On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:29:52 -0700, stbenge
<THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:33:30 -0700, stbenge
>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> Ooo! deep! ;)
>>> Hey, makin' fun of me? ;)
>> 
>> Was that a request or a complaint? :-)
>
>A request, of course! I'm available for parties and other social events. 
>  Don't forget that I can also be your fall guy or scapegoat! Look good 
>in any situation, hire a whipping boy!
>

As a sadist, I'm obliged to say no :)
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     Stephen

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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:10:17 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>
>Same reason I haven't taken dance lessons either, even though I can't 
>dance and it would be a useful skill to have.
>

Fair enough.

>> Sensible, lots of people believe the movies and that can be dangerous. If you
>> know that you can then you don't need to prove anything.
>
>Perhaps more worrying is the people who think you can drive a car 
>through buildings, jump over broken bridges, roll it over 3 times, and 
>then get out and run down the street chasing the Bad Guys. IRL, this 
>does not happen. Ever.

Does anyone over the age of 10 really believe that? I think it is called the
"suspension of disbelief" 
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     Stephen

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>> Perhaps more worrying is the people who think you can drive a car 
>> through buildings, jump over broken bridges, roll it over 3 times, and 
>> then get out and run down the street chasing the Bad Guys. IRL, this 
>> does not happen. Ever.
> 
> Does anyone over the age of 10 really believe that? I think it is called the
> "suspension of disbelief" 

*Most* people realise it's fiction, but evidently *some* people seem to 
think that you really can do this - or at least, something close to 
this. Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH, 
you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.

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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH,
> you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.
>

Depends on what you're driving. Older cars, yes. The modern cars with
airbags, crumple zones, etc, not so much.
Also, of course, how you crash the car.

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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:11:56 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot
com> wrote:

>
>"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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>> Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH,
>> you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.
>>
>
>Depends on what you're driving. Older cars, yes. The modern cars with
>airbags, crumple zones, etc, not so much.
>Also, of course, how you crash the car.
>
True, I was watching a Top Gear programme where the idiots deliberately crashed
their cars into a earth bank at 30 mph. Clarkson's car (an old Volvo) did not
have a working speedo and he crashed it at about 40 mph. Not only did he walk
away the car was drivable afterwards. It is pedestrians that have problems in
30+ mph crashes.

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     Stephen

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>> Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH,
>> you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.
> 
> Depends on what you're driving. Older cars, yes. The modern cars with
> airbags, crumple zones, etc, not so much.
> Also, of course, how you crash the car.

For the love of God, DON'T HIT A TREE!

Lamp mosts may shear off, brick walls can cave in, but a 200 year old 
old tree really isn't going anywhere. If it's branches extend 40 feet 
into the air, you can guarantee its roots go 40 feet into the ground. 
And oak is a hardwood. The entire tree probably weighs several tons too. 
Seriously, the tree isn't going anywhere.

At 40 MPH, yeah. If you have a new car, you'll probably survive OK. 
However, too many people seem to think that because they have ABS and 
airbags, they're invincible and nothing can hurt them. This is untrue.

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> Halbert wrote:
>> ...
>> You are still young enough to turn things all the way around.
>
> I don't consider 30 to be "young". I consider that to be "basically my 
> life is almost over now".

I really disagree with that.  What young people have is fit bodies, new 
strength, and hormones driving their urges, BUT they don't know what to do 
with their bodies and health because they haven't learned anything yet and 
their heads are empty.  Youth is crippled by inexperience in everything and 
self-consciousness about self-identity, status, sexual performance, and 
don't know how to be good partners, lovers, or operate successfully in 
society.  Believe me, all that is WAY better later on!

> What I *should* have done is sort all this out back when I was at Uni. But 
> it's kinda too late now. :-(

You have time.  See above.

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> "Sabrina Kilian" <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote in message
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  >> You would be surprised at how much they notice, whether they admit 
it or
>> not. Put a pebble in your shoe and walk with a limp, see how many people
>> notice.
> 
> Ah, but I was talking about "caring", not "noticing" <g>.
> 


How many people 'care' about things they don't think that they notice, 
how many people 'care' about the things they do notice, and how many 
admit to caring about something if they think it paints them badly?

I'm sure psychology has a word or phrase for the phenomenon, but people 
do tend to make decisions about other people over minor details and tend 
to carry those decisions in their mind. Whether they consciously do it 
or not.

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>> I don't consider 30 to be "young". I consider that to be "basically my 
>> life is almost over now".
> 
> I really disagree with that.  What young people have is fit bodies, new 
> strength, and hormones driving their urges, BUT they don't know what to 
> do with their bodies and health because they haven't learned anything 
> yet and their heads are empty.  Youth is crippled by inexperience in 
> everything and self-consciousness about self-identity, status, sexual 
> performance, and don't know how to be good partners, lovers, or operate 
> successfully in society.  Believe me, all that is WAY better later on!

Trouble is, when you get to being old, people *expect* you to know what 
you're doing. *I* haven't learned anything yet... :-(

>> What I *should* have done is sort all this out back when I was at Uni. 
>> But it's kinda too late now. :-(
> 
> You have time.  See above.

It certainly doesn't feel like it...

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Invisible wrote:

> And oh my God - I almost can't believe that I have an actual friend who 
> is also a *girl*. ;-) Actually, I'm hoping to meet up with her this 
> weekend. I haven't seen her in ages, but I've phoned her quite a bit. 
> It'll be good to see her flesh - uh, I mean, "it'll be good to see her 
> in the flesh". o_O
> 
> Ah, who am I kidding? :-P

Seeing her yesterday *was* good. She's cuter than I remember her... ;-)

Special thank-you goes out to my friend who hired the last kyak in the 
place, forcing me to have to share a rowboat with the girl. (Subtle, 
much?) Idly rowing in the middle of a small lake with a girl reclining 
on the seat in front of me was... quite enjoyable. And I don't even 
*like* rowing!

Next weekend, she's coming to MK, and we're going skiing. >:-D

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