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Old 10-28-2010, 10:52 AM   #31
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Bloody hell, no wonder college costs so damn much here. No phys ed requirement in UK. I had to pay to play badminton after hours. ...and I don't even know where the nearest rink was!
Well, most liberal arts colleges are private colleges, so students do pay, in the form of crazy tuition.

You don't have a phys-ed reqt in most public institutions, that I know of, though you can take phys-ed classes as electives. For my college, those two less credit hours would have meant no piece of paper with my name on it after 4 years.
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:57 AM   #32
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Oooh I don't understand all this uni stuff over here. Liberal Arts...private...state.....zillions of colleges to choose from..... I hope someone else sorts it all out for Hebe. And she gets a 100% sports scholarship. To Yale or something
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:58 AM   #33
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Congrats Monster! Can you do a camel?
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:59 AM   #34
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Not yet. but Hebe can. I just have the camel toe going on if I don't adjust my tights properly....
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Old 10-28-2010, 10:59 AM   #35
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Oooh I don't understand all this uni stuff over here. Liberal Arts...private...state.....zillions of colleges to choose from..... I hope someone else sorts it all out for Hebe. And she gets a 100% sports scholarship. To Yale or something
I have no doubt!
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:03 AM   #36
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I totally want to skate on a pond, not done it yet.... but I'd need a different pair of skates.
Never got into it, so I know nothing about it, why different skates for a pond?
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:05 AM   #37
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The last time I ice skated, it was on a pond...and I ended up with a concussion. Probably had the wrong skates.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:07 AM   #38
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Are the teethy things on the front of the blade different? Ponds can be some rough skatin'.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:23 AM   #39
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No, I just don't want to trash my good blades on the rough ice. I need skates I don't pay so much money for!
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:25 AM   #40
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Oh ok, that makes sense, thanks.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:32 AM   #41
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I pay $20 for a sharpen (and I'm a skinflint, so trust me, it's the going rate...), and a bad rock might even render them unfixable.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:34 AM   #42
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No, I just don't want to trash my good blades on the rough ice. I need skates I don't pay so much money for!
Oh, I guess I cant blame my concussion on the skates then...darn.
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Old 10-28-2010, 11:42 AM   #43
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maybe they weren't sharp enough, or you weren't wearing a helmet?
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:20 PM   #44
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When I first started -when I got here- all I could do was skate forwards. No stopping and certainly no backwards : I stopped briefly when I was too pregnant for it to be sensible, but other than that have take a class almost every week , every year, Sep-May for 10 years. Slowly but Surely I'm learning to do what I always wanted to be able to do
I'm very impressed! Be proud of yourself!
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Old 10-28-2010, 12:25 PM   #45
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maybe they weren't sharp enough, or you weren't wearing a helmet?
LOL, definitely no helmet...this was 1978, for god's sake .

I was practicing figure 8's and boom, I fell backwards....and my big head hit first.
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