Why you need a good screwdriver...

[Lise]

...to get the copy of Terminator 2 out of the DVD player!

OK, not even remotely related to cycling. But have you seen the muscle definition on Linda Hamilton when she was locked up in the psych ward for (correctly) predicting the impending domination of the world by Terminators? This is a motivational DVD for me!

My "old" VCR/DVD has been sporadic at best lately. That's not good. I don't watch TV, but have the entire last season of 24 on DVD. But it was the eating of my T2 DVD that prompted me to get a new machine. Hooked up the new machine today, and pried out the DVD with a screwdriver. Hope the DVD's not destroyed! It will be replaced. L.

[Grog]

I don't want to say something stupid here, but I take a chance:

isn't there a tiny tiny hole somewhere on the face of your DVD player? If so, you can use an unfolded paper clip through that tiny tiny hole to press the release button for the DVD.

It's not always there, and not always working. But it's worth a try...

Enjoy 24!

[Lise]

I don't want to say something stupid here, but I take a chance:

isn't there a tiny tiny hole somewhere on the face of your DVD player? If so, you can use an unfolded paper clip through that tiny tiny hole to press the release button for the DVD.

It's not always there, and not always working. But it's worth a try...

Enjoy 24!

Too late! The stupid thing wasn't working anyways. It would play part of one scene and then stop. Sometimes it would start again. Sometimes not.

Thanks for the tip, though. I'm going to go look for that tiny tiny hole on the face of my new DVD player. You may have spared the life of one machine. Thanks for the 411! L.

PS: The T2 DVD is fine.

[bikerz]

PS: The T2 DVD is fine.

Thanks goodness - there's nothing like that first scene where Linda H is doing chinups!

[Lise]

I'm sayin'.

[Trek420]

oh my

[KnottedYet]

Oh, my, indeed.....

And let us not forget the chin-up scene in Aliens. Unfortunately that chickie got killed off in the first 10 minutes.

[Lise]

Oh, my, indeed.....

And let us not forget the chin-up scene in Aliens. Unfortunately that chickie got killed off in the first 10 minutes.

ahhhh....I'd forgotten about her! Thanks for the memory! Much as I love the Ripley character, I just have a heck of a time watching scary monsters. Will replay happy scenes in my own head rather than rent it!

[Trek420]

KnottedYet "And let us not forget the chin-up scene in Aliens. Unfortunately that chickie got killed off in the first 10 minutes."

Ah yes, they say the good always die young.

And let us not forget H. Swank in Million Dollar Baby.

But I don't need upper body strength to ride, right? That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

[yellow]

Hellllloooooooooooooo.....

PUSHUPS, ladies. Start easy, on your knees if you have to. Work up to sets of 20. This single exercise transformed my arms into what DH now calls the best looking part of my body.

Easier than chinups, lotsa bang for the buck.

[KnottedYet]

Ms. Swank went to my high school. Many years after I graduated, but it was the same school. Our drama teacher told her she'd never succeed. HAH!!!

[Lise]

I'm with Yellow. I like pushups. They ease my frustration. Sometimes I go in an exam room, lock the door, put down 4 paper towels on the floor, take off my lab coat, and do 20 pushups. In a skirt and heels, whatever. I can cope with whatever's out there much better after some pushups!

I must say, though, that the first summer I rode a lot, my arms got much more muscular. I think it's just controlling the bike on city streets. I don't know though, it may have been all the pushups! It was a largely frustrating summer...

[yellow]

I'm with Yellow. I like pushups. They ease my frustration.

ooooooooooooooo. I'm gonna have to try that. The last couple of days I've been having periods of hyperventilation and "ohmygawdwhatdoidonow". Perhaps throwing in some push ups will help.

[Lise]

ooooooooooooooo. I'm gonna have to try that. The last couple of days I've been having periods of hyperventilation and "ohmygawdwhatdoidonow". Perhaps throwing in some push ups will help.

That sounds rough. Pushups can only help.

Three years ago I was involved in a malpractice law suit. (I was found not guilty). One day, at the federal courthouse, the lawyers for "our" side put me in a conference room. No books, no nothing. Big window. Told me I'd be there for 30 min. I must have been there for 2 hours. I did a lot of pushups after about 45 minutes. I took off the heels and suit jacket, and got down on the floor behind the big table and did pushups and sit ups. Sheesh.

[DirtDiva]

A) I gotta rent some action movies.

B) I used to be able to do 20 pretty decent push-ups last summer, then I went and got gladular fever (I think you call it "mono" in the US) and stopped doing 'em. (Quite aside from the fatigue, my heartrate would skyrocket into the I-wanna-puke range after two flights of stairs. For a couple of months there I was all, like, "how the heck did I get so unfit so quick?") It just occured to me to start doing them again a few weeks ago, but it's really depressing because after months without 'em I can only manage 10-12 with pretty lousy form.