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Title: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 16, 2018, 08:53:08 AM
Since my mouth is still sore and bleeding, from Wednesday's scrape, it's cold, real banana milk shake and icecream for brekkers (after multiple rinses and gargles and a bit of toothpaste to get rid of the foul taste) . . .

"Fully skimmed, low fat" milk. Hmm. When it has a full load of lipids it is called, "Full cream" - "cream" being a "warm" word, smooth, soothing etc. So promote it!

Trying to diet? Then that smooth and soothing stuff becomes ugly FAT!

Ain't psychology clever . . .

Any more examples out there?
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 17, 2018, 07:11:44 AM
Just heard, on the radio, that British troops are to instruct African wildlife park rangers in tracking and bushcraft.

Er, um...
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Sandra Craft on February 17, 2018, 10:32:59 AM
Quote from: Dave on February 17, 2018, 07:11:44 AM
Just heard, on the radio, that British troops are to instruct African wildlife park rangers in tracking and bushcraft.

Er, um...

In other news, there's a push on to sell ice to Eskimos.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 19, 2018, 07:39:56 AM
Jyst thinkin' this book might interest some of our members with an appreciaution of the technicaly/scientificaly creative mind.

"Inventive minds" (can't seem to copy an image of the cover to Imgur.)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0195071700/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2NY7RDEKPL44T&psc=1

I may go for a 2nd hand copy and, unforunately, I get the impression these are only American minds
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 21, 2018, 05:19:47 PM
With five new ones, that were not there last week, there are now more, twenty something, restaurants, coffe shops, tea shops, sandwich bars, snack bars, pattiseries etc etc etc in Gloucester centre than any other type of selling place by a factor of about four, or maybe more. That is not counting the twelve in the docks complex.There are 8 charity shops and 3 "thrift" (pound) shops, 5 betting shops, two pawn/used goods shops . . .

This is an age of austerity we are told, that explains the thrift, charity and used goods shops. But at £2 for a cup of tea and £3 for a cake!! Where do all these eaters and drinkers come from!?

About the only main cuisine groups missing are French, Japanese (was once but it closed) and African/Middle Eastern. Mexican has to share with Texican.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: jumbojak on February 21, 2018, 09:20:47 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 17, 2018, 07:11:44 AM
Just heard, on the radio, that British troops are to instruct African wildlife park rangers in tracking and bushcraft.

Er, um...

Depending on who's doing the training, that could make a lot of sense. While there are certainly many accomplished trackers in Africa a great deal of the knowledge and experience of trackers worldwide has been integrated and systematized by western militaries.

Your average Joe National Guardsman might not be very good for the job but there are a lot of very capable individuals who are also very good at conveying their knowledge to others.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 21, 2018, 10:07:26 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on February 21, 2018, 09:20:47 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 17, 2018, 07:11:44 AM
Just heard, on the radio, that British troops are to instruct African wildlife park rangers in tracking and bushcraft.

Er, um...

Depending on who's doing the training, that could make a lot of sense. While there are certainly many accomplished trackers in Africa a great deal of the knowledge and experience of trackers worldwide has been integrated and systematized by western militaries.

Your average Joe National Guardsman might not be very good for the job but there are a lot of very capable individuals who are also very good at conveying their knowledge to others.

Yeah, I knew that but the seeming irony of it tickled me! I remember watching a docu of a game warden team tracking poachers, it was the white leader who did much of the work, especially on the strategic side.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Magdalena on February 24, 2018, 07:18:05 AM
I've been Just Thinking/Talking to myself.

I don't think I belong here.
Maybe it's time for this witch  to fly over the Cuckoo's  nest on her queen size broom to the other side of the rainbow...If you know what I mean... :lol:

You don't know I mean, do you?  :(

OK.  :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: jumbojak on February 24, 2018, 07:25:37 AM
I don't think I belong here either Mags. I don't think I belong anywhere really.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2018, 03:13:15 PM
I think feelings of belonging are overrated. Having moved a lot while growing up I don't feel like I belong anywhere either, but I've come to the personal realisation that I no longer care. I stopped searching for my place in the world.

People are diverse...worldviews and opinions differ. There are generational differences. Cultural ones. Honestly, I think that if I was part of a group who thought exactly like me I would be bored out of my wits! :lol: (The others would too, therefore so much for that!)



Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 24, 2018, 03:46:11 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 24, 2018, 03:13:15 PM
I think feelings of belonging are overrated. Having moved a lot while growing up I don't feel like I belong anywhere either, but I've come to the personal realisation that I no longer care. I stopped searching for my place in the world.

People are diverse...worldviews and opinions differ. There are generational differences. Cultural ones. Honestly, I think that if I was part of a group who thought exactly like me I would be bored out of my wits! :lol: (The others would too, therefore so much for that!)

After being shuffled hither and thither in the RAF for neatly 12 years I agree that location ain't all it's cracked up to be. Ok, nice if where you live supplies something special that nowhere else quite does but I agree that the culture, the people and other such things are more important to me.

I tried, a couple of times, to start a pub debating type group in Gloucester, three times actually, one specifically for sci-fi. Bit like a forum in a pub . . . No takers. I have no friends with similar interests to mine in any depth.

So, this forum is important to me, a place where I can explore and be supported or shot down in flames, or just agree to disagree!
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Sandra Craft on February 24, 2018, 10:29:16 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2018, 07:18:05 AM
I've been Just Thinking/Talking to myself.

I don't think I belong here.
Maybe it's time for this witch  to fly over the Cuckoo's  nest on her queen size broom to the other side of the rainbow...If you know what I mean... :lol:

You don't know I mean, do you?  :(

OK.  :sad sigh:

No, but it makes me very sad.   :(
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Icarus on February 24, 2018, 10:58:32 PM
Don't be thinking like that Mags. You too JJ. 
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: jumbojak on February 25, 2018, 02:02:46 AM
Can't help it Gene. When you feel like you need to say certain things but know you cant, for whatever reason, it drives you down in a hole. Some days I can peek over the side a bit but most I'm looking up and wondering what's going on. There are a few people who cheer me up but it's not enough sometimes.

I think I think roo much. Especially when I try not to think.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dragonia on February 25, 2018, 03:00:23 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2018, 07:18:05 AM
I've been Just Thinking/Talking to myself.

I don't think I belong here.
Maybe it's time for this witch  to fly over the Cuckoo's  nest on her queen size broom to the other side of the rainbow...If you know what I mean... :lol:

You don't know I mean, do you?  :(

OK.  :sad sigh:
Mags, what do you mean? My heart is sad reading this post. I'm not sure I want you to fly to the other side of the rainbow on your broom.
I don't know if you mean in your real life or on this forum. I hope you aren't talking about here.
But I so thoroughly understand a feeling of not belonging. I've felt the best of "belonging" and it was a wonderful few years. Now I live quite the opposite, in my real life location, and it's a fairly lonely place. It's a damn good thing I really enjoy my own company.
Anyway, I send you a hug from the other side of the country.  :hug:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Tank on February 25, 2018, 08:05:22 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2018, 07:18:05 AM
I've been Just Thinking/Talking to myself.

I don't think I belong here.
Maybe it's time for this witch  to fly over the Cuckoo's  nest on her queen size broom to the other side of the rainbow...If you know what I mean... :lol:

You don't know I mean, do you?  :(

OK.  :sad sigh:

Mags, if you're getting stressed have a HAF holiday. Then come back refreshed and enjoy us all again :grin:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 25, 2018, 01:41:25 PM
Just thinkin... no idea what Silver's new avatar is but that is not important.

It does not have googly eyes!   :shocked:

Can the Universe exist in its present form with this omission, or have I slipped into a paraverse?  :query:

Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Essie Mae on February 25, 2018, 04:35:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 25, 2018, 01:41:25 PM
Just thinkin... no idea what Silver's new avatar is but that is not important.

It does not have googly eyes!   :shocked:

Can the Universe exist in its present form with this omission, or have I slipped into a paraverse?  :query:

It's a hippocampus and I think we should be told whose.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 25, 2018, 04:48:19 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 25, 2018, 04:35:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 25, 2018, 01:41:25 PM
Just thinkin... no idea what Silver's new avatar is but that is not important.

It does not have googly eyes!   :shocked:

Can the Universe exist in its present form with this omission, or have I slipped into a paraverse?  :query:

It's a hippocampus and I think we should be told whose.

Thought that was a kind of riding school . . .
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: hermes2015 on February 25, 2018, 05:34:00 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 25, 2018, 04:48:19 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on February 25, 2018, 04:35:35 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 25, 2018, 01:41:25 PM
Just thinkin... no idea what Silver's new avatar is but that is not important.

It does not have googly eyes!   :shocked:

Can the Universe exist in its present form with this omission, or have I slipped into a paraverse?  :query:

It's a hippocampus and I think we should be told whose.

Thought that was a kind of riding school . . .

No, it's either a gay hippopotamus or a gay horse.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 25, 2018, 09:22:50 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 25, 2018, 01:41:25 PM
Just thinkin... no idea what Silver's new avatar is but that is not important.

It does not have googly eyes!   :shocked:

Can the Universe exist in its present form with this omission, or have I slipped into a paraverse?  :query:

:lol: No it does not have googly eyes! :P But it is, in my view, one of the most important structures in the brain. Essie Mae is correct, it is a hippocampus, a structure responsible for forming memories, among other things.

Fun fact: neurogenesis (birth of new neurons) does occur in adults in the Dentate gyrus ('DG' in the drawing). As far as we know, it is the only place in an adult brain where this occurs. 

It was drawn by the father of modern neuroscience, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a Spanish neuroanatomist. He hypothesised that the nervous system is made up of discrete, individual cells that are not in direct physical contact with each other (chemical synaptic transmission), when the prevailing theory was that everything was a reticular network. Ramón y Cajal's ideas were later proven to be correct.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on February 25, 2018, 09:31:32 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 25, 2018, 08:05:22 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2018, 07:18:05 AM
I've been Just Thinking/Talking to myself.

I don't think I belong here.
Maybe it's time for this witch  to fly over the Cuckoo's  nest on her queen size broom to the other side of the rainbow...If you know what I mean... :lol:

You don't know I mean, do you?  :(

OK.  :sad sigh:

Mags, if you're getting stressed have a HAF holiday. Then come back refreshed and enjoy us all again :grin:

:this:

If you're having a bad spell turn Bruce into a newt again, that ought to relieve some stress! :grin:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Essie Mae on February 25, 2018, 10:33:25 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on February 25, 2018, 09:31:32 PM
Quote from: Tank on February 25, 2018, 08:05:22 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on February 24, 2018, 07:18:05 AM
I've been Just Thinking/Talking to myself.

I don't think I belong here.
Maybe it's time for this witch  to fly over the Cuckoo's  nest on her queen size broom to the other side of the rainbow...If you know what I mean... :lol:

You don't know I mean, do you?  :(

OK.  :sad sigh:

Mags, if you're getting stressed have a HAF holiday. Then come back refreshed and enjoy us all again :grin:

:this:

If you're having a bad spell turn Bruce into a newt again, that ought to relieve some stress! :grin:

When I think of HAF, it looks like a wheel, each spoke being a HAF member and you are there with all the usual suspects. Do what you have to, but good thoughts coming across the Atlantic and hope you decide to stay. Otherwise there will be a gap in the spokes.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 27, 2018, 01:34:22 PM
Been a bitsa day so far. First I must have ticked the wrong box because I am now the proud possesor of an electric guitar pick-up instead of a set of strings (got this idea for an instrument . . .) Never mind, decided that I can incorporate that as well and it's only a cheap one.

Then into town to get my specs fixed. But, to Geoff's bookshop first where I bought a copy of a book on, er, books - brief history of writing and printing.

Walking past The London Camera Exchange (bit far from its home town I know) and there is a basket outside marked "Freebies". I always like that they do this instead of just binning stuff. Though I do wish that they would take some of it just across the road to a charity shop. Usual selection of caps, cases, straps etc, couple of old, basic 35mm caneras, an old cheapo digital compact, a Canon EOS body and a Nikon D70 body.

!

Chances are they are so kaput they are not worth fixing - and I have enough junk. Also the Nikon has a different lens mount to mine. But I did pick up what looks like a brand new old type Nikon Speedlight. But only actually want the innards from that, I have its big bro.

Then I went to get some money from the ATM. Debit card not in its slot in my wallet!  :shocked:  :panic: Straight to my bank, cancelled the card, ordered a new one and had them check my account - nothing drawn since a known purchase yesterday. Drew some cash using my driving licence and a chit from the lady.

Treated myself to an egg, bacon and chips/fries for lunch, then got me glasses fixed. Boarded the bus home and looked for my bus pass, found the debit card amongst all the other plastic! Joking with the guy in Screwfix yeasterday I must have put it in there along with my loyalty card.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: hermes2015 on February 27, 2018, 01:41:00 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 27, 2018, 01:34:22 PM
Been a bitsa day so far. First I must have ticked the wrong box because I am now the proud possesor of an electric guitar pick-up instead of a set of strings (got this idea for an instrument . . .) Never mind, decided that I can incorporate that as well and it's only a cheap one.

