The role of the Federal Government...

thesuperstitions · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 846

To lighten the mood...

Here's a hiking quote!

"Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far."
-Thomas Jefferson

Al_HikesAZ · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 263 Location: Scottsdale, AZ

One of my all-time favorites is from Jack Handey:
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

How about we just walk away and leave this thread to die a quick death. I, for one, would greatly appreciate it so I'd stop receiving PM's asking me to kill it. Agree

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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902

thesuperstitions · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 846

Aw, come on Hooli, you're really getting PMs about a quote that has to do with hiking?

I thought that this was a "Community" where people can discuss topics that are on their mind. Or is it only if certain among us deem the topic worthy? I thought that it was the former, not the latter. My mistake.

Hikngrl · Posted: 11/6/2008, 4:55 pm Post subject:

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Diane, I was concerned that this was just going to be a carry over from the earlier one I locked and rather than be reactive, I decided to be proactive and head off any personal attacks before they happen rather than after.

Don't know how I got elected as the AZH cop, but seems like when posts start getting personal, I start getting PM's asking that I lock it. That's what happened to the Did You Vote topic and didn't want to continue under a new topic.
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http://members.tripod.com/~evenstar/index.html
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When the Man waked up he said, "What is Wild Dog doing here?" And the Woman said, "His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. Take him with you when you go hunting."
--Rudyard Kipling, from Just So Stories, 1902

Al_HikesAZ · Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 263 Location: Scottsdale, AZ

evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

Hikngrl · Posted: 11/6/2008, 5:52 pm Post subject:

Hikngrl · Posted: 11/6/2008, 5:56 pm Post subject:

P.S. Way to go Tom! Unlock a lock post just so you can get your dig in!
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evenstar · Joined: 03 Jan 2003 Posts: 5548 Location: SCW by way of CA

fairweather8588 · Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 716

Here's another Jack Handey:

"A funny thing to do is, if you're out hiking and your friend gets bitten by a poisonous snake, tell him you're going to go for help, then go about ten feet and pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with him about who's going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That's why it makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke."
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AFScout80 · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Colorado

Why is it so hard for Americans to talk about politics rationally and with civility, even with difference of opinions? I hear politics and hiking don't mix; I really hear that in all walks of life: church, when I was in the military, family, friends, martial arts, etc. Why can't we be adults when expressing our opinions and have no underlying anger, finger-pointing or generalization that if you are in a group of people (military, Baptist, Catholic, middle class, ethnicity, gender) that you are guilty of whatever your point is? I don't think any problem will ever get resolved if we can't discuss "politics" with friends or family. I think that is the biggest, lamest cowardice I face currently, is when a political discussion is brought up (in real life, not the internet) and a friend or family member says, "we don't discuss politics here." Where do we discuss them then? At a graveyard? In the shower? To our pets? Our children are going to suffer great tragedy because the indifference of the common person to talk about important issues, let alone act on them.
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Hikngrl · Posted: 11/7/2008, 1:32 pm Post subject:

azbackpackr · Posted: 11/7/2008, 2:54 pm Post subject: