We Must Get MOVING, Now, or… We might as well just hang it up. Too much fear around here, in this world. No More Fear!

[GammaGlobulin]

My Fellows,

 

During the past 18 months, I have become just too fearful, and too lazy, and too worried. Fear will kill me faster than the virus, and this I know.

 

Initially, being in quarantine and lockdown was a very pleasant experience for me, just because I could catch up on reading, or live in a much more introspective way, free of interruptions from people I had always wished to avoid.

 

But now, I am getting tired of this. I no longer find this novel experience of being continually locked down so very much fun.

 

Therefore, maybe it is best to choose something one loves to do, and then pursue it, without fear.

 

Here are two videos I found showing some guy by the name of Vlad. He is doing what I love to do.

 

Just watching him in 2018, reminds me that, if we don’t get back to normal, soon, then we will all just dry up and expire of our own volition, without even putting up a fight. The very spark that makes us human will die inside us.

 

I am sick of this giving in to the virus. I do not want to just continue waiting around for some miracle cure. And now, we know that this miracle cure will never happen, and that it is an impossibility.

I mean, as for me, I would rather die on the river, rowing too hard, than to die on a ventilator.

 

Even, I would rather die going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, rather than to die after being cooped up in my house, and as a result of inactivity, just overeating, and suffering from boredom.

I submit the following two inspirational videos for your consideration.

 

I also submit the following one video of someone going over Niagara Falls for your amusement.

 

Best regards to you all,

 

Your humble servant, and one who has enough time to consider the meaning of life.

 

 

 

Over Niagra with a barrel, tubes, and fishnet:

 

Far riskier than braving Covid....

 

 

Do not fear what you cannot see.

Edited September 5, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

Even better than rowing....?

Even better than rowing is the women's Boathouse!

 

 

I love women's crew, too.

Edited September 5, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[GammaGlobulin]

 

 

There is just so much to live for!

[frantick]

So row, I don't think that's been locked down yet.

[Maha Sarakham]

Life is normal here in the US, who is still locked down at this point?  Make a move if it's weighing on you that heavily.

[GammaGlobulin]

5 minutes ago, frantick said:

So row, I don't think that's been locked down yet.

Stoke!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

23 minutes ago, Maha Sarakham said:

Life is normal here in the US, who is still locked down at this point?

 

You have a very odd sense of what's "normal."

 

U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge

‘A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes’ is driving pandemic’s fourth wave

September 3, 2021 at 11:21 a.m. EDT

...

Nationally, covid-19 deaths have climbed steadily in recent weeks, hitting a seven-day average of about 1,500 a day Thursday, after falling to the low 200s in early July — the latest handiwork of a contagious variant that has exploited the return to everyday activities by tens of millions of Americans, many of them unvaccinated.

 

The daily count of new infections is rising in almost every part of the country, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. But only some places — mostly Southern states with lower vaccination rates — are seeing a parallel surge in deaths. The seven-day average of daily deaths is about a third of what it was in January, the pandemic’s most deadly month, but it is forecast to continue rising as high numbers of patients are hospitalized."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/03/delta-deaths-us-fourth-wave/

 

Edited September 5, 2021 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[GammaGlobulin]

11 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

You have a very odd sense of what's "normal."

 

U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge

‘A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes’ is driving pandemic’s fourth wave

September 3, 2021 at 11:21 a.m. EDT

...

Nationally, covid-19 deaths have climbed steadily in recent weeks, hitting a seven-day average of about 1,500 a day Thursday, after falling to the low 200s in early July — the latest handiwork of a contagious variant that has exploited the return to everyday activities by tens of millions of Americans, many of them unvaccinated.

 

The daily count of new infections is rising in almost every part of the country, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. But only some places — mostly Southern states with lower vaccination rates — are seeing a parallel surge in deaths. The seven-day average of daily deaths is about a third of what it was in January, the pandemic’s most deadly month, but it is forecast to continue rising as high numbers of patients are hospitalized."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/03/delta-deaths-us-fourth-wave/

 

Of course, you are correct, and the previous poster was a bit mistaken.  Everybody knows that what you have said is correct.

 

However, I was hoping that this post might be about getting out and doing something we love to do, rather than discussing the disgusting virus.

[Maha Sarakham]

26 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

You have a very odd sense of what's "normal."

Hey, up to you if you want to watch and read the negative news everyday.  Our life is no different than before covid, don't know what to tell you.  

Get out and enjoy nature and the outdoors like the original poster seems to think he can't do.  It's all still there.  Nothing has changed except your perception you're still "locked down."  Except Aussies, they're just screwed.

[GammaGlobulin]

The thing I love most about rowing is that I never need to look into the future.

Instead, I just sit down in my rowing position, tie my feet in, adjust the oarlock, and then look backwards.

 

All the time I am in the boat, I just look into the past, and focus on places on the river where we have been, rather than where we are going.

 

Most girls don't have the power nor the stamina to row like men.

This is why male rowers only tolerate female rowers, very good-naturedly.

 

I have never taken female rowers seriously, simply because their boats are slow. 

 

STILL:   I LOVE female crew.  Crew is for everyone, and is not an elitist sport.

