Just a general knowledge question for all of you. Every last friday of the month myself and fellow business park neighbors have a cook out in the parking lot. Good times. How do YOU unwind? take care,
------------------ Dave Grundy AKA "applicator" on mIRC "stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!" in Granton, Ontario, Canada 1-519-225-2634 dave.grundy@quadro.net www.quadro.net/~shirley
Normally I kick back in the couch potato mode and watch sports on TV, hopefully Drag Racing.
I may also take the kids to the park on a nice day.
And if Im real lucky there is a letterhead meet.
I used to do alot of fishing, but sitting in a boat all day really takes its toll on my knee and back, also my fishing buddy is not able to go to often anymore either, and its his boat!!!
------------------ Troy Haas "Metal_Leg" on mIRC
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Shots of Tequila......my wife licks the back of my hand, I salt it, all the while she is holding the lime between her teeth, shoot the Tequila and go for the lime.....a few times switching back and forth and we are pretty relaxed!!!!
Works for us!!!
Hetz
------------------ Jim & Chris Hetzler JC Hetz Studio 513 W 3rd St. Muscatine, IA 52761 563-263-2803 jhetzler@machlink.com
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Drink beer, shoot pool and tell lies... I mean stories.
But that's only for Friday nights. The rest of the time when I need to unwind or just take a few minutes, I go up into the living room, sprawl out on the floor and play a game somewhat similiar to fetch with my weener (whiner) baby.
I used to unwind by riding 4-wheelers with the guys, but I sold mine to buy a new one, then got too busy to think about a new one. Ah, maybe next year. There's something relaxing about being stuck in a mudhole up to your butt....
------------------ Chris King Lines-N-Signs Indiana, PA
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hmmmm...let's see: shooting off 10 or 12 boxes of shotgun ammo officiating at an Off Road Race in the desert going to a Letterhad meet chatting on #letterville cooking
any and/or all the above
------------------ Si Allen #562 La Mirada, CA. USA (714) 521-4810 ICQ # 330407 "SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"
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I miss shooting for relaxation, of course it was just fun as a kid but we have too many yuppies living behind us now to be firing rounds legally.
wait! yuppies make good targets don't they?
Now I just buy a good computer game like serious sam and shoot make believe yuppies.
But seriously, I like good music some insence, and peace and quiet.
------------------ Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA bob@creativesignworks.com
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Cyclin...indeed! I like rides about 20 miles....some easy,some sprinting. Do not cross the railroad tracks on an angle less than 90 degrees at 2AM...Road rash looks bad..specially on a 50 year old body!
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Going out in the ambulance and picking up people who are still breathing when I get there. Getting online and checking out this site. Some TV. Reading. Beer. Getting online and checking out this site. Beer........etc.
------------------ Sharon Bigler A Good Sign Chambersburg, PA
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To relax I like to do all nighters in the shop just so that I can have time to myself. Then the next day you realize that you have about relaxed yourself to death! Did it last night and now I can't go to Friday happy hour and relax with all my friends. Seriously though, I find water the most relaxing thing on earth. I'm blessed with a pool, so in warm months I just go into the back yard, put on some tropical music, (Buffet-extreme escapism) have a beer or margarita and jump in. Every muscle in my body relaxes and I feel renewed. I also love boats. Get on the water alone, and I'm in heaven! Guess I'm just the typical crab. My sign is cancer.
------------------ Kathy Joiner River Road Graphics 41628 River Road Ponchatoula, La.70454 PH. (504)386-3313 casey@i-55.com
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A bad day sailing beats a good day at work...In the heat of the summer we come home at noon swim for an hour eat lunch and head back all refreshed...but my number one passion in life is playing pool 8 and 9 ball.Ive never actually counted but I wouldn't be surprised to find out I shoot a 100 games a week and thats not enough.
------------------ Monte Jumper SIGNLanguage/Norman.Okla.
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In the summer...the one of our swimminh holes, working in the garden, BBQ's on the beach, and sitting on the deck reading with a demitasse of espresso.
In the winter...a good video sitting by the fire, dinner with friends, going to Calistoga for a weekend to a resort with hot mineral pools and mud baths.
The SignShop Mendocino, California "Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"
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Believe it or not, running a 25 lap race in my dirt late model racecar at Delaware Speedway is the most relaxing thing I do. Really! After working hard all week theres something to be said for having 800 horsepower under your right foot and just standing on it as hard as it will go then turning left! What a thrill!
------------------ Tom Hartel Sunset Signs & Graphics Forest Hill,Md
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Baseball, coaching 10-12 year olds the game of baseball, that unwinds me.
