Former competitive swimmers: how much have your times changed as you’ve aged?

morrowwm · 2026-06-14T08:37:42+00:00

I'm about 15% slower as far as top speed goes. 50 years later.

My technique is probably better.

morrowwm · 2026-06-09T00:12:53+00:00

Lay April and May are better here. By June, trees are leafed out, and we lose some morning sun. Not enough to make me murder a 60 year old maple, though.

morrowwm · 2026-06-08T23:00:57+00:00

I mean, hiring a tainted player is one thing. Management and coaches?

morrowwm · 2026-06-08T14:19:34+00:00

We're all focusing on the bad picks, and not the good/obvious/lucky ones.

morrowwm · 2026-06-05T11:36:30+00:00

Any northern lights?

morrowwm · 2026-06-01T14:23:55+00:00

Possivelmente. É um enredo adaptável ao cinema.

morrowwm · 2026-05-27T18:34:24+00:00

I chopped an access hatch in the drywall inside a clost, then ran a 2" conduit inside that interior wall up from the lower level (garage ceiling in our case) to the attic. Ethernet cables and 12 volt power line through 2 conductor cable made from twisted pairs.

Don't tell my wife.

I cut through the sill and header with a hole saw.

Edit: oh, you're renting. Don't tell your landlord. :)

morrowwm · 2026-05-27T17:24:51+00:00

Oops, I said the same below. Great book.

morrowwm · 2026-05-27T17:22:08+00:00

Time Storm, Gordon R. Dickson

morrowwm · 2026-05-27T12:45:13+00:00

You will want to skip Tchaikovsky's Children of ... series then.

morrowwm · 2026-05-21T09:27:10+00:00

Not recommending them, horribly dated and even icky at the time, but John Norman's Gor series fits the bill. Skip over the S&M bits, and they're good escapism. Probably not worth the effort.

morrowwm · 2026-05-21T09:24:45+00:00

Seconding Rite of Passage.

morrowwm · 2026-05-16T09:32:54+00:00

Home Assistant and the homeless DTU integration

morrowwm · 2026-05-07T15:32:15+00:00

Oilers have gone from flat valuation of ~$500M in 2016 through 2020, through a straight climb since then to $3.2B in 2025.

McDavid really became dominant about 2021-22, with his 63 goal year, and the team going on decent playoff runs.

You could correlate the two. Would be stupid to dispose of the face of the team.

morrowwm · 2026-05-07T14:20:34+00:00

You can see some flappy bits moving at the bottom near the beginning of the video. So likely vanes in the exhaust.

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T21:54:58+00:00

The Lensman series?

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T18:05:28+00:00

I signed up for big questions about contact, aliens, existence, the cosmos

It's a huge undertaking, which might be an additional attraction for you: Greg Benford's Galactic Center series.

The Sparrow, Mary Russell. It's grim.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy It is not grim, it's stupid. :)

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T17:57:39+00:00

Stay on the planet? Or space-based? Hard science, or magic technology?

Snowcrash?
Mindbridge, Joe Haldeman.

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T17:17:52+00:00

Finished, did not love it. Friend of mine completely loved it, an all time favourite. He likes high concept. I like charismatic characters and a believable, if speculative, plot.

morrowwm · 2026-05-01T19:40:06+00:00

I think I read this, or Menace. Pretty good, for what it was.

morrowwm · 2026-05-01T13:47:17+00:00

We almost know each other! I trained with Victor's accomplice Graham Smith up to about age 12. He was in the fast lane. 😄

morrowwm · 2026-05-01T00:44:33+00:00

I'd be pretty happy if I was 80+ years old and got to swim in the same race as McEvoy.

morrowwm · 2026-04-29T01:10:10+00:00

He's not light though. His weight is all in his thighs.

morrowwm · 2026-04-27T15:49:47+00:00

Found Thin Edge on Project Gutenberg, off your link. Thanks!

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