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Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
You are correct. A forum is an example of social media. This is THE only place I participate on such medium. All my family and friends know this. Which is why I specially mentioned people who know me and know what I don't play in. AS mentioned, it seems weird to people that someone would only be on a 'religious'/Buddhist forum and nothing else. Why does it have to be all or nothing? If I'm on ONE Buddhist forum then what? It's a free for all when it comes to my face, image anything and everything?? And then it seems weird to people that I want control/choice over what is put out there. I'm just tired of going back and forth with them when they know I'm not facebook, twitter, all the others. It just seems like a constant subject of tension. But even referrign to young people at these parties...how would they know I even participate in this ONE? Why assume everyone wants all their stuff out there all the time?
There's a time and place for everything.
Theres an exception to every rule.
I tried to give specific examples in my rant...hahaha. You guys here are not the ones I'm talking about. BUt even then...I think here we have a pretty high respect for each other and don't push each other past the willing/giving info line...if you know what I'm sayin'....and I think you do.
It might be a good time for SpinyNorman to toss his laptop into a bucket of water! The Luddites would be shocked to know that he is tossing their name around on the Internet. Good thing they'll never find out. What they don't know can't hurt them.
Hilarity is when you're sitting in the front passenger seat while your spouse is driving and you're reading "No Mud, No Lotus," and the lug nuts on a tire pop out and you see your front driver's-side tire rolling across the highway and into the woods.
We're okay! We were super fortunate to have a kind young guy help us pop the tire back on so we could limp to a garage. Back on the road!
@lobster -When life imitates dharma, that's for sure. Luckily, my wife is an excellent driver and she's great at maintaining control of the vehicle. Both the young man who helped us and the mechanic at the garage get major karmic Brownie points. It could have been much, much worse all around.
I am going to murder AT&T. Changed account to me from my mom... computer crashed and they had to restart from zero and have a service tech come and start from zero (rather than just transferring). The service tech came and new modem and new remote
and I thought it was all situated. Worked for 2 days and then failed so another service tech had to come and reinstall a new modem and he remarked that the previous had done several things wrong.
Ok so now I worked hours and hours on my files and have everything in check regarding files. I am all happy to pay the first bill and I am actually excited!! to pay my first bill Name on the billing address is my mother again like we have accomplished nothing being on the phone 2 hours and then two 4 hour installation periods. I am a patient person but it is becoming a joke.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
@Jeffrey, "When you've reached the end of your tether - tie a knot in it, and hang on...."
i am indian and let me tell you, being indian is actually a great thing. we have beautiful people and we have ugly people. just like any race. I for 1 am a great person, have great friends, and i take care of every one that is in my life and i am glad to do it, and for that i have people that love me around me. also, indian parents are one of the best parents you can have. sometimes they can be really strict, but they will take care of you no matter what, and they will buy you what ever it is that you need. as long as your not a selfish ****head. Also, we all have great jobs, lots of money and a family that we all love and take care off.
Just thought I'd get that off my chest.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
take care OF *....
Just though I'd get THAT off MY chest....
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SarahTTime ... space ... joySouth Coast, UKVeteran
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited May 2015
@SarahT, Ooooh no. Trust me on this, I have a full tight grip on it.....
I let him get away with a couple of mild misdemeanours.... After all, he's only passin' through..... and good for a laugh.....
I would make an announcement, but I seem to have wandered off somewhere. So I'm going out to look for me. If I should come back while I'm still away, keep me here until I return.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
@federica said:
"I'm just sitting quietly, on an Easter Monday afternoon, flicking through the 'net, knitting a bathmat....."
" Heh heh.... wait...hold on.... for a minute there, I thought you said you were 'knitting a bathmat'...."
"Yes, that's exactly what I said...."
"...Knitting a bathmat...?! Woah.... this, I gotta see.....!"
@federica
Thanks for asking.
She had a month of acute pain, another month of discomfort and now just the occasional tingling along the same nerve pathways that had blistered.
One of my 40 yr old clients came down with what they thought was palsy. Sometime later some blisters were found in his ear canal and leading into his brain.
Shingles is now the diagnosis but he looks like someone who's had a serious stroke with recovery in terms of years not months. so...I guess there are all types of degrees of effect.
Got my vaccine for it a month ago.
Great bathmat at @federica. Crocheted? An excellent form of activity meditation/mindfulness/practice.
The pic is an excellent example of photographic narrative. I want to kick that corner over, to make it 'workable'. Taken with a phone? The shoes just add that unfoldment ...
Congratulations.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
@lobster said:
Great bathmat at federica. Crocheted? An excellent form of activity meditation/mindfulness/practice.
No, knitted in some pattern called "Honeycomb slip stitch." Although we're technically looking at the 'wrong' side, the piece is reversible. Hence the fold-over to show both sides.
Crochet? Can't do it. Can't be arsed. Tried it once, and I ended up with a gnarled, untidy mess of knots. I'll stick with knitting.
The pic is an excellent example of photographic narrative. I want to kick that corner over, to make it 'workable'. Taken with a phone? The shoes just add that unfoldment ...
Congratulations.
The shoes (my Mum's workaday sandals) were included to add perspective.
The yarn used is actually a long reel of T-shirt fabric trim... Apparently, the company that markets it uses the long cut off edge from the gargantuan rolls of fabric woven to create T-shirts and other garments.... No two rolls of "yarn" are ever the same....
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
@how, delighted and relieved that your partner is.over the worst. It took my mum about 6 months in all to completely get over her bout. I am sorry though, to hear about your client's case. That truly is an awful situation. The poor guy must have been in a high degree of discomfort...
It looks like the Conservatives will win the UK election. Labour didn't do well and the Lib Dems were wiped out. The Scottish rebels ( SNP ) have taken over Scotland and will now be invading England! What fun!
Humph, maybe Edward Longshanks had the right idea after all.
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
I think Nicola Sturgeon will call for a new Referendum on whether to separate completely from the UK or not.
And this time, I think England should also be permitted to vote.
What's the connection between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon...?
Some may say Caviar. Others may say there's something fishy going on....
federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
edited May 2015
No, actually, it's a mix; red is cotton/elastane, brown is cotton polyester mix....(just read the yarn roll labels....)
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
I found a tutorial on how to make your own t-shirt fabric yarn, but googling "how to make your own t-shirt yarn" brings up loads of youtube tutorials....
Just mowed the lawn using an old fashioned Remington push mower. No gas, no electric, no power, just push push push. Realizing how old I am as I am crashed in my chair lol
@reb1220 said:
Just mowed the lawn using an old fashioned Remington push mower. No gas, no electric, no power, just push push push. Realizing how old I am as I am crashed in my chair lol
Put it on a higher setting. Most people mow too low and consequently have brown patches where the fine but short and fragile grass dies. I like green meadow lawns with daisies ... http://lawncare.about.com/od/maintenance/a/goldenrule.htm
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
Good link.
Typical lobster ; Mad, bad, and interesting to know....
Last Sunday, a tortoise strayed into our garden.
I mean: how on earth does a tortoise in the Swiss countryside stray into your garden???
Since I love tortoises -my Mum has two 39-year-old darlings back in Buenos Aires- I longed to believe that a mean pet owner had let it lose in Nature so that she would come into our lives.
But the obvious answer was that the little naughty galapagos had fled from her owner's home and he was desperately looking for her.
It broke our hearts to part with her... but for a few hours she was ours...
I visited my mum yesterday at the care home and she is doing OK, being well looked after and comfortable and seems content. Completely out with the fairies though, didn't know who I was and thought she'd been in the care home for years ( it's actually 3 months ).
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federicaSeeker of the clear blue sky...Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubtModerator
@SpinyNorman said:
Yes, I'm getting through it. Feeling a bit guilty in a general sort of way, but I think that's inevitable.
Well, your mum is still alive so you can be the most loving and caring son that you can be. And try to make the best choices for her care.
I have some regrets about how we handled my mother's care. And some guilt.
Now what I can do is try to share what I've learned with my kids. So they might not have guilt when I'm gone.
One of my friend's moms suffered horrible dementia. Didn't know her family and so on. But she thought she had won the lottery and was on a grand vacation. She didn't know her daughters, but she thought they were amazingly kind travel agents It's a hard road to travel.
My eldest child graduates high school tomorrow. Sigh. Very happy and excited for him, yet very emotional for me. To see him go from a child who couldn't speak and struggled so horribly in school that we thought we'd have to remove him, to a young man holding 2 jobs and about to go to college is astounding. I wish his father was here to see it. Going to need a whole box of kleenex and an extra large purse to carry it all
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And shut down Facebook so people actually talk to each other face-to-face like in the good old days!
or F2F as they say.
