Comments on: Lots of links you might have missed! http://thorg.com/archives/6121 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:56:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Keera http://thorg.com/archives/6121/comment-page-1#comment-6426 Keera Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:06:07 +0000 http://thorg.com/?p=6121#comment-6426 I took another look. They hit the ground with the balls of their feet, then the whole foot is on the ground, then they're back up on the balls. They have very light-looking shoes. My thought about the footwork is that it may be a special technique for sprinting. A quick Google search confirms that thought. I took another look. They hit the ground with the balls of their feet, then the whole foot is on the ground, then they’re back up on the balls. They have very light-looking shoes. My thought about the footwork is that it may be a special technique for sprinting. A quick Google search confirms that thought.

]]> By: alice http://thorg.com/archives/6121/comment-page-1#comment-6423 alice Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:52:35 +0000 http://thorg.com/?p=6121#comment-6423 Re Bolt: one thing I found interesting about watching the slo-mo of the runners' feet was that they don't put their heels down -- and yet the running shoes that are foisted on all us regular folks force the heel down first, sending the impact up the leg... I wonder how many knee, hip and back troubles would be solved by wearing proper shoes... Re Bolt: one thing I found interesting about watching the slo-mo of the runners’ feet was that they don’t put their heels down — and yet the running shoes that are foisted on all us regular folks force the heel down first, sending the impact up the leg… I wonder how many knee, hip and back troubles would be solved by wearing proper shoes…

]]> By: Keera http://thorg.com/archives/6121/comment-page-1#comment-6418 Keera Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:12:13 +0000 http://thorg.com/?p=6121#comment-6418 Paycheck: Doesn't look too bad. Doesn't look much different from Norway, except for the health care expenses (we probably spend more on transportation and travel). But I have to wonder where that surplus the average joe ends up with goes to. Goofram: I'm #2 with "Keera" as search term. Oy. Geekiness: I am currently surfing the net to figure out how to run Astrolog via X11. It makes me feel geeky. From this list, I realize it is pure illusion. Barney Frank: I like him (and I agree: It's cruel to give mortgages to people who can't keep them up). Also took a look at the moment of Zen re Swedes marrying Swedes: That was an amazing bunch of HUH?!? DTT: 26 of 26 hear (!), too. There was one song I could not place at all, but it sounded bad. Throughout the test I kept thinking, this is very US-centric. Sotomayor: "Please tell me you didn't all come in one hatchback." As a Californian who came of age in the era of hatchbacks, that had me roaring with laughter. Blenda: I had no idea she was a Swede. Blenda is a brand of laundry detergent in Norway. "Not just white, but Blenda white." Disappearing reefs: What big an impact will that have on us? Healthcare: I'd forgotten about the malpractice suits. We don't have 'em. That's not the same as saying there is no recourse for a mistreated patient. We have a patient ombudsman, and one can also report doctors who don't do their jobs well to the county medical office. Bolt: I happened to catch his win on TV while channel surfing, and the slo-mo of his legs. Amazing limbs! Drunks doing yoga was not what I was expecting. LOL! Pat Buchanan: I'm with Michael Moore who claims that every problem he's ever had was caused by a white man. Pat explains why. (Thanks for all the links.) Paycheck: Doesn’t look too bad. Doesn’t look much different from Norway, except for the health care expenses (we probably spend more on transportation and travel). But I have to wonder where that surplus the average joe ends up with goes to.

Goofram: I’m #2 with “Keera” as search term. Oy.

Geekiness: I am currently surfing the net to figure out how to run Astrolog via X11. It makes me feel geeky. From this list, I realize it is pure illusion.

Barney Frank: I like him (and I agree: It’s cruel to give mortgages to people who can’t keep them up). Also took a look at the moment of Zen re Swedes marrying Swedes: That was an amazing bunch of HUH?!?

DTT: 26 of 26 hear (!), too. There was one song I could not place at all, but it sounded bad. Throughout the test I kept thinking, this is very US-centric.

Sotomayor: “Please tell me you didn’t all come in one hatchback.” As a Californian who came of age in the era of hatchbacks, that had me roaring with laughter.

Blenda: I had no idea she was a Swede. Blenda is a brand of laundry detergent in Norway. “Not just white, but Blenda white.”

Disappearing reefs: What big an impact will that have on us?

Healthcare: I’d forgotten about the malpractice suits. We don’t have ‘em. That’s not the same as saying there is no recourse for a mistreated patient. We have a patient ombudsman, and one can also report doctors who don’t do their jobs well to the county medical office.

Bolt: I happened to catch his win on TV while channel surfing, and the slo-mo of his legs. Amazing limbs!

Drunks doing yoga was not what I was expecting. LOL!

Pat Buchanan: I’m with Michael Moore who claims that every problem he’s ever had was caused by a white man. Pat explains why.

(Thanks for all the links.)

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