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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #30 on: May 07, 2008, 10:59:45 PM »
When I'm on a tall-ship and the wind's honking in, the sea is dead behind us and the ship is pitching and rolling.  Water is coming over the side, & the bowsprit's almost underwater.  The ship is 100ft long and is behaving like a surfboard.  The skipper calls to wear ship (turn around) and we all run to our stations.  The manouvre begins and we are all standing on the rolling deck, holding whatever we can find to prevent ourselves falling overboard.  We are drenched, spray is soaking us through our wet-weather gear and the wind is stinging our faces.  As the ship comes around the sailing master tells us to haul in on the headsail.  Ten of us are standing there in a line, hands on the rope, feet braced against the side of the ship, the deck is sloping at a 45 degree angle.  We are hauling with all our strength, the way things used to be - no winches, just human strength and endurance.

There is something beautiful and majestic about that kind of sailing, as well as it being exhilarating.  When ever I'm near the ocean I feel alive, but instances like this are the best of all.  I live to sail, and sailing like that is just phenomenal.

Another sailing incident that made me feel particularly alive - climbing the 30 metre mast of a square-rigged tall-ship in the middle of the night while sailing through the Bass Strait.  The wind was 35 knots (approx 65km/hr) and the ship was surfing.  The cool night air on my face & the feeling as I made my way out on the yard-arm - to me, that is living.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #31 on: May 08, 2008, 01:09:25 PM »
Quote from: heartstringz on May 07, 2008, 10:59:45 PM
When I'm on a tall-ship and the wind's honking in, the sea is dead behind us and the ship is pitching and rolling.  Water is coming over the side, & the bowsprit's almost underwater.  The ship is 100ft long and is behaving like a surfboard.  The skipper calls to wear ship (turn around) and we all run to our stations.  The manouvre begins and we are all standing on the rolling deck, holding whatever we can find to prevent ourselves falling overboard.  We are drenched, spray is soaking us through our wet-weather gear and the wind is stinging our faces.  As the ship comes around the sailing master tells us to haul in on the headsail.  Ten of us are standing there in a line, hands on the rope, feet braced against the side of the ship, the deck is sloping at a 45 degree angle.  We are hauling with all our strength, the way things used to be - no winches, just human strength and endurance.

There is something beautiful and majestic about that kind of sailing, as well as it being exhilarating.  When ever I'm near the ocean I feel alive, but instances like this are the best of all.  I live to sail, and sailing like that is just phenomenal.

Another sailing incident that made me feel particularly alive - climbing the 30 metre mast of a square-rigged tall-ship in the middle of the night while sailing through the Bass Strait.  The wind was 35 knots (approx 65km/hr) and the ship was surfing.  The cool night air on my face & the feeling as I made my way out on the yard-arm - to me, that is living.

Damn, that sounds majestic. I can well understand how you would feel alive in such incidents.

I have only tried a Rollercoaster once in my life. And by damn, I have not felt such adrenaline before. I felt the experience completely satisfying in so many senses. By damn, I must try one once more...
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #32 on: May 08, 2008, 01:37:58 PM »
Downhill skiing at 40-50 mph on icy slopes, almost out of control.  Your heart is beating so fast, and you know you're right on the edge, but the commitment has already been made and you couldn't stop if you wanted to, so you have to just suck it in and ride it out to the end.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #33 on: May 08, 2008, 08:17:12 PM »
i feel alive when i listen to Bright Eyes .... 
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #34 on: May 09, 2008, 02:40:22 PM »
When it's sunny outside and I'm sitting on a bench somewhere listening to a good song.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #35 on: May 10, 2008, 01:14:24 AM »
I feel pretty fucking alive right now.

I just got home, and I drove with the stereo blasting. Sethie's top speed for the night: 105mph. I rule.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #36 on: May 10, 2008, 01:20:28 AM »
^ she rule

When i am running free with no direction.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #37 on: May 10, 2008, 01:41:12 AM »
Quote from: Sethie on May 10, 2008, 01:14:24 AM
I feel pretty fucking alive right now.

I just got home, and I drove with the stereo blasting. Sethie's top speed for the night: 105mph. I rule.

HEY I went 110 tonight on the highway! Yay I love speeding. Mapquest told me it would take me 20 minutes to get to where i needed to go. I got there in 7. :D
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #38 on: May 10, 2008, 02:29:13 AM »
you people are going to get yourselves killed. ~frowns~
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #39 on: May 10, 2008, 03:27:20 AM »
Quote from: murmuringmurder on May 10, 2008, 01:41:12 AM
Quote from: Sethie on May 10, 2008, 01:14:24 AM
I feel pretty fucking alive right now.

I just got home, and I drove with the stereo blasting. Sethie's top speed for the night: 105mph. I rule.

HEY I went 110 tonight on the highway! Yay I love speeding. Mapquest told me it would take me 20 minutes to get to where i needed to go. I got there in 7. :D

9 points on your license & £180 in fines might slow you down. It certainly did for me.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #40 on: May 10, 2008, 01:11:32 PM »
Last time I got a ticket (70 in a 55 zone), I went to court and got "driving school" and they
dropped the charge...

The guy before me on the docket was doing 95 in a 55 (actually probably faster, but the cop
took a moment to catch up with him enough to clock him).  He got:
No license...
Substantial fine (sorry, I forget how-many-thousands... plus court fees)
and 60 days in jail...  with weekday release so he could go to work.

I won't tell you not to speed...  hell, who doesn't speed?
...but don't be stoopid.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #41 on: May 10, 2008, 01:28:05 PM »
Quote from: CeeGBee on May 10, 2008, 01:11:32 PM
hell, who doesn't speed?

I don't.

Seriously.
Saves gas, plus I save time by not getting pulled over. It's a pretty sweet deal, really. Oh, and I have a lowered risk of a sudden and painful death!  O0
(Then again, speeding in the minivan is nearly impossible anyway... It's a shaky beast, you see... And very unaerodynamic...)
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #42 on: May 10, 2008, 01:59:07 PM »
Quote from: CeeGBee on May 10, 2008, 01:11:32 PM
who doesn't speed?

The bain of my fucking life... OLD PEOPLE!

When im working I dread the sight of some Hans Molemanesque old fart driving his pristine condition 1970s Austin Meastro exactly 10mph BELOW the fucking speed limit!
Anyone who has read my myspace blog on these twats will know my utter hatred for them.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #43 on: May 10, 2008, 06:29:31 PM »
I crossed the 150 mph line every day for six months out of every year for several years. I have been pulled over at triple digit speeds twice. Once, I was let go. The other time, a Connecticut State Trooper chatted with me for a bit and issued me a no points, $75 failure to obey a highway sign ticket.

Currently, my driving record is flawless. No tickets or insurance claims show up on my record for over ten years.
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Re: When do you feel most alive?
« Reply #44 on: May 10, 2008, 07:03:52 PM »
Quote from: 85283-071 on May 10, 2008, 06:29:31 PM
I crossed the 150 mph line every day for six months out of every year for several years. I have been pulled over at triple digit speeds twice. Once, I was let go. The other time, a Connecticut State Trooper chatted with me for a bit and issued me a no points, $75 failure to obey a highway sign ticket.

Currently, my driving record is flawless. No tickets or insurance claims show up on my record for over ten years.
The lesson about how to deal with the officer who has stopped you is for advanced/gifted students.
The one about keeping it within a certain range of speeding is adequate for most beginners.



Oh, and Ms. Dangah, you don't ever go over the limit in the 'burbs?  Hmmmm?
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