>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Wistow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Simon> On a similar note ... I used to ski (and hated snowboarders for getting Simon> in the way) but switched to snowboarding when there was some particulalr Simon> good poweder one easter and never looked back. Something about doing a Simon> long right arc and dragging your fingers along the snow .... Ditto. Former 30-day/year skiier, now snowboarder. Other plus: walking around the lodge in board boots is much more fun than walking around the lodge in mini-casts^Wskiboots. My knees are blown out from all that twisting during skating and skiing.... snowboarding doesn't try to twist my knees, which is one motion I no longer can "muscle" against and yet will basically put me in some serious injury. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!