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woo hoo > Duveyoung wrote: > > I never roller bladed, but I sure see them using the same actions. > > Skiers tell me that they trikke in the summer and never have a single > sore muscle when they hit the slopes -- same kinda core motions etc. > > That balance360 looks like it'll do the trick, but is it fun after one > has mastered the thing? > > Historically, I have very poor balancing skills -- however, the Trikke > just will not take "no ability" for an answer and forces you to get in > the groove with it, and my balancing skills have come up considerably. > > But, geeze, I don't know if I want you to trikke though, cuz then > you'll counter-argue all the spiritual things I say about trikking and > reduce them to mundane inanities. "There's no need for a Great Carver > In The Sky, Edg." > > I'm trying to get the gumption to come at you naysayers in that > atheist thread you've been having such a grand time grinding, but wow, > I just don't have much taste for frustration these days. > > But, so, hmmmm, if you do buy a Trikke, I guess I'll have to come over > there and rock your worlds and make true believers outta you guys to > prevent trikking from being, you know, Shempified. > > Hee hee. > > Edg > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > "Now here's a concept: no one here has yet to get a Trikke, and though > > I've waxed as eloquent as possible about the thrills of the > > experience, my words have not "gotten to" "whatever needs getting to" > > in order for a purchase to have happened." > > > > I came close to getting one about two years ago. They look like a lot > > of fun. I am an avid roller blader, so I just never pulled the > > trigger since is seems kind of close. Did you roller blade before you > > got one? How do they compare if you did? I've been eyeballing the > > one with the biggest tires for a while. I can relate to the joy you > > find in balance challenging exercise though. Here is a mindblowing > > balance challenge for you: > > http://www.balance360.com/ These boards are amazing! > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=nLGNNX9ZqDE > > > > > > Is it trollish that I post this here? Probably, but I love the smell > > > of Shemp cookin' on the barbie. > > > > > > On another level, it's not spamming on my part, cuz I'm completely > > > able to defend trikking as a spiritual experience. > > > > > > Now here's a concept: no one here has yet to get a Trikke, and though > > > I've waxed as eloquent as possible about the thrills of the > > > experience, my words have not "gotten to" "whatever needs getting to" > > > in order for a purchase to have happened. > > > > > > This to me is the power of words in general -- almost zilch -- people > > > bring their minds to the words with a wide degree of freedom to > > > interpret them, and it seems as if a writer is never speaking except > > > to him/herself. And even then, days later, the writer too might > > > change the meaning of the words without changing the words themselves. > > > > > > Is this not the hard fact of life for all who would "move others?" I > > > have never had a clear and evident example of my persuading others -- > > > even in my most successful Merv era, I knew that folks were starting > > > TM cuz of "something else" and not my intro lecture. > > > > > > All this is common knowledge to all here who have tried so mightily to > > > score a point -- yet all I see is hardening of the hearteries. No one > > > posting here is very "changeable" it seems, yet all write as if change > > > is one of the deepest dynamics of our lives. > > > > > > What changes us? I think Judy is correct, the changes are made deeply > > > inside and only later does the intellect etc. "get into the act" and > > > pretend to validate a POV. > > > > > > So, then, ARE we influencing each other in these subtle realms but > > > none of us can see it clearly? > > > > > > Anyone want to believe this one? > > > > > > Maybe the only real value of FFL is that one can bring any POV here > > > and have it torn to shreds by the most vile set of trolls on the Web > > > -- and who isn't for such a stripping of absolutes from one's > relative? > > > > > > And it just drives me kookoo to agree with one person one day and hate > > > their ideas the next. Right now, I'm, like, standing up on my chair > > > and applauding whenever Judy rips Pred a new one. Sigh. And, now > > > watch, she'll write that in no way is she ripping anything -- just > > > clarifying is all. Hee hee. > > > > > > Yet, I get up each morning, and I read about a hundred posts here, and > > > something always gets me typing. > > > > > > Must be Mad Tao Disease. > > > > > > Edg > > > > > >