The Random thought thread

[facthunter]

Blame God.  Nev

[onetrack]

They'd get really curious and examine everything in detail with puzzled looks, and provide entertainment to the observers. Cats and mirrors are the most comical, especially kittens.

[spacesailor]

Old people .

Are the same , whenever I catch sight of my reflection .

it startles me .

Bloody old fart in my mirror. 

hateful things mirrors.  LoL

spacesailor

[facthunter]

I avoid them. I reflect on important things. Life is short. Nev

[ClintonB]

Did dog make me.left handed to balance out the fact I'm always right?

I asked my wife for her opinion, I was met with a stern look for some.reason

[facthunter]

Wives come with an unending supply of STERN Looks. Nev

[willedoo]

I've got a space in the kitchen about 5 metres in length I can walk. While the jug boils for a cup of coffee I've measured 100 metres of walking I can do in that short time. I can now get up a reasonable pace on this new mechanical hip joint (6.5 months old).

[pmccarthy]

Me too...we have an island bench, quite long, which I circumnavigate while the kettle boils. If I don't do it, it means I'm having a bad day.

[facthunter]

Yes one must have a benchmark.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

Another random thought... often when a young female is assaulted, murdered or falls victim to something else, photos of the person are published which make them look like a victim in search of a tragedy. In other words, these photos taken from Farcebook or other social media do not show young women like my children or grandchildren, but rather show pouting, over made-up girls who seem to be trying to look like hookers. I know it is absolutely forbidden to suggest that they have attracted trouble, but someone should be honest about it.

[facthunter]

I won't be joining you on THAT stance. A lot of money is made from using sexuality in Advertising etc. Barbie dolls etc. It's a social malaise. Enough depravity to more than go around. Rape is a POWER thing, mostly. Nev

[willedoo]

It's an awful fashion these days, especially among social media influencers to have those big lips. Some are done by silicone injections but for most of them it's a make up technique that goes way beyond the natural line of the lips. I can remember the days when we felt sorry for old grannies who applied the lippy past their lip line. In their case maybe to try and cover shrinking lips.

[Jerry_Atrick]

55 minutes ago, pmccarthy said:

Another random thought... often when a young female is assaulted, murdered or falls victim to something else, photos of the person are published which make them look like a victim in search of a tragedy. In other words, these photos taken from Farcebook or other social media do not show young women like my children or grandchildren, but rather show pouting, over made-up girls who seem to be trying to look like hookers. I know it is absolutely forbidden to suggest that they have attracted trouble, but someone should be honest about it.

I may have misinterpreted the post but are you saying the way a girl acts or dresses in some way gives a reason (not justification) for them to be assaulted or murdered?

Edited November 25 by Jerry_Atrick

[old man emu]

30 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

may have misinterpreted the post but are you saying the way a girl acts or dresses in some way gives a reason (not justification) for them to be assaulted or murdered?

I didn't read it that way. I read it as the use of photos taken out of context. The readily available photos are those taken when the subject was interacting with the medium, usually while on a 'night out". When the same subject is the victim of a tragedy, it is not very possible to get a photo taken in a sober situation, eg their driver's licence photo.

 

I did see a bit of video of the two young women who died of methanol poisoning. It showed them both jigging around in a hotel room in a way that would be normal for two young women on a carefree holiday. However, I thought that it stripped them of their dignity given what happen to them. Posting that video was definitely taking something well out of its original context.

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Yes one must have a benchmark.  Nev

Must be something motivating about boiling jugs. While I wait for the jug to boil, I do 35 squats. That's my benchmark. It gets my knee joints movable for the day.

[Marty_d]

3 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

Must be something motivating about boiling jugs. While I wait for the jug to boil, I do 35 squats. That's my benchmark. It gets my knee joints movable for the day.

I didn't see you do a single squat when you were making me a coffee the other day.

Is it only for non-visitor jug boilings?

[facthunter]

The message is don't strain and overdo it I can DO 35  too but stop a bit before it for safety. You can do it without the Jug boiling. Maybe less more often?   Nev

Edited November 25 by facthunter
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[nomadpete]

Gee thanks. Now I get to hyperanalyse my morning jug boiling procedure.

 

I don't like doing exercises when there might be more interesting things to occupy my time.

 

I make my wife a cup of tea every morning. My day is more pleasant when my wife is happy. And I  pretend that I  have a regular exercise plan.

[facthunter]

I care about your welfare Pete. Anyhow whatever way you get there. if it works go for it. Motivation is the Key.  Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

48 minutes ago, old man emu said:

I didn't read it that way. I read it as the use of photos taken out of context. The readily available photos are those taken when the subject was interacting with the medium, usually while on a 'night out". When the same subject is the victim of a tragedy, it is not very possible to get a photo taken in a sober situation, eg their driver's licence photo.

 

I did see a bit of video of the two young women who died of methanol poisoning. It showed them both jigging around in a hotel room in a way that would be normal for two young women on a carefree holiday. However, I thought that it stripped them of their dignity given what happen to them. Posting that video was definitely taking something well out of its original context.

That was my initial thought, too... but this:

2 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

I know it is absolutely forbidden to suggest that they have attracted trouble, but someone should be honest about it.

made me thing there was more to it than my initial thought.

[facthunter]

It's NEWS because they Died by drinking a poison. They are just normal people who got provided something you'd normally not expect and which is being treated as a criminal act of the suppliers by Police.. Young people with a big future ahead of them. Devastating to families and friends.  Nev

[old man emu]

14 minutes ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

That was my initial thought, too... but this:

made me thing there was more to it than my initial thought.

You have to look at the circumstances, the environment, the culture of the place it happened in. Although most of the victims were females, there was a bloke involved, and also, we don't know how many people simply got crook and survived.

 

Drink spiking goes on all over the world in bars. The use of adulterated alcohol is common in what we might call poorer countries or where there are no tight controls over food and drink supplies. How many people get Bali belly or its equivalent?

[willedoo]

There's two different things getting mixed up here. pmccarthy's post had no mention of the methanol poisoning in Laos. That was thrown in later and now there's two different conversations getting jumbled up. 

[old man emu]

2 minutes ago, willedoo said:

There's two different things getting mixed up here. pmccarthy's post had no mention of the methanol poisoning in Laos. That was thrown in later and now there's two different conversations getting jumbled up. 

OPs Normal

[facthunter]

.    Narrow is the PATH of godliness. My point was the Outcome WAS the story.  I have no more comment that I wish to make.  Nev