tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post9154122434940779741..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: HeroesGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-21444485765970760352012-07-29T01:05:49.392-04:002012-07-29T01:05:49.392-04:00...height to the more heroic range...
Sir! You a...<i>...height to the more heroic range...</i><br /><br />Sir! You are misinformed; stout men are often heroic. Witness one of my mother's ancestors, and thus one of mine, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Donnachaidh" rel="nofollow">Donnchadh <i>Reamhar</i></a>, who fought with Robert the Bruce.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49649359310578615252012-07-28T13:59:58.722-04:002012-07-28T13:59:58.722-04:00Of course, I haven't found anything that will ...Of course, I haven't found anything that will increase my height to the more heroic range, alas.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-71265418356641398512012-07-28T13:58:39.718-04:002012-07-28T13:58:39.718-04:00So what are you doing to be ready?
This is a good...<i>So what are you doing to be ready?</i><br /><br />This is a good question that, turned into "What should I be doing to be ready?" could be very productively discussed here.<br /><br />I would be very interested in the answers.<br /><br />As for myself, I work out several times a week to maintain overall fitness, especially endurance. Obtaining a CCL, carrying, and taking some serious pistol training courses are in the immediate future. Finally, this fall I hope to begin training in MMA.<br /><br />This seems to cover the most likely scenarios, to me.<br /><br />Any thoughts on my answer, or other answers?Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2301366801956499372012-07-27T11:49:29.749-04:002012-07-27T11:49:29.749-04:00Perhaps you need to put that chivalry poster back ...Perhaps you need to put that chivalry poster back up?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946193679461113584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-80606387989314607002012-07-27T09:38:18.023-04:002012-07-27T09:38:18.023-04:00I think Napoleon first observed that a woman can s...I think Napoleon first observed that a woman can stop a bullet as well as a man.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61427436575865928162012-07-27T04:29:14.996-04:002012-07-27T04:29:14.996-04:00I hadn't even heard about the fellow that fled...I hadn't even heard about the fellow that fled leaving his infant on the floor. About the only thing more shocking to me was going to the piece about that from the linked piece, and reading in the comments that there were defenders of his action (not positive defense, but passive defense- 'you don't know how you'd act- don't judge' etc.).<br /><br />I have to say, also, that I think it's important to be gender specific about this subject- women are more valuable to the specie, plain and simple, and I don't know that there's anyone who would prefer to see a D-Day for instance, composed of 50% females. It would be grotesque. On the other hand, I think women are as likely to be heroic in a similar fashion, but more likely in response to children in danger than men, and what's wrong with that?douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49525527890595337502012-07-26T22:48:03.246-04:002012-07-26T22:48:03.246-04:00In addition to not having the ear or patience for ...In addition to not having the ear or patience for gangsta/rap/hip-hop music, neither can I give more than one quick pass over of the tripe found in the first link.<br /><br />Smarmy, sad, void of all charity, lacking of empathy for those suffering or all of the preceding... You make the call.bthunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789441349826379510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-55679275885240544222012-07-26T22:04:55.185-04:002012-07-26T22:04:55.185-04:00Really? How many women tried to shield their men?...Really? How many women tried to shield their men? In her world I'm sure there are Alphonse & Gaston wrestling matches in these situations as to who is going to end up protecting whom.Darkwaterhttp://plbirnamwood.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-43551929709279790722012-07-26T20:14:26.605-04:002012-07-26T20:14:26.605-04:00Anyone aspiring to be Todd Beamer has to take step...Anyone aspiring to be Todd Beamer has to take steps to be ready to be one. I take this to be the relevant part of your Just One Minte link:<br /><br /><i>This much we know, they were big guys: Bingham was a 6-foot-4 rugby player; Glick, also a rugby player and judo champion; Beamer was 6 foot 1 and 200 pounds, and Nacke was a 5-foot-9, 200-pound weightlifter with a "Superman" tattoo on his shoulder.</i><br /><br />These guys were able to do what they did for two reasons. One is that they were physically prepared, and the other is that they had time to become mentally prepared.<br /><br />If you lack time, though, you'll fall back on whatever your training has been. Absent that, you'll fall back on basic instinctive responses: fight, fly, hide, or freeze. To get any other reaction when there is no time to think, you have to train. <br /><br />And you must develop a physical capacity to resist and overcome in any case. If you are not physically powerful, that means obtaining and training with arms.<br /><br />So what are you doing to be ready?Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com