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I might have finally succeeded - 10/20/2007 9:27:12 PM   
Termyn8or


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Status: offline 		My Saturday. Saturdays are almost special to me. I have a policy of doing whatever I want on Saturday. But this one might be a bit better.

It is 11:30 PM and I have not had my shoes on all day. There about seems to be enough beer and cigarettes to last the night. I have eaten, and I think I ate pretty good. This means that I might get through a Saturday without spending any money.

It is a nice quiet night for a change, almost feels funny, but good. Sometime one has to slow one's life down. Regroup. I am alone with my thoughts and the internet. I type when I damn well please, I owe responses to no verbal queries.

Some people hate being alone, but there are times I long for it. There has been activity here, some car fixing and such. I do not do that anymore, and when my mechanic left five minutes ago, I told him to lock the door.

I was totally inert to society today. Feels good.

Saturday night is important to people who work normal or semi-normal jobs. It is the only day you had off that you know you do not have to go to work tomorrow. Biblically Saturday is the real Sabbath, unless you believe Pope Constantine rather than the Bibile. Jews still observe it on Saturday. If they don't know, nobody does.

But I think I have done it. Only a few people came over today. Nice nd quiet. My neighbor/guitarist came over and wanted to play my Ibanez because it is the only Fing guitar I have ever seen to stay in tune, and I mean really in tune. I sent him off. He was just here last night, and the night before and so on.

Getting rid of the people is not all that hard. IT is, however crucial to having a Saturday like this. I didn't spend one penny, I did leave the house, but never did I put my shoes on. I did walk across a gravel driveway barefoot. I do it all the time.

The main thing is I did not spend any money today.

I have cut back, and I did need to. I have one CC payment that was up to $540 a month. I quit using it, and the next month the min. was down to 520, now it is below 500. If this continues it will free up alot of cash in time.

I have enough beer, cigarettes, weed and food. In about fifteen minutes I will have gotten through a Saturday without spending a single cent. That makes it even better. I think I can tough it out lol.

Sometimes I wonder what life would be like without modern conveniences, like credit, cars, technology and so forth.

I need to get some adapters to hook the Tascam four track to the piano and the guitar. I love getting reduced to thinking about something I simply want to do, rather than things I need to do. At this point in time I need to do nothing, except for what I want to do.

I hope you all get at least one day a week when people just leave you alone. People left me as alone as possible today. They know. Saturday is my day. I do what I want on Saturday, and today I did not want to do anything. And that is exactly what I did.

I even shut the ringers off on my phones. This is cool. The stress has left me. I have no ache in the back or neck. I have not lifted anything weighing more than twelve ounces today :-)

I had my Saturday, and it will be over in five minutes. I might not be happy, but I am less unhappy. While I don't believe "in" the Bible, them guys were smart. You need one day to regroup, to relax. If you are religious fine, get your support that way. But for the rest of us, some sort of sabbath is good.

Now Saturday will be over before I am done with this post. I did it. I made it. I spent no money whatsoever all day and I have everything I need, I think. I have had alot of solitude, which I appreciate.

LOL, someone on CM here said something about me not having friends or a social life or something.

I wish. At least half the time when I get home from work there are visitors. The only one I know who dials a phone less than me is my Mother. She understands, and she likes to be alone sometimes too, and now that I think of it I should call her. See how her last operation went. She had a fem-fem, which is not a five minute thing. Yes, when the sun rises I will call her.

In this time zone, it is no longer Saturday right now. To me it is Saturday until I wake up tomorrow.

Be happy. Whatever your schedule, get a day of rest whether it is Friday, Wednesday or whatever. Have a day for YOU. I do.

I know I have been posting here aboiut my disdain for the government, some legal problems, all that. The hopelessness of the world all that shit. But today was a day to just forget it all. I did for a while.

Got kids ? Tell you what, get someone you can trust to watch them. Not to go out, to stay in. Spend time with your mate if you have one. (I do not mean that in the English way) and IF you decide, spend time with your kids. Just keep the rest of the world out.

I have not played one song or video today. I haven't even taken a shower or put my shoes on. This is a good day. I haven't touched a tool of any kind, and I didn't do dishes even. I ate with dirty utensils. I did wipe them off but that was it.

