From: garpal@shaw.ca   
      
   > "Gary"  wrote in message   
   > news:C0256B24.241BE%garpal@shaw.ca...   
   >> On 2/24/06 4:04 AM, in article   
   >> hDCLf.34495$VV4.429781@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca, "x-no-archive: yes"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Shame on you Doug !!   
   >>> Old bones are more brittle than younger ones. I was a good skier in my   
   >>> younger days, but will never do it again, can't ice skate, and have   
   >>> accepted   
   >>> that there are lots of "sports" that I don't need to participate in   
   >>> anymore.   
   >>> Any "sport" I engage in now,  has a soft mattress under me to prevent   
   >>> injury..   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Whimps...I roller blade, ride a bike (ya never forget how to), Ice   
   >> skate,(ya   
   >> never forget how to)...roller blade up and down the street...the kids are   
   >> in   
   >> awe...well they used to be now they are good also!! I love it.   
   >> Gary   
      
   On 2/27/06 2:01 AM, in article   
   36AMf.35856$VV4.467157@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca, "x-no-archive: yes"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Well, I can't "roller blade" for the same reasons I can't "ice skate". Its   
   > different than Roller Skating (4 wheels, not inline). I took to that pretty   
   > good, and could likely do it again, if they still had the Roller Rinks of   
   > the 70's.. No where to do it now.. Too bad..   
   >   
   > But I have noticed, sometimes when I crawl home late at night, that even   
   > bruises and road rash take longer to heal as I get older. I don't think I   
   > want to see how long it takes broken bones to heal.   
   >   
   > You are A LOT OLDER than I am Gary.. How long will you be in the hospital   
   > with your "minor injury"..   
   >   
   > And, for the record, I bike too, but only in summer. I fatten up for the   
   > sport all winter, and I am still in better shape than my kids..   
   >   
   >   
   > ...I'm in shape.. Round's a shape...   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > -= Rasta =- (AKA Tom)   
      
   Hi Rasta   
       I tried Roller Skating more than once. One time I was roller skating and   
   thought I was on 'real' skates and leaned on a turn....that's what you do   
   you 'leannnnn.....on the, or any turn'. But not in Roller Skating. The   
   wheels will let go...they don't like leaning....they want to stay VERTICAL!   
       I crashed on my left side....it was not a long fall but it was a long   
   slide....   
       Firstly I was surprised. Secondly I was embarrassed....how could I let   
   this happen. It was then I decided this Roller Skating is for girls! And now   
   I know, Rasta too! :)   
       I will teach you how to skate on ice Rasta. First I would clad you in   
   all the hockey gear. Helmet, hockey gloves, elbow pads, hockey pants with   
   rear end protection and shin pads. You will be invincible! And you will   
   learn to skate! I guarantee it.   
       I forgot to mention the most important thing about ice skating....one   
   must have skates that fit like a glove! Like socks!   
       All we need now, Rasta, is a little ice. No not the kind that fit in a   
   glass....Rasta, pay attention. We need a little ice...about 100 ft by 80   
   ft...with no snow on it.   
       Humm, we have no ice like that out here...it is raining. Hummm, the ice   
   back east is covered in snow!   
       Oh, heck. Rasta, where is the cube ice? I think I will have a rum! I'll   
   teach you how to skate later.   
   Gary   
   PS: Injury? Hell I know better than to fall...rule number one (at my age) do   
   not fall, period!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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