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Quote from: BobGrau on November 06, 2020, 01:55:39 PM
Also, Hi everyone! Anybody dead yet?

Welcome back! You were one of the good ones.

I'm not sure who died, there was a mass flouncing so it's hard to tell...PKaiser, probably.

Quote from: WOTR on October 31, 2020, 02:26:39 PM
I believe that you accepted that far too quickly.

You're a rabble-rouser! I'm no home-wrecker. Unless the guy is really hot, of course.

Quote from: WOTR on October 31, 2020, 02:26:39 PM
There are Mormon fishwives. It need not be an exclusive relationship.

And quit coffee? No, thank you.

Also, spellcheck wants to change 'rabble-rouser' to 'rabble-trouser'. Wtf is  a 'rabble-trouser'? I bet Sredni would know.

Quote from: Walks_At_Night on October 31, 2020, 11:25:00 AM
I've been playing this for the phone bankers when they call:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndJy4dA4eb4

lol

Quote from: Jackstar on October 29, 2020, 12:51:17 PM
Oh, I would so dearly love to explain, however, I am on strike--assimilation got overwritten.

Please be sure to ask me again, if interest remains, once The Strike has ended. It's a great story. Some fabulous high points! Also, a lot of agony, and a lot of defeat. For them.

Lodge orders, eh?

Quote from: Jackstar on October 29, 2020, 12:51:17 PM
Welcome back! You would have made a brilliant Fishwife.

Thank you, that's always nice to hear.

Quote from: Jackstar on October 25, 2020, 04:15:31 PM
All j* blocks/bans lifted. All is forgiven. ALL. Even that absolute bastard that used to post all that spam for sunglasses--even that individual is now meant to be unbanned, and all is forgiven. I have been using the word "all" here, because I bloody well mean it.

It has come to my attention that some people needed to have a global announcement about this--hopefully they won't miss this signal while doing their makeup with the powder room. I mean, on the powder room. I mean, in the powder room. Whatevah.

If one finds themselves still unable to message me, or my Staff, or my Rod, or the crew of the USS Comfort, at all, at any time, in any way, please locate & inform your closest local LegacyKeeper.

Also, as an aside: the position of Fishwife has been filled. Sorry, Roswell's Art--pate bought our your contract, and there was nothing I could do about it, without making Grapefruit jelly.

Good call. It's nice to see you happily posting these past few months. Keep it up.

Also, what is up with all this Rubini bullshit? It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers around here. I thought you'd be one of the last to be assimilated.

Quote from: WOTR on October 03, 2020, 08:26:46 PM
I considered dry ice. But it would give off many, many cubic feet of shit smelling CO2 while it froze the lake of putrid fluid. I considered a shop vac (same problem) I considered a submersible pump and hose, but was afraid the chicken would clog it up (though I do have a 220V sewage pump at work.)

Ah, yes. But I would estimate that it had been two months between freezer crapping out and the initial discovery. Those freezer seals are amazingly good, and the smell does not escape. So upon discovery, I brought plastic totes to the basement and emptied the meat, pizzas, cardboard boxes and bags of unidentifiable sludge into my garbage bin over a couple of weeks (I was popular with my neighbours.)

I then figured I would return to finish the task and empty the fluid. My revulsion lasted for days, then weeks. Then I started to fear breaking the seal. Yes, the freezer had to go- but at what cost to what little remains of my sanity?

Well, now we have the answer. It is empty, and I am forever changed by the experience.*

*Oh, and on a side note, it is still too heave to comfortably get up the stairs. I'm sure I will get it out- but I'm really starting to wonder how... Time to go and ponder. I assume it will be straps and herniated discs. 

Taking off the door will lighten the load a little and make it smaller.

Quote from: pate on October 03, 2020, 07:55:48 PM
I sure will, and nothing else!

-p

I will too.

Quote from: Liberace! on October 01, 2020, 05:17:14 PM

https://youtu.be/fkyCTpvgIgA

Will you be wearing a mask for this A Very Special Gabcast?

Quote from: Asuka Langley on September 10, 2020, 10:00:30 PM
So many people think they were a one hit wonder but they never wrote a bad song. Their cover out Out On The Tiles was 🔥Lit City🔥


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RukviCGQLF0

Yep! That was good. Thank you. I'm not familiar with that album, I'm going to check it out, I like a lot of the bands on it.

https://youtu.be/cWfZjV4i2Nk

Quote from: Asuka Langley on September 10, 2020, 09:31:00 PM
Change was their best song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn1WbBaWTdc

It's a good song.

https://youtu.be/lIPan-rEQJA
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https://youtu.be/bO28lB1uwp4

Quote from: pate on September 10, 2020, 08:05:30 PM
In kindergarten/first grade my girlfriend/neighbor and I would listen to the single over & over again.  It is catchy.

Rain vibe:


https://youtu.be/Zp-LBD_q0sQ

That's a nice memory. Though 9-5 featured women it really was about capitalism:



Anyway, about rain...


https://youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58

Quote from: pate on September 10, 2020, 07:46:26 PM
Hell, doc I love shooting, and I certainly don't appreciate being shot at.  Does that make me a liberal too?

