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- From: tucker@shiva.edsg.hac.com (George Tucker)
- Newsgroups: rec.climbing,rec.backcountry
- Subject: Re: What is sport? (was: A-word)
- Message-ID: <24853@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:23:37 GMT
- References: <Jan14.015014.68382@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <1993Jan15.181102.12505@tc.fluke.COM> <24764@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> <1993Jan22.032623.28891@nas.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: tucker@shiva.UUCP (George Tucker)
- Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA
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- In article <1993Jan22.032623.28891@nas.nasa.gov> eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
- >>>Hemmingway defined sport as an activity that could kill you. Wayne
- >>>Trzyna defines sport as an activity that is very physical. How do
- >
- >In article <24764@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> tucker@shiva.UUCP (George Tucker)
- >writes:
- >>How about war?
- >Long interesting simile comparing sport and war.
- >
- >Hi George,
- >You know, you pick up a hammer, and everything, all of a sudden starts to
- >look like a nail.
- To me everything looks like a thumb.
-
- > It's something I've noticed about the defense
- >contractors starting to appear on the net (nothing personal, but
- >interesting, their political conservatism, that is).
- I doubt if my suggestion had anything to do with my work. My next choice
- for a sport would be getting old. It puts so much strain on the heart that
- the heart failure rate exceeds those other sports, and it is
- extremely dangerous since most of the participants eventually die from
- it.
-
- >Another person asked me about military mountaineering. My nose is no
- >cleaner than George's, whereas I might be more liberal, I have on occasion
-
- If you support legalization of all drugs, you have a fighting chance.
- Perhaps we should fire liberal credentials at 20 paces until one of us
- runs out of ammo. BTW, deuling is dangerous and increases the heart rate.
-
- George Tucker tucker@shiva.hac.com
- Signature line awaiting FDA approval.
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