If all the year were playing holidays...

[Ireneo_Funes]

...to sport would be as tedious as to work;

But when they seldom come, they wished-for come,

And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.

 

What a great weekend...here's to holidays.

 

[Dechristo]

Having read the latest in the "Climber's Death" thread immediately before reading this entry makes for an interesting segue. If we experienced the "flow" in work as in sport, would we differentiate? The term "holiday" evolved from "holy day"; holy moments => the "flow".

Were the "flow" found in most we do, the pleasure of "rare accidents" would apprize our daily experience. Fuck tedium.

[olyclimber]

 

We all know the story about Clark Gable not wearing an undershirt and the next day the undershirt factories of America had to shut down.

The thing nobody seems to remember is what everybody wore in America long before that, and long after.

And what happened to this country when they stopped wearing that one thing.

I remember.

What they wore was this cap. Authors and inventors and fliers and steel magnates and journalists and suffragettes and ambulance drivers and private detectives and nightclub bouncers and newsboys and movie directors and handsome thugs wore it.

Your grandfather wore it. Gable himself wore it.

Immigrants wore it.

It was what America wore. What happened? The trouble started. That’s what happened.

Do your part. It’s time. Wear one. (It makes anyone who wears one look tall; if you’re already tall, too bad. You’re going to look even taller. It also makes you look young and snappy as well. So get ready for that, too.)

The Handsome Thug Cap (No. 1265). Classic 6 panels, covered button on top. Bill snaps to top of cap. Handwoven Irish wool, soft and tweedy.

Colors: Brown herringbone or Charcoal donegal, enriched with flecks of red, ocher, and cream.

Men’s sizes: S, M, L, XL. Price: $88.

 

[Ireneo_Funes]

I've been rocking the handsome thug cap for years... 'cept mine's a too-black-too-strong number, not that sketch herringbone nonsense.

[cj001f]

If we experienced the "flow" in work as in sport, would we differentiate?

I've met people who do experience "flow" in work and find their jobs generally a pleasure. Unfortunately I'm not one of those people.

 

 

And Ireneo - when did you move to the largest slaughterhouse in the Southern Hemisphere?

[archenemy]

Having read the latest in the "Climber's Death" thread immediately before reading this entry makes for an interesting segue. If we experienced the "flow" in work as in sport, would we differentiate? The term "holiday" evolved from "holy day"; holy moments => the "flow".

Were the "flow" found in most we do, the pleasure of "rare accidents" would apprize our daily experience. Fuck tedium.

I am missing the link between "flow", "holiday", and "work" here. More details on your thoughtstream?

[DirtyHarry]

You're assuming there was a "thoughtsteam" involved.

[cj001f]

You're assuming there was a "thoughtsteam" involved.

You have to have an IQ over room temperature so I can see your difficulty.

 

The connection was what does climbing bring us that work doesn't. Why do we climb?

[archenemy]

You're assuming there was a "thoughtsteam" involved.

You have to have an IQ over room temperature so I can see your difficulty.

 

The connection was what does climbing bring us that work doesn't - why do we climb?

 

My IQ is only slightly over room temp; and I keep my house at 58.

 

I still am struggling with the link there. I am not convinced that is the underlying question--or maybe just not the only one.

 

(Can you tell I have spare time on my hands today?)

[cj001f]

My IQ is only slightly over room temp; and I keep my house at 58.

Harry uses the metric system

[archenemy]

14.44 then

[DirtyHarry]

I just put on a sweater.

[cj001f]

I just put on a sweater.

Wools already over your eyes, eh?

[DirtyHarry]

I'm sure you are intimately familiar with a different kind of use for sheep.

[cj001f]

I'm sure you are intimately familiar with a different kind of use for sheep.

Only Scotland is missing from my worldtour of sheep molestation hotbeds