ncorrenti
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Haha nasty, I love it.
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Dale... maybe she was new? Or really really dumb?
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With your students?
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I grew up in the burbs just outside of Brissy but I'm now living and working in the city.
Toowoomba is very pretty. I remember going on a family trip there when I was 13. I was scared shitless the entire time because some smartarse told me to watch out for the funnel web spiders. I went horseriding out there a couple of years ago but haven't been back since.
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Yep, it's a fabulous place indeed! If only it snowed in winter, I'd be in heaven.
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"Brisvegas" (Brisbane).
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Well, funny you should say that. I decided to get off my arse and be all adventurous last weekend and went jetskiing down the coast. I am now sporting the mother of all sunburns. Waaaahhh!
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I would absolutely love to but it's highly unlikely. I did two back-to-back ski trips in August and I've only just paid off my credit card. But if I happen to win the lotto I'll be there in a flash.
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Neat, very neat.Quote:Originally posted by Toque:
Not my picture. But it looks like it's off Whistler Peak. You can just make out the T-Bar at the bottom there.
I am so jealous of you all. It's torturous reading about everyone's weekly adventures/future ski trips on here.
Where I am it's 38 degrees (celsius) and disgustingly humid. Yuck. -
Cheers to that!!!
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Toque, what's the location of that photo you posted?
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O11, that is a super idea. I am an excellent travel companion - I'm easygoing and a great navigator. I'm cute too
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The shin splints, I believe, are from overworking my calf muscles - the problem is probably a direct result of the stress fractures. My doctor says it's unlikely my stress fractures will heal any time soon, purely because I've had them for so long.
Swimming would be good, especially as it's summer where I am.
I'm pretty sure I'm not addicted to the pills - there are days when I don't take them. I'm a pretty strong person, overall. Night time is probably the worst for me. I get a lot of leg pain after walking around all day at work and it stresses me out when I can't get to sleep because my legs are aching.
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Wow, 800mg is a lot to be taking in one dose! You must've felt like crap!
My injuries go way back - I did competitive gymnastics for years and that's where the stress fractures began. I quit that when I was 15 to concentrate on school.
I took up long distance running when I was in uni and got pretty addicted to it. I was running 6km every morning and another 4km at the gym in the afternoon, plus weights after that. It was way too much but I couldn't see that at the time. After three years of it my knee was killing me and the stress fractures were flaring up again. So, on the advice of my doctor, I decided to take a couple of years off.
That's when I rediscovered skiing. Obviously it's not easy on my legs either but at least my body gets downtime between seasons.
Things were great the first couple of years, but after a season in Japan I was wrecked - my knee was worse than ever and I also tore my hamstring.
I have given up running completely, apart from the occasional 10km fun run type thing. But I still have a lot of pain day-to-day, mostly in my shins and knee. I'm most likely having surgery done on the knee early next year and then heading off to wreck it again in Canada
The bottom line is, I'm not a super amazing skiier or anything but I get an indescribable amount of pleasure out of it, so I'm not really willing to give it up.
But... it would be awesome not to have to take medication every single day. That sucks!
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I love yoga. I used to go to classes regularly but I've been a bit slack lately... I should buy a matt and do it at home.
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So true! My dad has a fantastic ski jacket (circa 1984) which he refuses to part with - fluoro orange, blue and green stripes. He maintains that if he ever gets injured/lost in the snow, he'll be easy to spot in the jacket.Quote:Originally posted by dizzy:
love the fluorescent colors!! still see peeps on the slopes here with the same colored jackets!
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Cal... will do my best!
Firedog... sounds interesting, how does one learn to meditate?
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At the moment I'm taking a whole bunch of different painkillers for various injuries (tibial and metatarsal stress fractures, shin splints, bad knee, hamstring that keeps playing up - some are a result of running, some from skiing).
Anyway, I'm only 25 but I've got a sneaking suspicion that my insides are being eroded by codeine, ibuprofen and a whole bunch of other chemicals I'm ingesting.
Has anyone had any positive experiences with natural remedies? I spoke to a naturopath today and she recommended a couple of homeopathic products, but I've always thought the theory of homeopathy sounds a bit dodgy.
I'd be interested in any suggestions/comments/similar experiences you might have...
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Ricky Gervais rules!
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Heinze - that's bizarre!
Bushpig - so the way to a man's heart really IS through his stomach?
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Yes, it was very thoughtful of him, wasn't it?Quote:Originally posted by Indosnm:
at least he had the decency to dump you rather than just cheating on you!Quote:Originally posted by nicole:
He broke up with me at the after party of our semi-formal, and no more than five minutes later I found him hooking up with some drunk girl in a garden.
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Agreed! Nothing worse than seeing everyone else get Valentine's Day presents and not getting anything yourself...Quote:Originally posted by yamayamayama:
You might end up with a disappointed and "feeling unloved" gf then though.....however much they denounce it as "artificial".
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My coworker (also my good friend) came into work this morning looking red-eyed and miserable.
Turns out her boyfriend of almost one year (their anniversary is next week) broke up with her last night - via sms. Talk about pathetic! I honestly can't think of a more pissweak way to do it.
So, what's the harshest dumping you've ever received/delivered?
I've only been dumped once, but it scarred me for most of my teenage years. I was 16 and had been going out with a guy for a month. I thought it was love - turns out he didn't. He broke up with me at the after party of our semi-formal, and no more than five minutes later I found him hooking up with some drunk girl in a garden.
Worst dumping I've delivered was breaking up with a guy the day before Valentine's Day. I just wasn't really into him - and I didn't want to celebrate Valentine's with him because I was afraid he'd pop the L-word.
The next day I received a bunch of roses as well as a bunch of heart-shaped helium balloons at work. Apparently he'd pre-ordered them and the company wouldn't cancel with less than 48 hour's notice. I felt suitably rotten.
Snow in Japan
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That sounds sus...