 

Some of the best rowers have been bricklayers, as you know.  Think: Grace Kelly's father, John B. Kelly.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Kelly_Sr.

 

Do what you want.

Don't let this virus get you down, man!

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

 

Kelly

[GammaGlobulin]

Stroke!

[GammaGlobulin]

One of the most difficult races to row is in a pair. Everybody knows this. 

Rowing a pair is not easy.

 

Same as with marriage. Remaining married to the end of the race without catching a crab is not so easy.

 

 

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

You have a very odd sense of what's "normal."

 

U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge

‘A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes’ is driving pandemic’s fourth wave

September 3, 2021 at 11:21 a.m. EDT

...

Nationally, covid-19 deaths have climbed steadily in recent weeks, hitting a seven-day average of about 1,500 a day Thursday, after falling to the low 200s in early July — the latest handiwork of a contagious variant that has exploited the return to everyday activities by tens of millions of Americans, many of them unvaccinated.

 

The daily count of new infections is rising in almost every part of the country, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. But only some places — mostly Southern states with lower vaccination rates — are seeing a parallel surge in deaths. The seven-day average of daily deaths is about a third of what it was in January, the pandemic’s most deadly month, but it is forecast to continue rising as high numbers of patients are hospitalized."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/03/delta-deaths-us-fourth-wave/

 

Looking at the size  of Americans that I see  Im not  surprised, they are so overweight its  almost  unbelievable

[GammaGlobulin]

 

[GammaGlobulin]

It is not so easy to row 160 kilometers in under 12 hours.

Not because one might become fatigued!

No...

The reason that rowing is so hard is just due to being seated on a hardwood seat, with little padding, for 12 hours.

 

We Need to Get Moving, and Rowers are Tough enough to get moving.

 

Even the Girls, who are rowers, have what it takes to get moving.

All people, both male and female, who are rowers....  Never Give In.

We always tough it out.

We are not scared of things we can't see.

And, we take precautions against things like jock itch, whenever necessary.

We have experience in protecting ourselves from things like viruses.

 

 

 

[zzaa09]

4 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

You have a very odd sense of what's "normal."

 

U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge

‘A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes’ is driving pandemic’s fourth wave

September 3, 2021 at 11:21 a.m. EDT

...

Nationally, covid-19 deaths have climbed steadily in recent weeks, hitting a seven-day average of about 1,500 a day Thursday, after falling to the low 200s in early July — the latest handiwork of a contagious variant that has exploited the return to everyday activities by tens of millions of Americans, many of them unvaccinated.

 

The daily count of new infections is rising in almost every part of the country, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. But only some places — mostly Southern states with lower vaccination rates — are seeing a parallel surge in deaths. The seven-day average of daily deaths is about a third of what it was in January, the pandemic’s most deadly month, but it is forecast to continue rising as high numbers of patients are hospitalized."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/03/delta-deaths-us-fourth-wave/

 

Americans have become so absolutely blind and deluded by their plight that they think this [for 18 months going] is normal. 

[GammaGlobulin]

All Rowers are Tough.

All Female Rowers are, therefore, tough.

 

We need to get moving.

We need to get moving very soon.

 

Otherwise, we shall continue to wither and die, minute by minute.

[GammaGlobulin]

15 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Americans have become so absolutely blind and deluded by their plight that they think this [for 18 months going] is normal. 

Perhaps, the plight is due to not taking full advantage of the tools which have already been available for several months, such as the vaccines.

Obviously, what you are saying is that it is a wise decision to get vaccinated.

 

And, those who refuse vaccinations which are readily available are not making the wise choice.

 

Some people are fearful of science.

 

But, then, you must also understand the fact that:  For people who are fearful of science, for whatever reason, there is no amount of logic which can cure their ills. We already know that this is true.  Logic does not change beliefs.  It never has, and it never will.

 

So, what does change belief?  Basically, the only thing that changes belief is experience.

Therefore, when unvaccinated people become deathly ill, lying on their cots in a hospital, near death's door, then they will often say...  "Oh, now I get it".   What a fool I was!

 

Groucho Marx (in an interview with William Buckley, July 1967) did say that most people in America, those without a sense of humor, were poorly informed.  And, this virus pandemic is proving him correct in his assessment.

 

One might think that Americans, who live in a country with a completely sufficient amount of vaccine to vaccinate the entire population, would all get vaccinated, immediately.  Yet, this does not happen.

 

Please do not ask me to explain human behavior, because....  The same thing could happen here.  I mean...

 

Have you ever read Sinclair Lewis? 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nojohndoe]

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Of course, you are correct, and the previous poster was a bit mistaken.  Everybody knows that what you have said is correct.

 

However, I was hoping that this post might be about getting out and doing something we love to do, rather than discussing the disgusting virus.

Why the perception that you are so trapped and confined ?  The fear you speak of is generated by those who find it to their advantage that individuals subscribe to it and in so doing assist in it.

 

 

[zzaa09]

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Perhaps, the plight is due to not taking full advantage of the tools which have already been available for several months, such as the vaccines.

