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rootbeer1 ([personal profile] rootbeer1) wrote2008-02-06 09:55 am

Totebag winner

Been a pretty busy week. Last weekend we went to [livejournal.com profile] keanubear's birthday party, where we received the grand prize, the official John Ashfield Totebag, after Neil, the original winner, left it behind:

The John Ashfield Totebag

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As another way to remember [livejournal.com profile] poohbearhjim, 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]

[identity profile] ponycub.livejournal.com 2008-02-06 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I could not swim untill just this last summer. Britbear got me swimming lessons. I still wouldnt say i can swim. But i could probably make it to the side of the pool or something if i fell in the deep end.

[identity profile] geofferbear.livejournal.com 2008-02-06 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
no shit, eh? i never knew......