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Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 11-24-2003, 11:39 PM:

Someone please save me from this evil white hole that is winter. With the temperature hovering in the single digits, and the wind screeching of something aweful, I need things to do(Very Bored). What do the rest of you guys do to keep occupied? This normally isnt much of a problem, but if I get really bored, especially during winter, I get depressed.

Grrrrr...

JJ

Posted by Dennis Udovich (Member # 1066) on 11-24-2003, 11:47 PM:

Go to a movie!

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-24-2003, 11:51 PM:

You need to think warm... [evil]

Move to the Central South or Southwest US... Like to Texas or as far west as California where it's an hour's drive to the mountains and SNOW. Weather on your own terms!

It's where motorcycles live and convertibles thrive... and there is ALWAYS something to do. [beer]

>>> Phil

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 11-25-2003, 12:22 AM:

Get a clapped-out Austin Healey & spend the winter getting it straight. Drive like a bat out of hell when the roads thaw.

Actually, that GT6 on eBay
would be just the ticket.

It's all there, looks straight, astonishingly easy & fun to work on, gorgeous car.

And that famous inline 6 speaks straight to your nads.

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 11-25-2003, 12:25 AM:

Go sledding... [Smile]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-25-2003, 12:43 AM:

Great idea Rach! Let's all put on our 100 pounds of winter clothes...thermal underwear, scarfs, ski-masks, 3 pair of pants and 3 flannel long-sleeve shirts. Then of course, don't forget to wear that heavy insulated jacket/coat and 2 pair of gloves...oh and the thermal socks, heavy boots and "rubbers".

Then let's see if the car will start so we can slide down the roads...don't bother stopping at the STOP signs...just wave as you slide by. Then, we'll trapes up some hill so we can slide down it. Gosh! Life is good in the North!

OBTW: Those are just some of the reasons I moved from my "youth-town" in Michigan.

I like snowboarding better.... when I want it.

>>> Phil

Posted by Gracia L. Babbidge (Member # 582) on 11-25-2003, 12:53 AM:

Go nordic skiing - won't necessitate as many outer layers - once you get going, you'll keep yourself nice & toasty. [Smile]

Posted by Scott D. Neff (Member # 185) on 11-25-2003, 01:00 AM:

Come to California where we complain about it being in the mid 30's and can wear shorts year round.

Let's see though... when I get bored... I go to the gym, or a movie, or organize my mp3's, photo albums, post on film-tech...

What else?

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 11-25-2003, 01:03 AM:

quote:
Move to the Central South or Southwest US... Like to Texas or as far west as California where it's an hour's drive to the mountains and SNOW. Weather on your own terms!

This is true. Up until two days ago you could have worn shorts and a tank top down here. You guys from up north could probably walk around in your underwear all winter long down here.

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 11-25-2003, 01:14 AM:

I like the sleeding idea, except ther isnt enough snow. Well, now, mother nature is getting pretty ballsy, even the snomobilers are getting pissed.

Funny, living on the edge of the world like this you'd think the winters could live up to their reputations, but we havent had a decent blizzard in like 5 years! Sheesh.

Josh

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-25-2003, 01:26 AM:

Sledding? JFC! How BORING! You need to move in with Rachael.

(Ah yes, Snowmobiling... and schnapps to keep ya warm!)

Why not put some spike/stud "snow-racing" tires on the Ninja and take that up the hills? Now, that would be fun! [beer]

>>> Phil

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-25-2003, 01:41 AM:

Get a girlfriend (or boyfriend, depending on what you prefer). There will always be fun games to play. [Smile]

Maybe start planning on moving elsewhere. Begin packing! Move to a huge city! Move to Colorado where radio waves only travel 18 feet! It'll be a challenge for ya! With lots of hard work and determination, you'll find a way to make the radio waves travel nearly 50 feet!

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-25-2003, 03:16 AM:

Now Joe you know he would be just as bored in Colorado. That state shuts down at 9pm! Besides that, we both know what the altitude does to cdrom drives and electronic equipment. [Razz]

Chris, just this evening I could've worn shorts and a tank top and been just fine. I think it mostly depends on the person. I'm sure our weather is plenty warm for Josh as compared to North Dakota, whereas the surface of the sun is too cold for someone like Ethan Harper! Ethan is always running around shaking from the "cold" if the weather drops down to the double digits. [Roll Eyes]

Right Ethan???

Josh, I think today would make a damned fine day for you to straighten up the place and get out your camera to take pictures of your screening rooms and send in to the website! Today would also make an equally good day to shuffle through all your other theater pictures. (hint, hint) Once you have completed that you could watch some [dlp]

, maybe

, then take a [bs]

. Later you could take Joe's suggestion and [sex]

, followed by chugging some [beer]

and

.

Nah, that all sounds pretty dull. Sounds like it's time for you to get out of the state again.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-25-2003, 03:44 AM:

Gosh Brad...you sure are a prevert. Joe said nothing about [sex]

!

He just said to get someone to play some games with... I'm sure he meant Monopoly, Crazy Eights, Scrabble, or perhaps Strip Poker. I mean that sure beats having someone to snuggle and "spoon" with on these long cold nights.

And, I'm sure that Josh being the up-right, and honorable person he is would NEVER partake in that evil fire-water as you are suggesting.

I do agree with you about him getting off his lazy ass and sending in the pics of his "rooms"... [Razz]

>>> Phil

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-25-2003, 03:47 AM:

Sorry Coot, there's no icon for such enthralling games such as Yahtzee or Candyland. I was just workin' with what I had.

Come to think of it Josh, you could always sing Phil's song to yourself. Basically it's the Meow Mix tune, replacing the lyric "meow" with "coot". It's sure to bring hours of entertainment. [Big Grin]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-25-2003, 03:56 AM:

I already sent you, Joe, Adam, and Josh "my" version of that POS "tune"...

>>> Phil

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-25-2003, 04:58 AM:

quote:
Phill wrote:
I'm sure he meant Monopoly, Crazy Eights, Scrabble, or perhaps Strip Poker.

Actually I meant Hungry Hungy Hippos, the best game EVAR!

Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 11-25-2003, 08:38 AM:

Josh you asked a serious question and look at all the garbage you have to read.

Now when it gets that cold show Mother Nature that she can't get you down.

Go skinney dipping in the nearest pond. Proclaim yourself a polar bear.

Do it now. [Razz]

Posted by Joe Beres (Member # 678) on 11-25-2003, 09:23 AM:

Josh,
Why don't you make a film? You're a pretty detail oriented guy, perhaps try making a stop motion animation film. You could get a super 8 camera with single-frame capabilities and create your own characters with all of the parts you have laying around. You could probably find a camera in your basement, or at a thrift store, or I might even have one you could borrow. If you need to fill some time, animation will fill up hours and hours.

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 11-25-2003, 11:39 AM:

Already working on a superbike documentary, but that cant happen until June.

hey look at the bright side, this topic has already provided much needed sillyness and killed a day or so [Smile]

Josh

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 11-25-2003, 12:06 PM:

Go sledding down a dirt hill, you'd be suprised how fun that is.... [evil]

quote:
Sledding? JFC! How BORING! You need to move in with Rachael.

Think like a youngin' Coot, you remember how to do that right? [Razz]

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 11-25-2003, 12:36 PM:

quote:
Today would also make an equally good day to shuffle through all your other theater pictures. (hint, hint)

Uh-oh. I seem to recall a box of Josh's photos I have around here ...

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 11-25-2003, 02:25 PM:

When you're bored, you can always turn to drugs... wait, no... that's bad.

I know! Take more pictures of yourself so your forum photo can rotate more.... wait, no... that's equally as bad.

You can always move down here to Florida where I wore shorts and a tee shirt and broke a sweat walking to my car from class just now... wait, no.... that's bad too. Too much warmth is just as bad as too much cold.

Go to a movie... no... Watch TV... no... Build your dream theater out of wooden blocks and take pictures of it with little Lego people at the concession stand.... not that I... have actually done that or anything...

