| From: | "Leszek Karlik, aka Mike" <trrkt@*****.ONET.PL> |
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| Subject: | SpecForces Gamers [could it be OT? Naaah] (was Re: Talismongers. |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:21:05 +0000 |
writing:
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> >Me? Well, seeing as how I intend to be happily married in a year,
> >I'll take the boring profitable job. As for that, how many of *US*
> >have TRIED to get into the special Forces (or whatever for our
> >respective countries)? I'm guessing quite a few of us like
> >excitement, but most of us value our safety too.
Well, Polish military sucks (we have that damn draft. ;-/). I know I
probably would if I'd live in some "civilized" country like UK or US.
OTOH, I'm short-sighted, so my chances of getting into military are
nul. ;>
> We all value our safety, but if we really had the choice, which
> would we chose? I mean, seriously, a lot of gamers have a hard time
> doing a single push-up; how are they supposed to go through Basic
Actually, I know lots of gamers who are rather fit, and practice some
kind of sport. Usually martial arts, but one is a football player,
oh, and there's a chess player, too. (<grin>)
> Training? If we had what it takes both physically and mentally, I'd
> be willing to be a pretty hefty percentage of us would go the
> Special Forces route, because of the
> excitement/glamor/thrill/rush/whatever. I would; hell, I'm taking
> boxing classes and if I thought for a second I had what it takes to
> fight professionally, I would do it in a heartbeat. But with two
> concrete blocks for feet and hands not much faster, I'll be lucky to
> win a few amateur fights. So I have to stay in my "boring
> profitable job."
Well, if I could get a medical permission, I would fight in
competitions. Unfortunately, my short-sightedness prevents me from
doing that - I simply get clobbered during training. ;>
Besides, look at all those TA members in here. <grin>
> Erik J.
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