OT hand grip differences
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:29:38 -0500, Ignoramus22435
wrote: I am just wondering about something. I know some people who do not work physically, and do not train, but who have vise-like hand grip. And yet some other people have a very weak grip. What would make some people so much stronger. i It could be gentle deference. Just because you can painfully crush another man's hand in greeting doesn't mean you should. I regard that as a dirty trick. I am not at all averse to dirty tricks when appropriate but there are times when more civil restraint is tactically advantageous. Some boors can't resist this form of macho crap, including some in pinstripes. I had a CEO pull that on me. Bad form to break his hand since I was his subordinate, so I managed to escape without injury to either of us. He didn't do that again with me. He respected my contributions, I respected his leadership, it was a brainfart on his part I found easy to forgive. Jungle law is operative on mahogany row and Wall Street. |
OT hand grip differences
"Don Foreman" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:29:38 -0500, Ignoramus22435 wrote: I am just wondering about something. I know some people who do not work physically, and do not train, but who have vise-like hand grip. And yet some other people have a very weak grip. What would make some people so much stronger. i It could be gentle deference. Just because you can painfully crush another man's hand in greeting doesn't mean you should. I regard that as a dirty trick. I am not at all averse to dirty tricks when appropriate but there are times when more civil restraint is tactically advantageous. Some boors can't resist this form of macho crap, including some in pinstripes. I had a CEO pull that on me. Bad form to break his hand since I was his subordinate, so I managed to escape without injury to either of us. He didn't do that again with me. He respected my contributions, I respected his leadership, it was a brainfart on his part I found easy to forgive. Jungle law is operative on mahogany row and Wall Street. Like Don, I've had a couple of management types pull that **** on me. Big mistake, I farm with hand tools for a living. Karl |
OT hand grip differences
"Karl Townsend" wrote in message anews.com... "Don Foreman" wrote in message Some boors can't resist this form of macho crap, including some in pinstripes. I had a CEO pull that on me. Bad form to break his hand since I was his subordinate, so I managed to escape without injury to either of us. He didn't do that again with me. He respected my contributions, I respected his leadership, it was a brainfart on his part I found easy to forgive. Jungle law is operative on mahogany row and Wall Street. Like Don, I've had a couple of management types pull that **** on me. Big mistake, I farm with hand tools for a living. Karl I know what you mean about the farmer's grip. I live in a small farm town and one of the hands at the local watering hole although slim, is extremely strong and likes to do the hand crush thing. The first time he did it, it caught me unaware and I flinched, after that what I did is tense up. Not so much that I was squeezing his hand, but rather that I provided resistance to being squeezed and that seemed to prevent the pain. -- Roger Shoaf About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff. |
OT hand grip differences
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:59:55 -0700, the infamous "Roger Shoaf"
scrawled the following: "Karl Townsend" wrote in message tanews.com... "Don Foreman" wrote in message Some boors can't resist this form of macho crap, including some in pinstripes. I had a CEO pull that on me. Bad form to break his hand since I was his subordinate, so I managed to escape without injury to either of us. He didn't do that again with me. He respected my contributions, I respected his leadership, it was a brainfart on his part I found easy to forgive. Jungle law is operative on mahogany row and Wall Street. Like Don, I've had a couple of management types pull that **** on me. Big mistake, I farm with hand tools for a living. I know what you mean about the farmer's grip. I live in a small farm town and one of the hands at the local watering hole although slim, is extremely strong and likes to do the hand crush thing. The first time he did it, it caught me unaware and I flinched, after that what I did is tense up. Not so much that I was squeezing his hand, but rather that I provided resistance to being squeezed and that seemed to prevent the pain. I had a guy try the vise grip on my hand once, and evidently, my knuckle needed popping. It hurt like holy hell! Ever since then, if I think I'll be meeting someone and shaking hands, I pop my knuckles on my two middle fingers before I meet or shake hands with them. That pain has never happened again. I'd avoid Karl's grip, too. His hands are probably very strong from milking all those apples for juice. -- Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time. |
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