ramit

Finding a long black hair in the bathroom sink.  A daily occurrence which each time almost causes a gag reflex in me.  Won't dare complain to her about it face to face though, i am not that stupid, plus i know she finds some of my habits disturbing because they are.

On 03/05/2018 at 17:34, Boycie said:

What you doing down at the front @froggg?

Crocheting?

39 minutes ago, froggg said:

Here’s one for you Ramit 

Ooh, i have to get me one of these too.  Nice one Froggg

2 hours ago, Lambchop said:

More disturbingly, it’s a forceful reminder that there’s only a thin piece of nylon between Theresa’s clunge and the outside world. 

You are terrible insensitive people, that's the standing yikes PM you're mocking so cruelly.  Lets see you strut gracefully around in an iron corset and pin heels wearing a black bag while trying to figure out what to do with the Skripal's.  It's not easy you know and she's still not over Vladimir recoiling from her advances in horror and in front of Sergei too. 

10 hours ago, Parsnip said:

Yeah and him too...

When you've got a small stone stuck on the sole of your shoe and you're too embarrassed to lift your foot to remove it in public and you look for an opportunity in a side alley to discreetly do the business and it goes tih tih tih with each left step and everyone is looking at you and the alley is taken by a drunk and his girlfriend and then your mom shows up.  That irks me every time

40 minutes ago, Lambchop said:

People who stand in a doorway, holding the door open, having a conversation, whilst letting all the warmth out. 

If you’ve got something to say, come back in, otherwise **** off and close it behind you!

i hear ya

And there are at least three fake goodbyes before the real one.  Also, they block anyone wanting to enter or leave the place.  The forgetful ones are pain too, they literally don't know if they're coming or going

Spacewalk  8/10

A very enjoyable and thrilling Russian film of the race into space in the mid sixties as told from the Russian perspective.  i suspect some of the scenes were added for dramatic purpose, but on the whole this is a riveting film with some excellent CGI and fine acting

Sneezing and farting simultaneously

You don't know whether to check your hand first or your pants

We are supposed to get more tolerant with age and in some ways i suppose i have, but in others i just get worse

i cannot stand when people wave their hands in an over-animated manner when saying something and they all seem to have taken the same hand waving classes taught by the same lunatic.  Yes i bloody know how a box is shaped and i don't need visual assistance to comprehend the words All Over The Place. 

Moderate hand waving can accentuate a point being made and i do it too, but there's a limit surely

BTW, this is a brilliant thread

2 hours ago, JoetheRam said:

People that spell a very simple, traditional three letter name incorrectly on company emails, despite me continually signing off emails with the correct spelling.

But Joy is a nice name, you'll get used to it girlfriend

Jumanji - Welcome To The Jungle

Mindless family fun and Jack Black as a hot blonde

We enjoyed it, a funny flick ***

Going out on the balcony and hearing exuberant crowing from the next rooftop, a raven gorging on a piece of pork i threw out for him a few days ago, but had saved for a cold day.  He won't go hungry today, i threw out more meat for him. 

Funny watching them, they never take what they see right away, they scout the area well before and they don't eat it right away usually.

Mrs ramit tells me i need a new phone, i don't agree, the old flip lid still works and big deal if it's held together by tape

Found out at the bank that i need an electronic verification something or other or they won't do business with me

Went to my phone company to find out if my phone can do that with a new chip installed

A pimple faced twenty year old customer service provider has a roaring fit of laughter when examining my phone.  Does it even email dude? hahaha What? is that tape? roar roar snicker snicker.  No no don't walk out, come back, oh God I think I peed my pants hahaha.

i am never ever getting a new phone, the bank can stuff it.  Don't listen to those wicked folks precious one, you are beautiful to me

Being instructed on how to understand a piece of art

Tonight Mrs ramit and i sat down to watch an old film on our state media channel 1.  It was the film To Kill A Mockingbird, but before the movie could begin a woman i recognized as an annoyingly shallow book reviewer proceeded to explain what the film was about, what each character symbolized and the moral lessons to be learned from it.  This went on for a full five minutes.

At first i was taken aback, sat there open mouthed for a while, hoping this was some kind of artistic happening or a joke, but as i realized she and the station were dead serious about the need to educate the viewer on how to correctly understand this great film i became furious, started cursing at the screen, shut up you evil cow, you don't even understand the concept of a deeper meaning, ignoramus.  At this point Mrs ramit was losing her mood for watching the film with me and it was all that jumped up pretentious pseudo intellectual's fault.  Luckily though we both soon saw the humor in the bizarre insanity of it all and we turned down the volume until the art blocker had concluded her verbal vomiting and the film could begin. 

It was a terrific film BTW, for it's time

Later on i began thinking about this little episode and wondered to myself, did i get knocked out and then wake up North Korea?  Is this going to be a thing now?  Unfreakingbelievable.

Ordering a medium rare steak, receiving a rubbery bloody rare one and then after notifying the waiter, having the manager come over and explain to me that after checking with the cook it had been deducted that the steak was in fact medium rare and not rare, but and here is the punchline, she still believed me.  That's one place i won't have to visit again.

