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GG Crew XVI - Day 1

Jul 12, 2006 06:40

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daundelyon July 12 2006, 14:33:59 UTC

*grumbles* It's raining buckets here and there were tornados last night. *is jealous of sunny weather* Oh well, have fun in the canoes! ^_^

joemorf July 12 2006, 18:33:11 UTC

Actually... we could do with a good thunderstorm out here, just stay off the roads when it happens.

~j

gatcat July 12 2006, 16:52:54 UTC

Hey, you could always get in touch with Animal Instinct's old steerer!

And then place your bets on your closest contender.

joemorf July 12 2006, 18:32:10 UTC

I've heard that tale before... but it's worth a pitcher or two of porter to hear it again - when are you blowing through town?

~j

gatcat July 12 2006, 18:36:05 UTC

Looking like Thursday, but no promises...we'll probably be leaning more Pasadenaish. Let me know if you're up for it!

towering_tart July 12 2006, 17:11:23 UTC

Haaaaaaaaaahahahahahahaha!
Threshing accident. Only you. Hope you didn't lose anything important.
Hey, you don't still have the Boy Scout uniform, do you?
*giggles at the mental image*

joemorf July 12 2006, 18:30:57 UTC

As a matter of fact, I found my old scout uniform just the other day as I was going through boxes in anticipation of an impending move.

My nephew ought to be able to fit into it about the time he grows out of my lederhosen.

~j

towering_tart July 12 2006, 18:39:29 UTC

Impending move? Oh God, you're not going to Ohio to permanently geek out, are you?
So, canoe monkey, since it's my birthday, how about saving a paddle for me?

grey_m0user July 12 2006, 22:06:38 UTC

I did it once, steering for the Parade Girl's team one year. I had had experience in Hawaii with Outrigger canoes off of Waikiki from High School, but those D-land canoes are a whole different story. To blatantly rip off Ford Prefect, "looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow..." Well, not quite. More like "looks like it might float, moves kinda, steers like a dump truck." We managed to win the Sprints that year. Pink Fluffy Bunnies II, with GG at the helm, and me just in front of him to provide secondary steerage (paddling on a particular side, independant of the rest of the crew,) got another silver that year, I believe (actually, it was a 2nd-place paddle that year.)

GG can really steer those things. It's no mean feat to get them to go in a straight line, never mind cut those corners the way you need to and still keep forward progress...

gg_crew July 16 2006, 04:07:57 UTC

And I'm back!

Took a nice vacation to the state of California. Pictures will be posted sometime in the next week.