Losing weight, except for arms?

"Curt" <curtjames DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
> [...]
>
>> So, which grandparent would have given you
>> your 'modesty'?
>
> Ha! ;o)
>
> Why that'd be my grandmother on my mother's side, of course. She had a
> delightful sense of humor but was certainly not one to chase attention.
> In fact, she considered that type as "big feelish." If my brother and I
> were being too loud she'd chastise us with a stern, "Act right." To
> which we invariably replied, "To be or not to be..."
>
> She loved that. Okay, maybe not so much.
>
> Rest in peace, Grandma.

Nice to have memories like that.

>
> --
> Curt
>
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"Shute" <Shute DeleteThis @nowhere.com> schreef:

>>Seriously, I thought I saw something somewhere that the average male
>>height was 5'6" (which would put ol' Will above the average), but
>>Google shows that number all over the place:

> I think it is more like 5' 8"

You YanKees are a bunch of midgets.

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Pete
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"Pete" <phoutstra RemoveThis @wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> "Shute" <Shute RemoveThis @nowhere.com> schreef:
>
>>>Seriously, I thought I saw something somewhere that the average male
>>>height was 5'6" (which would put ol' Will above the average), but
>>>Google shows that number all over the place:
>
>> I think it is more like 5' 8"
>
> You YanKees are a bunch of midgets.
>
> ----
> Pete
We are importing Mexicans to make us feel taller.
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"ATP*" <waxwingslain.RemoveThis@azurepane.com> schreef:

>>> I think it is more like 5' 8"

>> You YanKees are a bunch of midgets.

> We are importing Mexicans to make us feel taller.

I can send 500.000 Morrocons if it makes you feel better. Taller, i mean...

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Pete
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"Pete" <phoutstra.RemoveThis@wanadoo.nl> wrote
> "ATP*" <waxwingslain.RemoveThis@azurepane.com> schreef:
>
>>>> I think it is more like 5' 8"
>
>>> You YanKees are a bunch of midgets.
>
>> We are importing Mexicans to make us feel taller.
>
> I can send 500.000 Morrocons if it makes you feel better. Taller, i
> mean...

That's OK. You keep your immigrants and we'll keep ours.

Our Mexicans actually want to work, and aren't trying to destroy Western
civilization.

David
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On 26 Nov 2006 15:02:32 -0800, "Curt" <curtjames.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:

>Shute wrote:
>> "Pete" wrote:
>[...]
>
>> >You YanKees are a bunch of midgets.
>>
>> True. But we make up for it by having big bellies.
>
>Shute, be creative. It's not a big belly but an "exercise ball" for
>hotties to do their "benching" on, got it? ;o)
>
Or a Kettle Bell-y

(at least in one case)
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"David Cohen" <sammiesdad.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Pete" <phoutstra.RemoveThis@wanadoo.nl> wrote
>> "ATP*" <waxwingslain.RemoveThis@azurepane.com> schreef:
>>
>>>>> I think it is more like 5' 8"
>>
>>>> You YanKees are a bunch of midgets.
>>
>>> We are importing Mexicans to make us feel taller.
>>
>> I can send 500.000 Morrocons if it makes you feel better. Taller, i
>> mean...
>
> That's OK. You keep your immigrants and we'll keep ours.
>
> Our Mexicans actually want to work, and aren't trying to destroy Western
> civilization.
>
> David
That may well be true. But they *are* short, right?
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:06:27 -0600, Hobbes <khobman800 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

>In article <4sje1cFvohedU1 DeleteThis @mid.individual.net>,
> "Bully" <bully1 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
>
>> Pete wrote:
>> > "Bully" <bully1 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> schreef:
>> >
>> >>> Running is different than skating. The arms dont help.
>> >>> In fact, the best skaters keep their arms completely motionless.
>> >
>> >> http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=SS
>> >> Look at those idiots with their arms all over the place eh?
>> >
>> > No.
>> >
>> > They use the arms during the start and the curves, to maintain
>> > balance.
>> > NOT because it will accelerate them. So upper body strength is
>> > useless for a speed skater, and weight gains in the upper body causes
>> > problems.
>> > The Russians used AS in the late eighties, and some of them were
>> > getting so heavy they couldnt stay inside the curves.
>> >
>> > I have been watching this sport for more than 2 decades.
>> >
>> > ----
>> > Pete
>>
>> I think we should ask Lyle!!!
>
>They don't do much for the upper body.
>
>Also, with the new clap-skates and virtually all ice being artificial
>strength isn't as much an issue as it used to be. Technqiue roolz.
>
>I get out to the oval in Calgary once in a while - even witnessed a
>dutch world record there a year or so back when Lyle was skating there.

Lyle set a Dutch world record?

And, in Calgary?
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:47:02 +0100, "Pete" <phoutstra.TakeThisOut@wanadoo.nl> wrote:

>"Andrzej Rosa" <bakters.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> schreef:
>
>>> And they have some weird exercises for that. Seems to work the adductors.
>>> Which can be easily seen.
>
>> I'm interested in seeing adductors of a female dutch speed skater.
>
>To be honest, the Asians and Germans are a bit better developed.

Or, so they thought in 1940.
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:31:07 +0000 (UTC), Andrzej Rosa <bakters DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

>Dnia 2006-11-22 Bully napisa³(a):
>> Hobbes wrote:
>>> In article <45648815$0$89131$dbd49001@news.wanadoo.nl>,
>>> "Pete" <phoutstra DeleteThis @wanadoo.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Bully" <bully1 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> schreef:
>>>>
>>>>>> Just visualize this;
>>>>
>>>>>> A cyclist goes about 60 kilometers/hour. His arms dont move.
>>>>
>>>>> Apples <> oranges.
>>>>
>>>> The motion of a cyclist is closer to a skater than a rummer. I am
>>>> sure of that.
>>>
>>> Yup. Been proven. Skating is weird in that you actually push to the
>>> side to impart force.
>>
>> Cyclists push to the side ???
>>
>>
>>> Like sailing, it is counter-intuitive, but you
>>> can go faster pushing sideways.
>>
>> No, you can generate more force that way. You go faster in a straight line!
>
>Bully, you are arguing with a Canadian and a Dutch about skating.
>Dutch invented speed skating, for that matter.

And in WOODEN SKATES!
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:31:16 -0600, Hobbes <khobman800.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

>In article <ek26r8$ipm$1@inews.gazeta.pl>,
> Andrzej Rosa <bakters.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Dnia 2006-11-22 Bully napisa³(a):
>> > Andrzej Rosa wrote:
>> >> Dnia 2006-11-22 Bully napisa³(a):
>> >>>
>> >>>> Like sailing, it is counter-intuitive, but you
>> >>>> can go faster pushing sideways.
>> >>>
>> >>> No, you can generate more force that way. You go faster in a
>> >>> straight line!
>> >>
>> >> Bully, you are arguing with a Canadian and a Dutch about skating.
>> >> Dutch invented speed skating, for that matter. Is it possible that
>> >> they know how to speed skate?
>> >
>> > All I'm disputing is whether the arms [are used to] generate momentum. Pete
>> > says NO, I say YES !!!
>>
>> No, you said that in running, where they are indisputably used, they
>> generate 10% of the force. It must be less than that for speed skating
>> due to lower speed of limb movement.
>>
>> If they were doing 100m sprints on skates, arms would be important.
>> Probably in hockey they are important.
>
>For shooting and punching...

Or, in the case of the Flames and Oilers, for clutching and grabbing.
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In article <jd9pm21nednjhapa82uhtmbn37o8ra67i3 DeleteThis @4ax.com>,
Lucas Buck <sbcpark DeleteThis @earthlink.NOSPAM.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:06:27 -0600, Hobbes <khobman800 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >In article <4sje1cFvohedU1 DeleteThis @mid.individual.net>,
> > "Bully" <bully1 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> wrote:
> >
> >> Pete wrote:
> >> > "Bully" <bully1 DeleteThis @proteinbars.co.ok> schreef:
> >> >
> >> >>> Running is different than skating. The arms dont help.
> >> >>> In fact, the best skaters keep their arms completely motionless.
> >> >
> >> >> http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=S
> >> >> S
> >> >> Look at those idiots with their arms all over the place eh?
> >> >
> >> > No.
> >> >
> >> > They use the arms during the start and the curves, to maintain
> >> > balance.
> >> > NOT because it will accelerate them. So upper body strength is
> >> > useless for a speed skater, and weight gains in the upper body causes
> >> > problems.
> >> > The Russians used AS in the late eighties, and some of them were
> >> > getting so heavy they couldnt stay inside the curves.
> >> >
> >> > I have been watching this sport for more than 2 decades.
> >> >
> >> > ----
> >> > Pete
> >>
> >> I think we should ask Lyle!!!
> >
> >They don't do much for the upper body.
> >
> >Also, with the new clap-skates and virtually all ice being artificial
> >strength isn't as much an issue as it used to be. Technqiue roolz.
> >
> >I get out to the oval in Calgary once in a while - even witnessed a
> >dutch world record there a year or so back when Lyle was skating there.
>
> Lyle set a Dutch world record?
>
> And, in Calgary?
>

dayum.

Okay. While in calgary to watch Lyle skate I witnessed a dutch skater
set a world record.

English is really my third language. I started with baby babble and then
spoke Canuck, so I should be excused for the gaffe.

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Keith
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