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« Reply #450 on: August 15, 2018, 12:54:50 PM »

I wonder how I would occupy my free time if it wasn’t for other people’s dramas? Even when I take steps to distance myself from it, other people seem to do their level best to drag me back into it. I can outright tell someone that I have absolutely no interest in whose ever affairs and yet I still get told about them regardless. Does life just seek to drag me in and involve me, or is it some strange instinct of the human race to make sure that everyone gets pulled into the whirlpools that make up the tumultuous events of other people’s life’s? Sometimes it is irritating and frustrating, like when I specifically unfollow someone on Facebook simply because I do not want to know what they are up to and other people insist on telling me every detail of that person’s life. I mean really, what part of “I do not want to know what this person is doing. Please stop telling me. I have no interest in what they are up to now” is it that people just don’t seem to get? Other times (like now) it just seems curious.

And If one particular person has read that and is thinking I am referring to them there, I am not. This is about other people. You know who you are.

I am hoping things are over with this stalker. I guess it depends just what kind of stalker he is. I know in my particular experience it took 5 years of telling the woman that I wasn’t interested and rejecting her every single damn time she contacted me. I had to make sure there was absolutely no doubt that I was not interested in having her in my life in any way. Mostly I ended up having to publicly humiliate her, but that was done to the methods she would use to try and contact me and just saying simple things like “The sooner we are both out of each other’s life’s the better” just didn’t cut it. I really had to step things up quite a lot and even today, 10 years after all this happened I am not convinced that if she thought she had a route back into my life she wouldn’t try and get in again. When my (then) friend and I went to college he got a bit obsessed with a female friend of mine. He’d keep touching her on the knee and leaving his hand there and was on a very low level of stalking with her, but one that was slowly ramping up. Even after she found the kiddie porn on his computer and reported him to the police, he kept trying to pursue her until he was threatened with expulsion from the college (they couldn’t just kick him out for the porn as he hadn’t been convicted of anything at that point, just accused) if he didn’t stop. Apparently, he said to the lecturer something along the lines of that he had been laying It on a bit heavy and he agreed to back off a bit. He was then told no you must completely cut off trying to contact her or you will be expelled. I have no idea if he took up stalking her again after college finished the next year or not, or indeed in the years since.

Anyway, to get back to the original topic. I fear this poor young woman may just be at the start of being stalked rather than an ending. I really hope I am wrong there. I did say to Kristi to tell her friend that if she is worried, upset or just needs a break she can come up and stay with us for a bit. The days of me offering to go to other people’s places to help them are now over, but it doesn’t mean I can’t still help out a bit.
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« Reply #451 on: August 15, 2018, 06:25:04 PM »

Ah, that precious hour between midnight and one in the morning. Never quite understood why it is referred to as the witching hour. Having wandered the streets at all hours I am yet to find a time when no one else is around, but this hour is as good as any other for silence. Both Kristi and Ash are sleeping and I am just sitting enjoying the silence.

I am told that about 3 weeks with no contact with another human is enough to break someone. Although I can't imagine me ever getting the chance to, sometimes I'd like to test myself against that. Would I find a new appreciation for people and no longer find their company quite as irksome? Or would I settle happily into a life of solitude.

Not that I would try it out while I have Kristi and Ash. It is nice to have someone around who I don't want to strangle after about an hour in their company. I am pretty sure though if I got rid of everyone in the world who would annoy me there would not be enough people left to form a stable gene pool and avoid inbreeding.

How would I cope without people to dislike then I wonder?

May the dark night bless you all with a peaceful nights sleep free of Bogarts and Boggins.
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« Reply #452 on: August 15, 2018, 06:59:42 PM »

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« Reply #453 on: August 16, 2018, 07:59:05 AM »

I am told that about 3 weeks with no contact with another human is enough to break someone.

After Dad passed in 2008 and I got home after being with Mom for two weeks, I didn't physically meet or talk to anyone for a fortnight: I did stay in touch with Mom via telephone.
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« Reply #454 on: August 16, 2018, 08:13:09 AM »

Guess that explains it.