Some of funniest stuff happens in a baseball game with kids that age playing. For instance:
Cameron hates outfield but I hate it more when I put him in the infield. A ground ball hit to him in the infield will go right between his legs before he realizes he should try to stop it, or better yet, catch it in his glove.
So I put the little tike out in left field the next inning. A fly ball is hit right at him. He doesn't even flench a muscel as it comes right to him. Then with out any warning or movement on his part, his arm comes out from nowhere and the ball lands in his mit! The rest of his body is still motionless....funniest thing I ever seen, and I still laugh out loud every time I remember that incident.
Well, every game there are those kind of funny moments. They are priceless.
Like this one:
The opposing team was at bat, my son was catching. Kid comes up to the plate. The biggest spider we ever saw comes crawling out from under the home plate.
It crawls up the batters shoe, he looks down, looks at the pitcher, the picther is ready to wind up, the kid looks down at the spider, looks back up at the pitcher, the spider is now on the kids knee! The ball is pitched and the kid jumps a mile in the air trying to get away from the spider.
We laughed till we cried! hahahahahaha
I think I could write a movie script like the "bad news bears" with all the funny stuff that has happend on that baseball field.
------------------ Draper The Signmaker Bloomington Illinois USA
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Dipping in the hot tub with my son, watching a rented movie with hubby, puttering out in the garden, sneaking in some magazine reading when my son is happily playing in another room, taking my son to this awesome nearby playground/park where there's loads of walking trails and interesting hills to explore.
My time isn't exactly my own yet, but things are improving. My horse is patiently waiting for me.
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Just last night we had 6 of our friends down for Rotiserie chicken, baby back ribs on the Q, We sat around the deck for a couple of hours drank beer and wine, then around 1 in the morning all 8 of us jumped in the hot tub on our deck, and we stayed there untill 3 in the morning... now that's relaxing. Tonight we're gong to see "America" in concert at our brand new stadium. "I've been to the desert on a horse with no name..... Neil
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I sell signs, and it is stressful. To relax I make signs, sometimes they both happen at the same time, thats when it's time for a beer! I still go by the old paint theroy of sex, drugs and rock & roll, although all in moderation. 420?
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Pulling wings off of flys. (Are they protected?) Usually I go to the gym after work, although lately I've been working late. On the weekends, my favorite is hiking in the woods with photography gear. Sometimes I kayak, ride a bicycle, motorcycle and lately wrenching on my trucks. Today I tore the front end off of my beemer and will put on a newer front end with better brakes. ANYTHING but signs !
------------------ Artworks Olympia WA
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ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT I AM W-O-U-N-D T-O-O T-I-G-H-T-????!!!! AARRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! (as I rip the intravenous coffee tube out of my arm)
Naw, only kidding. I like to go to one of several nature preserves and just sort of burrow in somewhere and let the sights, sounds and smells wash over me - very rejuvenating. Biking, kayaking or competitive Scrabble does the trick, also.
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Robb, I thought PETA stood for: People (for the) Eating (of) Tasty Animals And, BBQ'd and sliced thinly it's great on Pita bread!!! A Just found pita bread in the freezer! We'll try it tonight!!!!
------------------ Adrienne Morgan Splash Signs "Wherever you go...there you are!" www.splashsigns.com "Rainkatt'on chat
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Auto-x racing my car. Its basically going as fast as you can through a course designed with orange cones in a big parking lot. Its a lot of fun, safe, and a great way for people to improve their driving skills.
Jim- which BMW motorcycle do you have?
------------------ Brian Snyder Sign Solutions www.njsign.com Woodbridge, New Jersey
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Brian, I have a R100RS (for the most part). I bought it new in '78 as a /7 and converted to the fairing, pan seat, '84 40mm heads & carbs and dual front disks. I have S bars on it and am installing a 81-84 Brembo brake system with the handlebar master cylinder with calipers on the newer sliders. Converting to mate with the existing tubes is possible but doesn't use the newer dampening rods so I have some new tubes made out of chicago on the way. Looking forward to some serious stopping power now after 160,000 miles. Do you have a beemer ?
------------------ Artworks Olympia WA
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I can't play a lick of music but dittos on the reloading and shooting. Our range is an hour away and between the drive there and back and the target shooting itself, when I get back to the house, I'm all "stress free". Also, if you really want to have some fun....go hit a bucket of golf balls. That works too!
Say hi to your dad.
------------------ Louis A. Lazarus Milt's Sign Service, Inc. 20 So. Linden Ave. #5B 650-588-0490 fontking1a@aol.com
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