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What kind of errands....
| Wed, 08-31-2005 - 1:41pm |
Do you run on a daily basis? Weekly basis? Monthly basis?
I've often heard people say that they need a lot of time during the week to run errands and that those errands would otherwise take up their evenings and weekends if they had to WOH ft. It made me curious because I just don't seem to have many errands to run at all. Are we just lazy :-)?


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You haven't. You've repeatedly objected to me asking what it is you're physically doing. And said it isn't trying not to hit the ball, and it isn't trying to hit it, and that it's fun - whatever it is, it sure doesn't sound like softball.
You tell me what it is you're doing, if it's not standing around giggling. You haven't yet.
I am defining sport according to its definition. The definition of sport is NOT limited to "softball" or team sports which require keeping score and winning. That *is* ONE definition of it, but not the sole one. And I'm not going to play the semantical game that says only your POV of the definition counts.
Among several other, more scientific and OT definitions, Sport is defined as:
Sport P Pronunciation Key (spôrt, sprt) n.
1. a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.
4. Mockery;
a.jest: He made sport of his own looks.
b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.
5. a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
b. Informal. One who accepts rules or difficult situations well.
c. Informal. A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip.
As you will note, the above definition says "*often* undertaken competitively", not ALWAYS. That you wish to ignore a very common and completely accepted definition of the word "sport" hardly invalidates my post or my point.
Karen
Think before you speak (or write) Yeah...like that's gonna work.....
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
Read my post again. And read the post that it was a reply to. QM snarkily wondered if ANYBODY could get pure enjoyment out of standing still while somebody threw balls at them which they tried to hit with a stick. The answer is...yes. I put in the two solitary examples just to show you don't need other people around for this. But the joy that is unrelated to the score is the PHYSICAL feel of bat connecting to ball. There is a joy to feeling your arms move, your legs move and your hand/eye coordination pushed to its limits that is not connected to who wins. Games provide a social framework for this to happen and that socializing (what QM thinks is "standing around giggling") is also part of the joy. Pumpkinangel feels this joy frequently- apparently. That you and QM don't is your loss.
Last Sunday, dh played in a volleyball tournament and did very well. It was doubles. His partner was a very tense man who was very focused on winning and got visibly upset whenever he missed a point. His tension was palpable and catching. Dh has vowed never to play with him again regardless of how well they did because it was so unpleasant to play with somebody unable to take joy in anything other than winning.
No, someone trying to hit balls with a stick is precisely NOT what QM envisioned PA doing. What she said she pictured PA doing was this:
"I'm picturing, random flailing of her body parts while someone whizzes a ball past. I'd think she'd get hit sometimes. I wouldn't think that would be fun, but maybe it's just me."
No mention of PA trying to hit it. And that's for a particular, very specific reason - because PA refuses to admit so much as trying to hit the ball. She's pretty emphatic she's not trying to hit the ball, and that if the ball gets hit, it's purely an accident. It doesn't sound like someone enjoying trying to hit a ball at all, much less pushing their eye/hand coordination to the limit, much less even EMPLOYING their eye/hand coordination, now, does it? That's why the curiosity as to what it is she IS doing. It's me that can't picture anything other than giggling. Because you can't call it batting if she's not attempting to hit it.
I believe she has a social framework. I believe she has fun, yea, even joy. What it doesn't sound like she has, is a softball team, or a softball game.
What would make you think that either QM or me doesn't feel joy? That's just weird of you to think.
PA spoke of softball because it pertains to HER unique experiences. I spoke of canoeing and rafting because it pertains to MY unique experiences. however, I've played many a pickup game of softball that didn't even involve teams, let alone keeping score. There could be as many as 10 or more neighborhood kids or as few as 3 or 4, and we'd rotate out positions. 3 strikes you're out or 6 balls you're out. then the batter becomes catcher, catcher pitcher, pitcher 1st basemen, and so forth til all the kids had a position somewhere (filling the bases and then the outfield, and unless there was a huge crowd of kids playing, we didn't have people sitting around waiting to bat.
We swung (or didn't), hit the ball and ran it out to the base (or didn't), and if you had folks on base then we drained from the field to bring in batters. Didn't need to keep score. Why would you? there was only one "team".
Karen
Think before you speak (or write) Yeah...like that's gonna work.....
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
Karen
Think before you speak (or write) Yeah...like that's gonna work.....
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
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