Kristi was getting stressed out this morning, so I sent her to read while I watched over Ash. Got him to fall asleep and now Kristi is sleeping too. Peace reigns for the moment. Spent most of the day watching old episodes of Knight Rider before I got bored and now I am watching Firefly. Getting bits of the adventure written far in advance. Last night in work and then a 3 day weekend. Never a bad thing. Seems like every time we sit Ash down he throws up at the moment. Washing a lot of blankets.

When it comes to babies it seems you can never have enough blankets.

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« Reply #455 on: August 16, 2018, 02:24:16 PM »

Thursday night shift and the end of the working week is looming. Kristi has challenged me not to have any beer until I am next down at my mums on the condition she equally doesn't have any carbonated drinks.

Sometimes I get the impression that she doesn't want me drinking.

Went into work at half four in a happy mood. At five minutes past five I went to the toilet and sat there for fifteen minutes so I didn't scream at someone to shut the f**k up.

Considering taking Kristi to the cinema tomorrow, but that would mean dragging her away from her computer for a day. I know what it is like when a new expansion comes out and you want to level through it and gear up for raiding, so I am giving her a bit of a pass for a while, but not forever. I spent a month coming home from work, doing all (and other than the cooking I mean doing all) the housework and at the end of the month something snapped inside. I can't do everything on my own. It isn't like Kristi wasn't doing anything, she was looking after the baby. It was just I was going to work in uniform and being Cpl Corbett, coming home being dad and husband and just got no time to just be myself for me. Trying to make sure I do a bit more of that to keep myself (my own version of) sane and balanced.

Watching for any work coming in, checking out the window for any pesky Russians invading and in the meantime writing here and D&D stuff. Sometimes the quietness of being on nights is rather useful :)

Looking forward to getting into bed tonight and cuddling up with that woman of mine. She really is the worlds best cuddler, not to mention a wonderful cook, exceptional wife and lots of other good things. I just have to think of her happy and it makes me smile so much. Coming home to her is always a good thing, although it is even better when she decides to walk up to meet me when I am coming home from work.

Hmm, not seen Dave for a couple of hours. I wonder if some badly designed 80's style aliens have invaded and when he wandered out into the dark corridors became their first victim? Mind you, if it turned out that Dave himself was an alien I would not be surprised. Despite his odd habits though he is not a bad guy to work for. Far from it.

Hmm, that is two people I have said nice things about tonight. Going to have to slam Liam's fingers in the door or something to make up for that.

Or maybe I could just duct tape someone's mouth shut...
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« Reply #456 on: August 16, 2018, 08:36:50 PM »

Went to go to bed, but just as we did Ash decided to wake up and appears to have no intention of altering this any time soon, so I've gotten back up with him to let Kristi at least get some sleep.

It is odd how quickly some people rush to make fools of themselves. Grabbing any chance they can get to do with both hands. Repeating the same actions again and again, but somehow expecting a different result. Might not be the definition of insanity, but it certainly seems to fit the bill on stupidity perfectly.

Watching Death Line (aka Raw Meat) while I wait for him to fall asleep.

No sign of that happening any time soon. And then once I have moved him there is the simple matter of lifting him up and taking him through to his cot without waking him.

Shona was looking for a taxi company to pick her up tomorrow (well today now) and take her to the station. Since she didn't have any numbers herselfand didn't want to just google one, I gave her a number for a taxi company. She freaked out when she heard how much it would cost her but booked the taxi anyway.

If she hadn't irritated me so much all day with her complaining I might have given her the number of a much cheaper company lol. Still, she only has 6 more working days left in this post and I am going to be away on leave for two of them.

Hope everyone else gets a more even nights sleep than I am doubtless about to not get lol.
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« Reply #457 on: August 17, 2018, 06:20:40 PM »

Last night turned into out to extend well into today with Ash having a rough not sleeping day. One moment he'd be all happy and giggles, then the next he'd be screaming his lungs out. Managed to get him to go to sleep about 19:00 and he will hopefully have a good nights sleep. Kristi went for an early sleep so she could be awake should Ash decide not to sleep through the night tonight (although I have a funny feeling he will do).