Then into town to get my specs fixed. But, to Geoff's bookshop first where I bought a copy of a book on, er, books - brief history of writing and printing.

Walking past The London Camera Exchange (bit far from its home town I know) and there is a basket outside marked "Freebies". I always like that they do this instead of just binning stuff. Though I do wish that they would take some of it just across the road to a charity shop. Usual selection of caps, cases, straps etc, couple of old, basic 35mm caneras, an old cheapo digital compact, a Canon EOS body and a Nikon D70 body.

!

Chances are they are so kaput they are not worth fixing - and I have enough junk. Also the Nikon has a different lens mount to mine. But I did pick up what looks like a brand new old type Nikon Speedlight. But only actually want the innards from that, I have its big bro.

Then I went to get some money from the ATM. Debit card not in its slot in my wallet!  :shocked:  :panic: Straight to my bank, cancelled the card, ordered a new one and had them check my account - nothing drawn since a known purchase yesterday. Drew some cash using my driving licence and a chit from the lady.

Treated myself to an egg, bacon and chips/fries for lunch, then got me glasses fixed. Boarded the bus home and looked for my bus pass, found the debit card amongst all the other plastic! Joking with the guy in Screwfix yeasterday I must have put it in there along with my loyalty card.

Wow Dave, you are HAF's Leopold Bloom!
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on February 27, 2018, 02:48:40 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on February 27, 2018, 01:41:00 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 27, 2018, 01:34:22 PM
Been a bitsa day so far. First I must have ticked the wrong box because I am now the proud possesor of an electric guitar pick-up instead of a set of strings (got this idea for an instrument . . .) Never mind, decided that I can incorporate that as well and it's only a cheap one.

Then into town to get my specs fixed. But, to Geoff's bookshop first where I bought a copy of a book on, er, books - brief history of writing and printing.

Walking past The London Camera Exchange (bit far from its home town I know) and there is a basket outside marked "Freebies". I always like that they do this instead of just binning stuff. Though I do wish that they would take some of it just across the road to a charity shop. Usual selection of caps, cases, straps etc, couple of old, basic 35mm caneras, an old cheapo digital compact, a Canon EOS body and a Nikon D70 body.

!

Chances are they are so kaput they are not worth fixing - and I have enough junk. Also the Nikon has a different lens mount to mine. But I did pick up what looks like a brand new old type Nikon Speedlight. But only actually want the innards from that, I have its big bro.

Then I went to get some money from the ATM. Debit card not in its slot in my wallet!  :shocked:  :panic: Straight to my bank, cancelled the card, ordered a new one and had them check my account - nothing drawn since a known purchase yesterday. Drew some cash using my driving licence and a chit from the lady.

Treated myself to an egg, bacon and chips/fries for lunch, then got me glasses fixed. Boarded the bus home and looked for my bus pass, found the debit card amongst all the other plastic! Joking with the guy in Screwfix yeasterday I must have put it in there along with my loyalty card.

Wow Dave, you are HAF's Leopold Bloom!

:lol:

Never actually read "Ulysses", but Samuel Pepys had something of a similar style, "To Ludgate, there to partake of an excellent pork pie at Mrs Figgins emporium,. Thence to the Admiralty whence I was called into my lords' chambers for instruction on the situation in Portsmouth. Home via Smith's coffee house to pick up the latest news . . " that's a parody but close to the style in places.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: hermes2015 on February 27, 2018, 04:24:54 PM
Quote from: Dave on February 27, 2018, 02:48:40 PM
Never actually read "Ulysses", but Samuel Pepys had something of a similar style, "To Ludgate, there to partake of an excellent pork pie at Mrs Figgins emporium,. Thence to the Admiralty whence I was called into my lords' chambers for instruction on the situation in Portsmouth. Home via Smith's coffee house to pick up the latest news . . " that's a parody but close to the style in places.

I read it using that excellent guide by Anthony Burgess when I was in hospital for a week once. I never managed Finnegans Wake, though.

Your Pepys parody (travesty?) is quite convincing.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 04, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Just thinkin' I want to lie on my bed and listen to music with my eyes closed, just enjoy the experience for a while, but the AC in my room is broken and there's no way I'm going to go there in this heat.

