A little bit of seasonal fun...
dave henderson
I'm far too modest to mention that the 'celebrity rowers' thread that I
kicked off is one of only two which have ever made four stars (OK, so
they haven't been doing it that long).
I thought: this is too banal for a such distinguished gathering as RSR,
so I came up with some alternative ways to describe the threads.
Apologies that they are rather UK-centric.
Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
Tideway: meanders all over the place.
Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
Boston Marathon: pain in the ass.
Any thoughts, additions, disagreements, flames, even?
Dave H.
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how dangerous it gets.
Richard Crawford
> Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
>
> Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
>
> Tideway: meanders all over the place.
>
> Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
>
> Boston Marathon: pain in the ass.
>
> Any thoughts, additions, disagreements, flames, even?
>
> Dave H.
Bumps: varied, but potential to cause damage???
Rich Crawford
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I'd do it again any day.
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"dave henderson" <david.hende...@aea.be.invalid> wrote in message
news:06f84faa...@usw-ex0102-016.remarq.com...
> Where I come from (RemarQ.com), NG discussions are given star ratings.
> I'm far too modest to mention that the 'celebrity rowers' thread that I
> kicked off is one of only two which have ever made four stars (OK, so
> they haven't been doing it that long).
>
> I thought: this is too banal for a such distinguished gathering as RSR,
> so I came up with some alternative ways to describe the threads.
> Apologies that they are rather UK-centric.
>
> Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
>
> Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
>
> Tideway: meanders all over the place.
>
> Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
>
>
> Any thoughts, additions, disagreements, flames, even?
>
> Dave H.
>
>
Charlie Hayes
> Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
>
> Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
>
> Tideway: meanders all over the place.
>
> Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
>
2k ergo test: You won't like this...
too similar to Boston Marathon?
- ch.
Nick Suess
dave henderson <david.hende...@aea.be.invalid> wrote in message
news:06f84faa...@usw-ex0102-016.remarq.com...
> Where I come from (RemarQ.com), NG discussions are given star ratings.
> I'm far too modest to mention that the 'celebrity rowers' thread that I
> kicked off is one of only two which have ever made four stars (OK, so
> they haven't been doing it that long).
> Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
>
> Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
>
> Tideway: meanders all over the place.
>
> Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
>
> Boston Marathon: pain in the ass.
>
> Any thoughts, additions, disagreements, flames, even?
>
> Dave H.
How about Cornish Gig races?
Jolly, bracing, traditional, with lots of beer at the end (and maybe a fair
bit beforehand, too).
And did Sully's bass fishing thread get four stars? If not, it must be
because it got five!
Koster J.A.
> (...)
>
> Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
>
> Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
>
> Tideway: meanders all over the place.
>
> Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
>
> Boston Marathon: pain in the ass.
Lonely Lake Sculler: threads that die instantaneously because nobody cares
about them. (on the lake nobody hears you scream)
500 meter sprint: short exchange that picks up speed very quickly but ends even
quicker.
Crab: totally 'off' remark
Cologne '99: Posts with 'hidden' commercial purposes
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dave henderson
remind me of the Irwell at Agecroft or the Tyne at Scotswood - both of
which have been my home reach at different times.
Get in over your head and your stomach'll need pumping.
Dave H
dave henderson
<suc...@networx.net.au> wrote:
> And did Sully's bass fishing thread get four stars? If not, it
> must be because it got five!
Sorry, Nick. The other 4-star chat was (wait for it) Peter Williams'
'how does one prevent blisters?'
Bass fishing only scored three, in such illustrious company as your
very own 'Test'. This thread's still bumping along on a meagre two.
Don't ask me; I just count the damn things, not award them.
Rachel Q
How about:
"Competitive Steady State": when certain commercially-involved posters
start off being v. civilised and keeping
to the prescribed rate (of posts), but it
soon turns into all-out war to see who can
mention their company the most times....
<smiley>not of course that I'm talking about Bil, Alex, Carl or any
others.... Have a great C. & N.Y, guys love RQ.</smiley>
Carl Douglas
>There are some NG threads (though I haven't seen any in RSR) which
>remind me of the Irwell at Agecroft or the Tyne at Scotswood - both of
>which have been my home reach at different times.
>
>Get in over your head and your stomach'll need pumping.
>
>Dave H
Ahhhh! The fragrant Irwell flowing softly towards sunny Salford (UK).
Also known, in its heyday when I rowed there (its heyday, not mine!),
for its firm epidermis, flocculated lumps of recycling sewage & the
occasional dead sheep. Now that was the sort of water where a clean
catch was essential - fail to slice neatly through the river's skin &
you'd miss your entire stroke.
Cheers -
Carl
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"The Seat Race" - everbody goes all out for six minutes, then takes a four
minute break to vomit (or dry heave), then you change the topic slightly,
and do it again.
- Bruce T - if you don't puke, you didn't go "all out"
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Koster J.A.
self-reference for you, Hofstadter freaks eat your heart out!).
I'd say 'Caterpillar rowing thread: Each puts his/her own in individually, and
eventually everyone catches on... Never amounts to much speed though.'
Michael Sullivan
>
> dave henderson wrote:
>
> > (...)
> >
> > Multi-lane: straight & to the point, but dull.
> >
> > Henley: nice to observe, elegant, but baffling to casual onlookers.
> >
> > Tideway: meanders all over the place.
> >
> > Docklands: you call this rowing? (erg-related threads).
> >
> > Boston Marathon: pain in the ass.
>
> Lonely Lake Sculler: threads that die instantaneously because nobody cares
> about them. (on the lake nobody hears you scream)
>
> 500 meter sprint: short exchange that picks up speed very quickly but ends even
> quicker.
>
> Crab: totally 'off' remark
Mike and Ike are having a great discussion on lightweight
weight management, but Eddie chimes in by suggesting
banashing lightweight rowing. It disrupts the topic at
hand. Eddie caught a crab.
Crab would be a contribution to the thread that derails the
thread. It could be a minor crab where the discussion
continues, or a full overhead that stops the thread dead
in it's tracks.
Washout: adds nothing to thread content.
Power 10 or a flutter: 'Juices up' thread content, stimulates
more discussion.
Last 500: you can tell everything's been said, time to
wrap it or resort to insults.
>
> Cologne '99: Posts with 'hidden' commercial purposes
More thread labels for RSR:
Erg workout: Any thread started and continued with erg content, no
fun, not REALLY rowing, but close enough. We've certainly run
'the gamut' on these. (points for you if you go AAHHHHHHHH!!)
Training Session: 'Where to row in bay area' 'Are Worlds on TV?'
'Trailer to Timbuctu' 'ISO' and dealing with infrequent trolls.
Stotesbury: Anything high school related.
Harvard/Yale: Americentric collegiate type post, 'NCAA and Women's Crew'
'Cal cheats' 'Results' that rest of world could give a piss but
very
important and emotional for participants.
IRA: A recurring thread that once was very hot, has dwindled in
prestige over the years and doesn't always garner total
participation. Sometimes shows spark. 'heavys vs lights'
'how to fix US Rowing'
Mike
David Naylor
Carl Douglas wrote in message ...
>
>snip.
>Ahhhh! The fragrant Irwell flowing softly towards sunny Salford (UK).
>
>Also known, in its heyday when I rowed there (its heyday, not mine!),
>for its firm epidermis, flocculated lumps of recycling sewage & the
>occasional dead sheep. Now that was the sort of water where a clean
>catch was essential - fail to slice neatly through the river's skin &
>you'd miss your entire stroke.
>
>Cheers -
>Carl
>
When I rowed at Salford Univ. we came across a dead body floating down the
river one morning. I understand they found another one a few years later.
Then there were the burnt out cars, the locals throwing bricks or firing air
rifles.....
MElsen
(see P. Williams)
Nick Suess
>
> Also known, in its heyday when I rowed there (its heyday, not mine!),
> for its firm epidermis, flocculated lumps of recycling sewage & the
> occasional dead sheep. Now that was the sort of water where a clean
> catch was essential - fail to slice neatly through the river's skin &
> you'd miss your entire stroke.
>
> Cheers -
So glad you mentioned Salford, Carl, and very timely too, as tomorrow
(Christmas Eve) the season's highlight for all of us on RSR will be the
grand celebrations to mark the 181st anniversary of the birth of Salford's
most famous son, James Prescott Joule. Now, had Carl or I been born to a
father who owned a brewery, our professional ambitions might never have
risen above becoming the company's quality manager, entrusted with
rigorously sampling every single cask and hogshead that leaves the premises.
But not so with young James. He eschewed such temptations to pursue the path
of science, and his famous experiment on accurately calibrating the work
required to rotate a paddle wheel inside a cylindrical container of water
lives on today in that device that all RSR folk know and love, the
WaterRower!
Joule has of course been immortalised by his name being given to a unit of
energy. The more mature-aged scientists and engineers amongst us will be
aware that the Joule superseded an earlier unit of energy called the erg,
which was named after an Irish scientist called Peter Williams. None of you
will therefore be surprised to learn that the erg was a small and
insignificant unit, and one Joule is in fact precisely equal to ten million
ergs. I think that we can thus scientifically deduce from this that the
WaterRower, being personally designed by Joule, is worth 10 million of any
other type of erg. QED!
Nick Butcher
Excellent Nick. Is it your opinion that the computer on the WaterRower
gives a more accurate report of work done than its nearest rival? I seem
to have to put in a lot more effort on the WaterRower to cover the same
'distance'. Having said that, the experience is a lot more pleasurable
and I always feel more relaxed afterwards. I feel like I've just watched
a Bruce Lee film when I step off the other brand.
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Nick
Rachel Q
[snipt bitz]
>
>Power 10 or a flutter: 'Juices up' thread content, stimulates
> more discussion.
So how about:
"Magic Call" a Sully posting which hits exactly the right button to get
the thread blasting along....
Happy Xmas all,
RQ.
feersum_drd_not
mirror flat water - (thinking back to the fleeting and nirvana-ish "perfect
swing")
a pleasant thread of decent content.
- Bruce T
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"Nick Suess" <suc...@networx.net.au> mentioned:
Salford's most famous son, James Prescott Joule.
Salford's most famous son? With a rowing connection?
Got to be ol' L.S. Lowry, whose painting 'Agecroft Regatta' inspired an
entire movement (a.k.a. 'The Dutch School') centred around little
rowing stick-men.
Dave H.
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