If you ever really needed an excuse to turn off the television and get the hell out into the real world, this video offers it – in nothing less than hilarious terms…
Given the population’s diminishing attention span, the above is way, way closer to the truth than is likely healthy for the republic.
That said, if those of us who regularly “interface with the real world” can hold it together long enough, we may once again end up as rulers of the planet – while everyone else wonders why their legs have shriveled up and they don’t know how to eat anything that didn’t appear from the microwave.
See you in front of the TV, Tom Chandler.
[disclaimer: this editorial opinion does not necessarily represent the views of Trout Underground (HMbgh (an LLC)) or it's employees, and may in fact only be the product of senility or runoff)
Senility or runoff; senility or runoff. Which one? Hard to choose, having just dragged my daughter away from it for an incredible walk in the local mountains to scout what promises to be a great small stream, right here, only 3/4 mile off the trailhead, uh, with an 800 foot drop down, and of course, back up…
Kentucky Jim(Quote)
Builds character Jim.
And she’ll have another story for her therapist 20 years from now…
John Soares(Quote)
Little M and your daughter can enjoy therapy together; I’m taking Meski on a Castle Crags hike this afternoon, though I have the presence of mind to stay the hell away from any streams (fishable or not).
I don’t need the temptation to look for fish, she doesn’t need to run into the water at full speed…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
I tell my nephew he should try one of my wonder readers…cordless, never loses a charge, silent, simple user interface that never freezes up……. books have been part of my life since childhood ….but getting the nephew to want to read is a challenge in this day and age……. one of the things I prefer in renting a cabin or lodge for fishing (I don’t really do any other hobbies except fly tying) is NO BOOB TUBE!!!!! Again I have to say pretty cool taking Queen M hiking ….. I suspect with her riding in the backpack its better than the gym anyday
Marty(Quote)
Guess I sorta misspoke. My daughter just finished her freshman year at U.C. She’s on the Dean’s list; read three books since the end of school. Read lots more outside of assigned reading during the school year. Brought two books to me. She’s waiting to start a job in Sequoia National Park, and reads and watches t.v. in the meantime.
Kentucky Jim(Quote)
I’m not so sure about all that… I just downloaded Hamlet onto my iPad, so I could leave my two treasured copies at home. It was free from the Gutenberg Project!
We may be be getting short, shallow, and senile, but perhaps a few lights are still one in the dark.
JJP(Quote)
Unfortunately, it’s not just the TV that needs to be turned off.
Yesterday my lovely wife and I enjoyed an unusually hot summer day at AT&T Park in San Francisco watching the Giants sweep the A’s.
An A’s batter hit a foul tip almost straight up that went high and above the lower seats. Way, way above. I intently watched the ball, which seemed to have a hang time of about forever.
To my left were three teen-aged girls, with the dad of one of them. For almost the entire ball game, all three girls were in engrossed in a constant state of texting.
Back to the stratospherically hit foul ball. The girls were totally clueless as to the ball’s trajectory, which was coming down towards them—but with so much speed a warning was impossible. The ball finally hit just behind the girl furthest from me. She still had no idea.
A line-drive foul ball would have likely killed her. Ironically, her dad said, even that would have probably not been enough to cause her to drop her cell phone.
They do it seemingly without self-control while sitting, walking, while with others, and even while DRIVING!…and at a ball game sitting just behind home plate.
A. Wannabe Travelwriter(Quote)