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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/2305/missing-ion</link><description>Where is Ion when we need him?!

From The Race Club site (me being GH Jr.):

Alex Popov versus me: head to head in the 50 LONG COURSE freestyle. Popov has the world record in the event and did it in a time trial - in an empty pool. I have the American</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15827?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:07:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1cc3ec7d-d3c3-4454-94ed-7d7be6405812</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Well, I miss him and so does Mr. Moose &amp;amp; Ralph.....&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15767?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:08:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ef39f289-0a7d-4489-99f9-4dec7e692a4b</guid><dc:creator>swimr4life</dc:creator><description>I&amp;#39;m not sure he&amp;#39;s really banned. I think it is his choice. Please let this thread wade away!;)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15784?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:43:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:cc29b3e1-9e46-4d3b-9ea8-4f902b62a360</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by swimr4life 
I&amp;#39;m not sure he&amp;#39;s really banned. I think it is his choice. Please let this thread wade away!;)  

You are both correct. He was banned officially but now stays away on his own.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15755?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8a2446ec-a7af-42aa-b0bc-b918a1099cdf</guid><dc:creator>pmbchill</dc:creator><description>Banned for what?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15654?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2004 16:01:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d844d3f4-00be-4109-b555-ba3b26a523d5</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>he was banned for a period of time and I think has continued staying away on his own.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15707?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2004 07:28:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:27159a99-1f7b-41dc-8a8f-f67b28417807</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Hey Ion, Ralph, Mr. Moose &amp;amp; I want you to come back...&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15618?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2004 09:05:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:a83a0c2d-fb68-4ddb-a255-a84aadc4cf67</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>yea where did ion get to?although oppinionated i got on with him fine...&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15591?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2004 12:24:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d145152d-8af4-4b6f-83b6-3b2f2d4c04fb</guid><dc:creator>swimr4life</dc:creator><description>Leonard, you are a very, very wise man!;)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15550?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 11:09:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3874e7ec-0530-47eb-bba1-8bffbb3e581c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by tjburk 
Leonard...don&amp;#39;t fight it!!!! Enjoy the voices!!! They&amp;#39;re your friends! Just don&amp;#39;t listen to them when they talk about going naked at the pool!!! I found out first hand, that no one else that day heard them! Cops didn&amp;#39;t think it was funny either!:D 

The only time I worry about the voices is when they conflict with my marching orders from She Who Must Be Obeyed, the Ukrainian She-Devil. I am more interested in finding out &amp;quot;Kenneth, what&amp;#39;s the frequency?&amp;quot;

-LBJ&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15280?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 16:27:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b3272346-07f5-4dde-bda0-3f697e739d22</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by Leonard Jansen 


(Crawling under desk and getting into fetal position) Make it stop. Please make it stop.

-LBJ 

Don&amp;#39;t worry, Mr. Moose is a very nice Moose, he&amp;#39;ll keep them from hurting you.
Naw, naw, come out and play with the rest of us. It&amp;#39;ll all be okay!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15254?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 15:34:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6c9265c9-68e2-40c9-9351-b5eae37d31ac</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Done...&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15220?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 15:23:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:21afa296-816e-4ccf-aa0e-c8440bac4efb</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by Tom Ellison 
Oh no, it’s not crowded at all….Gosh, there is room for many more of us in here…Folks like Hubby Cow, Mrs. Magillacutty and Iron Head Harold are in here to…. 

(Crawling under desk and getting into fetal position) Make it stop. Please make it stop.

-LBJ&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15502?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 13:45:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1396b7ad-2d7c-4dc8-9666-8ec75ec71fba</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by tjburk 
Y&amp;#39;all been peeking in my winder? I&amp;#39;ve heard of a peeping TOM, but never a peeping DOC!:D  Must have been the day I swam with the Polar Bear Club!!!! Otherwise....of course....you would have been impressed:D 

Hmmmmm.... You may have uncovered the only good arguement for a very warm pool!:D&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15187?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 13:25:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d3a0bfcb-d179-452b-99d7-4208e0b42ac1</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Oh no, it’s not crowded at all….Gosh, there is room for many more of us in here…Folks like Hubby Cow, Mrs. Magillacutty and Iron Head Harold are in here to….&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15165?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 13:21:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e1db2ff3-3180-44e0-962b-76c7374a8d9c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Sounds crowded in there!:)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15134?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 13:19:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:7074ce25-3cb1-4e7a-9342-24ba20691287</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Maybe he&amp;#39;s an organist.  Hopefully not.  No money in it. :p&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15096?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 13:03:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:7d41ec22-a5a5-4fb0-87fe-b988078d4a1c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Sounds like Ralph could have been a member of the &amp;quot;Ogdenetzel Wialea Blues Ensemble Mondo Presario Band&amp;quot; Does he play any instruments? :D&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15057?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 12:49:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b9c863c2-cfaf-4e5c-b1a0-963f0a8405e6</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>In reality, (pun) there is an entire cast of characters in there that have never introduced themselves to the USMS discussion forum. Most notably, Mr. Moose, Wilber the Moose and Elmer Gulespie.  Ralph and this merry cast of characters ride around America in Elmer’s 1968 VW Camper transporting their off the wall humor to children and swimmers everywhere. Mr. Moose, Wilber the Moose, Elmer and Ralph bring joy and laughter everywhere they travel. Perhaps I can coax them to introduce themselves to our family of USMS posters….. For all to enjoy. ….

Mr. Moose is a nice Moose….Wilber the Moose has serious Moose breath, Elmer whittles wooden Stroke &amp;amp; Turn Judges and Ralph, well….Ralph is Ralph…Is not, he is you…is not, is to, not, to…&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15453?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 12:33:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3d403f42-204a-4e23-ab54-339031e4768c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Y&amp;#39;all been peeking in my winder? I&amp;#39;ve heard of a peeping TOM, but never a peeping DOC!:D  Must have been the day I swam with the Polar Bear Club!!!! Otherwise....of course....you would have been impressed:D&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15417?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 09:05:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:fbb9ac98-371d-4105-9a4b-de7a9649c570</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>My point to a tee.....:D&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15376?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 08:49:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:027991f5-236d-4705-9a14-3f54bae90522</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by Tom Ellison 
Tracy:
I bet the girls thought it was very funny.... 

Well they did glance down and laugh uncontrollably :p&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15332?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 08:44:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d9c46949-d939-40c7-865f-4f85ded04952</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Tracy:
I bet the girls thought it was very funny....&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15301?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 08:23:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:7b0cccb0-bc63-42a4-941f-c56aeb4a1475</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Leonard...don&amp;#39;t fight it!!!! Enjoy the voices!!! They&amp;#39;re your friends! Just don&amp;#39;t listen to them when they talk about going naked at the pool!!! I found out first hand, that no one else that day heard them! Cops didn&amp;#39;t think it was funny either!:D&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/15029?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2004 10:54:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d95c4f24-a1cf-4008-8b0d-23ba176718a3</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Originally posted by Mark in MD 
NEXT!

Maybe Ralph should go first. 

Ralph can&amp;#39;t come out right now, he&amp;#39;s over in the corner playing with Mr. Moose.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Missing Ion</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/14982?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2004 10:52:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:77f7ca44-4f37-4579-b702-10fea8c54bf4</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Hi O&amp;#39;Doggie ;)
I met Mr. Moose, and he is a very nice Moose.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>