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punknaynowned
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I'm sorry I haven't been here for so long.
I'm sorry I haven't been a friend in these intervening years.
But I can't abide the bs on the zappa forum anymore.
Again.
I feel bad for Alex who's doing it all by himself.
I will check in from time to time and let you know I'm still alive.
I wish things were different. I wish a lot of things.
Things are actually a lot worse here than what you may see in the news.
But when good people like calvin say there's nothing to do about it...
he gives the fascists the space necessary to take over and then run our towns.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-Sad and disgusted.
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BBP
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Sorry to hear about your problems, Punky... I'm always glad to see you here!
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aquagoat
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Quote: Originally posted by BBP  | In LOTR I had the dvantage of having read the book first.
I had a lot of trouble with Schindler's List. Though I also read the book of that before I saw the movie. In general, black and white, and when people
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Ha, ok, I understand.
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polydigm
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That's why I don't interact there much any more.
It's good to hear from you again.
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polydigm
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My wife has that a little, but is in denial. When we watch new
shows she's always saying that an actor is so and so when they aren't and I can tell straight away. I then have to look up their pictures on the
internet and show her they're different.
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BBP
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There's more and more interest coming into this problem, partly owing to the faceblind Oliver Sacks who wrote a great article about it in The Mind's
Eye. He related it to getting lost easily, which is something I also have troubles with.
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BBP
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It's so hot and dry the farmers are now banned from watering their crops...
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polydigm
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Water or food, which do you choose? Rock and a hard place.
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BBP
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Seems it'll be hot and dry for at least another week. 
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aquagoat
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The heatwave has been pretty persistent here, which is a good thing. I hope it'll last, I need some sun after the crappy rainy winter we had. In a
week, my skin passed from practically white to a nice golden brown, apart from certain areas that remain covered all the time, making me look a bit
like a human version of this:
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polydigm
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Where's the happy medium?
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BBP
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Believe it or not, but the Cluedo game is still going, from mid April on. We're reaching the end phase, now that the weapon and room are known we're
still looking for the suspect. There's one player whose answer we await, if he doesn't have this suspect it's game over and somebody else wins (which
is logical since he had 2 turns more than me.)
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aquagoat
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I don't know, Poly, I don't know.
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polydigm
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That
makes two of us.
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polydigm
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One evening after dinner, I can do it, but waiting
a couple of months for a result? I wouldn't have the patience for that.
| Quote: | | ... he had 2 turns more than me ... |
How is that possible in Cluedo?
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polydigm
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I've been playing drums for more than three months now and really enjoying it. Talking about patience, I ordered a set of effects cymbals from eBay
last week and the guy still hasn't shipped them. I'm really looking forward to using them. Come on!!
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Caputh
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| Quote: Originally posted by BBP | | It's a good film but unfortunately I am a bit face blind - this makes it hard for me to tell people apart. Unless the characters look sufficiently
different I confuse the lot. I can tell Marlon Brando apart, but that guy who's at the wedding rehearsing his lines I can't tell apart from the guy
who's dancing and remarks something along the lines of "who are you, the dance competition judge?". I remember the murder scene of the first and the
fish being delivered, but because the other guy shows up after that I couldn't piece all the bits together until I read a summary afterwards.
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Ah - great movie (my 19 year old son's favourite). I show it to my English classes as a view on American Dream/American
Nightmare/capitalism/immigration/patronage at the end of term. Most of them love it. However, I do always draw a family tree on the whiteboard,
including the rival families. When one dies, I cross the name off the board, which generally makes the pupils laugh, particularly towards the end. The
2nd one is as good as the first. I don't like the 3rd part, but my son swears its excellent, so I bow to his superior judgement.
How about a WWII thread here, btw?
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Caputh
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| Quote: Originally posted by punknaynowned | I'm sorry I haven't been here for so long.
I'm sorry I haven't been a friend in these intervening years.
But I can't abide the bs on the zappa forum anymore.
Again.
I feel bad for Alex who's doing it all by himself.
I will check in from time to time and let you know I'm still alive.
I wish things were different. I wish a lot of things.
Things are actually a lot worse here than what you may see in the news.
But when good people like calvin say there's nothing to do about it...
he gives the fascists the space necessary to take over and then run our towns.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-Sad and disgusted. |
One thing I always liked about Zappa was the ability to laugh at incredible political stupidity. If we keep laughing, they'll never get an entire grip
IMHO. The danger is, that one might resort to their methods, of course i.e. personal attack, repetition, an inability to want to learn and to
question. But I don't think we should get too depressed about the state of the world. Weirdly enough, the older I get, the more optimistic I become
about the human race...
BTW, poly - fancy having our long delayed discussion about Lenin here? State your case if you feel so inclined and I'll attempt a reply.
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aquagoat
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| Quote: Originally posted by polydigm | | I've been playing drums for more than three months now and really enjoying it. Talking about patience, I ordered a set of effects cymbals from eBay
last week and the guy still hasn't shipped them. I'm really looking forward to using them. Come on!! |
-I'd
really like to play drums. I think it s an awesome instrument. I've got great respect for them drummers, especially death metal and jazz drummers,
they make me feel like the guitar is such an easy instrument to play.
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polydigm
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| Quote: Originally posted by Caputh | | BTW, poly - fancy having our long delayed discussion about Lenin here? State your case if you feel so inclined and I'll attempt a reply.
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I'll start a new thread. I'm calling it Saving the World - tongue in cheek.
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