Interesting. It's not me, but that is funny. If it was me, the GF would ultimately find out, and I wouldn't be writing these posts as the result of a "misunderstanding", I'd be dead.



Kobi-

 

Ok I guess I should have said....

Why is walking under a ladder supose to be bad luck?

I also probably should have said.

Why is opening an umbrella indoors suppose to be bad luck?

For the penny's wives tale...
Thats the variation I've heard here in Missouri all my life..
If it's head up pick it up! If it's heads down turn around!
Supposedly if you pick up a penny that is heads down then it is suppose to be bad luck.

It's not worth my time or energy to bend over and pick it up either way....





UC,
They would do it the same way they did when we use to have the Mil in our currency. Which is equal in value to 1/2 a penny. Tax is always an odd amnount like 7.225% so it never comes out to the penny anyway it is always already rounded to the nearest .01. So then if you do not have pennies and you have something that cost $.95 and tax was 7.25% then you would pay $1.00 VS the $1.06 you paid for the $.99 item. That's a 6% savings!

Down with the D*mn Pennies!

 

Dear Kobi,

If someone were to ask you "why don't you just change your preferences?", even if is in the context of referring to your browser settings, at a more subconscious level, could it be a metaphor for "why don't you make some life changes?”

And even if you were to make some radical changes, isn't it inevitable you will still hit that "page thirteen" eventually, no matter your belief system?

 

See I would have thought that it was a metaphor asking him to become gay or something....

 

Dear PSS-Mag -

With regard to the ladder thing, the way I hear it, a leaning ladder forms a triangle (The ladder, the wall, and the ground).
Supposedly, all triangles represent the Holy Trinity.
When you walk through the triangle (walk under the ladder), you supposedly violate the Trinity . . . and you just know THAT can't be good!


As for the umbrella . . . supposedly the umbrella was invented in ancient Egypt. "Hey!!!!", you say, "Hold on there Kobi! It doesn't rain in Egypt!" Well, it does, but probably not enough to justify inventing the umbrella. The ancient Egyptians invented the umbrella to shade them from the sun. Supposedly, opening one indoors was an insult to Ra (the sun God) and as a result it would bring Ra's wrath (say that fast ten times) to all in room.

Why having an umbrella open and BLOCKING the sun outdoors wouldn't equally ****-off Ra is unclear to me . . . which makes me think this whole ancient Egyptian thing is BS, but that's what I heard.

Make of it what you will.

Kobi-

 

Dear Net Wurker-

In response to your first question, it could be that on some subconscious level the person asking about preferences changes is indeed asking "why don't you make some life changes?", however, it could also be interpreted as being some form of projection wherein the person is actually asking "should I make some life changes?", or stating "I need to make life changes."

The concept of projection is the modern psychologists popular weapon in the therapeutic process. It essentially is the pseudo-science way of saying "I know you are, but what am I?" or "I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you," any time the patient (oops, excuse me, patients are now clients) describes things about others or the outside world, because it's really the client always talking about themselves. If you take this theory to it's logical conclusion though, it means it applies to everyone, including the therapist, so when a therapist/psychologist/whatever, makes a diagnosis, they are actually diagnosing themselves. Have you been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, GAD, Depression, whatever? that should actually be your doctor's diagnosis. It is they who are that. That's not to say you aren't either, you may very well be. See how much fun psych can be? There's no right and wrong, anything goes.

Sorry, got sidetracked, where was I? Oh yeah, Dzervit could very well have been telling me I need to make life changes (he'd be right by the way) or he could have been referring to himself. Or not. However, whichever it is, what difference does it make?


Anyway, in response to your second question, YES, you inevitably reach page 13. regardless, unless of course you stop before you get there. In our case, we're past page 13 anyway, so all of this, in relation to this thread, is academic.

Kobi-

Edited becasue I answered my own question with regard to something I misunderstood. The comment has been deleted. My bad.

 

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OK kids, psychology in action . . . observe . . .

That's YOUR issue.

By the way, I'm just messing with you PSS. You provided an excellent opportunity to demonstrate how the whole "the client is projecting" scenario works. (see above).

Thanks for playing.

Kobi-

 

LOL No problem I unknowingly stepped into that one!

Since we are being so honest use this opputunity to share something here.

I think I've shared this before but this is a good time to share it again.

This is sorta long so I'm going to speed type and not edit it "unless I happen to see an error that can not absolute'ly in any way be sounded out or figured out what it's supose to be."

I have a friend with much the same academic credence as our own Kobi. Accept he utilizes it.
J/K with you Kobi!

He has a theory that we are all gay.

Here is the transcript from our conversation:

Him: So you don’t think that there is anyway that you could be even slightly gay?
Me: No.
Him: So do you like to watch ****?
Me: Yes, you know I do.
Him: So do you “only” watch **** with two girls?
Me: No, occasionally I like some couples, or MMF, or FFM. You know that too!
Him: So when you watch the ones with guys in it do you want them to have a small flaccid *****?
Me: NO, I want them to have a huge raging hard on and see them plow those gals…
Wait a second

I did not know that about myself….

Him: See we are all gay! It’s just a matter of what level of gay you are!


__________________________________________________ ___

Now I find out that by subconscious projecting, I am actually self-diagnosing.
I’m starting to get a sinking feeling in my gut. Is there something I should tell myself? Am I supposed to come out of the closet? How did I get in this d@mn closet? BTW how big is this closet, you always hear of someone coming out of it, but no one’s ever seen this closet? I bet it’s a walk in what do you guys think? No one ever goes back in the closet once they’ve come out either. It must be a crowded SOB in there. If I find the door to this closet then I’d be like, “Don’t mind me I’m just looking for a coat! I’m straight so don’t be fooking with me! You gay SOB’s, do you understand me? Ohh wait… What’s these two girls doing over here.” LOL yea I’d just stay in there for a while and watch the Lessies before they come out! LOL

 

Well . . . OK . . . thanks for sharing.

Honestly, that's more info than (and I think I can safely speak for all of us here) any of us needed to know.

K-

 

Dang jamzwayne, I missed your entry.

You are correct, and thanks for pointing that out. It's nice that you would remember a little thing like that, it shows that you care. I'm touched.
(Sure, I made an entire thread, that bordered on psychotic in nature, about my love of coffee, but that's not important right now).

You're damn right I drink coffee!!!!



And this week we are planning on trying some Espresso Forte!

(I wonder if I could get a coffee sponsor for an Ask Kobi™® WebSite?)

So drink more coffee everybody!!!!

By the way, did I mention that for the everyday / coffee-maker / in my kitchen kind of thing I switched from Folgers to Maxwell House? Lately, Folgers has been very bitter. The Maxwell House (although not very strong) is more balanced.

Well, it's bedtime . . . and when I get up in the morning . . . COFFEE!!!!



By the way, my new camera arrives via UPS tomorrow (well, actually, it's today!). Got a compact model that's 6 mega pixels and is supposed to be pretty good. (I got tired of carrying that big one around . . . this new one will fit easily into my pocket.) I'll take a pic of my coffeemaker to see how good the pix really are. I'll post it here (unfortunately posting here limits size to 640x480, but so it goes).

Keep those questions/comments/insults/whatever coming in kids!

'Nite!

 

Answer this oh mighty one!!.

1: why are our troops being blown up like a ***$#n bag of cheap firecrackers.??
2: why don't we just bring our sons and daughters home NOW
3: why don't we nuke the G-dam place
4: why are we there?
5: why am i so fuC&(n glad my son has come home from iraq
5: why do i continue to worry about all the other sons and daughters that are getting blown up each passing day.
6: why can't we make tiles for the shuttle that do not break when they are touched.
7: why do i continue to wonder at all.

 

Quick hijack first. Glad your boy made it home safe Buck.

On with the show..........

Coffee, Mmmmmm

Kobi, are you telling me that you don't have one of these?
Best Coffee Maker Ever!!!



Get one and grind your own beans. (Does that sound right?)

Oh yes, the question.
When it comes to the phrase, "I think therefore I am", what about people who don't think. Are they are not?

 

Buck,

My mother in law works for the county as Fine & Court Cost Coordinator. Yesterday, a gentleman came in to pay a fine, and he saw my Marine Corps picture, and he asked my mom, "did your son make it back?" My mom didn't know what he was talking about. Well, before she could ask what he was talking about, he told her that he lost a son and a nephew over there.

I got a lump in my throat, and lost my appetite.


I wonder the same things Buck.

 

Dear buck-

First, let me say I'm glad you're son is back and that he is well (I'm assuming he is well and I hope he is)

OK, your questions (by the way, you have two #5s but I'm going to assume the second number 5 is tied into the first, seeing as how the subject matter is related, so we'll call it "5 1/2". And while I'm on "5" you ask "Why am I glad my son is home." Are you actually questioning WHY you're glad he's home? Surely you're not telling us that your happiness over his return is in question, if so, then we need to discuss a good number of other issues besides politics and the ever rising questionability of a "war". HOWEVER, I'n going to assume the question is awkwardly worded and that YOU ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOUR SON BACK.

Now go give him a hug, tell him you love him. Then, tell him Kobi and everyone else here sez "Welcome back" and thank him for his service. It is greatly appreciated.

With regard to questions 1 - 4, I'm afraid I have no answers for those. Well, actually, I have answers, but there is no way in hell I'm posting them here. All that will do is spark a political debate. Now, a political debate is not a bad thing, but the Ask Kobi™® thread is not the place for it.

Moving on to shuttle tiles . . . Dude, the number of reasons the tiles (and the entire space program as it currently exists) are failing, staggers the mind. To address it all here would fill a book . . . or two . . . so instead here's a quick, generalized response that sort of encompasses it all.

First, (and this applies to EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE), the more complex something is, the more opportunity there is for it to fail.

Along these lines, the more you use something (regardless of its complexity) the more opportunity there is for failure.

40 year old technology, pushed well beyond it's useful life and well past its design parameters is an accident looking for a place to happen. Especially in space.

And finally, when you don't back up your efforts with the WILL to succeed, let alone the necessary tools, well . . . you tell me.

As for why do you continue to wonder . . . because you're alive and it's part of the human condition.

Take care buckdropper, and tell your son "Thanks" -

Kobi-

 

Dear EA-

While I don't have that exact brand and model, I do have one like it. My sister, a coffee aficionado, gave me one once for Christmas. And while the coffee it made was undeniably the best, I stopped using it after a month or so and it now sits somewhere in the back of a kitchen cabinet, neglected and forgotten.

And here's where Kobi shares a bit of personal info (as if anyone cares), but Kobi is lazy with regard to some things, and making his own coffee is one of them. I love good coffee as much, if not more than, the next guy. I am not, however, willing to grind beans and then go thru the process of using an espresso maker to get it. I have no patience for such things. This lack of patience is further compounded by the fact that after I wake up, I can barely walk into the kitchen without bumping into a wall, and that my eyes are barely open, and that using equipment that requires any amount of dexterity, or more than three moves, while I am in that state, is NOT going to happen (or at least happen properly). In the morning I want my coffee as quickly and easy as possible. It goes something like this:

Scoop coffee into basket
Pour water
Press Button
Fall to floor

See? Easy!

If I'm having coffee later in the day, I repeat the process, or go to Peets or Starbucks or CB&TL or wherever and order a quintuple espresso, because it's always better when someone else makes it for me because I'm lazy.

Sounds painful.

Well, the fact that you just acknowledged them means that they are. So, it becomes, "I think, therefore I am . . . I thought about them, therefore they are too."

Trust me here, you might want to leave it at this point, because if you go any further, you start to get into an infinite number of layers that start out like this . . .

Keeping in mind (ha, ha) that they exist, for you, in your universe, the question then becomes, in your universe, even though they exist for you, do they have self-awareness, there-by confirming for them that they exist, which then creates a universe for them, which gets you questioning if their universe is contained within yours or does it exist outside of and independent of your universe, and what of others that they see . . . and on and on ad-infinitum, universe upon universe without end. And it just becomes a big circle-jerk that goes nowhere and ultimately accomplishes nothing, other than to make your head ache.

As my best friend often sez to me when I start to ponder such stuff . . . knock it off, because if you keep thinking about this stuff your brain is going to explode.

Therefore, I say, keep it simple. Just be content with this thought:

I'm me, and I'm here . . . you're you and you're there.

And leave it at that.

Then walk away, and go get a cup of coffee.

By the way . . . don't confuse awareness with understanding . . . they're two entirely different things / concepts / whatever.

Cheers



Kobi-