I was totally lazy today, totally. Tomorrow is another day, SHIT !

T
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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 5:02:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		I enjoy solitude. Lately I had to face the fact that my family does not want to be pesterred by phone calls. At the same time- I realize the neighbor is grabby. So any conversation wll be guarded.

I look around and realize things are pretty good.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 5:18:12 AM   
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I can relate to your post; it's the order of a working week that I find claustrophobic.

Up at 7, in work at 8, break time, lunch time, break time.....meeting the same people, listening to the same conversations...home by 7pm....something to eat...pretty much the end of the day.....work in the morning etc. Totally routine and predictable.

So, when the weekend comes 'round, I eat when I want to eat...sometimes I'll have nothing to eat until 5pm, and I have a huge appetite.....shower and get dressed whenever it suits, go to the pub whenever it suits..sometimes 12 in the afternoon, sometimes not at all.....sometimes I'll have some work to do...sometimes I'll take a woman out.....sometimes I'll go to a football match....but regardless, I do it in my own time. I know that mobiles aren't so popular in the US, but over here, everyone has one....it's like being fuckin' tagged.....at weekends, I don't turn mine on until I want to talk to someone, and I don't have a landline, so no one can get hold of me (that's the plan). All of my mates and family know not to bother me on a weekend, as I'll get in touch with them when I'm ready.

I'm like you in that I like to do my own thing.....it's not so much that I don't like company, because I do; in fact, I like people, I like being around people.....it has to be on my terms though, when I'm good and ready. But, I can't see the logic in allowing politics and the world to piss you off.......there's a line to be drawn between doing what you can to influence events around you, and allowing them to take control of you when your influence isn't enough. Win some, lose some etc.

I look back at most of the items I've bought, and, in hindsight, most of it was totally useless....it's a bitter pill to swallow when you realise that you've been duped by the world around you......working far too many hours to buy stuff that you don't need in order to go along with the norm of what it means to be alive. But, a problem can't be solved where it isn't identified in the first instance, so every cloud has a silver lining etc. I don't owe a single person one penny...I have in the past through paying my way at University, but that's it...credit cards: don't have one...if I can't pay with the money in my account, then I can't afford it, and I'm certainly not going to get into debt in order to buy stuff that I don't need...and pretty much everything falls into that category....do I need a materialistic woman? absolutely not...or a new car? no.....or a new television? no...none of that stuff will improve my life...in fact, it will only serve to piss me off because I know I will have bought on the back of society's norms rather than my own idea of what it means to be alive.

For me, a weekend is an opportuntity to regain control...and money, well, I suppose I'm a simple lad, really. Peasant stock to be precise!...but I wouldn't have it any other way. My background is working class, and my family never had any money; when I started to make some, I chased my tail for about 7 years, working hard and buying lots, but always knew in the back of my mind that something wasn't quite right.......one day, the penny dropped....having lots of money and spending lots of money just isn't me......reading, learning, a beer down the pub with mates, football, spending time with family: none of that costs very much, but is infinitely more enjoyable than a lifestyle of doing whatever it takes at work to earn lots of money in order to spend it on stuff that doesn't mean anything. To me, beneath the veneer of "the norm", that lifestyle is nihilistic.

Sounds like things are getting on top of you, T, maybe it's time to reassess what's important, and what isn't.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 5:22:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, everyone is glued to a cell phone. Some are carrying 2 cell phones. One day at a diner of 30 folks-every table was on the phone instead of talking to the person they were seated with.

I turn my ringers off. The only thing I need to know is if the palce has caught fire.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 5:43:01 AM   
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Yes, everyone is glued to a cell phone. Some are carrying 2 cell phones. One day at a diner of 30 folks-every table was on the phone instead of talking to the person they were seated with.

I turn my ringers off. The only thing I need to know is if the palce has caught fire.


I read somewhere that mobiles are more popular in Europe than the US....sounds like it's no different over there.

lol at the table with everyone on the phone....what's wrong with these people!

