I am sorry if I sound insensitive to your diet, Lee. Forgive me. :-(
On Jun 24, 9:57 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Keep the bacon, toss the salad? > > On Jun 24, 3:50 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The art/trick is knowing which to keep and which to toss! :-) > > > On Jun 23, 10:59 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We all do :) > > > > On Jun 23, 12:54 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What corner? O- you may mean the curb where we must freeze during the > > > > winter? :-) I am the "last smoker" but friends keep an ashtray for me > > > > anyway.//Good- that you enjoy food! //I doubt they would put such > > > > labels on booze or potato chips, would they? The government found a > > > > wealthy scapegoat- and medical costs are high for all the major health > > > > diseases. Anyway, I need a few vices. > > > > > On Jun 23, 4:15 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Sadly, you have company in the smokers corner :) > > > > > > Happy to eat food "on the go", though, like you, i object to paying > > > > > over the odds for it. I do love a good/great meal; i even venture > > > > > experimental cooking occasionally! :) > > > > > > On Jun 22, 6:11 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> 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......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I_D Allan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,- Hide > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
