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Calling it now: nobsworthTON is chuckles.
A couple of months ago, after being involved in a thread where my posts contributed to the involvement of a mod, I made the decision not to be involved in any more 'banter' on this forum.....check my posts.... as guys with whom I'd traded insults were, like yourself, folk who in another time would have been posting poison pen letters.
Around this time one of your posts on here led me to believe that rather than just being a wee oddity who liked to march at homosexual parades, you were probably a pretty unwholesome individual ( your post suggested that another poster's attendance at a kids' swimming pool may have given him material for a 'danger w**k') and certainly someone with whom I didn't want to interact. Which is why I've let all your recent arrogant shite pass without comment.
However, I really can't let this latest flight of fantasy go unanswered ( strange, but it doesn't seem so long ago that your wee buddy was accusing me of being SS Missile boy).
I am not the poster you named, or anyone other than the name I'm posting this under.
As your young pal might say, unlucky.
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What's this from, I need to know. Makes me happy inside. Is it Grizzly Adams or Gentle Ben?
It's Robert Redford in the excellent 'Jeremiah Johnson'
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Nice clip from Auntie Beeb who told us that during her time in office 'she became almost regal',
then let us hear Maggie announce,' We have become a grandmother'.
Yeah,'regal'...that's the word I was looking for.
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Painting. Its an absolute b*****d! More paint on me than the ceiling!
I'm sure Michelangelo said much the same a few years ago bud.
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Been doing too much lately.
12 days in a row to the gym,followed by 122 miles on the bike at the weekend, a 12 mile walk on Monday,followed by a 60 minute gym session and a 45 minute Body Combat session.
Now I will listen to everyone elses advice and take rest days....Totally fecked yesterday
Don't take too many ! I started a new exercise routine a couple of weeks ago, took a break for last weekend (turned out to be a long weekend !) then really struggled to get going again yesterday.
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After seeing the guy who had been accused of murdering their daughter, Amanda ,walk free on a 'not proven' verdict, the Duffy family from Hamilton led a campaign ( from 1992) to have both the not proven verdict, and the Double Jeopardy law scrapped.
However, since at the moment none of the criteria required by the new ruling for a re-trial ( tainted first trial, admission of guilt, new evidence) seem to be met in this instance, the person who was controversially aquitted still enjoys his freedom
The details surrounding the verdict in this case make for interesting reading. http://www.hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/hamilton-news/2009/12/17/man-cleared-of-killing-hamilton-student-amanda-duffy-could-be-retried-51525-25407317/
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The longer and longer I live with intrusive tinnitus, the more and more depressed I get. It's a vicious cycle that is hard to break. Still waiting on a ENT referal. 10 months with this BS. I have forgot what it is like to feel normal again. Christ I could near check every box on that list. The problem is most anti-depressants interfere with the habituation process and are ototoxic, which means they are damaging to the hearing systems and can hence increase tinnitus. It's a fucking nightmare.
Lofarl, I've lived with tinnitus for years so I understand how you feel bud.If you want to discuss it PM me.
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Just finished the third book of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy.....The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, and The Girl who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.
Recommended. 9/10.
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They're very, very mixed. The good ones are great, the going-through-the-motions ones are just rubbish.
The Sign of the Four is a masterpiece.
This is a fair comment. I recently decided to re-read( first read them quite some time ago) the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I was genuinely surprised at just how bad some of them were.
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In the best traditions of new year - resolutions destined to fail, etc etc though I'd bump this thread. Done a not so quick lap of Strathclyde park today (just a tiny bit shy of 6K). New years day (today I suppose) afternoon looks to be ok weather wise so will probably do it again. Time to get back on the straight and narrow.
Rather than do the same run, why not do the Strathclyde - Chatelherault run which can be accessed from the bridge near the boat house in the park.
At the least this will give you over 5K, but once at Chatelherault there are a number of routes with the distances well signed, which you might want to try.
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A Scots Quair - a trilogy of books set up in Aberdeenshire and covering the period from the 1st World War until the mid 1930's. First book is Sunset Song, next is Cloud Howe and the concluding part is Grey Granite.
I'd been meaning to read it for years as I'd heard it was one of the most highly rated works in Scottish literature but never got round to it, but with all the time off over Xmas hols I managed to get round to reading it and I agree with the critics, it is utterly superb stuff, if a wee bit depressing.
If you're enjoying A Scots Quair...and who wouldn't ?....put The Land of the Leal ,by James Barke on your books to read list. It's an epic and highly regarded story that's certainly comparable to the Gibbon's classic.
Incidentally, although this is the only Barke book listed by Kindle ( if that's your thing), he wrote a quintet of books about Robert Burns...the first two volumes are, The Wind that shakes the Barley and The Song in the Green Thorn Tree...that.for me are a must read for anyone interested in an in-depth and realistic portrayal of Rabbie.