Thanks pate. Good point! Not to mention that I never said I liked shooting, actually I said the opposite, that I like storylines. His brain is mush.

Quote from: pate on September 05, 2020, 03:52:44 AM

https://youtu.be/MG0e8_foDmU

That's a good song. Which is strange because usually such literal songs come out really corny and unlistenable. Apparently it was a group effort between him who found a tape of himself singing "I love a rainy night", two other songwriters and another musician. It hit the charts right behind this song which is pretty impressive considering:


https://youtu.be/QSkeEd5oz1U

It's definitely a shooter. You'll probably love it if you're into that genre. I'll play it, maybe I'll come to like shooters more than I do. I usually don't like getting shot at.

Quote from: Richard Groyper on September 10, 2020, 10:59:47 AM
gotcha bitch! #Justice4Anthony

skip ahead to the 25 minute mark and i show up at 1:53 mark:


https://youtu.be/443TcmI6eTA

Man, I thought my life was kind of fucked at the moment. What would these people do without the internet? "You're my only one, you're my 'It'"...Jesus. Probably be on their couch watching their 'stories' on t.v. Thanks for making me feel better because at least I'm not these people.

Quote from: Liberace! on September 05, 2020, 12:28:09 PM
Some Saturday L4D action.  I'm now a YouTube streamer!  My grandma would be proud.


https://youtu.be/5zZC_Y7W41M

Damn, girl. How many gamers do you know want to listen to politics while they game?

I'm considering doing a live stream of Cyberpunk 2077. It's the highly anticipated game by Cd Projekt Red. I played their Witcher Trilogy and was so impressed that I would buy anything they make. The Witcher trilogy is a single player RPG set in another world in what would be, I guess, medieval Europe here but with magic. If you're broke and like that kind of stuff you'll definitely get your moneys worth with that trilogy, there's a lot of content.

Anyway, here's one of the trailers for Cyberpunk 2077. It's coming out in September:


https://youtu.be/HHuwwmFPnhA

This kind of looks like a shooter which I'm not really into but if it's anything like The Witcher trilogy it will have a great, immersive storyline.


Also...Keanu. *fans self*

Quote from: SredniVashtar on September 08, 2020, 04:11:57 PM
He certainly appeared to be losing his grip, but we mostly know him from when he was married to Ramona, who sounded like she acted as his handler and channelled his instincts. Married to that child bride it's no wonder he wandered off the reservation. He also led a very sedentary life for a long time and it can't help your mental acuity if you spend most of your life shuffling between your double-wide and ham shack. For what it's worth, I think there was a kernel of truth (at least in his mind) to the shooting incident but he blew it way out of proportion. He was clearly looking to stop doing the show and it was a convenient pretext. Also, his COPD can't have helped his decision-making.

I used to have a link to a guys website whom wanted to get on the air with Art. He posted the entire transcript on his website that actually made him look like a douche, not Ramona. It did show that Ramona was very adept at vetting guests and also wouldn't put up with any bullshit. First, he was trying to get onto Art's Dreamland show which had a lot less listeners than Coast to Coast and he might have had a chance until he started trying to charm Ramona by saying "RA" means something important in ancient Egyptian. Then he tried to elbow is way into being on Coast to Coast instead of Dreamland, and at that point Ramona said something along the lines of "I don't think we can use you on either show, Goodbye"

Quote from: K_Dubb on September 08, 2020, 06:27:59 PM
Oh yes honey he has been treated for it for years now.  Shoulder hug and a kiss kiss.

He's been treated for dementia for years? That would have been good information like five posts ago!

BTW, I thought the shoulder hug and kiss was always implied.

Quote from: K_Dubb on September 08, 2020, 05:30:49 PM
Haha smiling and waving are not out of character, but wiggling his fingers to someone who is not there certainly is.

I do not remember listening to Art and thinking he sounded old and forgetful, though, which preceded the hallucinations in my dad's case by years and years.  Maybe a lapse in judging what made entertaining radio -- the light-bulb incident, the flat earth debate -- but never an awkward segue or reaching for a word or forgetting his place in a narrative.  It would have been hard to mask those symptoms in a single hours-long show, let alone the dozens he put out before he quit.

I reread your post. People with dementia can do their lifelong job for way longer then they should because they know that shit. If you're lucky that person still keeps the same persona that you're used to, often times they don't. I recommend getting your father checked out by a neurologist, not your family doctor and tell him or her that he wiggles his fingers to people that aren't there. It couldn't hurt if he's fine but it can make a huge difference in all your lives if you don't catch it right away.

Quote from: K_Dubb on September 08, 2020, 05:30:49 PM
Haha smiling and waving are not out of character, but wiggling his fingers to someone who is not there certainly is.

I do not remember listening to Art and thinking he sounded old and forgetful, though, which preceded the hallucinations in my dad's case by years and years.  Maybe a lapse in judging what made entertaining radio -- the light-bulb incident, the flat earth debate -- but never an awkward segue or reaching for a word or forgetting his place in a narrative.  It would have been hard to mask those symptoms in a single hours-long show, let alone the dozens he put out before he quit.

I hope you're right. I've also learned people with dementia go to doctor's appointments like they are trying to pass a test of normalcy instead of trying to get the help they seriously need, meaning they hide it.

Quote from: K_Dubb on September 08, 2020, 04:59:55 PM
Come to think of it wasn't there an earlier shadow person story, too?

I do think it's an intriguing possibility.  My dad sees cute little birds and small children peeping out from behind doors he waves at, but he has always been irrepressibly sanguine.  I could see how the same things could be interpreted as threats by a person inclined to paranoia, which he doubtless was.

'Intriguing' seems a bit rubbernecky. Your dad sounds lovely.

I don't remember the shadow person story.  It's not enough to change my opinion though because there was a definite change between healthy Art and his stories and the one we got toward the end.

Quote from: K_Dubb on September 08, 2020, 03:23:38 PM
I'm listening, but does it also explain his UFO story, or the ouija board?  People who want to take the stalker as complete a fabrication forget that he had a history of tall tales told for entertainment which may or may not have their genesis in an overactive imagination.  Those earlier ones are no more believable.

His UFO story could have happened, maybe it was us with our own technology. The Ouija story was a bit dramatic.  The difference is that rodents, audio hallucinations and seeing people inside and outside your house are what I've come to know as symptoms of dementia. Those stories you mentioned don't seem to be in the same category. Also blood flowing to your brain in my uneducated opinion seems to be integral to brain health. Art's lung's weren't in great shape.

Also, people, stop eating cholesterol, I don't want this to happen to your loved ones.

Also, my diagnosis would also explain Art's terrible choices he made like deciding to go back on the air and all those people he hired, Amy, Leo, Rubini, Wade, I'm sure there's more.

Quote from: TheMan WhoFell ToEarth on September 08, 2020, 01:05:42 PM
I've heard shows where Art said the exact opposite too. That he and Romana believed that you have to tough it out and wait for your natural end.

Quote from: ItsOver on September 08, 2020, 01:17:33 PM
Yes.  Part of what made him The Master of The Night also made it hard to decipher him at the personal level.  At his time, “Mysterious, yet strangely reassuring.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-outer-limits-a-lone-voice-in-the-desert-lures-10-million-listeners/2013/10/28/95615598-3ff6-11e3-9c8b-e8deeb3c755b_story.html

True. Maybe he was referring to bodily ailments like cancer at the time and not something that takes away your ability to think. Also, remember that time he said he was in his studio and heard pounding on the door, got his firearm, opened the door and their was no one there? I suppose that could have been part of the mystery he was trying to project but now I wonder if it was an audio hallucination caused by the initial stages of dementia or alzheimers. I don't know what year that happened but I think dementia can start out years before anyone notices. I look back and remember times where I thought something my family member said seemed a little out of character but it was fleeting so I didn't give it much thought. Now I know that it was the very beginning stage.

Quote from: albrecht on September 07, 2020, 12:16:10 PM


1996-02-18 Dreamland, for what it is worth Art pondered about taking his own life he had some awful painful disease or something. Paraphrased "if dealing with a terrible disease I might just take the easy way out." Guests (Betty Luca and Raymond Fowler) disagreed, Betty most vehemently. but politely, that sometimes pain is necessary for various religious/spiritual reasons and also it is not up to us to decide when to die.

I think he did. Now that I have experience with a family member with dementia I recognize some of the same behaviors he presented. Hallucinations for one. Remember the mouse he saw on his phone? He really believed that happened but I don't think a mouse would hang out with a person nearby. The shooter story I now think he really believed, I also think it was a hallucination. Seeing and hearing people outside your house and in it is, apparently, textbook dementia. He most likely had other paranoid delusions that he told his family about. In a moment of clarity my family member told me that he knew these things he saw were impossible but they seemed so real. Maybe Art recognized his own illness in a moment of clarity and knew it was only going to get worse so decided to end it. I would.

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Quote from: K_Dubb on August 05, 2020, 11:59:50 PM
As a man I welcome your scorn but as a lover I must defend my honor.  Of course the many sonnets I composed for Shreddie's pleasure rate no mention at all.  How unfair, and depressingly common.  Not that they were great sonnets, but they were learned sonnets, perfect in rhyme and meter.  I ask you, how many men have inspired sonnets in the last fifty years?  If Shreddie is half the man I think he is, that feat will stoke the embers of his heart until his dying day.

Well, I really don't understand welcoming scorn but OK, whatever floats your boat. Sorry I forgot about your 'sonnets'. They're really good. (actually I do like them also they give this place a bit of je ne sais quoi.

Quote from: SpaceMeowMaid on August 06, 2020, 12:55:23 AM
There was a young man from Nantucket
Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
    He said with a grin
    As he wiped off his chin,
"If my ear was a cunt I would fuck it."

Like that? LOL

Quote from: K_Dubb on August 06, 2020, 12:58:17 AM
Jacky, do something.

If you cover up the avatars you really can't tell the difference.