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Post by althea on Aug 20, 2016 18:40:52 GMT
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes or any cancer.
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags, or in the back of a truck.
We drank water from the garden hose, or a bubbler and NOT from a bottle.
Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, or Subway .
Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn't open on the weekends, somehow we didn't starve to death!
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Bubble Gum and some ‘crackers’ to blow up frogs with.
We ate copious biscuits, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with heaps of sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
Out of school we would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on.
No one was out looking for us all day. And we were O.K.
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Post by althea on Aug 20, 2016 18:46:28 GMT
Our teachers used to hit us hard with canes, straps and gym shoes.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' and ‘Lotus’
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 22:30:07 GMT
Our teachers used to hit us hard with canes, straps and gym shoes. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law! Our parents didn't invent stupid names for their kids like 'Kiora' and 'Blade' and 'Ridge' and 'Vanilla' and ‘Lotus’ We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL ! You're talking of the time before busybodies and nosy parkers interfered in our lives |
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Post by aubrey on Aug 21, 2016 7:34:04 GMT
Well, we did. The people who didn't are not here to talk about it. Same as with measles and all kinds of stuff.
Though the shaming of mothers for drinking and/or smoking while pregnant is ghastly, and just a part of the New Puritanism that is beginning to seep into the culture.
People who blow up frogs ought to be shot.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 9:13:07 GMT
Well, we did. The people who didn't are not here to talk about it. Same as with measles and all kinds of stuff. Though the shaming of mothers for drinking and/or smoking while pregnant is ghastly, and just a part of the New Puritanism that is beginning to seep into the culture. People who blow up frogs ought to be shot. I hate frogs, they kill my beautiful Koi carp |
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Post by goldelox on Aug 21, 2016 9:38:27 GMT
We have been told by 'an expert' that kissing pets can be fatal.What a load of cobblers. From the age of 1 we have been licked by our pets and kissed them and here we all are.
The problem with being an expert, is that you have to re-justify your existence on a regular basis, or become redundant.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 10:16:26 GMT
We have been told by 'an expert' that kissing pets can be fatal.What a load of cobblers. From the age of 1 we have been licked by our pets and kissed them and here we all are. The problem with being an expert, is that you have to re-justify your existence on a regular basis, or become redundant. A dog licks it's backside to clean itself, and then licks your face? |
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Post by aubrey on Aug 21, 2016 12:14:07 GMT
Well, we did. The people who didn't are not here to talk about it. Same as with measles and all kinds of stuff. Though the shaming of mothers for drinking and/or smoking while pregnant is ghastly, and just a part of the New Puritanism that is beginning to seep into the culture. People who blow up frogs ought to be shot. I hate frogs, they kill my beautiful Koi carp You might like this: Koi Koi Koi: Or this, where she's riding on the back of a giant Koi:  (Koi is Japanese for love, if you didn't know.) |
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Post by marispiper on Aug 21, 2016 12:37:49 GMT
Question...as a frog cannot chew but swallows prey whole, how can it eat a huge koi carp?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2016 13:22:50 GMT
Question...as a frog cannot chew but swallows prey whole, how can it eat a huge koi carp? It doesn't try to eat the Koi, an old friend who is a member of the RHS told me that a frog will attempt to have sex with anything it can. It gets onto the back of a fish and digs it's claws into the sides and remains there, wearing the fish out and eventually killing it I was a little sceptical but having noticed the scars and holes on the side of the Koi I thought it could make sense. So we defrogged, even removing spawn as it was laid Haven't lost a fish since
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Post by ARENA on Aug 21, 2016 16:53:32 GMT
The only time frogs actually are aquatic is when they are breeding, the rest of the time they are in damp undergrowth. They can mistake large fish for females and whilst attempting to have sex damage the fishes slime coat leaving them open to disease, but frogs are beneficial to the ponds ecosystem, providing tadpoles for your fish to eat.
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Post by marispiper on Aug 21, 2016 17:27:18 GMT
Bloody sex mad amphibians...they're all the same 😁
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Post by aubrey on Aug 21, 2016 18:41:12 GMT
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Post by marispiper on Aug 21, 2016 19:14:55 GMT
Have you read it? I just read a few reviews of the novella. It sounds em ....different. You like different 😊 |
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Post by aubrey on Aug 21, 2016 21:26:44 GMT
Yes, a couple of times or more (it might be about time for another go). I never thought of it as "different", in that way. It's pretty unique, or it was when it was written (loads of people have done stories based on his ideas). It's still effective because it was about things that scared him. It was the sex and frogs thing that struck me. It wan be argued that the story is really about sex, and Lovecraft's fear of female sexuality.
You (or I anyway) have to be in the mood for Lovecraft. He was in many ways a terrible writer - loads of adjectives and obscure words - but when you get him on the right day there's no one better. That would really not be a bad story to start with, if you want to have a go.
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