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* Is Dell Reliable? - 4 messages, 4 authors
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* Two ?? about Human Behavior - 5 messages, 4 authors
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* Everyone of my outings is potentially a suicidal mission! - 3 messages, 3
authors
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* The Nike shoes have various sizes and designs. Anyway, each sports man has
their own siz - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Every one of my outings is potentially a suicidal mission! - 2 messages, 2
authors
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* Irish stew vs beef stew - 1 messages, 1 author
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* Die and become a tree! - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: Is Dell Reliable?
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== 1 of 4 ==
Date: Sat, May 7 2011 10:07 pm
From: Zilbandy
On Sat, 7 May 2011 17:05:21 +0000, T W <tw91@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> wrote:
>>> Is Dell reliable
>>
>> Not that great. I have seen more warranty repairs with Dell laptops than with other name brands.
>>
>>> and do they honor their warranties on computers and monitors?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>That's good news.I was afraid that they try to give excuses.
Good luck trying to understand the techs as they read you the scripts
they are required to read as part of their service in their English as
a second or third language accents.
--
Zilbandy
== 2 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 2:07 pm
From: The Real Bev
On 05/07/11 22:07, Zilbandy wrote:
> Good luck trying to understand the techs as they read you the
> scripts they are required to read as part of their service in their
> English as a second or third language accents.
Indians generally speak English as a native language, they just talk a
LOT faster than we do. Just ask them to speak slower.
I just wish they'd all stop apologizing so much, it wastes time. I know
they're forced to do it, and it's better than being callously
indifferent to the sufferings of the caller, but still...
--
Cheers, Bev
*******************************************
"I've learned that you can keep puking long
after you think you're finished." -- SL
== 3 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 2:34 pm
From: "Rod Speed"
The Real Bev wrote
> Zilbandy wrote
>> Good luck trying to understand the techs as they read you the scripts they are required to read as part of their
>> service in their English as a second or third language accents.
> Indians generally speak English as a native language,
Pigs arse they do.
> they just talk a LOT faster than we do. Just ask them to speak slower.
> I just wish they'd all stop apologizing so much, it wastes time. I know they're forced to do it, and it's better than
> being callously
> indifferent to the sufferings of the caller, but still...
== 4 of 4 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 7:14 pm
From: Mark Anderson
In article srhi@comcast.net says...
> Me? I refuse to spend a dime of my money on anything other than Apple.
Steve Jobs thanks you for both supporting him financially and your kind
encouraging words in support of perceived quality. Perceived quality is
worth every penny you think you're getting.
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TOPIC: Two ?? about Human Behavior
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== 1 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 7:17 am
From: "Bill"
"Derald" <derald@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:AdednR_3047p4VjQnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>
> 1) Why is it that people who begin sentences with, "I had the
> strangest dream",
> or something similar invariably recount that dream even though the
> listener has
> expressed no interest in hearing about it and really doesn't give a
> rat's
> bee-hind?
>
At one time people were not so selfish to think only of themselves.
They were interested in the thoughts and feelings of other people.
They also used to "talk" to each other about all sorts of things.
(This was before video games and "texting" came along.)
== 2 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 11:00 am
From: Derald
The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>Don't you have a shovelful of manure you could accidentally fling at
>him? Get one immediately!
On the whole, good generic advice. Unfortunately, in this specific, the
wife absented herself twenty-some years ago; our acquaintance is such that he'd
accept the screaming and jumping as normal for me; I place too great a value on
the cow dung than to risk its loss, although, the satisfaction might be
sufficient reward! I'll have to think about it....
--
Derald
== 3 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 11:00 am
From: Derald
"Bill" <billnomailnospamx@yahoo.com> wrote:
>At one time people were not so selfish to think only of themselves.
>They were interested in the thoughts and feelings of other people.
>They also used to "talk" to each other about all sorts of things.
There ain't a chance in hell that you can prove that. Well, if sentimental
popular "literature", movies, and teevee are to be believed, that may well been
true, "at one time". However, in what way does your dubious assertion address
the question that was asked? Which would you consider the more "selfish" in this
context (note: "selfish" is a pejorative term only to bigots and the
feeble-minded), my lack of interest in some bonehead's dream -- which is, after
all, a work of fiction that most likely would be recounted unedited and without
benefit of actual thought -- or his insistence on recounting same unbidden?
>
>(This was before video games and "texting" came along.)
Baloney. Sentimentalists used to say trivial conversation as entertainment
died with the advent of teevee, radio, sound recording, movies, symphony
concerts, opera, theatrical performances, on and on. Seems to me, though,
trivial conversation is purely self-indulgent and the result of boredom; of the
absence of intellectual stimulus; of a chronic, nearly ubiquitous, aversion to
conscious thought and has nothing to do with actual communication. For example,
I definitely would prefer listening to Glenn Gould play Bach than listening to
anyone's dreams but would gladly interrupt the music to hear my wife tell me
that Gurney's finally has mailed that damned French tarragon of which we,
apparently, are waiting for them to root a cutting. Surely, you see the
difference. If not, I sure as hell don't want to get trapped on an elevator with
you.
--
Derald
P.S: You do know that changing the subject line breaks a thread, right?
== 4 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 1:36 pm
From: "Annie Woughman"
"Derald" <derald@invalid.net> wrote in message
news:yfadncDqXf-_UVvQnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>
> "Bill" <billnomailnospamx@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>At one time people were not so selfish to think only of themselves.
>>They were interested in the thoughts and feelings of other people.
>>They also used to "talk" to each other about all sorts of things.
> There ain't a chance in hell that you can prove that. Well, if sentimental
> popular "literature", movies, and teevee are to be believed, that may well
> been
> true, "at one time". However, in what way does your dubious assertion
> address
> the question that was asked? Which would you consider the more "selfish"
> in this
> context (note: "selfish" is a pejorative term only to bigots and the
> feeble-minded), my lack of interest in some bonehead's dream -- which is,
> after
> all, a work of fiction that most likely would be recounted unedited and
> without
> benefit of actual thought -- or his insistence on recounting same
> unbidden?
>>(This was before video games and "texting" came along.)
> Baloney. Sentimentalists used to say trivial conversation as entertainment
> died with the advent of teevee, radio, sound recording, movies, symphony
> concerts, opera, theatrical performances, on and on. Seems to me, though,
> trivial conversation is purely self-indulgent and the result of boredom;
> of the
> absence of intellectual stimulus; of a chronic, nearly ubiquitous,
> aversion to
> conscious thought and has nothing to do with actual communication. For
> example,
> I definitely would prefer listening to Glenn Gould play Bach than
> listening to
> anyone's dreams but would gladly interrupt the music to hear my wife tell
> me
> that Gurney's finally has mailed that damned French tarragon of which we,
> apparently, are waiting for them to root a cutting. Surely, you see the
> difference. If not, I sure as hell don't want to get trapped on an
> elevator with
> you.
> --
> Derald
> P.S: You do know that changing the subject line breaks a thread, right?
>
I have to agree that so much of what passes for "conversation" is a
one-sided brag-a-log by some bore who doesn't care a fig about anyone else's
ideas or feelings--they just want to hear the sound of their own voice.
When conversation is a true exchange of ideas and thoughts that BOTH people
are interested in, then fine, give me a real conversation. Other than
that--give me a good book, my ipod, a well written and acted movie or
television show any day.
== 5 of 5 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 2:00 pm
From: The Real Bev
On 05/08/11 11:00, Derald wrote:
>
> The Real Bev<bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Don't you have a shovelful of manure you could accidentally fling at
>>him? Get one immediately!
>
> On the whole, good generic advice. Unfortunately, in this specific, the
> wife absented herself twenty-some years ago; our acquaintance is such that he'd
> accept the screaming and jumping as normal for me; I place too great a value on
> the cow dung than to risk its loss, although, the satisfaction might be
> sufficient reward! I'll have to think about it....
Too much negative thinking here! The cow dung won't stick. Well, maybe
a little would, but I think you can sacrifice that much just for the
entertainment value.
Scream, jump and attack.
Or move...
A curious thing -- something in the eternal-september newsfeed canceled
my previous message in this thread, although it's available here at
albasani.
--
Cheers, Bev
*******************************************
"I've learned that you can keep puking long
after you think you're finished." -- SL
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 7:28 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
And nobody cares. That's because I don't threaten anyone but rather
I'm the victim of terrorist drivers. This conflict --or combat if you
prefer-- occurs when cars purposely ignore me and cut me off --or
block me-- assuming that the law of the jungle will take its course,
ie. I will yield to their bigger size until they stop coming or some
kind soul will remember I'm a human being, not a cyclist.
