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I like Obsession for men and Tommy (love when kiss uses it!)


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Originally Posted by Jedi_Knight
Gray Flannel!
Is that on the AOM list of drugstore colognes?
Might have been the Dollar Store! If it works I don't care!! laugh


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The Art of Manliness posted an article on Facebook Today about RED FLAGS IN RELATIONSHIPS:

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/01/31/relationship-red-flags/

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I found a way to get a date: Calling cards!

Which ones would Dr. Harley recommend? Have any posters had luck with these?


http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/...ng-cards-guaranteed-to-score-you-a-date/

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Originally Posted by Jedi_Knight
I found a way to get a date: Calling cards!

Which ones would Dr. Harley recommend? Have any posters had luck with these?


http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/...ng-cards-guaranteed-to-score-you-a-date/

rotflol - these are a hoot! I guess this is how they did it before Facebook pokes and whatever they do on dating sites nowadays.


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Im watching Fort Apache, and calling cards are featured in the first half of the movie

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Originally Posted by HoldHerHand
Going to get more in-depth later this week when I'm off work (Thursday or so) - but this little bit here is going to set the theme;

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In the clip, Steve Paulson interviews Donovan Campbell, currently an author and business executive and also a veteran of three combat deployments � two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. In 2004, Campbell was serving as a Marine platoon leader at the beginning of the insurgency in Ramadi. His platoon saw a ton of combat, and half of his unit would eventually be wounded. Campbell pledged to get all his men home alive, but during an attack, one of Campbell�s men was killed. Paulson and Campbell revisit an interview they did four years ago about the tragic incident, and Campbell speaks about meeting the killed Marine�s mother, and apologizing to her for failing to bring her son home. He speaks stirringly about how a leader must take responsibility, even if he�s not directly to blame for something:

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�I still own my responsibility in the failure to bring him home. It may not have been my fault, but it was my responsibility. I was the leader and there was only one person to look to, when you, for everything that your men do or fail to do, and that�s the leader�That�s the right mentality to have, even though you may err on the side of carrying too much weight. Particularly as I�ve seen leadership as applied in, well, at least in my context in the business world, I think that the Marines get it right, and they got it right by teaching me from the get-go that hey, it is your job as a leader to accept responsibility, that�s what you do, particularly to accept responsibility for failure. And when you�re given these forty young men, we�re going to tell you your life is no longer about yourself, it�s about taking care of them and achieving your mission. That�s a, I realize now that that�s a rare philosophy, and that�s a rare leadership model. We say that life is not about you anymore. The minute you pin on the rank, and the minute you accept that paycheck, you accept responsibility and you accept a commitment to something greater than yourself. And I think that applies just as much now as it did then.�


"It may have not been my fault, but it was my responsibility... even though you may err on the side of carrying too much weight... your life is no longer about you... the minute you pin that rank, the minute you cash that paycheck you accept responsibility and you accept commitment to something greater than yourself..."




Restated; "The moment you put that ring on your finger, you accept responsibility and you accept committment to something greater than yourself."

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/03/24/manvotional-leadership-and-responsibility/



Correlated quote for the faithful;

�The key to understanding masculinity is Jesus Christ. Jesus was tough with religious blockheads, false teachers, the proud, and bullies. Jesus was tender with women, children, and those who were suffering or humble. Additionally, Jesus took responsibility for Himself. He worked a job for the first thirty years of His life, swinging a hammer as a carpenter. He also took responsibility for us on the cross, where He substituted Himself and died in our place for our sins. My sins are my fault, not Jesus'fault, but Jesus has made them His responsibility. This is the essence of the gospel, the "good news". If you understand this, it will change how you view masculinity.�




― Mark Driscoll, Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together







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�At times it seems as if arranging to have no commitment of any kind to anyone would be a special freedom. But in fact the whole idea works in reverse. The most deadly commitment of all is to be committed only to one's self. Some come to realize this after they are in the nursing home.�
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Originally Posted by Jedi_Knight
Im watching Fort Apache, and calling cards are featured in the first half of the movie

Great movie. I liked the calling card scene.

Though I think today's women would be suspicious of a man using a calling card today. Though how many of those cards would get thrown away after we are out of sight?

Oh, those poor trees that ended their lives prematurely just so we can pursue women.

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For the past couple weeks ive returned to the cold showers and its a good way to start the morning.
Art of Manliness wrote an article about cold showers and even James Bond took them.
is anyone else taking them?

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Oh and for the past few months ive been using Brylocream for morning hair styling.
It works great and is endorsed in an Art of Manliness article.
what is everyone else using for morning hair styling?

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The secret to masculinity isn't found in articles. It is found at the hardware store. Real men have lots of tools. The more obscure the tool, the better. I have a special tool for truing floor joists. Now, that's manly!


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That is very true.
I have lots of tools.
do you have a Rigid 300 pipe threading machine? That's very masculine.

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Cant go wrong with a conduit bender. Looks GREAT on the ol' pegboard!

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Originally Posted by Jedi_Knight
That is very true.
I have lots of tools.
do you have a Rigid 300 pipe threading machine? That's very masculine.
I don't have that. But I have a 33 gallon air compressor and a complete set of impact sockets.

I plan jobs around the tools I can acquire. My wife wants a utility sink put in the laundry room. This may be the way I get that $150 PEX universal crimping tool I've been eyeing for awhile.

When we moved from the suburbs to the woods, I was able to finagle a chain saw out of the deal.


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I think the ultimate maker of masculinity is the Brut cologne though.
I've noticed that women literally grab onto me and fight to hold on as I walk down the street after splashing Brut on.

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Cologne over a CHAIN-SAW? Well....OK, I can see it!

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Originally Posted by JBD
Cologne over a CHAIN-SAW? Well....OK, I can see it!

II tried this at the bar last night. I walked in, sat my chainsaw (covered with Brut) on the bar counter and ordered a drink.....well women started flocking to me. I needed some air and went outside. When I walked back in, I realized it wasn't me the women were after...it was the chainsaw! They were kissing it and talking to it and spending their child support money buying drinks for it.

Chainsaws and Brut are a powerful attractant for sure.

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