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Totebag winner
Been a pretty busy week. Last weekend we went to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keanubear's birthday party, where we received the grand prize, the official John Ashfield Totebag, after Neil, the original winner, left it behind:
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As another way to rememberpoohbearhjim, I've created a web page for some of his family's recipes, and it can be found here.
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I went to the gym yesterday and met a friend who, surprisingly to me, can't swim. I had time, so I helped him try to do some rudimentary dog-paddling. It just sort of amazes me when I find friends who can't swim, especially since my family's vacations, when I was growing up, seemed to center around water -- swimming in the ocean, pools or lakes. In high school I opted out of the regular PE requirement in order to swim all year, and at the end was certified as a lifeguard. And even now, although the ocean is too cold to swim in here, I look forward every summer to the various pool parties around the bay area, and not just because they are filled with hairy bearded men in Speedos.
But I think there are more people than expected who don't swim, or never learned how. So ... poll-time!
[Poll #1134139]
keanubear's birthday party, where we received the grand prize, the official John Ashfield Totebag, after Neil, the original winner, left it behind:* * *
As another way to remember
poohbearhjim, I've created a web page for some of his family's recipes, and it can be found here.* * *
I went to the gym yesterday and met a friend who, surprisingly to me, can't swim. I had time, so I helped him try to do some rudimentary dog-paddling. It just sort of amazes me when I find friends who can't swim, especially since my family's vacations, when I was growing up, seemed to center around water -- swimming in the ocean, pools or lakes. In high school I opted out of the regular PE requirement in order to swim all year, and at the end was certified as a lifeguard. And even now, although the ocean is too cold to swim in here, I look forward every summer to the various pool parties around the bay area, and not just because they are filled with hairy bearded men in Speedos.
But I think there are more people than expected who don't swim, or never learned how. So ... poll-time!
[Poll #1134139]
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Many lighter-colored people spend time by the water because they want to be tanned, and that's where dedicated tanning usually takes place. If you have no interest in your skin being darker, that removes one of the reasons for spending time by a pool or at the beach.