New Title For Big Stick.

[noharleyyet]

Looks like Nut nuked Goober's one finger IQ designation in the classy 48 x 22 Carhart pants pic...manifesting his Texas envy in makeshift rodeo clown get up.

Add Jolly Roger the 'cowboy friendly' clown to the list.

...pig latin another denial Goob.

 

[shoots-straight]

Little Twiggy the mindless moron

 

[Ovis]

Looks like Nut nuked Goober's one finger IQ designation in the classy 48 x 22 Carhart pants pic...manifesting his Texas envy in makeshift rodeo clown get up.

Add Jolly Roger the 'cowboy friendly' clown to the list.

...pig latin another denial Goob.

Harley, you're pretty good at this...I'm Laffin'

 

[Nut]

Looks like Nut nuked Goober's one finger IQ designation in the classy 48 x 22 Carhart pants pic...manifesting his Texas envy in makeshift rodeo clown get up.

Add Jolly Roger the 'cowboy friendly' clown to the list.

...pig latin another denial Goob.

LOL nhy.....but there is a way if you want it shared

 

[JB]

Dude, you need a pair of pants? I got some that I dont use anymore........you could have the legs hem'd and the crotch taken in so they would fit you.

JB,

He's 7 now and hip on the Garand,

Laffin'.......................

I can almost imagine the oblique angles safety speech given by you to your 3 yr old son.......for some reason I invision it being recited with a strong speech impediment.

glad he made it to 7, by now at that age he's likely smarter than you and can help look after his father.

 

[Big Stick]

JB,

Your imagination is all you have and don't think that reality ain't beyond hilarious.

I'll spare you the working man's inclination to snag britches,via the avoidance of death or worse...but a Nacho Maker at 7-11 couldn't begin to comprehend those realities.

I'd concur that it's beyond obvious,that my 7yr old has seen/done more than you...........................

 

[JoseCuervo]

Sgt. Strap-on
Rump Ranger

Gotta like the hypocritical Calif Hunter..... Any time some one puts "******" in a topic in Fireside, Cali goes all Admin-Nazi and edits it, invoking the almighty power of Internet Forum Administrator.....

Then, when it ain't his precious butt-buddy ****** being attacked, Cali is right there calling names in Fireside.....

 

[noharleyyet]

Gotta like the hypocritical Calif Hunter..... Any time some one puts "The Cheese" in a topic in Fireside, Cali goes all Admin-Nazi and edits it, invoking the almighty power of Internet Forum Administrator.....

Then, when it ain't his precious butt-buddy The Cheese being attacked, Cali is right there calling names in Fireside.....

translation: Please disable Elkchaser's ignore function.

Third party stalking....LMAO .."calling names in Fireside.." (from Gunner no less)...LMAO harder.

 

[BigHornRam]

Big Stink
or
Pee Wee
or
Tiny Toothpick

 

[Big Stick]

You'd call me sir and mean it.....................

 

[ELKCHSR]

I suppose it's the fact I had a tendency at one time to put such a bad taste in some ones mouth that years later their still hurting from it...

As my late Grandfather told me years ago after the dust settles...

Get over it and move on with life...

Heres an article for those who've had their self esteem held at a over exagerated level for to long...

It's a little unhealthy to say the least...

High self-esteem is not always what it’s cracked up to be, says UGA psychologist
Athens, Ga. – Oscar Levant, a mid-century pianist, film star and wit, once watched noted keyboardist and composer George Gershwin spend an evening playing his own music at a party and clearly having a great time.

“Tell me, George,” Levant said, somewhat jealously, “if you have it to do all over again would you still fall in love with yourself"”

Increasingly, psychologists are looking at such behavior and saying out loud what may go against the grain of how many people act: high self-esteem is not the same thing as healthy self-esteem. And new research by a psychology professor from the University of Georgia is adding another twist: those with “secure” high self-esteem are less likely to be verbally defensive than those who have “fragile” high self-esteem.

“There are many kinds of high self-esteem, and in this study we found that for those in which it is fragile and shallow it’s no better than having low self-esteem,” said Michael Kernis. “People with fragile high self-esteem compensate for their self-doubts by engaging in exaggerated tendencies to defend, protect and enhance their feelings of self-worth.”

The research was published today in the Journal of Personality. Kernis’s co-authors are Chad Lakey and Whitney Heppner, both doctoral students in the UGA social psychology program.

Amid the complexity of perspectives on the human psyche, a slow but relentless change is occurring in how psychologists view self-esteem, said Kernis. It was once thought that more self-esteem necessarily is better self-esteem. In recent years, however, high self-esteem per se has come under attack on several fronts, especially in areas such as aggressive behavior. Also, individuals with high self-esteem sometimes become very unlikable when others or events threaten their egos.

