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Almost sounds like allergies on top of the creeping death. Hope you start feeling better soon.

Here is some stuff I found.. I'm sure you already know this stuff but what the heck...

Stretching
Always stretch after classes and performances. It also is good to stretch during class between exercises. Here are three leg stretches that I find are good to do between exercises (especially after a lot of releve):

Calf Stretch
purpose: To stretch the Achilles Tendon, calf muscle, and back of the leg (hamstring) and to prevent strain.
position: Stand at arm's length from the barre with the body inclined forward. Extend the leg to be stretched backward with the foot flat on the floor, toes pointing straight ahead. The front leg should be bent and the back leg straight.

execution: 1) Allow the body to fall forward slowly, keeping the foot flat at all times. To stretch the soleus muscle, slide back foot in slightly, bend both knees and allow the body to fall forward. 2) Hold for a few seconds and repeat on each leg.

Hamstring Stretch
purpose: To stretch the hamstring muscle group and the upper attachment ot of the calf muscle.
position: 1) Assume the long sitting position (sitting with legs extended out in front of you), bend forward from the waist and reach as far forward as possible with your hands. 2) First, stretch with your toes pointed (plantar flexion), placing emphasis on the hamstring muscle group. Then, with the foot pulled back as far as possible (dorsiflexion), emphasize stretching the upper attatchment of the calf muscle. Remember to stretch only to the point of mild discomfort. This should not hurt. 3) Hold for about thirty seconds, then repeat two or three times.
variation: Stretch as above but progressively widen the distance between your legs.

Stork Stretch
purpose: To stretch the quadriceps muscle group, specifically the rectus femoris muscle, which, besides helping to extend the lower leg, acts as a hip flexor, and the iliopsoas muscle, a primary hip flexor; also assists in remediation of lumbar lordosis.
position: Standing in good postural alignment, bend your lower leg and grasp your ankle with the hand on the same side, the other hand resting on the barre.
execution: Keeping your thigh in the same alignment as your supporting leg, pull the heel of your foot toward the buttocks and then pull your upper leg backward as far as (comfortably) possible without overly arching your lower back.
CAUTION: To avoid placing stress on the lower back, the body must always be maintained in good alignment without arching the lower back.

Some things to remember:

* Never stretch a cold muscle--make sure you are properly warmed up before trying to stretch.
* Don't put weight on the leg you are stretching.
* Don't stretch those knee ligaments. Don't stretch those knee tendons. Stretch the thigh muscles only.
* Deadly position for your knees: Sitting with your rump flat on the floor, legs bent at the knees and inverted (the thighs are rotated inward 90 degrees to that the inside of the thigh, knee and ankle are resting on the ground). Don't sit like this! It is terrible for your knees, even if it is comfortable. It stretches knee ligaments and tendons, which is exactly what you don't want to do.
* Remember that form is crucial when stretching. You can go from flexibility to injury simply by arching your back. Stay focused while stretching.

NOTE: There's a great site that will tell you everything you need to know about stretching and more. Check it out

!http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/docs/rec/stretching/stretching_toc.html

Yea, that sucks, I think I've got a flu bug too. Its has to be the weather down here in Tucson, sunny in the 70s one day, snowing the next Did you get pictures of the snow in the desert? I took a few Anyways, hope you feel better sweety drink your juice

I hope you get to feeling better soon.

I am glad that you got everything all fixed and out of the way. Saturday I had to fight to get a damn spark plug out. It didnt want to budge. I had to move away from it and breath before I just blew up from frustration. But it finally decided to come out after a few more tries.

Hellooooo Nurse!!! Man what a cutie!! Shame on me for having never seen you before now!!
There's just so many SG's now that I can't keep up anymore.When I first joined there were right at 200!! No bull!

Thank you for all the positive comments! It is really nice to have the support you need to help along the way!! You are great!

Being a regular public transport user I get to meet people like your friend with the bike all the time.

Wow, thats insane. I think for this reason alone I will continue to be a non-driver. I'll stick to my mp3 player and transit. It's bad enough people expect you to give up your first born on payments for the cars themselves, and they make you unable to drive cause they demand your right arm and leg for insurance. Then god forbid anything go wrong with it! That would just leave you as a stump looking around going "what the hell just happened?" So, not being a car owner, just reading that gave me a stressful moment, I can see where you're coming from. Hope the courts can figure out which one is being more shady.

It's amazingly hot that you work on your own car, but at the same time it's somewhat sad that to do so is somewhat unusual. Wish more women knew how to do so.

Ha ha ha ha ha. Holy shit. I'm not laughing at your expense, I know exactly what little turd you're talking about at the Homer. Bitter little shit, eh? Thanks for the laugh.

You should make a set "Fixing the car"!

I wish I could do half you did...

i totally understand your frustration on the car issue. mine this weekend was wild as well.

I for one am in awe of your mechanical prowess.

It seems to me that you ought to be able to take some steel wool or put a buffing attachment on the rotary tool of your choice and polish out the corrosion on the inside of your 46 kichen aid mixer's bowl. If bowl bases are incompatible, and looks are not a consideration, it might be possible to reengineer to base of the crappy modern mixer's bowl to fit the old unit.

Suggestions:

working on tall stuff: stand on a milk crate. We did at every shop I've ever worked at.

Fan issues: if you don't have one, get a factory service manual with cmplete wiring diagram. It's worth the money and will come in handy many times. Witht he fan installed figure out if you're actually getting power and ground when the fan is turned on. The fan may use switched ground instead of switched power or there may be a hidden relay or fusible link.

What year is your G-wagen? I subscribe to a private worldwide webserv for pro techs and can search by vehicle and symptom for fixes posted by other member techs.

Mixer corrosion: Mother's mag and aluminum polish ($5 for a jar from pep boys) works wonders but takes a lot of elbow grease. You can get a foam ball to attatch to a drill and polish it that way, after taking out the heavy corrosion with #0000 steel wool.

You got a G-wagen, you know what a Pinzgauer is, and you're working on your car...







PS:

A good price on a Momo Zebrano/black leather steering wheel

that sounds like so much fun LUCKY!!!