FabSwingers.com forum: Who are you in awe of?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

If anyone … past present, anyone that made you go wow, I don’t mean in the sack either, I mean top of the food chain skills ( well maybe I do mean in the sack too)!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

I don't think I could name just one.

There have been some awesome men and women throughout history.

Shakespeare,Marie Curie, a woman whose name I've forgotten who persuaded many aristocrats to inoculate their children against smallpox, the people who volunteer for a homeless charity round here who deliver food and other stuff every night without fail to street sleepers

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I don't think I could name just one.

There have been some awesome men and women throughout history.

Lady Mary Montagu

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Ukrainian People.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My landlady, who's also my oldest friends mum.

She spends all her time doing things for others. 7 days a week. And never has a bad word for anyone or anything. Just totally selfless and it's inspiring.

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By *espacito56Man
over a year ago

Orkney

Da Vinci

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By *ittlebirdWoman
over a year ago

The Big Smoke

Stephen Fry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Paramedics.

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By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

My grandson...an amazing human being.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Deontay Wilder.

Was getting beaten half to death by Tyson Fury & didn't quit.

Maybe he's a bit of a twat, but he's also got incredible heart & bravery.

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Llanelli

My mum for not murdering me, she's a strong lady

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Dad. I won't fully go into why but for what he's been able to provide for me and my siblings considering where he started is mind blowing to me

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By *ovingSussexLifeMan
over a year ago

West Sussex

Prince

Shackleton

I K Brunel

My maternal grandmother

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By *rettyflamingoWoman
over a year ago

Where the flamboyance of flamingos live

My Mum she was with her partner of 48 yrs, he was a butting, controlling narcissistic bastard. My mother suffered yrs of abuse. He dropped down dead 2 yrs ago and she turned to me and said now she had her freedom!

A remarkable lady and I’m so very proud of her.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In awe of people who help others in need, willingly without any expectations.

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
over a year ago

Neath valley.

The ukrainian people. Such bravery and pure grit. David spanking golieths arse. I hope they win as they deserve to. Although the only losers are the innocents who have died due to that mad man

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By *ena AmourTV/TS
over a year ago

Chard

Einstein

Hawking

Turing

Nurses and hospital staff

Blue light folks

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Alex Zanardi

(Short truncated version).

Raced his way from building his own racing go-karts out of scrap and in to the world of being an F1 driver (no mean feat in itself), loosing his sister during this time to a car accident, while he was still in his teens.

Shortly after leaving his second stint in F1 and moving back to the American cart circuit, he span his car on the high speed oval and was T-boned by another car at well over 150mph, instantly obliterating his lower legs and losing so much blood doctors have no idea how he survived, with several long months in hospital.

Returned to racing the following year in modified cars, but he was frustrated at the lack of feedback with his new prosthetic legs, so apparently designed and built himself some new ones which worked much better

Ahead of one of that years cart races, He was also invited to complete the remaining laps of the race in which he crashed- setting a lap time that would have qualified him in 5th place for the actual race.

He has also won touring car races, competed in the Le Mans 24hr and test drove an F1 car for BMW.

If all thats not enough, he then decided to get in to parasports with handbiking, Winning both the NY marathon and various medals at the London Paralympics.

Mid 2020, while competing in one of his races, he was in collision with a truck which resulted in near fatal head injuries, a long induced coma and the loss of his eyesight, hearing and speech. He's slowly regained all three after an 18 month stay in hospital and finally returned home in the summer- only having to return to hospital shortly afterwards due to a fire at his home leaving it impossible for essential equipment needed for his recovery to be used.

I have no idea how this guy keeps going, totally fucking superhuman and truly awesome

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Carers, that's some special people right there

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Princess Diana x

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By *hat BlokeMan
over a year ago

Harrogate

Many great people on this list. Personal heros. Champions of industry and humanitarians. I think I would put Nelson Mandela on the list. He was a great man before they locked him up. He was a superman when they released him.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My aunt who died recently at almost 99. She was of tiny stature but a truly indomitable spirit who remained resolute and positive right to the end of her life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Emergency service responders and Nurses

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Ukrainian People."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My Mother in Law.

She was formidable, tough. But had a heart of gold. She was one of the first women of her time to study agriculture alongside the men at college because she didn't want to study farming economics alongside the other women and all through her life continued to break the mold. She went on to be become a sales woman for John Deere tractors and travelled all over the country, she held her own as Woman in a Man's world from pretty young and she kept up with the best of them

My great Aunt who was a Nurse and trained directly under Agnes Hunt at the hospital she founded, she saved countless soldiers lives and nurtured and cared for many more. She has a suite dedicated to her at that very same hospital now

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

Hospice staff. Absolute angels. I don’t know how they do it. I know I couldn’t.

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By *ischiefManaged69Couple
over a year ago

Preston

Taylor Swift

And anyone working in the emergency services

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

My parents for giving up their life in the north and moving with my brothers and me to sussex. We left at the right time and never looked back.

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

Quite a few people, but Noel Fitzpatrick sprang immediately to mind...his passion and devotion to finding better ways to treat animals definitely leaves me in awe.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

Johann Sebastian Bach

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