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No, not Y2K, but 2 klm. This morning I finally swam 2 klm ( 1.2 miles for the rest of you ), doubling the distance that was my goal to reach by Xmas. I've never felt so alive, and yet so close to death :-) Actually, it's amazing once you start to get into a groove, how easy it is to build on it. Last week my best ever was 1,500 m and this is the first time I've gone over that. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Congrats, Christian!! I just started jogging. I go 4 nights a week, my goal is to hit 1 mile in the next week or so. I hit .75 yesterday and felt great. Keep on stroking! (or whatever the appropriate swimming encouragement is :)) BW "Computers are useless. They only give you answers." - Pablo Picasso
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Christian Graus wrote: This morning I finally swam 2 klm ( 1.2 miles for the rest of you ), doubling the distance that was my goal to reach by Xmas. Congrats, I hope to get back to the YMCA[^], however I have a few things that I must do first. I have finals next week and a binary tree program I have to finish tonight (which might I add that I will be asking a question about tonight when I get home from work b/c I am stuck). So are you going to up your swimming goal for the new year?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Nick Parker wrote: I have finals next week I share in your misery. :laugh: Here's my schedule: Monday: 9:30-11:30 Physics Tuesday: 11:00-1:00 English Wednesday: 8:00-10:00 American History Friday: 10:00-12:00 Calculus 1 Note that Wednesday's History final is about 5 hours after I get out of Lord of the Rings: Two Towers' midnight showing. :-D That's okay. I already have an A in the class and can't do much to damage that.
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round. -Peterchen on VS.NET
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It's 2km, not 2klm (No wonder with all the water in your head ;P ) grats! 2km is some pretty distance indeed. Takes some training to do this in one run. Open water or inside?
If I could find a souvenir / just to prove the world was here [sighist]
I started out pretty much stuffed after 100m. I've been going for about six months. My boss came with me once, we still laugh at how pathetic I was ( I was happy to laugh about it, even then ). And it's in an undercover pool ( hobart is *cold* ), 50m lengths. I am getting to the point where I almost never stop. Although when I did a little back stroke towards the end, I twice hit the girl who was sharing my lane and once swam into the kick of the old guy who had just jumped into the lane ( and I had no idea he was there ). Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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No, not Y2K, but 2 klm. This morning I finally swam 2 klm ( 1.2 miles for the rest of you ), doubling the distance that was my goal to reach by Xmas. I've never felt so alive, and yet so close to death :-) Actually, it's amazing once you start to get into a groove, how easy it is to build on it. Last week my best ever was 1,500 m and this is the first time I've gone over that. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Congrats Christian. I can appreciate that. Not being one for excercise, (except for the kind that involves to and from the refrigerator for another beer) I had to complete a swim test for my son's cub scout summer camp this past summer. Long story...to shorten it... The test involved 1 and 1 half laps, in freestyle and 1 half lap in backstroke. Funny that they call swimming technique strokes, because after that I felt that I was having one. :) Anyway, 1.2 miles swimming is an accomplishment. Congratulations. Frank
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Congrats, Christian!! I just started jogging. I go 4 nights a week, my goal is to hit 1 mile in the next week or so. I hit .75 yesterday and felt great. Keep on stroking! (or whatever the appropriate swimming encouragement is :)) BW "Computers are useless. They only give you answers." - Pablo Picasso
brianwelsch wrote: Keep on stroking! (or whatever the appropriate swimming encouragement is I think that's "Break a Flipper" or something like that...:-D "How many times do I have to flush before you go away?" - Megan Forbes, on Management (12/5/2002)
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Christian Graus wrote: This morning I finally swam 2 klm ( 1.2 miles for the rest of you ), doubling the distance that was my goal to reach by Xmas. Congrats, I hope to get back to the YMCA[^], however I have a few things that I must do first. I have finals next week and a binary tree program I have to finish tonight (which might I add that I will be asking a question about tonight when I get home from work b/c I am stuck). So are you going to up your swimming goal for the new year?
Nick Parker
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
Nick Parker wrote: have finals next week Lucky ;) I have finals tomorrow. Yes, all 3 finals in all 3 of my classes from 8:30 to 4:20 straight, with a two hour break after my first final. I thought it was a good thing at first since I'd be finished early, but studying is killing me. Stuffing special relativity into your brain just does not work if you're tired.
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Nick Parker wrote: I have finals next week I share in your misery. :laugh: Here's my schedule: Monday: 9:30-11:30 Physics Tuesday: 11:00-1:00 English Wednesday: 8:00-10:00 American History Friday: 10:00-12:00 Calculus 1 Note that Wednesday's History final is about 5 hours after I get out of Lord of the Rings: Two Towers' midnight showing. :-D That's okay. I already have an A in the class and can't do much to damage that.
