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Posted by mbstevens on 06/16/25 11:34
dorayme wrote:
>>From: mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com>
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>>I don't believe that some truck that's about to run over me will
>>disappear if I don't have a definition for it. That would simply be
>>unreasonable. No, I prefer to step out of the way of the truck.
>
>
> I had an experience with a truck once. A big rig was heading
> straight for me. I had to think quick, there was no time to get
> out of the way. I had a stab at a definition of it. I don't
> think I did a very good job? But, as luck would have it, the
> truck was so startled at my description of it - which modesty
> prevents me from revealing in an open forum where there may be
> kids - that it stopped dead in its tracks!
>
< chuckle >
I observed, over a number of years, the comments
of rock climbers taking leader falls:
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"Fu`$!" 80%
"Sh~^!" 12%
"God!" 3%
Other 5%
Defines fall 0%
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You'd think that the way these people break the rules
that language didn't create reality at all!
;)
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