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08/03/2015 06:22:22 PM · #501

Originally posted by Luciemac:

Originally posted by bohemka:
What are you vile lot having for lunch today?

I dunno, but I know I'm raising a toast to you. :-)

ROFL... You really are so thick as to not even be able to tell when someone is ridiculing you. That's awesome, great work bohemka.

Originally posted by Luciemac:

Originally posted by Cory:
FWIW, I think you could still back up and engage in an adult manner, but the chances of that are probably not great. I'll reserve my final judgement for now, but consider this notice that I'm seriously considering just ignoring you. (and that would be a first here, after 7 years here, so that's pretty egregious).

Oh, nooooooo!!! The FINAL JUDGEMENT??? You're....{{gulp}} gonna "consider"......you're gonna {{gasp}} IGNORE ME?? I'm.....{{wail}} dealing....oh, GOD....with...EGREGIOUS???

Yeah..... and with that, I'm done. You're genuinely useless and pedantic. Have a great life. (although, I genuinely doubt that's possible... I'll 'pray' for whatever man/men you victimize in real life, can't even imagine the joy.)

Message edited by author 2015-08-03 18:26:03.

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08/03/2015 06:33:29 PM · #502

Originally posted by RayEthier:

... I read this article that stated that plants have feelings and that they can actually hear us eating them. It also has been said that if you listen very closely, you can hear them screaming.

What options are left at this juncture... tree bark, insects, moss... surely there is something out there right?

Ray

I knew a medical student who maintained a "non-kill" diet -- basically you have to eat parts of the plants which are "shed" naturally, so it's mostly ripe fruits (many "vegetables" are botanically fruits) and grains/seeds/nuts. As I remember his typical lunch was oatmeal and a dill pickle ...

I think the Jains wear a mask over their mouths so as to not accidentally consume any insects, and walk along gently sweeping their path so as to not step on any ...

08/03/2015 06:59:33 PM · #503

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by RayEthier:
... I read this article that stated that plants have feelings and that they can actually hear us eating them. It also has been said that if you listen very closely, you can hear them screaming.

What options are left at this juncture... tree bark, insects, moss... surely there is something out there right?

Ray

I knew a medical student who maintained a "non-kill" diet -- basically you have to eat parts of the plants which are "shed" naturally, so it's mostly ripe fruits (many "vegetables" are botanically fruits) and grains/seeds/nuts. As I remember his typical lunch was oatmeal and a dill pickle ...

I think the Jains wear a mask over their mouths so as to not accidentally consume any insects, and walk along gently sweeping their path so as to not step on any ...

That really is beautiful but just way too limiting for me.

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08/03/2015 07:06:04 PM · #504

Originally posted by Cory:

That really is beautiful but just way too limiting for me.

You and just about seven billion other people ... :-)

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08/04/2015 09:25:07 AM · #505

Originally posted by Luciemac:

If I'm being played back, my hat is off to you all. Except that's not the case. And, you know it. :-)

Actually, you are very much mistaken in this regard. Mind you, when one considers all of the conjectures you have made thus far, that is not in the least surprising.

Played you say...yes, not unlike a series of sitars at an Indian music competition.

Ray

cowboy221977

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08/04/2015 01:46:01 PM · #506

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Originally posted by bohemka:

What are you vile lot having for lunch today?

Not unlike Cory, I also considered a vegetarian type lunch until I read this article that stated that plants have feelings and that they can actually hear us eating them. It also has been said that if you listen very closely, you can hear them screaming.

What options are left at this juncture... tree bark, insects, moss... surely there is something out there right?

Ray

Insects have feeling too

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08/04/2015 01:54:39 PM · #507

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Originally posted by bohemka:

What are you vile lot having for lunch today?

Not unlike Cory, I also considered a vegetarian type lunch until I read this article that stated that plants have feelings and that they can actually hear us eating them. It also has been said that if you listen very closely, you can hear them screaming.

What options are left at this juncture... tree bark, insects, moss... surely there is something out there right?

Ray

Insects have feeling too

I'm waiting for the FDA to stop considering "insect parts" as a contaminant and to start requiring they be listed as "added protein" on the ingredients list ...

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08/05/2015 06:50:19 PM · #508

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Originally posted by Luciemac:

If I'm being played back, my hat is off to you all. Except that's not the case. And, you know it. :-)

Actually, you are very much mistaken in this regard. Mind you, when one considers all of the conjectures you have made thus far, that is not in the least surprising.

Played you say...yes, not unlike a series of sitars at an Indian music competition.

Ray

Somebody do something... all I keep hearing is the sound of incessant sitar sounds being strummed in a seemingly incessant streaming. :O)

Have a great day,

Ray

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

08/05/2015 07:05:41 PM · #509

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Somebody do something... all I keep hearing is the sound of incessant sitar sounds being strummed in a seemingly incessant streaming. :O)

Have a great day,

Ray

I once sat in at an impromptu session with Ravi Shankar when he visited Brown University (this would have been maybe 1966, 67? Somewhere in there...) I played the Tablas (Indian drums, played by hand/finger) and he followed along, improvising on my improvisations. Supposedly, it was very unusual :-) I wouldn't know, since I couldn't hear it. Everyone was stoned. Someone made a tape, which I had for a long time, but it deteriorated. It was a wonderful evening...

08/05/2015 07:08:37 PM · #510

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by RayEthier:
Somebody do something... all I keep hearing is the sound of incessant sitar sounds being strummed in a seemingly incessant streaming. :O)

Have a great day,

Ray

I once sat in at an impromptu session with Ravi Shankar when he visited Brown University (this would have been maybe 1966, 67? Somewhere in there...) I played the Tablas (Indian drums, played by hand/finger) and he followed along, improvising on my improvisations. Supposedly, it was very unusual :-) I wouldn't know, since I couldn't hear it. Everyone was stoned. Someone made a tape, which I had for a long time, but it deteriorated. It was a wonderful evening...

People got stoned... did they run afoul of some religious tenet? :O)

Ray

08/05/2015 07:45:42 PM · #511

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Nice.

08/08/2015 06:55:22 AM · #512

08/08/2015 04:59:32 PM · #513

Oh my

Cory... you are soooooooooooooooooooo asking for it. :O)

Ray

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08/08/2015 05:17:52 PM · #514

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."
- Colette (1873 - 1954)

"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."
- Jessamyn West (1902 - 1984)

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08/09/2015 05:37:45 PM · #515

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

Originally posted by RayEthier:

Originally posted by bohemka:

What are you vile lot having for lunch today?

Not unlike Cory, I also considered a vegetarian type lunch until I read this article that stated that plants have feelings and that they can actually hear us eating them. It also has been said that if you listen very closely, you can hear them screaming.

What options are left at this juncture... tree bark, insects, moss... surely there is something out there right?

Ray

Insects have feeling too

I'm waiting for the FDA to stop considering "insect parts" as a contaminant and to start requiring they be listed as "added protein" on the ingredients list ...

Too late (again...)

Kelli

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08/17/2015 12:14:05 PM · #516

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Mike