Dude quick Question;

When you link a site or a webpage, how do you make it so that the link is a word rather then the whole URL address. e.g when you linked snowballing

???

I'm lazy. So what I do is post the post with the link in all its glory. THen I edit the post. when you are in the edit screen you will see the address repeated. The one outside the "[]" is the one you can rewrite to show up as text and the other one is where the link is directed. I may have the backwards, but it will make sense when you see it.

rmm

Here's a jpg of what it will look like

like this...

gay thread

or in the reply screen (not fast reply) at the top there are a bunch of button,
http/ img/ @/ etc.
click the http one, paste your website then it will ask you what you want to call it.

It appears you got it working. It's probably a broken link, though. Gnappy might be better prepared to make sure you have the address correct

cool thanks dude

There's that damn "you must enter a title" message box. WTF is with this place always demanding titles???

I think it's there so evade has to at least post one letter among all of his smilie PMs

speaking of which check your inbox

you've OBVIOUSLY screwed up the address.

Well I performed a search and it came up with 417 matches so i just chose this one

spotted I think

yup!

When Smithers goes on vacation he searches the data base for incomptetent. I cant remember the exact number, but it comes up 417 matches. He adds lazy, fat etc and still comes up with 417 matches so he says, "Screw this, I'll just get Homer Simpson"

haha, yeah I thought of it after. I was getting that and the one where they liken homer's shape to the pilsbury doughboy's mixed up.

this is the one

That episode was on today and you were dyslexically close....the number was 714

Haha knew was close I

F-Cup, bitches!

well done you board whore....

so....bondis beavis and gnapps butthead? we all know how gnapp likes to take the sausage in the mouth...

Wow, 6000 posts. You'd think with all those posts there'd actually be something interesting to read... but, alas, here I sit.

yeah I got nothing

OK, so next Sunday I am running in marathon relay. It's basically 5 people each running a certain portion of the 26 miles 385 yards (42.2km). So I asked some people I knew back in June if they were interested and got 4 people to join me. The lengths to run are 7km, then 10km, 11km, 9km, then 5km. I said right away that I would run the 11km so no one would have to stress over doing it. I am by no means a competitive runner but I do run quite a bit and the other people on my team don't run very much.
And I made up sample training programs, registered everyone, did all the legwork, all everyone had to do was train for it. I told them right from the start, DON'T put off training for this or you'll be screwed come race time. There isn't much of a way to cram for this one in the last week. I tried to update my training progress with everyone to maybe get them motivated to train or at least to let me know how they were doing. I hardly got any response, so the warning flags should have gotten raised then.
Plus my wife is part of our team too and she was working hard but then she hurt her achilles and couldn't run much until mid August so I said it would be good for her to run the 5km leg as she had less than a month to get back into race shape. Everyone agreed.
So then my buddy calls me late last week and says his woman (who is also on our team doesn't want to run the 7km anymore) WTF?! Something that could have been brought up before! I said well we'll have to figure smething out I guess. So my wife volunteered to run the 7km instead even though she didn't have much time to prepare and now she kinda pissed about it and nervous about running it, I guess rightfully so. And my buddy says he's not so keen on running his 9km leg either but he would do it. I mean what the hell were were you guys doing for the last 3 months?! I even said if anyone was having problems staying motivated to let me know and I would come help them out, run with them, whatever was needed. But I heard nothing.
The last guy on our team is running the 10km and he says he's ready for it so I won't question it, and hopefully he delivers on that.
But the last straw was, I set up a team run on the weekend to get everyone together to build a little confidence, answer any questions, and to see how everyone was doing in person. Everyone said they were in for Saturday at noon, late enough to give everyone time to sleep off whatever they needed to, yet early enough not to interfere with weekend drinking or whatever. So I call my one buddy at 11 and ask where everyone wanted to meet. He then tells me him and his woman aren't up for running today? I really didn't even know what to say. You have one week left and I'm trying to get some of the kinks worked out and they are no showing me. I was SOOO pissed I didn't even call ther other guy and just did some intervals on the treadmill instead. Wife and I did a run later in the day and that was that.
Now we're less than 5 days out from the marathon and I don't even know if some of the people on my team are even gonna finish their leg of the relay. And it pisses me off cuz I've worked damned hard to hit the pavenment a lot and improve my time over the last 12 weeks and now I'm worried that we won't even finish.

I'm pretty sure no one will even read all this but I needed to get it off my chest.

umm, boobs?

I've done thousands of miles of running, but have never been involved with a relay marathon. Is this a charity thing where you've already had pledges of money? If nothing else, it's a lesson learned on how dedicated/dependable these friends are. The way I read it, you're pretty much screwed if even one person doesn't show up. It's not like one person can run two intervals. Maybe at the begining (which I realize is no help now) you should have handed out training logs, which you checked every week. I guess it could even have been done online somehow. It sounds kinda like everyone but you and your wife regrets agreeing to run and really are just going thru the motions. At this point, I guess the only useful advice I could give is just to run the best race you can and let everyone else standby their own effort and results.

I remember reading that you ran 5 miles a day for 3 years and I always thought that was pretty impressive, not for the distance but for getting it done everyday.
Well I did hand out training programs and emailed everyone reguarly with info, progress reports of my own etc. I have no worries that everyone will show up next sunday, as I have a detailed system designed to get everyone to where they are supposed to start and pick them up when they are done. But even if someone no shows I can always just run an extra leg of the marathon. The extra distance shouldn't be a problem, my time would probably not just be as good as I would have liked. I was thinking about doing the half marathon this year anyway, but thought this would be more fun to get some others involoved. We'll see if that pans out. I just hate this, "oh it's gonna be too hard" attitude I keep hearing. Well yeah it will probably be hard. It's gonna be hard for me too, as I will be trying for a personal best time. But at the same time I'm not asking for a world record performance either. Just go out there and do the best you can for the hour or whatever you'll be running.

Sounds like you did everything you could. At some point, everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions (or non-action). It's not a reflection on you if they don't take it seriously. People run for different reasons and one of the things I always enjoy about running is it DOESN'T require cooperation. Just lace on the shoes and head out the door. One of my strictest rules was once I started putting on my shoes, the run was gonna happen. I didn't care what happen between then and heading out the door, phone ringing, starting to rain, etc. Once I started, mentally the run was already in the books, the only thing left was to put one foot in front of the other and finish. I use to tell people that running for me was like diarrhea, when I had to go, I HAD TO GO. Anyway, good luck, let me know how you do. And always remember to have fun. Portland is a running city, we have a boulevard around a cove that is about 4 miles around, fine ground clay path about five feet wide with interval markers every quarter mile. Google Portland and/or Baxter Boulevard and see how nice it is. We also have a lot of trails that runners use, but I usually stick to the blvd. Btw, not to toot my own horn,it was 1825 days in a row (5 years), 6 miles each day.

yeah, by next year it will be 8 years and 12 miles a day
what was your average time?
btw, what made you stop?

I had five years as a goal when I started. Even thou I always enjoyed it, I knew if I kept going it was more of a sign of addition than a healthy response. My body fat was so low that when I wasn't running I had a hard time staying warm. I still go out, but hardly ever run consectutive days anymore. Partly because of business, partly just laziness. I know I'll never get back my speed. I was doing sub 6 minutes miles when all cylinders were firing. I never timed myself on my daily runs, but in five mile races I'd do around 29 minutes. I had regular runs that I knew were much better, but untimed. To be honest, I was never really interested in my times, even in races. I just liked running to be outside and burning off energy and stress. I've always had a hard time explaining a five year streak. I had a girlfriend part of that five years who thought it was related to bulimia and/or anorexia, but I told her that was bullshit. It wasn't like a compulsion, it was a challange. I wanted to do it, I did it and "that is all".

sub 6 mins for 5 or 6 miles is pretty freakin fast!
I'm lucky if I can keep up 7 min miles over any great distance.
I never used to time myself either very much before I entered this, but it's kinda good, for me anyway, to see if I'm progressing.

umm, boobs??!!

I was watching "The Sentinal" over the weekend. If you've seen it, you know it's about the Secret Service protecting the President. Anyway, in one of the extras, they interveiw real Secret Service agents who have to guard President Bush. He was saying the guards were harder to find because Bush runs 7 minute miles and sometimes the older agents couldn't keep up. 7 minutes is a nice clip, I don't think I could do it now. My body has changed from carrying heavy furniture up and down the stairs for all these years. I'm probably closer to 8 minute miles now.

that's not bad considering the bulk of the population probably can't even run a mile.
other than this race though I've stopped running anything more than 5k(3miles) in favour of more sprint/ interval work but once in awhile I like to go out and just run, clears the mind.

If this is anyone but Steve Allen, you're stealing my bit!

I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this, but there was a time I was hired to guard Mel Gibson. He saw I was running everyday and asked to show him the trails. This was in Arcadia National Park, outside Bar Harbor. The guy smokes like a chimney, I could never do more than trot, and pretty much got bored after a couple miles. When we returned to the cottage where he was staying, I turned around and did my five miles. I couldn't even subtract off the two or three miles we ran because it was so slow.

pffft lethal weapon indeed

I thought the same thing. Whenever I see him running on screen, I figure it must be a stunt double or special effects or something. This was during the premiere of "A Man Without a Face". He certainly looked like he was in better shape than he actually was.

even the simpsons have perpetuated the fecade

maybe he just pretended he was chasing jews?

As disgraceful as his behavior was, can you believe his father is even worse? The apple evidently didn't fall to far from the tree in their case. 750 million dollars isn't going to change him. It's too bad, I enjoyed his company, but he's just too much of a racist to have any lasting respect for.

spotted

Re your other posts... I didnt make E Cup + by reading lengthy posts J/K In the end you gotta realise some friends are reliable and some friends, as fun as they are to drink beer with etc you just cant rely on

HEY-OH!.... I mean



ya, I should have known this from the start. I went and dropped off some maps and pictures of the course I had made up to my buddy and his girlfriend and to see how they were doing. They didn't know where they would be running, when the race started, or really anything even though I had emailed the course narrative earlier and told everyone to kinda look it over. So it's a good thing I paid them a visit. They were both kinda shitting bricks about this whole thing cuz they really haven't prepared very much. So I kinda reassured them that they could do it. The guy was kinda OK with his 9km but his woman was all nervous about running 5km. If you're in any kind of shape you can run 5km, it's not like there is a time limit. I said she could take short walk breaks if she needed so I think she is feeling better about it.But I guess we'll see how things go on Sunday. Maybe next year I'll hold tryouts instead haha.

I know how you feel Gnappy. I had a hard time spearheading a mud-volleyball team. I can't even get people in on a bowling tournament taht has free pizza and beer for 4 hours and it only costs $30 to enter a couple and there's lots of free prizes and shit.

I'd run with your team, but i think after running to Canada in the morning, I'd be a little tuckered out to actually run in the marathon. sorry.

where do I sign up?!

Just sign right here.

well I read it! only because you've topped my long ass novels I sling around this place! and it was great cause you really weren't bitching.....

do u need a volunteer to run behind you with the camera? maybe I could rub some cool towels on your hindend, you know, just to keep you comfortable?

so.....how much of the package gets to hang out in the breeze while u run?

a provocative idea, but I think I'd run a much better time if I was chasing you around the course!

OK, now where's my donut!

ummm...what happened to the titties?

in gnappys thread????

girls dont even come here... im a fluke

Damn no multiple quoting!!!

Gnappy good luck with the race brother

Bob... Fuck I'd almost fly to the states for that... sweet deal!

FF18.... BAM!