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killjoy32
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:36 pm

well midday heat will be 45-50C so easily hot enough to cook something i would have though, especially in the dunes where it tends to be hotter. but then saying that, that kinda food is likely to dehydrate you more as well, so you will drink more (which you have to control and be careful with). sorry mike, no goodies for a week

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:54 pm

killjoy32 wrote:Race Number: 530

The hazards of reading a thread without first checking the title: my first reaction was to think how excessive the list of available character races has become if it's already to number 530, imagining something like-

Race Number 524, Dragonborn Accountants
Race Number 526, Githyanki Fishwives
Race Number 527, Kender/Bugbear Half-breeds
Race Number 528, Spawn of Pikachu
Race Number 529, Ironhoof Highwaymen
Race Number 530, Masochistic Marathoners

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:13 pm

lol and you know what? youre probably right my friend

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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:22 pm

so here you go guys....my food for ONE WEEK. and no mike, no cheese burgers or biscuits & gravy john

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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:05 pm

Wow Al!! Iron rations!

...what's in the little tubes at the bottom? Looks like tubes of blue pacmen.

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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:36 pm

yup iron rations it is

the tubes are "nuun tablets"

www.nuun.com

they are tablets you put in your water to replace electrolytes in your body (which you lose when you sweat), so these are good for mike etc when you take a walk to the front door of your house :twisted:

nah seriously you really need stuff like that or you are stuffed.

you get given salt tablets on the admin day.

but yes, thats what i will survive on for a week - will prb lose about a stone in weight too (14lbs for you americanos).

Al

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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:28 pm

...how much weight is that for us Australians Al? (metric man! metric....!)
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:06 pm

AdderMcOne wrote:...how much weight is that for us Australians Al? (metric man! metric....!)

tsk tsk

about 6.3kg

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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:01 pm

Is the Bacon in the tubes? Seriously? Christ man, you're killing me here!

I dedicate my next Bacon Cheesburger (which should be Wed, the day you start) to your race Al. And when I hook up with Jason in San Antone we'll drink a beer to salute you, as I chow down on yet another pound of cow meat in your honor...

I mean, I really should eat one every day to show solidarity with you, but I have to pace myself for those breakfasts in Indy this summer...

Good Luck man..we are all thinking of you!

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:38 am

Hey Al, I see you are still claiming Oz as your home. So when are you moving here?

Dude good luck with the race....

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:25 am

Badmike wrote:Is the Bacon in the tubes? Seriously? Christ man, you're killing me here!

I dedicate my next Bacon Cheesburger (which should be Wed, the day you start) to your race Al. And when I hook up with Jason in San Antone we'll drink a beer to salute you, as I chow down on yet another pound of cow meat in your honor...

I mean, I really should eat one every day to show solidarity with you, but I have to pace myself for those breakfasts in Indy this summer...

Good Luck man..we are all thinking of you!

Mike B.

Mike, the race starts on Sunday march 30. they will prb put the e-mail link on the webpage on the 28th or 29th.....so keep your eyes peeled.

i fly wednesday, free day to do nothing much other than panic on thursday, friday we travel out into the desert to the 1st camp, saturday is the admin day and sunday is go go go time for one week - saturday April 5 is when the race finishes.

so there ya go

enjoy the cheeseburgers. i look at this as my once a year dieting plan

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:27 am

improvstone wrote:Hey Al, I see you are still claiming Oz as your home. So when are you moving here?

Dude good luck with the race....

indeedy, representing Australia. i will have aussie badges on my shirt and will even have an aussie buff too (headwear), so you cant knock me for the effort man!

moving there? i bloody wish man. i will do that when i have all the D&D stuff i want

seriously, would love to live in oz.

chance would be a fine thing. get away from the nagging ex-wife.

Al

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:49 am

Always be room for you here if you need it..

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:47 am

Alan,

I hope you realize that your "once yearly diet plan" would probably kill 80% of the folks on this board, myself included.

Badmike,

I'm trying to find the "best bacon cheeseburger" in Indy. Something to look forward to in August. That goes for the rest of you "foreigners" who will be visiting.

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:05 am

I can just see it.

I go to leave the country and I'm over the excess baggage limit, Not due to my suitcases, but because of the extra 30lbs I've put on in a week :lol:

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:56 am

killjoy32 wrote:
Mike, the race starts on Sunday march 30. they will prb put the e-mail link on the webpage on the 28th or 29th.....so keep your eyes peeled.

i fly wednesday, free day to do nothing much other than panic on thursday, friday we travel out into the desert to the 1st camp, saturday is the admin day and sunday is go go go time for one week - saturday April 5 is when the race finishes.

so there ya go enjoy the cheeseburgers. i look at this as my once a year dieting plan

Al

You're saying I can't have a Bacon Cheesburger Wed? Or that I should go ahead and have one anyway? And then have one every day leading up to the race? Is that it? Good idea, man!

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:20 pm

lol

in sympathy, i thnk you guys should eat the same as me for one week. mike, by the end of the week you would need a new wardrobe of clothes

all good fun (not).

Al

ps> Bren: watch these americans mate, they eat twice as much as us norms. marika would kill you when you got home and you so know it

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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:50 pm

killjoy32 wrote:lol ps> Bren: watch these americans mate, they eat twice as much as us norms. marika would kill you when you got home and you so know it

Not true.....you shoulda seen the size of the omelette Al had the first day. I must have been made with 10 extra-large eggs....I shit you not. You may be a skinny fecker Al, but I wouldnt be surprised if you had higher cholesterol than I do.

Seriously though....you gotta try the biscuits and gravy at least once. You know if I were in the U.K. I would give black pudding a try. Forget haggis though....I wouldnt eat that if I were starving to death. :wink:

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