Comments on: Diving through http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:38:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Diane http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15975 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:21:04 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15975 Nice memory jogger that...I learned to either dive through them or ride them in (in NJ)...both fun! I grew up somewhat landlocked as there are very few public beaches on Lake Ontario, which can throw up some good sized waves, but you really don't want to be swimming in it when it does. Nice memory jogger that…I learned to either dive through them or ride them in (in NJ)…both fun! I grew up somewhat landlocked as there are very few public beaches on Lake Ontario, which can throw up some good sized waves, but you really don’t want to be swimming in it when it does.

]]> by: Mama Urchin http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15972 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:19:58 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15972 As children my siblings and I would play "over/under" with my dad in the waves of the Jersey shore. I never thought about how not everyone learns to know the difference. I just started a pair of cherry tree hill socks. Yours look great. As children my siblings and I would play “over/under” with my dad in the waves of the Jersey shore. I never thought about how not everyone learns to know the difference. I just started a pair of cherry tree hill socks. Yours look great.

]]> by: Mother http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15971 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:10:39 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15971 I'm not sure that wisdom comes too late to do any good, but it certainly comes too late and always in insufficient quantities to do as much good as it might have done thirty or forty years earlier. I'm convinced that Marquez has been to northern Iowa, Minnesota, or Wisconsin and picked up one of those trivets that reads, "Too soon old, too late smart." I’m not sure that wisdom comes too late to do any good, but it certainly comes too late and always in insufficient quantities to do as much good as it might have done thirty or forty years earlier.

I’m convinced that Marquez has been to northern Iowa, Minnesota, or Wisconsin and picked up one of those trivets that reads, “Too soon old, too late smart.”

]]> by: Kate http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15968 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:48:02 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15968 Perhaps this reveals my coastal bias, but...is sand in the lining of one's bathing suit an unusual condition?? Is this something that doesn't happen when swimming in lakes, for example? I had no idea! On a related note, can you, as my on-call historian of science, explain to me the physics that accounts for why ducking even a few inches below the surface does indeed protect against being clobbered by a wave? Because I'm with you; it has always seemed totally counterintuitive to me (even though in practice it really is the most effective method.) Perhaps this reveals my coastal bias, but…is sand in the lining of one’s bathing suit an unusual condition?? Is this something that doesn’t happen when swimming in lakes, for example? I had no idea!

On a related note, can you, as my on-call historian of science, explain to me the physics that accounts for why ducking even a few inches below the surface does indeed protect against being clobbered by a wave? Because I’m with you; it has always seemed totally counterintuitive to me (even though in practice it really is the most effective method.)

]]> by: Sonya http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15965 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:02:25 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15965 "The big 50,000 watt voice of the big business of farming, WOWO, Fort Wayne." It sounds much more impressive with the voice inflections. My dad hauled grain in addition to raising cattle, so the commodities report was of profound importance at our house. I've never seen either ocean, but I pretend when I stand on the shores of Lake Michigan. “The big 50,000 watt voice of the big business of farming, WOWO, Fort Wayne.” It sounds much more impressive with the voice inflections. My dad hauled grain in addition to raising cattle, so the commodities report was of profound importance at our house. I’ve never seen either ocean, but I pretend when I stand on the shores of Lake Michigan.

]]> by: Kristy http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15937 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:36:48 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/08/diving/#comment-15937 I grew up in Indiana, and I also had to learn how to swim in the Atlantic properly. Every time I'm in the ocean, I'm reminded of how small I really am, too! I grew up in Indiana, and I also had to learn how to swim in the Atlantic properly. Every time I’m in the ocean, I’m reminded of how small I really am, too!

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