“You cannot see what you do not see .”—Apache Saying Remember that saying; we’ll come back to it. ONE —From where you sit right now, which way is West? No apps, no nada, answer the question. TWO —What is today’s prevailing wind? Does it differ from yesterdays? If so, what does it predict for today? THREE —What was/were your loved one[s] wearing as they walked out the door today? “ You cannot recall what you never saw .” Why the Answers Matter ONE —From where you sit right now, which way is West? No apps, no nada, answer the question. [Imagine this scenario.] 911 : 911, what’s your emergency? You : I’m on Oakhurst Street and I just saw a man jerk a young girl into a pick-up truck and take off. 911 : On Oakhurst? Which way are they headed? You : Um…towards that place that sells falafel, uh, you know towards the Interstate. 911 : Which Interstate? Do you mean I-75 or I-40? [Compared to…] 911 : 911, what’s your emergency? You: I’m on Oakhurst Stree
Let’s talk street-wrestling, alley grappling, urban scufflin’ but… Let’s forget what the word “wrestling” implies in today’s parlance. Let’s use a formerly more common word—grappling. Today, grappling and wrestling are used interchangeably, whereas formerly, in a time where most were familiar with whaling, the fishing industry, dock work, stevedore work, freighting, bale-work and numerous other “blue collar” occupations pre-labor saving devices from cranes, to, hell, even dollies to move loads. In these times a vast array of designated tools to grab, pinch, lever, and handle loads from Point A to Point B were in use and not in a mere one or two professions. The tools may go by many names from the cotton-freighter’s baling tongs to the fireman’s peavey, the logger’s cant hooks, to the fisherman’s and whaler’s grappling hooks. To grapple was to get hooks in with mechanical leverage and get the job done. To wrestle was the sportive aspect of mano y mano ; to grapple, well,