John’s achilles 2 14 08

neat post johnskier. i’ve had some good conversations about “achilles” heels recently and i’m not so sure it’s a genetic defect, but regardless, i’m in your camp…sure am glad (and a bit spoiled) to live in an age where we have so much access to information and our medicine has had a chance to develop to the point that it’s at. cause had it been 30,000 years ago….i’d of been food for something else. here’s to not being a cromagnon!

Perhaps the genetic defect is being slow? I believe I’m sort of mixing up Darwin’s Natural Selection with “survival of the fittest” (which was not Darwin). I suppose if you were take this another step you would say that if you were age 16 and had an ATR and were left by your clan, then you would not reproduce that particular genetic defect (assuming it was one). So that particular defect would not continue. People without this defect would reproduce. On the other hand, if you were, say “old age” of perhaps 50 and already past reproduction age, then it wouldn’t matter so that “defect” could continue???

johnskier,

That was a thoughtful post. My girlfriend just read your post, and she laughed saying that she’s thought about this already. I am typing her words:

She thought that she would have had to “just leave me behind to the wolves”. She continued by reasoning however, that most likely because we are human and we care about the members of our “clan” we would do everything possible to help the injured party. I would get to ride horseback until I recovered! But if we lived in an agricultural society, her life would have been total hell as she would have had to pick up all of my slack. She thought that living in a hunter-gather society might make my recovery easier than living in an agricultural society, for her anyway. More people in a clan to help; in an agricultural society, just a nuclear family, much more difficult. Good thing for her we live in the 21st century. I can function with or without an Achilles Tendon.

Johnskier…
amazing what too much time on our hands leads to…Would appreciate it if you could ponder the meaning of life, UFO’s, and what happens to the missing sock from the wash..LOL
I, too, have contemplated survivial of the fittest and find that a combination of brain and brawn works best.
Hope today is better than yesterday.
Doc Ross

Ross - The thing is I’m working so it’s not like I have the time to ponder this stuff. I just frankly am a little obsessed by this ATR gig (don’t think I’m alone in that ). Sounds like you overdid it a bit initially (like I did) and needed to rest up a bit. Take care.

JS - the game was a blowout, but nonetheless..probably pretty fun to see that offense in full effect! How was it getting around the Pepsi Center. Did you get a temp handicap permit? Hope you had a good time!

Brendan - we didn’t make it there, but I did spend 6 hours in the car. There was a jack-knifed semi and a 20-car pileup near Frisco-I-70 closed. Traffic was backed up almost to Copper Mountain (5 miles). We left about 4…for a 7 p.m. game (normally about 2 hours drive), got to Frisco at 9:00 and back home by 10:00. Brutal, but in the canyon there is no place to turn around. The funny part is all these guys (including my son and his friend) are getting out of their cars and walking through the snowdrift by the side of the road to relieve themselves. Well…what am I supposed to do? I can’t really crutch over on an icy road and through a 2 or 3 foot deep snow drift! Damn, why’d I drink that soda?

Ohh..bummer. I lived in Frisco and Silverthorne for a few years..so it was always a shame to see all those cars lined up to Eisenhower…or wose, coming down the hill from Frisco into Silverthorne and people sliding all over the place. It’s the price we pay for choosing to live in the mountains!

Brendan - 168 points against the Sonics, are you kidding me? Sort of embarrassing to be shooting 3’s in the last quarter when you’re up by 50, though. On the other hand, maybe that’s the confidence booster the nuggies need. They can be really good when running and cutting and passing and very ordinary when shooting jumpers and/or watching Iverson and Anthony play 1 on 1. Love the way Najera cuts to the hoop. JR has incredible talent if Karl can keep his head on straight. Not sure anyone really wants to play either them or Golden State, whichever team makes the playoffs.

i agree…big road trip coming up..if they are going to make the playoffs…I think this is their proving ground. i’ll keep up with the scores, but i’ll be immersed in college BBall for a few weeks! BTW, you can fill out two brackets on the CBS deal…there is a button in the top right of your bracket that says add another bracket. On my way to the office today..first day back in!