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Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
Seliah (Childe of Fyre) said:
LMAO! My brother used to do that with suitors when I was growing up, except he would usually be working with a shotgun at the time.... of course the effect was lost when I'd tap him on the head and grumble at him to knock it off... he never quite lost the glare, though, even with a little-sister-whack on the head... :roflmao:
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None of my sisters, nieces or daughter would dare do that to me! Well, my sister might, but at the time I was alone in the room with the boyfriend (who, by the way is now her husband and they have 3 awesome kids), and he left the house right after that telling her he just remembered an important appointment he was supposed to keep.
 
Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

Seliah (Childe of Fyre)

Running with the wolves.
CV-BEE
Contributing Artist
Rokket said:
None of my sisters, nieces or daughter would dare do that to me!
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If it had been a parent, I might have been a LOT less inclined, I have to admit. But he was big brother, and he was always the big tough gyrene, so I grew up a bit scrappy. LOL He used to put up with me trying to spar him... until the day I actually threw him over on his back and then he finally decided it was time to teach properly. Learned a lot from him.

But yeah. I was so used to him going all growly big-brother that if I caught him doing that kind of a thing I'd nip at him a little bit. When I was a teen/pre-teen it was annoying... wasn't really until I got to be about 16/17 or so that I really understood what he was doing and why... and then I just let him do it and watched the boy squirm. If they stuck around after that kind of stunt, then I figured they were made of stern enough stuff to be worth my time and giving them a shot. ;)

But yeah. Big brother/little sister thing there during the pre-teen and earlier teen years. He's also got 8 years on me, though, too... so figure when I was 14, he was already 22... not exactly a high school boy anymore at that time.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
I pretty much had to fend for myself. My only sibling, an older brother, was 12 1/2 years older than me, and was married and out of the house by the time I was 9.

Oh, and no, I didn't start boxing at the gym necessarily to defend myself. I do it because it's fun, and it's great cardio exercise. ;)
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
I always say "I'm a lover, not a fighter!"

My brother would respond "and I love to fight."

But he's like me now. We carry guns because we are too young to die and too old to take a whooping.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
Rokket said:
What do you mean other choices? o_O

That's my first choice!!!!
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If I have a chance to talk my way out of a situation, I'll take it. If it looks like I'd have to stand and fight, and it would be a losing battle, then I'll run for it. ;)
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
Most of the situations I would find myself in, my potential opponent is probably too intoxicated to reason with.

I won't lie. I have a 4th Dan black belt in Kenpo. I also have a brown belt in Aikido. But I have had job related injuries over the years, including my back, and at 49, I feel it. I have aches and pains all over me. I am no longer flexible. So I don't fight if I don't have to. I can still protect myself if I have to, but I don't have the same control that I once did. If I am faced with a drunk hell bent on taking me out, rather than potentially maim or kill him, I'll run. I know there isn't any talking my way out of those situations.
 
Miss B

Miss B

Drawing Life 1 Pixel at a Time
CV-BEE
Rokket said:
Most of the situations I would find myself in, my potential opponent is probably too intoxicated to reason with.

I won't lie. I have a 4th Dan black belt in Kenpo. I also have a brown belt in Aikido. But I have had job related injuries over the years, including my back, and at 49, I feel it. I have aches and pains all over me. I am no longer flexible. So I don't fight if I don't have to. I can still protect myself if I have to, but I don't have the same control that I once did. If I am faced with a drunk hell bent on taking me out, rather than potentially maim or kill him, I'll run. I know there isn't any talking my way out of those situations.
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Agreed, and if you want to discuss flexibility, I've got a couple of decades on you. I think my working out at the gym the past 10 years is the only thing keeping me going physically.
 
Rokket

Rokket

Dances with Bees
Miss B said:
Agreed, and if you want to discuss flexibility, I've got a couple of decades on you. I think my working out at the gym the past 10 years is the only thing keeping me going physically.
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Yep. I have slacked off on the gym because our work schedule had morphed into 12 and 14 hour days for while, but if I didn't exercise I would probably be fairly immobile. I've had back surgery, both wrist have been broken at different points, I have arthritis in both hands, and my vision is going in leaps and bounds. All in all, I guess I am lucky to be still breathing. And having the means to pamper myself once in awhile doesn't hurt.
 
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