Other Interests

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Jeff Potter wrote:

Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an extent, so I
appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more to skiing than
skiing.

OK, I'll bite: besides skiing, among other interests, I play old-tyme
banjo (frailing/clawhammer), and have for much longer than I've skied.
-Ken

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Kenneth Salzberg
Hamline University
School of Law (651) 523-2354
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Sisu Skier - 50K Club St. Paul, MN 55104
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"Kenneth Salzberg" wrote
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Jeff Potter wrote:
Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an extent, so I
appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more to skiing than
skiing.

OK, I'll bite: besides skiing, among other interests, I play old-tyme
banjo (frailing/clawhammer), and have for much longer than I've skied.
-Ken

I've only started skiing this season (love it!), so I suppose I'm not
even qualified to answer this, but here's the abbreviated list:

-Road Cycling (I'm sure this is one of the most common off-season
activities, short of perhaps rollerskiing)
-Ultimate Frisbee
-Running, when I can make myself
-Enjoying good beer
-Reading, working, socializing, fixing up the house, and the millions of
other things that keep me away from the first five ;-)

-Brendon

Brendon M. Troy wrote:

"Kenneth Salzberg" wrote

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Jeff Potter wrote:

Outdoor sports is a small-world family scene to an extent, so I
appreciate knowing these things. To me there's more to skiing than
skiing.

OK, I'll bite: besides skiing, among other interests, I play old-tyme
banjo (frailing/clawhammer), and have for much longer than I've skied.
-Ken


I've only started skiing this season (love it!), so I suppose I'm not
even qualified to answer this, but here's the abbreviated list:

-Road Cycling (I'm sure this is one of the most common off-season
activities, short of perhaps rollerskiing)
-Ultimate Frisbee
-Running, when I can make myself
-Enjoying good beer
-Reading, working, socializing, fixing up the house, and the millions of
other things that keep me away from the first five ;-)

OK, here goes:

- I have two kids, 14 & 12. Those of you who are parents know what this
means. :-)

- Orienteering
- Rock climbing
- Group Leader of the Lilleaker Scout group
- Computers & digital photography, esp panoramas and high-res mosaics.
- Windsurfing on a small board when conditions are right (You know, gale
force & up. :-)
- I read quite a lot (50-100 english books/year)

Previously I've been into diving & gymnastics, volleyball (at 171 cm I
had to be the setter :-(), white water kayak, swimming & ham radio (I'm
la8nw).

The main/only problem is the one eloquently told by Piet Hein ("Kumbel")
in one of his Grooks:

T.T.T
Put up in a place
where it's easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T.T.T.
When you feel how depressingly
slowly you climb,
it's well to remember that
Things Take Time.

Terje
--
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"almost all programming can be viewed as an exercise in caching"

Previously I've been into diving & gymnastics, volleyball (at 171 cm I
had to be the setter :-(), white water kayak, swimming & ham radio (I'm
la8nw).

(snip)


Terje

There seems to be several ham radio ops on here !

John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee

Here's my list;

Bicycling

Bike Building

Golf

Furniture Restoration

Hiking

Yeah, yeah, I know I don't have anything cultural on my list... Does
that mean I'm not well rounded? Opera-BORING! Theatre-BORING!
Classical Music-BORING! Museums-BORING! Ballet-BORING! Tap
Dancing-BORING!

Jay Tegeder
"Keep training, lycra never lies!" JT


(J999w) wrote in message ...

Previously I've been into diving & gymnastics, volleyball (at 171 cm I
had to be the setter :-(), white water kayak, swimming & ham radio (I'm
la8nw).

(snip)


Terje

There seems to be several ham radio ops on here !

John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee

Forgot to mention snowshoeing, jazz, opera (one man's boring is another
man's passion).

Leland


"Jay Tegeder" wrote in message
om...
Here's my list;

Bicycling

Bike Building

Golf

Furniture Restoration

Hiking

Yeah, yeah, I know I don't have anything cultural on my list... Does
that mean I'm not well rounded? Opera-BORING! Theatre-BORING!
Classical Music-BORING! Museums-BORING! Ballet-BORING! Tap
Dancing-BORING!

Jay Tegeder
"Keep training, lycra never lies!" JT


(J999w) wrote in message
...

Previously I've been into diving & gymnastics, volleyball (at 171 cm I
had to be the setter :-(), white water kayak, swimming & ham radio (I'm
la8nw).

(snip)


Terje

There seems to be several ham radio ops on here !

John Wilke
WB9UAI
Milwaukee

Jay Tegeder wrote:

Here's my list;
Bicycling
Bike Building
Golf
Furniture Restoration
Hiking

Yeah, yeah, I know I don't have anything cultural on my list... Does
that mean I'm not well rounded? Opera-BORING! Theatre-BORING!
Classical Music-BORING! Museums-BORING! Ballet-BORING! Tap
Dancing-BORING!

Gee I hate to say this (and sorry for you too Jay but pretty much
same for me. Except golf and furniture restoration.

For me pretty much any sport which is outside and in middle of
nowehere (MTB, hiking, running, mounteneering, climbing). And
photography (which is a bit hobby a bit job).
Opera, theatre, dancing... no thank you

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Yeah, yeah, I know I don't have anything cultural on my list... Does
that mean I'm not well rounded? Opera-BORING! Theatre-BORING!
Classical Music-BORING! Museums-BORING! Ballet-BORING! Tap
Dancing-BORING!

The psychologist, Fritz Perls, defined boredom as "a lack of
attention" and observed that nothing is inherently boring. So I guess
it becomes a matter of what we choose to give our attention to. For
the most part I'm with you, Jay. I prefer to participate over being a
spectator. However, the next time the dance company Pilobolus is in
town I challenge you to go and not be inspired.

Cheers,

Bill Wells

There is so much in life than skiing...
OK... What is it then?


Classical guitar (in the "Serenade" flute-guitar duo with my wife,
who is also a skier, albeit a slow one)

Road cycling (club rides 2 times weekly, races about 2 annually)

Speedskating inline (7 50K races during season)

Skiing (about 4-5 local races and every other weekend during snow)

Rollerskiing (2 times weekly in winter)

Kayaking (have a touring double, looking for a racing kayak now)

Serge wrote:

There is so much in life than skiing...
OK... What is it then?

Latin ("salsa") dancing.

Reading.

Looking for work.

Gene