General Discussion

I have enjoyed reading the OP/thread. It is raining in rural upstate New York. Being very old, and having suffered numerous painful injuries over decades, I have arthritis from my ankles to my neck, or from neck to ankle, if that is more proper. Thus, my repeated attempts to sleep continue to fail. Hence, upon the advice of my medical doctor, I have sought relief by smoking part of a bowl of hashish.

I should note that just before coming to read DU:GD, and selecting your post to read as a result of previous satisfaction in reading and always enjoying reading your comments, I initially had read a couple posts on an internet boxing forum. Since the full impact of the three hits, or inhaling the smoke of burning hashish, had not taken place, when it comes to boxing forums, I am a severe stickler and intolerant of ignorance.

It is my favorite chair for well over sixty years, or six decades, if anyone is keeping track. I spent many nights sitting in this chair after I participated in boxing matches. Although I didn't get hit in my large and rock-like head, I did take punches from shoulders to waist. As I sit here rocking, I think it is possible, perhaps likely, that the sum-total of 329 bouts and countless rounds of sparring have come back to haunt me this morning as I type this at 4:29 am/est. Thus, ignorance expressed as opinion on internet boxing forums annoyed me more ten minutes ago than I could otherwise justify.

A person wrote that Muhammad Ali "is considered a relatively light puncher." Is anyone that stupid? Really? Or was it more likely someone with an agenda of annoying grumpy old men who are up at this hour? Perhaps we will never know. Numerous people corrected him, yet he made a pathetic attempt at insisting he was right. I shall now ponder this, and hopefully, somewhere in the fog of its meaninglessness, fall asleep before the sun comes up.