Such conflict could easily be avoided by making cyclists THE PRIORITY,
such as is the case in the Netherlands. It's sort of reverse
hierarchy, pedestrians and cyclists first, then the drivers. Drivers
are at fault unless proven otherwise when there's an accident with
pedestrians and cyclists. Well, they have bike facilities that
minimize that conflict, but still the right priority is there.
Just last night I took this long ride --on sidewalk, what else?-- and
along the way a car was blocking a driveway. I waited. He moved then
the next car was rolling over to block me too! I just screamed while
the lady driver looked me with this funny look, "Why is this monkey
going so wild?"
Call me suicidal since I tend not to stop, but just remember the
terrorist is behind the wheel and they have power over life and
death.
-----------------------------------------------------------
http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 12:32 pm
From: don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein)
In <37da0070-f0ad-4156-b044-2e443bf06108@24g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, His
Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
>And nobody cares. That's because I don't threaten anyone but rather
>I'm the victim of terrorist drivers. This conflict --or combat if you
>prefer-- occurs when cars purposely ignore me and cut me off --or
>block me-- assuming that the law of the jungle will take its course,
>ie. I will yield to their bigger size until they stop coming or some
>kind soul will remember I'm a human being, not a cyclist.
>
>Such conflict could easily be avoided by making cyclists THE PRIORITY,
>such as is the case in the Netherlands. It's sort of reverse
>hierarchy, pedestrians and cyclists first, then the drivers. Drivers
>are at fault unless proven otherwise when there's an accident with
>pedestrians and cyclists.
<SNIP from here>
I was in conversation once with someone who had experience in
Amsterdam. According to that fellow, if a pedestrian in Amsterdam
gets hit by a trolley, presumption is that the collision was the
pedestrian's fault for jaywalking into the trolley's way.
Contrast that to Philadelphia, where jaywalking is common, and there
is attitude of, "hit me - I could use the money". I was even scolded by
a fellow mass transit rider for refusing to fall down and get hurt on a
vehicle with a slippery floor (salty water tracked in during a major
snowstorm), when the vehicle made a harsh stop. In Philadelphia, at one
time the transit authority crashed a bus that was empty of passengers,
and 30 of them filed injury claims. Another time, they crashed a trolley
with about 30 passengers, about 60 of whom filed injury claims.
I say, refuse to be a victim! Build some muscle, act like you have
it, and look like you have some chance of surviving being hit to sue
afterwards!
Get a horn or put some b@!!s in your voice! I even have a strangely
"b@!!sy" falsetto when I need it. Every bike I get on has a horn and a
siren! I even get tough West Philadelphia jaywalkers out of my way!
Take the same attitude to tough drivers! Look them in the eye, make
them know you're there! 99.8% of them will take care to not hit you, and
you can evade the other .2% with suitable wariness.
It helps if cyclists obey the rules that they want motorists to obey.
I only run red lights when I'm not getting in way of anyone who has a
green light.
It also helps to have a bike that is faster and more nimble than a beach
cruiser. Then again, I have successfully cycled in traffic in Philadelphia
on beach cruisers - though I grew up in Philly's hilly northwest in a
family without a car!
--
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 5:16 pm
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
On May 8, 3:32 pm, d...@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) wrote:
> In <37da0070-f0ad-4156-b044-2e443bf06...@24g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, His
> Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
>
> >And nobody cares. That's because I don't threaten anyone but rather
> >I'm the victim of terrorist drivers. This conflict --or combat if you
> >prefer-- occurs when cars purposely ignore me and cut me off --or
> >block me-- assuming that the law of the jungle will take its course,
> >ie. I will yield to their bigger size until they stop coming or some
> >kind soul will remember I'm a human being, not a cyclist.
>
> >Such conflict could easily be avoided by making cyclists THE PRIORITY,
> >such as is the case in the Netherlands. It's sort of reverse
> >hierarchy, pedestrians and cyclists first, then the drivers. Drivers
> >are at fault unless proven otherwise when there's an accident with
> >pedestrians and cyclists.
>
> <SNIP from here>
>
> I was in conversation once with someone who had experience in
> Amsterdam. According to that fellow, if a pedestrian in Amsterdam
> gets hit by a trolley, presumption is that the collision was the
> pedestrian's fault for jaywalking into the trolley's way.
>
> Contrast that to Philadelphia, where jaywalking is common, and there
> is attitude of, "hit me - I could use the money". I was even scolded by
> a fellow mass transit rider for refusing to fall down and get hurt on a
> vehicle with a slippery floor (salty water tracked in during a major
> snowstorm), when the vehicle made a harsh stop. In Philadelphia, at one
> time the transit authority crashed a bus that was empty of passengers,
> and 30 of them filed injury claims. Another time, they crashed a trolley
> with about 30 passengers, about 60 of whom filed injury claims.
>
> I say, refuse to be a victim! Build some muscle, act like you have
> it, and look like you have some chance of surviving being hit to sue
> afterwards!
>
> Get a horn or put some b@!!s in your voice! I even have a strangely
> "b@!!sy" falsetto when I need it. Every bike I get on has a horn and a
> siren! I even get tough West Philadelphia jaywalkers out of my way!
>
> Take the same attitude to tough drivers! Look them in the eye, make
> them know you're there! 99.8% of them will take care to not hit you, and
> you can evade the other .2% with suitable wariness.
>
> It helps if cyclists obey the rules that they want motorists to obey.
> I only run red lights when I'm not getting in way of anyone who has a
> green light.
>
> It also helps to have a bike that is faster and more nimble than a beach
> cruiser. Then again, I have successfully cycled in traffic in Philadelphia
> on beach cruisers - though I grew up in Philly's hilly northwest in a
> family without a car!
> --
> - Don Klipstein (d...@misty.com)
Someone was telling me of a deadly bike accident in town yesterday and
I Googled "bicycle accident in Miami" and all it came up with was
lawyers upon lawyers to take care of all your accidents, which means
that they want you to have the accident and then take care of you. You
know what I mean? IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY.
Where's PREVENTION? Nowhere in America.
***
Other than beach cruisers, mountain bikes are at home on sidewalks but
they become almost a weapon against pedestrians (INNOCENT CIVILIANS).
Cruisers allow you to slow down to their pace without major effort.
There's a sort of hybrid that I feel like perfect for sidewalk and yet
upright and comfortable. Here it is...
***
Eye contact? Not when I'm wearing sunglasses and they got tinted
windows. You take the plunge and face the bull. Spaniards say, "Ole!"
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 7:51 am
From: Al
On May 5, 11:12 pm, cntrade09 <chenxiangme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.airmax-seller.comTheNike shoes have various sizes and
> designs. Anyway, each sports man has their own siz
> The Nike shoes have various sizes and designs. Anyway, each sports man
> has their own size and a choice of the lovely color. When you buy this
> pair of shoe, besides the good feeling, you will also look at the
> appearance. While the neon/black colorway is a definite nod to its
> predecessors the futuristic runner definitely sets itself apart from
> the pack. With a ¡®windowed¡¯ visible air sole and layered upper the
> shoe maintains durability, Nike Air Max 2011 Nike Air Max Air Force
> One Nike Free Nike Air Jordan ventilation and comfort. Look for these
> to drop early 2011.Now both Men and women nike air max 2010 with many
> colorway is availble at NikeForSale.com,You can definitely find the
> one you need.If there is a most celebrated and used color schemes this
> of late, it has all to do with the challenge red. The colorway is just
> stunningly hot and many people are going for that color scheme
> compared to other colors. The Nike SB Brand is also applying the same
> color scheme on its Nike Challenge Red Grey Dunk High shoes.
>
> may be the smartest soles shoe which can be industrialized by air max
> 2011?. The item engineering is parallel to zoom oxygen engineering as
> they each provide severe ease and comfort for the foot. Thisunveiling
> might be traced back once more to 1998. Heading back once again ten
> several years down the line Nike has created a exclusive ten Year
> Anniversary model generally known as the Tuned ten Nike set
> collectively a truly fascinating AM TN to celebrate ten many years of
> Tuned Air, and lets just say this model may properly match on you. The
> name Nike Tuned Nike Air Max 2011 Nike Air Max Air Force One Nike Free
> Nike Air Jordan unquestionably refers towards the footwear suiting
> face and general design.MAX 90
This is so insightful. I consider myself a sports man and I DO have a
specific size. It's generally going to be 11.5 USA. A size 13 makes
me feel like Ronald McDonald while a size ten won't even go on. I
think it's important for manufacturers to make the different sizes. If
they only made size 10's, I'd have to go without shoes or make my own
out of old tires. Offering different sizes is probably a good idea for
manufacturers too. They can sell shoes to people with different size
feet.
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 8:11 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
And nobody cares. That's because I don't threaten anyone but rather
I'm the victim of terrorist drivers. This conflict --or combat if you
prefer-- occurs when cars purposely ignore me and cut me off --or
block me-- assuming that the law of the jungle will take its course,
ie. I will yield to their bigger size until they stop coming or some
kind soul will remember I'm a human being, not a cyclist.
Such conflict could easily be avoided by making cyclists THE PRIORITY,
such as is the case in the Netherlands. It's sort of reverse
hierarchy, pedestrians and cyclists first, then the drivers. Drivers
are at fault unless proven otherwise when there's an accident with
pedestrians and cyclists. Well, they have bike facilities that
minimize that conflict, but still the right priority is there.
Just last night I took this long ride --on sidewalk, what else?-- and
along the way a car was blocking a driveway. I waited. He moved then
the next car was rolling over to block me too! I just screamed while
the lady driver looked me with this funny look, "Why is this monkey
going so wild?"
Call me suicidal since I tend not to stop, but just remember the
terrorist is behind the wheel and they have power over life and
death.
------------------------------------------------------------------
http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 11:28 am
From: "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher"
On May 8, 11:14 am, Philip Plumlee <phil...@4thdownsoftware.com>
wrote:
> On May 8, 7:31 am, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser
>
> Philosopher" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I'm the victim of terrorist drivers.
>
> Sucks to be you, but at least you are not this guy:
>
> http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=84954
>
> To describe the experience [on LSD, folks] of putting my life in the
> hands of the San Fransisco Traffic God's while the sky melds together
> in an amalgous orgasm of blue and magenta and while cars leave such
> profoundly solid tracers behind them that I can't tell whether they're
> limousines or not is, essentially, impossible.
>
> [I have biked in urban traffic many times, and EACH time I thought to
> myself, "Well, this DOES hug a nut. But at LEAST I'm not on ACID!"]
>
> The experience is just fucking ludicrous. I've been bombing hills at
> 35 miles an hour before only to have taxi cars open their doors in
> front of me with only ten feet to brake. I've been within inches of
> been piledrived by several ton cars in direct oncoming traffic. On one
> occasion, the quick release on my primary brakes snapped while I
> hauled ass down one of the steepest streets in the city (which is
> really saying something, if you've ever been to San Fransisco before),
> forcing me to simultaneously wedge my foot between my front wheel and
> my front forks to slow myself down while navigating my bike through
> two massive four way intersections. I was a half second away from
> getting anally raped between a bright silver Hummer and a half lime-
> green/half hot-pink sedan. I suspect that this was not the actual
> colour of the vehicle.
>
> [This guy is under-challenged, huh?]
>
> To do what I do, I have to be paying attention 100% of the time. My
> peripheral vision and reflexes are my best friends. Acid is not a drug
> that lends itself to fast reflexes, however; it feels like I have ADHD
> on higher doses of psychedelics. 'Oh boy, look at that beautiful tree!
> Gee, don't you just love nature? Holy fuck, the sky! Goddamn, that
> cloud just turned into two ninjas fighting each other! I love you sky,
> you're so blue and beautiful.' On my early days of trip-cycling, I
> would occasionally find myself zoning out for short periods of time,
> too interested in the patterns on the asphalt below me or the height
> of the skyscrapers above me to remember that I was in a life or death
> situation. These sorts of distractions usually ended like this:
> 'Jesus, look at the floral designs on the pavement, doesn't that just
> look HOOOOOONK SQUEEEEEEAL FUCK FUCK SHIT FUCK A CAR!!' I haven't had
> one of those moments in over two years. To be honest, it only happened
> once or twice. But one or two times of trusting some fuck you've never
> met before to be paying attention to the road and not his Blackberry
> or the radio is one or two times two many.
>
> I've since gotten used to getting my shit together on acid. To be
> honest, though, it's pretty effectively kept me from ever being able
> to relax on psychedelics, even if I'm not on my bike. When trip-
> cycling, I have to devote every ounce of my mental capacity to keep my
> mind on the road and my reflexes. It's a combination of letting my
> mind trust myself so completely that I don't have to think about
> hitting that brake fast enough to avoid that taxi door or turning my
> wheel just enough that I neither plow into that pedestrian OR get
> clotheslined by that pole, and forcing my mind to be on the edge
> constantly.
>
> I instantly go into this survival mode when taking psychedelics now,
> and I can't seem to rewire my brain to just let myself go and relax,
> even if I'm just sitting on my couch at home tripping. Cause when I'm
> trip-cycling, I can't mess up or I die. No slipups, no fuckups, no
> mistakes. I get one chance to make that turn perfectly, and I'm dead
> if I don't. Making decisions like these for six or eight hours
> straight on a daily basis leaves me so fucking burned out that it's a
> wonder I manage to wake up in the morning. I put everything I've got,
> every last fucking percent into every single moment for more than half
> my waking day, and I'm supposed to just wake up in the morning and do
> it all over again for months on end? It baffles me that I do it, but I
> do, and my body has been forced to adjust.
>
> I've never gotten seriously injured biking before, which is a goddamn
> miracle. I've crashed a few times before, and I'd hazard a guess that
> the number of times in was my fault and the number of times it was
> somebody else's is about equal. No broken bones, no fractured spines,
> no cracked skulls, nothing. A goddamn miracle. If you ask me, some
> scrapes and bruises and a snapped spoke or two isn't much to pay for a
> life like mine. Someday, my miracle is gonna run out though.
>
> I figure that I've got two choices in life right now: I fuck up and
> die with my head in two and my brains splattered across the street (or
> at least get so injured that I scare myself away from ever cycling
> again, which is definitively possible considering how mentally
> scarring getting in a serious life-threatening accident on acid could
> be) or I somehow manage to survive being a trip-cycling messenger for
> long enough that I get older and wiser and figure out that what I'm
> doing is fucking stupid and I retire. Then, I have to live with the
> ramifications of dosing large amounts of psychedelics up to five times
> a week for multiples years on end. I'll be just like one of those
> burned out hippies on Haight and Ashbury that can't finish a sentence,
> mumbling to themselves about UFO's and how cheap weed used to be. Oh
> well; fuck it. It's fun while it lasts, and in a life like mine, some
> people live and others eat shit and die.
>
> [You will notice that at NO time does this guy, while reflecting on
> his possible life outcomes, say, "OR I MIGHT STOP DROPPING ACID!"...]
Possibly you get high from inhaling carbon monoxide and you believe
yourself to be immortal.
One guy was saying the other day to stay away from riding on busy
streets because of all the pollution... That's the least of my
worries. ;)
That's why I fart for peace...
http://webspawner.com/users/FARTFORPEACE
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TOPIC: Irish stew vs beef stew
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/7c2340102a1da96d?hl=en
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Date: Sun, May 8 2011 11:04 am
From: "Rod Speed"
tmclone wrote
> anthona <harri85...@aol.com> wrote
>> What are the differences?
> Irish stew is made from lamb, not beef. That would be the main difference.
Yes.
> Also, "Irish Stew" is traditionally called "Shepard's Pie",
> and has a layer of mashed potatoes covering the top,
Nope, that is nothing like irish stew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_stew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard%27s_Pie
> and then it's baked in the oven. "Beef Stew" just has chunks of potatoes
> cooked into the stew,
So has irish stew.
> and it's normally made entirely on the stove top.
So is irish stew.
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TOPIC: Die and become a tree!
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/t/f26c876e90d6d5e7?hl=en
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Date: Sun, May 8 2011 8:18 pm
From: Demopublica
Bios Urn is a biodegradable urn made from coconut shell, compacted peat
and cellulose and inside it contains the seed of a tree. Once your
remains have been placed into the urn, it can be planted and then the
seed germinates and begins to grow. You even have the choice to pick the
type of plant you would like to become, depending on what kind of
planting space you prefer.
I, personally, would much rather leave behind a tree than a tombstone.
http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/view?q=view%3Apopular&a=ofLkYxagWMELcM&sou
rce=news&type=embed
and;
http://bigthink.com/ideas/38299
--
Karma, What a concept!
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