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Art Eatman · February 11, 2000, 10:12 AM

Bringing up mind and attitude again. I've spent a lot of time in car racing, working cattle from horseback in mesquite brush, hunting alone in very rugged mountain country, and bending a lot of wrenches on cars.

Bumps and bruises and cuts and gashes.

Some 20 years or so back, I started persuading myself that pain isn't a cause for "the shakes" or puzzlement; it's a cause for anger or rage. "How DARE that rock roll under my foot?" or "How DARE that mesquite limb slap me in the face?" "How DARE that mountain lion growl at me?"

You don't get the shakes, you don't go into shock, you're not nearly as confused. You're just irate, dad-gum MAD! Of course, the induced adrenalin flow will wear off, but by then you've coped with the problem.

So that's part of my response-system when faced by a human predator. I'll do my limited best, hair, teeth and eyeballs.

Hmmm. With ever-more "falsies" in my partial plate, maybe I could do some tooth-sharpening?

Art

February 11, 2000, 10:12 AM	#27
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Bringing up mind and attitude again. I've spent a lot of time in car racing, working cattle from horseback in mesquite brush, hunting alone in very rugged mountain country, and bending a lot of wrenches on cars. Bumps and bruises and cuts and gashes. Some 20 years or so back, I started persuading myself that pain isn't a cause for "the shakes" or puzzlement; it's a cause for anger or rage. "How DARE that rock roll under my foot?" or "How DARE that mesquite limb slap me in the face?" "How DARE that mountain lion growl at me?" You don't get the shakes, you don't go into shock, you're not nearly as confused. You're just irate, dad-gum MAD! Of course, the induced adrenalin flow will wear off, but by then you've coped with the problem. So that's part of my response-system when faced by a human predator. I'll do my limited best, hair, teeth and eyeballs. Hmmm. With ever-more "falsies" in my partial plate, maybe I could do some tooth-sharpening? Art