Random Thought Thread

sgt1372 said:
Yes I've seen them and it's sad.

FWIW, I use to see "trainers" who visited the assisted living facility where my mother lived (at the time) and a lot of seniors there really can't do much more than that which I personally believe is because they never exercised and allowed their muscles atrophy so that they couldn't do more than that.

I'm as old now as some of the people I saw there then and hope I never get to that point. I exercise daily on my Concept 2 rower to help avoid it.
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This is a huuuge factor. It's also why I've been trying to see how much of my peak physical ability I can regain while my body is still capable of making gains. At some point, we all reach the point where we're no longer really looking at 'making gains' and are more 'holding off/slowing the decline'. The better the starting point, the better I can hold off that decline.

There's an ad that I've seen on TV (some diabetes med?), that I found laughable (in a bad way).

It shows this older heavyset guy, and talks about how the medication, along with exercise can help weight loss and controlling the problem, and they show this obese old guy, doing an obese old guy exercise (weaving in slow motion between some cones?), and then shows him 'rewarding' himself for the little bit of exercise with TWO ice cream sundaes. The implication is that, "Hey, buy/take our crap, do a tiny bit of exercise, and you too, can continue eating like a pig".

The sad/funny part is that whoever thought up the ad, might not have realized that they were actually practicing truth in advertising. The entire reason that the guy is obese and diabetic, is because he thinks the (maaaaaybe) 40 calories he burned doing that 'exercise' (and taking those meds) means he can 'reward' himself with ~500 - 600 calories of sweets/desserts. (***perhaps, an even more disturbing thought is that the people who created these ads ARE absolutely aware of the realities, and are deliberately trying to encourage people to lead unhealthy lives that make them dependent on the meds that generate revenue for the company).

Don't even get me started on the whole normalizing the 'healthy at any weight' nonsense. We have reams and reams of medical data proving that being overfat is unhealthy.
 
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Which way is back through the looking glass?
 
bluemax_1 said:
This is a huuuge factor. It's also why I've been trying to see how much of my peak physical ability I can regain while my body is still capable of making gains. At some point, we all reach the point where we're no longer really looking at 'making gains' and are more 'holding off/slowing the decline'. The better the starting point, the better I can hold off that decline.

There's an ad that I've seen on TV (some diabetes med?), that I found laughable (in a bad way).

It shows this older heavyset guy, and talks about how the medication, along with exercise can help weight loss and controlling the problem, and they show this obese old guy, doing an obese old guy exercise (weaving in slow motion between some cones?), and then shows him 'rewarding' himself for the little bit of exercise with TWO ice cream sundaes. The implication is that, "Hey, buy/take our crap, do a tiny bit of exercise, and you too, can continue eating like a pig".

The sad/funny part is that whoever thought up the ad, might not have realized that they were actually practicing truth in advertising. The entire reason that the guy is obese and diabetic, is because he thinks the (maaaaaybe) 40 calories he burned doing that 'exercise' (and taking those meds) means he can 'reward' himself with ~500 - 600 calories of sweets/desserts. (***perhaps, an even more disturbing thought is that the people who created these ads ARE absolutely aware of the realities, and are deliberately trying to encourage people to lead unhealthy lives that make them dependent on the meds that generate revenue for the company).

Don't even get me started on the whole normalizing the 'healthy at any weight' nonsense. We have reams and reams of medical data proving that being overfat is unhealthy.
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sell sell sell
 
Pardon me for waxing (somewhat ) serious for a moment, only to say that I've been on bladeforums from day one, (actually before), and have watched makers come and go, (custom, production, what have you?), and I have been privileged to have become friends with some very special folks over the years. (And kicked more than a few off for various unsavory reasons as well.)

A large part of this hobby, for me, goes well beyond (simply) the knives, and to the character of those whose knives I choose to own.

Many of you have been denizens of this sub-forum much longer than I have, (though I always wondered who this machinist character was), so I'm not saying anything you don't already know.

But, how can anyone not want to support folks like this? Again, It goes quite a bit beyond the knives.
(Preaching to the choir, but I figure I'm entitled to a sentimental moment every now and again.)

Now, sod off! I've had my say. 😂
 
yoko said:
Had a customer ask to come back to meet me today....

Said he was a painter a few years ago and told me how impressed he was with my work then shook my hand


We need more people like that in this world!
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And more people like you who appreciate and acknowledge a gesture! People who take pride in their work are a treasure, and getting kudos from someone formerly in the field speaks volume’s. Nice!
 
beeinak said:
And more people like you who appreciate and acknowledge a gesture! People who take pride in their work are a treasure, and getting kudos from someone formerly in the field speaks volume’s. Nice!
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One of my most treasured pieces of memorabilia from my old job is a letter from a little old lady who was a juror on one of my cases.

She took the time to track me down through my agency and send me a note telling me how proud she was to serve on the jury and to compliment me on the way I conducted myself on the stand as I laid out the case for them.

Meant the world then and still does.
 
yoko said:
Had a customer ask to come back to meet me today....

Said he was a painter a few years ago and told me how impressed he was with my work then shook my hand


We need more people like that in this world!
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The world needs more people who achieve recognizable excellence. It's cool that he complimented you on the work. It's cooler that you achieved it in the first place. I don't know, maybe it's just my jaded worldview now, but it doesn't seem like there's as much excellence in craftsmanship as there once was.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
The world needs more people who achieve recognizable excellence. It's cool that he complimented you on the work. It's cooler that you achieved it in the first place. I don't know, maybe it's just my jaded worldview now, but it doesn't seem like there's as much excellence in craftsmanship as there once was.
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My dad used to say, "If something's worth doing, it should be worth doing well".

Nowadays, the standard motto for the majority appears to be, "Do the minimum to get by"
 
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