I started swimming Masters as soon as I could at 25(this was before 19 and then 18 year olds could swim Masters-I'm 57 now.)
I gather this is not what most people do. Swimming was the only thing that allowed me to retain a veneer of sanity in college and med school so I was ecstatic at being with an organized group of swimmers at the first opportunity.
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Originally posted by swimmieAvsFan
LBJ,
they're so thankful he's not from ... Michigan that they're more than willing to overlook the Terp factor. ...
:D
As a Michigan alum whose sister graduated from Penn State, I take exception to that remark!
Seriously, I went to high school 40 miles from Happy Valley, and I remember posters of Joe Pa being on the bulletin boards of my Jr (!) High School. I have the deepest respect for the Nittany Lions, and 51 weeks out of the year, they are tied for my favorite football team. My friends who are Penn State fans start talking trash that one other week out of the year, and I don't know what to do with myself. If I smack back, I feel like I'm punching myself in the face with my follow through.
Let's face it. There are some programs that are easy to dislike. The South Florida Penal League All-Stars...er, University of Miami; U(niversity of) S(poiled) C(hildren); most any SEC team after their fans get all liquored-up; Nebraska, but only when they are whining their way to a National Championship (they're OK the rest of the time). For the most part, if you are not cheering for your favorite team's key rivals, well gosh, that must mean you don't really understand how they pick the teams going to the BCS Bowls. I've even learned how to say nice things about Ohio freakin' State, which is a whole lot easier with a class act like Jim Tressel in charge of the program. (Now if only their xenophobic, embittered fans would get the memo...)
Matt
Originally posted by swimmieAvsFan
LBJ,
they're so thankful he's not from ... Michigan that they're more than willing to overlook the Terp factor. ...
:D
As a Michigan alum whose sister graduated from Penn State, I take exception to that remark!
Seriously, I went to high school 40 miles from Happy Valley, and I remember posters of Joe Pa being on the bulletin boards of my Jr (!) High School. I have the deepest respect for the Nittany Lions, and 51 weeks out of the year, they are tied for my favorite football team. My friends who are Penn State fans start talking trash that one other week out of the year, and I don't know what to do with myself. If I smack back, I feel like I'm punching myself in the face with my follow through.
Let's face it. There are some programs that are easy to dislike. The South Florida Penal League All-Stars...er, University of Miami; U(niversity of) S(poiled) C(hildren); most any SEC team after their fans get all liquored-up; Nebraska, but only when they are whining their way to a National Championship (they're OK the rest of the time). For the most part, if you are not cheering for your favorite team's key rivals, well gosh, that must mean you don't really understand how they pick the teams going to the BCS Bowls. I've even learned how to say nice things about Ohio freakin' State, which is a whole lot easier with a class act like Jim Tressel in charge of the program. (Now if only their xenophobic, embittered fans would get the memo...)
Matt