Which god am I supposed to pray to to get the AC working again?  :Gaah: Is there like a Handyman's Saint or something?  :scratch: I'd buy the candles and light them!
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on March 10, 2018, 12:36:41 PM
Shucks, gosh darn and dang blast it and all that kind of stuff!

I ain't grumpy but, though I noted the possibility few days ago, I snuck past 5000 posts!

Never mind, eh?
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: jumbojak on March 10, 2018, 12:53:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 04, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Just thinkin' I want to lie on my bed and listen to music with my eyes closed, just enjoy the experience for a while, but the AC in my room is broken and there's no way I'm going to go there in this heat.

Which god am I supposed to pray to to get the AC working again?  :Gaah: Is there like a Handyman's Saint or something?  :scratch: I'd buy the candles and light them!

I don't know about handymen but you could try praying to the patron saint of mechanics, St. Francis of Isuzu.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: hermes2015 on March 10, 2018, 01:32:15 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 10, 2018, 12:53:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 04, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Just thinkin' I want to lie on my bed and listen to music with my eyes closed, just enjoy the experience for a while, but the AC in my room is broken and there's no way I'm going to go there in this heat.

Which god am I supposed to pray to to get the AC working again?  :Gaah: Is there like a Handyman's Saint or something?  :scratch: I'd buy the candles and light them!

I don't know about handymen but you could try praying to the patron saint of mechanics, St. Francis of Isuzu.

Pray to Thor, he with the big hammer.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Tank on March 10, 2018, 02:21:15 PM
Quote from: hermes2015 on March 10, 2018, 01:32:15 PM
Quote from: jumbojak on March 10, 2018, 12:53:29 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 04, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Just thinkin' I want to lie on my bed and listen to music with my eyes closed, just enjoy the experience for a while, but the AC in my room is broken and there's no way I'm going to go there in this heat.

Which god am I supposed to pray to to get the AC working again?  :Gaah: Is there like a Handyman's Saint or something?  :scratch: I'd buy the candles and light them!

I don't know about handymen but you could try praying to the patron saint of mechanics, St. Francis of Isuzu.

Pray to Thor, he with the big hammer.

Thor is a myth. I am real and I have a very big ban hammer! :grin:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 10, 2018, 02:29:25 PM
:lol:

These posts...
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: hermes2015 on March 10, 2018, 04:14:45 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 10, 2018, 02:21:15 PM
Thor is a myth. I am real and I have a very big ban hammer! :grin:

Why has your hammer been banned?
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on March 11, 2018, 10:42:47 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 04, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Just thinkin' I want to lie on my bed and listen to music with my eyes closed, just enjoy the experience for a while, but the AC in my room is broken and there's no way I'm going to go there in this heat.

Which god am I supposed to pray to to get the AC working again?  :Gaah: Is there like a Handyman's Saint or something?  :scratch: I'd buy the candles and light them!

Sorry, Silver, candles don't shine a light on that problem. You have to sacrifice large quantities of money to get the right practioner to attend to carry out the appropriate esoteric rites (with all the correct paraphenalia), to frown, suck his teeth and shake his head, as per doctrine, before he changes even a simple fuse. Then tells you that you need a new one - that he just happens to have in stock at a discount (from twice its actual wholesale cost.)
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 16, 2018, 02:23:05 PM
Quote from: Dave on March 11, 2018, 10:42:47 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on March 04, 2018, 03:57:29 PM
Just thinkin' I want to lie on my bed and listen to music with my eyes closed, just enjoy the experience for a while, but the AC in my room is broken and there's no way I'm going to go there in this heat.

Which god am I supposed to pray to to get the AC working again?  :Gaah: Is there like a Handyman's Saint or something?  :scratch: I'd buy the candles and light them!

Sorry, Silver, candles don't shine a light on that problem. You have to sacrifice large quantities of money to get the right practioner to attend to carry out the appropriate esoteric rites (with all the correct paraphenalia), to frown, suck his teeth and shake his head, as per doctrine, before he changes even a simple fuse. Then tells you that you need a new one - that he just happens to have in stock at a discount (from twice its actual wholesale cost.)

I think you're right Dave. :sad sigh:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on March 16, 2018, 02:27:23 PM
Just thinking I really want to watch the new Tomb Raider movie (yes, another tomb raider origin story -- they replaced Angelina Jolie with a new actress for this one...). The film is is probably going to suck but all those fond memories playing the video games while growing up are currently overriding any sense I may have.

:shrug: I love going to the movies and will watch almost anything.

