pretty hellish day today with sr. pics and all....anyway just sitting here listening to some deep trance to relax just before heading to bed...

a real way to relax...you guys should try it...

Did some white spray painting on a few vent pipes on the roof-managed not to fall through the skylights-more paint on me it seems than on the pipes! Got a case of beer, and some wine, for a deck party tonight-(check out the sun going down over the water)-pot luck food should be enough for all-if your this way, your invited too!

Stayed home due to middle year vacations.

Lucky SOB...

I thought I worked my ass off today but looking in the mirror..... damn, it's still there. <Must work harder tomorrow.>

Tried to decide which to buy:

so which one did you get?

Leaning towards the Harley...they have a special deal of $100/month on the Sportster.

Got home from work at 6am, installed a power supply in the computer i'm building, went to sleep for five hours and now i'm back at work....

overnight shifts suck

Spent all day thinking about my life. What I have and haven't done and willing to keep on living.

Darkness, see you went over the 1000 mark .... Congratulations!

Thank you. You are getting real close to 6K posts.

even though he's hitting 6k posts, and Burner is about 10k, and Bull is just a ridicules number...they all started with 1 post...

Started off easy-1/2 hour with light weights, and some stationary bike work.

starting off a fitness plan? I'd like to see your program if you don't mind- I want to start as well...

decided I'm going to throw a RAT-PACK Party....

were anyone who wants to come and bring anything they don't want anymore to just destroy....

think that it's illegal?




how's that for a slice of fried gold?

"starting off a fitness plan? I'd like to see your program if you don't mind- I want to start as well...

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Find lightest weights possible-preferably from an old Nun's home. Idea is strictly light weights for everything. A radio that will give you some music-oldies but goodies, perhaps. A small refrigerator with water and beer. Point, just going through the numbers each day, and every day. (1) if you have a stationary bike 5 minutes, easiest setting available-for first two weeks, progress to ten minutes second two weeks. If you do not have a stationary bike, but you do have mobile bike-same time but, do not stop using your legs to do coasting-a big no here. Find flat streets only-no hills or mountains yet.

In terms of free weights, start off with just the Bar and collars-no 50 pound plates yet please! Do a series of bench presses-moderate not fast or slow, about 30 reps; standing or setting militaries 30 reps, behind the neck militaries 30 reps, curls 30 reps (standing); 1/2 knee squats 10 reps-use bare bar in front of body, but preferable in back of neck.

If you can lay on the floor (with out pain) good soft padding is good for these exercises too. (1) sit at ninety degrees, and do 30 front bends-easy .... no forcing; then 30 back bends-just go to about 45% ... no straining, use the bare bar only; next with the bar on your shoulders siting on the floor do 30 side twists-do not force this, or snap into a jerking movement-very easy. Get up get, and do a drink of water-slowly.

If you have a fast bag, or a heavy bag do only 3 minutes, easy punching (on each if you have both bags)-ware some slip-on gloves for your hands, the 3 minutes are for the first two weeks, and then 2 sets of 3 minutes for the last 2 weeks.

Stay away from all scales, don't sacrifice any food that you really care for-just do it in moderation .... you already know what that is, and will attend to it at your own time.

The idea is to do this steady for every day for one month-could care less what exercise you care to start with, as long as you use light weights only, do not over do the limits noted by adding more weight, or doing more reps. Do this for one month-then we will start on phase two together. In this phase you do the identical exercises, but with added weights, not much ... about 10 pounds, doing all the workout-with perhaps a break in the 7 day schedule with an aerobic exercise-Jogging (slow) for only 12 minutes to start for a few weeks: or swimming in a pool if possible so you can count a few laps .... sideways, starting with about 10 for at least 3 sets-not fast but slow, and try and keep your profile sharp and consistent-good breathing, and no flapping about with the arms!

Another, excellent work out on your none workout days would be your road bike, or cross country machine-idea here is the amount of work that goes into getting either bike or car in shape expends energy, and indeed keeps one quite fit---especially, when upon return you clean up the bike or car again.

If you get into the sport of boxing to lose weight only, and get into shape ... really be kind to yourself-do not over do it. The idea is to do it all, but not enough to get hurt. Good idea is to hit the showers extra times as you can-keeps you clean, but water is a good body and mind relaxer, you expend energy moving about and drying off too.

Do hope some of this helps-will respond if you are interested with other measures as you go on and progress. You should keep a dated record of what you do, and when-always note your times. Good luck Df.

had a filling done by the dentist...god I hate that guy

Got back to our winning ways by winning 27-3. Bout time girls.

Way to go bullski, tell the girls "Uncle Bert" in Canader (spelling intentional) says they done real good and congratulations.

Thanks, I shall. We have our league tourney in 2 weeks, hopefully we can peak at the right time this year.

Went with a flyer to the vet ... all well. Did some set-up for new work situation in a few weeks-six week effort.

You mean you went with a bird, a paper handout or on a whim???

Went with a bird-feathered friend .... to the vet's. Bad infection, and she was picking feathers-bird gets bloody after a time of continued working the same areas. Have been treating for several months since we took her in to work with her.

Antibiotics, or shots daily, and medication under wings where bird picks. Vet indicated that bird looked visually sound, however took blood tests, and cleaned away dead tissue and feathers from under wing areas. Did this myself in the past, but wanted another blood work-up from a different vet to check current infection rate status, and a pro's views for bird's future treatment. Have re-installed a neck brace which prevent futher feather picking untill areas become healed-she was a rescue ... now she is a member of the flock.

