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[northernwalker]

Heinlin's list- Can you:

* change a diaper / Yes
* plan an invasion / What are we invading?
* butcher a hog/ never had the chance
* con a ship / Never been boating.
* design a building / Never had the chance.
* write a sonnet / Yes.
* balance accounts/ If I have to.
* build a wall / Done it.
* set a bone / I think so.
* comfort the dying / Yes.
* take orders / Yes
* give orders / ALL the time.
* cooperate / within reason
* act alone / All the time.
* solve equations / Yes. Crankily.
* analyze a new problem / Of course. I'm a librarian. {What Bunny said.:)}
* pitch manure / shoveled dog yards and runs, does that count?
* program a computer / not easily.
* cook a tasty meal/ Yes.
* fight efficiently / Yes. Krav and senshido are good for that.
* die gallantly / I hope so.

And the Kipling version, from If


*keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, -- Yes.
* trust yourself when all men doubt you,- Yes.
* But make allowance for their doubting too; - Not so good at this one.
* wait and not be tired by waiting,- Working on it- I believe that patience means having something to do in the meantime :)
* being lied about, don't deal in lies, - Yes.
* being hated, don't give way to hating, - I try.
* And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: - I'm not so good at this one- the talking too wise part that is.
* dream - and not make dreams your master;- This one either.
* think - and not make thoughts your aim;-- I try.
* meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; - Warily?
*bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, - Nope. That one ticks me off.
* watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools - With difficulty.

* make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, - Nope.
* And lose, and start again at your beginnings - Not happily.
* And never breathe a word about your loss;- Yes.
* force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' -- Yes. Not much choice there.

* If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, -- Not sure what virtue means here.
* Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, - I think so.
* if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,-- No.
* If all men count with you, but none too much; - Yes
* If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,-- Some days.
* Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! -- Not a chance, dude.