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Re: Extreme Sports

September 13th, 2016, 9:09 pm

Thanks. Cool. This is prob the closest you can get to the feeling of "real" flying? Very much like squirrels! :-)

It looks extremely risky, he's flying at 150mph, a couple of feet above a rocky surface on occasions.
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

September 13th, 2016, 10:01 pm

One possible outcome, as told by William Gibson: "He took a duck in the face at 250 knots"
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

September 14th, 2016, 6:01 am

 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 1st, 2016, 9:43 am

Extreme ironing. Passes the time I suppose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 1st, 2016, 11:18 am

Extreme ironing. Passes the time I suppose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing
It's a marketing stunt because sales have been flat!
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 1st, 2016, 12:22 pm

Extreme ironing. Passes the time I suppose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing
It's a marketing stunt because sales have been flat!
I love those off-the-cuff remarks. Time to roll up the sleeves, what? Still, batter than collecting moth balls?
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 1st, 2016, 1:09 pm

Extreme ironing. Passes the time I suppose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing
It's a marketing stunt because sales have been flat!
I love those off-the-cuff remarks. Time to roll up the sleeves, what? Still, batter than collecting moth balls?
We all have to starch somewhere.
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 1st, 2016, 3:11 pm

It's a marketing stunt because sales have been flat!
I love those off-the-cuff remarks. Time to roll up the sleeves, what? Still, batter than collecting moth balls?
We all have to starch somewhere.
At the stiff upper lip and environs. very commodityous.
 
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Traden4Alpha
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 2:03 am

I love those off-the-cuff remarks. Time to roll up the sleeves, what? Still, batter than collecting moth balls?
We all have to starch somewhere.
At the stiff upper lip and environs. very commodityous.
Irony: a de-crease that's an in-crease.
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 8:26 am

We all have to starch somewhere.
At the stiff upper lip and environs. very commodityous.
Irony: a de-crease that's an in-crease.
Blueshirts?
 
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Traden4Alpha
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 1:44 pm

At the stiff upper lip and environs. very commodityous.
Irony: a de-crease that's an in-crease.
Blueshirts?
They could be pressed into service.
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 1:48 pm

Irony: a de-crease that's an in-crease.
Blueshirts?
They could be pressed into service.
All in favour,raise your right arm.
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 2:14 pm

Blueshirts?
They could be pressed into service.
All in favour,raise your right arm.
That's the way they start arm bands, what?
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 2:29 pm

They could be pressed into service.
All in favour,raise your right arm.
That's the way they start arm bands, what?
That's where Hugo Boss got his original idea.
 
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Re: Extreme Sports

October 2nd, 2016, 2:35 pm

Just finished a 6K rowing race with my 8!

Cold and rainy but we are happy.

Now time for dome breakfast!!