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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Living a life that requires no vacation.
Skandi Rogers wrote:There is no pathless forest in the entire country here, no wild land at all. It is something I miss from Scotland where you can go where you like and there are areas where there are no paths, no roads no people!
'Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain.'
Dale Hodgins wrote:I've done some hiking in the boreal forest of Canada. Outside of being eaten by a bear, the most dangerous thing is losing the path. I got stuck out one night when I was 19, in a black spruce forest North of Lake Superior. It got dark and I spent several hours listing for trucks on the Trans Canada highway and then slowly inching my way toward that sound until becoming disoriented again. Then I would listen for more trucks and start walking again. Finally at about 4 a.m., I reached the path. What a relief. The path is a glorious thing.
'Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain.'
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Living a life that requires no vacation.
Argue for your limitations and they are yours forever.
F Agricola wrote:
Dale Hodgins wrote:I've done some hiking in the boreal forest of Canada. Outside of being eaten by a bear, the most dangerous thing is losing the path. I got stuck out one night when I was 19, in a black spruce forest North of Lake Superior. It got dark and I spent several hours listing for trucks on the Trans Canada highway and then slowly inching my way toward that sound until becoming disoriented again. Then I would listen for more trucks and start walking again. Finally at about 4 a.m., I reached the path. What a relief. The path is a glorious thing.
Tsk, tsk, tsk Mr H; it was people like you that kept us busy in S&R. Most of the time people would get lost in winter when it was raining and cold, or, in summer when it was bloody hot with bushfires. We'd get called out to find them - don't think we ever did one in nice weather except during practice weekends!
A map, compass and knowing how to use them works wonders.![]()
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein