She says "size doesn't matter"

[BandB]

Originally Posted by MurrayM

I don't jump on your pronouncements. Why so sensitive?

Wifey B: Not so much sensitive as just think the attitudes that if one does things one way vs another then their way is so superior is total BS.

[BandB]

Originally Posted by MurrayM

I'll try again.

One person does a free solo climb of El Capitan, and another flies to the top in a helicopter. Which person walks away with the richer experience?

Wifey B: None of us can judge how rich the experience of another is. Pick one set of two people vs another set and it may be much different. Someone could accomplish something that most of us would consider incredible and not really appreciate what was there. Sometimes the one who does something doesn't even feel the uniqueness or how incredible their activities were.

Think of some of the most amazing things you've done in your life. Did you appreciate them as much as that moment or perhaps when reflecting back on them later in life?

I met a fireman years ago who risked his life saving a mother and young child. In his perspective, he did nothing special, just did his job. Others saw it as such a special courageous act, even if it was his profession. The experience didn't hit him until the young girl he saved, 20 years later asked him to walk her down the aisle at her wedding.

I know people who live simple but extremely rich lives and they appreciate experiences in ways others of us don't.

To your example, sometimes one can see things better from a distance than they can up close.

I'm sure you've have a very rich life of adventure because you've done things your way and things that meant a lot to you. Others wouldn't have perhaps felt the same but get that same rich life doing things their way.

[Steve91T]

You guys crack me up. This thread is stating to remind me of last year when I simply asked how much tip I should give the kid who ties me up.

[BandB]

Originally Posted by Steve91T

You guys crack me up. This thread is stating to remind me of last year when I simply asked how much tip I should give the kid who ties me up.

Wifey B: And how much tip have you been giving the kid?

[Steve91T]

Originally Posted by BandB

Wifey B: And how much tip have you been giving the kid?

Oh I don’t know...I’m still confused 😉

[BandB]

Originally Posted by Steve91T

Oh I don’t know...I’m still confused 😉

Wifey B: Duh! Now you're confused about what boat.

[leeman]

Originally Posted by BandB

Wifey B: There is nothing more real or authentic about either of those. They're different. All inclusive resorts are very real, just not the real you prefer. Castles with amenities are authentic. Just don't fit what you prefer. Now most people prefer a combination of fancy with amenities and simple. People don't have to fit in one camp or the other.

You really need to get out more. There's nothing real about an all inclusive resort.
From the fake smile when you check in to the artificial waterfall in the courtyard, to the grass that will shrivel up and die when you turn the irrigation off.
You're certainly right about it not being preferable to a lot of people.
Real to some of us means when you take a deep breath you smell the scent of fir not perfume on a hot day, you get a rush from seeing a sow grizzly with cubs from your tent not the kids in the next RV, or you feel the sweat cooling all over your body after climbing to the top of a mountain not after sitting at the concrete pool ordering ice tea at your all inclusive resort on a hot day.

Really? You think an all inclusive resort is real?

[dhays]

Originally Posted by MurrayM

I'll try again.

One person does a free solo climb of El Capitan, and another flies to the top in a helicopter. Which person walks away with the richer experience?

I get your point, but I would suggest that rather than "richer" maybe the two experiences are simply different.

[ssobol]

Originally Posted by MurrayM

I'll try again.

One person does a free solo climb of El Capitan, and another flies to the top in a helicopter. Which person walks away with the richer experience?

I guess it depends on how much you like helicopter rides.

[MurrayM]

Oh well, it was worth a try.

I'll never know how profound it is to carry a baby to term and give birth to it, so why should I expect some people to understand what happens to your level of awareness when traveling through wilderness under your own power for months at a time, if they've never done it.

Back on point...it can be done and enjoyed, on a small boat, by some people.

[BandB]

Originally Posted by leeman

You really need to get out more. There's nothing real about an all inclusive resort.
From the fake smile when you check in to the artificial waterfall in the courtyard, to the grass that will shrivel up and die when you turn the irrigation off.
You're certainly right about it not being preferable to a lot of people.
Real to some of us means when you take a deep breath you smell the scent of fir not perfume on a hot day, you get a rush from seeing a sow grizzly with cubs from your tent not the kids in the next RV, or you feel the sweat cooling all over your body after climbing to the top of a mountain not after sitting at the concrete pool ordering ice tea at your all inclusive resort on a hot day.

Really? You think an all inclusive resort is real?

Wifey B: I love lot's of different things. From Glacier's in Alaska to Spa's on Hilton Head.

Have you been to a top all inclusive resort? I haven't, but I've been to spas and beaches at resorts. I think those that treat their guests well would be nice. I love the experience of soaking in a special spa or luxurious massages using many different techniques. I enjoy Abaco or the Exumas but also the resort at Atlantis. I loved getting in the RIB and exploring more closely some of the remote areas of Alaska, but I also loved Hollywood and the Studios.

I've never been in an RV but I've gotten incredible rushes from watching kids just as much as bears. Oh, and I don't wear perfume, due to hubby's allergies.

I'm lucky that I've had the chance over the past few years to experience different things. I think some of them you would have likely loved and others you wouldn't have liked at all and that's fine.

As to the all inclusive resort, just go get a really incredible spa treatment and massage somewhere and then tell me they aren't real. How is your body feeling incredible after not real?

Oh, and waterfalls in remote areas, sliding down them, zip lines over them, incredible. No more real than the massage though, just different.

[RickyD]

My wife said she wants a big one.

[caltexflanc]

I guess you'll never really know what I'm getting at until you go on a long, self propelled expedition/journey of your own...

I've done several, and other than a rafting/kayaking trip down the Rogue River with a bunch of buddies, my take away has always been some variation of "what a dumb idea that was!".

There are no bigger snobs than the "reverse snobs"... "more ascetic than thou" types.

[MurrayM]

Originally Posted by BandB

Oh, and waterfalls in remote areas, sliding down them, zip lines over them, incredible. No more real than the massage though, just different.

We are of different worlds...zip lines and remote areas do not belong in the same sentance!!!

[MurrayM]

Originally Posted by caltexflanc

I've done several, and other than a rafting/kayaking trip down the Rogue River with a bunch of buddies, my take away has always been some variation of "what a dumb idea that was!".

There are no bigger snobs than the "reverse snobs"... "more ascetic than thou" types.

How long was your trip? Usually took me three weeks to shake the outside world off.

Maybe you're just tone deaf to it, if it seemed like a dumb idea?

[MurrayM]

Okay...how about this one...the feelings you have for a boat you build with your own hands will be more profound than one you buy.

[leeman]

Originally Posted by BandB

Wifey B: I love lot's of different things. From Glacier's in Alaska to Spa's on Hilton Head.

Have you been to a top all inclusive resort? I haven't, but I've been to spas and beaches at resorts. I think those that treat their guests well would be nice. I love the experience of soaking in a special spa or luxurious massages using many different techniques. I enjoy Abaco or the Exumas but also the resort at Atlantis. I loved getting in the RIB and exploring more closely some of the remote areas of Alaska, but I also loved Hollywood and the Studios.

I've never been in an RV but I've gotten incredible rushes from watching kids just as much as bears. Oh, and I don't wear perfume, due to hubby's allergies.

I'm lucky that I've had the chance over the past few years to experience different things. I think some of them you would have likely loved and others you wouldn't have liked at all and that's fine.

As to the all inclusive resort, just go get a really incredible spa treatment and massage somewhere and then tell me they aren't real. How is your body feeling incredible after not real?

Oh, and waterfalls in remote areas, sliding down them, zip lines over them, incredible. No more real than the massage though, just different.

I've stayed at all inclusive resorts, I've worked at all inclusive resorts and later in my working life my companies biggest customer was a chain of all inclusive resorts.
Where I worked in the seventies, Frodo and Gandalf worked in the dining room.

[BandB]

Originally Posted by MurrayM

Okay...how about this one...the feelings you have for a boat you build with your own hands will be more profound than one you buy.

Wifey B: Well, I love boating but I don't have the personal connection some do to a car or boat or even house. They're things and I love people. So, I don't know how profound one's love for a boat might be. I think it varies greatly by the person, but do believe if you built it yourself there would be a special and profound attachment (or a love/hate perhaps ).

We have fisherpersons among our close friends and I know they sure love the fish they catch themselves more than any others. It's funny that they get the thrill of catching their own food even though they freely recognize it's the most expensive meal they ever have. We love eating what they catch because they're so happy about it.

[Lou_tribal]

Originally Posted by BandB

As to the all inclusive resort, just go get a really incredible spa treatment and massage somewhere and then tell me they aren't real. How is your body feeling incredible after not real?

That is not really what I was talking about when used the word "real"...
Maybe, by giving time to the underneath hidden meaning to infuse you may realize that I was maybe more referring to the realistic aspect of the local cultural experience.
And by the way, no intend at all to show any sign of superiority of my own opinion or experience, just an imaged way to answer the initial question by meaning that, for some, going simple and raw is a preferable way of experiencing things, so size does not matter, but experience and expectation are.

L

[Woodland Hills]

Originally Posted by MurrayM

I guess you'll never really know what I'm getting at until you go on a long, self propelled expedition/journey of your own...

We are all on a long self-propelled journey..... or hadn't you noticed?