I was going to mention upbringing, but I didn't want to seem whiny. I
don't think I was a weak or unathletic kid. There was just no emphasis
on organized sports at our house. I could outrun most other kids on
foot or on a bike. I did a lot of outdoor climbing, hiking, and
such. But baseball, soccer, football, etc just weren't things I ever
did, so I sucked at all of them. I could never throw or catch very well
either.....just not something I ever did outside of gym class.
I think the "troglodyte" label doesn't have anything to do with being
athletic. I think it's that we glorify certain games and certain kids
who are good at those games start to think that this one skill makes
them better than other people. Then those kids begin to assert
themselves in the manner of a troglodyte.
Of course I've never met any actual early hominids so maybe troglodytes
were total sweat hearts for all I know.
On 3/30/2020 11:36 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
But just think though, without the sports you could have been successful!
*From:* Cameron Crum
*Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2020 9:06 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT an honest query
I guess it all depends on upbringing. My father was a D1 football
scholarship athlete and got a BSEE and MS in biomedical engineering in
addition to being a fighter pilot. My grandfather was also a highshool
athlete who got a deferred congressional nomination to the Naval
Academy, but ended up going to Univ. of Akron instead and graduated
with a BSEE. He ended up being one of Werner Von Braun's best friends
and they did a lot of work on missiles and rockets together. I was a
three sport athlete in HS and had offers for football and soccer for
college. I ended up taking a soccer scholarship mostly because I had a
neck injury that I was afraid would be compounded if I played college
level football. I ended up with a BSEE as well. I'm 48 and still play
organized soccer at least once and sometimes twice a week. We aren't
all troglodytes.
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 6:44 PM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote:
Truth is always the funniest!
On 3/29/20 3:50 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
> Now THAT is funny.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Sent: Sunday, March 29,
2020
> 3:40 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT an honest query
> Or... "Why Google fails at so many new projects..."
>
> On 3/29/20 2:31 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
>> On Sun March 29 2020 14:49, can...@believewireless.net wrote:
>>> And we all know plenty of people with advanced degrees and
perfect GPAs
>>> that went no where.
>> We used to call them paper tigers, loads of degrees and
certifications,
>> but could not do the actual job.
>>
>
>
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