Discussion: good, good, goood, disaster
in: PG; PG > 2012-06-19
Jun 20, 2012 1:30 AM
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Of course that is the way I orienteer. I console myself from time to time with the thought that if I were going to be good at orienteering, I would know about it by now.
Quite a remarkable story. Glad you got the guy back safely, but it doesn't sound like he should be out there again.
Quite a remarkable story. Glad you got the guy back safely, but it doesn't sound like he should be out there again.
Jun 20, 2012 2:08 AM
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The nice thing about orienteering, and about golf as well (and many other endeavors), is that when things go good, good, good, disaster, it's no big deal, you just shrug and go home and come back to try again next time. Golf for me is pretty much a string of disasters, depending on how you measure things, and I enjoy every hole.
On a not really related note, there was a discussion at lunch today about the Olympics, and somehow we got onto the topic of sports that aren't in the Olympics but aspire to be. I knew a little bit about this topic, having seen lists of other such sports in articles about orienteering having such aspirations, and I mentioned this. My co-workers know that I orienteer, and one of them asked, quite sincerely, whether I'd be interested in going in orienteering were accepted. I replied that I'm not good enough, and they said, well, it just takes more practice, right? I had to enlighten them a bit about the athletic nature of this sport and why a mediocre 50 year old would not be a realistic candidate.
On a not really related note, there was a discussion at lunch today about the Olympics, and somehow we got onto the topic of sports that aren't in the Olympics but aspire to be. I knew a little bit about this topic, having seen lists of other such sports in articles about orienteering having such aspirations, and I mentioned this. My co-workers know that I orienteer, and one of them asked, quite sincerely, whether I'd be interested in going in orienteering were accepted. I replied that I'm not good enough, and they said, well, it just takes more practice, right? I had to enlighten them a bit about the athletic nature of this sport and why a mediocre 50 year old would not be a realistic candidate.
Jun 20, 2012 9:47 AM
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...it doesn't sound like he should be out there again.
Fortunately for us OF's, you can be at death's door and still enjoy a round of golf. What with bag boys to handle your clubs, golf carts with GPS and other amenities, cart girls providing a stream of refreshments on the course, there are few physical demands on most golfers these days.
And you see some real beauties out there. I played with a 30-yr old a few weeks ago who was so fat that he couldn't swing a driver because his belly was in the way; had to play only with short irons...a painfully slow round.
It sounds like PG's partner would have been ok for golf if he hadn't taken that fall in the parking lot. And I'm sure he'll be out there again next week. More power to him...golf is probably better for him than the alternative.
Fortunately for us OF's, you can be at death's door and still enjoy a round of golf. What with bag boys to handle your clubs, golf carts with GPS and other amenities, cart girls providing a stream of refreshments on the course, there are few physical demands on most golfers these days.
And you see some real beauties out there. I played with a 30-yr old a few weeks ago who was so fat that he couldn't swing a driver because his belly was in the way; had to play only with short irons...a painfully slow round.
It sounds like PG's partner would have been ok for golf if he hadn't taken that fall in the parking lot. And I'm sure he'll be out there again next week. More power to him...golf is probably better for him than the alternative.
Jun 20, 2012 11:20 AM
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You can also be at death's door and enjoy part of a round of golf. Death's address might be on the fifth fairway or something.
Jun 20, 2012 9:49 PM
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PG did the right thing by questioning his partner who was exhibiting those symptoms. Sounds like he needed to be in the hospital. Many people with various forms of heart failure are in a state of denial. I was one of them. Luckily I had my heart attack at home rather than alone in the middle of the woods.
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