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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (79171)	11/17/2003 3:39:21 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I think organized sports are all very silly indeed, and I see them as about as meaningful as beauty pageants- which is to say, not meaningful at all- perhaps even anti-meaningful. OK- but since the Rambifamily has found organized sports to be neither meaningless nor silly, I felt compelled to offer my own opinion.

To: epicure who wrote (79171)	11/17/2003 4:02:05 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I am going to go work out since I missed most of last week. I promise I will try not be be competitive about it, though. I will NOT go through the cycle twice as fast this time and show up the woman next to me, even if she is really old and slow. The problem is they have the machines set up in a circle so you have to stare at other people and it just gets those competitive juices flowing. But I will be strong. It will be me against the machine and I will make you proud.

To: epicure who wrote (79171)	11/21/2003 12:15:57 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

"I don't consider swimming a team sport. " Swim "Teams" compete against each other. Events are scored and members get very involved with encouraging each other in the various events. They strategize on who will go in which events to get the most points overall. There are also relay events. They strategize on who will go first second third or forth because it has a motivational impact on the swimmers, especially the anchor. The coach strategizes by deciding who to put in a particular event. For example: If the coach knows the backstroker will lose in the backstroke event he might save him for the Individual medley event. The performance of their peers has an impact on each swimmer's view of success in the day's competition. And in tournaments "teams" get trophies.