And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
As a teenager my friends and I would climb (very small) boulder piles and cliff faces. I enjoyed the challenge going up but hated coming down, something about seeing where my hands and feet could go.
I would rather be a live chicken than a splat on the rocks.
ReplyDeleteJust because you probably could...doesn't mean you should.
ReplyDeleteOnly idiots would..."Hey, hold my beer."
I hope that is a parachute on his back.
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Riding too high on his back to be a chute.
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As a teenager my friends and I would climb (very small) boulder piles and cliff faces. I enjoyed the challenge going up but hated coming down, something about seeing where my hands and feet could go.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should watch Alex Honnold climb El Cap w/out protection.
ReplyDeleteNope!
ReplyDeleteNever!
Not Gonna Do It!
I don't want to be hamburger at the bottom.
Same reason I never rode motorcycles.