Let's have an actual chat - no "would you date/*kitten*/marry/add the person below you" games

camilacreme wrote: »

@Nevertoold2015 - go and have a look! They usually offer free trials. The first classes are always terrible in terms of feeling like a complete uncoordinated loser but don't let that be a deterrent because you will soon "get it". And I also have never come across a place where they made me feel bad - always have been lucky to go to places where they encourage beginners and make you feel welcome.

Strongly recommend it.

Before I needed to lose weight (blame the baby-weight and subsequent post-natal depression!) I kept fit by martial arts only and I looked just fine in a bikini!

Dunno how to post photos in the forum threads if I figure it out I can do a post.

riirii93_ wrote: »

Jonny15121983 wrote: »

Well it's Sunday, at least some of you must have some embarrassing stories about what you did under the influence of alcohol last night, do share

i am not sure if i should be as proud of this as i am but i got a good buzz off of a nice glass of rose cava last night, and it lasted for 3 hrs lololol.

That sounds like some awesome wine where do I get me a glass of that

Hello?

freak4iron wrote: »

Hey guys, even though I doubt (no offense) this thread is going to go anywhere I'm willing to put in my bit. Just seems like most people in the forums are here to goof around.

Anyways I'm Josh and I've been an on and off member for 7 years. Health and fitness has always been important to me. I came back after some of my (very) poor lifestyle choices nearly killed me. I ended up having a stroke at the ripe age of 26 now I'm trying to get my body and mind back on par with where it used to be prior to that. I'm a huge into the outdoors, astronomy, physics and I like watching scifi movies and shows. Also naturally a hunter and sportsmen. There's my story, short version anyway

Ohh and I'm going to be moving to Australia At the end of September. Nothing against Wisconsin but I can't wait to leave this state and this country for a while!

Thanks for sharing...and welcome back AGAIN! Australia sounds like a nice change. I wish you the best!

I'm Nicole. I'm 45 yrs. and love playing the drums. And, where the average family sets up living room furniture, my drums occupy the space. LOL! B.Y.O.C. (if you plan to visit me, you may want to bring your own chair )

Alisontheice wrote: »

Hey...I'm on vacation and just getting up. I'm not going to say my age cause I'm way older than you all but I'm bored and the only one awake so I'm here. Haha

We might actually be in the same age group. I graduated high school in '88. Hope you're having a great time vacationing.

I figure I should formally introduce myself. 35- mother of 4, I am happy to participate in a non dating thread because I am married. I am a home studio potter and ceramic artist. I am also in the process of beginning with real estate. I have been working at my weight loss goal for about 2 years but I took a few months off. The changes are slow but I would rather change slow than change too fast and gain it all back. I am a little less than half way with my goals.

Well, we survived the race. And the car (mostly) survived! Well... Kind of. We ended up with overheating issues in the first two hours - spent the next 12 hours fixing. We blew up two rads, and the head gaskets... ended up buying a new rad, putting in new head gaskets, and by some strange mercy... found a place to machine our heads at 11 pm. Right around 9 pm, half of our 6 person team decided it was "too hard" and went home... which made me feel very very punchy. But we got back on track around 4 am, and thanks to them leaving, I got over 4 hours of seat time (vs. likely not getting to drive at all). We were almost not last... but I couldn't get any more speed out of her, as we were still having carburetor issues all morning and had zero get up and go over 3000 RPM (ie. no speed, all fuel savings... lame). I was so excited to have taken the checkers, as I've never had the opportunity to close a race before (BF usually does it, as he's an excellent and fast driver, so he does the last hour to scramble up as many positions as he can). We ended up with a "hard luck" trophy (as we spent the most time off the track, but finished the race)/"moving pylon" trophy (because I was not fast). So... it was nice to take home some hardware even though we didn't really "win" anything.

How we spent most of our night


We took off the bumper, installed some air flow holes, and removed the hood all in the name of cooling. This is after installing the new rad, but before testing to see if there was more overheating. We figured that we'd rather strip the car down too much, instead of blowing another rad/new gaskets.


Just getting ready to get in the car for the first time. I found it really nerve-wracking to race against local people. If you crash or act like an *kitten*, you have to see these people again. When you travel... you don't see them until the next race! At any rate, I sat in the car for 10 minutes while a few last minute things were done to it, and I sat and reviewed the track, and tried not to barf.


All of the trophies are made out of car parts, this one is ours. Our kids adored that the trophy is Wall-E, so that was fun. While the other ones were much more complex and larger, I was secretly hoping that we'd win this one.


This was how we spent so much of the night. Machining the heads took a long time, but needed to be done. We couldn't have finished the race without doing it, but it definitely took us out of any kind of running. At least all the issues except the carb issue were worked out during this race. Next time we'll have a top-notch car (that will be terrifyingly fast).