In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:19:17 -0500, m2 <m2@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Spike,
> >
> > I'm sorry I wasn't thinking when I misunderstood about the 100 pound
> > cost for your Mum. A few minutes after sending that email it hit me
> > that it was a bundled account, with TV, internet, and phone, and so
> > our prices are much the same as yours. I just pay for the cheap
> > internet. I get the TV signal thru an antenna, and dont have a smart
> > phone, but a pay-as-you-go stupid phone.
> >
> > So we were both kids on farms. I dont remember much either... one
> > memory is my mother wringing a chicken's neck, and the headless
> > chicken running crazy around the yard... I was too little to be
> > around the farm stuff much.
> >
> > Well, at least you had the three relationships... I dunno, my problem,
> > well, it's a bit more complicated than I better say here. I had many
> > wonderful opportunities that I never could take... ugh! But I'm not
> > dead yet, so you never know, more opportunities may yet come again.
> > Hope springs eternal.
> >
> > At this point, I'm pretty sure I'll never get into the torrents...
> > usenet itself is more than enough for me, and at this point, I'm
> > wanting to disconnect from that as well, at least for a time.
> >
> > One of my loves is sculpting. I didnt have a lot of toys as a kid,
> > but had modeling clay and made things... and then in 1980, as an
> > adult, and not long after departing that cult, I found my old clay at
> > my parents house, and started making stuff again, and then got into
> > other materials, polymer clays, and started making little people, even
> > little portraits, and got pretty good at it, and imagined all kinds of
> > things, but in the end, I'm not a business man, so I went back to
> > school to get a job, yada yada, years go by, now I'm retired and
> > wanting to pick back up with the art... and more and more years keep
> > going by... anyhow, now I'm determined to get back into it and see
> > what I can create. Part of my hopes to re-invent myself and get back
> > into the game... who knows.. maybe more pipe dreams, but I'm
> > determined to make something again soon, just after i finish this ,
> > that, and the other! not tonight, apparently!
> >
> > About Facebook, I've always had mixed feelings about it. I love many
> > things about it, and hate other things... I have so many opinions to
> > express about it... anyhow, 2018 was a very hard year for me
> > personally, and facebook played a big part in the stress, and there
> > was a breaking point when I defriended pretty much everybody except a
> > very few folks... so I dont do much there now. I deleted all my
> > photos and videos, comments, etc...
> >
> > My mom grew up on a farm, a tobacco farm, so she started smoking early
> > on, once she got out of the house, I suppose. She always defended
> > smoking, but she didn't like it when I started... I spoke harshly
> > towards smoking the other day, and urged you to quit... I wouldn't
> > want to deprive you of pleasure and comfort...
> >
> > Likewise, regarding religion and belief in God and the after-life... I
> > dont want to spoil people's dreams and hopes... I dont care what
> > other people want to believe, live and let live is my attitude...
> >
> > But what if I could see that someone had been deceived into thinking
> > that something like nicotene is giving them pleasure, when the real
> > story is that nicotene's only pleasure is easing the withdrawal
> > symptoms from the addiction? but that's me and my opinions... yet i
> > would encourage you... to do what, i dunno... i dont know what i'm
> > going to do either... i hope to make art... i tried writing a book,
> > but nobody wanted to read it, and the few i forced to read it didnt
> > like it, so what do i know....
> >
> > yet, hope springs eternal! You need more hope! :D I dunno where you
> > can get it, but it's there, somewhere, you just have to find it...
> > when you get a good dose of hope, you never know, you might even
> > decide to quit smoking and try round four! Who knows!
> >
> > And again about the religion, i dont care what anybody wants to
> > imagine about, but when it comes to real life, we are in trouble when
> > we've got alternate versions of truth fighting with each other...
> > that's why I'm trying to defend the need to have a common basis for
> > what is truth and what isn't, because without that, we'll never be
> > able to make peace and a house divided against itself will not stand
> > for long... so that's my take. It's not to hurt anybody, but maybe
> > to save the planet!
> >
> > cheers to you!
> >
> > Hope you got to check out that concert video!
> >
> >
> ===============================================
> I also take the cheapest broadband package, if I was living alone I
> wouldn't even bother with a TV, not even for Freeview, I get all I
> need from the Internet alone and I wouldn't be willing to pay the BBC
> TV Licence fee that would (automatically) be required to use them.
>
> I have a smart phone which I (mainly) only use for a few app's that I
> like and also because I drive a 'not too reliable car' that might need
> break-down assistance whenever I drive it.
> have ALL Data flow turned off unless I am connected to wi-fi, so I
> just pay for the odd calls and texts.
>
> I used to catch chickens as a job, did it for about 15yrs in total,
> that may well be how I have COPD, dust and asbestos sheds.
> I have seen a headless chicken running around... as well as a 4-legged
> chicken !
>
> I had a chance at a fourth relationship but then I thought ! What the
> hell am I doing ! my life is (about) perfect as it is.
> I got out of it and have not looked back.
> I hope that you find someone, if thats what you want :)
>
> If Usenet is enough for you, then why give away your free subscription
> ? it will probably still be there when you want it again. Doesn't mean
> that you have to use it !
>
> Like a lot of kids from my era, I never had many toys either.
>
> I wish I could relate to sculpting... but 'Art' isn't something that I
> have ever been interested in... same with religion.
>
> Facebook... I deleted everything soon after my Wife left me, I very
> rarely post anything on it, my 'diary' has no entries, if I post
> anything then I will usually delete it pretty soon after.
> Probably why RIB say's I'm a 'private person' ... there is very little
> on there to find anything out about me :)
>
> There is more info about Me in this text than on Facebook... But...
> I'm unknown here ((apart from RIB reading this)Hello Mate) :) <BG>
>
> I Know that nicotine is killing me and I don't care... I might care a
> bit more when COPD really starts to knock me down, but for now, I'm
> happy with my life.
>
> I hope that you get back into sculpting or writing a book.
>
> I have downloaded the concert (Thank-You) and will watch it as soon as
> I have time :)
> ***********************************************
> ** In the Words of 'DIMENSION'... 'Evolve... OR Die.' **
> ***********************************************
I'm crap at art - always have been. I discovered 3D printing a few years back
and got hooked. Take a look at my Facebook page Spike. Anything you see that
looks like it is made of plastic has probably been made by me. I taught myself
basic 3D sculpting and make all sorts of bespoke stuff for family and friends
now.
I quit smoking overnight. It's amazing what oral cancer can do for your
resolve. The op was life changing but HEY! --- I'm still here :-)
Take care all.
RIB.
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