Not so manly pursuits?

[RobS]

I hunt, but mostly with a camera like N80 and jdbower. Though mine is Canon, with those girlie white lenses! I'd like to see some of your macro stuff guys, I just picked up an extension tube last night. Should have fun this weekend.

 

[IH3444]

Chainsaws????

 

[Soundguy]

I cook.. ( wife can.. but doesn't.. )... baking mostly. i usually have an order for up to 8 pies every thanksgiving and christmas.

I used to woodcarve but don't have the time for it now... mostly carved birds. that count?

Soundguy

No, no, no, no , no. That's not what I'm talking about. Daughters and grandchildren don't count, besides that's not a hobby, we have to do that stuff and we love it. Brian's Song does not count, real men are required to shed a tear for that one.

Cooking is close. Cooking on the grill, making barbecue, etc, does not count. That is very manly. Gourmet cooking is different, I'm thinking about giving it a try myself. It isn't sissy or girly by any stretch, but you're not going to throw in that you made a perfect crepe suzette while you're hanging out with your tractor buds.

I'm talking about stamp collecting, knitting (like Rosey Greer), reading poetry, bird watching, etc etc. All great things, but none of which is usually accompanied by chest thumping, spitting or butt scratching.

 

[N80]

I'd like to see some of your macro stuff guys, I just picked up an extension tube last night.

 

[jdbower]

My subject would eat yours for lunch

 

[N80]

My subject would eat yours for lunch

Nope, mine were not actually macros. That spider is eating a Volkswagon.

And here is a giant snake! (Hmm, just noticed the green tint in this one, back to Photoshop!)

 

[Mith]

I've rung our church bell many times. It is probably several hundred pounds and doesn't take a body builder to do it

Whereas I believe you just pull on a rope to chime the bell, here in England our bells are mounted on a wheel, and pulling the rope causes it to rotate on that wheel (one way then the other). This allows us to have many bells ring in a peal, and to change the order of them while we ring to give the musical patterns.
Some of the larger bells require more than 1 person to ring them

 

[N80]

Whereas I believe you just pull on a rope to chime the bell, here in England our bells are mounted on a wheel.

They don't have ropes in England?

Actually, you are quite right. We have one bell and one rope. It does not require a great deal of strength to pull the bell rope. However, if one over pulls, the bell will flip over and be stuck on its side. This requires a climb into the tower to flip it back over. That can require two strong fellows.

 

[Mith]

Its hard to explain, google it if you are interested I guess.

 

[N80]

I guess you confused me. Our bell has a big wheel on it. The rope comes down from the tower and you tug on it and it rotates the bell back and forth. Were you thinking that the rope just attached to the clapper?

In any case, I think I understand what you are saying about your bells. Again, our bell is probably much smaller than what you are talking about.

 

[kenmac]

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I'm talking about stamp collecting, knitting (like Rosey Greer), reading poetry, bird watching, etc etc. All great things, but none of which is usually accompanied by chest thumping, spitting or butt scratching.




Only A Doc would have enough time to do these things

 

[N80]

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I'm talking about stamp collecting, knitting (like Rosey Greer), reading poetry, bird watching, etc etc. All great things, but none of which is usually accompanied by chest thumping, spitting or butt scratching.




Only A Doc would have enough time to do these things

Whoa now, I didn't claim to do all of those, well, except the butt scratching and bird watching....oh, and I've read a poem or two...but I draw the line at knitting and stamp collecting!

The real proof of how much time I have on my hands is how much time I spend here! But things have slowed down at the office lately...I've only seen 24 people today and I'm currently waiting on someone who is late for their appointment (I see patients on time.)

Of course I think I told a patient that he needed to change his hydraulic fluid and told someone here at TBN that their tractor needed an enema.

 

[MrJimi]

Of course I think I told a patient that he needed to change his hydraulic fluid and told someone here at TBN that their tractor needed and enema.

would that be called a transfusion of some kind

 

[kenmac]

I'm currently waiting on someone who is late for their appointment (I see patients on time.)



I need to make my Doc. wait on me from time to time. God knows I've waited on him plenty of times. If you see your patients on time . I would say you are one of a kind If you were here you would get all the Doc business


Why are we called patients instead of customers

Is it because we have to have patients when we go to the Doc.

My Wife & I have this discussion all the time . She calls them patients & I call them customers

 

[N80]

My belief is that if I tell a patient to be at my office at a certain time, then that is when I should see him. Failing to do so indicates that I think my time is more important than his. A lot of doctors will agree with this idea but few live by it. This philosophy comes from hours of sitting in other doctors offices when I need care or when I'm with a sick family member...it always made me mad. Granted, the task is nearly impossible because patients want you to be on time and spend lots of time with them, which can make things hard. But with good time management skills and a real respect for other people's time, I make it work most of the time. I will sometimes get as much as 30 minutes behind, but that is not common. My partners are continuously amazed. However, they tend to see more patients and make more money than I do. I'm not complaining, I do not want to see more patients than I currently do. I'm happy with my work pace, it suits me well and I still see more patients than most Family Medicine doctors. So seeing people on time makes me happy and my patients happy.

There are exceptions. Each day one of us is the 'urgent care' doc. We see anyone who thinks they need to be seen urgently on a first come first serve basis. Since patients who need urgent care often require more care (lacerations, broken bones, chest pains, sick elderly folks, etc) the wait times can really get long. We tell patients that ahead of time so I'm typically not apologetic under those circumstances. At worst, someone may wait an hour, rarely two. But the average wait time in the local ER is closer to 5 so most folks don't complain.

As for the guy I was waiting for, he showed up 15 minutes after the end of his appointment time and when I walked in he was talking on his cell phone. When I started to introduce myself he held up his finger for me to hush. I kept talking and made it clear that he couid talk to me or talk to the cell phone. He got flusterd and hung up. You get all kinds in this business.

 

[LMTC]

My internal medicine doc is pretty darn prompt most of the time....and I've had a fair sampling, as I started with him in 1981 when he went into practice. I rarely wait if I make AM appts. and late day appts. might result in a 15-20 minute wait...occasionally.

I once had a orthopedic surgeon who routinely ran 1-2 hours behind. I can understand an occasional emergency, but he routinely scheduled surgery right up against office hours, and always ran late. The day I waited 3 hours was the day I started looking for another surgeon. It's not manly to wait.... (thought I'd get us back on topic :>)

 

[irwin]

I've visited this thread several times, just to see where it's heading. Thought about it, what could I honestly say I do that could be in some way taken as "less than manly"

I'm still thinking....

Fishing, well I'd rather be on a river, pond or lake than on high seas, sometimes I get seasick, but blowing chunks is more masculine than feminine, so that's not good enough, I work in an auto repair shop, nothing there either, my music is blues, even though blues is about complaining, men complain pretty good some.

Nothing dandy about cutting trees and moving earth.... Wait, if I take a tangled mess of rotted vetatation, overgrow brush, trees, rocks, etc. and make a nice path that can be used to enjoy my home more completely, this can be viewed as having a artistic nature..right? there I did it! I gotta artistic nature..

 

[EddieWalker]

The list is pretty long, but I'm ok with my feminine side. hahaha

Bird watching

Flower gardening

Landscaping

Chick Flicks

Home Decorating

Playing in the pond

Sight Seeing

Eating Out

Board Games

Nature Walks

Plus just about anything Steph wants to do,
Eddie

 

[Egon]

I took a course on basket making!

And I like reading Agatha Christie novels!

And there is an awl and thread in my tool collection for sewing!