Beats me! Looks like I am just as bored as you are. [Frown]

Come be my friend! [Smile]

=TMP=

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 11-25-2003, 04:02 PM:

Rach, I do. I just prefer to think young as an intelligent "youngin'" pushing 20-something, not like an 8 y/o for my ideas of exciting things to do. [Razz]

>>> Phil

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 11-25-2003, 10:21 PM:

I do not envy the weather in North Dakota. Moving from one place to another isn't very practical, unless the job in the new place offers quite a bit more pay.

Oklahoma's weather is pretty entertaining. Our motto here is: Don't like the weather? Wait a minute and it will change. Unfortunately here sometimes that means hailstorms that pock-mark your vehicle with dents or a storm that gives birth to the most powerful tornado ever recorded (true fact, the storm that spawned the monster May 3, 1999 tornado that bulldozed through Moore and Oklahoma City was born right here in Lawton).

Josh, do you play video games at all? I know I've lost quite a few hours of my life to Quake2.

Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 11-25-2003, 10:30 PM:

If you get bored a lot, learn to use your right hand more. [Smile]

I get bored quite a bit from the total lack of companionship in my life. I occupy my time by going to theatres to watch movies, watching movies on DVD on the home system, listen to music, occasionally write programs to play with mathematical ideas I come up with (Playing with numbers is more productive than playing with myself, but not always as satisfying). [Smile]

I also drive around a lot. For some reason, driving off to another city fills a lot of time and makes me feel less alone.

More ideas:

Calculate pi out to a whole bunch of decimal places. Here are the digits I know to get you started: 3.1415926535897932384626433...

Learn the square root of 67 out to a bunch of places to impress people at parties: Here are the digits I know to get you started.. 8.185352771872.. (It helps if you have a bizarre reason to know such a thing, like in my case, the strange girl that sat behind me in 11th grade geometry class).

Write poetry! Check out my poem review in the "Return to Neverland" thread. It doesn't matter if your poetry sucks. Write anyway!

Here's an example:

Poem 72 (1997/04/08) by Evans A Criswell

Painting a cuckoo can be a chore
especially during the hours one until four.
Ten brush strokes will be the best you can do
if you're ready each time for the first cuckoo.

If you start early and from nine till twelve you work
you'll do more than four times as much -- Oh what a perk!
In a twelve hour period, though, no matter when you start,
at most 78 strokes will you spread on that part.

If paying a worker daily by the hour to do this task
having his shift end at noon is something you must ask.
If a worker is hired painting the cuckoo 24 hours a day
divide needed brush strokes by 156, giving days of delay.

Anyway, if you're bored, there's always something silly you can think up to entertain yourself.

Josh, your next post in this thread should contain a poem you wrote. [Smile]

Judging by the spiky hair you have, you strike me as a creative fellow. I'd like to see something you could come up with.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-26-2003, 12:07 AM:

quote:
Evans (plural) wrote:
Learn the square root of 67 out to a bunch of places to impress people at parties

That sounds like a happenin' party! I bet the cops got called in response to that one, many girls probably got knocked up, a few STD's traded around and others charged with DUI/DWI whathaveyou.

Posted by Travis Hubrig (Member # 1745) on 11-26-2003, 01:20 AM:

Ah, North Dakota,

Great pheasant hunting right now, a little safer now that the deer season is over! Yes I've spent a few hours fine tuning my snowmobile so it is ready as soon as the snow comes. Already had it out about a week ago, damn the warm weather that melted the snow we had. Can't wait for a poker run! Finally time to get my motorcycle ready for hibernation. Oh yeah, the theatre, it's about that time of the year again. Cine 12- Babysitting. I also am on a couple of bowling leagues with my buddies, Mon and Tues nights (read: get trashed and try not to fall into the gutter) Sun and Wed we have a Men's hockey league, that is about enough physical activity to counter by beer habits.

Do you not have school? One or two classes or even online classes would keep you busy enough not to go nuts. There are quite a few college chicks down there right? You could just pretend to go to college, and maybe hang out at the library on campus to pick up some dates!

There are plenty of things to keep you busy... I'm sure you'll find something.

