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  1. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.

     

    It's a philosophical (existentialist) essay which should prep me before I embark on the much more comprehensive Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre. I seem to subscribe to much of the existentialist school of philosophy, though whether learning more about it will be good for my psychological well-being remains to be seen.


  2. AdamJ, I am not normally someone who listens to music, I enjoyed your posting, exercising my shoulders, to help me recover from injury. I shall go backwards through this file, for a bit anyway. I can not post any music, I quite like the random option of listening to someone else's post.

     

    AdamJ you have awoken something that has slept for many years. #802 then #801

    I thought I didn't like this type of music.

     

    Mihaela #799, song is more musical for me in a language that I do not understand.

     

    Aeolienne #798, I think water can more beautiful than diamonds, a single pebble into still water

     

    Laddo #797, I can't go home alone again, I might get a music player for next I am out in my wheelchair,

     

    Aeolienne #796, I loved the puddytat

     

    Mihaela #791, Sleepy Birds

     

    Laddo #787, Arctic Monkeys, its been rather warm tonight :)

     

    Aeolienne #786, very peaceful.

     

    Mihaela #785, Lili Marlene. enlightening.

     

    Aeolienne #784, beautiful

     

    Mihaela #783, Ruby Tuesday

     

    Aeolienne #782, beautiful and calming

     

    Mihaela #781, interesting, a twelve year old, I wonder what will become of her?

     

    Aeolienne #780, Ecstasy

     

    Its short pieces of music tonight/this morning, I can't go out on my own at weekends, so my wheelchair arms strengthening has to be indoors.

     

    Thank you all for helping me to feel better.

     

    Thanks for your PM. For some reason, the system won't let me reply to it but to answer your question, I'm very well thanks. Not sure how often I'll be checking in but it's nice to be back anyway.


  3. LancsLad, you're right. It's sometimes easy to forget that the way in which many of our members engage with this forum is a manifestation of their personal idiosyncracies. I should remember to make allowances for that and I apologise for showing my frustration earlier.

     

    On reflection, I think I am just having a bad day.


  4. Perhaps I'm just having a bad day but I'm becoming rather disaffected by the dominance in this forum of a few members who have an awful lot to say about anything and everything. I accept that internet forums generally support free speech but without some self-restraint from its members, it risks losing members who perceive the forum's purpose differently.

     

    Sorry if I'm out of line, and shoot me down in flames if you want, but that's how I feel.


  5. There are a few people here I'd like to meet, but not all in one go, which rules me out. Also, I'm diabetic.

    huh? lol, im not asking you to eat a whole loaf of white bread :lol:

     

    I was replying to Paul's joke about meeting a jowly diabetic.

     

    jowls?

     

    No jowls.


  6. oh what like online dating and where they've suddenly jowls and type two diabetes? tasteless humour aside sounds like a neat idea and you can certainly count me in as interested. any other ideas you've for it? probably need to be on the weekend then if you're wanting people from outside London to attend too

     

    There are a few people here I'd like to meet, but not all in one go, which rules me out. Also, I'm diabetic.


  7. I used to ask at the sweet shop for a "two-and-a-half pence mixture." Blackjacks, Fruit Salads and most of the others were 4 for a halfpenny so I'd get about 20 sweets in a paper bag. From the jars behind the counter, I liked bonbons (especially the white ones and yellow ones), pineapple cubes, and pear drops (although they did and still do make me cough).

     

    I liked Texan bars but you had to hold your spare hand underneath to catch the chocolate as you bit the toffee. Same with Curly Wurlies. And I used to like Cresta which really was very fizzy and frothy. If I was feeling particularly decadent, I'd blow my pocket money on a packet of Mintolas.


  8. Sorry to hear about your nan. I'm sure it's no consolation but if she had suffered for some time, at least you know she is at peace now.

     

    It's been almost 24 hours since your last post and I'm sure you didn't intend for it to halt your record attempt. So, without intending any disrespect to your current feelings, perhaps I can get others moving again by telling my favourite joke.

     

    What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick.


  9. Since the following isn't worth a new thread, I'll use this thread to have a quick rant about modern football cliches. It might also help the uninitiated to understand the current state of the football commentating and punditry art.

     

    "It's a stonewall penalty"

    This is what used to be known as a "clear", "definite" or "certain" penalty. Why pundits now name it after an organisation promoting the rights of gays, lesbians and transexuals is a mystery to me.

     

    Another stock phrase when reviewing a penalty decision is "there was definite contact." Everyone seems to have forgotten that football is a contact sport so this comment is stupid and spurious.

     

    "...and United double their lead"

    This means that United (or whoever) have scored a second goal, taking the score from 1-0 to 2-0. Most commentators these days like to walk us through the mathematics of how the score has changed, flaunting their numerical prowess by calculating in their heads, almost without hesitation, that 2 x 1 = 2. It's only a matter of time and evolution before one of them realises that if the score is 2-1, 3-2, etc., a further goal scored by the leaders also represents a doubling of their lead. When commentators realise this, they will have yet more opportunities for their Vorderman-like showboating.

     

    Some commentators have developed the phrase and now say, "...United double their advantage," presumably because saying "advantage" instead of "lead" suggests a larger vocabulary. After all, "advantage" has nine letters. That would earn you a bonus on Countdown.

     

    "...and United are back on terms"

    If you had been beamed down from another planet (and let's face it, many of us feel like we have), this phrase would be meaningless. That's because it is. It's a contraction of "back on level terms," which is a commentator's way of saying the scores are equal.

     

    "...the keeper could only parry the shot"

    The word "parry" was unknown outside of the sport of fencing until the momentous day when some commentator, somewhere, used it to refer to a particular type of save or block when the goalkeeper cannot control the subsequent path of the ball. Other commentators, presumably impressed by any addition to their linguistic firepower, quickly adopted "parry" and it is now a standard for all football commentators. It has not gained any usage outside of fencing and football because the rest of us appreciate what a stupid word it is.

     

    "Parry" in this context is not connected with football commentator Alan Parry, though he is probably a user of the word too.

     

    I'm sure there are many more commentating cliches that deserve lambasting but these are the ones that come to mind right now. Feel free to add your own but please spare me any reference to "game of two halves" or "it's a funny old game" because they've been done to death. How about Alan Hansen talking about "grit and determination" almost every time he opens his mouth, or perhaps the pundits' new philosophy that "the sign of true champions is when they grind out a win even when they're not playing well." If I hear that once more, so help me God I'll kick the TV over.


  10. I don't have a legal definition to hand but reasonable adjustments are, basically, adjustments to the working environment, practices, routines, etc. that will support you in performing the role for which you have been employed. They are generally not adjustments to the role's objectives - the ways in which the objectives are achieved might be modified but the objectives themselves usually remain the same. If the role's objectives cannot be achieved despite reasonable adjustments, that is a performance issue.

     

    Reasonable adjustments for me include extra secretarial support in time management and forward planning.

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