I can't believe I'm going to publicly admit this, but I met my wife on Fitness Singles. I had no interest in online dating (this was just over 12 years ago, and I thought there was a bit of a stigma to it), but at 32 I found myself newly (and unexpectedly) single and sober, and the dating scene was daunting. I also got a banner add for it on my hotmail homepage, and something compelled me to actually click on it. We connected on there a few weeks after I got that add link, and the rest is history.
Am I the only book nerd? I love a good non fiction adventure, anything from Everest climbs to ultra running kinda stuff. Fiction is ok too tho
Can we start a thread Mr Mikie, please ...pretty please can we?!
Power to you for cutting to the chase, Matt – and congrats for success. Stigma...not really much different than going to a gym or a bar, except your chances of success are better. I met the weazl in a climbing gym, same same for the most part.
Aha, thanks!
I need to introduce you to one of my clients. She is an older German lady who trekked all over the planet in her younger days. She's got pics from her journeys by the thousands and she's a great story teller. Fun to sit with and listen to and a very good writer as well. She shares copies of her short stories with me often. We enjoy her aquarium together and all things nature. I share my pics and stories with her too, and she loves to see and hear what I have to say. She and her husband were the originators of Sport Chalet, if anyone here has ever heard of that place.Am I the only book nerd? I love a good non fiction adventure, anything from Everest climbs to ultra running kinda stuff. Fiction is ok too tho
Can we start a thread Mr Mikie, please ...pretty please can we?!
That's great! One of my long time good friends met his gal on a dating site. She was a bit overbearing early on but they grew well together and they are excellent parents. It's fun watching them interact with their kids. Books could written by their standards.
This is awesome! I was recently divorced and Jennifer had just ended a relationship with her boyfriend. We were both on Match.com for a short time before we gave up. New Year's Eve 2011 we both went out and got trashed for whatever reason. On New Year's Day our friends talked us into a road ride on Monday (we both had Monday off due to the holiday falling on a Sunday). Mind you we hadn't met at this point. We both reluctantly showed up for the ride. I noticed her immediately when we gathered for the start of the ride. Well our paths crossed on every climb. "On your left" every time she blew past me. No worries. I'll catch her on the DH. Not so much. She had skills there too. At the first rest stop I heard her bitching something about this being a social ride and not a hammerfest and she didn't bring any nutrition. Here's my chance! I offered up an extra Gu and she willingly excepted. Our paths would cross a few more times once the ride resumed but then she disappeared. Oh well. With about 10 miles to go I noticed a girl coming out of a side street. It was Jennifer! She told me she got lost and asked if I knew the way back. I said of course. We rode the rest of the way back chatting to one another and I had mentioned I'm going to have to buy a road bike if I wanted to see her again. I told her I was a mountain biker and I had borrowed my friend's road bike for this ride. She says me too! My first thought was yeah right. A Wal-Mart or Huffy cruiser is not a mountain bike. Turns out she was a real mountain biker! After the ride I got the courage to ask her to lunch and she accepted. We really hit it off. We talked on the phone a few times during the week and went on a real date that Friday night. We have literally been together every day since. Bikes rule!
So awesome!! Having access to someone with those kinds of experiences is truly a gift!
Dicks Sporting Goods is lame!
Yes, the loss of SC was a huge blow to specialized sporting goods access. I miss it, too.So awesome!! Having access to someone with those kinds of experiences is truly a gift!
That’s why I love to read true adventure stories...it’s a nice vicarious escape from the daily grind, but mostly there’s so much knowledge being passed down(esp if the writer is really good)!
Do I know Sport Chalet??!! I was always shopping there, and I miss it like crazy! SC and Billy’s were the only good outfitters around
No shame amigo!my sister and her Mr met online and they’re going strong at 15yrs!
It is a small world
I’ve heard that before. We’re you in the bike dept?
Which years? The originators sold it a while before it failed and from that point on, it was a mess.
Oof, thanks for sharing that Mike.
Good on ya for discretion! Take it from me...being a righteous ass is usually not the best way forward.
We have just switched back to U-verse TV from Direct TV. Didn't care for satellite TV. Technician said it was installed incorrectly while he was installing U-verse TV equipment. No wonder.
Regardless, the delay in channel change time with Satellite TV (and Cable TV) always drove me nuts. U-verse changes channels pretty much instantaneously. AT&T pushed Direct TV on us the last time my bundle had expired and we we happy with U-verse TV back then. This time they suggested that we go back to U-verse TV when it was time to bundle again. Good riddance, Direct TV!
Pretty sure that is where everyone is headed, eventually.
See, they are making it more simplified. I told that this is where it's headed. Still, there is multiple networks and that confuses me.