37 minutes ago, Moist One said:

in films and programmes when someone pretends to drink a tea or coffee and you can tell that the cup is empty. I can tell every time and it annoys me very randomly.

Absolutely

Also

In films and programmes when a couple pretends to kiss but you can tell they are not really kissing,

aggravates me no end randomly

Tongue or it didn't happen

"Come And See"  One of the best world war 2 movies i have seen.  Excruciating at times to watch, super realism, mouth gaping scenes, a horrific journey into the surreal landscape and madness of war as seen through the eyes of a Belarusian boy. 

10

12 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

we are all human and all have flaws and challenges. Never apologise for having feelings. The sooner you accept that you are allowed to feel the way you feel, the sooner you will adjust and accept yourself. @ramit do not be ashamed or embarrassed for being uncomfortable doing certain things. You are who you are. There will be those uncomfortable doing things that come naturally to you. You have 2 obvious choices, a) Work on becoming how you wish to be, but in small stages. or b) accept the way you are, realise it's not a real problem, just a characteristic, stand your ground and live by your strengths. Your explanation makes sense to me, so stick it in your 'bio' on your poetry page. The best poets are tortured geniuses, why should you be different?  

Oh now you did it, watch out, gonna have to hug you

5 minutes ago, i-Ram said:

In this regard Paul, on a good few occasions recently l have wanted to post something wise regarding your particular circumstances but failed miserably.  I have however thought of you lots, and l sincerely hope that things are on the up.

That goes for me too Paul

8 hours ago, Paul71 said:

Sometimes its not easy to articulate what we feel. I'm rubbish at it.

We try and say the right things but often there is a fear we say the wrong thing or it comes across the wrong way. Its hard online as you don't see the emotion in text like you do in person.

You don't need to give words of wisdom, most of the time you can't. Just let them know you are thinking of them that's enough. 

This probably sounds like rambling, its late and I've had a couple of beers, i hope your tough time does improve, don't worry about sharing not matter how big or small you think the problem might be.

 

 

It's not rambling Paul, you've helped clarify what i need to practice doing.  Thank you.

My problem runs a little deeper than that though, it's some kind of weird aversion.  i will give an example of what i mean.  i am a member of a poetry page.  Members give comments to each other's works, usually those who follow them.  i intend to read their works and comment but then i start getting dread over it and postpone it and it ends up with not doing it at all and then i beat myself up over it, it's a vicious circle. 

On that site you really do get what you give, it's how the place works and i have lost many a follower because of this.  i do comment at times but all too rarely.  My instinct is to run away, to leave the place and never come back, but i would miss expressing myself through poetry and putting it out there.  i'm a nobody there and it hurts me to realize that, for i do have some talent.  i then tell myself my works are worthless and therefor i am worthless.  Emotionally i seem to be like a child sometimes, insecure and needy.  i am going to tough it out and stick around but pause posting my works and concentrate on others until i can feel more comfortable with it. 

i came to this decision after reading your comment.

BTW, this place here is where i feel most comfortable, among my fellow Rams

i wish i could do as you fine folks, give good advice to those in need and be there for them.  i read what a troubled forum member writes and i want to help out and write something sensible or comforting but i just can't do it.  Have tried a few times but always deleted it.  i used to think it was because i am too self obsessed, some sort of psycho, that i don't really care about people, but i am understanding it better now, i don't feel i am worthy to give any advice or comfort, it feels fraudulent.  It's self loathing really. 

i am going through a tough couple of days now, hope it won't be much longer than that, it usually isn't.  It's just so frustrating, wanting to spread kindness and be supportive and being unable to.  i know it would also help me if i could do it. 

You who give of yourself to alleviate the pain of your fellow forum members, i admire you very much.  You possess a quality of great value.

19 minutes ago, StivePesley said:

Things affect us all differently

Next you'll be telling us everything is relative

i hate that, well hate is perhaps too strong a description but i dislike it alright, heftily, if i may say that in the way that everyone understands that word and when i say everything  i say everything is subjective and the only relative is the subjective relative so when you feel that your Lego assembly is not as an enjoyable experience as you had hoped for and then blame the designer and perhaps manufacturer for your project failure irritation, LesterRam complained that your gripe was insignificant compared to his major trauma of being run over by a large lady in a kiddie car, you affect the reader in a subjective manner, thereby excluding all other points of view and forcing him/her to choose sides in an altogether unrelated course o dual perception.

i object to that, in fact i object to this whole charade this thread has become, it's  nothing but a list of relative objections in a subjective cyber world environment and frankly it just doesn't quantify anymore.

To some it up, from my point of view, you both base your argument on a common fallacy. 

There is no baking soda in Gary Oldman's head, subjectively or relatively

3 hours ago, Steve How Hard? said:

I've never understood the saying ' Have your cake and eat It '  for the same reason. Of course you're gonna eat it. You ain't gonna just look at it and then throw it away. Unless you're anorexic I suppose. 

 

That used to confuse me too, but once it was explained to me, it's straight forward enough

If you have a cake but then eat it, you no longer have a cake

Supposed to mean those who want something for nothing