Scouts Honor

An elderly man rear ends a young man driving an expensive sports car. Enraged, the guy hops out of his car and confronts the old man. “Look what you did to my car” he yells. “you’re gonna give me $10,000 right now or I’m gonna beat you to a pulp!” “Oh my” says the old man, "I don't have that kind of money. Let me call my son, he trains dolphins and he’ll know what to do." "Dolphins...", the other driver huffs, while rolling his eyes. The old man pulls out his phone, dials his son and just as the son answers, the irate man snatches the phone away from the old man. "So, YOU’RE a dolphin trainer, huh? Well, your old man here just rear ended my car and I need ten grand right now or I’m gonna beat you AND your old man to a pulp. So you better train those dolphins to bring you some cash!" "I’ll be there in 10 minutes." says the voice calmly on the other end. Exactly ten minutes later a pickup truck pulls up. A huge guy hops out and proceeds to walk calmly towards the bully. Before the enraged young man can speak, the man smoothly rams his head against the other man's forehead. The bully crumples like paper and the other man catches him, leaving him in a heap on the side of the road. When he’s finished, he walks over to the old man and says: “For the last time dad... I train seals... Navy Seals…. NOT dolphins.”

sometimes short fuse guys get taken apart b/c they are out of control. and yes navy seals. sometimes army rangers. i have known some bad big dudes... who were taken out by lil tiny seals (dolphin trainers)

“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’” Michael W Smith

no more voting.

no i get a point for every 30 seconds i hold him down. 30 consecutive. it makes the td that much more important.

I would like to see some data on this. did the 30 sec increase action and scoring. i dont know if it has or not. but i know that action during that 30 sec clock has not improved. seldom do you see anyone score. and more often than not, its a counter. then they added the points if you do score. so it makes it even less action, b/c the guy on the clock doesn't want to get countered. but I am open to data that shows it had its intended outcome.

i like the clock thing... but now you are going to give him a point? all he has to do is stall... i can see letting him up after the clock goes off. but giving him a point. no. why not have a clock on the bottom guy? if he doesn't escape within 30 seconds the top guy gets a point... not just at the end of the match....like RT

I disagree that voting is an improvement. you still have people scratching their heads about calls. and just controlling the middle is an example of NOT stalling? come on.

yes, but it doesn't really address stalling. on the clock.. action stops. one guy runs... the other guy does as little as possible so as to not get countered. it is nothing like the basketball shot clock in basketball you dont have to score... you just have to hit the rim

what there saying is.. only 7% of the time.. guys didn't get backs... so it isn't worth dealing with

yes, in really tight matches you aren't going to turn guys

who knows? who cares? im just quoting the article. only 7% of the time did the guy with RT NOT get backs

i say, the reason they didn't add the need to turn was that it only happened in 7% of the riding time matches...

A riding time point went on the board in 325 of the 640 matches at the Division I NCAA Championships in March. Only 23 of those bouts were determined by or sent into overtime by a riding time point. Of those 23, none of the wrestlers who registered riding time points also scored near-fall points.

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/11099028-why-the-ncaa-wrestling-rules-committee-nixed-the-turning-point-proposal

is it that small a field every year?

correct me if im wrong.. PSU has two starters from PA?

love to hear this story

i have heard and forgotten many legendary ray brinzer stories the gumby not warming up the difference between iowa and osu

true , i remembered that, but didn't realize it was 89...lewis was at iowa earlier... but would he have been in the same room with smith? not sure when gable coached world teams... if smith was on them... possibly.

i apologize for my posts.

i agree with the scoring aspect... yes he is superior... but do you think the guy that has been countered successfully 3 times.. is really going to go for it 4,5,6,7 times? i hope it doesn't slow down the action... but...

gable was old by the time smith was in college but it maybe could have happened