Redundacy is good.

**Alpine_Sapper** · 04-04-2009, 09:36 PM

First, this is more urban than wilderness survival.

It's been some time since I've stepped into a ring or cage, and I let one of my friends talk me into it. I'm scheduled for a bout tonight. As I'm getting ready I decide to shave off the 12" mowhawk I've been growing and go back to just shaved. So I whip out the clippers, I get the top and sides done, and bam...poof...smoke?....no more workie.

Crap. The wife's out of town, and most of my friends are already there or out somewhere else. No one to call. All the shops are closed. Crap. crap. crap. Whip out the scissors and a razor. I was cussing those clippers for 45 minutes straight. I KNEW I should have had a backup. they were well maintained, just a little old. I shoulda spent the $16 for a redundant pair. I didn't.

Now? This dude better hope he's a striker, cause if he's a grappler and goes anywhere near my scalp (which is so lacerated it looks like a kendo practice post) I'm gonna rip his arms off and beat him with'em.

Just thought you guys might get a chuckle out of this. Peace.

**tennecedar** · 04-04-2009, 09:45 PM

It's been some time since I've stepped into a ring or cage, and I let one of my friends talk me into it.

The only cage fight I ever been in I lost horribly. Them little fuzzy legged roosters look cute but don't make em mad....

Good luck tonight. ;-)

**MatthewnOK** · 04-04-2009, 09:47 PM

Good luck! You can send me the money to make sure it's genuine. By the way... isn't ripping someones arm off against the regulations?

**Ole WV Coot** · 04-04-2009, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by tennecedar

It's been some time since I've stepped into a ring or cage, and I let one of my friends talk me into it.

The only cage fight I ever been in I lost horribly. Them little fuzzy legged roosters look cute but don't make em mad....

Good luck tonight. ;-)

You don't keep the steels on all the time. You gotta remember that! I had one put a half dozen holes in a box I was holding and he had his spurs cut back for steels.

Learned something else Fighting has rules????

**Stairman** · 04-04-2009, 10:38 PM

When I read redundancy I wasent expecting it to be about hair clippers.

**Scoobywan** · 04-04-2009, 10:52 PM

Yeah... I was thinking someone would make a smart a** post about redundancy.
Yeah... I was thinking someone would make a smart a** post about redundancy.

Had to do it

**Rick** · 04-04-2009, 10:55 PM

Good luck, AP. Just lower your head and show him your scalp. If it's as bad as you say he'll just back away. Anyone that would do that to themselves....just imagine what he'd do to someone else.

**Beans** · 04-05-2009, 12:01 AM

Just remember the story about farmer who though he had a run of bad luck and was buying gay roosters. All you have to do is minic the old rooster and run just fast enough the other rooster can't catch you

**Alpine_Sapper** · 04-05-2009, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by Stairman

When I read redundancy I wasent expecting it to be about hair clippers.

lol. my point was backups are necessary for everything.

Even things you don't realize have critical functionality can at times bite you in the ***.

**wareagle69** · 04-05-2009, 07:35 AM

at 40 , i still often wonder if i have what it takes to win err even compete w/o embarising myself. know my favorite part of the fight pine sap, its after the dude has talked all the smack in the world he's in there a fire in his eyes full of confidence, and then you strip him down can't hurt ya with his power shot, you stuff his take down, or get up easily from the take down, then ya hit him and watch the eyes change, i always love that point win or lose watching the eyes change to questioning and self doubt, now he realizes hes in with a warrior and all the talk don't mean sh>>.
keep your hands up and chin down, have fun, cuz thats what its all about.

**crashdive123** · 04-05-2009, 09:24 PM

So.....how'd you do?

**FVR** · 04-05-2009, 10:03 PM

Been there, done that with the clippers. Darn things went out when I was half way through cutting off the pony tail. Half my head was buzzed, the other long.

Tried everything, Sunday night, I was screwed.

Then I found them.

Downstairs, in a drawer that I had not opened in years.

The..............................

DOG CLIPPERS!

Yeh........finished a rough buzz then broke out the razor for a long session.

As far as fighting in a cage........ya'll can have that..............been in a ring a time or two and survived..............I prefer the great outdoors or a bar with low light. LOL.

At 46, I'm too old for that crap. I see these fighters on tv.....I can take a punch and am just too da mn stupid to tap out.

I'd be killed.

**Alpine_Sapper** · 04-05-2009, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by crashdive123

So.....how'd you do?

Fought 2. Won first one in 12:39 and lost the other in 8:42. both were by submission.

MatthewnOK: Not that kind of fight. I've posted before that i don't do it for the money. I do it because I love it. But this is like a fight club, where a core group pitches in and aquires a space and then anyone wanting to fight pays the money at the door to reimburse. You don't know who you are going to fight. You can fight as many times as you want. Only fighters are allowed in the door. I had quit going because, like a couple of the other guys said, it starts to be more of a challenge as you get older, and honestly, you can only take so many full contact shots before you end up like Ali drooling into your cheerios or something. But I'm going through a rough spot in my personal life so my homebody thought a little full contact therapy was in order. He was right. And I didn't end up getting dragged out of the bar by the cops this time.

Now that money is genuine.

**trax** · 04-06-2009, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Ole WV Coot

You don't keep the steels on all the time. You gotta remember that! I had one put a half dozen holes in a box I was holding and he had his spurs cut back for steels.

Learned something else Fighting has rules????

I thought the only rule was no one talks about fight club, or something like that. Hey nicely done AP, sounds like you enjoyed it and that's what matters

**wildography** · 04-06-2009, 11:48 AM

Lord, when I was young and 'dumb', I'd "spar" and practice fight... now that I'm getting older... its too much work and too much pain...

so, now, I'm kind of like 'Coot'... if I can't whip ya, I'd just kill ya! LOL... No, seriously... the last 10-15 years, I learned, and practiced, methods that stop fights... meaning that I would try to use methods that would likely send the assailant to the hospital. I've always hated fighting; never really got into it myself; fighting in a ring, etc, I mean... I can understand the benefits of learning MMA... but I'd much rather have the fight over in less than a minute or so. So, yeah... if I tried MMA, I'd lose every time... too many rules.