Comments for Rants and Revelations https://blog.xcski.com Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Comment on So this is happening by Koos van den Hout https://blog.xcski.com/2023/06/08/so-this-is-happening/comment-page-1#comment-108631 Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:30:10 +0000 https://blog.xcski.com/?p=4214#comment-108631 I would think real estate agents with luxury detached houses want a good drone video with every listing! Good luck with this business, I am amused you are back to “flying”

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Comment on First cross country ski of the season by reggie https://blog.xcski.com/2022/01/23/first-cross-country-ski-of-the-season/comment-page-1#comment-108511 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 22:42:58 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4152#comment-108511 Try Bristol, probably not cheap, but they make snow and groom

Reggie

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Comment on Ending on a high note by Alexei Tetenov https://blog.xcski.com/2021/12/17/ending-on-a-high-note/comment-page-1#comment-108509 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 21:08:50 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4146#comment-108509 Hi Paul,
Thank you for sharing your life.
As far as pain relief, you may have some misalignment in your bones, joints, muscles, etc. For an old injury, I visited Walt Fritz, who is now relocated to Lima, NY. You can check him out at https://limapainrelief.com/ and https://waltfritzseminars.com/about/
If I were in your position, I would also try yoga. There are many different versions and variations of yoga, I have heard many good things about hot yoga or Bikram yoga that helps a person really stretch and re-align their body.
I also am a big fan of a local chiropractor, Dr. Hack, at 1340 Lake Ave, near Rt 104. He can help re-align your posture and suggest exercises to make it better. Some combination of these may make this better.
For my hip muscle injury, I sit on a wedge-shaped cushion, in the car, called the “Tush-Cush”. This helps me so much that I normally no longer experience pain sitting in a bucket seat where my knees are higher than my hip joint. The Extra Firm Car-Cush at https://tushcush.com/products/extra-firm-car-cush is what I use.
Thank you and please keep sharing.
-Alexei

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Comment on Round The Mountain again by Paul Tomblin https://blog.xcski.com/2021/05/08/round-the-mountain-again/comment-page-1#comment-108487 Sun, 09 May 2021 16:09:08 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4130#comment-108487 Update: The official results are out at https://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/RoundtheMountainTiming.xlsx-2021-04-22_OrdersOf_RoundtheMou.pdf
and as I speculated, the only boat faster than me besides the two old guys and the Matt and Roger double was the C-2 paddled by Shane and Bob MacDowell. The C-2 that I passed after the carry was paddled by Zak Hill and Rebecca Sutter. Surprisingly, Dave Wiltey wasn’t faster than me in Touring Kayak, but Neal Sand was.

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Comment on That’s discouraging by Alexei https://blog.xcski.com/2020/12/03/thats-discouraging/comment-page-1#comment-108482 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:52:18 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4119#comment-108482 I encourage you to keep pressing forward, especially on the activities that you enjoy.

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Comment on How to cough up a lung in the privacy of your own attic by Kinomap https://blog.xcski.com/2019/11/26/how-to-cough-up-a-lung-in-the-privacy-of-your-own-attic/comment-page-1#comment-108414 Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:11:37 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4038#comment-108414 Thanks for mentioning Kinomap. The app is free to download from the App Store/Play Store and the free version gives you access to a set of free videos. Just register. No credit card.

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Comment on Fingers crossed, I might have this figured out by Paul Tomblin https://blog.xcski.com/2019/09/19/fingers-crossed-i-might-have-this-figured-out/comment-page-1#comment-108348 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:31:47 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4026#comment-108348 In reply to Alexei Tetenov.

Nice! Thanks.

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Comment on Fingers crossed, I might have this figured out by Alexei Tetenov https://blog.xcski.com/2019/09/19/fingers-crossed-i-might-have-this-figured-out/comment-page-1#comment-108347 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:29:42 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=4026#comment-108347 I’m wondering if you could get an aluminum water proof case like this SublimeWare case at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H1AK54W and then create an air knife attachment like shown at https://hackaday.com/2019/01/27/air-knife-keeps-gopro-lens-clean-in-messy-environments/

Then put in a small fan that is powered off of a power bank that blows are into the hose that cleans off the gopro lens? I’m not sure that a small fan would generate enough air pressure to keep the lens clear, but the air flow could be enough to cool the aluminum case…
Also, some rainx on the aluminum case lens case could be enough to repel water spray.

No longer sure if the SublimeWare case is waterproof but if you could get a case that does a good job of conducting the heat away from the camera…

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Comment on Armond Bassett 2018 by Chris Frechette https://blog.xcski.com/2018/07/08/armond-bassett-2018/comment-page-1#comment-108140 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:51:29 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=3929#comment-108140 Paul, thanks so much for these videos and your commentaries. For me, as a relative beginner, they’re not only entertaining, but instructive. I really appreciate your time and expense in putting these together and always look forward to the next one.

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Comment on Armond Bassett 2018 by Paul Tomblin https://blog.xcski.com/2018/07/08/armond-bassett-2018/comment-page-1#comment-108135 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 01:21:07 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=3929#comment-108135 In reply to Eric Young.

I hit that sucker twice scouting the course on Sunday and Wednesday. It’s a log all right. There is nothing sticking up out of the water to warn you on either end.

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