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  1. How'd it go?

    "Fred" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

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    Actually, this is recording software that has replaced a
    tape and it is a windows' application. But I should learn
    more today - maybe!

    skiur said:

    *ouch* sorry to hear that Fred.

    Can you switch to Linux for what you do? (DH would be so
    proud of me


    saying

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    that, *sigh*)

    Julie, who is really behind on messages still... "Fred"
    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

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    Well, technology almost bit us at work today. Windows
    threw up an error box saying a file was not saved and
    data was probably lost. I cannot explain the
    circumstances other than to say - it could have been a
    real problem. The old fashioned way of data storage was
    much less prone to MS erroring out on us!!!!!!

    On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:04:48 -0500, Joyce
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    >It's amazing to me also, right up there with the
    >concept of pushing a


    button when

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    >inside my home and having my car start up. No, I don't
    >have this but


    it

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    still

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    >amazes me that it is possible. I often wonder what the
    >future will


    hold

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    in store

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    >for my kids ... what will be totally new to them and
    >foreign to us.
    >
    >Those visuals were a bit touristy to me, but I think
    >the talking and


    explanations

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    >bothered me more. It wasn't very peppy, kind of
    >mundane. I'm sure it


    appeals to

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    >a lot of people, but it just doesn't get me excited.
    >At least not


    enough

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    to have

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    >to pay $10/month for the option. The treadmill
    >workouts that I use


    are

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    free.

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    >
    >I know they say progress is a good thing, I'm just not
    >so sure as to


    how

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    far we

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    >really should - or need to - go. Somethings I just
    >shake my head at


    and

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    laugh.

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    >Of course, hub does the same over my now computerized
    >treadmill.


    Guess

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    it's one

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    >of those *to each their own* things.
    >
    >Joyce
    >
    >On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:17:25 -0700, Fred
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    >
    >>I guess I still find that pretty amazing. The control
    >>of the treadmill over the internet. And it sounds as
    >>if it works by making things more interesting and
    >>possibly challenging.
    >>
    >>I might like the visuals but maybe too touristy.
    >>
    >>We ARE living in the just pre-jetson's era and it
    >>gets closer daily. Good? Bad? or just plain
    >>INTERESTING?
    >>
    >>On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 02:05:38 -0500, Joyce
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    >>>It really is pretty neat, but not flawless. The
    >>>signal that is sent


    from the

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    >>>computer to the treadmill happens very quickly - so
    >>>sometimes is


    *missed* and the

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    >>>treadmill does not adjust to the new speed/incline.
    >>>And twice now


    it

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    has misread

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    >>>the signal and boosted me to mega-speeds (which is
    >>>always


    interesting).

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    But ...

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    >>>these workouts are shown on the computer screen with
    >>>the speed and


    incline in

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    >>>large print - so I can manually adjust very easily.
    >>>I am finding


    they

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    are much

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    >>>better workouts than I was doing on my own, and the
    >>>time seems to


    pass

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    so much

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    >>>more quickly (probably because of the constantly
    >>>changing


    speed/inclines). I've

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    >>>also found that I've quickly become addicted ... I
    >>>can't seem to


    stay

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    away from

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    >>>the treadmill now. Not sure if that is a good thing
    >>>or not. <g>
    >>>
    >>>I've looked at a few of their scenic workouts, not
    >>>really for *me*.


    I

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    thought it

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    >>>would be just like trekking through the mountains,
    >>>which would be


    fun.

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    Nope. It

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    >>>appears more to be someone that has taken video
    >>>shots of the


    scenery,

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    stairs, sky,

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    >>>whatever - and explains what you are viewing.
    >>>
    >>>My brother and I were talking when we were setting
    >>>up the


    treadmill -

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    he said it

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    >>>reminded him of the old jetson's cartoons ... when
    >>>he was on a


    similar

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    thing

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    >>>running with the dog. Who would have thought. <g>
    >>>
    >>>Joyce
    >>>
    >>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:00:25 -0700, Fred
    >>><[email hidden]>


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    >>>
    >>>>Sheesh, hooked up a treadmill to an interactive
    >>>>internet site.


    Remote

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    >>>>control of your aerobic workout. Reminds me of "The
    >>>>Outer Limits -


    we

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    >>>>are in control of the horizontal, we are in control
    >>>>of the


    vertical,

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    >>>>we will run your butt off!"
    >>>>
    >>>>I see they only use IE. Ah, they have a Half Dome -
    >>>>Yosemite


    workout.

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    >>>>I've been up there. It would be wonderfully scenic.
    >>>>
    >>>>So, what - you hook up the treadmill to a usb port?
    >>>>
    >>>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:55:13 -0500, Joyce
    >>>><[email hidden]> wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>>LOL! Probably no chance on the running - interval
    >>>>>chasing maybe,


    but

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    no official

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    >>>>>running. I did the interval thing today and the
    >>>>>time did seem to


    go

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    by so much

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    >>>>>faster. Tomorrow I'm going to try hooking up the
    >>>>>treadmill to the


    internet

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    >>>>>website (www.ifit.com) and do one of their pre-
    >>>>>programmed


    workouts.

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    It

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    >>>>>automatically raises and lowers the speed and
    >>>>>incline - will be


    fun

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    to see how it

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    >>>>>works. I now can do this since I have semi-
    >>>>>wireless internet


    capability.

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    >>>>>woohoo!!! They also have scenic things you can
    >>>>>hike to - will try


    the 30 day free

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    >>>>>trial to see if I like it well enough to pay
    >>>>>$10/month.


    Ahhhhhhhh,

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    new toys are

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    >>>>>fun. <g>
    >>>>>
    >>>>>Joyce
    >>>>>
    >>>>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 06:46:23 -0700, Fred


    <[email hidden]>

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    >>>>>
    >>>>>>I've also read about interval training. I know
    >>>>>>folks swear by it


    for

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    >>>>>>bicycling, too. It does get the body in better
    >>>>>>fashion to react


    to

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    >>>>>>different things supposedly. So keep it up - I
    >>>>>>guess it also


    made

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    >>>>>>your session seem faster. Keep it up. Soon you
    >>>>>>will be running outdoors, through that park you
    >>>>>>mentioned (G)
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:26:55 -0500, Joyce
    >>>>>><[email hidden]> wrote:
    >>>>>>
    >>>>>>>15 minutes is better than nothing, and is a
    >>>>>>>great start. I seem


    to

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    do fine those

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    >>>>>>>first 15 minutes or so, then I start looking at
    >>>>>>>the clock and


    time

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    tends to drag.

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    >>>>>>>I convince myself to just go one more *lap* (1/4
    >>>>>>>mile on the


    lcd)

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    or a few more

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    >>>>>>>minutes, then if I want to quit I can ... of
    >>>>>>>course, that leads


    to

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    more deals with

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    >>>>>>>myself. Most of the time I do make the 40-45
    >>>>>>>minutes, sometimes


    I

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    do quit after

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    >>>>>>>35 minutes. Afternoons I usually only make about
    >>>>>>>25 minutes, as


    I

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    have to get

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    >>>>>>>back upstairs and get back to dinner prep. Today
    >>>>>>>I did


    something

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    different and it

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    >>>>>>>did seem to make the time go a bit faster. I
    >>>>>>>have been reading


    many different

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    >>>>>>>articles on interval training, I really have no
    >>>>>>>clue as to


    whether

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    this is good or

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    >>>>>>>bad - but so far everything I've read has been
    >>>>>>>positive. The


    most

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    recent article

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    >>>>>>>I saw said something about how calories burned
    >>>>>>>with the same


    daily

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    routine will

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    >>>>>>>eventually be less, as the body becomes used to
    >>>>>>>the routine -


    interval training

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    >>>>>>>will keep the body working and burning. So ... I
    >>>>>>>started with


    my

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    first 15 minutes

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    >>>>>>>at the higher speed, dropped and did 2 minutes
    >>>>>>>at a lower speed


    ...

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    3 minutes at

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    >>>>>>>high speed again, 1 minute low, 3 min high, 1
    >>>>>>>min low, etc.


    Unbelievable how

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    >>>>>>>quickly the time did go by - maybe because I was
    >>>>>>>focusing more


    on

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    the shorter

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    >>>>>>>lengths of time?
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>Hitting that speed button was interesting, and a
    >>>>>>>bit frightening


    at

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    the moment.

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    >>>>>>>You would think I would have learned the lesson
    >>>>>>>after the first

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    time. Nope, not

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    >>>>>>>me - did the exact same thing again today ...
    >>>>>>>with the same


    results. <sigh> I am

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    >>>>>>>getting rather good at being able to lift myself
    >>>>>>>quickly on the


    support bars

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    >>>>>>>(guess I have also become a tad stronger - lol).
    >>>>>>>While I can


    walk

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    comfortably at

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    >>>>>>>an 8% incline level - I can NOT walk at 8MPH!
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>Joyce
    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 19:39:43 -0700, Fred


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    >>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>Well, that's my main problem with most exercise
    >>>>>>>>equipment - the boredom factor indoors. I've
    >>>>>>>>been trying to get to the


    exercise

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    >>>>>>>>equipemtn at work in the mid-morning but only
    >>>>>>>>15 minutes.
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>I would like to have seen the speed button
    >>>>>>>>mistake (G) I did


    that

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    the

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    >>>>>>>>other day on the elliptical - I ran it
    >>>>>>>>backwards too suddenly


    and

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    too

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    >>>>>>>>much resistance. The elliptical with mild
    >>>>>>>>resistance is not


    bad -

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    >>>>>>>>same as treadmill, I guess. I only have a
    >>>>>>>>nordic track here at


    home -

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    >>>>>>>>a dust catcher
    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:52:40 -0500, Joyce
    >>>>>>>><[email hidden]>


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    >>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>Yeah, that's me ... mrs. guru. LOL I only
    >>>>>>>>>tried an eliptical


    machine once,

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    >>>>>>>>>several years ago. I had problems with it,
    >>>>>>>>>again the knee


    thing - just wasn't for

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    >>>>>>>>>me, I knew it wasn't something I could or
    >>>>>>>>>would stick to for


    long. I don't mind

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    >>>>>>>>>the exercycles, hubs new one seems rather nice
    >>>>>>>>>but I honestly


    haven't used it more

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    >>>>>>>>>than a very few short minutes. The key to me
    >>>>>>>>>for lowering the


    knee stress was to

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    >>>>>>>>>find the correct spot for the seat ... which
    >>>>>>>>>was not easy.


    Too

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    far away or too

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    >>>>>>>>>close, and the knees screamed at me. I think
    >>>>>>>>>that is why I


    probably don't get on

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    >>>>>>>>>it now, then hub would have to constantly move
    >>>>>>>>>that seat back


    and

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    forth. They

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    >>>>>>>>>need to incorporate a motorized seat control,
    >>>>>>>>>like they do in


    automobiles - would

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    >>>>>>>>>be so much easier when having multiple users.
    >>>>>>>>>The treadmill


    was

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    the perfect

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    >>>>>>>>>answer ... for me. I love walking, it's
    >>>>>>>>>relatively pain free


    if

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    I don't do stupid

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    >>>>>>>>>stuff (like hitting the increase speed button
    >>>>>>>>>instead of the


    increase incline -

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    >>>>>>>>>THAT result was rather interesting this
    >>>>>>>>>morning ... as well as


    producing a bit of

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    >>>>>>>>>panic). It can be rather boring though, so I
    >>>>>>>>>have to find


    something to keep me

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    >>>>>>>>>somewhat occupied while I'm on it.
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>Joyce
    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 07:15:58 -0700, Fred


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    >>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>I prefer walking in quieter places, too.
    >>>>>>>>>>Walking to the


    U-district

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    >>>>>>>>>>(Univ of Washingon is about a mile east)
    >>>>>>>>>>requires crossing


    I-5

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    which

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    >>>>>>>>>>is an assault on the senses as well as
    >>>>>>>>>>walking along busy


    streets.

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    >>>>>>>>>>And crossing north-south is restricted to
    >>>>>>>>>>keep the east-west


    flow of

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    >>>>>>>>>>cars unimpeded. But a 3-4 mile loop around
    >>>>>>>>>>the lake is


    actually

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    >>>>>>>>>>traffic light free and pretty low-key except
    >>>>>>>>>>at rush hour.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>So you are now the exercise guru - great
    >>>>>>>>>>roll. I'm trying to


    decide

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    >>>>>>>>>>about the elliptical trainer at work as
    >>>>>>>>>>opposed to the


    treadmill. As

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    >>>>>>>>>>I found a number of years ago with PROGRAMMED
    >>>>>>>>>>exercise bikes,


    the

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    >>>>>>>>>>resistance is not as natural as real biking,
    >>>>>>>>>>even up steep


    hills.

