Things that ur happy about

[feral chile]

1 minute ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Every little helps! 

I can now stop rounding up my height as I am actually 5 foot 2!

it crossed my mind that the little people might be us Welshies - I know people shorter than me

 

[feral chile]

20 of my colleagues are doing a 20 mile sponsored walk as a show of support for me.

How awesome is that!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

4 hours ago, feral chile said:

20 of my colleagues are doing a 20 mile sponsored walk as a show of support for me.

How awesome is that!

Hello feral,

My apologies, as I have obviously missed something. Something to do with your health I suspect. The above post has sent me in to a spin (as has the joint I just  had). Are you OK? 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

9 hours ago, feral chile said:

I can now stop rounding up my height as I am actually 5 foot 2!

it crossed my mind that the little people might be us Welshies - I know people shorter than me

 

Hello again,

I thought I'd better respond to this. I hope that there will be little people from Wales - and from all over the world for that matter. 

[feral chile]

1 hour ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Hello feral,

My apologies, as I have obviously missed something. Something to do with your health I suspect. The above post has sent me in to a spin (as has the joint I just  had). Are you OK? 

 

Hopefully I will be after surgery and treatment

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 minutes ago, feral chile said:

Hopefully I will be after surgery and treatment

Hello feral,

Sorry to hear that news. I've only really been in to hospital once, which was for major stomach surgery at the QE in Birmingham. If that's what the NHS does then long may it last. They identified the problem, and resolved the problem. An operation that was meant to take an hour actually took seven and a half hours. The surgeon could see what actually needed to be done (ie what hadn't shown up on endoscopy), so stood there doing the business for seven and a half hours. It's true to say that these people are the real  heroes, not footballers, film stars etc. 

What I'm trying to say is if you get that kind of treatment, then you'll know that you have received the best.

I truly wish you all the best feral. And yes,  yes it is lovely that your colleagues are doing a sponsored walk. Twenty of them too. Within a work place I'd say that that shows great popularity. 

 

[feral chile]

1 minute ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Hello feral,

Sorry to hear that news. I've only really been in to hospital once, which was for major stomach surgery at the QE in Birmingham. If that's what the NHS does then long may it last. They identified the problem, and resolved the problem. An operation that was meant to take an hour actually took seven and a half hours. The surgeon could see what actually needed to be done (ie what hadn't shown up on endoscopy), so stood there doing the business for seven and a half hours. It's true to say that these people are the real  heroes, not footballers, film stars etc. 

What I'm trying to say is if you get that kind of treatment, then you'll know that you have received the best.

I truly wish you all the best feral. And yes,  yes it is lovely that your colleagues are doing a sponsored walk. Twenty of them too. Within a work place I'd say that that shows great popularity. 

 

The NHS is awesome.  A prime example of what humans can achieve through co-operation. My workmates are an amazing bunch, and are the sort of people who would have seen a need for an NHS and got something together.

I'm very lucky to be located here and in our time period.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

9 minutes ago, feral chile said:

The NHS is awesome.  A prime example of what humans can achieve through co-operation. My workmates are an amazing bunch, and are the sort of people who would have seen a need for an NHS and got something together.

I'm very lucky to be located here and in our time period.

I have a limited understanding of politics, life etc, but have recently wondered why the NHS isn't funded correctly. I know the reason really, but don't like to think about it - it's because some people are huge scale robbing bastards, who, no doubt have platinum BUPA membership. How horrible.

[feral chile]

11 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I have a limited understanding of politics, life etc, but have recently wondered why the NHS isn't funded correctly. I know the reason really, but don't like to think about it - it's because some people are huge scale robbing bastards, who, no doubt have platinum BUPA membership. How horrible.

It's how humans think. We're amazing in a crisis - think of the response to Grenfell Tower. But think of the difference between dealing with a person and dealing with their paperwork. You need that physical connection to trigger the social instinct.

The NHS is more abstract than the experience you exchange your money for. And money's already an abstraction so not intrinsically rewarding.

Edited August 17, 2017 by feral chile

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I was offered higher positions at work all the time. I always refused because those positions essentially were gathering statistics etc, so that people further up the chain could use them to justify and praise their own existence within the work force. I stayed at the coal face, because I felt that I belonged there. I worked for a housing charity and, on the whole, just said yes to anything a tenant requested. By which I mean I spent the money on their houses that we were legally and morally contracted to do. This wasn't as always well received within the charity than you expect. 

[feral chile]

4 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I was offered higher positions at work all the time. I always refused because those positions essentially were gathering statistics etc, so that people further up the chain could use them to justify and praise their own existence within the work force. I stayed at the coal face, because I felt that I belonged there. I worked for a housing charity and, on the whole, just said yes to anything a tenant requested. By which I mean I spent the money on their houses that we were legally and morally contracted to do. This wasn't as always well received within the charity than you expect. 

I can imagine. When I worked in our contact centre my manager accused me of not being assertive, when I was actually behaving very assertively in favour of the people I spoke to on the phone.

Rather than being stats-driven.

When my treatment's over, I want to find a way into counselling. I miss helping people.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

1 hour ago, feral chile said:

I can imagine. When I worked in our contact centre my manager accused me of not being assertive, when I was actually behaving very assertively in favour of the people I spoke to on the phone.

Rather than being stats-driven.

When my treatment's over, I want to find a way into counselling. I miss helping people.

Hello feral,

I believe that you would make an excellent counsellor. And I really wouldn't say that to anybody. I hope that you do find that way. People are missing your help.

All the best. 

[BlackHole2006]

Off to Toronto tomorrow for a 10 day holiday with a mate. Very excited. 

[eFestivals]

On 8/27/2017 at 0:33 AM, BlackHole2006 said:

Off to Toronto tomorrow for a 10 day holiday with a mate. Very excited. 

nice one.

My kid is off to Canada at the weekend for 4 months in Ottawa (for uni) and then a month travelling ending up in LA.

[grumpyhack]

5 hours ago, eFestivals said:

nice one.

My kid is off to Canada at the weekend for 4 months in Ottawa (for uni) and then a month travelling ending up in LA.

Nice uni course that does placements like that.

[eFestivals]

17 minutes ago, grumpyhack said:

Nice uni course that does placements like that.

it's a pretty standard thing at a lot of Uni's, isn't it? When his mum was at uni (Surrey) in the mid-nineties she had the chance to go to Maryland or somewhere (tho didn't). I'm pretty sure something was mentioned for Cardiff when I did the open day there with kiddo a year or two back. At the uni he's at it was only an option with good exam results, as part of the Uni's criteria.

I think the decider on whether someone might go is often the finances - but it's not really costing kiddo much more than it'd cost for him to spend the term at uni here, and he gets the different experience out of it. He might as well take advantage of it as he's in the position to.

[grumpyhack]

I wish him well.  When I did my teacher training at uni my placements included exciting places like Merthyr Tydfil and Ebbw Vale.

[feral chile]

Home after day surgery

 

Feeling sick though.

[BlackHole2006]

On 31/08/2017 at 8:51 AM, eFestivals said:

nice one.

My kid is off to Canada at the weekend for 4 months in Ottawa (for uni) and then a month travelling ending up in LA.

Tell him/her they're in for a treat.

I could quite happily live over there. Only thing holding me back is that it'd make Glastonbury twice as expensive  

[kaosmark2]

Got my car insurance renewal down to £240! Delightfully cheap.  

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

 

I've given it some considerable thought now, and on reflection, I think what I think. That I am not persuaded or forcibly influenced is a good thing. However, there always that element of doubt - if an advert appears on the telly in front of you, are you really not affected? I once drove and voluntarily walked in to a major league furniture show room, and pointed to the first sofa on the aisle and said 'that one' to a sales assistant. I think, on further reflection, that both he and I knew that I had an erection. For I had taken Viagra at some point during the night / evening before. So, essentially, I walked in to the shop, got a stiffy, pointed at a bit of furniture, and then tried to get out of the shop as soon as I could. Would you believe that I paid a shocking amount for some leather care products because the assistant asked me if I wanted them or not. I said of course I want them, knowing that acceptance of a shafting was going to be the easiest way out. I am happy that I remember this occasion, and that I still find it funny.

[feral chile]

Hello Yog,

You reminded me of some research, are you familiar with it?

Your story seems to be this in reverse:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-mishaps/201004/is-love-or-too-much-caffeine-misattributions-arousal-strengthen

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

3 hours ago, feral chile said:

Hello Yog,

You reminded me of some research, are you familiar with it?

Your story seems to be this in reverse:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mental-mishaps/201004/is-love-or-too-much-caffeine-misattributions-arousal-strengthen

 

Hello feral,

I'm not sure. Of anything. Never have been, and can only assume never will be. That said, I think that the arousal I felt was chemically / biologically induced, as opposed to psychologically induced. Don't get me wrong, it was a fine looking sofa, but, under normal circumstances, would warrant getting a stiffy over. 

Just wondering - would it interest you that when I had to get rid of it, I actually attacked it with a sledge hammer, and slashed away at it's external leather covering with a Stanley knife? 

Do I dwell in serial killer territory, or am I just practical when it comes to getting rid of a sofa that when first sighted coincided with an erection?

Got to dash - DFS are having a sale, and I must get down there, at all costs!

Yog

[feral chile]

52 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Hello feral,

I'm not sure. Of anything. Never have been, and can only assume never will be. That said, I think that the arousal I felt was chemically / biologically induced, as opposed to psychologically induced. Don't get me wrong, it was a fine looking sofa, but, under normal circumstances, would warrant getting a stiffy over. 

Just wondering - would it interest you that when I had to get rid of it, I actually attacked it with a sledge hammer, and slashed away at it's external leather covering with a Stanley knife? 

Do I dwell in serial killer territory, or am I just practical when it comes to getting rid of a sofa that when first sighted coincided with an erection?

Got to dash - DFS are having a sale, and I must get down there, at all costs!

Yog

A lover spurned. 

unrequited passion can produce quite violent reactions, no doubt the couch failed to reciprocate.

(I just googled Couch Love - luckily from my home PC )

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 minutes ago, feral chile said:

A lover spurned. 

unrequited passion can produce quite violent reactions, no doubt the couch failed to reciprocate.

(I just googled Couch Love - luckily from my home PC )

 

How odd that you should say a lover spurned. I entered the furniture establishment with my, then, girlfriend, who was, without doubt, a bunny boiler. I had come to this conclusion via experience, and via both my family and life long friends queuing up to tell me as such. And they were right, in one respect. What they didn't know was that she was sexually abused as a child, and this fucked up and distorted her very being. By the way, she didn't tell me this either (she kept it to herself), I just 'know'. I used to feel animosity towards her, but no longer do. Somebody created her fucked up mind, and I really don't think it was her.