By the way, my driveway needs to be shoveled [Wink]

It would earn you a free tour of my theatre!

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 11-26-2003, 01:34 AM:

quote:
Rach, I do. I just prefer to think young as an intelligent "youngin'" pushing 20-something, not like an 8 y/o for my ideas of exciting things to do.

I am 20-something, AND YOU KNOW IT! If you asked Don he'd say I'm very mature for my age, so THERE...NANNER NANNER!

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 11-26-2003, 07:02 AM:

It'll be 74 degrees tomorrow, I should see who wants to put a boat in the water & go skiing on the Mobile or Tensaw River.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 11-26-2003, 08:20 AM:

75 degrees here and it's not even noon yet!

Go window shopping...online. For you I suppose that would be called "Windows" shopping. [Big Grin]

If you want to kill off a few hours you could sort out your computer...

Archive old files and get them off your drive.
Clear off your desktop and organize your filing system.
Backup your hard drive.
Defrag the drive.

I lived in Detroit for a year and left town after that first winter. Didn't you just graduate high school? You should be just about ready to go to college now, right? Take that opportunity to move to someplace warm. You could always go back and visit for a week or two if you ever get a hankering for real winter weather. As for me, I never went back to Detroit in winter.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-26-2003, 08:36 AM:

It would suck to live somewhere with a nice climate during the winter, because that means the summer will be completely unreasonable in regards to heat. You've got to find a happy medium. In Denver, we get the extremes of both hot and cold, because Denver is an X-Treme city (hardcore!). I was just at a shitty Bronco game last weekend and nearly had to have my toes and head amputated even though I was wearing about 30 layers of clothes even on my feet. During the summer you can't get cool enough, despite the fact that there is no humidity. People are seen constantly flipping off the sun.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 11-26-2003, 10:50 AM:

Joe was wrong when he wrote:

quote:
It would suck to live somewhere with a nice climate during the winter, because that means the summer will be completely unreasonable in regards to heat. You've got to find a happy medium.

It gets up to about 90F here in summertime but 85F is more likely. A winter night might get down into the 60s (F) and then we consider that to be "freezing."

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-26-2003, 11:41 AM:

You must die! [Smile]

I am now going to eat Cocoa Puffs, nature's perfect food!

Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 11-26-2003, 12:00 PM:

If you are looking for nice balanced weather with lots of sun but no extreme heat or cold, you have to come to Southern California. On the other hand, I am here, that might spoil the fun for you.

Posted by Zac Lister (Member # 2009) on 11-26-2003, 12:26 PM:

You can alwys meet someone new like me.. [puke]

Hello to everyone out there. Is ice fishing an option? I know it would still be cold, but atleast there is some action involved... a little anyway. I for one have always wanted to go ice fishing. [beer]

Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 11-26-2003, 04:18 PM:

Dr. Phil said "...the one person in this world you have to be able to get along with is you...especially when you are alone...", Josh. So How ya doin'?

While temps here on the Oregon coast do not dip to those low levels it has been raining a lot lately so I don't go out. It's easy for me to spend an entire day alone in the house (my wife still works) in absolute quiet posting on various sites. Or if I'm done with that I have 288 titles in my video library and can pop in a video or DVD or turn the tube on (although there's not really anything worth watching on very often) or I can just nap. If that doesn't work there are plenty of volunteer opportunities in our small community. I'm sure there are more in yours.

Posted by Travis Hubrig (Member # 1745) on 11-26-2003, 06:47 PM:

Ice fishing is definitely a good time, just not right now.
In about a month it will be prime for ice fishing.
Right now it is prime for 'ice swimming'

Dr. Phil... I HATE Dr. Phil. I am not even going to get started.
Maybe Joe can think of some nice things to say about Dr. Phil.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 11-26-2003, 07:07 PM:

Since you can't ride your bike, start taking it apart, fix it up some get all the body panels custom painted or what not. You could do a little at a time all winter and have it ready to ride when it warms up.

Posted by Scott D. Neff (Member # 185) on 11-26-2003, 07:09 PM:

I'm going to do what always works best when others are bored.

