The most Jollyesque video of all time
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Speaking of skills...I have been fortunate enough to have three friends in my life who could do just about anything. By trade, one was an electrician, one was a carpenter and one was a welder.
Each has built at least two houses from the foundation to the shingles. Concrete finishing, brickwork, framing, flooring, wiring, sheetrock and shingles. The electrician worked on outboard motors as a business and a hobby. The carpenter later became a contractor, but he's one of the best diesel mechanics I know. The welder was raised in a mechanic's shop and his brother built transmissions for NASCAR teams...He can rebuild a transmission or motor in his sleep.
Two of the guys worked as commercial fishermen at one time. One is a pretty good songwriter. One was on a reality tv show. One is the best shot I've ever seen, this side of Miculek. One made side money climbing tv and cell phone towers. Another designed and built some fiberglass boats. One of the guys was raised as a cattleman and took care of a thousand head on open range.
One of those guys showed me how to set a telephone pole with a post-hole digger, a shovel and a Ford tractor with a slip-hitch on a chain. Another showed me how to catch snapping turtles with a cypress pole with a hook on it. And one day, when we needed a geared winch, one of my buddies scrapped up some parts in his shop and built one on the workbench.
Around these guys, I feel like Ned in the first reader.
I guess here's the point of this ramble...None of these guys came out if the womb knowing how to do anything. Yes, we all have our unique talents, but nobody is too old to learn and a congratulatory nod to anybody who learns something new. We learn, even if we fail
The old black folk have a saying, Nothing beats a fail, but a try.
Wise words.
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Oh we're sharing stories? Let's share stories.
Adam was my best friend in middle school and high school. It came to be that I knew the sound of his particular pickup hitting our driveway. The routine was, he'd drive up, I'd get in, and we'd either drive around or do stuff. We did that for years.
There's a parade in my home town that every now and then made national news for how big it could get. Many, many blocks of town converted for vendors, carnie crap, foodstands, bandstands, you name it. That takes a lot of electricity and planning. Every year, a master electrician would drive in from Baltimore to do the work.
And by "do the work," I mean he'd get out, check what Adam did, get back in his truck and drive back home the same day.
Adam was 17 years old when this started happening.
He saved my uncle's house. He's a volunteer fireman and was on call when the fire in the basement happened. Could have easily taken up the whole house. Adam found the source of the fire. (Later, when I was about 20 or so, he received both the town and the county Fireman of the Year award. Which is ridiculous. No one ever gets that. The county award, everyone knew, went to someone who was retiring, and it was considered unfair to give both to the same person. But they gave both to him that year. He's that good. I remember his wife bitching at him for getting cigarette ash on his dress uniform. She's a fireman, too.)
Oh, and he saved the internet, too—at least our corner of it. Back when localized connections were more of a thing (so, like, right before the time AOL started sending out CDs), another fire ripped out a Chinese restaurant downtown. I was there for that one. Adam went into the adjacent store and carted out some computer equipment. It was the server that supplied basically the whole county. They were online the next day. The store inside was ruined, though. Had the server stayed in there it'd have gone up, too.
Turned Don's life around, too. He was a bit of a mess in high school—not only did he fail his classes, he lied to his parents about it, then lied about taking summer classes. He told them he had a job when really he was inches away from getting held back. He barely passed high school.
After about a year of fucking around, Adam convinced him to go to the polytech school with him. I believe they were roommates up there. Don finished the two-year program in a year and a half and kicked ass at it. Pretty sure he lays fiber optic cable now.
I spent many, many hours in Adam's garage shop, tinkering on things. I was very lucky to grow up with him.
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@Mik said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
He speaks to a lot of things I think about, like people today not knowing how to DO anything much.
[Nodding.] And also to Aqua. I've thought about this also. Often in the context of rueing my own inability to do things. A more or less lifetime regret is that I can't do more things, and being unlucky enough to mostly only have men friends who can't do things either and therefore can't teach me how to do them, and envying men who can do them. It's not always possible to learn how to do things from books.
God bless YouTube.
I thought about writing a post listing all the things we now pay other people to do, like car mechanics, veterinary services, home/appliance repair, manicures, extermination, talk therapy. But I decided against it on the grounds it would be boring or obvious.
@Catseye3 said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Mik said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
He speaks to a lot of things I think about, like people today not knowing how to DO anything much.
[Nodding.] And also to Aqua. I've thought about this also. Often in the context of rueing my own inability to do things. A more or less lifetime regret is that I can't do more things, and being unlucky enough to mostly only have men friends who can't do things either and therefore can't teach me how to do them, and envying men who can do them. It's not always possible to learn how to do things from books.
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts, and a lot of them are more than happy to share a tip or two. I've recently learned a lot about how to maintain an outdoor pond by one of our neighbors, who's working on installing his. All it took was regular walks around town.
Please love yourself.
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@Catseye3 said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Mik said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
He speaks to a lot of things I think about, like people today not knowing how to DO anything much.
[Nodding.] And also to Aqua. I've thought about this also. Often in the context of rueing my own inability to do things. A more or less lifetime regret is that I can't do more things, and being unlucky enough to mostly only have men friends who can't do things either and therefore can't teach me how to do them, and envying men who can do them. It's not always possible to learn how to do things from books.
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts, and a lot of them are more than happy to share a tip or two. I've recently learned a lot about how to maintain an outdoor pond by one of our neighbors, who's working on installing his. All it took was regular walks around town.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts,1.) And many of them work in one of the big box stores, thank god.
2.) It's different for a single woman.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts,1.) And many of them work in one of the big box stores, thank god.
2.) It's different for a single woman.
@Catseye3 said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts,1.) And many of them work in one of the big box stores, thank god.
2.) It's different for a single woman.
Different yes, but that doesn't always mean bad.
Please love yourself.
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Beware the big box experts. They often do not know as much as they present. Trust but verify. And don't make irreversible changes based on their advice.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@Catseye3 said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts,1.) And many of them work in one of the big box stores, thank god.
2.) It's different for a single woman.
Different yes, but that doesn't always mean bad.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
Different yes, but that doesn't always mean bad.
As Barbara Bush said in another context, "I should say not."
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Beware the big box experts. They often do not know as much as they present. Trust but verify. And don't make irreversible changes based on their advice.
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@Catseye3 said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Mik said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
He speaks to a lot of things I think about, like people today not knowing how to DO anything much.
[Nodding.] And also to Aqua. I've thought about this also. Often in the context of rueing my own inability to do things. A more or less lifetime regret is that I can't do more things, and being unlucky enough to mostly only have men friends who can't do things either and therefore can't teach me how to do them, and envying men who can do them. It's not always possible to learn how to do things from books.
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts, and a lot of them are more than happy to share a tip or two. I've recently learned a lot about how to maintain an outdoor pond by one of our neighbors, who's working on installing his. All it took was regular walks around town.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Catseye3 said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Mik said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
He speaks to a lot of things I think about, like people today not knowing how to DO anything much.
[Nodding.] And also to Aqua. I've thought about this also. Often in the context of rueing my own inability to do things. A more or less lifetime regret is that I can't do more things, and being unlucky enough to mostly only have men friends who can't do things either and therefore can't teach me how to do them, and envying men who can do them. It's not always possible to learn how to do things from books.
You live in a rural area, right?
Rural communities are gold mines for hands-on experts, and a lot of them are more than happy to share a tip or two. I've recently learned a lot about how to maintain an outdoor pond by one of our neighbors, who's working on installing his. All it took was regular walks around town.
Ever thrown sheetrock in a pond?
