Was going to post last night but when came back to click submit on the quotes GW went funky. Resourceful young man to figure how to accomplish your purpose, ride fast with fingers crossed so as not to scare some ones mother.Good story and as for the first part I agree gravel road rash is not pretty, my knee and elbow showed me that at that age,

I have read the whole thread and the thing that strikes me most is that you think you could sell your property for a great amount of money with this "contract" easement issue hanging over it like the Sword of Damoclese.It sort of applies to this situation, see below. Every prospective buyer I have ever known, including myself, looks at every piece of info about a property before buying. The law ,of course, says you have to disclose this "contract" easement to the buyer. I also know from my daughter who is in real estate in Atlanta , that she has every single customer she deals with go to the place they are thinking of obtaining and look at it at several different times of the day/night and different days of the week. It is a real eye opener on a property. That being said I would be hard pressed to purchase your property with the fantastic home and views because of the huge nuisance of the easement. Maybe there will be someone, should you decide to sell, that won't care but a lot of folks would be as irritated as you seem to be. As far as biking and hiking clubs being "welfare recipients" whoa...I will have to share that with all the NYCC members I ride with in New York and all the trail runners/hikers here in my town...they would be "intrigued" I am sure by that description LOL. c Here is a link that might be useful: Sword of Damoclese

As part of my continuing rehab therapy after having both knees replaced a year ago I started water exercises. The timing was perfect since our hospital just opened a Health and Wellness Center about 5 miles from home. It's a beautiful facility - not cheap, but my health insurance gives me $20. off each month which helps. It has all the typical exercise machines but I love the pools and have been doing water exercises since December. Twice a week I do Aqua Boot Camp in the regular pool and one day a week I have an Arthritis Foundation warm water class - 94 degrees is lovely. I don't know what method they use to purify the water but there isn't a chlorine odor and my swim suits have held up really well. In the summer I supplement my classes in my own pool - but since I'm in the Philly area that's only for 4 months. Many of the exercises we do are mentioned in that article you linked. We also use noodles and Styrofoam hand weights to increase the resistance. It is a great workout yet minimizes stress on the joints.

I didn't put 2 & 2 together at 1st, but then crcollins said the light bulb went on & Bam, I knew it was you! Great story & fun lesson. I believe mudhouse said something about how your so generous with your knowledge & one of the many people on here that helps to keep the community together. So true & greatly appreciated for all of it. Especially nice to see you after such a big change on here. I was a little worried that we might have lost that wonderful community of all of the generous & charitable help. But, I think it's all coming back. I, for one, am glad to see so many of the regulars on here. Thanks again for a fun story Treb.