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So this one cretin of a user highcrest 777 decides to abuse me calling me an imbecile and unmannerly because I politely told him to seek someone closer to his age. The guy says he is 49 but looks 99.
Men need to respect women even when she declines his unwanted advances.
PS. Highcrest777 go sit by the window and wait for your retirement cheque instead of harassing women online.

Since covid and the re opening of our borders it seems to me that 1 in 3 tourists/ backpackers are French

In many ways they are the most arrogant and self centered race i have ever met

They snort
Insist on speaking French and smoke non stop

After a few drinks I asked a group of them why they had even bothered to visit NZ

If they did not even bother to try to converse in the English language why not just stay home , save money and watch documentaries on you tube.

My comments went down as well as the "rainbow warrior"

I think there is a connection between more brain dead people being born and poor quality Chinese made rubbers

Often... maybe too often, when you have people commenting on a blog who have a difference of opinion to other comments on the blog, will say something to inflame another person... be it the OP or another commenter.
Sometimes it's intentional or sometimes harmless words that are are misconstrued.
Political orientation, religion, ethnic background are hot topics where one person will 'strike the first blow' in an attempt to start a confrontation, often with name calling or words intended to put someone down. Usually, the first blow won't be the last and whenever the opportunity exists, it's like pulling off a scab and allowing the wound to bleed again... striking another blow!

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Guitarist Jeff Beck (1944-2023) released an album in in 1975 titled Blow by Blow.

One of my favorite cuts was the first song on the 2nd side titled "Cause We've Ended as Lovers"

Here he is in a live nightclub performance:

What do I do when I have writer's block?
I stare at the screen and it stares back.
What shall I write? About my job? Nah...what a boring job. Nothing interesting. Go to work at 6.40am and come back at 3pm but at times 5pm.

About my life? Nothing interesting too. My life is not full of drama nor calm and smooth sailing.

Oooops!! now I have started writing.



Maybe I should write a diary.

Friend A – conversational bridge – always a competition. Worse, better, always the need to take the trick. Example – idle comment – “I’ve just done (insert neutral topic here) it was okay. Response - I did that once, it was rubbish / fantastic. Long involved details follow. You win.

Friend B - attention span issues. Example – Yesterday I tried adding lime pepper to my pasta and – ooh I saw something on cooking the other day, let me show you, and out comes the phone tap tap tap here see that. Well okay but what I meant was – did I tell you about the shoes I just bought? I took a photo, tap tap tap, look. So I give up but friend is waiting expectantly for the next topic to interrupt . . .

Friend C – the persistent grouch. I walked the dog for over an hour, I’m absolutely knackered. That must be nice. It’s hard for me to walk since the pain started in my foot. Have you seen a doctor about that yet? What’s the point there’s nothing they can do just a waste of time and money doctors are so expensive and all they do is give you the pills the pharma companies want them to promote

Friend D – the partner fixation – what did you think of the (insert situation here) I’ll have to come back to you on that, partner has not yet told me how we feel about that.

I think I need a few new friends, I've used these ones up. But if it's me ...

Old news I know, but not for me.

In a room in Dublin, a man nicknamed "Dr Death" is teaching people how to die. A dozen people are here to plan their suicides.

On a screen, poisonous substances are ranked in order of convenience, availability and painfulness.

Dr Death sits at the front of the room, not facing directly at his audience - almost as if it's too hard to look them in the eye. But they clearly have no inhibitions about being there.

One woman says she has traveled from Singapore for this. The audience is made up mainly of elderly people - many have seen friends and family die in horrific ways.

Their host promises an answer for their desperation. In vivid detail, he describes how their final moments could offer something different. It sounds too good to be true.

Apparently the substance leaves no trace of it in the body after death.

I never knew such a service existed.

Is this a good or bad choice?

Maybe I'm a coward but I strongly believe, while there's life there's hope.

Joseph was born and raised in New York City. He had a job with the government and a few years after he retired, Joe decided to sell his house and move to Florida.
Not long after, Joe started worrying about his health and took his first colonoscopy at the age of 75. They found cancer and he went through surgery. He was lucky as they removed the cancer and he needs no additional treatment.
Joe was having issues with a swollen thyroid gland and went into surgery to have it checked out. Under anesthesia, they were unable to control his blood pressure and stopped in the middle of surgery. He remained in the hospital for testing and found that 2 arteries near his heart were blocked by 80%
Open-heart surgery would have been the normal procedure, but since he already had one issue, 2 stents were the least invasive and best thing.
He's recovering and should be out of the hospital this week.
All things considered... I wish him the best and reluctant to celebrate at the 'all you can eat' sushi restaurant. Pizza may also be out of the question.

There are times in my life when I feel like I'm going through things that I believe no one else has gone through (at least not anyone I know). So if no one has gone through or is going through a similar situation, it makes me think that no one could really understand me. And since I'm an over thinker (for those who don't know the term, it's someone who thinks too much, analyzes everything in the smallest detail, several times), this makes me see things from two different perspectives. On the one hand, it's weird to know that you're not understood by the people around you and that you may not even be able to talk to them about certain things for various reasons. On the other hand, if by absurdity you meet someone who can understand you, that would mean that that person has either been through that situation or is still in a similar situation. This, on the one hand, can be pleasant (not to be taken the wrong way) to know that someone understands you. But on the other hand, it can be very unpleasant, especially if you're also an empathetic person. And if your situation is really bad and you're supposed to be a good person, then...would it really be easy for you to know that there's someone else going through a similar situation as you? Maybe in situations like this you end up preferring to be truly unique, to be truly the only one going through a situation like this. (Of course, the subject can also be seen differently...generalized and seen as in any problem...but that would lead to another subject that could be more difficult to explain.)

I'm working on some video links where Trump has promised retribution to anyone who has gone against him. Soon, but not now. He's been the leader in the race for the Republican nomination. All have dropped out with the exception of Nikki Hailey who is 'hanging in there' and still has a slight chance, despite Trumps huge lead.

Top story: Trump threatens to blacklist Nikki Haley's donors.
Are you kidding me?

Former President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to blacklist anyone who donates to Nikki Haley's presidential campaign.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that anyone who makes a contribution to the Haley campaign "from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp."

"We don't want them, and will not accept them," he added.

Gotta love that TRUTH social media platform where he can say/do anything he wants...

At least it's MAGA or nothing !!

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