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That's it though, it was action, not thought alone which is exactly the point we're making. Action starts with thought, but doesn't end there.
And of course, without positive thoughts there is no positive action.
Anyway, Happy Christmas M...I've got some Belgian chocs to eat and the latest Bourne to watch so I'm off for now.
Btw. tell Adam to wrap up warm when he reads Ivan Denisovich.
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I never said it wasn't worthwhile for those cases. Certainly, I'd agree that if those people find positive thinking works for them, that's great. I've been in similar situations where I've found myself feeling like I'm slipping and had to actively do things to stop it. For me it was getting myself out, finding things to do and talking to people about how I was feeling, but it's more about action than thinking and I'd suggest it's the same for most people. Rather than just thinking 'I'm going to be happy today', it's more about calling a friend and saying 'I'm feeling bad and I need to talk'.
I'm not involved in mental health, so I couldn't give stats from that point of view. I would say that people that approach recovery from other illnesses with a pro-active, positive outlook do better than people that look at it with negativity, but then that's often a separate issue from mental health. Depression in those patients tends to come after the onset of their physical condition. Willing it away isn't going to help. It needs to be addressed, either medically or through counselling.
You thought (' I'm not going to slip into this again, I'm going to do something about it')positively, then put your thoughts into action. You got off your bum, shared with someone ,and felt better.
That's how it works M.
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I agree with this actually. IMO There's no way someone would actually be full blown depressed and get out of it by thinking happy thoughts or being told to be positive. In my experience real depression goes much deeper than that and can't be cured by simply being told to snap out of it. Counselling or some longer term form of therapy can cure it but not for everyone.
I've known two people with serious depression and both of them killed themselves. To suggest that being told to be positive would have saved their lives is frankly insulting and ignorant IMO.
Like you stan, I've known two people who have killed themselves because of this illness. But depression isn't something like the 'flu that suddenly appears without warning. Invariably there are signs, if we care to look, that the sufferer is becoming more unwell.....folk on here have spoken of feeling progressively worse. I happen to believe that during this progression, positive thinking ( and that has nothing to do with being told to 'snap out of it') can go a long way to helping in a recovery.
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I'm going to stick my neck on the line here and say that, based on my own personal experience, if you can cure your depression by thinking happy thoughts or force of will, you weren't depressed. You may have been on the way there, spotted the signs and averted a serious episode, but you weren't truly depressed.
Like you M, I'm no doctor, and I wouldn't like to say who amongst the punters on here is truly depressed, or who' is on the way there.' But even if positive thinking just worked on the cases in bold, wouldn't it have been worthwhile?
Btw, as a nurse,would you say that there are different recovery rates for patients with negative/ positive outlooks ?
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You didn't read my post, ergo I'm not reading yours past this line. "Being positive" and "being told to be positive" are two EXTREMELY different things, and it's very, very clear which one I'm talking about. Go back, read again, and stop scrambling for relevance on what has actually been a really good topic, because I'm not responding to you again on it. I'd rather it just went back to an actual discussion as opposed to an argument.
Yes, it was a fairly well balanced thread until you jumped in to tell us, with, as usual, nothing sensible to back up your statement ,' that positve shite' didn't work. Now stop being a wee attention seeker and try to accept that there might just be some things that you know f**k all about.
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Find me one post that says "someone telling me to stay positive worked for me." If it did work, great, but I'm told by people far more knowledgable than both of us that it's basically a rephrased "pull yourself together," which is among the last approaches you'd want to try with someone suffering from depression. Think about it at the simplest level. You're depressed. You are not happy. You probably wish you were happy. What the "stay positive" approach basically tells you is "you need to feel better." Well, no shit! Of course you do. But is it that easy? It'd be like coming across someone with a flat tyre and no spare and saying "hmm, replace your tyre." Do you think they don't bloody know that already? That they don't already perhaps feel some inadequacy and self-loathing at being able to live up to their own expectations of themselves, much less worry about what others think they should do?
What I'd offer to anyone is non-judgmental listening. If I feel I can offer advice, I will, but that is absolutely not my priority. My priority will be to listen and empathise. Top tips like "stop being depressed" I'll leave to people who haven't actually considered the consequences of their actions.
Richey told you that being positive works for him, and I'm telling you that being positive works for me. This isn't something that I've googled and come on to spout on an internet forum, it;s something that I've experienced and that I put into practise on a daily basis.So tell the 'far more knowledgeable people' who are filling your head with tripe about positivity being the same as the 'pull yourself together ' mantra ,that their statement makes as much sense as your 'flat tyre' analogy.
