thetindrum Forum Posts (40)

RE: A social experiment.................

No, in many cases it is the other way around.
Mental health problems causing homelessness.
I'm not suggesting that being homeless could not result into mental health problems.
An ideal breeding ground for health problems it is, the same for problems with addiction.
But also here with addictions it is mostly the cause of homelessness and not a result of being homeless.
It is a complex problem, contradictory as it may sound, one where an emphasis on housing/accommodation will not be long lived solution.

RE: ARE YOU AFRAID TO READ THIS... PART 2

He must be tomcat's half brother

RE: GERMANY,,, WHERE ARE WE NOW ?

Not sure where you got those numbers from, they seem to be on the low, very low side.
Multiply the death toll at least a tenfold and then you are still in the bracket of the 'low' estimates.

RE: What Personality?

53% mellow

You're definitely pretty mellow. You may not spend your day meditating, but laid-back, social activities suit you better than loud, over-the-top action. Even if someone annoys you, you know how to stay calm and keep things under control. Overall, your world is a relatively peaceful place.

RE: What Personality?

RE: interracial relations and marriage

My apologies, that was absolutely not my intention.

RE: What Signs!!

Maybe your opening post might have been better with 'would you look for' left out.
What signs would tell you that a first date should be a last date?

RE: What Signs!!

While the results might be the same, the same it is not.
Looking for, and finding faults is easy.
Looking for/finding common ground requires effort.
The eternal compromise called relationship does never lasts by emphasising the negative of the compromise.
I prefer to look for things that might work.
Going on a date specific to look for reasons not to go on a date seems like a waist of petrol, time and coffee to me.

RE: What Signs!!

I do not look for signs that should make the first date the last.
I do look for signs that the first date could result into a second date.

If you look for incompatibility you will always be 100% successful.
I don't see the point in that.

RE: What's in your mind part 28

RE: Revenge

No.
Not on behalf of myself nor for others.
Neither did I ever came across any organization that even vaguely would be worth to be sworn to, let alone dish out vengeance in name of or ordered by a collective self-justification authority.
Milgram experiment comes to mind.

The extreme willingness of adults to go to almost any lengths on the command of an authority...
Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when the destructive effects of their work become patently clear, and they are asked to carry out actions incompatible with fundamental standards of morality, relatively few people have the resources needed to resist authority.

Individuals moral imperatives are one of the first victims of authority.
Being member of a group does not or should not diminish individuals responsibility.

RE: prefer to fight at .. ?

Not sure what one should be fighting about but I would choose Kattegat, the women are much prettier there.

RE: What's in your mind part 28

RE: Help ID this British film

"Intouchables" Thanks for reminding me! to get that out of the cupboard and watch it again.
Great film

RE: Electric cycles, anyone tried them?

A common misconception about the electric bikes is that one does not need to cycle, does not move etc.
It is still a bicycle, if you don't put effort into it you're going nowhere and yes you still can work up a sweat with these.
Difference is on the flat you will be faster and in hilly terrain it feels more like being on the flat, but cycling you still do.
It is not a scooter.

RE: What's in your mind part 28

Immaculate

RE: Help ID this British film

RE: Help ID this British film

Just google, 'film set in Dublin about a girl from Eastern Europe falling in love with a busker'...
Once



Next..

RE: Has anyone tried the new Windows10 yet?

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RE: Electric cycles, anyone tried them?

Some of my sisters use them on a regular basis. I use them as well when I'm over for a visit.
They are great fun to use and gets you from a to b in no time and with a lot less effort.
They use it mostly to beat city traffic and cutting down on commuting time without appearing at work looking like someone who just stepped out of a sauna.
Cheap they are not and there is a massive difference in quality.
just one of many,

RE: Help ID this British film

Maybe this one?
Carry On Cabby.

or
The Knowledge. 1979

RE: What's in your mind part 28

What happened to Peach? Did she get banned or did she found her luck in the real world?

RE: I wanna buy my mother a present for her b-day

Ilse Koch's? No, she's dead since 1967. As for his mums...eh, no

RE: I wanna buy my mother a present for her b-day

But probably has less interest in making lampshades from his skin or shrink his skull to put on the mantelpiece

RE: A bunch of Alkies!!!!

650 members of parliament?
That's 8.2 bottles per member for the year 2014-15.
And you call that alkies??
Hope you never have to organise a piss up.

RE: This is gonna be a good n'....(I think...)

Dependency seems to be key word for you here.
Do you think you using a 'lifeLine' will now make you dependent on new technology?
Does that thought bother you?
At which point do people become or are dependent on technology?
If I want to listen to music I'll be dependent on technology for that.
I don't play any musical instruments nor can I sing neither do I know many people close by who could give me a serenade.
So a radio/cd mp3 player it will have to be.
Ghetto blasters are a definitive retro thing these days, neither are they very practical with their bulky size.
Progress is made and now I can wear earplugs without having a screaming match with OAPs on the bus because they don't appreciate my chosen music.
It does not cripple me, it actually is beneficial for my back not having to carry such heavy weights.
Appropriate or in-appropriate, I leave that up to the OAPs at the front of the bus who can't get their heads out of the fantasy cloud of 'the good old days', selective forgetting they themselves embraced new technology like any other generation did and will.

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RE: Words from the grave

Time seems to be of essence here.
I would forget about chronological orders not worry about editing etc.
I suggest one does not worry at all and just put the damn pen to the paper.
I suggest one starts with why.
If that's to hard, start in the middle; it will be of no importance.

A message is to be conveyed and how it will be conceived is irrelevant and not within the control of the writer.

Keep in mind who you are writing for.
First and foremost oneself.
Daughter xyz might have no interest in the story.
But telling the story is important to you, so write.
Write your incoherent poetic drivel, fill those pages.
It might be the manure for a fine pearl.
Immaculate blank paper makes bad manure.
Just write, that's it.

RE: How do I attract the right man?

Funny. Not something that's found on your profile, you not being single.
It states you're divorced and looking for women between 35-55 for dating.

RE: How do I attract the right man?

This is the stage where the 'joke' becomes personal and stops being a joke, # 27: