On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Kevin Stewart made the following excuse for
foul language:
> The most "appropriate" situation I can think of was when I was building sets
> for my high school's drama department with a friend of mine. We were
[...]
> other side in place. Well, when we counted to three, the person let go, I
> took all the weight and my friend started nailing (keep in mind that this is
> about a 300 lb platform -- it was quite large and we shouldn't have been
[...]
> to come back and do what he was supposed to... he came back, *walking*, and
> *walked on top of the platform we were supporting*... he was a largeish
> person, about 225-250lbs. My back hasn't been the same since.
Ouch! Sorry to hear that happened to you, it must not have been much
fun. :-( Still doesn't seem like an excuse for foul language,
however. For some reason, it seems that some people apparently just
can't handle a little pain without uttering a string of profanity.
Let's see, aside from the fun of some things in a hospital a few years
back, which included a chest tube and having all sorts of holes poked
in me, not to mention, in the past year or so being bitten, kicked and
having my feet steped on my a horse, and being tossed into a fence, I
didn't curse, swear, get angry, have a temper-tantrum or go berzerk.
On the other hand, I do agree partially with something that someone
said about it being healthier to let out a holler (doesn't have to be
gutteral language, however). Let out a blood curdling howl if you
must, it really is healthy, and there is evidence to support the fact
that it does help to decrease pain, and hence stress... but then, so
does hypnotism (including self-hypnois) and going into a meditative
trance. Ok, who's going to volunteer to try a blood-curdling howl
when they visit their dentist?
...and what piece of vintage computer equipment can you take along
running some sort of software that can help a beginner go into a
trance state? I recall seeing some software a while back that used a
monochrome text-only display to help induce a hypnotic state. Is
anyone else here familiar with this?
Hmmm... I guess that PERQ T2s carted around in the specially-designed
"Anvil" style travel cases qualify as portable PCs, and would be good
for such, even if they do have high-res. graphics. :-)
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Received on Wed Oct 11 2000 - 19:32:51 BST