Its a lovely dark night out there. Enough clouds to hide the stars and moon so the night sky looks like a sheet of dark velvet. If Ash wasn't sleeping I'd be taking him and Kristi (who has just woken up from her sleep) out for a late night stroll. The older I get the more I love the dark, although I had the regular kids fear of it when I was 4 years old. But then I do try to embrace my fears and learn to enjoy them. There is only one time a fear has been able to defeat me and I have never let it do that again (while I was recovering from my 4th stabbing I went to leave the house one day and I just couldn't get my muscles to walk me through the door. I had to go back inside and sit down for half an hour and then for whatever reason I could now walk outside no problem. Never had that issue since). I prefer not to be one of those people who lets the bad things that have happened to them define them and I have a great deal of respect for those who can do it, many of whom are much better at it than me. I have sympathy for those who try and rise above these things in their life but can't, and pity for those who have suffered and who can only react by seeking to hurt others and become that which they hate.

For me the difference between sympathy and pity is that those coming under the former can be helped. I can somewhat empathise with their situation and they deserve understanding. With pity, you have some elements of sympathy but it is tainted with contempt and the knowledge that if you try and help that person they will only seek to drag you down to their level rather than trying to climb out of their pit of misery. In my youth I put a lot of energy into trying to assist both types, but nowadays I've learned just to walk away from the latter without a second thought.

Mind you, quite a lot of people who just seek to bring others down don't even make it as far as having pity. It seems some people are just determined to be life's losers. Best I have found you can do there is mostly ignore them, perhaps engaging in a policy of détente and when they decide to try chewing at your heels, slap them down. Or if they insist on pushing it, you can always just take to constantly insulting them and putting them down until they figure out they are not going to get what they want out of you. Not the best way of dealing with someone but sometimes it is the only way. Luxuriating in misery seems to be a way of life for some and they will fight to remain there and it is one of those few times when showing mercy and kindness actually is a weakness.

Heard today that SyFy almost did a TV mini series sequel to The Thing. One of my favourite movies there, and I'd hate to think what SyFy would have done with it, although it did at least have a good directer associated with it. http://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3516165/know-syfy-almost-made-sequel-miniseries-thing-back-2005/ for anyone who is interested in the details.

This year seems to be flying past. Christmas and New Year doesn't seem very long ago and here I am planning what to buy people for the next one. Going to have to see about dropping some hints to Kristi on what I'd like, although she did a pretty good job of surprising me last year when one of the presents I opened turned out to be a copy of The Tingler.

Found a website that I really liked where people discussed hypothetical historical and modern day situations like if the British Empire was still intact how would a war between it and the USA go (my guess, US seizes Canada early and tries to cut Australia off with its Pacific fleet. Chances are the Brits still have the larger navy and are able to defeat this move. The war then settles into something of a stalemate other than naval clashes unless other countries get involved, or someone goes nuclear), the usual what happens if the US never entered WW2 (finishes with the defeat of Germany some 12 to 18 months later than in reality and a lot more Soviet dead. UK develops the nuclear bomb instead of sharing the technology required with the US and letting them build it and the main thrust to defeat Germany comes through Italy rather than via France to prevent the Soviet Union gobbling up eastern Europe), what happens when China and the US go to war (really don't know, could go either way, although the manufacturing capacity of China would be a major factor and quantity generally seems to win over quality) and so on. Anyway, the site seems to have sadly disappeared. The debates I get at work rarely touch these kinds of subjects and are more along the lines of gossip and scandal which interest me less.

