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Subject: [Leica] WAS: Darkroom or computer music NOW: EASY FIT! :-)
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:45:21 -0700
References: <7ablht$3h6jk7@pd5mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>

On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Steve Barbour responded:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom or computer music
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>>>> geeze Ted...
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> I'd better get to work, and soon...<<<
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> Hi Steve,
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> It's not as hard as it sounds because it's all physiological &
> psychological! ! :-)
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> First off do not even think about getting to the 80 reps. It creates  
> a mind
> freeze. "Oh my God I'll never make it!!" ERGO: Your body responds  
> with .
> "idiot what are you thinking?" Obviously it rebels and refuses to  
> move . :-)
> Bodies are like that sometimes. ;-) As you know Doctor Barbour! :-)


you are a beast Dr Ted...and you are challenging us all...Steve




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> So start with as many as you can, obviously you'll just stop when  
> you can't
> go any further. That may or may not be more than 5 or 10.
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> If you make 10, now you know you can reach 10. Next go around later  
> in the
> day before eating, never after! Aim for 10!  After a few days you'll  
> find .
> "oh gee  whiz I just did 13!" You feel good. But the next time still
> mentally aim for the 10 "and if you feel body comfy at that point  
> continue
> maybe to 13 or 14.  But never start to do more than 10 in your mind.  
> Even
> though it maybe only 3 more. mentally your mind will rebel! :-)
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> The next thing you know you are doing 15 but only thinking 10. Once  
> you are
> reaching 15 on a regular basis change the mind set . "you are going  
> to do
> 15!"
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> And you repeat this twice a day until you find you are slipping by  
> to 18!
> And it goes on from there building, but never really aiming for the  
> high
> number you wish to get to.
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>
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> I do 80 regularly twice a day. But when I reach 40, I start at 1  
> again and
> in my mind, therefore "that's not many, made that lots of times!"   
> I'm only
> going to 40, when in actual numbers by the time I reach the second  
> 40, I've
> completed 80. It's just like the other day doing 85 straight  
> through. I
> never thought about doing 85 this morning, but made 84 and that was  
> it body
> rebelled! But in mental counting I was still only reaching for 40!  
> Later
> today, about 4.30 pm or so, I'll hit the mat again and go for 2 X  
> 40! And
> with any kind of luck I'll reach or go by the second 40 on my way to
> whatever I get to? 90-100 or? :-) Piece of cake if you don't think  
> about
> it..
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> It's pure mind over matter.
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> Dr. ted ;-)
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> On Mar 29, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Ted Grant wrote:
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>> Gerry Walden asked:
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>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom or computer music
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>> Ted, how old did you say you were?  ;>)<<<<<<
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>> Hi Gerry,
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>> Come May 27th I'll be the young age of a full blown 80 years! And
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>> looking
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>> forward to the 100th as long as I can still kick ass! :-) If I
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>> can't, then
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>> no point in being here  if yer only a pain in the ass for others to
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>> look
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>> after you.
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>> On January 30th  my work out gal and I were looking for a
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>> celebration thing
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>> for the big 80.  As I've done in the past, at 65 I did my first and
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>> only
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>> solo parachute jump because I always wondered what it would be like
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>> on many
>
>> occasions sitting on the floor of a helicopter doing aerial photos
>
>> while
>
>> legs dangling over the side & door open.
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>>
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>>
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>> So there I was at 65, Jump master yelled. GO!"  I went!  Hell of a
>
>> ride. On
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>> the 76th BD day I flew in a P51 Mustang doing imaginary WW 2 dog
>
>> fights all
>
>> over the sky. Another boyhood dream accomplished. :-)
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>> Now the big 80 I tried to get my nephew who's a senior rank type in
>
>> the
>
>> Canadian air force to get me a ride in one of our fighter jets..
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>> These young
>
>> guys have no imagination.. Certainly neeeeeeeeither do the super
>
>> senior
>
>> ranking types.
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>>
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>> He says" Not a hope! Do you know if you have to eject you could
>
>> break a
>
>> whole bunch of bones?" Besides there'd be a hell of a public out cry
>
>> about
>
>> taking a civilian for a free ride. My response . "Screw them, just
>
>> re-activate my commission for test purposes, do the flight then I
>
>> can resign
>
>> again!" Not a hope.
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>> OK second try.. A submarine when it dives and a trip under water.
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>> Always
>
>> thought that a neat thing to have ago. Damn Navy isn't any brighter
>
>> than the
>
>> air force. :-) They all have this idea that age matters!  "You want
>
>> to do
>
>> what at 80?" As we older gentlemen know, "age is just a number."
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>> Screw it!
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>> It's all about attitude that's far more important for the driving
>
>> force to
>
>> keep on rockin' and rollin'!
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>>
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>> So what to do just to kick ass? I've been working at the rec centre
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>> and at
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>> home twice a day preparing to do, "80 sit ups one right after the
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>> other on
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>> the morning of the 80th birthday."  As of two days ago I'm doing 85
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>> twice a
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>> day.  :-) That's everyday from now until May 27th
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>> However, it simply means I've only got 15 more to go and I'll make a
>
>> 100!
>
>> :-) So why not, go for it!!  See what I mean? It's all about
>
>> attitude, screw
>
>> the world and their number nonsense.
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>>
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>> So that's how old I am! :-)
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> have a wonderful Sunday,
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> :-)
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> Steve
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>> Cheers,
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>> ted
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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] WAS: Darkroom or computer music NOW: EASY FIT! :-))