Houlston

 

 

I wouldn't want immortality. But if I could get some sort of guarantee that I'd live to be an old man, I'd be happy.

 

You should add: "in good health".

 

What I fear is the combination of old age and serious infirmity (especially Alzheimers, which my dad had). If that's the future, I'd rather check out early with a quick heart attack.

 

 

My grandma had Alzheimer's as well - something similar anyway, she was very senile - and I often pitied her for having to live in such a state.

 

But I do wonder sometimes, is being senile really that bad for the patient him/herself? If you were sufficiently senile, you wouldn't be able to recall traumatic events, and you wouldn't begrudge anyone for losing your ability to read, because you wouldn't even have the desire to. Ignorance is bliss, right?

 

This was true of my nan, whilst at first it was hard for her eventually she knew no different and seemed mainly happy. Whereas my granddad kept his mental health and suffered with almost everything bar cancer. 

Thanks

That is weird that's exactly what is happening to my dads right now. He's hoping it's just a wheel bearing but the noise seems a little worse to me.

I fear suffering and disability. Death saddens me because of who I'll leave behind and knowing for a period of time they will be sad.

I don't think she really believes it. She's getting massive exposure which only means more money.

That's how my dad feels about his, he likes it but it's not been reliable & the service desk even worse.

 

 

simple enough but:

"this too shall pass". which apparently comes from some Persian Sufi legend, but whether true or not it's always helped to calm me down when need be!

What should pass??Story behind it sounds intresting but makes no sense without knowing what is meant by it

 

It's a saying, really, meaning endure, stick with it... but also to be wary of the good times. Everything going wrong, feel shit, nothing going for you? Don't worry, 'this too shall pass', things will pick up. Enjoying a boon, nothing at all that worries you? Remember, the good times don't last forever, 'this too shall pass', things that go up must come down.

It's something worth remembering, sometimes. It can open your eyes to a different perspective.

 

Ever since this proverb was mentioned in the tattoo thread it really hit home to me.

When I feel down or being a bit selfish and feeling sorry for myself regarding my stroke I find it very soothing and sobering, In fact I decided to have it tattooed on my chest in mirrored text so that when I do find myself staring into the abyss of a mirror its there for me to see.

Some may think i'm a bit of a dick for doing it but it really helps me. 

My dads next door neighbour has one and I believe he doesn't like it. Also have an ex school friend who swapped one for a Tiguan that she prefers. Depends on how much you want to spend and whether you're bothered about how frugal it is too.

Did anyone watch Luther?

Yeah I did, didnt realyy get the start, it was a bit cheesy and ott but the rest was good.

The only thing that annoys me about it is his amazing conclusions and intuition from just looking at a mark.

Just booked myself in at Vivid Ink after they tweeted they had a cancellation for this afternoon. Nervous as **** not sure how my head and nerves will handle the pain. Hopefully it'll be like normal.

Buying houses is great if near the latter end of your life you can enjoy that equity or at least pass it on to your siblings before the government gets hold of it. Renting whilst considered by many a waste I see it as part of living costs and mostly a better quality of life. You can almost always get a better place to rent than buy. In my twenties I rented for 5 yrs a lovely penthouse property, there's no way I could afford that and I very much enjoyed myself even though I wont see that money again. Now I'm in my mid thirties and I'm in the very lucky position of owning my house but if I was in a similar situation as I was in my early twenties I'd most definitely rent again.

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Pirates

Black or Red?

My friend has been offered a job that pays £7 an hour, he is not sure whether to take the job or stay on job seekers allowance and housing benefits which combined gives him £130 a week. The job gives him £200 a week after tax, so not much difference, what should he do?

he's great in Bernie too.

has she got a "you dont have to be mad to work here but it helps" sticker/card/sign on her desk?

Beach

One super strength robotic arm with no other arm or two normal arms?

I'm 35 next month and I got asked for ID only 2 months back. I definitely look older than 18 but I don't really care, if it means I look young for my age than great, I hope it keeps going. I am Benjamin Button.

Cliffhangers

It might have been, I like it,

Always Sunny, is very funny, you'll like it if you like Parks & Rec or Arrested Development.

The Killing

Its Always Sunny......

I'd quite like to put something somewhere whilst she did that.

Yeah Mumford are mundane, yeah they aren't a headline act, I don't really care if they are privileged or not, I don't own any of their albums and I wouldn't buy a ticket to see them live but I can't help but like The Cave.

For some reason my sister used to keep an empty champagne bottle on her window cill.

No batteries required