I have trouble doing anything during my depressions - even preventing the dog chewing my socks - to which the answer is to brush the cat who then attacks him while I recover the sock. November has been a bad time for me for 30 years. I get desperate for something new to escape my hauntings. Derrida was plagued by something similar and decent enough to chat about it once. All beer is basically piss-coloured water differentiated by marketing - in Rwanda it's still advertised as 'making you a man' and often tastes of chocolate or bananas (they have a 'beer banana'). I guess the issue is really failure. I watched a UN worker in tears over not being able to do what he had signed-up for in Sri Lanka (protecting the vulnerable) and the shame of his uniform and flak- jacket as he saw people with nothing dying. I feel broken when I look back (it's involuntary) - but the up side is I usually get involved in something. I think this time this might just be an equivalent to the audio taping - housework and just look to protecting the household from what is to come through the day-job. Like Allan I remember pride in work, but it seems there is so little worthy of such investment today.
On 14 Nov, 08:24, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Gabby I can assure you Heineken is i n full swing and growing and > adapting to the muslim market (they are less than 10 km away from me) > as for apple and vaio I see more vaio than apple, which leaves me > wondering other than phones and pads what are they marketing and > where..I wonder if apple even has 5% of the market.. I think there is > a lot of that funny smelling stuff that comes out of the rump of bull. > Allan > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:50 AM, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's wrong with Heineken? Isn't that typically sold in British pubs? > > Whereas not seeing any Apple but only Vaio laptops struck me as > > extremely odd. A refugee armchair writer, hm, I'm not sure if I wanted > > to read the resulting product. I remember during my mad times I audio > > taped my thoughts while doing the housework, in order to not forget > > anything and get things done at the same time. I haven't forgotten the > > feeling urgency. > > > 2012/11/13 archytas <[email protected]>: > >> Part of the mad plan was that I don't much like the food so I'd lose > >> some weight and would have fewer distractions from writing. In the > >> end I decided to build a tool shed and walk the hound more. I can > >> live without Bond advertising Heineken. An armchair and laptop in > >> future tool shed may be my refuge. > > >> On 13 Nov, 21:11, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> The problem with experiencing other cultures is always how to fund the > >>> stay. > > >>> On 12 Nov, 10:56, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > Jesus Christ, Neil! I take it it is your 'wonderful humor' that makes > >>> > you think of teaching business English to get away from the deception! > >>> > And as for your old company dreams, that film has been made already. I > >>> > went to see Skyfall last night, good film, just in case you've missed > >>> > it for anti-romantic reasons. > > >>> > 2012/11/12 archytas <[email protected]>: > > >>> > > I was an addict of BBC World Service for re-runs of Hancock's Half > >>> > > Hour, Navy Lark and others when abroad. Letter From America was very > >>> > > soothing. In more recent years I watched a lot of Aussie crime > >>> > > drama and spent time with Americans in the Middle East for 'company'. > >>> > > The car bit in my history included building a kit car, a Morgan 4-4 > >>> > > and various wrecks. The VW does look good and will hopefully be fun - > >>> > > but I was honestly taken by the blue motion efficiency stuff and the > >>> > > very comfy front seats. I do business lease these days rather than > >>> > > buy and the real pleasure is not having to crawl under cars. Sue > >>> > > really chose it and does most of the driving. I tend to take trains > >>> > > if I can, but expect to have to travel more by car for the next few > >>> > > years. The thing is about £2K more over the three year lease than I > >>> > > meant to pay and it was hard to drag her from the wheel after the test > >>> > > drive. I was planning on a couple of months off in a French Gites > >>> > > with the money and some time on my own - or more correctly in old > >>> > > company to see if I really want to do something different. > > >>> > > I'm watching a film from Thailand at the moment. I had considered > >>> > > teaching business English there and a couple of years in a different > >>> > > culture away from our deceptions. The word 'romance' usually kills > >>> > > any chance of me watching a film - this one is gentle and rather > >>> > > lovely, but about to get serious in message. It's called 'Wonderful > >>> > > Town'. > > >>> > > On 11 Nov, 10:29, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >> Yes- the BBC scandal plus BenGhazzi and Petraeus and no-show > >>> > >> testimony > >>> > >> of latter and Clinton but at least there is a new definition for > >>> > >> being > >>> > >> embedded with the troops, isn't there? > > >>> > >> On Nov 9, 7:41 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > >> > Never really imagine you as a mud wrestler rigs. How does one > >>> > >> > wrestle > >>> > >> > mud by the way? Sounds a bit like politics. I bought a new car > >>> > >> > too - > >>> > >> > or at least ordered one for the new year. A VW Scirocco - 2 litre > >>> > >> > diesel with blue motion technology that gets 64 mpg and does 0 -60 > >>> > >> > in > >>> > >> > 9.3 seconds - if one believed the salesman the energy it recycles > >>> > >> > from > >>> > >> > braking would power a small town! Nice looking beast one can > >>> > >> > easily > >>> > >> > imagine with a saddle. > > >>> > >> > Not worth diluting beer over Romney, but I have noticed Obama is > >>> > >> > only > >>> > >> > the drag version. There have been no calls for the Carnielli > >>> > >> > paper > >>> > >> > from this group. It's mostly uninteresting, other than in that a > >>> > >> > professional philosopher has noticed life slides on bull-grease. > >>> > >> > What's really in my mind on this relates to rigsy saying that > >>> > >> > Goethe > >>> > >> > was perhaps the last person to have a grasp of 'everything' - in > >>> > >> > fact, > >>> > >> > even the great man was largely outside the kick off of modern > >>> > >> > science. The modern problem is disinformation and education based > >>> > >> > in > >>> > >> > old hat. > > >>> > >> > Our most educated broadcast news channel here is C4. Last night > >>> > >> > they > >>> > >> > did a bit of a review on Britain's hapless inquiry systems. A > >>> > >> > Tory MP > >>> > >> > popped up to describe them as > >>> > >> > 1. a means to kick problems into the long grass > >>> > >> > 2. a means to cover-up in public pretending to do something with > >>> > >> > the > >>> > >> > intent of changing nothing > >>> > >> > 3. genuine and largely Victorian (forgotten) means to bring about > >>> > >> > radical change by addressing real problems. > > >>> > >> > We have a paedophile scandal here around Jimmy Saville - a pathetic > >>> > >> > and now dead TV personality. Politicians are supposedly involved > >>> > >> > and > >>> > >> > I'm connected in that my brother and father (school teachers) > >>> > >> > asked me > >>> > >> > for advice when I was a cop - on Saville and some git associated > >>> > >> > with > >>> > >> > him who ran a school disco. I got the git (who has just been re- > >>> > >> > arrested) on unrelated criminal matters. We were sure he was > >>> > >> > abusing > >>> > >> > young girls - but I can't tell you how hard it was to do anything > >>> > >> > when > >>> > >> > evidence comes from people who can easily be further abused and > >>> > >> > discredited by scumbag lawyers. My advice to my brother was that > >>> > >> > the > >>> > >> > police and wider CJS was hapless - in another enquiry I was > >>> > >> > reduced to > >>> > >> > pinning a drunk driving charge on a perpetrator in exasperation > >>> > >> > over > >>> > >> > the real case. > > >>> > >> > The other side of this stuff is false complaints and mad people who > >>> > >> > claim to be experts and victims and are neither. In recent years > >>> > >> > I've > >>> > >> > worked with an academic with a distinct tinge of madness > >>> > >> > (personally > >>> > >> > delightful) who gets lots of the child abuse stuff right and who > >>> > >> > was > >>> > >> > able to get bunches of cops to really look at street situations and > >>> > >> > see the abuse. The woman concerned would be easy to attack on the > >>> > >> > basis of her personal life, drinks a lot, shags fairly > >>> > >> > indiscriminately - and has the score right. I've just been able to > >>> > >> > interview some of the cops in terms of before and after - all are > >>> > >> > concerned at just how much their eyes have been opened. > > >>> > >> > My views on deception in argument are based in control fraud. > >>> > >> > There > >>> > >> > are similarities between the rings that form to commit fraud and > >>> > >> > abuse > >>> > >> > rings. I suspect the 'mechanisms' may be the base of party > >>> > >> > politics. > > >>> > >> > On 9 Nov, 08:29, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > >> > > What you are saying is the crimes against humanity and murders > >>> > >> > > that > >>> > >> > > Bush ordered is okay? > > >>> > >> > > You need to buy a new car and put a saddle in it to stay out of > >>> > >> > > the mud. > >>> > >> > > Allan > > >>> > >> > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:12 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> > >>> > >> > > wrote: > >>> > >> > > > Better to sit in the saddle then wrestle in the mud... > > >>> > >> > > > On Nov 8, 1:23 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >> > > >> I hope the republicans get off their destructive high horse. > >>> > >> > > >> Romney is > >>> > >> > > >> right both sides need to work for the benefit of the whole > >>> > >> > > >> nation, not just > >>> > >> > > >> a select few. > >>> > >> > > >> Allan > > >>> > >> > > >> Matrix ** th3 beginning light > >>> > >> > > >> On Nov 8, 2012 5:21 PM, "archytas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > >> > > >> > I was struck that Obama's acceptance speech was prime BA - > >>> > >> > > >> > we could > >>> > >> > > >> > hardly disagree a word yet have no reason to believe any of > >>> > >> > > >> > it is > >>> > >> > > >> > happening, will happen and is anything other than an appeal > >>> > >> > > >> > to those > >>> > >> > > >> > of us with liberal biology - yet we hope it is true and > >>> > >> > > >> > don't think of > >>> > >> > > >> > the real problems under its sway. Romney was a model > >>> > >> > > >> > democrat in > >>> > >> > > >> > defeat, accepting the will of the people and praying for his > >>> > >> > > >> > opponent. More BA as the House will already be beavering > >>> > >> > > >> > away to make > >>> > >> > > >> > Obama a lame duck fit to serve with a rigsy sauce. It's > >>> > >> > > >> > all, as > >>> > >> > > >> > Goffman had it, 'face work'. > >>> > >> > > >> > People my age were all taught Julius Caesar was a great > >>> > >> > > >> > leader who > >>> > >> > > >> > invaded Britain in 53 AD. In fact, he had been seen off > >>> > >> > > >> > the year > >>> > >> > > >> > before and couldn't get his lads to board the boats. The > >>> > >> > > >> > barbarians > >>> > >> > > >> > and Philistines of history turn out to have been much more > >>> > >> > > >> > civilised, > >>> > >> > > >> > artistic and all round good guys compared with the Greek > >>> > >> > > >> > and Roman > >>> > >> > > >> > slave-based economies who left us their songs of victory. > > >>> > >> > > >> > On 7 Nov, 13:36, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >> > > >> > > One probably needs a critical eye to spot why this paper > >>> > >> > > >> > > is itself > > ... > > read more » --
