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Whom do you respect the most?

  • 07-09-2011 5:43pm
    #1
    Jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭


    I was just considering this question, and I don't mean in a distant, professional capacity. I mean on a personal level. For whom do you have the utmost respect?

    I know an auld boy who has worked every single day of his 80 years. His mother died of cancer when he was a boy, he never went to secondary school, outright earned everything through his own grit and intelligence. I've never heard him complain, despite having every right to. I've seen him work days that would knock me down, half a century his junior, and the worst complaint being the arthritis in his knee is giving him hassle. He could be on his 12th hour behind the bar, I've seen the fatigue in his eyes, but the smile he has for everyone is genuine.

    So he has my respect for being the twice the man I am. The toughest, hardiest man I've ever met, who has never asked for hand-outs, who can take it all, and still have a smile on his face for you.

    Who do you look up to, and why?


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  • #2
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    I love people like that man :)


  • #3
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    This guy:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc4HGQHgeFE


  • #4
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Jam wrote: »
    Who do you look up to, and why?

    My boss cos he's 3 inches taller than me!


  • #5
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    Myself. I'm ace.


  • #6
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,904 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    I look up to no one....mind you when you're 6' 10 it's fairly difficult...


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  • #7
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Steve Buscemi.


  • #8
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    Myself. I'm way acer than Micky Dolenz.


  • #9
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,323 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    The one, the only.........

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKfbSHW9uGA


  • #10
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Myself. I'm way acer than micky dolenz and pow wow.


  • #11
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Respect the cock.


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  • #12
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    My Dad


  • #13
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Most Irishmen over the age of 60 are hard as nails. They had to be. My parents get big respect, especially my father. Worked like a donkey for years, highly intelligent and never afraid to go against the grain, even if it meant becoming unpopular with the neighbours. All round good egg.


  • #14
    Kya1976
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,879 ✭✭✭Kya1976


    My dad:)


  • #15
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    I'm the eldest son so I don't have that looking-up-to-a-big-brother thing going on.

    I respect my Parents and that's about it.

    Everyone else needs to earn my respect. I don't respect people because of their titles.


  • #16
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Everyone else needs to earn my respect. I don't respect people because of their titles.

    I first read that as 'titties'.


  • #17
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    ... Are you using whom correctly?


    On topic, my dad is amazing. He wore fur coats and trilby hats in the 70s - plus worked hard, provided, family troubles bla bla bla


  • #18
    orangebud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭orangebud


    Bertie Ahern

    Untouchable


  • #19
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,418 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    my father, some of the s*** he had to put up with me i wouldnt wish on my worst enemy


  • #20
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    My dad would bate all your dads in a fight.


  • #21
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    My dad would bate all your dads in a fight.
    My dad is Ted danson and he'll batter you and your dad


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  • #22
    orangebud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 251 ✭✭orangebud


    My Mam would bate all your dads in a fight


  • #23
    Micky Dolenz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,080 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    orangebud wrote: »
    My Mam would bate all your dads in a fight

    She sure would ;)


  • #24
    Crazy Horse 6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,474 ✭✭✭Crazy Horse 6


    Anyone who stands up againest the elites.


  • #25
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    Violence is wrong.


  • #26
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,418 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    hondasam wrote: »
    Violence is wrong.

    hippy


  • #27
    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    hondasam wrote: »
    Violence is wrong.

    so is j-walking


  • #28
    Riddle101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,477 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Micheal Collins, The Irish Revolutionary.


  • #29
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    phasers wrote: »
    ... Are you using whom correctly?

    Yes.


  • #30
    mr.jingle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭mr.jingle


    Chuck Norris


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  • #31
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    emeraldstar wrote: »
    phasers wrote: »
    ... Are you using whom correctly?

    Yes.
    Are you sure?


  • #32
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Jam wrote: »
    I know an auld boy who has worked every single day of his 80 years.

    Every single day of his 80 years

    Every single day

    80 years

    Born in to a pair of work overalls was he?


  • #33
    J K
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 468 ✭✭J K


    phasers wrote: »
    Are you sure?

    Are you sure you want to ask that question?


  • #34
    Superbus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Superbus


    Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Pilot

    Astronaut > Revolutionary


  • #35
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    What a rapid downward spiral from excellent OP through mindless responses.

    Anyway, me mam - raised us all on her own as a young widow and did a great job with 4 of us. I however am the 5th and she seriously dropped the ball there. Stil, 'spec.


  • #36
    J K
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 468 ✭✭J K


    Kevin Duffy wrote: »
    What a rapid downward spiral from excellent OP .......me mam

    If only the thread had more 'i'd like to thank my ma and da...' posts


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  • #37
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Someone ive known all my life, you can take the piss out of him and he doesnt mind, hes hard but can be soft aswell, Penis will you marry me


  • #38
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Superbus wrote: »
    Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Pilot

    Astronaut > Revolutionary
    GTFO.


  • #39
    The_Thing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭The_Thing


    I admire these two for their courage:

    [1] Yuri Gagarin - The first man in space.

    [2] Joseph Kittinger
    On August 16, 1960, he made the final jump from the Excelsior III at 102,800 feet (31,300 m). Towing a small drogue parachute for initial stabilization, he fell for four minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour (988 km/h) before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet (5,500 m).


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