Cluttermagnet Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) I just wanted to express heartfelt gratitude for all the folks at Scot's Forums. You folks have made my life interesting and at times sustained me through difficult times- at least three such periods in my life come readily to mind. Scot's is probably a pretty diverse community, representing nearly all 'sides' of the many political divides presently consuming our republic. OTOH it is probably a boomer-leaning demographic in terms of average age. It is not, thank goodness, the 'wide open spaces' of the social media with their incessant warring and scorched earth. I really couldn't handle that, don't intend any late starts there, either. I have been more than content with our little oasis... Others here have shown patience and forbearance with me as I transit through yet another crisis in my life, probably the fourth or so for me in the past decade. This one is a big crisis as well, profoundly affecting us all. I am grateful for that forbearance. I am sad that the one venue I have had for blowing off steam has been shuttered. In the past I have seen members here get angry and storm off, taking their marbles with them. I came close to doing that myself back in the mid-2000's ( Iraq war/Bush Jr. years). There was a good bit of gloating and rubbing of salt in wounds, etc. But I stuck it out and I will continue to... Our deeply divided society has become quite intolerant of views contrary to the main narratives. We are quite clearly a sick society, and indeed that sickness is world wide, not just confined to America. The sickness I refer to here is a soul-sickness, not a virus. We are in deep trouble. I hope we survive what is coming. I'm not a deeply religious person, but I will try to say a few constructive prayers for us all, from time to time. We need help. I don't see any on the horizon, only devastation. But I haven't given up and I won't, either! I still find life interesting and intriguing. I will fight the good fight and never give up my principles, as so many around me apparently have. So long as there is life, there is hope! I am grateful, too, for having been given a keen mind and a reasonably good sense of humor. I will honor those gifts and remain dedicated to truth over fear, love over hatred, and above all, science. Real science, which is experimental in nature and often asks embarrassing questions, never being truly 'settled science' (an oxymoron)- not the beaten down, illegitimate step child kind of science that serves corporate interests, not humanity. I honor you all, even those of you who violently disagree with me. You are all brothers and sisters. I wish you peace. Cluttermagnet Edited July 31, 2020 by Cluttermagnet 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Well said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Caption later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Wild picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 I haven't the slightest idea what the album sounds like. I just found it online. The cover art speaks to me... Clutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Cluttermagnet said: I haven't the slightest idea what the album sounds like. I just found it online. The cover art speaks to me... Clutter Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) It's dark, but that's pretty much where I am right now. It's like a cross between Sadam Hussein's intentionally set oil rig fires during Desert Shield- and Lady Liberty going down fighting to the bitter end... with undertones of all the greedy oil barons of the past century and the amazingly widespread destruction and devastation they have wreaked on mankind and the world. One surprising connection between that particularly odd type of (ostensibly) human beings and current events I may develop later... but Clutter is feeling way too negative as it is. I don't need to go there right now... Things usually feel much better in the morning. Clutter is feeling very much abandoned, unloved, rejected, and unappreciated. And something I don't often experience, day to day- a very strong sense of aloneness, isolation, and alienation. It will pass... rettulC Edited August 3, 2020 by Cluttermagnet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 I am trying hard to awaken, intellectually and spiritually, while so many slumber... False fear grips the world powerfully while things that we truly should fear escape notice. Viewed positively, I'm glad that occasional glimpses of sunlight do at times sneak past the dense clouds gathering over us. My self confidence, self love, and my strong convictions remain intact- as well as my sense of humor, all important in such distressing times. I'm grateful that I have been able to avoid either being paralyzed by fear or gripped by overwhelming obsession over the wrongness that has descended upon us. I'm still functional, still working steadily at identifying problems and figuring how to live with them or overcome them. History will reflect that these were exceptionally dark times. I hope that I pass this test. While immersed in an exceptionally powerful disinformation field, one is forced to work especially hard to tease out the truth, but it can be done. That's what I labor at , day by day. I unearth an occasional gem as my understanding grows... I thought I sensed a momentary disturbance in the Force, but it was just someone down the hall expressing flatulence... Never mind... Clutter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 (edited) 'Quote with (almost) no comment...' This is a real thing, not a joke photo. Happens in the state of Maine. Human beings wearing 'dog collars'. You ain't seen nothing yet, folks... it's still just getting started... Can you say "cognitive