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Back to theology...He's using a trichotomy view of man. This is about a decent a commentary as I can link up...check out what is written about v.23:
https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/1-thessalonians-5/
And I'm not completely sure I agree with all of it (the great advantage of Southern Baptists is their belief in the Sanctity of the Believer. Go down that rabbit hole if you dare). I think we have to consider who Paul was and who he was writing to. Paul was classically educated and would be very aware of Greek philosophy and beliefs. Most Greeks were trichotomists, as the concept had been espoused by Plato and others. Since Paul was writing to a Greek church, he was trying in the verse to convey the entirety of Salvation. If you juxtapose that Scripture up against his other writings, he'll use spirit and soul pretty interchangeably, and there's even a case where things get broken down into four parts.
Now, a couple of places where I think our dog rocket waving friend misses the boat...
- Scriptures never say that there are multiple components that go to be with the Lord. Never. Ever. When I die, I (not two parts of me, but me without my body) goes to be with the Lord. Scripture can use the terms interchangeably (soul, spirit) to show that the immaterial goes to be with the Lord while the material remains here awaiting to be glorified at the resurrection of the dead.
When considering what Jesus said before his death...On the cross he commends his spirit unto the Father and gives up his spirit (John 19:29) and yet earlier, when he talked about what he was going to do, he says he is giving up his soul (John 10:15; Matt 20:28 ). So if Jesus is using those terms interchangeably, I'm not arguing with him.
- Balance. His theory is that if any of the trichotomy of man is out of balance, man is no longer centered. Man is missing something, he is not well, he is off-kilter and feels and acts the worse for it. Don't think so.
Some of the people I've known that best exhibited the outward traits of sanctification, may have been some of the least healthy in the physical aspect of their being. Yet, even though their "balance" was extremely off, they surely were not in the wretched state our friend describes.
Sanctification? In my view (and John Wesley's) sanctification is God's will for our lives and soul (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Sanctification is the process of becoming more like Christ, by purifying our hearts and minds, through repentance, prayer, and spiritual practices. With the help of the Holy Spirit, as we try to become more like Christ, we become more Christ-like in our own interactions with others. It's commonly referred to as the second working of Grace, after Salvation.
So, that's where I think our friend may be wrong. He'd make a good Greek Orthodox, though.
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Back to theology...He's using a trichotomy view of man. This is about a decent a commentary as I can link up...check out what is written about v.23:
https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/1-thessalonians-5/
And I'm not completely sure I agree with all of it (the great advantage of Southern Baptists is their belief in the Sanctity of the Believer. Go down that rabbit hole if you dare). I think we have to consider who Paul was and who he was writing to. Paul was classically educated and would be very aware of Greek philosophy and beliefs. Most Greeks were trichotomists, as the concept had been espoused by Plato and others. Since Paul was writing to a Greek church, he was trying in the verse to convey the entirety of Salvation. If you juxtapose that Scripture up against his other writings, he'll use spirit and soul pretty interchangeably, and there's even a case where things get broken down into four parts.
Now, a couple of places where I think our dog rocket waving friend misses the boat...
- Scriptures never say that there are multiple components that go to be with the Lord. Never. Ever. When I die, I (not two parts of me, but me without my body) goes to be with the Lord. Scripture can use the terms interchangeably (soul, spirit) to show that the immaterial goes to be with the Lord while the material remains here awaiting to be glorified at the resurrection of the dead.
When considering what Jesus said before his death...On the cross he commends his spirit unto the Father and gives up his spirit (John 19:29) and yet earlier, when he talked about what he was going to do, he says he is giving up his soul (John 10:15; Matt 20:28 ). So if Jesus is using those terms interchangeably, I'm not arguing with him.
- Balance. His theory is that if any of the trichotomy of man is out of balance, man is no longer centered. Man is missing something, he is not well, he is off-kilter and feels and acts the worse for it. Don't think so.
Some of the people I've known that best exhibited the outward traits of sanctification, may have been some of the least healthy in the physical aspect of their being. Yet, even though their "balance" was extremely off, they surely were not in the wretched state our friend describes.