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    >>>>>>>>>>They seem to put more pressure on the knee
    >>>>>>>>>>that I get in real


    life on

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    >>>>>>>>>>some very steep rides. Same seems to be true
    >>>>>>>>>>for the


    elliptical

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    and

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    >>>>>>>>>>my knees do not like it. I think the
    >>>>>>>>>>treadmill may be more


    to

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    my

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    >>>>>>>>>>liking, well, to my knees' liking.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>Ah, weather lady just reported yesterday's
    >>>>>>>>>>71F was a new


    record

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    high

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    >>>>>>>>>>for the date. But CLOUDY right now.
    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 03:47:55 -0500, Joyce
    >>>>>>>>>><[email hidden]>


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    >>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>I do like hills and I do enjoy walking ... I
    >>>>>>>>>>>don't like


    doing

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    so amid heavy

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    >>>>>>>>>>>traffic and nutsy drivers. Our locale does
    >>>>>>>>>>>have sidewalks,


    but

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    even crossing the

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    >>>>>>>>>>>streets you take your life into your own
    >>>>>>>>>>>hands. It never


    ceases to amaze me just

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    >>>>>>>>>>>how unconscious and incondsiderate drivers
    >>>>>>>>>>>are around here.


    My

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    house sits in a

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    >>>>>>>>>>>very quiet neighborhood, and is relatively
    >>>>>>>>>>>traffic free -


    other

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    than those

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    >>>>>>>>>>>goofballs that have to drive through in a
    >>>>>>>>>>>hurry to avoid


    traffic lights. The

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    >>>>>>>>>>>problem begins if I travel 1/2 a block to
    >>>>>>>>>>>the west, 2 blocks


    to

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    the east, or 3

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    >>>>>>>>>>>blocks to the north ... all major runways -
    >>>>>>>>>>>two of which are


    considered state

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    >>>>>>>>>>>highways. I just need to remember to cross
    >>>>>>>>>>>at the


    stoplight,

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    which is out of my

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    >>>>>>>>>>>way if heading to the store. It at least
    >>>>>>>>>>>gives me a


    fighting

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    chance.

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    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>Temps weren't bad today, no records, not
    >>>>>>>>>>>warm but not bitter


    cold either. This

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    >>>>>>>>>>>afternoon and evening had some serious gusts
    >>>>>>>>>>>blowing


    through -

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    had my downdraft

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    >>>>>>>>>>>flap on the stove rattling wildly. That is
    >>>>>>>>>>>really a hoot


    and

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    took me quite some

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    >>>>>>>>>>>time to figure out what exactly I was
    >>>>>>>>>>>hearing. When I am


    upstairs, I know what it

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    >>>>>>>>>>>is ... kind of bangs a little and whistles
    >>>>>>>>>>> through the oven.


    But when in the

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    >>>>>>>>>>>basement ... it sounds exactly like someone
    >>>>>>>>>>>is knocking


    ferociously on the door

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    >>>>>>>>>>>(the exterior flap is only a few feet north
    >>>>>>>>>>>and at ceiling


    level of the wall the

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    >>>>>>>>>>>treadmill is on. A few weeks ago I kept
    >>>>>>>>>>>running up and down


    stairs, thinking

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    >>>>>>>>>>>someone was playing games with me. I was
    >>>>>>>>>>>rather slow in


    solving the mystery. <G>

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    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>Hey, can you even believe that my oldest
    >>>>>>>>>>>girl was asking me


    this morning for

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    >>>>>>>>>>>excercise advice? LOL! Who woulda ever
    >>>>>>>>>>>thought! She has


    bought herself an

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    >>>>>>>>>>>eliptical machine, finally got it up and
    >>>>>>>>>>>running last week


    and

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    wanted some advise

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    >>>>>>>>>>>on how long she should be using it and how
    >>>>>>>>>>>often. She is


    being

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    incredibly hard on

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    >>>>>>>>>>>herself because she is only going 20 minutes
    >>>>>>>>>>>on alternating


    days. I told her she

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    >>>>>>>>>>>really needed to remember that she is also
    >>>>>>>>>>>dealing with 2


    small

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    children and their

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    >>>>>>>>>>>schedules, just gave birth 2 months ago (and
    >>>>>>>>>>>is already back


    to

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    her pre-pregnancy

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    >>>>>>>>>>>weight), and starting an exercise routine
    >>>>>>>>>>>for the first time


    in

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    many years. Start

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    >>>>>>>>>>>slow, work up - my advise in a nutshell.
    >>>>>>>>>>>We're currently


    trying to figure out how

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    >>>>>>>>>>>to tunnel under the street and connect the
    >>>>>>>>>>>two basements ...