I take a hard-line approach, if I took a woman out for something to eat, and she as much as even had a phone in her bag, then we wouldn't be going out again.....I apply the same to myself: when I go out, I don't take my mobile.....it's plain bad manners, in my book....and all that "what if someone dies, and I need to know?"...they'll find out soon enough, and making decisions on the basis of a one in a million chance that someone you know is going to die?....that can't be healthy!

IT?: great in many respects, but an intrusion all the same.

There's always time, always......there's nothing in this life that can't wait til the morning. There's too much anxiety in this world...everyone glued to a mobile in case they miss something of complete insignificance in the grand scheme of life.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 5:53:20 AM   
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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

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Yes, everyone is glued to a cell phone. Some are carrying 2 cell phones. One day at a diner of 30 folks-every table was on the phone instead of talking to the person they were seated with.

I turn my ringers off. The only thing I need to know is if the palce has caught fire.


I read somewhere that mobiles are more popular in Europe than the US....sounds like it's no different over there.

lol at the table with everyone on the phone....what's wrong with these people!

I take a hard-line approach, if I took a woman out for something to eat, and she as much as even had a phone in her bag, then we wouldn't be going out again.....I apply the same to myself: when I go out, I don't take my mobile.....it's plain bad manners, in my book....and all that "what if someone dies, and I need to know?"...they'll find out soon enough, and making decisions on the basis of a one in a million chance that someone you know is going to die?....that can't be healthy!

IT?: great in many respects, but an intrusion all the same.

There's always time, always......there's nothing in this life that can't wait til the morning. There's too much anxiety in this world...everyone glued to a mobile in case they miss something of complete insignificance in the grand scheme of life.


That is SO important in the human touch. Suppose I am waiting to hear from the mechanic- I will explain to the guest that I must have my phone on to hear about my car. Then follow thru with that promise. No other calls.

It seems that 10 years ago folks would gab on the phone. Now it is increasingly viewed as intrusive. I am mad at the creep up in costs of a cell phone line. Almost $50 a month. I decided not to pay the bill. I dont care to press 1 for  English- to 20 minutes later- get a clerk that cant put my account on hold.

EU was sooner on cell phones, [mobile as you say] and DSL.  But they are like attched to folks everywhere here now.

I hate the way business locks one into contracts for life. Well that is simple. I wont pay.   I was screaming into the phone I need a roof and food- but not the service. Still- no remedy.

I will stick with a prepaid- 25 cents a minute. $100 is on it. figure 10 minutes to set up a meeting.  That can do 40 meetings. All for a cost of 2 months- not 12.


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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 5:55:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I was serious; I would set up and follow a budget. From what I can see; everyone is living on credit cards.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 6:13:14 AM   
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Suppose I am waiting to hear from the mechanic



With being a small country, we can get about without a car; this ahs a bearing on what I'm about to say: if my car is in the garage and he/she doesn't have an answer for me at 6pm, then I'll call him/her in the morning. It's no problem really. Like I said, there's always time.

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

From what I can see; everyone is living on credit cards.



Everyone has their personal take on life, but to me, the above constitutes unnecessarily handing over control of aspects of your life to someone else. You have a credit card:

a) Post comes through your door relating to the card and offers.
b) Post comes through your door reminding you that you owe them.
c) They call you to remind you what they can offer you, and what you owe them.
d) You turn the tele on, and they're there advertising...."need a loan?".....reminding people they have something that you want.
e) Their interest charges are extortionate; they know this, you know this: but they have something you want so you arrange a contract enabling them to take the piss out of you.
f) They have agreements with other businesses, which means they target you with products that they think you'll want based on past buying patterns.....you'll borrow the money from them, of course, at an extortionate interest rate.

'Just completely unneccessary.


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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 6:13:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice thread guys.... I love Sunday mornings for all the same reasons, providing i don`t have a hangover. Tv off, radio off, read the papers from cover to cover. Take a stroll to along the beach and when im hungry cook some dinner.

I am one of the few that refuse to have a mobile, period, they are a new invention and while i can see the use, they are intrusive. I think phone companies know people bore easy, and therefore will call for the slightest reason. Ironically it`s about 10 times cheaper for me to call my friends mobile in America than my brothers mobile, even if he is outside the house.

Edits spelling again.... i need more coffee.