dissonance"? Clutter Oh, OK- you don't believe me? https://thebright.com/governor-of-maine-orders-servers-to-wear-visors-akin-to-cone-of-shame-to-protect-from-infection/ Edited August 22, 2020 by Cluttermagnet 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Hahaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 The only thing that dog collar will do is stop her from licking her bum. The human race is doomed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 'Quote with (almost) no comment...' “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” – Winston Churchill Things come full circle. There are many in contemporary society whose resemblance to Neville Chamberlain is striking- and appalling. Clutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 1. Keep your head up. 2. Duck! 3. Not necessarily in that order... Clutter There. Bet you didn't know I was a famous obscure writer, did you? (scroll ~40 percent down the page to see the relevant quote- bold text) https://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?/topic/3077-further-tales-of-the-tiki-lounge/&tab=comments#comment-28062 Edited October 15, 2020 by Cluttermagnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 WOW! A thread from 2003. I was still using MS Win XP at that time. I didn't even know this forum existed back then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 6 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: WOW! A thread from 2003. I was still using MS Win XP at that time. I didn't even know this forum existed back then. I did not even have a computer or any interest in them at that time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 On 10/14/2020 at 11:19 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: WOW! A thread from 2003. I was still using MS Win XP at that time. I didn't even know this forum existed back then. Hi, Eric- I think 2003 was the first year for Scot's Forums. They used to have member numbers I had one in the seven hundreds- and I joined within the first week or two... Those numbers eventually went up into the high thousands... Clutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 18 hours ago, abarbarian said: I did not even have a computer or any interest in them at that time I was still using an abacus when my mentor dragged me into the world of desktop computers around '96 or so. I started with a used 486-66 with Win95 on it. But it was still wonderful... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 My first computer experiences were at a pal's house with his Commodore VIC 20 in around 1983. He was definitely a newly-hatched computer wienee. In a few months, we were cruising local dial-in BBSes and reading USENET (text only) newsgroups. Later, he upgraded to a Commodore 64, then the fun really started... Infocom text games like Zork and 2D graphic games like Castle Wolfenstein, etc. We'd sit around his house all weekend and eat pizza, drink, smoke and play on that ****** computer. He was good with it, though. Taught himself Networking, Coding, the whole nine yards. With nothing but a high school diploma and an ability to demonstrate his vast computer knowledge, he got a job at 20 years old with the local county IT department. He's currently in the upper level of management in that department right now, making $90K+ a year. He's about to retire, but loves his job so much that he may just stay and continue. He's now a permanent work-from-home administrator, too. Luck had something to do with it; being in the right place at the right time, etc., but in truth, this fellow earned everything he's accomplished. Unfortunately for me, I never pursued anything in the computer field. I was always dead set on my career in electronics service. Sadly, I couldn't foresee that entire career field shriveling up and disappearing from this country by the late 90s. Sad. I should have learned Mandarin Chinese instead of electronics. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Cluttermagnet said: I joined within the first week or two... Yup... Cluttermagnet --> Joined April 26, 2003 V. T. Eric Layton --> Joined July 19, 2006 I was dragged to this place by a fellow called Urmas. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 JOINED August 31, 2004 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 April 19, 2003. Cripes! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 5 hours ago, ebrke said: April 19, 2003. Cripes! Been here a while, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 I am greatly comforted by Steven Colbert pointing out that pandemic is merely dim pecan misspelled. There, aren't you feeling a lot better now? I just ate some pecans, in fact. They were good. Clutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 What pandemic? We don't need no steenkin' pandemic. We are in Australia! In my state, Victoria, we've had zero new cases for two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Ummmm... pecans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Good pecan pie is one of my favourite desserts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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securitybreach Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Did you mean to also post that here Clutter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluttermagnet Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) Actually, yes. But if you feel it doesn't belong, or belongs elsewhere... I do get that double posting might be a problem. If so, you decide... Thanks! Edited January 12, 2021 by Cluttermagnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 It's your post and doesn't break any rules so that is up to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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