sequoia_sun
code-bearing
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 3,005
threadualiscious
|
 |
« Reply #45 on: July 25, 2007, 07:39:14 PM » |
|
When I was bodybuilding, I could squat 220 lbs (I'm not a guy). Now I just wrestle with horses. Now, my back is wrecked, so I am a true weenie. My bark is worse than my bite, and I sold my last motorcycle 11 years ago. I guess I'm retiring to be able to walk in my later years.
I did do the firewalking thing about 13 years ago. It was the most exhilarating thing I have ever done in my entire life. It is amazing, also, that I do not think of it on a regular basis anymore. When I emerged from the coals the first time over, I felt as if I could do anything. And yes, I do still believe that on most days.
I went paragliding (tandem) in Colorado once. I would love to do it solo, flying is such a free feeling.
And I like power tools.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Greetings, earthlings...
|
|
|
|
zafir
|
 |
« Reply #46 on: July 25, 2007, 09:20:53 PM » |
|
I was on a military wrestling team I can surf pretty well, been doing it since age 8 I played footie for a very low rated club BUT at least I played ;-) I walk 5 miles a day
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
zafir
|
 |
« Reply #47 on: July 25, 2007, 09:23:02 PM » |
|
Well, since we're on the subject of food and drink, I once drank about 20 glasses of water during a water-drinking contest with some cousins. Then I threw up.
I once drank 17 glasses of wine in a night without throwing up ;-)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
genespleen2
Please don't stare at my
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 1,081
That's a big chicken.
|
 |
« Reply #48 on: July 25, 2007, 09:29:43 PM » |
|
I can lift a newly-bent 520-lb motorbike out of a muddy ditch in the pouring rain and ride it, the remaining 20 miles home, with a fractured shoulder, so long as there's a stop at the emergency room on the way. But it ain't something to be proud of...
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Chilluns is our future. Bugger.
|
|
|
|
ablewasi
|
 |
« Reply #49 on: July 25, 2007, 09:31:43 PM » |
|
I once slipped on a rock while casting a fishing line and snagged two tines of a treble hook through the scalp on the back of my head. I removed them with a pocket knife and a pair of needle nosed pliers.
!a
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
- I have seen the future and the fix is in -
|
|
|
epistephiliac
Could serve monkey ass and empty clam shells and still win
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 3,910
The day needs my saving expertise
|
 |
« Reply #50 on: July 25, 2007, 10:14:14 PM » |
|
The most fascinating thing about this thread is that it shows the myriad interpretations of "tough."
I'm not that tough, but for some reason people seem to think I am.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
When asked about my research interests, I quote Kelly Kapoor: "Basically, everything that is awesome."
|
|
|
larryc
Hu hatin'
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 17,568
Eschew the hu.
|
 |
« Reply #51 on: July 25, 2007, 10:20:42 PM » |
|
I am thin and amazingly clumsy, I have never played any sport. I was a very serious hiker/climber at one point and did a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 1980 and almost got to the top of Mount Aconcagua in 1986. Now I am just another middle-aged guy with a mortgage and no time to excercise.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
racketsports
|
 |
« Reply #52 on: July 25, 2007, 10:26:53 PM » |
|
I was in a bullfight once. The bull won.
I also once cut off my own finger. This was an accident.
I should otherwise note that the last time I cried was watching Dr. Phil today. The last time I got a cold I called everyone I knew to complain.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
_touchedbyanoodle_
|
 |
« Reply #53 on: July 25, 2007, 10:34:14 PM » |
|
Where is the finger now?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist." -George Carlin
|
|
|
|
racketsports
|
 |
« Reply #54 on: July 25, 2007, 10:37:40 PM » |
|
Well...my father (temporarily) reattached it and drove me to the hospital. Amazingly, it now resides where it belongs, altho is a bit crooked. Appropriately, it is the middle finger.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
sequoia_sun
code-bearing
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 3,005
threadualiscious
|
 |
« Reply #55 on: July 25, 2007, 10:42:32 PM » |
|
I am thin and amazingly clumsy, I have never played any sport. I was a very serious hiker/climber at one point and did a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 1980 and almost got to the top of Mount Aconcagua in 1986. Now I am just another middle-aged guy with a mortgage and no time to excercise.
I've longed to do the through-hike since I was a kid. I am a Catskill 3500 member. I doubt I will ever be able to do the AT.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Greetings, earthlings...
|
|
|
t_folk
Your mom's a
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 1,230
Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
|
 |
« Reply #56 on: July 25, 2007, 10:43:42 PM » |
|
I've had to knock my knee cap back into place (soccer).
I once lifted a cane press off a mule's face (caused by another, stupid-er mule).
Cut off a portion of my left index finger on a tablesaw and drove myself to the doctor.
I have tattoos.
Once broke every toe on my right foot after my canoe was sucked into a hydraulic and my foot got lodged between some rocks ... I refused to go to the hospital and now have a very knuckle-y foot.
I pedal through serious hills on 4.
I once drank a fifth of Jager - in one night.
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: July 25, 2007, 10:45:25 PM by t_folk »
|
Logged
|
When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid And you decked some fvcking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids. - Sick Bed of Cuchulain POGUES
|
|
|
t_folk
Your mom's a
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 1,230
Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.
|
 |
« Reply #57 on: July 25, 2007, 10:44:50 PM » |
|
I am thin and amazingly clumsy, I have never played any sport. I was a very serious hiker/climber at one point and did a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 1980 and almost got to the top of Mount Aconcagua in 1986. Now I am just another middle-aged guy with a mortgage and no time to excercise.
I've longed to do the through-hike since I was a kid. I am a Catskill 3500 member. I doubt I will ever be able to do the AT. I've did just about half the trail in two months - Springer to Damascas, VA.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid And you decked some fvcking blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids. - Sick Bed of Cuchulain POGUES
|
|
|
sequoia_sun
code-bearing
Distinguished Senior Member
    
Posts: 3,005
threadualiscious
|
 |
« Reply #58 on: July 25, 2007, 10:56:21 PM » |
|
I am thin and amazingly clumsy, I have never played any sport. I was a very serious hiker/climber at one point and did a through-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 1980 and almost got to the top of Mount Aconcagua in 1986. Now I am just another middle-aged guy with a mortgage and no time to excercise.
I've longed to do the through-hike since I was a kid. I am a Catskill 3500 member. I doubt I will ever be able to do the AT. I've did just about half the trail in two months - Springer to Damascas, VA. Nice. I did some wilderness treks in New Mexico.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Greetings, earthlings...
|
|
|
|
drsyn
|
 |
« Reply #59 on: July 25, 2007, 11:30:07 PM » |
|
I'm the toughest guy on mean street and I eat nails for lunch.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES. NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS
|
|
|
|