Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris Sorry you took offense, but my comment is simply that some people do think eating healthy means yucky food (I understand it could be tough to purchase/eat healthy food for some people, but that's not what I am talking about) or that exercise means walking to the fridge. ..And there's always a story how a chain smoking, alcoholic consuming 104 years celebrating their birthdays, it's just how life works. On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Chris Crawford < chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Oh Hell. "Killing yourself" is a figure of speech, it wasn't meant to be > literal. > > My great-grandpa was in poor health and refused to eat healthy or exercise > and still lived longer than most of you will. Some people are intelligent > enough to see the irony in that and get a laugh from it. > > My great-grandpa was a retired coal miner from eastern Kentucky. He > 'exercised' more each day he worked than most of you do in a month at the > gym. Back then, miners knocked coal off the walls of the mine with > pickaxes and hammers. They had none of the machinery used today. > > The kind of time-wasting exercise that most people do today wouldn't be > necessary if people lived truly active lives. I don't watch TV. Complete > waste of time, and bad for the intellect and the soul. The only time I sit > down is when editing photos or working for clients, and I do not work full > time at all, thank God. I prefer to be out photographing. > > I'm still not as active as I'd like, but I am in continuous pain. The > bones in my legs hurt constantly, all the time. Sometimes it is so bad I > can barely walk. I have the same pains in my right arm, and most of the > leg pain is in my right leg, not so much the left. I don't know why; I > cannot afford medical care for it. This is the USA, where the unhealthy > and poor are left to die. My doctor thinks it might be neurological, but I > can't afford the tests they want to do. > > On the good days, when it doesn't hurt so bad, my son and I go hiking at > the county nature preserve. I spend a lot of time walking about with a > camera. Many people with my health issues would sit around doing nothing, > but I don't. You have no right to judge me. Most of you have lived lives > of privilege that I will never know. Instead of shitting on someone less > fortunate, why not be thankful for all you have, and please try and think > before spouting off about something. My story about my great grandpa was > meant to be FUNNY, though it is also true. He really did live to be 90 > despite his poor health and refusal to heed doctors' advice. I think > that's kinda funny, and I'm glad he did live that long. Some of my > favorite memories from childhood were from times I spent with him. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 6/10/12 8:02 PM, "tedgrant at shaw.ca" <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > >Richard Man OFFERED: > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Just for the record > > > > > >> Congrats! Herb! I hope to be able to use my Leica MMMXXXII when I'm 90! > >> > >> Chris, that's a myth. You don't have to kill yourself exercising or > >>eating > >> food you don't like. Healthy eating and living don't necessarily equate > >> that!<<<<< > > > >Hi Richard, > >Chris is absolutely wrong and for a young lad I find it very sad he has > >that > >attitude about killing oneself through exercise! And as far as eating > >foods > >you don't like???? That thought never crossed my mind. If one is hungry > >enough or on the brink of starvation? Chris would be amazed what a human > >being will eat to survive. I wont go into that one! > > > >Exercising and killing. Hey Chris how be you lie down on the floor and do > >80 > >sit-ups and have enough left over that you could probably knock off 95! > >:-) > >Go for it lad, no sweat! :-) > > > >On my 80th birthday day before our celebrating family group during an > >outdoor BD party. > > > >I flopped down and did 80 sit-ups which at the beginning my several > >grandchildren, upper teens and into their twenties were having fits I was > >going to kill myself because some of them admitted they couldn't do 10. > >:-) > > > >Then they started making bets on whether I'd make it or not. By the time > >I > >hit 60 they cancelled all bets and started to chant out the numbers and > >cheering me on! By now every guest was watching and either telling me to > >stop or cheering to keep it up! > > > >I reached the 80 mark with hardly an effort! Everyone was cheering. I sat > >up > >and did one more.... "then offered the grandsons this word of advice.... > >"Boys that extra one is too show you, if you get out of line, Grandpa can > >still kick - ass!!!! " :-) To an even greater amount of cheering! Then I > >stood-up and drank a fairly good sized single malt scotch to a loud hail > >of > >"Cheers G-pa!" All glasses held on high! :-) > > > >If one kills them selves exercising it's quite simple really.... They're > >idiots and pushing themselves beyond their limits. > > > >The key is, do something every day whatever you find comfortable and do > >it > >every day! Better twice a day if possible! Heck even ten sit-ups is a > >starter! > > > >I hear people say... "I don't have time to exercise!" Quite frankly > >that's a > >pile of cow dung! People find time to eat and sleep. And yes to sit and > >watch the idiot box while knocking back a few. So don't anyone tell me > >they > >don't have time for a 15 minute walk around the block every single day, > >sun, > >rain or snowing! > > > >If it's Genetics that allows us to last longer that's great, but maybe? > >Just > >maybe a walk around the block every day may make all the difference in > >the > >world between 19 and 95! Regardless of genetics? > > > >My plan is, I fully intend to die on my 100th birthday day! That's after > >I've completed 100 sit-ups. :-) Now that's the plan and I've got 17 years > >for training! No reason I wont make it! Anyone want to make a bet? ;-) > > > >Well what the hell, I did my first and only solo parachute jump a day or > >two > >after my 65th birthday just because I'd always wondered what it would be > >like? Fabulous by the way! :-) > > > >On the 76th BD day, I flew about the sky doing all kinds of wild and > >crazy > >dog fights in a P51 Mustang simply because it was a lifetime dream!!!! > >And > >loved every second of it! Why not ? It's a beautiful feeling to love life! > > > >Chris it isn't the exercising that will kill you......... IT'S THE LACK > >OF > >DOING IT THAT WILL KILL YOU! > > > >cheers, > >Dr. ted :-) > > > >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Chris Crawford OFFERED: > > > >< > >> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I think that health and long life are largely luck. Genetics play a > >>>huge > >>> role, and I'm not sure that killing yourself exercising or eating foods > >>> you don't like make much difference. I loved visiting my great-grandpa > >>> when I was a kid. He always had a gigantic bowl of candy on his kitchen > >>> table, and if my mom complained about me eating too much of it, he told > >>> her to shut up and quit bitching, then he'd give me another piece! > >>> > >>> - > >>> > >> -- > >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>