I have a dear friend that is a Dr. and all this living will stuff has made me think about including him in knowing my wishes. Especially since my PCP is ever changing.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
banning of the " good game" hand shake
which I thought was sorta dumb when I was a kid , but banning it because kids have behaved badly durring that part. - shouldn't that get you taken out of the next game?
Yeah, that's pretty much the opposite of the way that situation should be handled.
Sportsmanship = too hard.
consequences for bad behavior/wrong choices seems to be almost non-existant anymore. If a few kids/people act out then let's just alter the entire expectations we have for them, let's just accept that they will behave badly.
Too true Jesse. things are way too hard and hard is bad.
Sportsmanship = too hard.
t kicks sportsmanship
In local highschool hockey games (almost typed hickey games), sometimes the games are played completely without audience. Like, nobody at all is allowed to watch except players, coaches, and refs. Because the fans beat each other up. Including the parents.
Actually, hockey may be the one sport where behavior-policing is really taken seriously around here, because hockey is the only sport I know of where people have died by violence in the playing of it. (A ref, a parent -- not any kids yet.)
Yeah, that's pretty much the opposite of the way that situation should be handled.
Unreal. This past basketball season for the boys one of the games the losing team refused to shake hands with the other team. I was outraged that the coach let them get away with that bullshit. If my boys aren't good sports they will not be playing sports. Period.
Actually, hockey may be the one sport where behavior-policing is really taken seriously around here, because hockey is the only sport I know of where people have died by violence in the playing of it.
The funny thing about hockey is that the NHL is the only pro league that does the end of the game handshake. When they're playing, that is.
Some MLB officials got all incensed when the Dodgers and Cardinals congratulated each other at the end of their playoff series last year.
If my boys aren't good sports they will not be playing sports.
This. Yeah, the handshake is often perfunctory and kinda lame. It's also actually important -- the whole play hard on the field and then manage to be civil to each other business is a good thing.
Some MLB officials got all incensed when the Dodgers and Cardinals congratulated each other at the end of their playoff series last year.
That's crap.