Giving It All You Got

jujube said:
The last time I worked hard on something and thought the result was perfect was my 4 1/2 hours in labor resulting in a beautiful 8 pound 5 1/2 ounce baby girl. Nine months and a few hours and the final product was wonderful.
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...and we have a "Winner!". My hat is off to every woman who chooses to get pregnant and give birth. Plant a seed inside of your body.Grow it into a small water melon. Carry it around in discomfort for nine months. Face the prospect of eventually having to squeeze it through a garden hose! The best example I know of of true self sacrifice.
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SifuPhil said:
This will probably sound silly, but among those moments of focus and absorption was the time I chose model railroading as a hobby.

I chose HO scale, which means that everything - the trains, the buildings, the cars, the trees - was 1/87th their real size. Operating the trains was actually secondary to model building - I love putting together model buildings, plastic and wood, painting them and detailing them. I could spend hours doing it and lose all track of time.

Alas, that was 45 years ago - now I've "grown up". :(
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Not silly at all, Phil. Been a model builder on and off all of my life. Just completed a "Fiddler's Green" paper model of an early balloon that will hang from my bedroom ceiling. Here's a strange thing. I am having trouble with my vision. Getting harder to read, eic. Yet I was able to thread a needle and hanging hook and tie them off with "invisible" plastic thread!
 
Underock1 said:
Not silly at all, Phil. Been a model builder on and off all of my life. Just completed a "Fiddler's Green" paper model of an early balloon that will hang from my bedroom ceiling. Here's a strange thing. I am having trouble with my vision. Getting harder to read, eic. Yet I was able to thread a needle and hanging hook and tie them off with "invisible" plastic thread!
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Yep - I built a wooden model ship, a three-master, and I buzzed along until I got to the rigging.

That poor ship will forever be a Flying Dutchman. I worked on it right after my divorce (had an abundance of time!), so that puts me at 43-44 years old. Eyes were shot for detail work and I didn't even realize it until then.

The balloon sounds intriguing ...

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SifuPhil said:
Yep - I built a wooden model ship, a three-master, and I buzzed along until I got to the rigging.

That poor ship will forever be a Flying Dutchman. I worked on it right after my divorce (had an abundance of time!), so that puts me at 43-44 years old. Eyes were shot for detail work and I didn't even realize it until then.

The balloon sounds intriguing ...

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I've built the "Constitution" ( death by basketball ),"Santa Maria", ( lost at sea ), "Viking". "Victory" and "Golden Hind". All in full sail and completely rigged. The "Santa Maria" and "Hind" were my pride. All hand tied rigging.
 
I admire you guys, puzzle people too. I don't have the attention span. But that's why I'm going back to the park bench idea when Spring comes. Painting large scale and I lose myself.
 
fureverywhere said:
I admire you guys, puzzle people too. I don't have the attention span. But that's why I'm going back to the park bench idea when Spring comes. Painting large scale and I lose myself.
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The park bench is a wonderful thing. I wonder how much of man kinds greatest creative thought originates there.
 
My hedonism included a bunch of hobbies over the years including model rail roading. It wasn't just about being a slough, but included the hard work of getting those trains up and running...
 
Underock1 said:
Thanks, Phil. I haven't watched a Carol Burnett skit in some time. Great stuff!
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You're very welcome, Rock.

My absolute favorite has always been the elephant story. Tim Conway was a troublemaker on set and would often change his lines at the last second to surprise the others and make them lose it. This clip shows 2 versions of a skit - the first, the one that was done at the "live rehearsal", the second was what went out over the air.

 
SifuPhil said:
I know, it should be "Giving It All You Have" - I'm in a slang mood.

Have you ever done something - work, hobby, relationship - where you gave it everything you had? Every last ounce of energy and focus?

To the point where you felt both emptied out and exhilarated?

I guess this might be analogous to what they call "achieving Nirvana" or "Zen" or "Tao".

I've felt it several times during my life, and let me say that it would be easy to become a junkie to the feeling.

What's your story?
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Would "My Karma Ran Over My Dogma" be another way of putting that? :D
 

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