The Argue Thread

[SteveSueMac]

Originally Posted by Protagonist

Unsubscribing from this thread. Now that I have a fiancée whose feelings are easily hurt, I am devoting considerable effort to never arguing again, with anybody. Which is not to say that my charming bride-to-be and I can't disagree, only that from now on disagreement had better not lead to argument, if I want to stay engaged (and married, when the time comes).

But just between us, for a former engineer, not arguing is a lot harder than it looks!

Uhm....how to break this to you.....

You may THINK you're giving up arguing....but uhm..... [emoji3]

Congratulations!!! You'll have even better arguments now - and making up afterward is much better with one's spouse than with fellow Air Forums mates (at least that's so in my experience - go ahead, argue with me on that!).

[Mattirs]

Originally Posted by Lumatic

This has really gotten sophomoric. Prank phone calls next?

Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

[Gene]

Originally Posted by Mattirs

Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

That joke is so old my father told it to me almost 70 years ago. He said he heard it when he was a kid and his parents owned a store that among other things sold tobacco. Kids would come in and ask if they had Prince Albert in the can. When the answer was "yes", they'd say "let him out" and run outside laughing. That was about a century ago when kids could buy tobacco.

When a thread has aged, it tends to be the same 5 or 10 people posting and no one else pays attention anymore. Has the time come? Argue please.

Time to shut down the electrowazoo for tonight....

Gene

[Isuzusweet]

Food for thought:
If a man states that he would run into a burning building or a school to save children.......is he already a hero?
Cheers
Sidekick Tony

[Mattirs]

Originally Posted by Isuzusweet

Food for thought:
If a man states that he would run into a burning building or a school to save children.......is he already a hero?
Cheers
Sidekick Tony

Nope

[rmkrum]

You can talk the talk all you want. It only counts when you walk the walk....

I’ve been privileged to know a few real heros. I don’t count myself among them...others may disagree with my evaluation.

[xrvr]

Correct.

[Gene]

Real heroes always deny they are heroes. The real heroes say "anyone would have done it". "Anyone" is not everybody. Only the narcissists among us claim to be what they are not.

No one really knows what they would do when an emergency occurs. I hope I would have the courage and strength (strength is an issue when you get old) to save someone, but I have not had that tested. I'd like to think I'd give my life to save my wife, but, fortunately, I have not had to find out and hope that day never comes. I don't think I'd try to disarm someone with an assault weapon with my Swiss Army knife, but maybe some thing else would work—a distraction, helping others find an escape route, for example—and that would require calm, deliberate but fast thought. Being calm in such a situation is pretty hard to do or predict. I do know when someone really big tried to attack me about 40 years ago, I remained calm while I knocked him off balance when he tried to slug me and then left really quickly—it was the smartest thing to do and I did it instinctively, but I have no idea if I would be as calm in another situation.

Gene

[ALANSD]

Originally Posted by Jim & Susan

Ah,

I particularly enjoyed the Rose Bowl game. Georgia put the HURT on a bunch of Okies. What a game.

Just my not so humble opinion.

Jim

twas a truly awesome day for uga fans

[Jim & Susan]

Originally Posted by ALANSD

twas a truly awesome day for uga fans

Yep, but reality set in a couple weeks later. 'Nuther great game, but we came up a little short. Oh well, maybe next year.

How are you Alan? Hope you are well, my friend.

Jim

[Mattirs]

Been enjoying the peace and quite here away from the tire pressure, best hitch, and best TV threads. Thanks everyone, just wish they were as disciplined as this thread is.

[Gene]

Disciplined? I don't think so. Boring, perhaps. Insane, hopefully. Sexy, please.

[rmkrum]

Snarky, always.....

[Mattirs]

Hey, I was enjoying peace and quiet here.

[J. Morgan]

Payload shma-load, just buy good tires and a set of air shocks.... lol

[Jim & Susan]

.......And just when I thought this thread was gonna get interesting again........


Jim

[Gene]

Originally Posted by Jim & Susan

.......And just when I thought this thread was gonna get interesting again........


Jim

We need Ken back with his imaginative sense of reality.

[OTRA15]

Time for some fresh blood here IMO!

This 2014 classic from Monty Python in Post #779 bears repeating!

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Originally Posted by Ag&Au

[Lumatic]

It's not fresh

[OTRA15]

I beg your pardon! It is as fresh as old bread warmed up in the oven.



PS — It isn’t blood either, but no one quibbled about that!