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Lonnie Utah

Favorite team:	The Citadel
Location:	Utah!
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Number of Posts:	36820
Registered on:	7/6/2012
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re: Landscape film/photography is dying on social media..

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/5/26 at 1:42 pm to DeoreDX

quote:
DeoreDX

User name checks out...

Tech Board

re: Washington dad returns to house after kid given religious material on Halloween.

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/5/26 at 1:34 pm to DustyDinkleman

When you walk up to my door and ask for a hand out, I'm going to give you one. The contents of that is up to me.

We've done this before at our hose. Just a single new testament verse. But we didn't do it this year. Coulda been me.

re: NFL Production by College

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/5/26 at 10:36 am to Night Vision

So?

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re: Pretty cool Go Anywhere vehicle - The Sherp

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/5/26 at 9:40 am to i am dan

Short wheel base on high COG makes them prone to rolling over on rough terrain.

re: How much will Neyland crowd noise affect Kentucky this weekend ?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 8:42 pm to HenryV

I dunno. How much are they going to pump in?

re: How a 9-3 South Carolina makes the playoffs....

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 8:20 pm to Jest a game

quote:
You not making it

Optimism isn't your strong suit, is it?

How a 9-3 South Carolina makes the playoffs....

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 4:02 pm

#21 S. Car. makes the CFP if/when...

1. Win out the rest of the season; take care of Texas A&M and Arkansas, upsetting Georgia at home, then beat Clemson at the end of the season finishing 9-3
2. Missouri losses 2 of its last 4 (still have to play Texas)
3. Iowa loses one more game
4. USC loses to Indiana and UCLA
5. Houston loses one of its last four games
6. Wake Forest fails to win ACC championship (Miami probably wins)
7. Texas Tech loses one of its last four games
8. Notre Dame loses to Miami this weekend (Miami is 5.5 point favorite)
9. Ohio St loses one of its last four (QB Julian Sayin injured, out for the season)
10. Tennessee loses one of its last four (play LSU and Kentucky)
11. BYU loses this weekend at Utah
12. Georgia beats Ole Miss this weekend

re: Need recs on gaming monitor

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 3:47 pm to MDB

Want to do him a solid? Buy him a bike instead.

Tech Board

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re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 3:46 pm to Mingo Was His NameO

Is there a height requirement?

re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 2:27 pm to CocomoLSU

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I agree the biking is easily the hardest part of it.

See, I have the exact opposite opinion. In my mind, the biking would be the easiest part. Why? Because the gears of the bike give you a mechanical advantage the other two activities don't. Also, there will be opportunities to coast and rest on the bike that you can't take advantage of while running or swimming.

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re: Karate Lessons With Todd

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 2:05 pm to tigerpimpbot

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Fists of funny :pimp:

FIFY...

re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 2:04 pm to Mingo Was His NameO

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Biking 50 miles semi trained and then biking 50 miles again the next day is hard, much less if you aren’t.

Our scout troop just did a 50 mile ride several weeks ago. They had 3 practice sessions with their longest ride pre-event of about 20 miles. Even a novice can maintain 12-15 mph pace indefinitely. So 50 miles is 3-4 hours at a moderate pace on flat terrain. Every single scout (Ages 11-16) and adult leader completed the ride in under 4 hours. I cannot speak to their ability to do the same effort again the next day, but as a one day event, 50 miles isn't that bad.

When I used to road bike alot (I used to get between 3k-5k miles a year) that would have been about a 2.5 hour ride for me. FWIW, I've completed multiple century rides and the last one I did (over a decade ago) I thought I could have easily done another 50-100 miles after I finished. Of course that one I was riding with a bunch of folks doing their first one so my I wasn't maximizing my pace.

re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 1:57 pm to epbart

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I'm a below average swimmer. Failed a 5 minute treading water / dead man float test in the Marines. When I got to the Naval Academy, there was a graduation requirement of completing "the 40 year swim" (really 40 minutes, and now its 30) without touching the side of the pool. I would not have passed using freestyle / front crawl even after having a good bit of swim training there, but side stroked my way to a C on the test and could have kept going. According to google, a C means I went 1200 to 1500 yards (.75 to .8 miles). This was in the 1990s, so not sure I'm remembering correctly, but think we were also swimming in uniforms, which created more drag and weighed us down.

These days, most of the long distance swimming in the Navy and Marine corps is the "Combat Side Stroke" which is a modification of the regular size stroke. The advantages is it allows one to glide for long distances and it keeps the swimmers head out of the water for almost the entire stroke.

re: What do you buy too much of or just collect?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 10:30 am to braves21

Just collect? Belly Button lint.

re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 10:28 am to LSUfan4444

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And congrats after a mile you're almost halfway done with the swim.

Exactly. Was just giving pacing info. The 2.4 miles is 110% the hardest part. On top of that, and something not mentioned here yet is, you're not swimming in a 80 deg pool. Most natural waters are significantly colder than that. That's a factor as well...

re: Old person rant- Single knot ties

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 9:52 am to Harvey Vortac

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The problem is that if you are over a certain height the tail of the full Windsor knot becomes increasingly non existent

Which is why mingo is double Winsor all the time...

re: Could you Finish an Ironman in 3 Days?

Posted by Lonnie Utah on 11/4/26 at 9:14 am to Scruffy

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I have no idea how long it would even take me to swim that distance.

Mile swim in a pool for a beginner takes about an hour. I'd say in open water just over that.

FWIW, in my working with scouts I've seen lots of 12-18 year old kids jump in a lake and complete a mile swim without toooo much difficulty. My 15 year old complete the mile swim this summer and had likely swam 4-5 times before he attempted it. It's a difficult, but not that far out of the realm of possibility. The side stroke FTW in that situation.