I'm going to whine and complain about how bored I am. [uhoh]

I'm done with work but I have to sit here for another 30 minutes until traffic dies... I hate life sometimes.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 11-27-2003, 03:53 AM:

We're here for ya Scott! How may we entertain you? Wheee!!! We're havin' fun now!

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 12-01-2003, 01:52 PM:

We've had a wide variety of weather in Rochester NY the past few weeks. Right now, the sky is dark gray, and there are lake-effect snow flurries.

The standing joke is that George Eastman chose to start Kodak in Rochester because in the winter, it is the world's largest darkroom, and it serves as a natural cold storage facility. [Big Grin]

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/aboutKodak/kodakHistory/kodakHistory.shtml

Interesting thing is that both Mortsel Belgium (where Agfa makes their motion picture film) and Ashigara Japan (where Fuji makes their motion picture film) have a climate just like Rochester. When I visited the Agfa-Gevaert factory in 1997 for an ISO TC36 Cinematography standards meeting, I was surprised how much it seemed like Rochester. [Cool]

I'm used to the gloomy winters, and enjoy Nordic skiing here. When I grew-up on the shore of Lake Erie, ice fishing was a regular winter event. Lake-effect snow storms that drop 2 feet of snow in a few hours are not unusual, and the roads are cleared quickly. But summer and autumn in the Finger Lakes region of NY are wonderful, and so are the wineries. And we've had no recent devastating wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, or tornadoes. (But we did have quite a windstorm a few weeks ago, and over a week without electricity in the "great" Ice Storm of 1991).

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-01-2003, 02:25 PM:

What is "lake-effect"? I have never heard of this terminology. You must be a foreigner in our land. Welcome! We usually have pond-effect, puddle-effect, or sink hole-effect snow here. And the effects are fantastic! Usually they are done by Digital Domain but sometimes they are farmed out to ILM.

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 12-01-2003, 02:43 PM:

"Lake Effect":

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tg/wlakeeff/wlakeeff.htm

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20001129.html

http://students.sunysuffolk.edu/~mangs03/

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 12-01-2003, 03:50 PM:

Ah. No wonder. I don't live near those fairly large lakes.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-01-2003, 06:05 PM:

No wonder I don't live in Rochester. [beer]

(With apologies to John) [Smile]

>>> Phil

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 12-01-2003, 10:45 PM:

I'd rather put up with the inconvenience of a snowstorm than have my home and health threatened by a wildfire or wait for the inevitable "BIG ONE"! [Eek!]

Posted by Adam Fraser (Member # 1074) on 12-01-2003, 11:13 PM:

I kill time by going out to the garage. I have an old lawn tractor, a 1968 John Deere 112 that I have been tinkering with for a few years, a streetbike, and 3 chainsaws. It always keeps me busy when I'm bored. My wife and I work opposite shifts so I usually have the day to myself before I go to the theatre.

Posted by Shane Hoffmann (Member # 1620) on 12-02-2003, 12:14 AM:

Make your own popsicles and watch them freeze.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 12-02-2003, 12:30 AM:

That's a good Idea, I used to make Pickle juice popsicles

Posted by Shane Hoffmann (Member # 1620) on 12-02-2003, 12:34 AM:

pickle juice? sounds delicious. [puke]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-02-2003, 01:08 AM:

John, John, John. For someone who spends all that time surfin' the internet and providing us with all those fine links, I'm totally shocked at your naivety about where earthquakes occur. There are very few places "exempt" from them not to include the fine state of New York.

Yes, Yes, Yes. We all are quite aware of the California earthquakes and the horrendous wildfires that have always plagued all of the western US and Canada. I'm sure all of these events have been going on for umpteen centuries and will continue to do so well after both you and I have rotted in our graves.

If you are really sincerely scared of "Mother Nature" perhaps you should consider moving. Ummmm…gosh, I wish I could think of somewhere "safe" to suggest.

I guess in the end, we all (hopefully) choose where we like to live.

