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Created by RumChaser RumChaser  > 9 months ago, 7 Jan 2010
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RumChaser
RumChaser

TAS

629 posts

7 Jan 2010 7:16pm
Hello all, I’ve got a problem and need some advice.
I thought of a good way to practice moves without getting wet. I got a couple of broom handles and tied them together to imitate a boom and mast and put my board down on the ground in the back yard to practice. All was going well until I looked up and found my wife looking at me with her arms crossed and a strange expression on her face .
Upon seeing me she turned around and walked back to the house muttering something. All I could hear were brief snatches such as “weird” “strange” and I think there may of even been an “insane” and “men in white coats” whatever that meant.
Now I am really worried. Just the sight of a skinny, grey headed bloke, holding two sticks and dancing on a sailboard in the back yard seems to upset her sanity.
Do you think I should try to get her some help?
sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy

NSW

8292 posts

7 Jan 2010 7:36pm
teach her how to sailboard.. that will get rid of the problem .then the 2 of you can stand out in the backyard practising gybes etc..
CheekyMonkey
CheekyMonkey

QLD

53 posts

7 Jan 2010 6:44pm
That's funny! I used to strap my first windsurfer one design, fully rigged on a typist's chair without the backrest and practice my gybes and tacks. Mind you it was 1984 and I was only 16 years old.
NotWal
NotWal

QLD

7435 posts

7 Jan 2010 6:48pm
Haven't I seen you on a insurance advert?
buckles
buckles

VIC

107 posts

7 Jan 2010 8:59pm
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CheekyMonkey said...

That's funny! I used to strap my first windsurfer one design, fully rigged on a typist's chair without the backrest and practice my gybes and tacks. Mind you it was 1984 and I was only 16 years old.


That's awesome! I may have to give that a go. Do you take the wheels off the bottom of the chair first?
pweedas
pweedas

WA

4642 posts

8 Jan 2010 12:16pm
Hey Iceman!
I'm sure you just mis-interpreted what she was saying because you didn't hear her properly.
What she was saying was;-
"At last! Finally an expression of the artistic talent which I always thought he had.
Is'nt that marvellous?
Such grace.
Such smoothness of movement.
I will have to leave right now before I burst into tears.
( and then she leaves, shaking her head in amazement.)

Thinking back now, don't you think that's what it was?

sailpilot
sailpilot

QLD

787 posts

8 Jan 2010 10:01pm
Now you've got her in the right mood you can put on your seat harness with nothing else, mosie on up to her and tell her you want to try out some of your new "sick" moves.
Bondalucci
Bondalucci

VIC

1580 posts

9 Jan 2010 11:33am
Tell her you've come up with a new invention that will enable her to sweep the house twice as fast!!
jewelray
jewelray

22 posts

11 Jan 2010 12:05pm
this is funny but bright idea.. I love it.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia

WA

23526 posts

11 Jan 2010 2:56pm
Take up kiting and use the monkey bars at the local park to practice
surf73
surf73

WA

5 posts

11 Jan 2010 5:55pm
When I got my first harness (I was 13) I tied a rope between tree branches about 3m high and just dangled for a few hours.........it was actually quite comfortable.
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