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Wow, what a great pic! Secretly, that is my intention....hmmm...maybe just 20feet in the air though. I was out with my kite last Sunday, learning to fly it. Wind was gusty and I had some magical 4feet jumps. I chickened out of going higher, as it was the first time i've got the kite airborne...yaay...:lol: Is that you in the clouds bordy?

Thanks for another recipe Michelle. I've never thought of using bulgur wheat in a lentil loaf..hmmm..sounds grand and no doubt will add an edge to the texture :) "boys are silly"....Hahaha.. OhD, when ever I type in your handle, it comes up as PhD which I think is more suited to you. A very detailed, logical, scientific and interesting reply you made to my disastrous chocolate loaf:biggthump I will need to read it about 4 times to begin to understand what you said:confused: once I've absorbed things a bit I shall revert. Must admit I do like a bit of detail in an answer, along with alternatives uses:D It came out like one of those natural sponges, now come to think of it, I could have used out as a multi joss-stick burner:p Sun surfer, perhaps you have some tips on ripening avocados? I had one for 3 Weeks, it's still like a rock. I've taken it to work, journeys in my car..it still won't ripen?:rolleyes:

Yes post traumatic stress syndrome caused by ohd and his onesie onslaught. I've been in therapy for 3 months. I thought I was over it and went shopping, one day to see the world had moved on and onesies were being sold everywhere. They're even having a onesie day on the slopes in Scotland.I can't bear it anymore and I feel there's a conspiracy to drive me insane.:smashfreak: My other half, who is as sharp as a razor, thinks that I haven't been in therapy but that i've been looking for a new love. He's checked my emails and telepathically told me, that on Ebay I put in a bid for an f2 silberpfeil. I couldn't deny it and said, telepathically, it is true that he will be hung on the wall whilst I elope on the slope with my new beau. Yes my psychiatrist said I also had shiny new snowboard syndrome:biggthump

Michelle are you going to post an Easter treat:biggthump OhD, I tried the chocolate rye bread in a 'Dutch oven'....what a complete disaster..Hahaha...what went wrong?...flours of mass destruction...the result was a dangerous weapon...nearly took the bottom of my bin out Must admit I didn't know what a Dutch oven was, so I 'start paged' it (eq. to googling but with added extras), and thought my electric slow cooker would do ...logic went askew somehow...a bit like the loaf:smashfrea

Hi Michelle I'm no iPod guru http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1320 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1287626?start=0&tstart=0 YouTube links http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ipod+stuck+do+not+disconnect&hl=en&client=ms-android-h3g-gb&source=android-browser-type&v=133247963&source=univ&tbm=vid&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=-g5KUY6zBImk0QWRjYHwDw&ved=0CEYQqwQ&biw=480&bih=295 Yes, sorry Michelle, after I suggested battery removal, I thought maybe it's a device that won't let you do that.

Female skier says, "sorry wasn't watching where I was going, as I was watching my son":eek: after she realised I had taken evasive action to avoid a collision, where she was approaching from behind. At the approaching moment I happen to door my exorcist impression fortunately:biggthump What famous philosopher ;) said, "life is like a box of chocolates.you never know what you're going to get next".....and...."stupid is as stupid does".:p

Please don't think i'm a 'know it all' but I can see full names and DOBs on some of the pics posted, even going back almost to the beginning of posts:eek: You all seem like such a nice bunch on here, would hate to think someone may take advantage:(

Today, a liftie who snowboards said, whilst looking at my board, "thought about trying one of those but I know I couldn't hack-it" Made me feel better that i'm sticking with it:biggthump

slight tangent...anyone remember that brilliant song by the Cranberries called Zombie?

A kid about 8 yo, thought my board was a great stopper for his skis, whilst moving forward in the queue. His father was with him. After about the 5th bash into my board, I turned to the child and said in a firm tone, "my board is not here for you to keep bashing into, to stop. So please stop doing it." Then I looked at his father, waiting for a challenge, to which there was none, and the kid stopped doing Bad manners, and rudeness I cannot abide.

I have really improved on my hardboots all of a sudden! The past two weekends I have been on them....I usually do half a day, chicken-out, think conditions won't suit etc..i just seem to have adapted:D On my first black run in hard boots -today, conditions were: mogully, choppy, spring conditions...I put so many tips together, even some that I'd forgotten, like reaching with back hand to front boot cuff and vice versa..I was actually carving through the chop while other snowboarders were doing their usual..who can go the fastest and skidding on most edge changes to get their way down. I know exactly how I don't want to look by watching them:eek: Up until recently, I have always been a nervous wreck in hard boots, dreading putting them on but knowing I must. I am also getting used to the feel a railed carve (by accident on my part) but i'm not panicking and crashing out of them. I've also managed to leave a few 'one liners' in the wake of my board. My toe-edge weakness has improved a lot. I have confidence to go off-piste, spent half of my runs going off-piste. Perhaps you can tell I've had a brilliant time on my hard boots:biggthump So much more to improve on and look forward to. Thanks to all who posted tips:) PS I meant to say, that I turn by doing EC/Swiss rotational style (i try my best), and carving up hill on the black run was my saviour, cutting the speed and allowing me time to get low before turn and twist my head and upper body to help the turn. I also used the ' push' part of the push-pull technique to control speed, therefore not skidding. it just works so well for me.

