Very good, very funny, Conrad!! And BTW, my floor pump gives me a good workout... as does starting my chainsaw... Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer <choffsommer at hotmail.com > wrote: > > My workouts tend to be JUMPING to conclusions, DANCING around big problems, > RUNNING my mouth off, SHOVELING bovine processed vegetable matter, > STRETCHING what income I do have, DIVING into things which don't concern me, > CHASING dreams and RUNNING around like a chicken with it's head cut off > looking for the tool that I need RIGHT NOW!! > > BTW, I visited REI yesterday and got a new floor bicycle tire pump - those > ones that mount on the frame are definitely only for emergency with the high > pressure Prestas. I'm also doing my homework prior to getting a canoe or > kayak with an idea to doing c/k camping trips. > > Conrad Hoffsommer > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: larryf at pacifier.com > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:21 -0800 > Subject: Re: [pianotech] O.T. What do you do to keep fit? > > SITTING in the office developing my schedule for the day, answering phone > calls, etc., then SITTING in the car driving to calls, and SITTING on the > piano bench tuning. SITTING doesn't burn off much fat. Weeks/months/years > of this creates FAT clusters in places that wiggle and jiggle me off > balance. > > All that extra tonnage came in handy when moving pianos but my aging frame > is getting an attitude and I've got to listen to it's message. I expecially > hate turning suddenly to look to the left or right only to have my rotunda > respond two tenths of a second later throwing me off balance. > > I used to backpack my jiggly parts away but then I got older. Cartilage > doesn't grow back. I've lost about two inches in altitude and gained about > 30 pounds of storage capacity. I don't have time to backpack my body back > in shape and so I've learned to eat differently. It took a bit of > perseverence but I've succeeded in retraining my head and breaking bad > habits ........... like start the car, stop at a fast food location and get > something to eat (wrong), or if it's on my plate or the buffet table, eat it > (wrong), lots of raw veggies and precious little meat has worked for me. In > short, diet makes my belly shrink and I can still SIT here and peck at my > keyboard and browse through my backpacking images. > > Now I kayak all over the place and play in my yard creating a railroad > empire. It's lighter exercise and costs about the same as backpacking. > Once in awhile I help remove dead fall and blow down off the trails in the > mountains in wilderness areas where power tools aren't allowed. Granted > that's good exercise but I can't keep that up long enough to burn off a > years worth of SITTING and enjoying the flavors of FFFAAAATTTT!! > > If ya can't reach the tuning pins, ya probably can't reach the floor. I > hate that when dunlap gets in the way. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091130/e1b427f3/attachment.htm>
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