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 2008-07-30 11:29 AM in reply to: #1569399 |
Veteran  277  |  Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothingnot being to hard on myself. just wish one would turn out ok! i will admit that most people are too hard on themselves though. i'm sticking with the whole "if your race photos are good you weren't working hard enough" line. if you emptied the tank during the race, you are bound to look like crap. |
| 2008-07-30 11:29 AM in reply to: #1570020 |
Champion 15211  Southern Chicago Suburbs, IL | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:25 AM mr2tony - 2008-07-30 11:24 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:17 AM Dude. I'm hot in pictures. Just not in real life. wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:14 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 12:11 PM someday i'll learn to put pics in. then i'll learn to like photos of myself!  anyone else not photogenic?Sometimes. Not always, but sometimes. Everyone thinks they are not - unless they are narcisists (that is spelled wrong). Kind of like hearing your own voice.  Yeah - especially in that Peter Pan looking onesy. Water. Meet monitor. HA! |
| 2008-07-30 11:30 AM in reply to: #1570035 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing crowny2 - 2008-07-30 11:29 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:25 AM mr2tony - 2008-07-30 11:24 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:17 AM Dude. I'm hot in pictures. Just not in real life. wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:14 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 12:11 PM someday i'll learn to put pics in. then i'll learn to like photos of myself! anyone else not photogenic?Sometimes. Not always, but sometimes. Everyone thinks they are not - unless they are narcisists (that is spelled wrong). Kind of like hearing your own voice. Yeah - especially in that Peter Pan looking onesy. Water. Meet monitor. HA! I hate you. I hate you ALL! Seriously, though, the IMKS photos came out well. I was happy with soem of them. |
| 2008-07-30 11:31 AM in reply to: #1570033 |
| Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing nmp - 2008-07-30 12:29 PM not being to hard on myself. just wish one would turn out ok! i will admit that most people are too hard on themselves though. i'm sticking with the whole "if your race photos are good you weren't working hard enough" line. if you emptied the tank during the race, you are bound to look like crap. At my last race, I took the timing chip off for the girl, cuz I had my own velcro strap, not a plastic bracelet. She was like "There's a real athlete!" But then later, I thought - dude, I didn't give enough or I should have been too comatose to get the strap off myself. But I did kick some personal a$$ during the race, so who knows. |
| 2008-07-30 11:31 AM in reply to: #1570031 |
Veteran 277 | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing crowny2 - 2008-07-30 11:28 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:21 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:19 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:18 AM anyone have suggestions on teaching someone to drive a manuel trans.? my nephew is totally having issues. My suggestion is to use a beater car so as not to fry the clutch. Other than that - i've got nothing. don't have a beater. he's learning in my baby and it may be the death of me. but i feel it is good for him to learn a manual first. Are there any really large parking lots nearby? A flat one, preferably. Go there first. Then when teaching, they are not allowed to use the gas. At all. Just get them used to the feel of the clutch engaging. Do that over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and.... well, you get the picture. Then when they are able to engage the clutch without throwing you through the windscreen, then have them start to play with the gas and the clutch together. I taught my wife and her cousin that way. On a Ford Ranger. With the most wickedly tight clutch in the world. Engagement zone on that thing was about a centimeter. They can drive anything with a clutch now.
that's pretty much what i've been doing! he'll get it sooner or later. just wonder if it will cost me a new clutch! |
| 2008-07-30 11:32 AM in reply to: #1570036 |
| Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing mr2tony - 2008-07-30 12:30 PM I hate you. I hate you ALL! Seriously, though, the IMKS photos came out well. I was happy with soem of them. Haha, I saw a guy in a black onesy at my last race and thought of you The pic of you where you look like you're running to save the world isn't too bad. |
| 2008-07-30 11:33 AM in reply to: #1570039 |
Veteran 277 | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:31 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 12:29 PM not being to hard on myself. just wish one would turn out ok! i will admit that most people are too hard on themselves though. i'm sticking with the whole "if your race photos are good you weren't working hard enough" line. if you emptied the tank during the race, you are bound to look like crap. At my last race, I took the timing chip off for the girl, cuz I had my own velcro strap, not a plastic bracelet. She was like "There's a real athlete!" But then later, I thought - dude, I didn't give enough or I should have been too comatose to get the strap off myself. But I did kick some personal a$$ during the race, so who knows. i bet you rocked it! i probably would have bent over to take off the chip and then the photographer would snap a pic of my big butt! |
| 2008-07-30 11:33 AM in reply to: #1570040 |
Champion 15211 Southern Chicago Suburbs, IL | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing nmp - 2008-07-30 11:31 AM crowny2 - 2008-07-30 11:28 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:21 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:19 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:18 AM anyone have suggestions on teaching someone to drive a manuel trans.? my nephew is totally having issues. My suggestion is to use a beater car so as not to fry the clutch. Other than that - i've got nothing. don't have a beater. he's learning in my baby and it may be the death of me. but i feel it is good for him to learn a manual first. Are there any really large parking lots nearby? A flat one, preferably. Go there first. Then when teaching, they are not allowed to use the gas. At all. Just get them used to the feel of the clutch engaging. Do that over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and.... well, you get the picture. Then when they are able to engage the clutch without throwing you through the windscreen, then have them start to play with the gas and the clutch together. I taught my wife and her cousin that way. On a Ford Ranger. With the most wickedly tight clutch in the world. Engagement zone on that thing was about a centimeter. They can drive anything with a clutch now.
