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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>Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/5067/grudge-races-place-your-bets</link><description>We have a few grudge races amongst forum regulars coming up at Colonies Zones. They are:
 
Muppet vs. Dave Barra: 200 fly
 
SwimStud vs. Muppet: 50 ***
 
Fortress vs. SwimmieAvsFan: 50 back
 
Here&amp;#39;s the poll. Place your bets; no limits on voting. All</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71744?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:32:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c97ee7e4-5ff2-46d4-9808-69a555663b5e</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>I PM&amp;#39;d him/her and reported him/her.  He/she is on a rampage and disrupting my reading pleasure.  And I was already pissed off because Scarlet told me Phelps had been bumped from Leno.  I guess we will have to hold a grudge.


What is up with that!  I heard that Sanjaya is who he got bumped for.  Sheesh.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72311?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:35:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4d6129c1-867e-4aff-9e12-7e1a54ed1fc5</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Thanks Bork!  YOur posts crack me up too; although, sometimes you&amp;#39;re a bit rough on my friend the Stud....
 
Are you on the East Coast?
 
 
 
General comment:  Looks like there&amp;#39;s holes in the positings.  Rouge poster late last night?  I guess I missed the brew ha-ha.


Sorry for being a bit rough on Richie...We like tossing puffballs at one another though right Rich?  ....I don&amp;#39;t know if you noticed but Rich fires back some pretty heavy artillery of his own too LOL!....You should read the limerick war we had way back on the meaning of swimming thread LOL! (although you would have to scroll back at least 5 or 6 pages in that thread to find it now I&amp;#39;m sure).

I am currently living in Tennessee.....but I grew up in Texas....I&amp;#39;ve been to the East coast a few times but never lived there.  I would love to come up for a big meet there though to meet all of you guys....Your dinner pics looked great!  Looks like you guys had a great time too!  

Bork&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72229?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:25:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5f5d5cd9-56e2-4e37-8a4e-ef9038b399da</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>I&amp;#39;m pretty confident I can go under 4:40. 4:35 would be a really good swim for me.
 
You and I both need to get our backstrokes cranking!
 
My only IM at NEM...was 1:20. So it&amp;#39;s fairish...I&amp;#39;ll have to drop a bit on all strokes to get uner 1:10. It makes for an interesting race though LOL.
 
Cranking backstroke...for me maybe just slowing it down and doing it properly might be faster  :rofl: :rofl: .&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72147?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:18:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:022d737d-9a3e-4665-95f0-89369a04a670</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Do you think you can swim a 100 IM in under 55 seconds? :)
 
Well I was unsure of your 400 time. I&amp;#39;ll go for 25%. 
It will be a PB...but I&amp;#39;ll go for it...&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72036?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:10:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:2b62c987-f6e5-4d15-a4f1-e88b8c8ebc7e</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Hmm, it might be a while till I do any of those events! How about this for a handicap: I&amp;#39;ll try to beat your 100 *** time with my *** split in my 400 IM at Nationals. I see you went a 1:19 last time. If you go much faster than that I&amp;#39;m going to have a tough time winning this one!
 
I won&amp;#39;t take that bet. I&amp;#39;m going to try and bust out from the start on the next BR100. Just going to take it out hard and fast like the 50 (only hopefully better technique) hehehe we&amp;#39;ll see how it goes.
 
How about I try to do the 100IM in&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71933?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:57:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ec141351-d740-4dbf-a6bf-662f7d04cae9</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Sanjaya has better hair.
 
 
Kirk what&amp;#39;s our next virtual race to be in? I&amp;#39;m doing 50 &amp;amp; 100 BR , 100IM and 50 Fly next Sunday...do I get a handicap yet ;)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71828?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:52:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b078e618-5139-4987-b315-0b074cd0f9ba</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Thanks Bork!  YOur posts crack me up too; although, sometimes you&amp;#39;re a bit rough on my friend the Stud....
 
Are you on the East Coast?
 
 
 
General comment:  Looks like there&amp;#39;s holes in the positings.  Rouge poster late last night?  I guess I missed the brew ha-ha.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72384?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:05:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:374ea60f-7c58-4a71-9229-c5790920c5e1</guid><dc:creator>Julie Roddin</dc:creator><description>Your dinner pics looked great! Looks like you guys had a great time too! 
 
Bork
 
Um, where are the dinner pics?  Did I miss that post?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72205?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:21:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d3b409c0-103b-461f-aa45-74d611b3ef5c</guid><dc:creator>knelson</dc:creator><description>I&amp;#39;m pretty confident I can go under 4:40.  4:35 would be a really good swim for me.

You and I both need to get our backstrokes cranking!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72118?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:14:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:021d8502-2401-4780-9912-e91da43ccdf9</guid><dc:creator>knelson</dc:creator><description>Do you think you can swim a 100 IM in under 55 seconds? :)&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/72016?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:04:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:80ca86e9-9451-4d31-a764-99a19b56bffe</guid><dc:creator>knelson</dc:creator><description>Kirk what&amp;#39;s our next virtual race to be in? I&amp;#39;m doing 50 &amp;amp; 100 BR , 100IM and 50 Fly next Sunday...do I get a handicap yet ;)

Hmm, it might be a while till I do any of those events!  How about this for a handicap: I&amp;#39;ll try to beat your 100 *** time with my *** split in my 400 IM at Nationals.  I see you went a 1:19 last time.  If you go much faster than that I&amp;#39;m going to have a tough time winning this one!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71917?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:55:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e7bcbfcc-7d44-4d37-bac2-f5f254d8f69c</guid><dc:creator>knelson</dc:creator><description>What is up with that!  I heard that Sanjaya is who he got bumped for.  Sheesh.

Sanjaya has better hair.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71636?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:48:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:91ed29ce-8e4a-43b8-b31e-eefa91ffe54f</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Barb is bringin the smack down...she&amp;#39;s been storing that one up all tax season!:rofl:&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71558?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:45:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d31d0645-19f9-4bfb-b904-a6674a26a962</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Already reported above bozo from a different thread. It was my pleasure.

Barb&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71460?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:15:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b38bde73-5be8-470a-9d68-48fb50dafd5c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>We&amp;#39;ll see...
 
I&amp;#39;ve got a 50 FR with Dana too... Maybe we can get the same meet.


Maybe so....I would like to meet Dana anyway....her postings on the horror flick thread have cracked me up big time LOL!! ....We don&amp;#39;t really have to have this grudge match either.....I am willing to go a 50 *** instead since you will definitely have the upper hand on that one and you are already 1-0 in your 50 *** grudge matches so far (...and more importantly I just watched your 50 back video LOL!!....no offense though Rich!...your *** and free both looked pretty good IMO!...so who cares about backstroke anyway!)


Bork&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71728?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:14:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0e0547a2-d394-4a58-b8e3-350439f79569</guid><dc:creator>The Fortress</dc:creator><description>me too; i almost PMd him too

I PM&amp;#39;d him/her and reported him/her.  He/she is on a rampage and disrupting my reading pleasure.  And I was already pissed off because Scarlet told me Phelps had been bumped from Leno.  I guess we will have to hold a grudge.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71699?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:14:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:38248dfa-a0d8-49c7-996d-8eb734a7d3bb</guid><dc:creator>Muppet</dc:creator><description>Already reported above bozo from a different thread. It was my pleasure.

Barb

me too; i almost PMd him too&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71214?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:06:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:370c0457-60ea-4598-84ed-8ea3b7c61c9c</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>rich: don&amp;#39;t feel bad, one of my teammates can&amp;#39;t count to 8 either.

posted by Dave Barra


Is he also British Dave?  Maybe it has something to do with the English school system?  They just don&amp;#39;t learn to count that high over there perhaps?  LOL!! :rofl:   


Newmastersswimmer&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71145?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:42:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:85225e5a-ad46-4533-968c-1ce9123db8ba</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>I had failed to glean that patron was on the line! Next year, I better place some better bets. Maybe I won&amp;#39;t be gliding into the finish then.
 
Before we dive into OW season, folks, let us all remember that we still have some free/fly grudge races on between the hibernating FlyQueen and some girl. I think the last words I heard on this topic were &amp;quot;bring it.&amp;quot;
 
Oh and I have THE swim hat for the winner!!!&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71087?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:04:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b915f446-10d0-4125-8638-a55316a994ca</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>Hi, this post is very informative; however I would like some specific information. If someone can help me then please send me a private message. Best Regards,
 
Is this Geek with some sort of alias joke?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71392?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:43:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:40209077-bdfd-4009-8419-c52feba5b369</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>You forgot about my 100 IM grudge match against Britboy sometime either next fall or next Spring.
 
Newmastersswimmer
 
We&amp;#39;ll see...
 
I&amp;#39;ve got a 50 FR with Dana too... Maybe we can get the same meet.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71299?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:21:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ecfe1aaa-b4a8-41f1-9b5d-bb18795a0b9b</guid><dc:creator>some_girl</dc:creator><description>I had failed to glean that patron was on the line!  Next year, I better place some better bets.  Maybe I won&amp;#39;t be gliding into the finish then.

Before we dive into OW season, folks, let us all remember that we still have some free/fly grudge races on between the hibernating FlyQueen and some girl.  I think the last words I heard on this topic were &amp;quot;bring it.&amp;quot;

Yeah, someone is tapering and someone else is sharpening her claws for the final takedown. And I guarantee you there will be no OW for this swimmer: I consider summer &amp;quot;the season that is dead to me.&amp;quot;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71334?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:58:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4cf190cf-edd1-489e-8d70-79e81cf8b51e</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>In the interest of getting a grudge match2 thread going...  other than Flyqueen vs somegirl, who else do we have for round two of grudgematches?


You forgot about my 100 IM grudge match against Britboy sometime either next fall or next Spring.


Newmastersswimmer&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71126?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:40:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c1ad5e0b-15c3-4a2f-837f-040689b9fcdc</guid><dc:creator>The Fortress</dc:creator><description>that softens the loss of 1 bottle of patron gold to the dynamic muppet which i will graciously deliver by hand at the bay swim.

I had failed to glean that patron was on the line!  Next year, I better place some better bets.  Maybe I won&amp;#39;t be gliding into the finish then.

Before we dive into OW season, folks, let us all remember that we still have some free/fly grudge races on between the hibernating FlyQueen and some girl.  I think the last words I heard on this topic were &amp;quot;bring it.&amp;quot;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Grudge Races:  Place your bets</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/71311?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:52:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ba13ab1c-5b76-47e9-97a7-7934b9470bd2</guid><dc:creator>Muppet</dc:creator><description>In the interest of getting a grudge match2 thread going...  other than Flyqueen vs somegirl, who else do we have for round two of grudgematches?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>