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by JanetS
Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:58 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: FS Sweat protection option
Replies: 216
Views: 26093

Re: FS Sweat protection option

Hi Plummy

Happy with bank transfer, just let me know how much & where to :D
by JanetS
Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:28 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: FS Sweat protection option
Replies: 216
Views: 26093

Re: FS Sweat protection option

Could you put me down for 1 pink & 1 blue? If I'm back on the machine I may as well get the sweat sorted.....
by JanetS
Tue Mar 10, 2015 7:59 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: World Erg Challenge 2015
Replies: 31
Views: 3471

Re: World Erg Challenge 2015

I'm in, but don't expect too much! Slow start back.....
by JanetS
Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:01 pm
Forum: Training and Racing
Topic: Injuries.....:(
Replies: 1132
Views: 115083

Re: Injuries.....:(

A brief BFTP, sorry I've been away for so long. I had been doing a bit of running to get me outdoors for the past couple of years (to assist with depression) hence the absence from the erg. I was looking to combine the erg back in this autumn but that stopped in August when I injured my knee - 5 mon...
by JanetS
Sun Sep 05, 2010 4:23 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2010 Weight Loss Thread
Replies: 196
Views: 6696

Re: 2010 Weight Loss Thread

Hi Gang, Long time no erg... :fsbgrin: Am back, have been doing a smidgen of running/jogging on the treadmill (45min sessions) & now need to get back on the machine of dread pain as the new academic year starts. For various reasons (a bit lifestyle, more medical/meds) I've put on a lot of weight...
by JanetS
Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:33 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Why?
Replies: 277
Views: 24663

Re: Why?

... and airbags are sewn into all blazers
Can't get me to sew yet more stuff into uniform. I might stab myself in the thumb with the needle. And don't suggest the iron-in ones, have you seen the sort of burn you can get off a hot iron?! :twisted:
by JanetS
Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:58 am
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Why?
Replies: 277
Views: 24663

Re: Why?

Yeh - absolutely. If there was 6" of snow, you just put on some better shoes and walked as normal. Every school boiler/heating system seems to pack up every time it gets slightly cold. All the schools and even my nearest college is shut - pathetic Plummy Auntie Beeb seems to agree: http://news...
by JanetS
Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Holiday Challenge 2009
Replies: 70
Views: 3051

Re: Holiday Challenge 2009

OK. Am back. :fsgrin:
Did 20mins next to kiddies on Tues - first session since Dec of last year & that after a break of 3 months.
Today I hurt.
Yesterday I hurt

Am aiming for 200k

:shock:

Look out for 'mushroom cloud' smilie......
by JanetS
Wed Jul 08, 2009 5:01 pm
Forum: Training and Racing
Topic: First Things First (OTW question)
Replies: 22
Views: 1897

Re: First Things First (OTW question)

Top tip for relaxing grip: wiggle your fingers during the recovery. It also helps to relax your forearm which is the area most likely to sieze during unbalanced/choppy outings - can be spotted as crew members not feathering during the latter parts of autumn head races.....
by JanetS
Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:00 am
Forum: Training and Racing
Topic: First Things First (OTW question)
Replies: 22
Views: 1897

Re: First Things First (OTW question)

Hi Emily, I've done some coaching of novices in my time. Lots of good advice above to which I'd add... Don't grip the blade handle too tightly, it makes the technique much harder to do and gives you blisters - if you find yourself getting blisters at the base of your fingers or on your palm then gri...
by JanetS
Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:01 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Something I learned about England!
Replies: 26
Views: 2518

Re: Something I learned about England!

All I asked was, if it was true, that many people in England had these "stoves" running all day long and if something was done about it. Rather more questions than that I think Mikkel :wink: Aga ownership is very, very low. To give an idea - the company says it sold 19,600 across the whol...
by JanetS
Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:16 am
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Something I learned about England!
Replies: 26
Views: 2518

Re: Something I learned about England!

I seem to recall a recent story saying that low energy light bulbs will render your home uninhabitable if they break owing to the mercury in them. No idea if this is true - Thomas, Janet? - perhaps you could enlighten me? Happy to be of service :D I tend to trust the Royal Society of Chemistry and ...
by JanetS
Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:25 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Something I learned about England!
Replies: 26
Views: 2518

Re: Something I learned about England!

This BBC story about hydrogen fueled cars might be interesting.

Low watt bulbs generally OK - we use them - but it means I can't do anything which require fine detail, like sewing or lace knitting, as the light isn't strong enough for my eyes to focus well enough (I'm getting old).
by JanetS
Tue Jun 16, 2009 11:41 am
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Something I learned about England!
Replies: 26
Views: 2518

Re: Something I learned about England!

Biofuels is rather new in Denmark, but somebody has already found out how to make cars running on it and how to get it cheap and easy. Wasteproduct: Only water! there is more than one type of biofuel - for cars you're probably talking bioethanol or biodiesel. They do both have lower emissions than ...
by JanetS
Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:35 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Something I learned about England!
Replies: 26
Views: 2518

Re: Something I learned about England!

Hi Mikkel being a maths/sciency type person I tend to look for the stats..... :wink: This set shows the UK as using less electricity per person than Denmark, this one gives the UK as using slightly more oil per person than Denmark, but both countries being well down the list. For CO2 production This...
by JanetS
Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:44 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Guests for Dinner
Replies: 27
Views: 2516

Re: Guests for Dinner

OK - it's got to be done.... My list: Russell Howard because he makes me laugh Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the name as well as the mind Richard Hammond because we can talk cars and he's nearly as short as me and he'd be able to brag about meeting IKB to Clarkson Susan Greenfield beacuse I met her on...
by JanetS
Thu May 21, 2009 4:53 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Guests for Dinner
Replies: 27
Views: 2516

Re: Guests for Dinner

Gooner Neil wrote:Richard Dawkins

God
Have had dinner with Dawkins
8)

Have not had dinner with God


Would love to see the two on opposite ends of the table.
by JanetS
Sun May 17, 2009 12:40 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Guests for Dinner
Replies: 27
Views: 2516

Re: Guests for Dinner

I am going to break the rules and have one dead guest. Dick Feynman - the ultimate Free Spirit. I don't think I would want any other guests because I would like to concentrate on this extraordinary man. My first question would be "How did you fake your death?" Please would you break the '...
by JanetS
Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:54 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: WORLD ROWING CHALLENGE (WRC)
Replies: 207
Views: 7822

Re: WORLD ROWING CHALLENGE (WRC)

Hi Bill - thanks for the invite. I'll sign up if I get on the erg again during the time. Been having a somewhat crappy time over the past few months so finding it tricky to motivate myself to do anything recently. Would have to dig ergo out of bin that is spare bedroom & is currently full of bed...
by JanetS
Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:19 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: There goes the neighbourhood
Replies: 16
Views: 1522

Re: There goes the neighbourhood

Was Gooner there?
by JanetS
Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: New Kit Collation Date - 4th January 2009
Replies: 52
Views: 2428

Re: New Kit Collation Date - 4th January 2009

Provisional:
- block shorts: billwright, RachelR,
- performance tee (s/s): Jonny L, Bill Wright, RachelR,
- zephyr: RachelR

Actual Orders:
- performance tee: stan, Bill Wright, Thomas W-P, JanetS
- zephyr: stan
- block shorts: billwright, Thomas W-P, JanetS x2
- hoody: Thomas W-P
by JanetS
Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:30 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Chinese limericks
Replies: 3508
Views: 108340

Re: Chinese limericks

"So here it is, Merry Christmas," sang Slade
You could hear it from here to Adelaide
In Melbourne as well
That ear-splitting yell
Was the sound that the FREE SPIRITS made.

What I got for Christmas was flu
by JanetS
Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:04 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: New Kit Collation Date - 4th January 2009
Replies: 52
Views: 2428

Re: New Kit Collation Date - 4th January 2009

Fab - thank you kitsec! :D
by JanetS
Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:14 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: positive motivational sayings/proverbs
Replies: 17
Views: 2624

Re: positive motivational sayings/proverbs

How's about this one - emailed to Ellen MacArthur during the race and of which she said "it's true":

"Courage is not having the energy to go on, it's going on when you do not have the energy."
by JanetS
Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:06 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: C2 Photo contest
Replies: 1
Views: 632

Re: C2 Photo contest

Oooo! Only just spotted this - thanks for flagging it :fsbgrin:
That'll teach me to go AWOL.....

I shall muse on what to go for.... Annoyingly the deadline is just before your bonkers row - which would have been the obvious candidate/victim/model.