Good is now "Sick" or "dope"stu said:Neither could I in the late 1960s, which is why I'm still alive to post.bearister said:stu said:
So those of us from the 40s and 50s are still calling people gym rats. What do the kids say nowadays?
No such concept. They grew up drinking soda and playing video games. "Gamer" has replaced "gym rat." They can't even find anyone that can pass an Army physical.
rink rat. I like it.Civil Bear said:Originally from Canada, I grew up with the term rink rat for those that would spend as much time on the ice as they could. Don't know which came first, so I looked it up and rink rat has been around since the 40's.SFCityBear said:It could have been Gym Rat, maybe. Only back when I was playing, the term had not been invented, I think. I would have been proud of being called that. First time I heard it was someone describing Chris Mullin of the Warriors as a Gym Rat. Maybe he was describing himself. A guy who loved perspiring, wearing sweats, working out in a gym, by himself, or with his buddies, more than anything in the world. Remember "Run TMC"? The Bears could use some of that, except most players don't think like that anymore.stu said:Is it Gym?SFCityBear said:Thanks. And my name isn't Jim, but it will do for now.HKBear97! said:
Thanks for your insight, Jim. All good points there.
I'll have you know my metaverse character is shredded & in perfect shape so take that!bearister said:stu said:
So those of us from the 40s and 50s are still calling people gym rats. What do the kids say nowadays?
No such concept. They grew up drinking soda and playing video games. "Gamer" has replaced "gym rat." They can't even find anyone that can pass an Army physical.
'gym bros'stu said:
So those of us from the 40s and 50s are still calling people gym rats. What do the kids say nowadays?
Me too. All I did was tell the Army I had asthma since childhood, and I was shown the door. The kid in front of me in line, a tall, lanky redhead with a lot of freckles, was really gung ho about going to Vietnam. He was the skinniest kid I ever saw, about 6'-3", and weighing about 100 lbs. The nurse barely got the needle in for the blood draw, and he passed out, falling to the floor. When they had revived him and told him he had failed the physical, he said, "I'm not worried. The Navy will take me."stu said:Neither could I in the late 1960s, which is why I'm still alive to post.bearister said:stu said:
So those of us from the 40s and 50s are still calling people gym rats. What do the kids say nowadays?
No such concept. They grew up drinking soda and playing video games. "Gamer" has replaced "gym rat." They can't even find anyone that can pass an Army physical.
Same with me, though I had to document it and identify a picture of the doctor who wrote the records.SFCityBear said:
Me too. All I did was tell the Army I had asthma since childhood, and I was shown the door.
A guy on my floor in the dorm was 6'1" and 128 lbs, that was enough to get him out. A 6'7" friend of mine thought getting out on account of height would be dishonorable. With his degree he ended up working essentially a 9 to 5 job in the Army, first at Fort Detrick in MD then at Fort Ord in CA.SFCityBear said:
The kid in front of me in line, a tall, lanky redhead with a lot of freckles, was really gung ho about going to Vietnam. He was the skinniest kid I ever saw, about 6'-3", and weighing about 100 lbs.
I had a letter from my doctor as well. I should have mentioned that. I was allergic to my dog. When my dog passed away, and I never had asthma after that. I hope you are free of asthma now.stu said:Same with me, though I had to document it and identify a picture of the doctor who wrote the records.SFCityBear said:
Me too. All I did was tell the Army I had asthma since childhood, and I was shown the door.
Thank you. When I moved from Contra Costa, then as much agricultural as suburban, to Berkeley my symptoms improved considerably.SFCityBear said:
I had a letter from my doctor as well. I should have mentioned that. I was allergic to my dog. When my dog passed away, and I never had asthma after that. I hope you are free of asthma now.
eastcoastcal said:I'll have you know my metaverse character is shredded & in perfect shape so take that!bearister said:stu said:
So those of us from the 40s and 50s are still calling people gym rats. What do the kids say nowadays?
No such concept. They grew up drinking soda and playing video games. "Gamer" has replaced "gym rat." They can't even find anyone that can pass an Army physical.
SFCityBear said:I had a letter from my doctor as well. I should have mentioned that. I was allergic to my dog. When my dog passed away, and I never had asthma after that. I hope you are free of asthma now.stu said:Same with me, though I had to document it and identify a picture of the doctor who wrote the records.SFCityBear said:
Me too. All I did was tell the Army I had asthma since childhood, and I was shown the door.
Here is one of my all-time favorites, from "Stripes", the scene in the Army recruiting office with Bill Murray and his buddy attempting to join the military, hoping to find some new stimulus for their lives:bearister said:SFCityBear said:I had a letter from my doctor as well. I should have mentioned that. I was allergic to my dog. When my dog passed away, and I never had asthma after that. I hope you are free of asthma now.stu said:Same with me, though I had to document it and identify a picture of the doctor who wrote the records.SFCityBear said:
Me too. All I did was tell the Army I had asthma since childhood, and I was shown the door.
" And I, I walked over to the, to the bench there, and there is, Group W's
Where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after
Committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly
Looking people on the bench there. Mother rapers. Father stabbers. Father
Rapers! Father rapers sitting right there on the bench next to me!"
Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant
