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azurelunatic) wrote2003-01-24 11:32 am
azurelunatic) wrote2003-01-24 11:32 am
Strength
I recently startled ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ralmathon by picking him up and spinning him around before putting him down again. He's not used to people picking him up, especially not women. He's taller than I am, and likely weighs 200 pounds or more. He's taller than I am, and solidly built: the sort of guy that kids climb and bounce on without much risk of him collapsing.
As an adult, I've never thought of myself as particularly strong. Sure, I can carrymarxdarx with relative ease: he's thin! He's a toothpick! He's tiny! I can pick up votania in a hug and spin her around a couple times. I can haul most small furniture by myself. (small = no larger than a standard couch) But can't everyone?
votania and the Viking agree, much to my surprise, that I'm about as strong as a man. I learned this when the Viking was teaching me the basics of fistfighting.
I tend not to regard anything I do as exceptional, and am surprised when other people can't do things I regard as normal. The phrase "You mean not everybody can..." was a recurring theme from my childhood.
ralmathon by picking him up and spinning him around before putting him down again. He's not used to people picking him up, especially not women. He's taller than I am, and likely weighs 200 pounds or more. He's taller than I am, and solidly built: the sort of guy that kids climb and bounce on without much risk of him collapsing. As an adult, I've never thought of myself as particularly strong. Sure, I can carry
marxdarx with relative ease: he's thin! He's a toothpick! He's tiny! I can pick up votania in a hug and spin her around a couple times. I can haul most small furniture by myself. (small = no larger than a standard couch) But can't everyone? votania and the Viking agree, much to my surprise, that I'm about as strong as a man. I learned this when the Viking was teaching me the basics of fistfighting. I tend not to regard anything I do as exceptional, and am surprised when other people can't do things I regard as normal. The phrase "You mean not everybody can..." was a recurring theme from my childhood.