Sanctification? In my view (and John Wesley's) sanctification is God's will for our lives and soul (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Sanctification is the process of becoming more like Christ, by purifying our hearts and minds, through repentance, prayer, and spiritual practices. With the help of the Holy Spirit, as we try to become more like Christ, we become more Christ-like in our own interactions with others. It's commonly referred to as the second working of Grace, after Salvation.
So, that's where I think our friend may be wrong. He'd make a good Greek Orthodox, though.
@Jolly said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
So, that's where I think our friend may be wrong. He'd make a good Greek Orthodox, though.
Well, a little background on this guy: he's a wrangler. Not a cowboy who dabbles in the off-season, he's full-time. So he travels. All the time, everywhere. Which means he doesn't go to the same church every day. His view of denominations is very different.
I can't speak to the theology. But from a practical standpoint of how humans work, I think he's got the right idea. We're thinking, social creatures. We need a handful of buckets to be filled to live a fulfilling life. This is a sloppily defined list but I hope it gets my idea across. It's roughly something like:
- family and friends. Some kind of in-person community.
- an honest way to provide for ourselves and our family. ("Honest" meaning that the work you do is somehow constructive.)
- a way to apply ourselves with our head and hands. This could be working on old cars, gardening, whatever.
- spiritual growth, and some way to participate in our past, and cultural history and observances.
The fewer those buckets are filled, the more unfulfilled we're going to be.
In other words, I don't know about its theological grounding, but in practice I think his basic concept is irrefutably correct.
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@Jolly said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
So, that's where I think our friend may be wrong. He'd make a good Greek Orthodox, though.
Well, a little background on this guy: he's a wrangler. Not a cowboy who dabbles in the off-season, he's full-time. So he travels. All the time, everywhere. Which means he doesn't go to the same church every day. His view of denominations is very different.
I can't speak to the theology. But from a practical standpoint of how humans work, I think he's got the right idea. We're thinking, social creatures. We need a handful of buckets to be filled to live a fulfilling life. This is a sloppily defined list but I hope it gets my idea across. It's roughly something like:
- family and friends. Some kind of in-person community.
- an honest way to provide for ourselves and our family. ("Honest" meaning that the work you do is somehow constructive.)
- a way to apply ourselves with our head and hands. This could be working on old cars, gardening, whatever.
- spiritual growth, and some way to participate in our past, and cultural history and observances.
The fewer those buckets are filled, the more unfulfilled we're going to be.
In other words, I don't know about its theological grounding, but in practice I think his basic concept is irrefutably correct.
@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Jolly said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
So, that's where I think our friend may be wrong. He'd make a good Greek Orthodox, though.
Well, a little background on this guy: he's a wrangler. Not a cowboy who dabbles in the off-season, he's full-time. So he travels. All the time, everywhere. Which means he doesn't go to the same church every day. His view of denominations is very different.
I can't speak to the theology. But from a practical standpoint of how humans work, I think he's got the right idea. We're thinking, social creatures. We need a handful of buckets to be filled to live a fulfilling life. This is a sloppily defined list but I hope it gets my idea across. It's roughly something like:
- family and friends. Some kind of in-person community.
- an honest way to provide for ourselves and our family. ("Honest" meaning that the work you do is somehow constructive.)
- a way to apply ourselves with our head and hands. This could be working on old cars, gardening, whatever.
- spiritual growth, and some way to participate in our past, and cultural history and observances.
The fewer those buckets are filled, the more unfulfilled we're going to be.
In other words, I don't know about its theological grounding, but in practice I think his basic concept is irrefutably correct.
It's theologically grounded. He mentions the Bible fairly often in his porch talks. Check out the books on his shelves. I think he is classically self-educated.
I understand his concept and agree with quite a bit of self-worth being tied to the nature of work, family and societal relationships. I'm just saying I disagree with his trichotomist thinking on body, soul and spirit.