While high self-esteem is still generally valued as a good quality that is important to a happy and productive life, more researchers are breaking it down into finer gradations and starting to understand when high self-esteem turns from good to bad. In fact, it is now thought that there are multiple forms of high self-esteem, only some of which consistently relate to positive psychological functioning.

One of the ways in which high self-esteem can turn bad is when it is accompanied by verbal defensiveness—lashing out at others when a person’s opinions, beliefs, statements or values are threatened. So Kernis and his colleagues designed a study, reported in the current article, to see if respondents whose self-esteem is “fragile” were more verbally defensive than those whose self-esteem was “secure.”

Using 100 undergraduates, they set up a study in three phases. In the first part, students completed a basic demographic questionnaire and other measures to evaluate their levels and other aspects of self-esteem. In phase 2, the team assessed the students’ stability of self-esteem because the more unstable or variable one’s self-esteem, the more fragile it is. And finally, in the last phase, the researchers conducted a structured “life experiences interview” to measure what they call “defensive verbalization.”

“Our findings offer strong support for a multi-component model of self-esteem that highlights the distinction between its fragile and secure forms,” said Kernis. “Individuals with low self-esteem or fragile high self-esteem were more verbally defensive than individuals with secure high self-esteem. One reason for this is that potential threats are in fact more threatening to people with low or fragile high self-esteem than those with secure high self-esteem, and so they work harder to counteract them.”

On the other hand, individuals with secure high self-esteem appear to accept themselves “warts and all,” and, feeling less threatened, they are less likely to be defensive by blaming others or providing excuses when they speak about past transgressions or threatening experiences.

One reason the study’s findings are important, Kernis said, is that it shows that greater verbal defensiveness relates to lower psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

“These findings support the view that heightened defensiveness reflects insecurity, fragility and less-than-optimal functioning rather than a healthy psychological outlook,” said Kernis. “We aren’t suggesting there’s something wrong with people when they want to feel good about themselves. What we are saying is that when feeling good about themselves becomes a prime directive, for these people excessive defensiveness and self-promotion are likely to follow, the self-esteem is likely to be fragile rather than secure and any psychological benefits will be very limited.”

And what of Oscar Levant and George Gershwin" While Levant may now be largely remembered for his acid opinions, Gershwin left us Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, and Porgy and Bess, three of the most memorable compositions of the 20th century.

So the score for that fabled encounter on the secure self-esteem scale could be Gershwin 1, Levant, 0. Maybe it’s a reminder of how complicated self-esteem really is.


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[JB]

I suppose it's the fact I had a tendency at one time to put such a bad taste in some ones mouth that years later their still hurting from it...

Careful Russ, you'll have ol B-stink all chub'd up talking like that.

 

[noharleyyet]

You'd call me sir and mean it.....................

...gotta admit, that's funny. No doubt an addendum to your 'no fun to tussle with' assertion.

sally forth Goob...

 

[Calif. Hunter]

You're right, Jose. I deleted my post. Feel better?

Since Moosie owns this forum, and he put this topic here, it's not my place to move it or question it.

 

[The Hedgehog]

Gay Man in the house.

 

[Moosie]

Cali, It wouldn't be the first post I made that someone moderated We all need to stay in check

That being said, I do get a kick out of someone that takes more heat then Jose and Buzz. It's almost like the ol days when someone else used to post here... except without all the yelling and cussing

 

[JoseCuervo]

You're right, Jose.

That ain't the first time you have typed those words, and, I am certain, it won't be the last time. You might consider adding it to your Signature...


And my intention was not to have you delete your post, merely to point out the disparity.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

At least I'm secure enough to say it and admit fault, Jose.....


Gotta admit, since Big Stick himself was right in the middle of this, giving back as good as he got, that I saw it as different from your usual, and constant, heckling of certain individuals...... but, disparity noted. It doesn't give you a pass, however....

 

[JoseCuervo]

At least I'm secure enough to say it and admit fault, Jose.....


Gotta admit, since Big Stick himself was right in the middle of this, giving back as good as he got, that I saw it as different from your usual, and constant, heckling of certain individuals...... but, disparity noted. It doesn't give you a pass, however....

Hey, I have always been secure enough to say when you are at fault....

Does that mean you will soon start enforcing your arbitrary decisions toward those "certain individuals" who you do give a pass to? Or will you maintain your Kerry-esque "flip-flopping" approach to being a bad-ass Internet Forum Administrator?

 

[Calif. Hunter]

You should have no problem with anyone acting like Kerry, since you idolozed him and supported him so heavily on this forum! Now you say he flops like a fish.....

I have no idea who you say I give a pass to, as you are (or were, before Big Stick graced us with his presence) the only one who seems to be unable to refrain from name-calling on an on-going basis in the general, open sections of the forum - particularly as it pertains to two individuals in particular. I have yet to see either of them call you names in Fireside or the other unrestricted areas of the forum.

As far as you are concerned, you can rest easy, knowing that my arbitrariness concerning you knows no bounds.