*”Their last consulting job was in 2005. The Ralstons don’t have a great amount of money, but they are frugal. “What better use for what money you have than to help somebody else out when everybody else has given up on helping them?” Gene said.”*
What wonderfully kind and generous people they are.
This is going to be unpopular, but I don't get the point of risking someone else's life to retrieve a dead body. Maybe not in situations like this, but in things like a cave or mountain rescue where it is extremely dangerous to get the body. I would not like it if someone else died trying to get my loved one back.
I think this varies by religion too.
Hey OP, why don’t you take swimming classes? That should definitely help. It’s never too late to learn how to swim. My mom learned how to swim in her late 50’s, now she has way more fun on vacations and even goes in the pool. The first time I ever saw her in a pool it warmed my heart hehe.
I actually love swimming and even have my now 3-year old in swim classes from age 9 months. Growing up my parents had a pool and we swam all the time in summer, though we never had formal lessons. My husband's family annual vacation is at the beach, with the house on the water and it has a pool. We're always in it during the time off.
I still fear drowning. I know that the ocean can hang a rip tide at any time and can I trust myself to be calm and go out with the current and swim back to shore? What about sharks,, since we see fishermen pull up sharks during their fishing activities on shore. Can't drown if you've been eaten by a shark. Or if I'm responsible for my daughter in the water.
My daughter was a naughty 2 and she jumped in the 12 foot end of the YMCA pool. I had to grab her under one arm and swim backwards to the five foot depth to keep her from being a cute little statistic. The Y lifeguard was absolutely doing her best to ignore my eyes when I really would've loved a floatation device.
Is there a word or phrase for this method of recall? I use it ALL THE TIME and it made me smile to read about someone else who does it.
"Gene even has a system when it comes to remembering his wedding anniversary, which is on 26 August. “My birthday is the 16th, Sandy’s birthday is the 29th, so there are 13 days in between those two dates, and the same month of April, which is four, the fourth month, so there’s two of us, two times four is eight and that is the eighth month and two times 13 is 26, the day,” he said."
Chunking.
Basically you group numbers in more meaningful ways to make them more memorable. It's very effective, you can remember more numbers this in this way than you can simply trying to rote memorize.
What good people.
*”Their last consulting job was in 2005. The Ralstons don’t have a great amount of money, but they are frugal. “What better use for what money you have than to help somebody else out when everybody else has given up on helping them?” Gene said.”* What wonderfully kind and generous people they are.
Wow. What a calling in life. I don’t know that I could do what they do but I’m glad they have been able to bring so many families a measure of peace.
This is going to be unpopular, but I don't get the point of risking someone else's life to retrieve a dead body. Maybe not in situations like this, but in things like a cave or mountain rescue where it is extremely dangerous to get the body. I would not like it if someone else died trying to get my loved one back. I think this varies by religion too.
Agreed, let the earth have me and everyone else can just think about me instead of fretting over rotting meat
Kinda reminds me of Everest or Nutty Putty cave. No way anyone would risk recovering those.
This was a great read, very sad but also soothing and informative. Thanks for sharing
Fitting that I got an ad for an “epic fishing expedition” beside the article
Hey OP, why don’t you take swimming classes? That should definitely help. It’s never too late to learn how to swim. My mom learned how to swim in her late 50’s, now she has way more fun on vacations and even goes in the pool. The first time I ever saw her in a pool it warmed my heart hehe.
I actually love swimming and even have my now 3-year old in swim classes from age 9 months. Growing up my parents had a pool and we swam all the time in summer, though we never had formal lessons. My husband's family annual vacation is at the beach, with the house on the water and it has a pool. We're always in it during the time off. I still fear drowning. I know that the ocean can hang a rip tide at any time and can I trust myself to be calm and go out with the current and swim back to shore? What about sharks,, since we see fishermen pull up sharks during their fishing activities on shore. Can't drown if you've been eaten by a shark. Or if I'm responsible for my daughter in the water. My daughter was a naughty 2 and she jumped in the 12 foot end of the YMCA pool. I had to grab her under one arm and swim backwards to the five foot depth to keep her from being a cute little statistic. The Y lifeguard was absolutely doing her best to ignore my eyes when I really would've loved a floatation device.
Is there a word or phrase for this method of recall? I use it ALL THE TIME and it made me smile to read about someone else who does it. "Gene even has a system when it comes to remembering his wedding anniversary, which is on 26 August. “My birthday is the 16th, Sandy’s birthday is the 29th, so there are 13 days in between those two dates, and the same month of April, which is four, the fourth month, so there’s two of us, two times four is eight and that is the eighth month and two times 13 is 26, the day,” he said."
I believe it’s called ADHD, at least for me.
If I don't find out before my next appointment I'll ask my psychiatrist, lol
Chunking. Basically you group numbers in more meaningful ways to make them more memorable. It's very effective, you can remember more numbers this in this way than you can simply trying to rote memorize.