Girls Coffeeshop Talk

[Lisa]

Yup. He can hold his own in just about any situation, I bet.

[East Bay Rider]

Originally Posted by mikkibarry

2 important safety tips on roundhouse kicks: 1) ALWAYS pivot the bottom foot else you wrench your knee and start damage that will haunt you for years to come. 2) high kicks, don't forget to point the toes and hit with the top of the foot. Otherwise, you tend to break toes or other bad things I don't want to think about regarding where the toes might end up :-)

Drive the heel.
As you can probably tell those are actually side kicks from a escrima form he was doing in a demo. I do remember one time when he was sparring, facing his opponent, and he excecuted a roundhouse that ended up with Ethan kicking the kid in the back of the head. The kid landed on the ground in front of Ethan wondering WTF happened. His parents were stunned and naturally Ethan won the match. Everyone was friendly there but it did blow some minds. The kid needed to stop crowding.
Those were fun days. I miss the environment and the parents and of course the sensai. Good times.

[East Bay Rider]

Originally Posted by Lisa

Yup. He can hold his own in just about any situation, I bet.

Eh - he's pretty mellow. Nobody bothers him.

[Lion]

Lisa, when I hear of turntables I think of old school music stereos where one of the components play record albums, preferably the long playing 33 1/2 vinyl records over the 45's.....there's a Record/CD show next month where you can go and buy used ones from all kinds of vendors who set up for a small fee. This show occurs every other month but I have not gone yet because I'm afraid I might come home with 30 or 40 albums to add to my smaller holdings. I know of one friend and collector who has over 5,000 vinyl albums in his listening room and over 15,000 CD's.....

I would imagine that Dave down in his hobby room must have a stereo laying around somewhere. If he is interested I have two Crown IC150A Preamps, two Crown DC300A Amps, a B & O Beogram 4004 Turntable, a Maranntz 115B Tuner, a Nakamichi Music Bank CD Player 2, a Phillips DCC 900 Digital Compact Casette Recorder and a pair of Klipsch Chorus 2 Speakers!!!

As for music mediums I have approximately 550 vinyl albums split between early Rock and Jazz and about 400 or so CD's of mainly Jazz. I do enjoy listening to the albums because the sound is so much better over CD's but of course each time you play vinyl you are degrading their quality. But I will take listening to Analog sound any day over Digital as it is what your ears hear especially when you listen to live music!!!

Take it easy.....Leo

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

Somebody is lighter than I am!?

How tall are you Leo? I'm 5'7", when I took a look at all those calculations you make to see if you're at your good weight it was written that the result of the said calculation should be 18.something and 24.something. I'm at 21, which is right at the very middle, and I have no intention of losing more weight...

After all, my goal is to be healthy, not to be like...

Jeez Carl. Just say no.

[Lion]

Hey Wes, are you still getting over last nite's hangover??? LOL!!!

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by Lion

Hey Wes, are you still getting over last nite's hangover??? LOL!!!

No had to go into work today, so no drinky poos for me.

[Lion]

Originally Posted by The Joker

No had to go into work today, so no drinky poos for me.

Well that certainly sucks.....does that mean you will get a day off during the upcoming week for working on the weekend or is today considered overtime???

Take care...Leo

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by Lion

Well that certainly sucks.....does that mean you will get a day off during the upcoming week for working on the weekend or is today considered overtime???

Take care...Leo

Work 3 day week, 12 hour days. This week was thur/fri/sat. Next 2 weeks are mon/tue/wed. So a 3 week rota. People think I work part time.

Sometimes do a bit of overtime and also do on call(1 week in 3).

[Lion]

Wes, that's nice to have three day work weeks and then four days off allows you to plan and do many activities with your friends and be able to go away for a few days.....any plans for motorcycle trips this summer???

And how's your garden doing...do you have more pictures of your Roses and has your Mom seen the Roses yet in bloom???

Did you build your trellis yet and buy the Ivy???

Inquiring minds want to know!!!

Take care and peace and happiness to you and yours.....Leo

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by Lion

Wes, that's nice to have three day work weeks and then four days off allows you to plan and do many activities with your friends and be able to go away for a few days.....any plans for motorcycle trips this summer???

And how's your garden doing...do you have more pictures of your Roses and has your Mom seen the Roses yet in bloom???

Did you build your trellis yet and buy the Ivy???

Inquiring minds want to know!!!

Take care and peace and happiness to you and yours.....Leo

I went to Margate(east coast) last summer, 2 hour ride. Bike has no windscreen and the wind just wants to take your head off at 70mph. I held on for dear life. Cos it was a warm summer evening on the way back I was splattered with tons of flies.

Mum and dad were back with me last week and helped in the garden. Got quite a few trellis and ivy etc. Is much better now, thanks for your help. Will have to PM you details.

Mum and dad moved into their new house yesterday. Finally. They have been moving around and living out of a suitcase for about 2 years so are very happy indeed.

[Art 1]

The one is a sleeping polar bear.

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Lion

Lisa, when I hear of turntables I think of old school music stereos where one of the components play record albums, preferably the long playing 33 1/2 vinyl records over the 45's.....there's a Record/CD show next month where you can go and buy used ones from all kinds of vendors who set up for a small fee. This show occurs every other month but I have not gone yet because I'm afraid I might come home with 30 or 40 albums to add to my smaller holdings. I know of one friend and collector who has over 5,000 vinyl albums in his listening room and over 15,000 CD's.....

I would imagine that Dave down in his hobby room must have a stereo laying around somewhere. If he is interested I have two Crown IC150A Preamps, two Crown DC300A Amps, a B & O Beogram 4004 Turntable, a Maranntz 115B Tuner, a Nakamichi Music Bank CD Player 2, a Phillips DCC 900 Digital Compact Casette Recorder and a pair of Klipsch Chorus 2 Speakers!!!

As for music mediums I have approximately 550 vinyl albums split between early Rock and Jazz and about 400 or so CD's of mainly Jazz. I do enjoy listening to the albums because the sound is so much better over CD's but of course each time you play vinyl you are degrading their quality. But I will take listening to Analog sound any day over Digital as it is what your ears hear especially when you listen to live music!!!

Take it easy.....Leo

You and Dave could have a great conversation about old-school stereos. We have an old Marantz receiver that puts out wonderful sound. Pity we don't listen to music in the house much anymore... in the old days, every nice living room was equipped with a console stereo and record collection. My parents had boxes of old vinyl, as did my sister and brother. Much of it was water damaged, which was a real shame as they had some neat records - Glenn Miller and Chubby Checkers come to mind.

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by The Joker

Work 3 day week, 12 hour days. This week was thur/fri/sat. Next 2 weeks are mon/tue/wed. So a 3 week rota. People think I work part time.

Sometimes do a bit of overtime and also do on call(1 week in 3).

I would love a schedule like that. Do you ever work from home, too?

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by The Joker

I went to Margate(east coast) last summer, 2 hour ride. Bike has no windscreen and the wind just wants to take your head off at 70mph. I held on for dear life. Cos it was a warm summer evening on the way back I was splattered with tons of flies.

Mum and dad were back with me last week and helped in the garden. Got quite a few trellis and ivy etc. Is much better now, thanks for your help. Will have to PM you details.

Mum and dad moved into their new house yesterday. Finally. They have been moving around and living out of a suitcase for about 2 years so are very happy indeed.

You parents must be happy to finally get settled in to their own home. I'd like to see how your garden's doing, too!

[Lisa]

Nice pics, Art. Did you want to just hang out there with the cold weather critters all day?

[Art 1]

Originally Posted by Lisa

Nice pics, Art. Did you want to just hang out there with the cold weather critters all day?

It was 32F in there, was only able to stay for a few mins.

[mikkibarry]

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

Drive the heel.
As you can probably tell those are actually side kicks from a escrima form he was doing in a demo. I do remember one time when he was sparring, facing his opponent, and he excecuted a roundhouse that ended up with Ethan kicking the kid in the back of the head. The kid landed on the ground in front of Ethan wondering WTF happened. His parents were stunned and naturally Ethan won the match. Everyone was friendly there but it did blow some minds. The kid needed to stop crowding.
Those were fun days. I miss the environment and the parents and of course the sensai. Good times.

Oh, Ethan's kick was very pretty. I was referring to the roundhouse kick poster. I know a lot of adults who think "gee, this looks easy" and up goes the knee, no pivot and they don't know WTF happened either :-)

Some schools teach the kids to crowd because they believe that it will prevent them from getting a kick up. Also, in some of the old snap kick styles, rushing the opponent would get them to fall over if the stance was weak. Lots depends on the instructor, style, and ring rules.

I recently had to quit 25 years worth of martial arts practice/instruction/reffing because the doctor said my knees were shot and I really ought to stop doing that stuff. I really do miss it. At least I get to do a bit of bo form in Lysistrata :-)

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Art 1

It was 32F in there, was only able to stay for a few mins.

That actually sounds pretty good. For a little bit, at least. Luckily, our 100+ days are supposed to be done for a while. Upper 80s to low 90s for the next few days - a nice break especially for this time of year. I've been putting blocks of ice in the rabbit's hutch to keep her cool - and had the idea of freezing some carrot slices and strawberries in with the water. She seems to enjoy her frozen treats.

[Lion]

Wes, I'm glad to hear your folks have their own place now and I'm sure their assistance in your yard made a big difference in the Garden.....looking forward to some pictures!!!

Art, just 32F...that's all.....child's play but I'm kidding when it's Summertime in Florida that temperature is very cold when you are in shorts and a T-shirt plus sandals.......and not used to such cold temps........

Lisa, your old Marantz Receiver, is it one of the units when it was made in the early 70's in Sacramento, California? That is when the company was based there in California before it was sold to and moved to Japan. My Tuner was made in California and today is considered a collector's item.....and yours could be as well!!!

Mikki, it's too bad we all get older and have to give up some activities that we really enjoy doing. At least you can still act and perform plays on stage and have fun and unwind from your daily stress and stuff. I'm sure you have a lot of fun up on stage performing for the audience........

[Art 1]

Originally Posted by Lisa

That actually sounds pretty good. For a little bit, at least. Luckily, our 100+ days are supposed to be done for a while. Upper 80s to low 90s for the next few days - a nice break especially for this time of year. I've been putting blocks of ice in the rabbit's hutch to keep her cool - and had the idea of freezing some carrot slices and strawberries in with the water. She seems to enjoy her frozen treats.

Us too here, supposed to be in the upper 80's and rain the next few days.

You need to put a little window ac in the rabbit hutch.

[Lion]

Wow wouldn't that be cool.....a rabbit hutch with A/C it would be the talk of the neighborhood. Now if she ends up buying gold water and food dishes that might be going just a little bit too far!!!

Lisa, what a great idea of freezing her food and treats so it's nice and cold to help cool her down...I would never of thought of that!!!

We got some rain early this morning...Yeah...free water for the Gardens!!!
Now I can concentrate on weeding, fertilizing and staking the taller plants.....

Take it easy.....Leo

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by Lisa

I would love a schedule like that. Do you ever work from home, too?

Yeah the shift is good, will go back to mon-fri sooner or later, due to work load changing. Can't work from home. When a bank logs a call, the help desk try to fix on the phone, and if they can't an engineer has to go to site, that's me. And we have to be there in 30mins. When a trading system is down they want it fixed now.

P.S liked you snaps from Colorado

Originally Posted by Lisa

You parents must be happy to finally get settled in to their own home. I'd like to see how your garden's doing, too!

Originally Posted by Lion

Wes, I'm glad to hear your folks have their own place now and I'm sure their assistance in your yard made a big difference in the Garden.....looking forward to some pictures!!!

Will try to take some pics soon. Not very interesting, and bit embarrassed as my garden is crap compared to everyone here. Did have some red roses also that were picture perfect, have died off a bit now.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by Lion

I actually am not certain how tall I am...when I was younger I was 5'5" but being a person of "Middle Age" I may have started the "normal shrinkage" so somewhere right around that height!!!

So I'm not that much taller than you it seems...just enough to try to play the alpha male...

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

Muscle adds weight. Muscle weighs more than fat.

Indeed and I still work out, I wonder how much I would weight otherwise...

Mind you, my little routine isn't that rough though so it's not like I'm planning to look like Arnold anytime soon.

Originally Posted by Lisa

Geez, Carl! Don't wither away on us, 'kay?

I'll try not to...now if you'll excuse me I must go take a nap, pressing those very hard keyboard buttons is very, very tiring...

Originally Posted by The Joker

Jeez Carl. Just say no.

No!

...See what I did there?

[Lion]

Carl, I hate to burst your bubble but here the Ladies are in charge and the rest of us just sit back and listen to you and Wes bicker with each other. The entertainment value is way better than the junk they throw on TV!!! LOL!!!

Take it easy and don't let that map tire you out.....Leo

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

So I'm not that much taller than you it seems...just enough to try to play the alpha male...

Nice try Carl, but that's me on the top step of the coffeeshop wolf pack.

[East Bay Rider]

Originally Posted by The Joker

I went to Margate(east coast) last summer, 2 hour ride. Bike has no windscreen and the wind just wants to take your head off at 70mph. I held on for dear life. Cos it was a warm summer evening on the way back I was splattered with tons of flies...

Do you wear a full face helmet?
I find that my DOT 1/2 helmet wants to lift right off my head at high speed but my full face doesn't. I keep my full face helmet locked onto my backrest and I use it at night for bug safety, foul weather and low temperature winter riding. The 1/2 helmet is for fair, warm weather only.

[The Joker]

Originally Posted by East Bay Rider

Do you wear a full face helmet?
I find that my DOT 1/2 helmet wants to lift right off my head at high speed but my full face doesn't. I keep my full face helmet locked onto my backrest and I use it at night for bug safety, foul weather and low temperature winter riding. The 1/2 helmet is for fair, warm weather only.

Yep full face. Actually the wind probably hits me full in the chest. Guessing a small windscreen would take the wind off your chest and the helmet is a bit more streamlined, and not affected as much. Thought your valkyrie had a full wind screen. Would of thought you would of been protected from the wind completely.

[East Bay Rider]

I only like the windshield for rain and cold weather and multi-hundred mile rides.
As soon as the temperatures get up into the 50's (*F) I take the windshield off. The bike is just more fun without it.

[mikkibarry]

Originally Posted by Lion

Mikki, it's too bad we all get older and have to give up some activities that we really enjoy doing. At least you can still act and perform plays on stage and have fun and unwind from your daily stress and stuff. I'm sure you have a lot of fun up on stage performing for the audience........

You know, it's all about perspective I think. I've had a lot more fun in my 1/2 century than a lot of people have. Age does slow you down sooner or later. It's sad when it's sooner, but what can you really do?

Re: stage, soon I'm going to have to give that up too. It's an amazing amount of work. We just finished rehearsal for Lysistrata. Next week is tech week, then we're on.

As they say, on with the show :-)