(The two movies with Angelina Jolie sucked. I would not recommend.)
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 02:37:06 PM
Just thinkin' About a play I saw called 'Quiz'. It was the only matinee I could find at short notice, I hadn't even  heard of it. Made me feel a bit like a voyeur. It centred round the TV programme, 'Who wants to be a Millionaire', and the army major, his wife and a neighbour who conspired to gain a pecuniary advantage, namely £1,000,000, by fraud from the TV company. The major would repeat the four choices out loud as though thinking, and the wife or the neighbour would cough when he said the right one. It was all quite cringe-making. He duly won the million, but right from the off, the studio floor staff thought something wasn't right.

There were set pieces such as when the major and his wife were travelling on the tube and when they were recognised, the other passengers started coughing. The theatre audience all had electronic handsets and we had to vote 'innocent' or 'guilty' at the end. They had also acted scenes from the court case and the TV programme itself. I believe they were guilty as did the court which gave them a suspended sentence, (and of course, they forfeited he prize money), but found it hard to stomach this never-ending exposure and ended up thinking I shouldn't have been there.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on April 15, 2018, 03:47:23 PM
Quote from: Essie Mae on April 15, 2018, 02:37:06 PM
Just thinkin' About a play I saw called 'Quiz'. It was the only matinee I could find at short notice, I hadn't even  heard of it. Made me feel a bit like a voyeur. It centred round the TV programme, 'Who wants to be a Millionaire', and the army major, his wife and a neighbour who conspired to gain a pecuniary advantage, namely £1,000,000, by fraud from the TV company. The major would repeat the four choices out loud as though thinking, and the wife or the neighbour would cough when he said the right one. It was all quite cringe-making. He duly won the million, but right from the off, the studio floor staff thought something wasn't right.

There were set pieces such as when the major and his wife were travelling on the tube and when they were recognised, the other passengers started coughing. The theatre audience all had electronic handsets and we had to vote 'innocent' or 'guilty' at the end. They had also acted scenes from the court case and the TV programme itself. I believe they were guilty as did the court which gave them a suspended sentence, (and of course, they forfeited he prize money), but found it hard to stomach this never-ending exposure and ended up thinking I shouldn't have been there.

I tend to agree. I might have put them in the slammer for a few months but, basically, once caught and punished public ridicule like this is not really ethical in my book. Perhaps I would not trust them until they had, somehow, demonstrated their remorse and that they had changed their behaviour.

I doubt that any of us is 100% honest and I well know the effects of having a, very minor, childhood "crime" thrown into my face over and over again.

The Hamiltons (he was an MP caught in the "cash-for-questions" controversy in the late 90s) made a success out of their noteriety, not hiding from it and makibg a dekiverate pkay of being given a well stuffed brown envelope when the appeared on "Hace I got bews for you!" on TV (anither of tge few things I miss with no licence.) Christine Hamilton became a brilliant and much sought after speaker.

Ah!  :grin: there is a non-BBC version available!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs4iyu
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2018, 05:53:36 PM
Just thinking of how tense I've been feeling these past couple of weeks...you know the feeling you get when you notice just how much an area of your body is hurting due to the constant muscle tension? My left shoulder feels strained and I have to remember to relax the muscles whenever the pain gets to me.

It's incredibly annoying.
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on April 29, 2018, 06:32:14 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on April 29, 2018, 05:53:36 PM
Just thinking of how tense I've been feeling these past couple of weeks...you know the feeling you get when you notice just how much an area of your body is hurting due to the constant muscle tension? My left shoulder feels strained and I have to remember to relax the muscles whenever the pain gets to me.

It's incredibly annoying.

My excuse is age and all the joys it brings . . .
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Dave on May 15, 2018, 08:26:27 PM
Anybody heard from Sandra or Dragonia recently?
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Magdalena on May 15, 2018, 10:44:16 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 15, 2018, 08:26:27 PM
Anybody heard from Sandra or Dragonia recently?
I haven't.
:notsure:
But maybe they'll hear "the drums" and come to Davin's 7000 posts celebration.
:smilenod:
Title: Re: Just thinkin'
Post by: Davin on May 16, 2018, 03:14:33 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on May 15, 2018, 10:44:16 PM
Quote from: Dave on May 15, 2018, 08:26:27 PM
Anybody heard from Sandra or Dragonia recently?
I haven't.
:notsure:
But maybe they'll hear "the drums" and come to Davin's 7000 posts celebration.
:smilenod:
Oh damn, 7000...