, And of course there was no suggestion in my post that adopting a positive attitude was 'easy'....in fact I did say that sometimes we had to dig deep deep to find the strength to combat the negative shit.
But really, you do have a very blinkered and dismissive attitude regarding things that you obviously haven't experienced or tried. Try being a bit more responsive to new ideas swamps, they might not work for you....but then again, they might just change your life for the better.
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This time of year is tough as hell if you're in a certain mindset. This happened to me in either 2006 or 2007, I forget which. None of the "stay positive" shite is going to work, so you just have to get through it solo. Good luck, dude.
edit: Like Monster I'm also more than open to receiving PMs if by some miracle anyone thinks I'm able to help
I have been through the troughs of depression on three occasions before so I know what it's like, but I've been feeling really good this year so I don't know how much help I'd be right now 
And yet, folk on here are telling you it works for them .
With your attitude swamper, it's hard to see how you could help anyone who's depressed. ETA. Festive greetings anyhoo, and stay positive !
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Back to work 30th
I feel ready to go back, feeling good and positive and was beginning to get bored being off sick.If you're feeling down try to stay positive, it does get better. I'd have killed myself in November if it wasn't for me first missing my bus home by a minute and then the intervention of a kind stranger who found me in an alley. My mind was made up that I was going to hang myself, but today I am happy to be alive and looking forward to the future.
Don't hesitate to send me a private mail if you ever need someone to talk to. If my experience can save even one person from going down the same road then I would consider what I've been through to have been worthwhile.
Good positve stuff Richey ! And good to read the offer in bold.....caring and sharing gives you strength .
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I've had it under control for a good few months, but the last few weeks are starting to take it's toll again, starting to get those feckin feelings back and it's a nightmare for everyone around me, i'm starting to retreat back into myself and not talking to anyone, and the thing is, i can see it happening but i'm powerless to stop it!!!
Just trying to get my act together for the forecoming few days, just hope i can go the distance!!
You can go the distance mate, don't have any doubts about that !
From right now, you can get your life in positive mode and get rid of the negative 'powerless' stuff.We always have the power to deal with our feelings, but sometimes we have to dig deep to find it.Don't allow the 'feckin feelings' to return...replace them with positive thoughts. Don't 'retreat back into yourself' because right now the worst place that you can be is alone in your own napper.
Talk to someone you can trust and tell them how you're feeling....tell them also that you're going to start feeling better. And when the folks around you see you begin to get better, then their lives will stop being 'a nightmare'...and that's how it should be.
So,you're going to beat this thing, and you're going to do it by thinking positive thoughts and by concentrating on being well. And don't ever forget...think well and you'll be well ! Guaranteed !
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This "Rab Douglas is fat" thing is wildly off the mark. The man's built like a brick shithouse. Seriously, it's equivalent to calling Ally McCoist a skinny c**t.
I remember Rab playing amateur with Symington Tinto...... even back then he was a solid big unit.
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Treasure Island is the book that got me hooked on reading, I got it for Christmas when I was about 8 and I loved it. there was a whole list of books on the back cover and I went through them all, Kidnapped, Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Ivanhoe, The Coral island, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn (probably my favourite book of all time). Currently, I am reading Wolf Hall and it's superb, on the back of that I bought Bring up the Bodies at the weekend and will dive into that as soon as I finish Wolf Hall.
If you enjoyed Kidnapped then you might want to follow the further adventures of David Balfour and Alan Breck in the sequel, Catriona. Another great read and rated by Stevenson as one of his best.
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I spent all of Saturday working on my dads car. Was expecting a simple oil change but discovered when I put it on a ramp he needed two tyres, a front spring and back pads. The fact that it's a Renault Modus will maybe help explain why this got on my tits but lets just say I ended up there for hours instead of one. Decided to be nice and wash it afterwards for him. This earned me a grand sum of £10, despite the fact I could've earned £50 if I'd actually worked. Went to the Saints game and found that some knob had battered along the side of it and he now had a dented door, broken wing mirror, broken headlight, cracked wing and at least two panels needing painted
nobody seen anything and the police are "looking" into it. Despite the fact its clearly a bus that hit it because the height and colour of the marks they haven't yet contacted Stagecoach. The insurance company are willing to give out £200 to fix all this ( 
) so it looks like I'll be left to try and sort it all again.The wing mirrors electric, electrics on Renaults are knobs, I feel this saga won't be resolved easily
Unfortunately, it's the same electrics in Nissans.
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This is my views exactly.
Yet on this forum you are either on one side or the other. There will never be peace in this area. It's like a volcano, every now and then it erupts to release the pressure. All the West can do is try and use their influence to calm things back down.
Yup, you just gotta love P&B !
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I have been through the troughs of depression on three occasions before so I know what it's like, but I've been feeling really good this year so I don't know how much help I'd be right now 
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