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To: Clappy who wrote (50232)2/11/2006 5:53:57 PM
From: SiouxPal  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 104216
 
...sounds like a full-body condom.



To: Clappy who wrote (50232)2/12/2006 4:50:40 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 104216
 
Red grapefruit appears to lower cholesterol, fight heart disease

eurekalert.org



To: Clappy who wrote (50232)2/12/2006 8:03:35 PM
From: Crocodile  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 104216
 
Clapster~

i meant to post this photo a couple of weekends ago,
but i'm pretty sure it slipped my mind
(as do many things of late).

we were out for a walk in a forest near here
and all of a sudden, a dog sled came silently
gliding around the bend just up ahead.

i told mr. croc to move well off the trail
in case the dogs got confused and
collided with us,
AND becuz we had our collie with us
and you can never be too sure that
a dog team won't get riled by the
sight of an unfamiliar dog.

well, damn good thing that we got off
the trail as quickly as we did becuz
the lead dogs got it into their heads
that they didn't like the look of our collie
and they peeled off the trail and came
right at us.

the closest one in this shot had a lot of "attitude"
and proceeded to snap and snarl while trying to take
a chunk out of our dog's butt about a split second after
i shot this foto.
the dog just to the left of the scrapper
looks like he was licking his chops in
anticipation of a live rump roast and it went after our dog too...
pbase.com

fortunately, our collie didn't just fall off the turnip wagon yesterday,
so she spun and jammed herself behind and between us while barking loudly,
"My Mom & Dad are gonna kick yer butts off!!!"

the sled driver braked the sled and yelled "Straight On" at his dogs.
the hind pair of dogs listened and kept on going, dragging
the pair of devildogs back onto the trail.

and how did i get this shot during all of this excitement?

like any true photographer, i had my camera at the ready
and wuz planning to take a nice foto of the dog team
whooshing by.
instead, i came close to capturing a canine massacre.

(o:

~croc



To: Clappy who wrote (50232)2/13/2006 8:23:07 AM
From: Crocodile  Respond to of 104216
 
Clapster~

awhile back you were asking me about snowshoes.

just came across this story:

"Schools Hope Snowshoes Get Kids Moving"
news.yahoo.com

The benefits are impressive. Snowshoeing — even at an easy walking pace — can burn up to 1,000 calories an hour.

~croc