RE: Is there another U ?

"Unfortunately I never attained the puppet habit."

I laughed out loud at that, Snooks. I think a few times people have thought it most unfortunate that I have. laugh

All I can say is you don't know what you're missing. Puppetry can provide endless hours of entertainment and the opportunity to get away with all sorts of mischief. laugh

Puppets, theatre, role play and stories are a rich part of the human mind for good reason. They are a tool of human development through the mediums of imagination and fantasy.

RE: consciousness of a unsatisfied person

The slowing down followed by negative consequences followed by sleepiness sounds remarkably like a descent into a bout of depression to me.

You can't solve that. Only the person with the illness can tackle that, but first they need to recognise it for what it is.

If, however, someone is having difficulty in concentrating (that can be a trait of anxiety and depression) you perhaps could try breaking down their tasks into smaller bits.

If they are less overwhelmed with things to do, they will perhaps be less distracted.

If they achieve a small task and get positive feedback, that can be a boost in all sorts of ways.

It's something I practise myself when I'm feeling anxious and overwhelmed. I try not to think about everything I need to achieve and set myself small tasks to complete and then give myself a pat on the back for doing it. At the end of the day, I count up all the things I have achieved, rather than berate myself for the things I haven't achieved.

It's a technique which gets me through a whole load of stuff I don't really want to do, or I'm having trouble motivating myself to do.

RE: Is there another U ?

It was another lateral joke based on you using the letter 'U' to represent the word 'you'.

I like to tease American people that they are lazy with their letter u's because they spell 'humour', 'favour' and such like, 'humor' and and 'favor'.

Hence, there are all the u's the Americans don't use. giggle

My granddaughter has two stuffed toy unicorns which were originally my daughter's. They are a favourite, largely because I assigned them characters and voices. Tasky is brash, loud and full of herself, whilst Sparkle is shy, insecure, but caring and friendly.

It works well as an interactive game, challenging behaviours, self-perception and our reactions to others...but it isn't just a learning tool for a child: A friend of mine reckons the two characters are alter-egos of myself. blushing laugh

Interestingly over the years Tasky and Sparkle have become at times more mellow with age. More and more often with my granddaughter's guidance they have become like each other somewhere in the middle of their two extremes.

There are probably many me's, or facets of me. I try to learn and grow from all of them, just as Tasky has learned to be more considerate and kind, and Sparkle has learned to become more confident and assertive.

RE: What Phrases, Terms or Words Irritate You ?

The corporate 'So, moving forward...'

RE: How many tests before a woman loses respect and interest in her dude before or after marriage

Just one:

Does he put the toilet seat down before flushing?

I particularly like my daughter's new partner, he's one in a million.

I have however, reason to believe he had some fairly intensive lavatory seat training to make sure he didn't reverse my exceptionally high opinion of him in one fell swoop. laugh

RE: Justice must be served

I wonder quite how those 10 children died.

Did they die instantly?

Were they blown limb from limb?

Maybe their limbs were blown off, but they didn't die instantly.

Maybe they saw their loved ones blown into pieces before they died alone and frightened.

Maybe a child died seeing their mummy's head next to them, alone and frightened.

I don't know.

But you, LJ and Conrad, laugh.

RE: Justice must be served

23 civilians, including 10 children under the age of 12.

Trump described that as a 'win'.

Is that enough numbers for you, Conrad? Because there's plenty more.

RE: Justice must be served

Trump is guilty of war crimes.

Just sayin'.

RE: Do you know what happened to Machine Gun Kelly??

Did you delete the 's' and from the 'https'?

That might be the touch you're missing. dunno

RE: Ladies and gentleman

I have, when I've been sent one with permission to keep it.

To collect photos without consent would be creepy.

What Can You Hear...

Sorry John, did you say something? laugh

What Can You Hear...

Yeah, I'm not overly sociable, particularly in groups for the same reason, Sing.

It's one of the reasons I like the forums - I get to interact in a group setting.

Lipreading is tiring, I think most people find that. I'm pretty unabashed with being a deaf old granny, though. I've no qualms about telling people I can't hear them unless they look at me.

Interestingly, I find children often cotton on and adapt to my needs much more quickly than adults. I suppose they must lipread in the process of learning to form words.

What Can You Hear...

Hi Jono, thanks for posting.

I think the important thing is hearing experience. There are times when I've been driven to distraction with pain, noise I don't want to hear, noise I badly do want to hear, but can't, etc.

I've said earlier the more I understand my hearing experience, the easier it gets.

When I first had my hearing tested, I was rather quickly bundled into an MRI scanner. It was all very anxiety provoking because no one explained to me why, other than 'just checking'.

They then they lost my results and I had to chase around the NHS...on the phone. I was eventually directed to the Ear, Nose and Throat receptionist who gabbled at me.

"I'm sorry," I said, "I didn't hear any of that."

"Oh," she replied, "the problem must be at your end. I can hear you perfectly well." laugh

I then had an appointment with a specialist who gabbled on about technicalities, gave me the all clear (from what I don't know), but couldn't explain any of my issues. He was rather surprised when I quickly left, struggling to hold back my tears.

It was the medical technicians I saw later who understood hearing experience and could provide some useful information.

I kinda hope that this thread can bridge some of the gap between hearing experiences, fully hearing and not.

Just trying to remember to face others with hearing difficulties, or recognising that sounds we can't hear can cause pain instead, helps.

Let us know how your appointment goes, Jono. I for one, am all ears. grin

What Can You Hear...

I'm astounded that so many people can hear light bulbs.

I can understand how it's possible because I can hear the ancient strip light in my kitchen rumbling away in a most irritating manner.

It just sounded so preposterous to me at first - surely the whole idea is that you see light bulbs, not listen to them! laugh

PS. Please refrain for falling asleep on my interesting thread. scold giggle

RE: Zoster

Now, you see, I thought I'd answered your open question in your op, Cacuchi. confused

I stated my family history and then I was quite careful with my wording - I stated my 'understanding' from that family history, not what I 'knew'.

Aware that my understanding was likely to be out of date, I qualified to that effect in my last sentence.

I thought I was supporting your thread. I thought you might reply by sharing new, more up to date information in order to promote discussion, or maybe new contributions.

What I wasn't expecting was to be cut off sharply with the rather cheeky recommendation that I research the answers for the question you asked.

RE: Zoster

Now, you see, I thought I'd answered your open question in your op, Cacuchi. confused

I stated my family history and then I was quite careful with my wording - I stated my 'understanding' from that family history, not what I 'knew'.

Aware that my understanding was likely to be out of date, I qualified to that effect in my last sentence.

I thought I was supporting your thread. I thought you might reply with new, more up to date information in order to promote discussion, or maybe new contributions.

What I wasn't expecting was to be cut off sharply.

RE: What is #1 reason people don't put up recent profile pictures.

I dunno, Miwagi.

I've not seen it and I can't access you tube on my phone.

RE: What is #1 reason people don't put up recent profile pictures.

I know pompom is popular with many, but I have always found her mean spirited, right from when she first appeared on CS.

I've not seen that YouTube video.

RE: Psychiatists.

Having worked out how to post images from my phone for the great plasticine flirt, I suppose I should be able to work out accessing links, Molly.

You can see where my motivations lie. laugh

I could be some time, but thankyou.

RE: Psychiatists.

I attended a seminar a couple years back given by a psychiatrist. She was progressive non-judgemental, socially skilled, down to earth, pragmatic and had her priorities right.

I've come across a handful who I didn't spend enough time with to have much of an opinion.

I've come across two, who were so obtuse they were dangerous.

I think it's a bit like politicians - in order to become one they are in danger of becoming removed from their object. Being an academic is not conducive to being down with the people; social change can go way ahead of opinions formed in an outdated culture of training.

Unfortunately, it's not an arena where one can afford to be incompetent.

I did have my faith restored by the psychiatrist I mentioned first, however. There are some highly skilled psychiatrists out there.

RE: What is #1 reason people don't put up recent profile pictures.

Yeah, Krema is right, we are generally visual creatures, but if we're not looking for a relationship where that's relevant there's no need for anyone to be attracted to us.

Any identifiable visual aid will do for recognition purposes.

RE: What is #1 reason people don't put up recent profile pictures.

I don't understand your comment about respect for other posters, Krema.

I'm probably being somewhat pragmatic and maybe missing some social etiquette.

I'm using my phone, people's photos are tiny smudges with no username attached. Pat's pic is one of the most easily identifiable for me - I think his pic is great for that reason and I don't find it disrespectful that it's not altogether...um...up to date. dunno

RE: Food and taste

I know a thing, or two about the catering industry.

People are sloppy, ignorant of food hygiene laws and sometimes downright irresponsible. It's made me very wary of eating food prepared commercially.

What Can You Hear...

That's interesting that you say your tinnitus masks external noises. I asked that question earlier in the thread.

Do you lipread to supplement your hearing, Sing?

RE: What is #1 reason people don't put up recent profile pictures.

One of my photos is 8 years old and I'd gladly take it down, but I don't know if I've stored it, I'm low on technology at the moment and my daughter took it, so I'd like to keep it.

The other two are 3/4 years old (my hair is much longer now), but I don't have anything more recent.

I'm not looking, I haven't changed dramatically and having no photo makes using the forums a bit confusing.

I'd rather people had any picture representing an aspect of themselves, whether that's their face, a beloved pet, their humour, their artwork, whatever. There's more to people than just their looks.

I think it's a rather silly and objectifying rule that you can have your face, or no face and it's rather inconsistently administered by the site.

What Can You Hear...

I'd forgotten about learning other languages. I've never been good at that, but my more recent attempts to learn a little Welsh have been painful. I don't suppose Track's recommendation of putting your chin on, or getting your teeth around the source of sound vibrations is very socially acceptable when learning languages. laugh

As for picking out voices in a crowd, it might be tricky for most people, but if you're lipreading, people tend to look around to include the whole group when they're talking. This results in even a small gathering sounding like a radio being turned on and off all the time. It's nigh on impossible to follow the conversation and join in.

What Can You Hear...

I think molly's trying to make out that we're a cheap date, Non.

snooty

What Can You Hear...

You'd better make sure Non has his fair share of motion sickness tablets, Molly.

In case we have the date in the back of your car. giggle

What Can You Hear...

Okay, Molly.

We can decide later whether to let him out, or not. thumbs up

giggle

What Can You Hear...

As a judge I can't be seen to be biased.

A tie, it is. grin

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