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Brrrr... Cold Water, Cool Crew

World, Ted.

Ted, World.

 

Ted:  Retired mad scientist, swimming champion (#2 senior in America), fun and funny as heck! 

 

Ted, between belly laughs, talks Planck, Newton, gravity, mass, force, velocity, and panpsychic something.

 

Me?  Hell, I just learned yesterday that I'm not smarter than a fifth grader!  But I will remember this, thanks to the Fox TV show:

 

My very excellent mother just made us noodle pudding.

 

You probably already know this one, but the mnemonic is new to me.  It helps you remember the order in which planets in our solar system align from the sun.  

 

Earth (aka "excellent") is the third word/rock from the sun.

 

I managed to impress Ted, nonetheless, by fairly quickly passing his little brain-teaser.  He announced a sequence of numbers and challenged me to figure out which number would come next.  I cracked the code!

It was right about then -- after the Fibonacci numbers challenge -- that Julia and Mario stripped down to their water-wear and jumped in ice-cold Lake Michigan!  And swam as far as the third buoy... A half-mile away, I'd guess.

 

I worried... 

 

However Ted, I could tell, wished he could jump in, too.  For 39 years, Ted climbed down in these waters and swam shocking distances.

... And that's the way it was.  Another sunrise full of surprise on Promontory Point in Hyde Park, Chicago.

COMMENTS
Perryandtina83 said at 2:31 a.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Those 5th graders! neat tabblo
Memotions said at 4:58 a.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Like Dof in #5 and the colours in the sky #1 are just spectacular. I can almost feel the cool Fall wind blowing....Brrr for sure!
ViqiFrench said at 6:21 a.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
PerryandTina: Isn't that the coolest way to remember the order of the planets? Somehow, I missed that!


Jnjukes: Thanks much ;-)


Memotions: Agree, that was quite a dramatic sky!
Rheap said at 7:50 a.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Superb photography, especially the first one, that would be nice on the wall..
Leftofcenter said at 8:00 a.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
the bike, Ted and the bike, Ted w/ the other couple in the background, really nice shots!
Tishfish said at 8:06 a.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Very lovely!!! What is that in the second pic?
ViqiFrench said at 12:20 p.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Thanks Rheap, Leftofcenter & Tish.


Tish, I think that's a BP-owned pump or something, if you mean out in the distance on Lake Michigan. There's been a huge mess with area congressmen and the public vs. the BP plant down there, near Hammond, Indiana.


The EPA approved that BP plant to dump exponentially more waste and toxins in Lake Michigan than it already does. I wrote an article about it AssociatedContent.com. When I can, I'll post a link here for anyone who's interested.

Take care -- good eye! ;-)
SterlingGray said at 6:15 p.m. on Sep 16, 2007:
Another great story and adventure. The ocean scene are just simply beautiful. Very nice Tabblo.
ViqiFrench said at 7:06 a.m. on Sep 17, 2007:
Thanks much, Sterling. The Chicago beaches always are a beautiful blast.
Pkeener said at 5:16 p.m. on Sep 17, 2007:
love shots 3 4 and 8. But what really strikes is your ability to tell a story with photos and text. I feel like I am reading a magazine article or watching a doc when I view your tabblos. So nice. Thnaks. love the Tabblo colors, too.
Pattymaryclare said at 8:47 p.m. on Sep 17, 2007:
all i can say is AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! TAKE ME AWAY CALGON! ooops i mean ocean. lol Great , great shots!!
ViqiFrench said at 9:05 p.m. on Sep 17, 2007:
Thanks, Patty!


Pam, I'm partial to #8 as well. ;-)
Debdog said at 10:08 p.m. on Sep 17, 2007:
beautiful shots of the water, love the colors.. and BRRRRRRRRRR reminds me of when we used to swim in Lake Ontario. Our Mum would make us get out for awhile when our lips turned blue.
Sativa said at 10:37 a.m. on Sep 18, 2007:
Nice tabblo.........!!!
ViqiFrench said at 3:23 p.m. on Sep 18, 2007:
Debdog: Blue lips?! lol Thank goodnes mom was keeping an eye on you.



Thanks much, Reta and Sativa. ;-)
Chiloedream said at 4:18 p.m. on Sep 18, 2007:
SUPERBE, des images qui réchauffent malgré la température de l'eau, bravo.
Lifequest22 said at 7:51 p.m. on Sep 18, 2007:
Really nice tabblo. Lots of interesting shots.
ViqiFrench said at 6:34 a.m. on Sep 19, 2007:
Thank you, Chiloedream and Lifequest. The young lady who swam, Julia, only had on a regular bathing suit -- not a wet suit. She said it was REALLY freezing the further away from the shore they swam.
Umauma said at 12:20 p.m. on Nov 11, 2007:
OMG, I got cold just looking at this..great captures. Love your commentary.
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