>>> Phil

For those that want more info on Earthquakes: Click Here

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 12-02-2003, 08:31 AM:

Thanks Phil. But if I read your seismic map correctly, any earthquake in Rochester will be fairly mild. I suspect there are some "hot" orange or red areas much nearer your home. Here is another page from your link that shows the "Highest Hazard" areas:

http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/eq/graphics/usmap.gif

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-02-2003, 12:01 PM:

Thank you so much John for your "enlightening" post and link.

Please go and re-read paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 of my above post. [beer]

>>> Phil

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 12-02-2003, 12:02 PM:

Whoo hoo! I moved from green or blue (can't quite tell) to white!!!

One good thing about Wisconsin...

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-02-2003, 05:02 PM:

I've been here in the central valley for over a year and I've yet to feel my first California quake. [Frown]

Posted by Scott D. Neff (Member # 185) on 12-03-2003, 04:33 PM:

I really wanna make some joke about shaking beds or lack thereof... but man I can't think of a good one.

Earthquakes are a snap. By the time you realize you're experiencing one... it's over.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-03-2003, 04:55 PM:

Sorta like an orgasm, Scott? [Razz]

>>> Phil

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 12-03-2003, 05:33 PM:

I felt one from the New Madrid fault when I lived in Saint Louis. People in the midwest freak out about earthquakes like Michiganders (seriously, that's what they're called) freak out about thunderstorms. I just wanna be able to call my mom and tell her, "See? I'm not dead." [Smile]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-03-2003, 07:22 PM:

For Adam: A couple from my apartment in Studio City after the 1994 "one"... I love simulator rides! [beer]

>>> Phil

Posted by John T. Hendrickson, Jr (Member # 849) on 12-03-2003, 09:14 PM:

Head for the slopes and get in a day of skiing. Use down time to catch up on reading. Nothing like a good book and a fireplace. You got to love the winter- the pace is slower.

Get caught up on all the projects you've been putting off during the nice weather.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 12-04-2003, 12:45 AM:

AH HA HA HA!

I love the 45's in the commercial heavy duty sleeves!
Somewhere there must be a little index card box with their titles & colored stickers to keep the rotation straight. And one of those old dished 4 ton Gates turntables the size of a MiniWind platter.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 08-31-2004, 05:16 PM:

So Josh, are you *STILL* bored? Especially now that college has started...

What can I help you with? Ummm, other than drugs, money, sex, and/or rock & roll?

Gosh! That sure doesn't leave much, huh? Since I'm only into one of those, I'm even bored with *myself*! [Wink]

>>> Phil

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 08-31-2004, 08:14 PM:

Well, I am not Josh but school started for me. I started my kayaking class today, it was pretty fun, I was the only one that flipped (twice). Also started my advacned open water class, but havent gotten in the water yet.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 08-31-2004, 11:59 PM:

What is this for, a degree in Drowning?

Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 09-01-2004, 09:28 AM:

Chris, are you saying that you are into "Water Sports" [evil]

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 09-01-2004, 08:56 PM:

Umm...I'm not sure what you guys are trying to get at, but they are one hour classes so it lets me fill in the gaps that I need for my degree. Plus, I have typically been afraid of water so it helps that too.

Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 09-01-2004, 09:47 PM:

take a Wine class if your school offers it. I'm taking Wine and Culture at Florida State, and it's the most interesting class I've taken to date. Well, probably b/c I get to drink wine during the class....but...

Posted by Emma Tomiak (Member # 1862) on 09-01-2004, 11:03 PM:

I've been bogged down with biology and science classes, so I decided to take Women's Self Defense this semester. [thumbsup]

So far it's been extremely interesting and a lot of fun. It's not necessary for my degree, but it helps vary my schedule and relax me a bit. Hopefully I'll never have a need to use any of the defense techniques I'm learning, but I feel good that I'll be prepared if I'm in a tough situation.

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 09-01-2004, 11:13 PM:

yeah, like the next time Jeremy Fuentes comes to town. [Eek!]

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-02-2004, 06:07 AM:

[fu]

Posted by Jason M Miller (Member # 2597) on 09-02-2004, 08:58 AM:

bored? just head over to virtual-bubblewrap