Nice going, Kathy! Now go calculate you average lap speed and realize how freaking much faster per lap you just did! Even a second faster, it's huge when you think about it. My speed can vary 3-4 seconds/ lap depending on how I'm feeling and I feel every one of those seconds. On my faster days, i really feel it later in the evening. (Today was a faster one. Ow.)

Yeah, I was definitely a bit sore after getting out of the pool today! I think what speeded me up in the past week was my concentrating on my kicking, and then today, I made sure to push off from the side of the pool and keep my arms in front of me for longer than I had been before I start my first stroke. Oh, and I made sure I was kicking as soon as I pushed off, so that first stroke didn't happen until I was a few yards into the lap. My number of strokes per length was definitely fewer today!

Having my own stubborn dad, I wish you and your parents the best, tommyrot.

Anyone ever been friends with someone who's very wealthy?

A girl on my high school tennis team once, during practice, mentioned that she was having trouble deciding what color to paint her personal tennis court.

I wondered why the husband could just make his wife move to the country by saying, "You are my wife."

Heh, I did that to Tom.

For a while there I was considering personal protection for one of those too rich families. Talk about a job the headaches would have scuppered.

So, gender is independent of genitalia. You're a straight man if you're attracted to women, and women doesn't imply vaginas. What are you if you're attracted to people with vaginas? Is there a word for that? Gynophile?

I am having a great time searching shibari. God, there's some stunning work out there.

(wrong thread)

The other ridiculously rich family I knew was tech-money rich. Venture capitalist, owned four houses (and a vineyard) in Northern California, was the angel donor at our school. One year he provided bonuses to whole staff. Those of us who were there for 2 years got $10,000 and those of us who were there a year got $5,000. It was the first last and only time I received a bonus as a teacher.

Sarameg that is scary.

I have nothing to contribute on the "Rich People" thread. Rich people I have known have been bosses and casual acquaintances rather than friends. For what it is worth they have spanned a broad range of human behavior ranging from "psychotic asshole" to "really nice person".

That reminds me, I am so with flea on how I would not work out if I had tons of money. I would hire someone to work out for me.

sarameg,

I have been following that story from afar. I'm sorry the abduction happened so close to you. Does it sound like it was an acquaintance of her half-sister? That household just wasn't right for a 17-year-old.