Topic: Did you notice? JimH, the boss is back! (Read 4555 times)

Jaguu · « **on:** July 03, 2003, 03:50:02 pm »

He probably returned from a long holiday in Southern France dead tired, so that he just gave a quick glimpse at Interact and went straight to bed!

Doof · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2003, 04:07:12 pm »

He was here long enough to lock a thread, I noticed.

Apparently I wasn't doing a good enough job keeping the peace.

zevele10 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2003, 07:43:53 am »

Not sure he his back.

On solid ground only maybe

zevele10 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2003, 08:42:18 pm »

I know he is not back.
But i let him to tell you in the next coming days....

JimH · « **Reply #4 on:** July 06, 2003, 02:20:47 am »

Hello again.

I'm not back, but I'm on solid ground again and glad of it. I'm in Paris for a few days, but last week and the week before I was sailing with three younger Dutchmen who were luckily much better sailors than I am.

We sailed from Den Helder, near Amsterdam, with 40 other sailboats doing the Driehoek Nordsee, or North Sea Triangle. It isn't a race, but more of an endurance contest. 22 boats finished the first leg -- I'm not sure how many finished the other two legs.

We went NNW 500 nautical miles (about 600 statute miles) to the Shetland Islands, and stayed for two nights in a village called Lerwick. Then we sailed 270 nautical miles ESE to the southern tip of Norway, and stayed two nights in a town called Farsund. Then 330 miles more back to Holland.

I was glad to step ashore. I think it was the most physically and mentally demanding thing I've ever done. Big waves, storms, big ships passing in the dark with little visibility, a bouncing, jarring ride much of the time, and not much space with four people on a 36 foot boat.

Next time I'm going sailing in the Bahamas, where you can sail 3 or 4 hours, drop your anchor and jump in the water for a swim.

I've got some pictures I'll post when I'm back. Right now I'm going for a walk in the park.

Hope everyone's had a nice weekend.

Jim

nila · « **Reply #5 on:** July 06, 2003, 08:35:12 am »

Woah,
If I said I was jealous that'd be an understatement.

Sounds lilke a GREAT trip.

I'm sure your sick of the sailing to some extent but I'm sure you'd also agree it was an experience of a lifetime.

Wanna try do it in mine

KingSparta · « **Reply #6 on:** July 06, 2003, 09:01:01 am »

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Sounds lilke a GREAT trip.

I would be sick from the first min on the boat

I prefer something under my feet

Now Jumping from a plane is ok (AirBorne)

nila · « **Reply #7 on:** July 06, 2003, 02:25:50 pm »

Yeah - I went sky diving a couple of months back.
It was alot of fun I have to admit.
Something I always wanted to be able to say I'd done.

Not as scarey or as much of a rush as I'd hoped.

I wanna get certified so I can do bass jumping like the guys in cliff hanger - now that would be a mad rush.

KingSparta · « **Reply #8 on:** July 06, 2003, 02:40:08 pm »

>> bass jumping
well I have over 165 Combat Equip Static Line Jumps, but base jumping and all that is a bit much for me.

Maybe if i was younger.

nila · « **Reply #9 on:** July 06, 2003, 02:54:31 pm »

wow, I'm impressed King,

Bass jumping I just reckon would be THE rush.

I'm still chasing it. Not sure when I'll find it.
Bungee jumping the first time was but it got a bit old by the 3rd. Still fun though gotta say.

With bass jumping though u get the rush as u see how high u are. The rush as u think about the fact your going to jump off. The HUGE rush as u run towards the edge, the ridiculas one and the overcoming of ur fear as u throw yourself off. The crazy rush as your falling followed by that huge relief as u glide down slowly.

zevele10 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:32:15 am »

Bass jumping

Can you tell me what it is exatlly?

When you jump tied to an elastic ?

MachineHead · « **Reply #11 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:35:18 am »

Base jumping is throwing your perfectly sane self off a building with a parachute. Or a very high rock. Or a very high bridge. Or anything that is firmly attached to the ground with enough heighth to allow the parachute to open properly.

Sounds like fun...

Cmagic · « **Reply #12 on:** July 07, 2003, 02:07:09 am »

Base Jump illustrated :

Base jumping over the Mediteranean sea in the "Calanques" area near Marseille, France.

nila · « **Reply #13 on:** July 07, 2003, 04:11:08 am »

wow.

That was a gorgeous picture.

I wish u had a full sized version of it so I could make it into my desktop background.

I really want to get certified, I just TOTALLY cant afford it.

KingSparta · « **Reply #14 on:** July 07, 2003, 05:23:25 am »

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That was a gorgeous picture.

agreed, wish it would fit my desktop

nila · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2003, 08:53:15 am »

Cmagic - where'd u get it from?
Maybe if they have a few I could make a half decent wallpaper from it.

KingSparta · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:28:41 am »

http://mcalanques.free.fr

nila · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:12:57 pm »

Ah

thanks for that - managed to get through it even without speaking french.

That was the only pic like that one

Just stick to my quiksilver wallpapers for now I guess.

They're pretty cool.

KingSparta · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:54:29 pm »

well there is alot of base jump pictures on the net i just did a search and some look real nice.

I don't think JimH is a base jumping kind of guy.

Maybe sailing and hiking

I think he likes the Bahamas because the water is so clean there and it is more relaxed.

Cmagic · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2003, 10:08:22 pm »

Hi folks,

I think I found our sailor !

I was walking down the streets of Paris yesterday when I noticed a strange guy on a bike. He was riding just like if he's spent a few weeks onboard a boat with violent storms and hughes waves. I approached him so as to help the poor guy trying to lock his bike by a tree on the pavement.
As I got closer to te biker, I said to myself: "Bon sang je connais ce mec ! / Man, this guy looks familiar !".
" On dirait Jim / He looks like Jim"
Here is a picture :

Yes it was Jim, riding the streets of Paris.
Folks, it looks like the boss will soon be back to Minneapolis, full of energy and in great shape.
It was a pleasant surprise to find Jim on my way yesterday but I'll let the boss tell you the rest of the story...

Thanks

Christian

JimH · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:40:38 pm »

Thanks to Christian, I managed to get the bike locked and have a couple of beers with him. The beer still tends to slosh around in the glass (I think).

We had a "light" dinner and talked a lot of nonsense (at least I did).

Thanks also to Christian, I have a couple of bottles of good French wine for Team JRiver. I hope I can keep them corked long enough to get them home.

I will have to wait to post the handsome pictures of Cmagic until I'm back in the U.S. My computer is not speaking to me at the moment.

nila · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:43:49 pm »

Damn Jim,
U get around.

U seem to be doing a good job of making the most of ur life

Good on u!

Now your on our time zone where ur team are all asleep in bed and we're all sitting here waiting to play with new builds etc

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