Obviously, what you are saying is that it is a wise decision to get vaccinated.

 

And, those who refuse vaccinations which are readily available are not making the wise choice.

 

Some people are fearful of science.

 

But, then, you must also understand the fact that:  For people who are fearful of science, for whatever reason, there is no amount of logic which can cure their ills. We already know that this is true.  Logic does not change beliefs.  It never has, and it never will.

 

So, what does change belief?  Basically, the only thing that changes belief is experience.

Therefore, when unvaccinated people become deathly ill, lying on their cots in a hospital, near death's door, then they will often say...  "Oh, now I get it".   What a fool I was!

 

Groucho Marx (in an interview with William Buckley, July 1967) did say that most people in America, those without a sense of humor, were poorly informed.  And, this virus pandemic is proving him correct in his assessment.

 

One might think that Americans, who live in a country with a completely sufficient amount of vaccine to vaccinate the entire population, would all get vaccinated, immediately.  Yet, this does not happen.

 

Please do not ask me to explain human behavior, because....  The same thing could happen here.  I mean...

 

Have you ever read Sinclair Lewis? 

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely and slighted cultural-centric apologist stance. 

You're assuming the human behaviour is the same the world over?????

 

Oh dear. 

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, Nojohndoe said:

Why the perception that you are so trapped and confined ?  The fear you speak of is generated by those who find it to their advantage that individuals subscribe to it and in so doing assist in it.

 

 

The classical answer is that we are afraid because we run.  We are happy because we smile.

 

You are correct, also, that we are fearful only unless we give in to fear.

 

Therefore, why do so?

We should not.

[thaibeachlovers]

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Even better than rowing....?

Even better than rowing is the women's Boathouse!

 

 

I love women's crew, too.

American women!

 

Have you learned nothing from the pages of The Pub?

[GammaGlobulin]

2 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Lovely and slighted cultural-centric apologist stance. 

You're assuming the human behaviour is the same the world over?????

 

Oh dear. 

Human behavior, actually, IS the same the world over.  Someday, you will realize this truism.

 

The greatest disparities are WITHIN cultures, and not BETWEEN cultures.  Everybody knows this.

[GammaGlobulin]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

American women!

 

Have you learned nothing from the pages of The Pub?

I have not learned nothing.

(I have learned much.)

Edited September 5, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, GammaGlobulin said:

The classical answer is that we are afraid because we run.  We are happy because we smile.

 

You are correct, also, that we are fearful only unless we give in to fear.

 

Therefore, why do so?

We should not.

LOL. Humanity survived the perils of life 50,000 years ago because of fear. It's easier to protect from the tiger in a cave than in the open.

Fear is good, so long as we don't allow fear to rule us, and allow fear to make us attack others over things that are none of our business, and there is a lot of that going on at the moment. Governments, IMO spread fear to control the populace, as it's easier than persuasion.

Fearful people don't work with others, and a divided populace is indeed more easily controlled than a united people.

 

[phetphet]

Then why don't you just get out and do it?

 

I still train 5 days a week in my chosen way of keeping fit. Apart from a few times when gyms have closed, (when I have still done some exercise at home).

 

Not rowing like sculling, but even I could rent a kayak and get out there if I so desired. What's stopping  you getting out and even doing something else if you can't manage to row?

[zzaa09]

Easier to talk of than to practice. 

Everyone knows that.

[starky]

5 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

You have a very odd sense of what's "normal."

 

U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge

‘A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes’ is driving pandemic’s fourth wave

September 3, 2021 at 11:21 a.m. EDT

...

Nationally, covid-19 deaths have climbed steadily in recent weeks, hitting a seven-day average of about 1,500 a day Thursday, after falling to the low 200s in early July — the latest handiwork of a contagious variant that has exploited the return to everyday activities by tens of millions of Americans, many of them unvaccinated.

 

The daily count of new infections is rising in almost every part of the country, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. But only some places — mostly Southern states with lower vaccination rates — are seeing a parallel surge in deaths. The seven-day average of daily deaths is about a third of what it was in January, the pandemic’s most deadly month, but it is forecast to continue rising as high numbers of patients are hospitalized."

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/09/03/delta-deaths-us-fourth-wave/

 

Have to learn to live with it. That is the new normal.

 College football Florida yesterday. 4000 cases a day 66000 at the footy bring it on! End the lockdowns.....or let those that love lockdowns just remain in their homes forever some of us want to get back to living.

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by starky

[GammaGlobulin]

16 minutes ago, starky said:

Have to learn to live with it. That is the new normal.

 College football Florida yesterday. 4000 cases a day 66000 at the footy bring it on! End the lockdowns.....or let those that love lockdowns just remain in their homes forever some of us want to get back to living.

 

Wow!

This seems like a huge recipe for disaster.

I am not saying that I am smarter than most Americans.

Still, this type of get-together cannot bode well for the nurses and doctors who must risk their lives caring for these fools, when they fall ill.

 

Thank you for posting this very interesting video.

Seems rather incredible.

 

(Are those actually FANS?  Or, are they red ants?  Whatever they are, they are packed together like insects.)

Edited September 6, 2021 by GammaGlobulin