I’ve said it before, we need a Gladiator Forum meet up at some point.
When I lived in AZ for a while, SOME people still live by this when off-roading. If you drive/ride with this mentality, you leave minimal trace you were ever there. Probably why I got away with riding my 450 in as many places as I did, even IF they said you shouldn't be there. Keep it quiet, polite, and leave no trace.
Has to do with the ingredients/fermenting and your undiagnosed food sensitivities and/or allergies. I have a buddy who gets raging headaches from Mac & Jack African Amber - only beer he's found that he has a bad reaction to. In case of beer, it's usually a certain type of hops, and more than likely the fertilizer/pesticides used on the hops.
Trust me, it's not undiagnosed. Not saying I don't have allergies or food sensitivities. They're definitely not undiagnosed.
Ah. I naturally assumed.
Wife is likely similar. It's like, what *can* you eat? Oh, potatoes, fruits, berries. And meat. And a couple veggies. Everything else will trigger a reaction. The bad foods (known allergies and bad reactive) - agave, cashews, shellfish, corn, eggs, raw tomatoes. The not-bad, but not great foods - dairy, nightshades, oats.
The topic at hand... or was at hand.
Dan, that's the dushbaggery is why I don't belong in any Jeep clubs or off-roading clubs anymore. Or go out with anyone really, that B.S. lead to me getting my 300 Polaris 4 wheeler years ago. Small enough I could physically recover it myself. If I broke it down I can trailer it home. On more then a few times I gave my personal opinion and I spent good money for my winch to use it. A funny point that most of the ones in the Jeep club I was in then had a certain brand of winch and always talking s### about how great it is to find out the Ramsey on mine was the only functional one other that one CJ with a 8274 but broke cable. In part why I'm against snatch straps or ropes in most cases. Much of the same stupid s### in 4 wheeler and side by sides groups too. With the hammer it to junk put the repairs on C.C. ect ect. The way many people are the less I want to be around most. With the YouTube Twitter ect the worst it seems to get. Trust fund way of doing anything now. Keeping up with the Jones and out spending them in almost everything now.
Wow. Diving is definitely not a place you want to get stuck with someone you don’t trust. Much scarier than wheeling. What it comes down to for me, is wanting to be “allowed” to figure out my line, and if it doesn’t work, use my gear to figure out how to make it work without damage. I’m not a fan of being told what to do, as if I’m an employee. I used to think it was just me. Clearly from the responses it’s not. I feel like trail guides on organized things like jamborees can forget that people might just be there for the socializing. They aren’t there because they’re crappy inexperienced drivers that need to be told “the line” on every obstacle. Maybe it’s my personality. I don’t like having “a boss”. That’s why I started my business 17 years ago. I want to figure it out myself without being judged or yelled at. If it works. Great. If not, that’s fine, but it’s on me. And I want to be able to take the time I want. I don’t want to be rushed by the group’s timetable. Makes it less fun in my opinion.
Most intellectual people are that way. They are critical thinkers, independent thinkers, and problem solvers. I have master's degree in education and licensed as a gifted and talented educator. I've spent most of my career working at a college campus with high school students who are working on their degrees. They are just like you, lol.
I’m quite sure I don’t belong in that illustrious group. I can think through angles and sometimes see where tires should be, but I’m certainly not a school person. Never worked for me very well. Or I never worked well in that situation. But it definitely sounds like I’d have preferred that you be spotting me.
My best years, although the least income, were my farm years. I was my boss. I figured everything out - had to, but preferred it that way. You had to plan, repair, move to plan B or C should A fail, be ready for anything.
Don't be fooled. A lot of intellectual people are not very academic. For example, I underperformed so much in 2nd grade that I was referred for Special Education testing. Long story short, I scored in the 97th percentile for intelligence. Obviously, there was a discrepancy. My intelligence was at or near the gifted range, but I was underperforming. The school and my parents decided to hold me back, which meant I got to repeat 2nd grade.
