Red Shift

1 hour ago, Remmie said:

Anyone looked into taking turmeric and manuka honey?

I use Turmeric - it apparently has anti-inflammatory properties, but I've not seen the science. Manuka get's a good rap, but once again, the actual empirical evidence is scarce.

On ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2009 at 5:11 AM, Elite said:

I am a walking virus and germ hotel. If there is some form of illness knocking about, I will get it.

 

I don't eat as much fruit and veg as I should.

 

Other than that I am healthy enough.

 

Any vitamins or minerals I could take that will stop me getting as ill as much?

My GP gave me some advice a few years back which I've stuck to:

Eat plenty of fresh garlic - daily. It kills bugs/bacteria. Unfortunately, it doesn't just kill baddies, it kills goodies. So eat plenty of fresh ginger - daily. It replaces the goodies.

46 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

I'm not so sure about this. The owner of Leicester - Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - is apparently quite renowned for being a private person and not that much is known about him and his family through their choice.......

Yes I understand - but purely from a professional Health & Safety issue, the Club would have protocols in place and a list of the prospective passengers flying with the Owner?

It may have been a private helicopter, but one would think there are public protocols to follow?

There also would surely have been witnesses to the boarding. It’s simply not possible that nobody knew who boarded, but I get that there needs to be an investigation.

I’m speculating, but this is far worse than we are being told. Everybody that should know, would have known exactly who was in / scheduled to be in that helicopter, even before take off.

The information is being deliberately withheld - not that I have a problem with it - but it’s inconceivable that the body count is unknown. 

I have no idea why it’s hit me, but I’m pretty gutted by this. Perhaps it’s the idea that the good guys seem to fall more than the bad these days, causing a vacuum of the goodness from their works. 

I wont do lotteries on the grounds that if I’m lucky enough to win, then I’m unlucky enough to get hit by a bus the next day, so why bother?

But the Leicester owners (and family, and staff) have been showering blessings on the club for some time, and that’s possibly been snuffed out by randomness. 

What fucking pain and suffering makes up our world. Madness.

Ended well. Top of the league at least for a day. Spurs to beat City please.

Mo and Sadio coming into form, The Shaq get’s his first, but Klopp doesn’t smile - is that a German Swiss thing? 

Feel sorry for the defence - one game short of a clean sheet club record. Fuck you Lovren.

we’re going all the way people.

The Exorcist.

Special screening at our local flicks. A different 'cut' - but not advertised as such. I was going to say 'best ever' horror, but I'm not even sure it's a horror film. On the big scree, it was quite riveting again, and both Von Sydow and Jason Miller are both superb, and it strikes me (not thought this before) that it is an early attempt at a 'documentary' style of cinema - succeeding brilliantly. The 5.1 surround, awesome. Immersive. Upon entering Regan's room, one enters another world.....another state.

Didn't realise it is based on a real life exorcism  in 1949

9/10 for me.

A fascinating discussion on the Pareto Principle - Joe Rogan Show.

Could the way that the distribution of resources and means of exchange works out in reality, lead to an upsurge in the far-right, as in "I'm at zero. I have nothing to lose. Let's burn it all down"?
 

On ‎10‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 8:56 PM, Numero Veinticinco said:

A fat Shaq is better than a fit Lallana.

He's even mentioned in this Midnight Oil song

"a phat Shaq, Pine Gap, in every home a Big Mac"
 

On ‎6‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 3:03 AM, Hades said:

The elite are psychopaths, regardless of whether they're Jewish or not.

I'm not going to disagree. I probably put myself in the same camp as you, in terms of my overall attitude to the so called 'elite' of our global 'community' (laugh)

Ultimately though, what choices do we take when it comes to defending whatever lifestyle and standard of living we have? There are many people who believe that war is the natural state of man, and would argue that conflict (Darwinism - the fittest is the last man or woman standing?) has brought us to this place here and now.

What I'm saying is this: The choices we make now, as individuals (with or without responsibility to immediate family) will affect how long we live and at what standard of living that is, for the foreseeable future. What do we risk and for what outcome? what stakes against what reward?

10 hours ago, Anubis said:

I was just listening on the radio to an author named Vyban Creegan-Reid, who has written a book called Primate Change about how technology and the modern world is increasingly changing our bodies. It’s probably going to be my next read. Sounds up your street, Hades.

How we interact with our world, and change, is evolution isn't it?

'White Tiger' a 2012 Russian war film with English Subtitles. 
A masterpiece. A cinematic feast. I took so much away from this that I won't be the same again.

9.5/10

"war has no beginning or end - it is the original human state." Adolf Hitler

Jordon Peterson. Love him or hate him, he stands in the way of gender equality.
 

woMEN

On 10/20/2018 at 7:56 AM, Carvalho Diablo said:

Thanks everyone, for your concern and for your stories of your own losses and of how you've each managed your own grief.

 

I should say that I'm sound btw, haven't suffered any loss or bereavement recently, but I did watch a film about loss the other night, and that prompted my post.

The film was Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, and it really struck me about how in grief, how there are no rules, no right or wrong, how grieving is such an intensely personal and individual thing.

 

My nan dies in the June of 1999 and it hit me like a ton of bricks. After both my mother and my dad had (for different reasons) fucked off and left both me and my younger brother, it was my elderly maternal grandmother whooo gladly filled the vacuum and stepped in to bring us both up. Had she not done so, then we would have both been shipped off to some children's home.

 

As I watched that film though, my grief for my nan really struck me. I have missed her for every single day of the past 20 years, but rarely if ever have I ever spoken of my grief, my pain and sorrow to anyone. This cannot be healthy. Perhaps I should and maybe it's important for me to do so. Maybe this thread is the beginning of my catharsis and of a recovery of sorts.

 

In many respects I'm a very typical fella; I drink too much, bottle stuff up, repress my feelings, live in denial, put a brave face on, soldier on, and generally be an arsehole. After 20 odd years, maybe it's time to grasp thhe nettle, man up and sort my shit out?

 

Maybe.

 

Thanks to eveyone who's taken the time to reply to my OP, many of your posts have been both touching and moving. Much love back at ya.

Absolutely outstanding film. Jackson is always willing to go to deep places, and he is so capable of taking us all with him, so that we are forever different. Myth is a powerful thing, and a ritual is sometimes defined as ‘the enactment of a myth’

I personally use ritual to regularly and frequently, to tap myths that encompass the whole of life’s experience.

just as an aside, I dont seem to be able to ‘upvote’ posts. Is it because I don’t have a season ticket?

On 10/20/2018 at 9:14 AM, SilverSong said:

 

There is no rulebook for grief but ultimately those of us left behind must carry on by whatever means.

Shared stories do help us fathom the depths of experience.

On 10/19/2018 at 10:53 AM, Carvalho Diablo said:

When we lose a loved one or a friend, what's it like to grieve? I mean really grieve ?

 

Is grief healthy? What forms  does it take and has it taken in your lives? Is there a "normal" period of time to grieve or can the mourning of a loved one last for decades?

Has anyone received any counseling to help them overcome the loss of a loved one? What advice would you give to someone who is struggling with loss?

Do any of you have anything which triggers your grief; thoughts, emotions, feelings of loss and despair?

 

Wondered if perhaps some of our own tales of coping and living with grief, perhaps even triumph over it, might inspire or comfort those amongst us who are having a shit time and going through it.

 

Thankyou fine people of the Mighty GF.

I dont want to say too much, but I lost my brother tragically and was not able to follow a natural grieving process on account of it happening 12,000 miles from me at the time, and I was broke with no ability to borrow. Hence I was alone as the family gathered to mourn and get everything sorted.

Lost my Dad just over 3 yrs ago and although it has been very painful, the whole process of the experience was more ritualistic - for me, this has been important. I spent much time with him for the 12 months of extreme illness before his passing, & I cared for him during his terminal event which was about a week long.

Mum and I organised and prepared the funeral, and we’ve given each other close attention & support in the 3 yrs since.

Like I say, it’s helped a heap, whereas in many ways I have still not accepted my Bro’s passing.

On 10/18/2018 at 8:40 PM, Mook said:

This means nothing to me.

Life.......

I’ve just found out that a guitar hero of my youth died last year at 61. Kevin Stanton.

Kevin Stanton formed ‘MiSex’ in 1977 with a singer named Steve Gilpin - the name ‘Misex’ was taken from a song on Ultrvox’s debut album back in ‘74.

You guys are probably unfamiliar with their music, but the Ultravox influence was there. He played a Gold Top like Midge.

Steve Gilpin was killed in a car crash in 1990.

The band is gone. Gone but not forgotten

Not really sure where to post this request, but here is probably as good as anything.

I’m keen on a prebiotic powder. The fibre that feeds the friendlies. I’m low carb and already taking probiotic Kefir.  Can anybody recommend a top notch prebiotic - not a psylium filler.

cheers in advance

16 hours ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

And since we were talking earlier about goldtop Les Pauls and P90's, here's a pic of my 54 VOS Gibson.

 

 

You have some lovely guitars, mate. I’ve never owned an axe with P-90s, but must say I’ve been tempted in my later years. That Midge Ure Signature I linked, actually has a coil split, so the pups will be Humbuckers that look like 90s.

will post pics of my own babies soon

We did what we needed to do. The pluses: Mo on target superbly, finally. Shaq receiving moving and passing perfectly to assist, as if his name was Bobby Mane.

lallana and Sturridge go 90 minutes each, Fabinho gets a run. Allison and defense solid - Allison pulls a great save out of a dangerous moment.

whats not to like??

Chins up lads, we’re going to average ourselves all the way to the Title.

17 hours ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

fretboard on a maple neckHas anyone played the Fender Tele Modern Player Plus? Any feelings on it? 

I like the idea of the HSS configuration and the options it possibly gives, but I've no idea what that will mean in reality. 

 

I'm going to look at one later this evening, it's similar to this one except it has a rosewood fretboard apparently. 

 

https://shop.fender.com/en-IE/electric-guitars/telecaster/modern-player-telecaster-plus/0241102569.html?rl=en_US

Rosewood still being used?

I just bought the Noir Redline Tele, with Pau Ferro fretboard on a maple neck, replacing the Rosewood fretboard due to sustainability issues.

yip, I'd be happy with it too Midge...
 

Got my eye on this little beauty:

Vintage are making very original guitars. This a Gold Top with P90's and a whammy bar. The Midge Ure Signature. Just about creaming my jeans.

http://vintageguitars.wpengine.com/electric-reissued-details/#midge-ure-signature

Barring injuries, my only questions are around the midfield. I'd like Shaq to start, just to see what he can put together; however, Kloppo will decide and there may be late calls (Mo for instance).

Best thing about BIA? Mark Knopfler plays a Gibson Les Paul. Always appreciated his Strat playing, but when he recorded and the performed live with the LP, I really felt it was a fine Alchemy.