Hi all,
I'm not a super popular or well known poster here but just wanted to say "bye" to ya'll and thanks for another year of growth and learning and ESPECIALLY thanks to all you that make me laugh out loud at my computer!
I will be out in the mountains all summer doin' research and contributing to humanity's understanding of glacial retreat... aka messin' around in the mountains and trying to get in trouble with hot burly mountain dudes...
Thanks so much!
See you in the fall!
-Kudra
Posts by Kudra
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14GOODBYE!!! for the summer!
by Kudra ini'm not a super popular or well known poster here but just wanted to say "bye" to ya'll and thanks for another year of growth and learning and especially thanks to all you that make me laugh out loud at my computer!
i will be out in the mountains all summer doin' research and contributing to humanity's understanding of glacial retreat... aka messin' around in the mountains and trying to get in trouble with hot burly mountain dudes... .
see you in the fall!
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My first time running from the COPS!
by Kudra inso i was out on my run this morning and i got cut off by a red light.
aarrrgh!
i hate it when that happens.
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Well, I'm actually kind of confused as to what jay-walking is...
I thought it was crossing the street at any point, without the guide of a cross-walk light.
But when I was home once, driving about in my mom's car, I was driving by the courthouse which, in our town is across the street from the bakery. Two cops crossed abruptly in front of my car, in the middle of the block, which made me have to come to the stop basically in the middle of the road. So as I passed them when they reached the sidewalk on the bakery side of the road, I said out of the window, "Hey, isn't that Jaywalking?" And they replied, "That ain't jaywalking!"
Yes, "ain't".
And I told my mom that she might want to be careful driving her car around the cop-infested downtown bakery zone... I suppose that was the beginning of my outlaw days... Ha. but then my mom says how that would make a bad name for Jeghroovy if said cops saw the car out in service...
So from then on out I was under the impression that jaywalking was only crossing the intersection against a red light, and that crossing randomly anywhere was ok.
But then a bunch of my friends got tickets for crossing in the middle of a block...
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My first time running from the COPS!
by Kudra inso i was out on my run this morning and i got cut off by a red light.
aarrrgh!
i hate it when that happens.
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So I was out on my run this morning and I got cut off by a red light. AArrrgh! I hate it when that happens. So I look around cautiously for cop cars and bike cops... the city just got a $17,000 grant to ticket pedestrians and bikes. Ya know, never mind fighting actual violent crime...
Rant:***(!!!! F**Kers! and they NEVER do anything about cars!!!- I am constantly having to be on hyper alert on my bike for cars that swerve right in front of me, make right hand turns,cutting me off because they NEVER F'N LOOK for bikes!- BTW I am a very contientious bike rider and follow all the rules of the road as if I am a vehicle- when I am a pedestrian I am pretty bad though)*** end of rant.
So anyway it is a sleepy Sunday morning with nary a car or pedestrian in sight for blocks... so I make a quick dart across the intersection and as I am about half way through I get a sense that there are people at the stoplight right where I was...
So I look back and see not one, not two, not three, but FOUR bike cops stopped at the light behind me!!! OH CRAP I keep running and they are there waiting for the light to turn green. Now I am repeating to myself F---, F---, F---, because they are super agressive with ticketing for pedestrians and I have received a ticket from them myself and so have about 5 of my friends for jaywalking etc. And I have seen them "bike people down" and get them for doing what I did...
One last glance over my shoulder and I see the other light turning yellow and the cops getting ready to pedal. So I make a hard right hand turn and run, top speed through an outdoor Starbucks patio through this shopping area and out into the alley. Well there are four of them so pretty much any street will be dangerous to try. So I see a parking garage with lots of different levels and I enter. I run across to the stairwell and race up it trying not to be seen from the outside. So I am joggin around in the parking garage, checking for the bike cops (it's an open air garage) because they have one "beat" that they bike, this street that goes out from the university.
So I have to spend teh rest of my run in the garage, which turns out to be quite pleasant- no cars, a fresh breeze, totally shaded so about 20 degrees cooler that the outside Tucson temp of 100, and I get to do hill repeats on the ramps that go all the way to the top (4 stories) and I have found a great new shady place to run hills. I have to take an alternate route home cause I live on that street that the cops ride their bikes up and down.
...searching me out, tracking me down like an animal- a dangerous criminal with little regard for life or the law... a desparate wanderer...
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Hello to all ... I've finally decided to sign up
by In Between inafter alot of time, lurking, fighting this damn inward battle i am dealing with, i've decided to join in the mix.
a little about me (i'll try not to bore you to much) ... i am a fader.
was raised jw, was even a m.s.
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Kudra
Hello to you too, and Welcome!
Where and when did you live in Colorado?
I was in Boulder from ~1997-1999.
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Do you have nightmares about going back?
by Mysterious inanyone else ever have nightmares where they find themselves in a kingdom hall.
i keep dreaming i came home and my mom laid out my clothes and just like a robot i put them on and go to the book study all the while thinking how it's wrong and i shouldn't be here but i can't stop myself.
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Yes, usually I am at a KH and peopleare trying to talk to me "encouragingly".
The last one was me trying to cover up my lip ring so no one would notice and chewing gum that pulled my molar out.
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Whatever gets you mad, post it here
by JH inyou'll feel better once you get it off your chest....
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The current political war against science.
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67 SCJENCE ACADEMIES MADE STATEMENT SUPPORTING EVOLUTION!
by badboy in.
the royal society,among others has said that scientific evidence about the origins of life was being `concealed,denied or confused'.
guardian;22 june 2006 page 5. i wonder what jws will make of this!.
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Kudra
C'mon, Forscher...
The Discovery Institute? That place is laughable. That article did not mention ONE of the "doctoral scientists" it refers to. I bet they are PhDs in like economics or accounting...
ABSOLUTELY NO PhD in biology, geology or any other science related to the earth would hold such a rediculous stance...
Edited to say: OK they talk aboutthem at the bottom- but I HIGHLY suspect if you read any of their CVs they'd be pretty nefarious.
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Any RUNNERS out there?!?
by Kudra inbecause i love running and i am going to start training for the durango double.
it's in colorado (durango) on october 6 + 7. .
it is a 50k (~30 mi) trail run on saturday followed by a road marathon (26 mi) on sunday...
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Alright!
Thanks everyone for the encouragement. I have been getting back into it more now- My friend just showed me a new trail that is great- there are three little mountains close to each other and there is a cool system of trails that connects them all. Not so good for PrimitiveDave- lots of broken glass (near spots folks go and party) but gorgeous views. I post some pics of these runs sometime.
I have some new marathon training shoes -the classic gray New Balance ones and also some trail runners, but they are a little thin on the bottom- and there are lots of sharp rocks here.
Thanks everyone for the advice- I am trying to eat better good quality food... not just ice cream and wine...
Princess: my favorites are the half marathons- they last a while and test your endurance, but they are short enough so that you can race all-out, balls to the wall! ...uh, ovaries to the wall? Tits to the wall? hmm.
hallelujah: I will post my running sched here in a day or two -glad you asked cause it'll make me organize myself a little.
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Forum Open to Jehovah's Witnesses and non-Witnesses
by Kenneson ini recently stumbled across a new forum on jehovah's witnesses.
you will find some apologists there.
there are a bunch of topics to view and if you are so inclined to join in the discussions, please do.
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Kudra
Yeah, that site is so gag-inducing, I'd rather stay here with you evil ones...
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Any RUNNERS out there?!?
by Kudra inbecause i love running and i am going to start training for the durango double.
it's in colorado (durango) on october 6 + 7. .
it is a 50k (~30 mi) trail run on saturday followed by a road marathon (26 mi) on sunday...
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that bush running sounds really cool- I have your Aussie running assn bookmarked -so I take it bush running is like crazy cross-country running, jumping over wallabies and stuff?
I have seen some of that urban building/stairs/handrail running/jumping stuff- it is awesome. I love trail running here in AZ because the trails are so crazy and rocky. I am a bit of a klutz but ya gotta be quick on your feet to keep from plummeting headlong into a pricklypear cactus...
After a run out here in the desert mountains your shoes are always covered with spines and stickers and you have "desert pinstriping" on the sides of your arms and legs from the mesquite, thorn bushes and palo verde you run by. Aus sound similarly rugged!
My schedule? just like for a marathon, long runs, speed workouts, but with LOTS of hills...
Thanks! I'm getting more excited- I always need good morale for running...