Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; Caesar is turned to hear.
===>
Who is he in exerted pressure on, of that the attributions I? I feel a
language, that one that is acute of whole music, protests ' To stop '
that he speaks; To stop occurs return, the end to the sensation
itself.
I also ride to work every day but am not in the US. I'm curious as to why there's so much hostility towards bikes on the part of drivers. Do you find our toned and muscular legs and buttocks threatening?
I'll try to speak a little to the injuries question. For any of the punch-kick kinds of things you will eventually be punching or kicking things that are hard (like wood, concrete or stone) and other people. With control and good technique you should be able to come away with nothing more that bruises while you toughen up your fists and legs. If you or someone you're working with has bad form it's pretty easy to wind up with a concussion or broken bones.
For the throws-holds-rolls group like aikido or judo you spend a lot of time rolling around or stepping about people who are rolling around. You also wind up using parts of you body as levers quite often. Joint dislocations and bone fractures are common. Actually, the reason I decided not to pursue aikido was that after watching a practice session I decided that it looked like an excellent way to break your wrist.
It sounds like you're talking about Aikido. The explanation retank offers is about right - no punching or kicking, lots of throws and rolls.
I studied karate for about a year and really liked it. The style I studied, seido-juku, was pretty cool in that actual fighting wasn't really stressed that much. The emphasis was more on developing yourself physically and mentally as a decent person. Make no mistake, a seido person would defiantly be able to lay down a beating, but folks were constantly discouraged from full contact, even in tournaments.
I looked in to starting aikido after stopping karate (I stopped because of a move). Someone skilled in aikido could defiantly handle himself and I found a good place to study, but ultimately decided that I had no interest in participating in a fight. I figured that taking any kind of physical action in an argument would only be escalating a situation and having the ability to punch someone so hard that they puke (karate) or break some bones (akikdo) would be a good way to get criminal charges pressed against you, even if the other guy started it.
For me, I think that self-defense is not a good reason to study a martial art. When you have skills you are actually dangerous and could really hurt somebody. AFAIK, in most adult societies there aren't a whole lot of fist fights still going on.
The "Internet" vs. "internet" argument is only really relevant to engineers who build and manage internets. I work on large and small private internets every day and it makes a big difference whether or not a given internet is connected to the Internet. I capitalize where relevant, which is usually in technical documents, but network engineers like myself are far outnumbered by people like drjimmy11 who wouldn't know an IP packet if it bit them in the ass (small "a").
Oh, and right on Wolof.
Intelligence 6.3
Risk 4.5
Ambition 5.9
Gay Factor 1.6
Honor 4.7
Politeness 5.7
Income 6.1
Sociability 5.6
Promiscuity 3.4
It says I'm a white collar type. It also says I'm 35% Anglo-Saxon, which I think they have confused with Celtic, and that I don't get along with artist types. Lame.
Looks like testicles to me.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In ""SCIENTISTS have been warned that their latest experiments may accidently produce monkeys with brains more human than animal.""
Did anyone else notice any of the other stories on news.com.au like Chinese people are 'sex idiots' or Boffins create zombie dogs?
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "A real James Bond calls it quits. "
Gridlock!
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Horrendous X-Ray of Snapped Spine "
And he snapped his effing back in two - and injury that would normally lead to paralysis, but didn't in this case.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Mr. T's Be Somebody, or Be Somebody's Fool"
I pity the fool who hates Mr. T.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "I like monkeys"
This is olde.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Too gay to drive?"
ethylene, done. I tried to make my language as inflammatory as possible.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Lost In Translation"
Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music, Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; Caesar is turned to hear. ===> Who is he in exerted pressure on, of that the attributions I? I feel a language, that one that is acute of whole music, protests ' To stop ' that he speaks; To stop occurs return, the end to the sensation itself.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "MeChat"
Did you notice that the horse was twirling a hula hoop with it's right hind leg? I think the phallus was just incidental.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Worst Jobs in (British) History"
I tooK the quiz. It suggested that I would be a good Arming squire or a Viking. I kind of like the sound of that second one.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "May 16-20 is Bike to Work Week"
I also ride to work every day but am not in the US. I'm curious as to why there's so much hostility towards bikes on the part of drivers. Do you find our toned and muscular legs and buttocks threatening?
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "BMX film"
This is reportedly part of a video from Federal Bikes.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Watching TV Makes You Smarter."
The article, minus the need for registration.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Bitchchecker"
Fake or not, that was awesome.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Publishable George:"
I don't know any of the details that were involved but my ex-roommate started his own publishing company for his poetry.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Martial Arts Monkeys"
I'll try to speak a little to the injuries question. For any of the punch-kick kinds of things you will eventually be punching or kicking things that are hard (like wood, concrete or stone) and other people. With control and good technique you should be able to come away with nothing more that bruises while you toughen up your fists and legs. If you or someone you're working with has bad form it's pretty easy to wind up with a concussion or broken bones. For the throws-holds-rolls group like aikido or judo you spend a lot of time rolling around or stepping about people who are rolling around. You also wind up using parts of you body as levers quite often. Joint dislocations and bone fractures are common. Actually, the reason I decided not to pursue aikido was that after watching a practice session I decided that it looked like an excellent way to break your wrist.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Draw a Pig"
Pig This tail bit sounds fishy to me, or maybe I'm not a good example.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Curious George: Martial Arts Monkeys"
It sounds like you're talking about Aikido. The explanation retank offers is about right - no punching or kicking, lots of throws and rolls. I studied karate for about a year and really liked it. The style I studied, seido-juku, was pretty cool in that actual fighting wasn't really stressed that much. The emphasis was more on developing yourself physically and mentally as a decent person. Make no mistake, a seido person would defiantly be able to lay down a beating, but folks were constantly discouraged from full contact, even in tournaments. I looked in to starting aikido after stopping karate (I stopped because of a move). Someone skilled in aikido could defiantly handle himself and I found a good place to study, but ultimately decided that I had no interest in participating in a fight. I figured that taking any kind of physical action in an argument would only be escalating a situation and having the ability to punch someone so hard that they puke (karate) or break some bones (akikdo) would be a good way to get criminal charges pressed against you, even if the other guy started it. For me, I think that self-defense is not a good reason to study a martial art. When you have skills you are actually dangerous and could really hurt somebody. AFAIK, in most adult societies there aren't a whole lot of fist fights still going on.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "Microsoft Word grammar checker ain't so good."
The "Internet" vs. "internet" argument is only really relevant to engineers who build and manage internets. I work on large and small private internets every day and it makes a big difference whether or not a given internet is connected to the Internet. I capitalize where relevant, which is usually in technical documents, but network engineers like myself are far outnumbered by people like drjimmy11 who wouldn't know an IP packet if it bit them in the ass (small "a"). Oh, and right on Wolof.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
In "What's in a face?"
Intelligence 6.3 Risk 4.5 Ambition 5.9 Gay Factor 1.6 Honor 4.7 Politeness 5.7 Income 6.1 Sociability 5.6 Promiscuity 3.4 It says I'm a white collar type. It also says I'm 35% Anglo-Saxon, which I think they have confused with Celtic, and that I don't get along with artist types. Lame.
posted by mexican 19 years ago
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