Subject: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 05 May 09 - 01:17 PM Ever get totally sick of some contentious and irreconcilable subject being beaten to death on one or more threads? ;-D I bet you have! I know I have. That's when you say to yourself, "I'd rather talk about ------." What would you rather talk about? Music? Dachshunds? Birdwatching? Your garden? Well, this thread is for you then. ;-D So...what would you rather talk about??? |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Janie Date: 05 May 09 - 01:30 PM Well, darlin', I talk about gardening on the garden thread. Birdwatching on the birdwatching thread. Dachshunds not at all, and I confess I have much more to learn than to say about music, so mostly I sit on me hands and read that what gets posted above the line. Lets talk about, uhmmm....uhhhhh......lessee........hand sanitizers;^? |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Emma B Date: 05 May 09 - 01:35 PM Well there's always........ CHOCOLATE! but for those who prefer to chat about fast Formula 3 racing cars or even garden veggies ... THIS is the topic for you .... '"Components made from plants form the mainstay of the car's make up, including a race specification steering wheel derived from carrots and other root vegetables, a flax fibre and soybean oil foam racing seat, a woven flax fibre bib, plant oil based lubricants and a biodiesel engine configured to run on fuel derived from waste chocolate and vegetable oil.' |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: SINSULL Date: 05 May 09 - 01:37 PM The meaning of life or lack thereof |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: KB in Iowa Date: 05 May 09 - 01:38 PM fuel derived from waste chocolate I didn't know there was such a thing as 'waste chocolate' |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Rapparee Date: 05 May 09 - 01:42 PM Barsoom. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Wesley S Date: 05 May 09 - 01:44 PM The middle east, Ireland and God - the existance thereof... |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Georgiansilver Date: 05 May 09 - 01:46 PM >>>>>>>>fuel derived from waste chocolate I didn't know there was such a thing as 'waste chocolate'<<<<<<<< Yep, sounds like a load of sh--- to me too!! |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Leadfingers Date: 05 May 09 - 01:49 PM I'm with you Rap ! Why dont they reprint the John Carter stories ? |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Rapparee Date: 05 May 09 - 01:49 PM Well, mid-eastern Ireland exists. I've been there. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: GUEST,Dejah Thoris Date: 05 May 09 - 01:54 PM And hurry up with a warm sweater too - I'm getting cold! |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Emma B Date: 05 May 09 - 01:58 PM A Princess of Mars? - everything comes back to...... CHOCOLATE!!! |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Wesley S Date: 05 May 09 - 02:00 PM It looks like Pixar will be putting out : John Carter of Mars movie The working title is a Princess of Mars.The director is Andrew Stanton who directed A Bugs Like and Finding Nemao. So I suspect it will be animated. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Emma B Date: 05 May 09 - 02:14 PM As a child addict of these books I followed your link Wesley - seems it may be Pixar's 'first live-action movie' ! |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Wesley S Date: 05 May 09 - 02:24 PM You're right. I didn't follow all the links. Let's hope they don't feel the need to update the story. They'll have John Carter fighting in Iraq. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Bill D Date: 05 May 09 - 02:37 PM for SINSULL: the Meaning of Life..AND the lack therof. one two three four five six |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: High Hopes (inactive) Date: 05 May 09 - 02:44 PM Well for those of us who dog lover and art lover there is always Wiener Dog Art |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: gnu Date: 05 May 09 - 02:54 PM Me. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Sorcha Date: 05 May 09 - 03:11 PM Dogs in general, not just daschuhnds. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: number 6 Date: 05 May 09 - 03:36 PM Hitler. on 2nd thought. Naw ..... wouldn't waste my time. How about ....... cereal. biLL |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 05 May 09 - 03:37 PM Awright! Lotta good stuff here. ;-) The John Carter of Mars books were one of the signal joys of my youth. Too bad there weren't a few more of them written. Bill, the meaning of life is: Whatever each person decides it is! That is to say...it varies a great deal, depending on who you are and what you think is important. It can even vary a great deal for one single person from one day to the next in some cases...while for others it may remain pretty consistent. Then you have those types who are so devoted to sheer mental activity for its own sake rather than for any real purpose that they decide that they are among the few smart enough to conclude what others around them are too naive or dense to...that life is meaningless! ;-) That's a notion that only an isolated mentality that's in a narcissistic love with its own imagined brilliance could ever come up with...and it leads absolutely nowhere useful, but GOSH! it sounds like quite a revelation, doesn't it? Whole schools of modern existentialist philosopyy have been built upon the empty and defeatist foundation of that outlook. Such notions, I think, arise when a civilization is in a period of decline. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: number 6 Date: 05 May 09 - 03:50 PM Whew .... hemroids flaring up Little Hawk?? or are you spending a little too much time and money in a New Age shop. biLL |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: High Hopes (inactive) Date: 05 May 09 - 03:53 PM "Then you have those types who are so devoted to sheer mental activity for its own sake rather than for any real purpose that they decide that they are among the few smart enough to conclude what others around them are too naive or dense to...that life is meaningless! ;-) That's a notion that only an isolated mentality that's in a narcissistic love with its own imagined brilliance could ever come up with" That's a VERY long title for a thread doncha think? *LOL* |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 05 May 09 - 03:56 PM A philosophy, Bill, that proposes the notion that life is meaningless isn't worth the toilet paper it was smeared on.... As for what I've been spending my time on, I've got some great books I could recommend to you. I spend money on them instead of on cigarettes and booze and ipods and other popular stuff like that. ;-) |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: number 6 Date: 05 May 09 - 04:00 PM I spend my $money$ camera gear! Recording the life that is all around me. I wouldn't say life is meaningless at all. biLL |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 05 May 09 - 04:02 PM Great. ;-) Sounds good. Would you be interested in buying a used Leica? Now...I'd rather talk about Dachshunds. Aren't they marvelous? |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: number 6 Date: 05 May 09 - 04:04 PM pm me the specs ! dachshunds ... they're ok. myself ... I prefer greyhounds. biLL |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 05 May 09 - 04:25 PM I'll get back to you about the Leica shortly, Bill, with the details. Probably tomorrow. There's my father's old camera here...the Leica...and some accessories. He went for high quality stuff. We can exchange email addresses, and I'll send you some jpegs to look at if you're really interested. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: number 6 Date: 05 May 09 - 04:40 PM sounds good L.H. ! biLL |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: VirginiaTam Date: 05 May 09 - 05:18 PM I want to design a chocolate dreams desk pillow. For us women that work at desk all day. So we can take a power nap on the chocolate scented pillow, placed on the desk top. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Emma B Date: 05 May 09 - 05:19 PM Bill's photographs are superb! I found this site today while browsing - not exactly life as we know it but fascinating uses of 'photo shopping' Photoshop Galleries |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Emma B Date: 05 May 09 - 05:24 PM too late Tam :( |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Joe Offer Date: 05 May 09 - 05:25 PM ...Vernor's Ginger Ale, invented in 1866. I'm originally from Detroit, and I know how good it is. I went to Vernor Elementary School for kindergarten, and we got all we could drink on special occasions. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 05 May 09 - 05:47 PM I believe Vernor's is called a "ginger soda" instead of a "ginger ale". It doesn't have the bite that a strong ginger ale does. It reminds me of a cross between a ginger ale and a cream soda. If you want a ginger ale that'll clear your sinuses, come down here to Floribama and try a Buffalo Rock. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Rifleman (inactive) Date: 06 May 09 - 12:34 PM Barqs Root Beer |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 06 May 09 - 12:48 PM Taoist philosophy. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: High Hopes (inactive) Date: 06 May 09 - 12:55 PM A popular topic in Canada: Tim Horton's coffee and donuts |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 06 May 09 - 12:57 PM Well, no, that's something you have while you talk about dachshunds or who's beating the Leafs.... ;-) |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: catspaw49 Date: 06 May 09 - 03:26 PM Vernors is the only REAL ginger ale anywhere...........but screw that..... Personally I want to talk about that blessed and brilliant, timely and talented, prince among men......and a god to so many. I want to discuss someone who takes life by the balls and grabs his revenge the same way. Let's break down the walls that separate truth and beauty and lift high the spirit of the only true and annointed prophet of the world ....... The Most Worshipful Egomaniac Master of All Things........Da' Hat, his good self! Whaddaya' think Hawk? Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: JennieG Date: 07 May 09 - 02:26 AM I met a nice little doggie, today but she wasn't a dachshund. She was a Schnauzer. I like little dogs with whiskers. Cheers JennieG |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Rifleman (inactive) Date: 07 May 09 - 11:12 AM Danish blue cheese |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 07 May 09 - 11:46 AM What do I think, Spaw? Weimie-burgers, that's what. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 May 09 - 01:04 PM Well then, let's dissect the deep meaning found in the words of that classic Ground control to major tom Ground control to major tom Take your ex-lax pills and put your diaper on Ground control to major tom Commencing countdown, you have no goo Check your grunt and may gods love be with you Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, Four, three, two, one, whooo-hooo This is ground control to major tom You really are fucked up And the papers want to know whose u-trou you wear Now its time to leave the bathroom if you dare This is major tom to ground control Im stepping through the door I'm not crapping and all that I can say Is "The turds aren't coming out well today." For here I am Sitting on the can Its my place in the world Bowl Water it is blue And theres nothing I can do Though I've past one hundred thousand shits Now Im feeling very still And I think my shit ain't gonna' flow Tell my wife I love her very much she knows Ground control to major tom Your asshole's plugged theres something wrong Can you hear me, major tom? Can you hear me, major tom? Can you hear me, major tom? Can you.... Here am I Trying to shit into a can There is no sign of poo If I can't shit my life is through And theres nothing I can do. Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: number 6 Date: 07 May 09 - 03:31 PM Whew ok anything else we wanna talk about *LOL* priceless priceless biLL |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Joe_F Date: 07 May 09 - 03:52 PM Life does not come with a meaning. That's a user modification and voids the warranty. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: GUEST,Slag Date: 07 May 09 - 04:10 PM LH, I notice, often, that it's YOU in the middle of those long tedious arguments (well, and ME TOO!). However I share your sentiment here. I'd go for Barsoom too. And Pelucidar (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). And didn't you love the cover art by Bama for Conan (speaking of Conans) the Barbarian? He also did most of the art for ... ...Doc Savage ( the REAL first Superman, Man being an Earth creature, you know). Astrophysics is fun as is quantum mechanics. Yes LH, Doxies are interesting dogs. If I had one, I might name it Ortho. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: High Hopes (inactive) Date: 07 May 09 - 04:43 PM Birdwatching |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 07 May 09 - 07:03 PM Very good, Slag. ;-D |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: olddude Date: 07 May 09 - 07:33 PM Jello and why the devil invented the stuff, you see it wasn't the apple in the garden of eden, no no, apples are good things, they tried instead to eat a bowl of Jello .. invented by the devil to doom mankind now look where it got us |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Joe Offer Date: 07 May 09 - 07:41 PM ...Hermione Cock of Shropshire, celebrating her 105th birthday. She was the mother of my friend Jim, to whose widow I am now married. If she's my wife's mother-in-law, what is she to me? I've never met Hermione, but we get wonderful letters from her. And she got a telegram from the Queen to celebrate her birthday. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 07 May 09 - 07:48 PM Jello is benign in comparison with Gumi Bears and the various imitations thereof. The main difference is that Jello doesn't pull your fillings out. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Janie Date: 07 May 09 - 09:26 PM She is your Mother-out-law. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 May 09 - 11:05 PM Hermione Cock? Hermione Cock?? Hermione Cock??? C'mon Joe.......that can't be for real..............gimmee a break......... Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Slag Date: 08 May 09 - 12:55 AM !!!The Shropshire Slasher! |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Joe Offer Date: 08 May 09 - 01:06 AM Hermione's son Jim was Lieutenant James Cock in the British Army. He changed his name to Cox when he moved to the United States, just in case he should happen to meet Spaw. You would have liked him, Spaw. He was a singer and a halfway-decent guitarist, and he was a well-known clogger. He wrote poetry about the Gold Rush and the Sierras, and recited his poetry while clogging - an old Appalachian tradition. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Liz the Squeak Date: 08 May 09 - 02:36 AM I like cinnamon and raisin bagels. Just had one, toasted and dripping with butter. There goes the points allowance for todays' food intake... ho hum. But it was lovely. LTS |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Janie Date: 08 May 09 - 06:23 AM Trapping neighborhood cats. Let's talk about something non-contraversial like letting "house" cats run loose in the neighborhood. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: High Hopes (inactive) Date: 08 May 09 - 11:15 AM letting "house" cats run loose in the neighborhood....then letting the dogs off their leads and then sit back, over Tim Horton's coffee and donuts, and watch.... |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 08 May 09 - 11:28 AM I've been in Trinidad and Cuba where house cats AND dogs run loose everywhere, and I liked it. It made life a lot more interesting. Now, in Trinidad, for example, there are a lot of smallish hounds that you see everywhere...the Trinidadians call them "pot hounds"...and they are the typical street dog. There are thousands of them running loose, and they are not dangerous...they have worked out their own sort of doggy society and relate mostly to each other rather than to the people. There are also larger and more dangerous dogs kept as guard dogs on various walled properties...but they do NOT roam around on the loose, they stay behind their owners' walls. There are a smattering of cats as well, and they must stay quite alert to avoid getting caught and eaten by the pot hounds. It's noisy at night, but you get used to that soon enough...you have no choice! ;-) After the first three nights of exhaustion I could sleep through any amount of barking and howling. I find the easygoing attitude of those southern places far better than the tightass mentality of North Americans, who have to have a frikkin' rule for EVERYTHING. We try to make life perfect here with a million laws, but we don't succeed...we just increase everyone's general stress level and people get weirder (and more spoiled and bored) as time goes by. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: High Hopes (inactive) Date: 08 May 09 - 11:39 AM Actually I've just had wonderful jumping up and down session to Ashley Hutchings's Morris On recordings and some other dance recordings, with my 5 year old granddaughter *LOL* |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: VirginiaTam Date: 08 May 09 - 02:19 PM I sang a bunch of Pete Seeger covers on his birthday this past weekend while I was at the Rochester Sweeps. That is Rochester Kent, UK and the Sweeps festival is a Morris and music extravaganza. Heard some great music. I am happy it is Friday again. Off to Stratford u Avon to visit TheSilentOne's parents this weekend. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: heric Date: 08 May 09 - 02:39 PM Oh, yeah! Big Jim Cock (some) people called him. |
Subject: RE: BS: I'd rather talk about.... From: Little Hawk Date: 08 May 09 - 05:21 PM Was he a Cockney, perhaps? |