I've been smoking since early teens but quit momentarily four years ago.
EVERYTHING tasted better, well, even the cigar that broke my 'resolve'
was worth smoking for a change. ;) Holy moly rigsy, if you are paying
20$/plate and asking why then you should hook up with some good southern
cooking, nothing beats it. Fried asparagus in garlic, fried green
tomatoes, roasted honey ham and stewed roasts with grilled vegetables
fresh from the garden, and dessert O.M.G.
On 6/22/2011 1:11 PM, rigsy03 wrote:
I thought about this some more. I think vanity had a lot to do with
the decision and fear, finally. I had a reaction to whiskey two
summers ago- and that prompted my decision. An ultrasound checked out
okay so that accounts for the chance/luck/timing. Anyway- thanks- as
it does take some resolve to stick with a good decision. (Actually,
"resolve" is not one of my strong points as I often "waver".)
I think taste buds are developed and I had a varied diet as a child
plus my mother was an excellent cook which countered the mystery fare
at school and camp. I guess it's good to have a critical palate. But-
Why am I paying $20. for this lunch of second rate food? What in the
world is that chef on tv throwing together? Etc. I am not talking
about elaborate fare- good food cooked well and complimented with side
dishes. (Heaven knows what I am missing by smoking! lol You might have
to pull me off the ceiling!)
On Jun 22, 3:55 am, paradox<[email protected]> wrote:
Not many :)
Admire your resolve.
On Jun 21, 10:48 pm, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote:
I think more by chance/luck/timing. I hate tea. :-) That's my other
"half"- French and Scot-Irish and a long (family) history of ardent
spirits and mischief. But I do remember the tastes very well and have
to take care not to glamorize booze for every now and then I
wonder...or am tempted...but am doing well and am healthy so I
continue to choose not to drink at all. There are other delicious
tastes.
On Jun 21, 1:01 pm, paradox<[email protected]> wrote:
Don't mean to pry. but...teetotal by choice?
On Jun 21, 4:22 pm, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote:
Wonderful! Except I no longer drink though my taste buds can still
"taste" the wine. Sensory memory, I guess.
On Jun 20, 9:22 am, paradox<[email protected]> wrote:
Oh, i dont know...a full bodied merlot, a creme brulee...:)
On Jun 20, 12:47 pm, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote:
One can't order a friend like an item off a menu, you know! I'll take
you- medium rare, etc. Yum! Of course there is some give and take.
At the car dealer's a couple of weeks ago there was such an explosion
of smiles between me and a man my age- just for a minute. He might
have been a Scot- long legs though he was seated in an adjoining
waiting room. But maybe he was a wolf! :-) My friend said- "Just go
for those twinkling moments, dear!"
On Jun 20, 6:12 am, allan deheretic<[email protected]> wrote:
Rigsy I would have a difficult time picturing some one changing you, part a
friend ship is accepting a person as they are without qualification to
change..
Allan
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 12:09 PM, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote:
Then aren't you putting some kind of boundary/expectation on that
relationship? ( You may like me, but don't attempt to change me.) How
can you not qualify the relationship as change "happens". Between
females, a male can tip the relationship. Between male and female, sex
can turn to love or ruin the friendship. Sometimes, the hardest person
to be a friend to is oneself.
On Jun 20, 2:23 am, allan deheretic<[email protected]> wrote:
I Thin there are many levels of friendship. Most of them I barely know,
if
at all a casual matter, and among these levels there is a very special
one
that accepts me as I am but likes me any way without qualification to
change.
Allan
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:52 PM, pol.science kid<[email protected]
wrote:
a few days back i read some post somewhere about the lack of
literature on friendship in philosophy mainly...and how it has been
ignored and so on.... so it got me thinking about the whole
affair...Friendship.... i asked myself who my friends were...i am very
casual in calling people my friends... in fact i realised i didnt
really pay much attention to it.... the word i mean... i wouldnt know
who to call my best friend...or a close and intimate friend...
because..it happens so to the person whom i would reveal my dearest
thoughts would be a relative stranger..in fact i dont do it
much...share thoughts..personal ones...i do it here but... maybe
because of the anonymity it lends.... plus i tend to outgrow some
friends... i know it sounds horrible..i dont really do it on
purpose..outgrow would mean... gradually losing touch...after i move
or something... i am sorry i dont want to make this some sort of
confession...but there are so many questions that confront and rack my
brain sometimes.... is it later in life that one makes real
friends...i mean after youve left that peer space...school or
college...l in fact leave that...its not that significant... I once
decided that Friendship is a vague term altogether... there are
individual relationships...each having a different bearing... like a
security personnel at your college gate... you get the point... I know
this is a very vast topic.and i cant really analyse it right now cos
this is a kind of spontaneous typing....so let me get to another
point.... like i mentioned above i seem careless of friends...but yet
i sometimes complain of the loneliness... which can be suffocating...
and yet i draw a line and withdraw if any relation touches on lines of
very personal.... i think one regards personal what one considers
sacred... like ones thoughts..contemplations... my question is....is
it possible to bond with Another... in an aristotelian way... because
i believe one can give ones life for someone but still be out of
something very impersonal.... are there some ...too self
absorbed...that it is almost impossible to connect on that level... it
is strange i have such high demands for any 'connection'...and yet i
am convinced there is no way i can really be with another according to
my standard... this must be awfully confusing... but there are many
smart people here ho might get the basic point.....
who is a friend?
can one really defeat the loneliness or is this loneliness only
immaturity on the souls part......
the question is now to you my 'friends'...convince me for something if
you will.........
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