year old parents will have to fly to Japan if they want to see their newest granddaughter before her 1st birthday.  Not an easy trip for them physically or financially.

Icing --If we hit any snags the wife and kids won't be able to go to Australia for the IM either.

Okay, I'm done now.