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Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:42 am	Post subject: Zerabira wrote: I swam the English Channel between England and France when I was 14 - took 6 months of intensive training to get used to the temperatures and currents. I would take 6 months of intensive swimming to make the distance! (...I wonder if the currents would perhaps float my bloated cadava to the other side... or would I just be "swimming" forever? )


iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:20 am	Post subject: Scolls wrote: I would take 6 months of intensive swimming to make the distance! (...I wonder if the currents would perhaps float my bloated cadava to the other side... or would I just be "swimming" forever? ) The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of the channel, being only 34 km (21 mi) from Dover to Cap Gris Nez, and is located at the eastern end of the English Channel, where it meets the North Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel There is some distance ...

Scolls Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:46 am	Post subject: In other words, it's longer than 50 metres then!

asiaexpat Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:49 am	Post subject: I got my golf handicap down to 13 from 18 in the space of 1 month--have also lost 25 pounds

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:31 pm	Post subject: Is that just recently, asiaexpat...? Congrats... Aaron

asiaexpat Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:01 am	Post subject: the handicap in 1 month--the weight took me about 4 months to lose--i have leveled off now

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:05 am	Post subject: Well, congrats to you... I suppose the two go hand-in-hand to some extent. Aaron

Quietmouse Joined: 27 Aug 2006 Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:58 pm	Post subject: Good for you. Awesome JOB

asiaexpat Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:14 am	Post subject: altyfc wrote: Well, congrats to you... I suppose the two go hand-in-hand to some extent. Aaron the golf handicap came down cause I got a membership package so have been playing once a week compared to once a month. I was hitting 400-500 practice balls per week but my game was stagnant cuase its different when you get out there and really play.

cpvr Joined: 11 Aug 2007 Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:01 pm	Post subject: Well, last summer, I started exercising over 3 hours at 24 hour Fitness. I did cardio for an hour, then I lifted weights, and played basketball. I dropped about 60 pounds in 3 months.

Wekky Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:52 am	Post subject: Rizzo wrote: I went from 120 kilos to 86 kilos in a year, that's pretty damn good going i'd call that an achievement too, haha. cool cool well, i've almost always had the first/second best time in 100m run's in elementary and high-school (in my class that is ), other than that... nah, not much

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Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 5:42 am

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Zerabira wrote:

I swam the English Channel between England and France when I was 14 - took 6 months of intensive training to get used to the temperatures and currents.

I would take 6 months of intensive swimming to make the distance! Laughing

(...I wonder if the currents would perhaps float my bloated cadava to the other side... or would I just be "swimming" forever? Confused

)

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:20 am

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Scolls wrote:

I would take 6 months of intensive swimming to make the distance! Laughing

(...I wonder if the currents would perhaps float my bloated cadava to the other side... or would I just be "swimming" forever? Confused

)

The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of the channel, being only 34 km (21 mi) from Dover to Cap Gris Nez, and is located at the eastern end of the English Channel, where it meets the North Sea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Channel

There is some distance ...

Scolls

Joined: 05 Aug 2005

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:46 am

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In other words, it's longer than 50 metres then! Wink Laughing

asiaexpat

Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:49 am

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I got my golf handicap down to 13 from 18 in the space of 1 month--have also lost 25 pounds

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:31 pm

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Is that just recently, asiaexpat...? Congrats...

Aaron

asiaexpat

Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:01 am

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the handicap in 1 month--the weight took me about 4 months to lose--i have leveled off now Very Happy

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:05 am

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Well, congrats to you... I suppose the two go hand-in-hand to some extent.

Aaron

Quietmouse

Joined: 27 Aug 2006

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:58 pm

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Good for you. Awesome JOB

asiaexpat

Joined: 24 Jun 2005

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:14 am

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altyfc wrote:

Well, congrats to you... I suppose the two go hand-in-hand to some extent.

Aaron

the golf handicap came down cause I got a membership package so have been playing once a week compared to once a month.

I was hitting 400-500 practice balls per week but my game was stagnant cuase its different when you get out there and really play.

cpvr

Joined: 11 Aug 2007

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:01 pm

Post subject:

Well, last summer, I started exercising over 3 hours at 24 hour Fitness. I did cardio for an hour, then I lifted weights, and played basketball. I dropped about 60 pounds in 3 months.

Wekky

Joined: 13 Aug 2007

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:52 am

Post subject:

Rizzo wrote:

I went from 120 kilos to 86 kilos in a year, that's pretty damn good going Smile

i'd call that an achievement too, haha. cool cool

well, i've almost always had the first/second best time in 100m run's in elementary and high-school (in my class that is Razz

), other than that... nah, not much

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