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"Wax on, wax off", Mr. Miyagi told the Karate Kid without telling him why.

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So, he did for a long time without knowing why until one day he rebelled and said he wasn't going to "wax on, wax off" any more when instantly Mr. Miyagi challenged his strength in those motions used in Karate identical to the circular motions of putting wax on the car and wiping the wax off. To his surprise, the Karate Kid discovered the great strength he had developed without even knowing it.

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The same thing happened to me. I have a sedentary job and live a fairly sedentary life and do not feel physically strong in most respects. So, at our family reunion last weekend, when my 5 young strapping adult sons and 5 equally strapping sons-in-law were challenging each other to arm wrestles, I just sat by enjoying the entertainment. But, then I had the idea, "I have been driving Old Henry for 6 years now using mostly one arm, my right one, with the suicide knob, which is no easy task. Maybe I have some power in my right arm more than I think even though the rest of me is quite weak." So, I gave it a whirl.

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And,

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Much to my surprise,

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I was able to beat the two of my sons that I challenged.

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So, keep spinning those wheels with those knobs. You too may reap such unexpected rewards.

Oh, here's the fam at the reunion. Ten kids sitting, oldest on the left to youngest on the right with 9 spouses standing and 28 grandkids sprinkled around with two more one the way. (If I'm adding up right that's a total of 49 going on 51 in my family.)

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One more little note of interest: After cleaning and waxing all of Mr. Miyagi's cars he let Daniel-san pick his favorite. Anyone remember what he picked?

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The maize yellow 47 Ford convertible club coupe!

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Old Henry it was "maize yellow" ( my favorite convertible colour and only available on the ragtop) .

GB

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Great looking family! Merry Christmas!

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You wouldn't have won that arm wrestling if you didn't drive that Old Ford so much with it's manual steering. If you drove a power steered slushbox the result might have been different.

Merry Christmas!

Mart.

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You, are truly blessed to have such a large and good looking family. Merry Christmas and buy the way I look forward to seeing your pictures.

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Wow great Christmas memory for those grandkids. Grampa's still got it!!!

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Henry, have a merry xmas!

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Great Story, Merry Christmas to all.

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Old Henry:

Here is the real test / with out the cheat sheet Do you remember all there Birthdays??

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Great story and beautiful picture of your family. Thanks for sharing and keep up those "muscle building excercises" I and many others enjoy your journeys !!Merry Christmas to you and all who read this post !

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No way! Here's the "cheat sheet" that one of our daughter-in-laws made for us for Mother's Day this year to keep track (although my wife has them all in her head). Name and day of the month on each disc.

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Maize Yellow is my favorite color, our '47 Convertible is Maize Yellow.:) This is not bet best photo but it's the first I found on the computer...:eek:
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Merry Christmas Old Henry. I'm looking forward to many of your adventures and photologs this coming year.

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Great family Old Henry and Merry Christmas!! Glad to see you're holding your position as the undisputed patriarch. My boys tried that several years ago. They were much bigger than me but didn't understand how "refined" old man muscle is. Hopefully they have enough respect for me now to not try it again.

Lonnie

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God bless you and your family! Merry Christmas! (Interesting that two people took flash photos at the same time. Never saw that before.)

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Man, Look at all those happy little kids. Really great Professor! One question though;
who pays when you all go out to eat?

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Happened more than once. Here's one of the impromptu "high jumping" contest the guys got into. This kid could fly. (And he was landing on the hard floor barefooted! I still beat him in arm wrestling.:))

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Never have gone "out to eat" with all 49. Seventeen of them live out of state. But, once a month we have the remaining 32 eat at our house. You know who pays that bill.:cool: