Comments on: Summer Time, and the Livin’s Easy http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/13/summer-time-and-the-livins-easy/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judie Lipsett Hugheshttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/13/summer-time-and-the-livins-easy/#comment-22688 Judie Lipsett Hughes Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:48:22 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/13/summer-time-and-the-livins-easy/#comment-22688 “For those of you who don’t necessarily live in a hot climate near a river (e.g., Austin Texas), “tubing” is the recreational activity whereby one dresses in as little as possible (usually swimwear), gets a large innertube, and floats with one’s rear in an icy river. Preferably with an alcoholic beverage near to hand.”

Thank you Doug! Isn’t it funny how I just assumed everyone knew what tubing was? So yeah, for those of you shaking your heads…you haven’t lived until you’ve tried it at least once. ;-)

]]> By: Douglas Moranhttp://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/13/summer-time-and-the-livins-easy/#comment-22676 Douglas Moran Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:55:31 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/2007/06/13/summer-time-and-the-livins-easy/#comment-22676 For those of you who don't necessarily live in a hot climate near a river (e.g., Austin Texas), "tubing" is the recreational activity whereby one dresses in as little as possible (usually swimwear), gets a large innertube, and floats with one's rear in an icy river. Preferably with an alcoholic beverage near to hand. In Santa Cruz, we didn't go tubing; the summertime temperature tended to drop into the 50s, rendering such things unnecessary. Also, you could always surf. In San Jose, the nearest river (the Guadalupe, which is pronounced gwa-duh-LOOP-eh, you dumb Austinites, *not* gwa-duh-LOOP; yeesh) is not something that you want to expose your naked skin to unless you want to risk mutation. So, "tubing." Now you know. For those of you who don’t necessarily live in a hot climate near a river (e.g., Austin Texas), “tubing” is the recreational activity whereby one dresses in as little as possible (usually swimwear), gets a large innertube, and floats with one’s rear in an icy river. Preferably with an alcoholic beverage near to hand.

In Santa Cruz, we didn’t go tubing; the summertime temperature tended to drop into the 50s, rendering such things unnecessary. Also, you could always surf. In San Jose, the nearest river (the Guadalupe, which is pronounced gwa-duh-LOOP-eh, you dumb Austinites, *not* gwa-duh-LOOP; yeesh) is not something that you want to expose your naked skin to unless you want to risk mutation.

So, “tubing.” Now you know.

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