Random Thought Thread

ferider said:
With two sisters and two daughters I’m being told it’s worse in girl bathrooms
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Yup. In small doses, it's not too much of a problem, but in large groups it's diabolical. In college, my fraternity lost more venue deposits after events due to damage in the women's restrooms than anything else. Drunk dudes got silly and mischievous but the girls were simply destructive: toilets and sinks ripped from the walls was a shockingly common occurrence.

I've never looked at "Southern Belles" the same.
 
Back in my Miami days, everyone was in the money laundering act (or narcotics). Neighbor upstairs from me was arrested for laundering through the restaurant he worked for. Neighbor next door was involved in using his cheese import / export for nefarious purposes.

Neighbor across the street was busted (by moi) for money laundering. Neighbor down the block was identified by me as setting up a narco-trafficking deal with my informant. (Literally had no idea he lived on my block. I think he died in prison.)

That's just a few that come to mind right outside my door on Key Biscayne.

Miami Vice had nothing on us.
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
Thats one of my favorite. Super difficult to hold for long.
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When I first tried signing up for classes with an old school Chinese martial arts instructor, I thought my years of horse stance in first Shito Ryu, then Goju Ryu would put me in good stead.

Nope. This crazy old guy looks me up and down, then says, “You go there. Do Ma Bu (horse stance in Chinese) one hour. Leg must be level (thighs parallel to the floor)”. 😮

I tried. I think I made it a bit past 10 minutes, legs wobbling, thighs burning, before collapsing.

“No good. You come back when can do Ma Bu one hour”.

It took about 3 months. I’d sit in a level horse stance while watching TV. First time ever, thinking, “C’mon commercial break! What’s taking so long?!”. I first tried to hold until a commercial break, then rest during the commercial break, before dropping back into horse stance. Then work up to waiting until the second commercial break before resting for the duration of the commercial break. Eventually being able to sit through a whole hour-long show in a level horse stance.

Salty old guy later said, “You lucky. MY teacher make me sit Ma Bu TWO hour before he teach me”.

***what does being able to sit in a level horse stance for an hour or two do to help with martial arts? Physically? Absolutely nothing. What it does for these traditional mentality old coots, was demonstrate something in Chinese called “Sik Che”, which translates to “Eat bitter”; the student’s mental toughness to deal with discomfort/suffering and stick with something (proving that they are less likely to be a waste of time, and quit after a few months).
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
The lack of consequences found in today's society allows inconsiderate behavior to run rampant.

I think if everyone got punched in the face at least once, really hard, it would put a lot of things into perspective.
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I mentioned something equivalent in the academy at FLETC in the early 80's when some of my classmates were "shooting" people during live training with actors playing the bad guys...who would get physical up until it got to a certain level of discomfort. Both then and in self-defense classes I wondered if any of these folks had ever been in a fight where they took a good one to the noggin. You can't just shoot folks when you get in a tussle.

Well, you couldn't back then, anyway.
 
bluemax_1 said:
When I first tried signing up for classes with an old school Chinese martial arts instructor, I thought my years of horse stance in first Shito Ryu, then Goju Ryu would put me in good stead.

Nope. This crazy old guy looks me up and down, then says, “You go there. Do Ma Bu (horse stance in Chinese) one hour. Leg must be level (thighs parallel to the floor)”. 😮

I tried. I think I made it a bit past 10 minutes, legs wobbling, thighs burning, before collapsing.

“No good. You come back when can do Ma Bu one hour”.

It took about 3 months. I’d sit in a level horse stance while watching TV. First time ever, thinking, “C’mon commercial break! What’s taking so long?!”. I first tried to hold until a commercial break, then rest during the commercial break, before dropping back into horse stance. Then work up to waiting until the second commercial break before resting for the duration of the commercial break. Eventually being able to sit through a whole hour-long show in a level horse stance.

Salty old guy later said, “You lucky. MY teacher make me sit Ma Bu TWO hour before he teach me”.

***what does being able to sit in a level horse stance for an hour or two do to help with martial arts? Physically? Absolutely nothing. What it does for these traditional mentality old coots, was demonstrate something in Chinese called “Sik Che”, which translates to “Eat bitter”; the student’s mental toughness to deal with discomfort/suffering and stick with something (proving that they are less likely to be a waste of time, and quit after a few months).
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Um glad I didn't have to do that or I wouldn't be getting ready for my brown belt test in May
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
The lack of consequences found in today's society allows inconsiderate behavior to run rampant.

I think if everyone got punched in the face at least once, really hard, it would put a lot of things into perspective.
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LETS GOOOOOOOO

It's like that with children. Most done have consequences for bad behavior and just keep doing it because why not
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
LETS GOOOOOOOO

It's like that with children. Most done have consequences for bad behavior and just keep doing it because why not
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I consistently teach my kids (and nieces and nephews) consequences; not punishment. There's an important distinction between the two.

I'm not going to create free-range jerks and release them on the world.
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
I consistently teach my kids (and nieces and nephews) consequences; not punishment. There's an important distinction between the two.

I'm not going to create free-range jerks and release them on the world.
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And consequences happen without multiple warnings.

There's people. ADULTS. Walking around today thinking that they're entitled to one or two warnings before there's any consequences for making a bad choice, or displaying bad behavior. My kids know better.
 
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