On Facebook.
Yeah, it ain't "social media" it's "antisocial media". Bah humbug and praise the Luddites!
This is social media.
http://www.tricycle.com/blog/raucous-silence#comment-55986
I didn't know where to put this, but this new play sounds wonderful.
This is antisocial media. There are much better places to grow up and spend your time than this.
You are correct. A forum is an example of social media. This is THE only place I participate on such medium. All my family and friends know this. Which is why I specially mentioned people who know me and know what I don't play in. AS mentioned, it seems weird to people that someone would only be on a 'religious'/Buddhist forum and nothing else. Why does it have to be all or nothing? If I'm on ONE Buddhist forum then what? It's a free for all when it comes to my face, image anything and everything?? And then it seems weird to people that I want control/choice over what is put out there. I'm just tired of going back and forth with them when they know I'm not facebook, twitter, all the others. It just seems like a constant subject of tension. But even referrign to young people at these parties...how would they know I even participate in this ONE? Why assume everyone wants all their stuff out there all the time?
There's a time and place for everything.
Theres an exception to every rule.
I tried to give specific examples in my rant...hahaha. You guys here are not the ones I'm talking about. BUt even then...I think here we have a pretty high respect for each other and don't push each other past the willing/giving info line...if you know what I'm sayin'....and I think you do.
It might be a good time for SpinyNorman to toss his laptop into a bucket of water! The Luddites would be shocked to know that he is tossing their name around on the Internet. Good thing they'll never find out. What they don't know can't hurt them.
I'm an undercover Luddite on a mission to keep track of social media, so I have no choice but to log on.
We're okay! We were super fortunate to have a kind young guy help us pop the tire back on so we could limp to a garage. Back on the road!
Glad you are OK. Trauma can be a hilarity. Love the amusing karmic wheel roll, so to speak
I am going to murder AT&T. Changed account to me from my mom... computer crashed and they had to restart from zero and have a service tech come and start from zero (rather than just transferring). The service tech came and new modem and new remote
and I thought it was all situated. Worked for 2 days and then failed so another service tech had to come and reinstall a new modem and he remarked that the previous had done several things wrong.
Ok so now I worked hours and hours on my files and have everything in check regarding files. I am all happy to pay the first bill and I am actually excited!! to pay my first bill
Name on the billing address is my mother again like we have accomplished nothing being on the phone 2 hours and then two 4 hour installation periods. I am a patient person but it is becoming a joke.
@Jeffrey, "When you've reached the end of your tether - tie a knot in it, and hang on...."
i am indian and let me tell you, being indian is actually a great thing. we have beautiful people and we have ugly people. just like any race. I for 1 am a great person, have great friends, and i take care of every one that is in my life and i am glad to do it, and for that i have people that love me around me. also, indian parents are one of the best parents you can have. sometimes they can be really strict, but they will take care of you no matter what, and they will buy you what ever it is that you need. as long as your not a selfish ****head. Also, we all have great jobs, lots of money and a family that we all love and take care off.
Just thought I'd get that off my chest.
Just though I'd get THAT off MY chest....
"your not a selfish ...." @fed, are you slipping?
@SarahT, Ooooh no. Trust me on this, I have a full tight grip on it.....
I let him get away with a couple of mild misdemeanours.... After all, he's only passin' through..... and good for a laugh.....
If I change my email address on this website will I get a more angry looking avatar?
Why not put your own....?
I would make an announcement, but I seem to have wandered off somewhere. So I'm going out to look for me. If I should come back while I'm still away, keep me here until I return.
Ok, so I finished the bathmat...
@how, you told us back in February that your partner came down with a case of shingles... How are things going now...?
@federica
Thanks for asking.
She had a month of acute pain, another month of discomfort and now just the occasional tingling along the same nerve pathways that had blistered.
One of my 40 yr old clients came down with what they thought was palsy. Sometime later some blisters were found in his ear canal and leading into his brain.
Shingles is now the diagnosis but he looks like someone who's had a serious stroke with recovery in terms of years not months. so...I guess there are all types of degrees of effect.
Got my vaccine for it a month ago.
Great bathmat at @federica. Crocheted? An excellent form of activity meditation/mindfulness/practice.
The pic is an excellent example of photographic narrative. I want to kick that corner over, to make it 'workable'. Taken with a phone? The shoes just add that unfoldment ...
Congratulations.
No, knitted in some pattern called "Honeycomb slip stitch." Although we're technically looking at the 'wrong' side, the piece is reversible. Hence the fold-over to show both sides.
Crochet? Can't do it. Can't be arsed. Tried it once, and I ended up with a gnarled, untidy mess of knots. I'll stick with knitting.
The shoes (my Mum's workaday sandals) were included to add perspective.
The yarn used is actually a long reel of T-shirt fabric trim... Apparently, the company that markets it uses the long cut off edge from the gargantuan rolls of fabric woven to create T-shirts and other garments.... No two rolls of "yarn" are ever the same....
@how, delighted and relieved that your partner is.over the worst. It took my mum about 6 months in all to completely get over her bout. I am sorry though, to hear about your client's case. That truly is an awful situation. The poor guy must have been in a high degree of discomfort...
It looks like the Conservatives will win the UK election. Labour didn't do well and the Lib Dems were wiped out. The Scottish rebels ( SNP ) have taken over Scotland and will now be invading England! What fun!
I iz ready. Long live Scotland the Brave!
Humph, maybe Edward Longshanks had the right idea after all.
I think Nicola Sturgeon will call for a new Referendum on whether to separate completely from the UK or not.
And this time, I think England should also be permitted to vote.
What's the connection between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon...?
Some may say Caviar. Others may say there's something fishy going on....
No, actually, it's a mix; red is cotton/elastane, brown is cotton polyester mix....(just read the yarn roll labels....)
I found a tutorial on how to make your own t-shirt fabric yarn, but googling "how to make your own t-shirt yarn" brings up loads of youtube tutorials....
Just mowed the lawn using an old fashioned Remington push mower. No gas, no electric, no power, just push push push. Realizing how old I am as I am crashed in my chair lol
You have a lawn?! Sheer luxury!
Put it on a higher setting. Most people mow too low and consequently have brown patches where the fine but short and fragile grass dies. I like green meadow lawns with daisies ...
http://lawncare.about.com/od/maintenance/a/goldenrule.htm
Good link.
Typical lobster ; Mad, bad, and interesting to know....
Last Sunday, a tortoise strayed into our garden.
I mean: how on earth does a tortoise in the Swiss countryside stray into your garden???
Since I love tortoises -my Mum has two 39-year-old darlings back in Buenos Aires- I longed to believe that a mean pet owner had let it lose in Nature so that she would come into our lives.
But the obvious answer was that the little naughty galapagos had fled from her owner's home and he was desperately looking for her.
It broke our hearts to part with her... but for a few hours she was ours...
Today I has mostly been knitting a lemniscate cowl..
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Today oi will be mostly being mystified boi Nargajuna's diolectics.
Today oi will be joinin' you in that.
(I'm pretty much mystified by everything going on, life-wise at the mo'...
Sigh.)
How's yer mum, Spiny?
I visited my mum yesterday at the care home and she is doing OK, being well looked after and comfortable and seems content. Completely out with the fairies though, didn't know who I was and thought she'd been in the care home for years ( it's actually 3 months ).
Are you ok?
Yes, I'm getting through it. Feeling a bit guilty in a general sort of way, but I think that's inevitable.
SHAMROCK STEW!!
(I think you're in the wrong thread... "Word Association Game (2)" is just over...
<---- there......)
Well, your mum is still alive so you can be the most loving and caring son that you can be. And try to make the best choices for her care.
I have some regrets about how we handled my mother's care. And some guilt.
Now what I can do is try to share what I've learned with my kids. So they might not have guilt when I'm gone.
One of my friend's moms suffered horrible dementia. Didn't know her family and so on. But she thought she had won the lottery and was on a grand vacation. She didn't know her daughters, but she thought they were amazingly kind travel agents
It's a hard road to travel.
My eldest child graduates high school tomorrow. Sigh. Very happy and excited for him, yet very emotional for me. To see him go from a child who couldn't speak and struggled so horribly in school that we thought we'd have to remove him, to a young man holding 2 jobs and about to go to college is astounding. I wish his father was here to see it. Going to need a whole box of kleenex and an extra large purse to carry it all