Beau Peep Notice Board
Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on May 29, 2011, 03:46:06 PM
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We didn't know that my son could run...hardly ever even see him upright.
Well he got a gold medal at his school Track & Field, then got 2 firsts and 2 seconds (another overall gold) at the area Track Meet, then yesterday he came home with 2 silvers and 2 bronzes from the Zones - so now he is off the the Provincials next week in our capital city of Edmonton - I think for the 3000M and the 4 X400 relay - not sure how it all works if he gets to run in his bronze races or not.
When I was a kid participating in the (compulsory) school cross country race whereby some 400 or so kids all ran at the same time around the town and over fields, by the time I got to end of (the very LONG) school driveway I could not see which way the crowd went and had to ask a passerby. Once again I wonder if we brought the right kid home from the hospital.
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Diane, that's the funniest thing I've read in a while (the last bit), and well done on producing a super-athlete.
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Great story, Diane. Loved the bit where you had to ask for directions at the end of your cross-country run.
And congratulations to Hi-Speed Haskell Jr.
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Yes, indeed - lovely story, and well done to you both. If your son can run half as well as you write, Diane (you may have struggled to the end of the school driveway, but you had my first guffaw by the end of your opening sentence), there are many more medals to come.
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You guys are all so sweet...thinking I was asking for directions towards the end of my cross country run.
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... by the time I got to end of (the very LONG) school driveway I could not see which way the crowd went and had to ask a passerby...
I certainly was not going to mention that it was at the start of the race, but you left a very good clue that you were going away from the school.
I hated cross-country running - running around, getting muddy and wet, just to end up back where you started.
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I also saw it was at the beginning of the race, Diane, but Roger's not very good with computers, so please bear with his idiosyncrasies. (Remember, if it wasn't for him and his Beau Peep creation, we might not have this board on which to honour the twerp*!)
*Beau Peep
Oh yes, and say, "Well done" to Roadrunner, from me.
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Yes, I did also get your start of race reference, Diane - it was my second big guffaw of the post. The evidence is stacking up against poor Roger.
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Ah, yes, well, I thought you had lagged so far behind, you didn't know where to finish the race. I have to admit that lagging so far behind at the START of the race escalates this whole thing to greatness.
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I got thrown out of the Girl Guides too (for tying up Margaret for my "knots" badge) - had an awful childhood really.
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I got thrown out of the Girl Guides too (for tying up Margaret for my "knots" badge) - had an awful childhood really.
You seem to have made up for it by giving your kids a great childhood!
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THe awful childhood bit was just for comedy - I had a great childhood - my parents were old when they had me (45,50) so were pretty cool in their parenting style.
I wear it as a badge of honour to have been kicked out of that mind controling group the Girl Guides. I should have got my knot badge though for they needed a knife to free Margaret.
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I should have got my knot badge though for they needed a knife to free Margaret.
Thanks for starting my day with a laugh ;D
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I wear it as a badge of honour to have been kicked out of that mind controling group the Girl Guides. I should have got my knot badge though for they needed a knife to free Margaret.
I agree! ;D ;D
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I wear it as a badge of honour to have been kicked out of that mind controling group the Girl Guides. I should have got my knot badge though for they needed a knife to free Margaret.
I agree! ;D ;D
I also agree too as well! ;D ;D ;D
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Are you still in touch with Margaret, Diane?
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I phoned her long distance from Canada once, but her kid said she was tied up right then.
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I phoned her long distance from Canada once, but her kid said she was tied up right then.
Oh, Roger, you walked right into that one! Nice one, Diane! ;D
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Oh, God, I needed that! Laughed out loud from the first sentence of the thread. Congrats to Steve, Diane. Has he been to the Provincials yet? Haven't been paying attention.
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Steve made it to the Provincials - but he, and the whole, zone did very poorly there. He didn't even have any fun which was a shame as the school even got a grant to pay for two hotel nights for the lot of them.
I thought I was due for a little break from his sport until the end of the school year now - but no - he is now in a "football camp" (American football) for two weeks which means I have to drive to town each day to get him about 6:00 PM each day and then he gets to play a game in the city next weekend.
He has two summer basketball camps to go to as well each a week long. This is a kid who never did ANY sport at all before this school year so it's getting a bit annoying.
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It's when you get to those state rep levels you see the real freaks, the future national champions, etc, and it can be daunting.
I was a fast runner at school, not a record-setter, but always the fourth guy in the relay team, that sort of thing. As I was handy over all the distances but not outstanding in any, I was used all the time, whereas the 100 metres champ was confined to the 100 and 200, and the 400 metres champ only did the 400. I only made one championship as of right, and it was mind-blowing. I made the semi finals of a 200 metres because 2 runners were disqualified and I was one of the fastest losers in the quarters. I was so proud to be lining up at that level, but I was last by a country mile. Those guys had been holding back in the heats and absolutely blitzed the semis and final.
I've always admired great athletes and wished I had been one. My son Aidan, (the youngest) is very fast, real champion standard, but he doesn't do athletics, just football (soccer). I've been there on the sidelines when he zips past spectators and often try to convince myself it's the McGookin genes, but my wife's brother was actually a County champ and can produce newspaper clippings stating that he did the 100 metres in 11 seconds. You can't argue with that.
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The latest is that Mr. Shelly, the High School Physics and Chemisty teacher has publically challenged Steve to a game of chess tomorrow - this can't be good whatever the outcome.
Steve does some wacky opening moves that put logical, thinking players off their game but I'm sure Shelly will be prepared for that kind of action.
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Steve won the game against the teacher. Not such a wise idea with finals coming up.
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Now chess - that's a nasty business.
I once subscribed to an online chess site, never won a game and was even abused by those who beat me. Apparently I was such a waste of time as an opponent I deserved derision.
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I seem to recall that my sister once overturned a chessboard after being "fool's mated" by her then husband. Maybe she'll elaborate....
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Think you've about covered it!