tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post1886049904026331650..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Your Mileage May VarySteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-15418484525777541082008-01-20T09:46:00.000-08:002008-01-20T09:46:00.000-08:00Yep, it's an ongoing point of discussion 'twixt Ro...Yep, it's an ongoing point of discussion 'twixt Rory and me -- what you see, and how that relates to what you get.<BR/><BR/>Or don't get. <BR/><BR/>I don't write off old grannies, because it doesn't take a lot of strength to push a knife. Anybody who has carved a roast knows what sharp steel will do to flesh. For several years, my mother worked in a butcher shop, and I would sometimes hang around after I got off from school and watch the guys work. <BR/><BR/>I would not care much to go up against either a butcher or a surgeon, and you gotta figure that granny has sliced a few carrots in her time, so she knows which end of the knife to hold.<BR/><BR/>A sharp knife can offset a whole lot of empty hand training. <BR/><BR/>Plus, I'm an old grampaw myself and I'm a passing sneaking bastard ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-44353411236796680832008-01-19T20:17:00.000-08:002008-01-19T20:17:00.000-08:00We have in our dojo, in point of fact, a little ol...We have in our dojo, in point of fact, a little old gray-haired lady who owns a small dog. Alas, it's not a pomeranian, though. <BR/><BR/>She's also pretty tough. Although she's very unlikely to pull a knife on you or give you trouble of that kind, Sensei likes to call her the most dangerous person in the dojo. This is because nobody will expect her to fight back, and so, they will present her with opportunities, just as you allude to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-53129759616201958152008-01-19T14:48:00.000-08:002008-01-19T14:48:00.000-08:00Lauren Bacall...Whooo, BABY, what I wouldn't have ...Lauren Bacall...Whooo, BABY, what I wouldn't have given back then...! Lotta great women in the golden age of cinema, actually; Olivia deHaviland in the 1938 Robin Hood with Errol "I'm not a Nazi sympathizer" Flynn, Janet Leigh in "The Vikings", even Joan Collins in a younger day.Bobbe Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14346040017021718774noreply@blogger.com