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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 23:01:03 +1200, Peter Huebner
wrote: In article , says... What lunge? I was standing near the bench and only had to reach for an unknown object. I didn't know what it was. A man's normal refex is to catch things, but a woman's is to pull away. I haven't read any of the rest of this thread - but I dare say your assumption is wrong that that is gender based. Most of the time something falls off a bench in my house it's a knife, or in the wood-shop something that will otherwise cause injury because of sharp edges. When I note something falling off a bench I skip the other way so's not to get hit or cut or punctured. It's entirely a question of how you have trained/programmed your reflexes. I would look at it as.....if you are in a room with expensive bench tools and equipment, you train yourself to catch falling objects. |
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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:40:04 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: " wrote: On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:58:11 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:04:02 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:32:24 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: Let it fall, then pick it up *after* you've figured out which end is the cold end. ;-) So, you can turn off your reflexes? If that's what you call running from imminent danger, sure. Not everyone runs away from danger. Some are suicidal, yes, and not everyone is stupid enough to catch a falling soldering iron (of knife). ^ ^ ^ ^ Sigh. Some people are stupid enough to post trolling **** like you just did. You said you caught it, I certainly wouldn't have. If that's a troll, it's yours. Like I asked befo You can turn off your reflexes? Self preservation *is* a reflex. Jumping at everything that moves is dumb. And if it were a knife? How would I have known it was a knife, when all I saw was a blur of something falling in my perherprial vison? ...and you lunge for it. Nope, *not* a good plan. What lunge? You went for an unknown something that was falling. Bad move. I was standing near the bench and only had to reach for an unknown object. I didn't know what it was. Bad move. A man's normal refex is to catch things, but a woman's is to pull away. You're sounding like DimBulb, today. |
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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 23:01:03 +1200, Peter Huebner wrote:
In article , says... What lunge? I was standing near the bench and only had to reach for an unknown object. I didn't know what it was. A man's normal refex is to catch things, but a woman's is to pull away. I haven't read any of the rest of this thread - but I dare say your assumption is wrong that that is gender based. Most of the time something falls off a bench in my house it's a knife, or in the wood-shop something that will otherwise cause injury because of sharp edges. When I note something falling off a bench I skip the other way so's not to get hit or cut or punctured. Absolutely. It can be picked up once the situation can be analyzed. It's entirely a question of how you have trained/programmed your reflexes. Yup! |
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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:44:41 -0700, Neanderthal
wrote: On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:04:59 -0400, Spehro Pefhany wrote: As Huck Finn found.. "mind you, when a girl tries to catch anything in her lap she throws her knees apart; she don't clap them together the way you did when you catched the lump of lead". At least back then dey dids. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany OK, so that was funny. So, the girls used their dress as a trampoline. A catcher's mitt, as it were. ;-) Thanks, Mr. Twain. |
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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
" wrote: On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:40:04 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:58:11 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:04:02 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:32:24 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: " wrote: Let it fall, then pick it up *after* you've figured out which end is the cold end. ;-) So, you can turn off your reflexes? If that's what you call running from imminent danger, sure. Not everyone runs away from danger. Some are suicidal, yes, and not everyone is stupid enough to catch a falling soldering iron (of knife). ^ ^ ^ ^ Sigh. Some people are stupid enough to post trolling **** like you just did. You said you caught it, I certainly wouldn't have. If that's a troll, it's yours. Like I asked befo You can turn off your reflexes? Self preservation *is* a reflex. Jumping at everything that moves is dumb. And if it were a knife? How would I have known it was a knife, when all I saw was a blur of something falling in my perherprial vison? ...and you lunge for it. Nope, *not* a good plan. What lunge? You went for an unknown something that was falling. Bad move. I was standing near the bench and only had to reach for an unknown object. I didn't know what it was. Bad move. A man's normal refex is to catch things, but a woman's is to pull away. You're sounding like DimBulb, today. Yawn. You ARE dimbulb today. -- It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch. |
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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
In , M. A. Terrell wrote
in part: What lunge? I was standing near the bench and only had to reach for an unknown object. I didn't know what it was. A man's normal refex is to catch things, but a woman's is to pull away. My grandmother did not pull away, but caught falling things when possible. I never saw my mother drop or knock down many things where I saw time to give much reaction, but she seems to lean to catch things. Exception: Things falling from the stove, which was thankfully infrequent. -- - Don Klipstein ) |
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SkyBuck ... "Since I am an electronics engineer" ??
Don Klipstein wrote: In , M. A. Terrell wrote in part: What lunge? I was standing near the bench and only had to reach for an unknown object. I didn't know what it was. A man's normal refex is to catch things, but a woman's is to pull away. My grandmother did not pull away, but caught falling things when possible. I never saw my mother drop or knock down many things where I saw time to give much reaction, but she seems to lean to catch things. Exception: Things falling from the stove, which was thankfully infrequent. I've seen women do just the opposite. -- It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch. |
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