    could have one heck

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    >>>>>>>>>>>of a gym set up. <G>
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>Joyce
    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:38:57 -0800, Fred


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    >>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>I am a walker both urban and mountain.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>Seattle is a pretty


    good

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>walking town if you like HILLS!
    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>Temps today set a new record altho being in
    >>>>>>>>>>>>the mountains I


    don't know

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>what they reached. But it was mind-
    >>>>>>>>>>>>blowingly perfect UP


    there.

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>I shall post a link in a bit as soon as I
    >>>>>>>>>>>>figure out how


    (m)

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 02:08:09 -0600, Joyce
    >>>>>>>>>>>><[email hidden]>


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    >>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks dear. I am getting very good at
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>hovering, aren't


    I?

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    <G>

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>Walking without a treadmill, is amazing,
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>isn't it? Wonder


    why I didn't think of

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>it before. <G> Really, I usually don't as
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>the traffic is


    very heavy in this area

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>- and I don't like battling with all the
    >>>>>>>>>>>>> crazy drivers.


    But

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    I knew I could use

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>the back entrance and only have to cross
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>on street to get


    to

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    the park, then it was

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>quiet and peaceful. Hub and I will usually
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>walk this


    route

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    when we go to the

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>bread outlet store - but having to cross
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>the major roads


    does

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    not enthuse me.

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>Our temps weren't quite as nice as yours
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>... was 45F when


    I

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    was out this morning.

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>But it felt like a heat wave compared to
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>those 30's. I


    think

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    they are talking

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>similar temps all week long, but I also
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>believe they have


    no

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    rain in the forecast.

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>THAT's nice for a change.
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>Joyce
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 08:45:25 -0800, Fred


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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Congrats on the overall downward hover
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>even if it was an


    upward hover

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>somewhere along the line (G)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>And walking - without a treadmill -
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>amazing, truly


    amazing

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    (G) Spring

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>is coming here, too. 60F+ and today and
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>closer to 70F


    tomorrow (when

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>I hope to ski or, at least, hike)
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, 02 Apr 2004 10:11:54 -0600, Joyce
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>><[email hidden]>


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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>The scale has once again been doing a
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>dance for me ...


    down, down, down all week

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>long ... up today for weigh in. Isn't
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>that the way life


    always goes? <G> No

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>biggie, todays weight still showed me a
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1.3 loss from


    last

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    week and really did not

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>surprise me at all as I had a very salty
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>meal last nite


    which had me drinking mega

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>quantities ... and not running to the
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>potty. <G> I'll


    enjoy knowing that during

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the week I DID see lower numbers and
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>will not allow


    myself

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    to get worked up over

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>this. I AM MAINTAINING, and quite nicely
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I feel. So


    the

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    official Friday numbers

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>are .......................
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>down 1.3 pounds official weight: 130.7
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>total loss to date: 98.1 pounds
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>And I have recorded an all time first
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>for me ... which


    for

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    most probably isn't a

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>big deal, but it made me feel good. Last
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>night hub


    noticed

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    I had driven a huge

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>screw into the rear tire of one of our
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>vehicles, of


    course

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    the one that sonny boy

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>needs to borrow to head up to the old
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>college campus and


    retrieve the last of his

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>possessions. He made an appointment at
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the local repair


    place to have it fixed

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>today, called and told me that SIL was
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>not working ...


    call

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    and have him pick me

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>up. Wellllll, I drove the car in, set
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything up and


    thought, geeeeeesh, I'm

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>only a few blocks from home, can walk
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>straight through


    the

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    park, dodging the geese

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... and it IS somewhat of a nice day out
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... why call?


    I'll probably make it home

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>faster if I walk. So picked my little
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>legs up and off I


    went. I have no idea how

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>fast I walked, hard to judge without
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>that lcd monitor in


    front of me <G>, but I

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>was home in less than 7 minutes. And I
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>felt terrific.


    WooHoo!

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    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Joyce WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>current weight: 130.7 total loss: 98.1
    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lifetime: 4/4/03

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