Sometimes i feel like him and just want to nap in the sun.
Credit where credit is due dept: this is not my idea. Originally from a woman at my church, my wife taught Sunday School with her for a number of years. So Connie, i herby give u credit for noticing and describing the principle. I have decided its time to lay it out for the world to see and acknowledge, to name it and “scale” it, so those inclined may find themselves a spot in it.
The idea is this: us menfolk tend towards either technical skills and preferences, or sports skills and preferences. By sports i mean a physical, coordination requiring activity such as, but not limited to: football, basketball, tennis, hockey. Etc.
So here’s my “Tech – Sport continium”. The center of the scale is M – for median. This would b someone who is evenly divided technically / sports sense. (Not sure if there r actually any people out there that would fit this spot on the scale. Just in case we will assume there should b.) So now your engineer types might be T+8 or T+9, a hard core programmer geek a T+10. While your pro football and hockey players might be S+9 or S+10. It seems to me it is rare for most techs to b really into sports. This is where i place myself. I also see that many sports types might have trouble wiring a light switch. Thats ok. I can wire a house but u can’t depend on me to consistently catch a ball thrown my way or shoot a great swoosh and “snap the cords”.
Both types can b taught the other end of the continium. We r just talking about the internal gift the person carries.
I have tried not to b negative in any way. There is no zero just a theoretical medium. Both sides of the scale are positives. We need warriors and builders, coders and quarterbacks to make the world go round. Any thoughts?
Well he didn’t get too far. maybe 10 feet and into it again.
But he was unharmed, except perhaps his pride. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Another boat of his friends got dunked way upstream from there and the fiberglass hull was split open. I talked with a race organizer when helping load up the broken boat. This was maybe 2 hours after the official start of the race, and he said there were 35 boats unaccounted for at that point. No news today of anyone hurt so that’s what is really important.
These guys (and some gals) are all far braver than i am. i only do flat water paddling. btw the water temp was somewhere in the 30s. Yikees!!