< Message edited by Politesub53 -- 10/21/2007 6:28:54 AM >

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 6:17:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		I usually enjoy Sunday with NFL news in the background.
I love lazy Sunday mornings.  Then depending on when the Steeler's game is, I'm out on my bike.  Usually in the morning.  It's my therapy.
I gave up my cell phone at the beginning of the year.  I could not justify paying for something I don't use or need.  I pay for my son's (college student) phone.  I don't miss my cell phone. 


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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 6:23:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		T, pah, and NG, all excellent posts. Thought provoking.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 6:26:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Politesub and Katy, good posts. Sometimes.......... I really feel like tossing my cell phone off the side of a bridge.
 
$40 a month, for something I don't use much. And I hate when the damn thing rings.

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 6:28:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		i had a cell for a year...and gladly gave it up.....at least once a month i have a relaxing only day...........its good for the soul

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 8:40:22 AM   
Termyn8or


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Status: offline 		Well for yall who mentioned Sundays - voila - it is Sunday. You don't have to thank me
:-)

My Sunday is as follows. I have one beer, one cigarette and nothing else to smoke, eat or drink. I am going to have to spend money, but I am still satisfied that I made it through yesterday. I mean I did not spend a penny, unless you count recurring charges like electricity, DSL etc.

I was the third person I now to get a cellphone. I am the first one to give it up. I don't care if the car breaks down in the middle of winter, a "mobile" is just not worth the trouble.

Anyway, Sundays are good too except for one thing, Monday is next. What's more I am not getting through it without spending money. But that one day, the day without shoes. The day without seeing my wallet. Priceless ?

One day. It's all it takes sometimes. Friday night was a madhouse, both suites of the house full of guests, but yesterday was calm. Only people who showed up were my mechanic, the guy he did some work for, and one of my neighbors. It was great.

If I had kids I could never have this. Now I know why they build dens in houses. Let the olady have the whole rest of the house, but this is mine. I would decorate my den the Man way. A seperate unlisted phone, a really personal computer and a bigscreen TV hooked up to it. A wall full of stereo equipment. My more prized musical instruments. Guns and knives. Perhaps some of my dungeon stuff.

A card table for sure, and my Wife would only be allowed in if she agreed to act like a Man. Smoke a cigar and dump the ashes on the floor if you want to play cards. No bitching, you don't clean this room. You don't even bring us sandwiches at the card games, we order out. That's why there is a seperate entrance.

Yup a craps table, a poker machine that works like the ones in Vegas (illegal but WTF do I care ?). Porn, on PC, DVD and CDV. Music the Wife hates. All the good things in life.

Be well, and enjoy Sunday. I am off to affect the economy because I am literally out of everything. But I made it for one day. Saturday is my day, but to do it without any money was a good thing. It happens every once in a while.

Soon, I will go make my expenditures, and then I will turn my brain back on and get back into the firepit here of political discussion. Perhaps I'll start something. But for now I bask in glory.

Not for long though, it is time for a smoke and I am out.

T

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 8:59:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		wow....im jealous....I think thats my dream day...a day where I can sit in solitude and reflect...

can somone please let me know how moms take saturdays off?

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 9:02:11 AM   
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yer still scary Mr. T

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 9:16:00 AM   
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wow....im jealous....I think thats my dream day...a day where I can sit in solitude and reflect...

can somone please let me know how moms take saturdays off?


Sure. Invent a time machine, go into the future when all the kids are grown and out of the house........ Or foist the little devils off on a relative.

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Fake the heat and scratch the itch
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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 9:18:44 AM   
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ORIGINAL: GhitaAmati

wow....im jealous....I think thats my dream day...a day where I can sit in solitude and reflect...

can somone please let me know how moms take saturdays off?

get separated.. then u have every other sat. off at least...i woke up at 9:30 today!!

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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 9:20:40 AM   
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RE: I might have finally succeeded - 10/21/2007 9:39:42 AM   
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Politesub and Katy, good posts. Sometimes.......... I really feel like tossing my cell phone off the side of a bridge.
 
$40 a month, for something I don't use much. And I hate when the damn thing rings.


I wonder if this-is unique to this group. The whole view of intrusiveness of teck. ?

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