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  1. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Look what's happened to 'pudding' :)
  2. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    First I remember hearing 'Team Lewis' from Lennox Lewis. Now I hear that Great Britain's Olympic Team are 'team GB'. To me, it just sounds so... 'stunted'.
  3. stephen1965

    adding picture

    Thanks, yes, that wouldn't be so good. Photobucket whenever possible then.:)
  4. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    I know next to nothing about Lovecraft so I'll enjoy the link... I had in mind P.D Ouspensky 1878-1947: "Hidden knowledge is an idea which does not fit into any other idea. If the existence of hidden knowledge is admitted, it is admitted as belonging to certain people, but to people whom we do...
  5. stephen1965

    adding picture

    I've tended to google search images and then when found, press 'see full size image' to get the image on it's own without text etc. Then cut and paste the url into the post.
  7. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Thank you "Skeet" McDee, you give me the impression of balance and understanding. I guess it's easy (for me) to forget myself and be carried away with being 'argumentative'. :)
  8. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    I see two sides(at least) to this. I think that most Christian practices that i come across are exoteric. That is, they are for the mass population who need looking after not to kill and rob eachother etc and need solace and guidance for their everyday life choices. Like most, or perhaps every...
  9. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    :) Gurdjieff, often referred to as an occultist, (author of 'Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandchildren') and Fourth Way teacher was a stylish man whenever he chose to be IMO.
  10. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    To me, Faith or 'belief' is the 'Way of the Monk' and it implies principally an emotional surrender to 'God'. The other 'ways' might be broadly termed 'the way of the Fakir', a physical approach to understanding and the 'way of the yogi' , an intellectual way to understanding. These are just...
  11. stephen1965

    Mac Users of the Lounge

    I have a mac. I have heard that the logo of the apple mac with the bite from it and which was sometimes in rainbow colours was done in homage to Alan Turing who committed suicide by eating a poisoned apple. Turing was about to be arrested or 'outed' or both as a homosexual. Is this common...
  13. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    lol What's wrong with Oi!? Where I come from it's said all the time (mostly by working people). I think it has a Jewish origin and came to London via Jewish immigration. Who's Jacko? (really I don't know):) 'Innit'? - Means: 'Isn't that so' and is often used in conjunction with 'Know what I...
  14. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    I'm very interested in the idea of hidden knowledge and in this sense the practice of the occult. I've never been a worshipper of satan or practiced pederasty, bestiality or necrophilia though, and I don't think I ever will. 'Belief' or the concept of Faith doesn't enter into any of the...
  15. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Thanks Maj.Nick,(I would have thanked you earlier but for London time zone being different etc). There does seem to be a lot of evidence for what has been called an 'astral body' which is able to experience time/space differently from the physical. It's been linked to 'higher emotional centre'...
  16. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Please tell of your experiences if you feel able. It's very interesting that you link the idea of dimensions (in space/time) with spiritual experiences.
  17. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    Fair enough but I'm pretty choosy about not apologizing unless I really mean it in which case I might say 'I'm sorry'. I would not use the term 'Sorry' as a way of telling someone I couldn't hear/see/understand them. I wouldn't use 'pardon' but would use 'what?' or ask them to explain because...
  19. stephen1965

    The Occult, are you a believer?

    Really interesting thread! As for me, I try not to believe in anything and the idea of faith does not enter into the 'way' by which I try to live. As for the occult, it depends what you really mean but IMO there is a hidden side to life which we sometimes glimpse, the knowledge of which could...
  20. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    No entirely sure, but if anyone is going to pose a threat to the class system they would have to stop saying 'sorry' for being 'undeserving' and just get on with it. Perhaps there's a connection in being very 'choosy' about what one wears or how one lives and the things one says.:)
  21. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    lol I guess you could say 'sorry', 'please', thankyou' every sentence if you really want to be middle class. The coffee's more expensive though and all that middle class guilt won't allow you to enjoy it. In my experience it get's you a better paid teaching job in the classless society we...
  22. stephen1965

    When does a gentleman fight back?

    lol Doesn't it just make your blood boil when people do that... That's true, usually after a violent confrontation, the 'losers' get their facts straight according to the 'winners'. Who was it that said that history is a 'history of crime'?
  23. stephen1965

    The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

    :offtopic: Baron I think you live(d) somewhere in East London if I remember some of your posts correctly...I was recently given a 'Keep Hackney Crap' badge but I can't tell if it's authentic or not :eusa_doh: Should I a) Wear it at all times b) Only when doing my organic shopping in Broadway...

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