that's pretty much what i've been doing! he'll get it sooner or later. just wonder if it will cost me a new clutch! Ha! Yeah, then I got nuffin else. Good luck. Pray for a strong clutch. |
| 2008-07-30 11:33 AM in reply to: #1570042 |
Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:32 AM mr2tony - 2008-07-30 12:30 PM I hate you. I hate you ALL! Seriously, though, the IMKS photos came out well. I was happy with soem of them. Haha, I saw a guy in a black onesy at my last race and thought of you The pic of you where you look like you're running to save the world isn't too bad. Yeah I like my tri photos. My marathon photos are just downright awful. |
| 2008-07-30 11:35 AM in reply to: #1570047 |
Veteran 277 | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing crowny2 - 2008-07-30 11:33 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:31 AM crowny2 - 2008-07-30 11:28 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:21 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:19 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:18 AM anyone have suggestions on teaching someone to drive a manuel trans.? my nephew is totally having issues. My suggestion is to use a beater car so as not to fry the clutch. Other than that - i've got nothing. don't have a beater. he's learning in my baby and it may be the death of me. but i feel it is good for him to learn a manual first.
Are there any really large parking lots nearby? A flat one, preferably. Go there first. Then when teaching, they are not allowed to use the gas. At all. Just get them used to the feel of the clutch engaging. Do that over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and.... well, you get the picture. Then when they are able to engage the clutch without throwing you through the windscreen, then have them start to play with the gas and the clutch together. I taught my wife and her cousin that way. On a Ford Ranger. With the most wickedly tight clutch in the world. Engagement zone on that thing was about a centimeter. They can drive anything with a clutch now.
that's pretty much what i've been doing! he'll get it sooner or later. just wonder if it will cost me a new clutch! Ha! Yeah, then I got nuffin else. Good luck. Pray for a strong clutch. this is probably karma for the clutch i went through when my dad taught me. of course he was a mechanic and could replace a clutch on that car in a half an hour and for under 50 dollars. bet i won't get off that cheap! |
 2008-07-30 11:36 AM in reply to: #1569988 |
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| 2008-07-30 11:38 AM in reply to: #1570059 |
| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing nmp - 2008-07-30 11:35 AM this is probably karma for the clutch i went through when my dad taught me. of course he was a mechanic and could replace a clutch on that car in a half an hour and for under 50 dollars. bet i won't get off that cheap! Funny story -- I tried to teach MRS2Tony how to drive a manual right after I got my racing clutch. She could barely push it to the floor. The next day she woke up and said ... `My left leg is sore.' |
| 2008-07-30 11:39 AM in reply to: #1570019 |
| Arch-Bishop of BT 10278 Pittsburgh | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing mr2tony - 2008-07-30 12:25 PM wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:21 AM You probably do have a squeaky, annoying voice. But that's OK. Not everybody can be perfect like Preacherman, who's voice is like angels singing.jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 12:20 PM wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:18 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 12:17 PM wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:14 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 12:11 PM someday i'll learn to put pics in. then i'll learn to like photos of myself! anyone else not photogenic?Sometimes. Not always, but sometimes. Everyone thinks they are not - unless they are narcisists (that is spelled wrong). Kind of like hearing your own voice. Haha, I HATE HATE HATE the way I sound when I listen to a recording of myself. It's a matter of simple audiodynamics. You sound different to yourself because of the acoustics within your own body. Just something you have to get used to. I know - but I wish I sounded to everyone else like I do to myself. I wonder if I sound squeaky and annoying to the rest of the world, because that's what I hear. You clearly did not see my video profile.... -b |
| 2008-07-30 11:41 AM in reply to: #1570069 |
| Veteran 277 | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing mr2tony - 2008-07-30 11:38 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:35 AM Funny story -- I tried to teach MRS2Tony how to drive a manual right after I got my racing clutch. She could barely push it to the floor. The next day she woke up and said ... `My left leg is sore.'this is probably karma for the clutch i went through when my dad taught me. of course he was a mechanic and could replace a clutch on that car in a half an hour and for under 50 dollars. bet i won't get off that cheap! that's how my dad's roadster was. you'd get a dang cramp from it. practically had to stand on it. and i've got some strong legs so you know it was bad. |
| 2008-07-30 11:41 AM in reply to: #1569399 |
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| 2008-07-30 11:42 AM in reply to: #1570063 |
| Veteran 277 | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing Spokes - 2008-07-30 11:36 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 9:20 AM me too on the recording of my voice. i hate my voicemail message. my voice is so deep i sound like a guy when recorded. OoooOooo. Fresh meat!
fine, pick on the new kid with the deep voice and bad photos! i can take it. |
| 2008-07-30 11:43 AM in reply to: #1570080 |
| Veteran 277 | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing lvthgme - 2008-07-30 11:41 AM Aight kids, I'm out for the day. More volleyball training! WOOT WOOOOOOT! bump set spike!!! |
| 2008-07-30 11:47 AM in reply to: #1570026 |
Champion 5868 Urbandale, IA | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing cami bee - 2008-07-30 11:27 AM jdwright56 - 2008-07-30 11:23 AM wurkit_gurl - 2008-07-30 11:19 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 12:18 PM really really hate photos of myself! and let's not even discuss race photos! Oh, I look terrible in most race photos. I usually only get pictures of me running, and I'm usually making a weird face. I don't get why people have an issue with race photos - you shouldn't look good. You should be working your butt off and in some semblance of pain. Good lord, your doing an event that 90% of the population won't even try. Give yourself a little break. You shouldn't look like you just jumped off of the runway or are walking the red carpet. Maybe you shouldn't look good, but should you look like your about to kill somebody or you're about to die. I don't expect to look like a runway model in my race photos (or ever really), but the constant 'about to vomit' look isn't really something I want in a 5x7. The problem is - generally - that most spectators are at the start/finish line. At the finish line of a tri - I am going to look spent, because it's a race and if I have anything left in the tank, I am going to be pizzed at myself for the rest of the day. Bike pictures are usually better, but it generally takes a bit of luck and a good photog to get a decent bike picture. |
| 2008-07-30 11:48 AM in reply to: #1569399 |
Champion 6742 The Green Between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing Hola, Tanasauri... |
| 2008-07-30 11:49 AM in reply to: #1570079 |
| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing nmp - 2008-07-30 11:41 AM mr2tony - 2008-07-30 11:38 AM nmp - 2008-07-30 11:35 AM Funny story -- I tried to teach MRS2Tony how to drive a manual right after I got my racing clutch. She could barely push it to the floor. The next day she woke up and said ... `My left leg is sore.'this is probably karma for the clutch i went through when my dad taught me. of course he was a mechanic and could replace a clutch on that car in a half an hour and for under 50 dollars. bet i won't get off that cheap! that's how my dad's roadster was. you'd get a dang cramp from it. practically had to stand on it. and i've got some strong legs so you know it was bad. But it made it all worth it when you could dump the clutch at 8,000 RPMs (OK with a bit of feathering) and not risk tearing it into a million pieces. |
| 2008-07-30 11:49 AM in reply to: #1569399 |
| Arch-Bishop of BT 10278 Pittsburgh | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing HA... the nephew of WV's governor testified that he received "sexual services" from an escort service whose madam is on trial.... heh... poor Governor.... -B |
| 2008-07-30 11:49 AM in reply to: #1570097 |
| Expert 3324 central Iowa | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing |
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| Champion 34263 Chicago | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing FishrCutB8 - 2008-07-30 11:48 AM Hola, Tanasauri... Fish! Where have you been all my life? |
| 2008-07-30 11:50 AM in reply to: #1570101 |
| Expert 3324 central Iowa | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing akustix - 2008-07-30 11:49 AM HA... the nephew of WV's governor testified that he received "sexual services" from an escort service whose madam is on trial.... heh... poor Governor.... -B Who received the services: the Governor or his nephew? |
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| Arch-Bishop of BT 10278 Pittsburgh | Subject: RE: CosmopoliTAN #37: Drinks and Worldly Conversation about Nothing |
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