tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post7762615319665302427..comments2024-02-14T10:20:33.725+00:00Comments on Relatively Retiring: Not Playing the Game.Relatively Retiringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-3502092195297375732012-04-17T07:05:46.672+01:002012-04-17T07:05:46.672+01:00Isabelle: Quite! People should be free to do what ...Isabelle: Quite! People should be free to do what they chose, participating, watching, helping or avoiding. It's going to be very hard to avoid though!Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-46560737092309727682012-04-16T21:11:16.914+01:002012-04-16T21:11:16.914+01:00I'm with you, RR. A friend of mine has volunte...I'm with you, RR. A friend of mine has volunteered to help at the Os and is very excited about it. I can't think of anything worse... but I didn't say this, of course.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-89703317380078187662012-04-16T14:17:08.101+01:002012-04-16T14:17:08.101+01:00Anon: Thank you for taking the time to read and co...Anon: Thank you for taking the time to read and comment. I'm sure you will appreciate that I cannot share your view that only those who agree with you may express their thoughts.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-60955651746234053812012-04-16T08:01:43.373+01:002012-04-16T08:01:43.373+01:00The Olympics is a world famous event where the fin...The Olympics is a world famous event where the finest athletes in the world come together for a glorious display. We personally and as a family will be doing everything in our power to promote and support this wonderful event, and it is negative and damaging to see blogs like this saying such things when so many people have made such efforts. If you cant be positive about such a wonderful time then you should keep your opinions to yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-66002432939796597392012-04-16T07:32:31.188+01:002012-04-16T07:32:31.188+01:00Zhoen:. As P.Pete has suggested, this could become...Zhoen:. As P.Pete has suggested, this could become an officially recognised sport, and I'm impressed (or saddened for you) that you usually win!Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-62302041226962014872012-04-15T16:52:42.446+01:002012-04-15T16:52:42.446+01:00Well, it's just a matter of grossest things se...Well, it's just a matter of grossest things seen, done, experienced, at work. For me, the most disgusting thing I've had to do... well, it involves drool, and my ear. 'nuff said, really. Trauma nurses in particular have bad stories, often involving odors that the public will mercifully never encounter.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-8383132802162791442012-04-14T19:26:55.936+01:002012-04-14T19:26:55.936+01:00Elephant's Child: Yes, the hero/heroic thing f...Elephant's Child: Yes, the hero/heroic thing for running faster/jumping higher than anyone else is ridiculous, but it's going to happen repeatedly.<br />The library was a much better option than the shrubbery!<br />Leslee:Thank you so much for the link to the very thought-provoking article.<br />Anne: That's exactly my attitude to so-called 'team spirit', and I was not happy with myself when I thought I should tell my young sons to be good losers, support the team etc. I wanted to say, 'It doesn't matter in the least.'Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-82525468595442302772012-04-14T16:00:25.999+01:002012-04-14T16:00:25.999+01:00A well known saying here in the US (a football coa...A well known saying here in the US (a football coach said it)-- "Winning isn't the main thing. It's the only thing". <br /><br />I agree with you all the way. I,too, avoided sports when I was in school. Besides the aspect of competition, I disliked being told that I must have "team spirit". I never cared who won, and I didn't want to have to pretend I did care.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-25310058200031868562012-04-14T14:09:01.847+01:002012-04-14T14:09:01.847+01:00Ha. Athletic competition doesn't bother me - I...Ha. Athletic competition doesn't bother me - I think it takes a certain type of person who thrives on it. But in other aspects of life, say in one's coworkers (ugh) or gardening and cooking (aren't they just supposed to be pleasurable?), I avoid competitive types at all costs. But right, there's those who aren't actually the athletes competing but spectators with nothing in the game except their nationality to become competitive about, which is kind of crazy, but human nature.<br /><br />Maybe it's a group thing. I just recently heard a bit of a radio interview with E.O. Wilson on <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/01/biologist-e-o-wilson-on-why-humans-like-ants-need-a-tribe.html" rel="nofollow">why humans need a tribe</a>. Anyway, I'm sorry you'll be overrun this summer - the garden house is a wonderful idea of a sanctuary!Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489924859026895536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-16449841190523187132012-04-14T11:02:55.069+01:002012-04-14T11:02:55.069+01:00And I really, really, really hate the fact that th...And I really, really, really hate the fact that those who win an Olympic gold medal will be lauded as heroes. The term hero means something entirely different to me.<br />And I spent my games/sport period skulking in the library.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-5416186692980435852012-04-14T08:09:48.956+01:002012-04-14T08:09:48.956+01:00gz: that's a good example of domination - the ...gz: that's a good example of domination - the unreasonable dispution of normal life for those not wishing to be involved. Good job there are not Olympic events in pottery!<br />P.Pete: Oh yes, competitive story-telling is an event open to women, too. I'm with Aristotle on the ethics, and we could perhaps discuss competitive listening in a nice quiet way?<br />Mrs A: You're going to LOVE London in June. I hope you have a truly memorable time, and I might even be there myself for the Jubilee river procession. I'm not entirely negative, only about the butt whipping!<br />Zhoen: The sympathy is appreciated and I will take courage.<br />'Gross out' sounds intriguing - more details, please.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-68481225448650908742012-04-14T03:02:10.984+01:002012-04-14T03:02:10.984+01:00I'm with you, never understood the intense nee...I'm with you, never understood the intense need to win, and beat another. Although, in a good game of "gross out" with other nurses, I usually win, but that has slightly different motivations. <br /><br />My utter sympathies on the Event to come. I had to deal with that here in 2002, and I can't say I enjoyed it. Courage, it will end in time.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-83434673912525089512012-04-14T00:57:00.712+01:002012-04-14T00:57:00.712+01:00I was in London 2 weeks before the wedding, we bou...I was in London 2 weeks before the wedding, we bought silly jokers hats with the union jacks( see my last post!) and took a photo on westminster bridge! I loved London, and am returning in June, but this time will explore more of your beautiful country. I will probably buy one of those t-shirts! <br />Im sure the competitors in the olympics have a different view, and dont worry the Aussies will whip their butts in the swimming! Enjoy your retreat!Mrs Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109885833512528798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-5808957356195618382012-04-13T21:49:27.566+01:002012-04-13T21:49:27.566+01:00Then there's competitive story-telling, which ...Then there's competitive story-telling, which seems particularly common among groups of blokes. Relate any personal experience and another bloke will have a funnier/more horrible/grosser/etc. story.<br /><br />Strangely, competitive listening never seems to have taken off.<br /><br />Nevertheless, I suppose some forms of competition have outcomes that at least have the potential to do good without causing harm. Competitive philanthropy, for example — I'm giving more of the fortune I earned (by exploiting the workers) to noble causes. Sometimes this does actually help, although whether you think it's "good" depends on which <a href="http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/intro/ethical_theories.html" rel="nofollow">ethical theory</a> you choose.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3430310340733122486.post-54179871523806674212012-04-13T21:35:40.859+01:002012-04-13T21:35:40.859+01:00I'm just back from our club's weekly train...I'm just back from our club's weekly training session/club night on the velodrome in Newport.( I do the register, take the money and pay the bill!)<br />This will be closed for two months because of the Olympics as it is to be used by the GB cycling team.<br /> We understand "for security's sake", but ....gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.com