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I might be competitive

#1 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:26 am

I walk around thinking I am not so much.

I was out for my run yestersay and was feeling tired. I decided that once I got to the 4 mile point, I was going to finish up by power walking.

Just after I started power walking, I came up behind a runner I have seen before. He looks like he is older than me.

I started running in order to pass him and never stopped running.

That old guy was not going to move faster than me.

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#2 Post by mrkelley23 » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:37 am

I can see it now.

Wheelchair races in the old folks' home.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman

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#3 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:39 am

mrkelley23 wrote:I can see it now.

Wheelchair races in the old folks' home.
I'd be the one pushing yours.

We would win.

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Re: I might be competitive

#4 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:49 am

peacock2121 wrote: Just after I started power walking, I came up behind a runner I have seen before. He looks like he is older than me.

I started running in order to pass him and never stopped running.

That old guy was not going to move faster than me.
LoL I think that was me, I got passed by a couple of peeples yesterday.

kinda like whats gonna happen in the rankings shortly
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:12 am

The oldsters like to say things to me. Like "You're doing great." or "Slow down"

I wonder if it would be nice of me to say something encouraging to them.

I don't want to be heard as condescending.

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#6 Post by BackInTex » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:23 am

peacock2121 wrote:I don't want to be heard as condescending.
Then you'd best be quiet. :wink:
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
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War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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#7 Post by BackInTex » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:23 am

peacock2121 wrote:
mrkelley23 wrote:I can see it now.

Wheelchair races in the old folks' home.
I'd be the one pushing yours.

We would win.
You score double points for that response.
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson

War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)

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#8 Post by silvercamaro » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:36 am

I am saddened that Beedums isn't here to point out that the old guy probably had a bad cold.

:wink:

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