Sorry for not being very clear, and more specfic with my wording .... second part, was geting set for working with another group of people-about 74 according to current print-out. Much of the work was done several months ago since jobs are given out at that time. Yet, number of people you will deal with becomes problematic, untill a few weeks before start, or not at all.

At times the reverse is true, someone may become sick, and like many work efforts, there is a need to fill their job/s in at the last moment. Becomes exciting-especially, the money aspect. New job is working weekends only. Nice no one there except your group. Because many working people can not do the standard week, the weekend benifits all that must work during the week, and actually provides a service for them.

Woke up!

Putting in 12 hours of OT in the ER.

Worked out some, walked, and did food for the animals. Had a few cold ones with a friend and solved most of the problems of this portion of the planet! BTW, 12 hours extra in an ER is incredible-good for you! Nice that you held up-have a cold one when possible-cheers!

up at 0630 (!! WTF??) Cut the front yard, pulled chain maintenance on bikes (650R and KLR). Went to the grocery store about 0800, bought some stuff for breakfast, then made myself a couple small egg/onion/sausage/jalapeno/salsa burritos. Pulled PMCS on the wife's Jeep, pulled the KLR motor apart- eveything looks good. Rearranged stuff in the garage in order to pull the KLR into it along with the 650R so I can hopefully finish off the 685 kit this evening. Tomorrow I'll jump on the back yard (horrors!!), side yard, and transmission replacement in the Blazer (having finally found that the materials used in the bypass filter are acceptable for POL use)

ohyeah-- watched MotoGP on CBS as well. Rossi is a fuckin' MACHINE!!

burntkat,
From the amount of work you do, no question indeed, that you certainly burn a lot of energy and calories. Any exercise, or conditioning you get into should still remain very light, and consistent .That is, until you build up these very areas you wish to work. This is more of a forever work-out that builds on time in terms of amount of weights used and number of repetitions. BTW, from the amount of work you do, not many would want to work out-except for sack time.

well if I'm honest, I don't often have such a productive day. The wife and kid are out of town and I've got a couple days off work for a change-- so I actually HAVE energy for a change.

Finished a week of labor to put up a "Ready Set" pool that advertises a 10-minute setup. I guess they never visited SLatington PA where the ground is nothing but shale and slate. Took three days just to level the damn spot.

Spent the large part of the day on the deck, relaxing. Listened to the NASCAR race and then watched the last ten laps on TV.

got majorly sun-burnt

Dug through a pile of various paint, varnish, acid, and solvent cans to find the one that was leaking - success-now dump city!

Reduce my ride search to one of the following:

Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Custom, Yamaha (Star) V-Star 1100 Custom, Honda Shadow 750.

all are great bikes. I've ridden the Shadow and the Vulcan. If it were my money, I'd go with the Vulcan. the gearbox is a lot better (better feeling of engagement- the Shadow box is a bit vague).

You can't go wrong with any of them, though.

Make SURE you get crash bars!! They add resale value and will save you money whne you drop her.

I have a V-star 1100 custom and absolutely love it.

Haven't been on a bike in 20 years. I'm torn between getting somethin manageable and getting something I won't grow out of overnight.

Vulcan 900.

Taken the MSF course yet?

I haven't had a bike in 24 years or thereabouts. I bought a 1983 Suzuki Savage 650cc one lunger. The bike was good due to low ride height, the engine sucked arse. It was the only bike (new) that I could afford that had a combination of reasonable price and low ride height. Next bike would be a Suzuki TL 1000 or a Ducati. I love the looks and sound of those bikes. Brrrrrrrrrrr....... lol.

Checked out the Yamaha today. Not a bad bike. Sits comfortable.

Haven't taken the MSF course yet but will arrange for it tomorrow or Thursday. The dealer had a 2003 V-Star 1100 Custom decked out in Silverado trim. Had 1208 miles on it and they wanted $4500.

Helped with bills today-went to bank! After, cleaned up a few areas about the house! Crew still working today and they finished one wall of room today-nice with finished paint! Roofer coming by this afternoon too.

I cut the seat down (makes it much more cozy) and it sits low and the center of gravity makes it such an easy ride. It is a great bike and with all the aftermarket, you will not outgrow it.

Plus...lookie what 4x4 can do...

I think I'd jump on that if it's in good shape.

Valuation:
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.aspx?LI=...c=MC&gtc=MC

Low retail is just shy of $4000, and high is about $5200. This is without ANY add-ons (pipes, seat, shield, crashbars, etc).

If I had a spare $4500 I'd be buying that bike right about now.

It looked clean but the color wasn't the best.

all the better. Perfect excuse to con Eric into some custom paint. Once you've had the bike for a year or so, and have gotten the inevitable drop out of the way.

(be careful, bro. Cagers really ARE out there to kill us)

Billy...how can you argue with that logic?

noticed that theforumbar.com seems to have taken a shit.

received my next movie from Netflix. "Lady Chatterly's Lover".

W00T!! softcore porn from Netflix. Classic stuff, even!

Hmm.. wonder if they have Behind the Green Door, or Debby Does Dallas...

: off to Netflix :

Did notice that the TFB was down .... now works. Moved some furniture from a second story apt., not good-much like work! Dealing with roofing contractors today-different.