Think I will drag the family out for a bit tomorrow. If it is nice, perhaps I'll put Ash in his baby backpack and we can have a stroll along the beach with ice creams. I will be damned if I am going to try and push a buggy or pram along dry sand.
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« Reply #458 on: August 17, 2018, 06:47:05 PM »

Hey Alex, if you like that kind of speculation, you might enjoy the novels of Harry Turtledove.  He has written a number of "alternative history" bestsellers.  My favorite was a series he did that covered World War I, the Twenties, the Depression, and World War II in a timeline where the Confederates won their independence and were a separate country from the USA.  The U.S. allied with Imperial Germany and Austria; the Confederacy allied with Britain, France, and Russia - it was tremendously well done, with lots of cameos by real historical figures in alternative roles.  The Commanding General of the U.S. Army was a crusty 75 year old ex-cavalry officer who still grew his hair way longer than regulation - George Armstrong Custer.
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« Reply #459 on: August 17, 2018, 06:50:40 PM »

I do have a couple of his books kicking around, including one (which I guess is part of a series), had an alternate start to WW2.
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« Reply #460 on: August 17, 2018, 10:43:11 PM »

If you can find it, THE GREAT WAR: AMERICAN FRONT was the start of that series.
He also did one called RULED BRITANNIA in which the Spanish Armada successfully landed and Queen Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower by Philip II.
A playwright named Will Shakespeare was recruited by the English Resistance to help stir popular opinion and create a revolution to restore the Virgin Queen to her throne.  Fun story!
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« Reply #461 on: August 18, 2018, 05:45:21 PM »

have you had ash tested for lactose intolerance? the symptoms are all there, most of my grand nephews are lactose intolerant. btw, i hope kristi takes your advice abut stalker guy.
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« Reply #462 on: August 18, 2018, 05:55:08 PM »

I shall keep an eye out for them.

Did you know Christopher Lee used to try to read 'The Lord of the Rings' at least once a year?

It took me several attempts to read the whole book. Normally I'd lose interest somewhere around Shelobs Lair. It wasn't until 2001 that I actually took the time to read the whole thing while I was in basic training. Took me about a week to go cover to cover (minus reading the songs. I tended to skip over those). I've tried to read it again once or twice since then but didn't even get out of the Shire.

Honestly I don't think it is that great a book. Good certainly, but far short of being a classic for me,

It may be unique in fantasy that it is the only story I have ever read where the heroes destroy the big bad without ever having a scene with him. Indeed our only impressions of him come from other people and the closest you get it them trying not to be seen by the great eye. There could be other stories like this out there, I just haven't came across them.

I think that when it comes to long stories people tend to praise them a little bit more than they deserve as a wave of relief sweeps over them and says "I DID IT! I CONQUERED THIS MAMMOTH TOME!" There is little new or original in his story, much of it being borrowed from older myths and legends (not that there is anything wrong or objectionable in that). It has set the standard for fantasy series to be published as a trilogy even though the story itself was never designed to be such. It also despite what many people believe was not written to be a fantasy version of WW2. Tolkien himself said if he had done that, the story would have had to have major changes to it.

Still, it has plenty of fans out there and as long as they are happy with it I guess that is all that matters.

Got visitors coming from the states tomorrow, and then other people visiting next weekend. The weekend after that I am away doing a charity fundraiser in Glasgow for veterans that is all tied into the RAF celebrating being 100 years old.

Watching one of my favourite not Hammer movies, Horror Express. I tend to consider all those type of movies from the same era as Hammer ones regardless if they were AIP, Hammer or some other outfit. If they have Peter Cushing &/or Christopher Lee in them and the same kind of aesthetics somewhere in my heart it is Hammer.

I miss what I call the old gentlemen of horror. I wonder, would one of them ever have done a torture porn film? Can you see Vincent Price in Saw, Peter Lorre in Hostel etc, etc?
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« Reply #463 on: August 18, 2018, 06:02:36 PM »

We haven't had him tested yet, but we've been considering it. We had spoken to a midwife about it and she said he wasn't spitting up any more than would be expected.
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« Reply #464 on: August 18, 2018, 06:18:53 PM »

with my boys, it was the whole thing you described with being happy one second and screaming the next. apparently the intolerance causes a fast gas buildup that is VERY painful until the gas is passed. as they got older, THEN the nausea started too, but not as babies. maybe try him on almond milk for a week, that's fine for the boys.
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