From: dancetimedj@REMOVEhotmail.com   
      
   As Gary Slurred:   
   >    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!   
      
   That is the same reason I can't ice skate or roller blade... I got used to   
   Roller Skating, and that is the only way I know. Its a separate movement   
   from in-line.   
      
   >    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! :)   
      
   You are right.. The place was full of girls.. Part of the reason I was   
   interested.. Its the same way Hockey attracts males.. They are located in   
   Taverns, glued to Big Screens, up late, red eyed in the morning for work, a   
   bunch of beer-belly spectators.. Well, I have noticed while the games are   
   on.. the malls are full of lonely women.. I go shopping..   
      
   >    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.   
      
   The falling isn't what keeps me off the ice. If I was that worried about   
   minor injuries, I wouldn't drink. Its not the Padding I need.. Its the   
   Layering. I don't do cold. Add something I can't do, and how do you intend   
   to keep me out in the cold for ten minutes to show me part of it?  I went   
   out on the warmest Sat to take pictures of the ice sculptures of Winterlude   
   in Ottawa. Grabbed a few pictures of the thousands on the Rideau Canal, but   
   the closest I came to saying I was on the longest skating rink, was   
   short-cutting across it, rather than going over the Laurier Bridge..  I   
   don't think I want to learn how to skate. I have skates.. good ones too,   
   with lots of ankle support. My feet still get cold, and I skate funny. Kinda   
   like fishing.. not much fun. (that's another story)   
      
   >    Oh, heck. Rasta, where is the cube ice? I think I will have a rum! I'll   
   > teach you how to skate later.   
      
   Hmm ICE !!.... I'll teach you how to drink rum later. "We don't need no   
   stinkin' ice!"   
      
      
   BTW.. The Dog and Pony group elected me "Pal of the Month" .. Kinda a nice   
   ending to the "Ottawa Era"   
   http://www.dogandponysound.com/news_dogandpony.htm   
      
      
      
   -= Rasta =- (AKA Tom)   
      
      
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