I don't know whether it's just the light but I swear the database server gives me dirty looks everytime I wander past. -Chris Maunder Microsoft has reinvented the wheel, this time they made it round. -Peterchen on VS.NET
But those exams are only 2 hours long?!?! :wtf::omg::eek: I haven't had an exam that short in years!! David Stone wrote: Calculus 1 Those were the days... Before calc turned evil. :mad: I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene [Roger Wright on VB] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. [Rich Cook]
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I started out pretty much stuffed after 100m. I've been going for about six months. My boss came with me once, we still laugh at how pathetic I was ( I was happy to laugh about it, even then ). And it's in an undercover pool ( hobart is *cold* ), 50m lengths. I am getting to the point where I almost never stop. Although when I did a little back stroke towards the end, I twice hit the girl who was sharing my lane and once swam into the kick of the old guy who had just jumped into the lane ( and I had no idea he was there ). Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Christian Graus wrote: 50m lengths That's rough. I'm very much used to 25m pools, and just that little touch and kickoff feels so good. When I'm in a 50m pool, the other wall seems miles away! Congrats on the 2km. That's a hell of a long way to do everyday: I can barely find time to do all the other stuff I do, let alone swim for that long. I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene [Roger Wright on VB] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. [Rich Cook]
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Christian Graus wrote: 50m lengths That's rough. I'm very much used to 25m pools, and just that little touch and kickoff feels so good. When I'm in a 50m pool, the other wall seems miles away! Congrats on the 2km. That's a hell of a long way to do everyday: I can barely find time to do all the other stuff I do, let alone swim for that long. I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene [Roger Wright on VB] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. [Rich Cook]
Atlantys wrote: I'm very much used to 25m pools, I think it's just what you're used to. I started in the 25 m pool, but in summer (now) they often have swimming carnivals on and if I go at lunchtime they split the pool, 25m to them, 25m for laps. I can't stand it, I feel like I just started and I have to turn. Atlantys wrote: Congrats on the 2km. Thanks. I doubt I could have done it if I didn't have the RSI to try and deal with, but it's helped me SO much. I don't go to physio any more. They helped a lot and I'm very grateful, but between monthly visits I swim about 30-40 km, so I think that has a greater affect than a back rub once a month, and the pool membership is cheaper than one physio visit. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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No, not Y2K, but 2 klm. This morning I finally swam 2 klm ( 1.2 miles for the rest of you ), doubling the distance that was my goal to reach by Xmas. I've never felt so alive, and yet so close to death :-) Actually, it's amazing once you start to get into a groove, how easy it is to build on it. Last week my best ever was 1,500 m and this is the first time I've gone over that. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
Christian Graus wrote: This morning I finally swam 2 klm Congrats Christian, 2km of swimming is no mean feat. Best way to work out though IMO, and the most enjoyable.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNOPcode wrote: ...but in America, you're not allowed to thrust, moan or see anything...
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Christian Graus wrote: This morning I finally swam 2 klm Congrats Christian, 2km of swimming is no mean feat. Best way to work out though IMO, and the most enjoyable.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNOPcode wrote: ...but in America, you're not allowed to thrust, moan or see anything...
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Christian Graus wrote: This morning I finally swam 2 klm Congrats Christian, 2km of swimming is no mean feat. Best way to work out though IMO, and the most enjoyable.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNOPcode wrote: ...but in America, you're not allowed to thrust, moan or see anything...
I agree - it's great exercise, and it's low impact. I can't believe it took me 33 years to find a form of exercise I enjoy that doesn't require another consenting party, and which I can do in public. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
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No, not Y2K, but 2 klm. This morning I finally swam 2 klm ( 1.2 miles for the rest of you ), doubling the distance that was my goal to reach by Xmas. I've never felt so alive, and yet so close to death :-) Actually, it's amazing once you start to get into a groove, how easy it is to build on it. Last week my best ever was 1,500 m and this is the first time I've gone over that. Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002
klm? Surely you mean km? :~ -- This space for rent.
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klm? Surely you mean km? :~ -- This space for rent.
You'd tend to think so, wouldn't you ? :P Christian No offense, but I don't really want to encourage the creation of another VB developer. - Larry Antram 22 Oct 2002 C# will attract all comers, where VB is for IT Journalists and managers - Michael P Butler 05-12-2002 Again, you can screw up a C/C++ program just as easily as a VB program. OK, maybe not as easily, but it's certainly doable. - Jamie Nordmeyer - 15-Nov-2002