Dear Neil, sounds like the person who went to the doctor and said 'It hurts when I do this!' MD's response, "Then don't do that!"
All the best through your bout of disillusionment Neil! On Aug 26, 4:59 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I've sort of 'gone native' in a personal quest to discover how bent > society has become (and perhaps forever was). I have arrived at my > conclusions. I watched an old episode of 'The Wire' last night (BBC2 > is running the series about 4 years late). The drunk, divorced, > shagger-Irish cop is setting Baltimore up with a false serial killer, > in order to force the powers-that-be to provide resources for real > murders. This would be a fair summary of what I've found, though it > ain't 'dark' enough. My current situation is that I need a place of > safety to write from (harder than I was expecting to find - they are > very good at reducing us to functionaries) and a pain in the head > trying to work out how any of the good bits of society work. Just to > put the cap on, I have a real pain in the head from an infection, and > in taking the antibiotics have discovered I had let myself run down > pretty badly - all sorts of problems I was putting down to age and > depression seem to be falling in front of the microbe wipe out! > > I have to say Slip, that I've generally been sickened by 'women in > power' - they have tended to bully by nasty means, reminding me of > some primate political behaviour. I've always found it much easier to > shrug off bullying by men. I wouldn't consider this a gender point > really - something is so very wrong with hierarchy. I believe most of > our interactions are primitive and driven by a biology we refuse to > understand. I have got to the point at which I would rather die than > take any more of it, but not made a decision to retreat to the > hermitage. I do need to break away from my 'research' as this only > proves the same point over and over. > > On 26 Aug, 00:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have to say our feathers take on a similarity of color, though the > > flocking is non existent, probably only a distance factor. I've had > > many similar situations which I attribute to, especially with women > > entering the higher echelons of the work force, a need to justify and > > substantiate the position by exerting some form of muscle beyond the > > shoulder padding found in much of the corporate female dress. I've > > always maintained a significant lead in life so that I could walk away > > fairly unscathed from any situation, mainly due to the recognition > > that those in the position to quash usually resort to intimidation > > relating to their idea that you need to suck up and take the piss out > > of desperation, which is usually their position. I wish I had a > > camera for every face that could not believe I was walking out the > > door instead of kissing buttocks, not that some of them weren't worth > > a kiss or two. The poor dedicated souls as you say just can't imagine > > that there is a huge world out there with a myriad of opportunity. > > The only reason I'm here doing what I do is because I was in the right > > place at the right time and not sitting in some cubicle like a > > component in the circuit board of corporate functionality. For me the > > most precious commodity in life is freedom and I'd have no qualms of > > dying penniless in the knowledge that I've lived in freedom. > > > On Aug 25, 1:37 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Fret, Slip? I'm disappointed, but hardly surprised the world is full > > > of the wrong stuff. I have long wondered how so many manage to > > > imagine it isn't until their slap in the face with the wet fish comes > > > along. They promoted me in my last job and I went through an archaic > > > ritual before being given the keycode to the executive car park. I > > > was regarded as most ungrateful in declining it. I travelled in by > > > train and objected to the somewhat savage deduction from salary for > > > this 'perk'. Now that I could reliably park my car, I could also hire > > > one if needed and did that rather than pay for a parking space. All > > > this upset someone in personnel so severely that my keycode privilege > > > was withdrawn, leading me to protest that only the keycode itself > > > should be withdrawn as the privilege came with my rank. Several > > > months of exchange with this idiot passed before she realised I was > > > not fretting but taking the piss. A small magnet prevented these > > > keycodes from working and I used to have great fun watching desperate > > > managers trying to get in. In the case of the exceptionally obnoxious > > > bastards, I would set the magnetic device only after they got in, to > > > check their reaction to being kept (as such dedicated souls) in the > > > heaven of work for a second longer than necessary. I rarely fret old > > > boy, there is too much revenge to take! > > > > On 25 Aug, 16:33, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, anyway, it is always good fun when I can't remember any other > > > > knock knock jokes. I can always count on Slip to play. > > > > > On Aug 25, 11:21 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I found the old links, they are not valid anymore, you are right, > > > > > they've been scrubbed. So has a lot of other things which I find > > > > > nearly impossible to find. Possibly overloaded archival storage > > > > > bins. > > > > > > On Aug 25, 9:57 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > until you open the door, and then POUNCE! while the jaws theme plays > > > > > > > On Aug 25, 10:36 am, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Land sharks (what ever they are) must be disappearing so they > > > > > > > can approach > > > > > > > their next victim with land stealth.. :o) > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Molly Brogan > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > If I could find the video clip of the Saturday Night Live > > > > > > > > landshark > > > > > > > > skit, I would post it, but they seem to disappear of the web as > > > > > > > > fast > > > > > > > > as they are posted. SN must have a microsoft frame of mind. > > > > > > > > It is > > > > > > > > good though. Slip found one once... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > ( > > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