In the lift-line(my first black run in hard-boots), skier says to me looking at the snowboard,"good to see hard boots". we had a pleasant chat on the subject.:) Top of the black run, another skier says to me, "I see you're going to carve". He saw the surprise in my face and said, "i'm also a snowboarder and I carve and I use the old fashioned 'clicker' bindings". Again another pleasant chat on the subject.:) At bottom of another run, liftie stares at my board and says, "that's different". I got yanked away by the poma before I could answer. :p

I have recently been wearing black jacket and white...perhaps i'm only half visible? Admittedly, I would have had straight liners go into me on several occasions last week end if I wasn't able to twist my neck so far round on heel edge. However, I don't think that was a visibility issue on my clothing colour but I think it could be on a misty day...hmmm..got me worrying now...:o

I was on my hard boots for a change... Yesterday, at top of run, a snowboarder comes up to me and says, "I saw you earlier come down this run and you looked really stylish.":confused: Gosh, I must be improving somewhat:rolleyes: Today, at the bottom of the run, a snowboarder comes over to me and said, " what kind of board is that?". So I told him plus I said I was trying to control my speed. He replied, "you looked like were having fun. I want a board like that to go fast on". So I explained a few things of where he could get a board boots etc from my limited knowledge.:D As an aside, my thighs were burning like hell this afternoon, as I have spent 2 days really trying to get low on the board.:)

Me in my softies, overheard a kid say to his mate "what is THAT?", as he was looking at the guy in hardboots, holding his board.. Made me smile:D

I can't contribute tips, as i'm learning..my biggest issue has been toe-side woes.However, after reading this thread a few days ago..it took me hours as I had to picture this all in reverse..my heel to toe-side started to come together last Saturday. Strange how I'd been trying for Weeks, then things suddenly happen. I'm not properly carving but i'm getting on the toe-edge quicker and more naturally..it's a start. So thanks to those that keep posting advice:1luvu:

OhD said..."(based entirely on at least thirdhand information) "... brings a new meaning to. .`third hand'....Hahaha:rolleyes: I could tell you a story about a woman with a third hand but it's nothing to do with swinging...as her third hand was on the end of a stick.....she was weird but it's a long story for a non-snowy time of year when people maybe a little bored... Not sure if i'm any the wiser from your explanation..I much prefer things to be simple.. too much for me to comprehend;)

What exactly do you understand OhD? Pray tell:biggthump

Before I'd set foot on a snowboard..people would ask, "what kind of snowboarding do you want to do?" I didn't know what it was called but I'd reply, "you know the 007 type stuff, where you're being chased by the bad guys with machines guns down a mountain that's got an avalanche on at the same time." Well my dream could come true yet:rolleyes:

What an interesting article as well as the comments. It seems ridiculous to such an extent that i'm wondering if this is a small part of a larger 'social programming' agenda. The kind of stuff to get people used to being watched, therefore, controlled. This being part of bringing in a police state culture. A drip feed effect, then one day people wake up and find their individual freedom has been eroded. I see this happening a lot these days and it is not just Canada. However, in Scotland we see police present at the ski centres but they're pretty relaxed friendly, they're not on the slopes in the way that this article describes. They are there more for mountain rescue, unexpected incident situation I understand the comments pros and cons but at a higher level this goes against common sense, thus I automatically become suspicious. A very interesting article indeed PS I can't get my smiley faces to work today?

better mind I don't offend some of the members here...Hahaha

Hmmm....interesting...personally I would rather learn about nuclear physics...recite a telephone directory...or watch the tumble dryer....yuk! ...handy to know when and where to avoid!:D As they say each to their own:rolleyes:

A couple years ago i'm driving up a 2 lane 60mph road in Scotland. the road was quiet, nothing behind or in front, could see for a long stretch...then along comes a guy on a motor bike doing a wheelie over-taking me at about 65mph:D I couldn't help but whoop and cheer out the window, once I caught up...so he done another one:biggthump Yes you can call me irresponsible..it really was amazing to see so close up..:rolleyes: A similar story, one summer day, i'm driving along an up-and-down, slightly scary road by Left ski centre...in the opposite direction, over the brow of the hill, coming towards me, is about 8 super-fast cars...I was mesmerised watching them blur past and the sound of the engines' roar was amazing ... ..I find moments like these are treasured:eplus2: