Non-Martial Arts Regrets

[sensei8]

One of my most frustrating things that I deeply regret at 67 years old is…

I STILL can’t do the taxi whistle!!

Whether it’s the two-finger or 4-finger or without fingers in my mouth, all I get is a headache and a sore jaw and lips. I use to be able the hand-cupped whistle whenever I was a teen, but no more.

 I’ve watched a countless YouTube videos to learn how to do the loud taxi whistle with no success.

I can regular whistle without a problem; I can whistle a tune.

How am I going to hail a taxi if I can’t do the loud whistle?!? No, buying a whistle isn’t an option.

Can you do the loud taxi whistle?!?

What non-martial arts regrets do you have?!?

 

[Nidan Melbourne]

I know the Taxi Whistle as the Wolf Whistle. But I have never been able to figure it out even with instructions on how to do it.

Although where I live, its not that much of a skill that is needed. I think the only people i know who who use it are farmers or footy (AFL) players. 

For me I regret not expanding my opportunities to have met people as a kid/teen. A Big one was moving Basketball Clubs from one where I could have met more people to one where it was all people that were in my year level. 

As I feel super awkward making friends; and felt super jealous of those i knew who had friends from multiple places

[Zaine]

This is so funny because that loud taxi/wolf whistle is something that has bewildered me for years. That, and rolling my Rs.

[sensei8]

I’m going to figure out how to do the Taxi/Wolf whistle. I have to become it’s been on my bucket list for far too long long. Btw, I love the name Wolf Whistle much more than Taxi; sounds pretty cool to me.

[KarateKen]

Oh wow.  Are you asking what I regret about my life that is not connected to MA?  

Bob, if your biggest regret is not learning the Wolf Whistle (I don't even know what that is) then you sir have made a lot of good decisions in your life and are well blessed! 

 

[Zaine]

9 hours ago, KarateKen said:

Oh wow.  Are you asking what I regret about my life that is not connected to MA?  

Bob, if your biggest regret is not learning the Wolf Whistle (I don't even know what that is) then you sir have made a lot of good decisions in your life and are well blessed! 

 

Here is an example of the wolf whistle. It got its name largely thanks to cartoons using the imagery of a wolf (sometimes having other cartoon animals morph into having wolf like features to do so) while whistling.

I think it's less about wolf whistle being his biggest regret, and more about an acceptance of the past. I have things that are much larger and personal regrets than not knowing how to wolf whistle or roll my Rs. However, these regrets shaped me. Our regrets shape us all and it's up to us to find the positive lessons in those regrets. Regrets teach us about ourselves, they are the strongest way to understand who we are as a person. One of my biggest "regrets" was from when I was 14 years old and I became physically aggressive with my best friend's mom. The fallout of that taught me a lot about who I was, and how I wanted to shape myself going forward. If I could go back, I would change how I received that lesson, but I would not change what I learned. The situation actually brought me a lot closer to all involved parties after I got help with processing what it was that was going on with me internally. It also helped focus what I wanted out of martial arts. 

[KarateKen]

15 hours ago, Zaine said:

Here is an example of the wolf whistle. It got its name largely thanks to cartoons using the imagery of a wolf (sometimes having other cartoon animals morph into having wolf like features to do so) while whistling.

I think it's less about wolf whistle being his biggest regret, and more about an acceptance of the past. I have things that are much larger and personal regrets than not knowing how to wolf whistle or roll my Rs. However, these regrets shaped me. Our regrets shape us all and it's up to us to find the positive lessons in those regrets. Regrets teach us about ourselves, they are the strongest way to understand who we are as a person. One of my biggest "regrets" was from when I was 14 years old and I became physically aggressive with my best friend's mom. The fallout of that taught me a lot about who I was, and how I wanted to shape myself going forward. If I could go back, I would change how I received that lesson, but I would not change what I learned. The situation actually brought me a lot closer to all involved parties after I got help with processing what it was that was going on with me internally. It also helped focus what I wanted out of martial arts. 

I was trying to be playful.  Sorry if that was unclear.