Walsingham

My older brother once knocked a guy out with one punch. He was so surprised he fell over himself! Luckily the feat so impressed and amused by standers they jumped in as well.

I'm not talking about turning you into a marathon des sables runner. I know from personal experience how hard it is to get into exercise, and the notion that the ONLY way to get fit is to blister yourself does more harm than good. Once people get into fitness it becomes second nature to push into the correct cardio range.

Interesting that Stallone seems able to grasp the seriuosness of the situation where others cannot.

If you're not seriously into fitness don't stress any of this. Just concentrate on getting your heart rate elevated regularly. Work some sort of exercise into your routine is the hard part. As for the old 20 minutes aerobic... welll as far as our PTIs are concerned (and they're bloody professional as well as being animals) it's not necessarily true. Not that we ever do less than 20 minutes exercise, but any exercise at all is good for you. It's just that slightly prolonged stints reap the greatest benefit. And when you get down to it, you'll be no more sweaty and inconvenienced after 20 than after 5, so why not do 20?

At least post a picture of your hands. Or his feet! No! His FOREHEAD!

Whassamafughuh?

You could do an aerobic set up. I used to do sets of push ups/air squats/sit ups - 50/40/30/20/10. One right after another until I was done. Trust me, you're heart should be pounding, plus if you keep at it the squats will give you good lung power. Which numbers correspond with what, though? Like 50 of each exercise, then 40 of each exercise, etc? I doubt I could do anything near 50 push-ups in a row... Aye. I can barely do 30 in a single rep.

Looks awesome. Might even be hilarious. Unlike ... So much for another Wachowski masterpiece... What an unbeleivable crock! I never saw the cartoon, but that's retarded. Unless that's the point, I guess.

You're probably right. Mine will likely be the same. It's "gold standard" but I doubt it will cover elective surgery to my teeth. *thinks* maybe I could get someone to punch the tooth out? Would have to be very very accurate. I got sunscreen in my eyes earlier and now I can't see properly. It's like I'm in a love scene of an old movie.

Interesting to hear the storyline. What are your inspirations for the story?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...s-22%2C000.html The news over here is full of the Burmese cyclone devastation. It seems to me that this was a natural incident, but a man-made disaster. 1. Forest, and particularly mangroves have been strip-mined <sic> by the regime's Chuchao/Triad cronies. 2. Infrastructure and suport services are focussed entiurely on the regime and not on teh people. Thus few hospitals, poor roads, and no organisational culture of care. 3. In any highly politicised system, such as a junta, you get inefficiency and incompetence.

I hate the idea of worrying about what my insurance will spring for. Although you just made me realise that one of my current clients has comped me onto their health insurance, and I can try to get my teeth done! Awesome if it works out....

I don't know what the phys is like for the USN, but make sure you do a little every day. Don't go nuts, just get your body used to it. And two more things: 1. Good luck 2. Well done for volunteering. As our training sergeant says, it's half the job and half the respect*. * I considered asking if I could quit while I was ahead, but thought better of it.

Neat story. I remember one occasion in the Drakensberg mountains with a friend. We were just coming off the berg (high iron content rocks, no cover) into the foothills (less iron, still no cover) when a thunder storm blew up. I love lightning, and we were both admiring it when we realised we were standing on an open hill wearing metal frame rucksacks. We ran a mile bloody fast off those hills with full packs!

It could also be that there's apt to be plenty of room in Texas.

Recumbent bikes are good for two reasons (I've used one extensively, but not any more): 1. They are easy on your spine. 2. They let you watch TV without joggling around.

Interesting. You mean these Asus PCs? Anyone have any comments one me getting one? Could be pretty tasty, and would suit my long commutes very well.

Sorry to hear about your shin splints. Nasty stuff. Not sure why it's called splints, tho. Something I'm told I can look forward to. It's apparently a real issue when you are drilling. Stamping up and down hurts your shins.

I'll get back to you once I've worked out what this dark thing is that's following me around. My parents (who died of old age at 25) told me it was a 'siadoooo'. I can't work it out, but it clearly needs to go on a diet.

I think a submarine is more worrisome. Never go on a boat that sinks on purpose. an acquaintance o' ours, an ex-navy guy, brings his wife over to Gromnir's house for a barbecue. he spent some number o' years on boomers but we ain't talking 'bout navy stuff at all. instead we talks 'bout one of Gromnir's favorite subjects: food. so we is talking 'bout diverse stuff like which cuts o' meat benefit most from braising and what is best brine technique for chicken, when all o' a sudden this guy gets kinda quiet and reflective. blurts out that he never ate any better than when he were at sea. sadly, his wife were in ear shot... is our understanding that the USN takes pretty good care of the silent service guys. HA! Good Fun! They really do try to give them a good tour. But ultimately there's no substitute for fresh air and sunshine. I just spent the day in teh garden working and I wouldn't trade that for a steak.

What I was told was adaware and spybot S&D. I only use spybot S&D. However I also use two anti-virus programs with anti-spyware enabled as well. No need to give away what they are.

No, I would say that was definitely not it. If the motherboard couldn't supply the GPU with what it needs, the computer would just crash and/or artefact your graphics. But I've read about certain Nvidia card manufacturers having heat problems because of using cheap memory modules. You don't happen to have an eVGA GPU by any chance..? I'm afraid I don't have the card with me any more. I gave it to a techie friend to play with after it broke, and he probably ate it.

Any other ideas? I need to be able to install stuff like openofffice and analytical engines. EDIT@ apparently it uses LCOS which is liquid crystal on silicon. Which lets you work outdoors. Now we need to find an ordinary laptop which uses the same tech....

On the barbecue front: I cooked the ribs, and they were fantastic. In the end I used commercial sauce to save time, but it still worked. Plumped it out with beer to make certain the ribs were covered in the slow cooker. Threw in an onion for fun. After the barbecue there was a lot of sauce and meat left over. I trimmed all the meat off stuff, and threw it into the cooker with some white beans, pepper, and potato. Left it on low overnight. The result was heaven in the morning.

Just a word on op sec: don't tell us where you DO get posted and when you sail etc. I know I sound like a throwback, but you really can endanger yourself and endanger all your mates.