The Last Post Game!!!!

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

The perversion of silent movies knew no limits.

Last _{until the talkies, that is} Post

[Swatopluk]

1. Silence is golden
2. Gold is the sign of Mammon
3. One cannot serve two masters, The LOrd and Mammon
=> silent movies are service to The LOrd's opponent and thus evil

Last _{But money is speech, so talkies too are against HIM} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

The Lord IS Mammon.

Last _{any prosperity gospel sermon proves it} Post

[Swatopluk]

Well, Judas was the treasurer of the Apostles.

Last _{until he followed the siren call of a higher bonus} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

Allegedly. There are different stories about what his business was.

Last _{or perhaps he simply was jealous} Post

[Swatopluk]

Or he wanted to force The Lord's hand.

Last _{some sects worship Judas as a saint because without him the whole redemption gambit would have failed} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I dunno, I suspect the whole thing has been grossly misread.

Last _{OTOH twelve men live together, two of them are caught kissing, one of them is crucified and the other hangs himself, at any other time it would've been interpreted in a very different way...} Post

[Swatopluk]

There has also been some BDSM speculation about the whole crucifixion thing.

Last _{Ridiculous! BDSM crosses are X shaped} Post

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

In Roman times crosses came in T, + and X shapes, so not a valid excuse.

Last _{the whole martyrdom thing does have a BDSM tint though} Post

[Swatopluk]

The X was for direct torture, the T (and in particular those permanently installed as on Calvary) for slow execution with no need for extra treatment.

Last _{and it's of course a matter of practicality} Post

[Griffin]

It's enough to make one thing that the Twelve Step program come out of the Stations of the Cross.

You have no idea how happy I am to see you have been posting in my absence. My overload has not yet reduced. It all culminates this week. It's like the three buses coming along at once. I am now quite near the end of module 4 of my course, so some progress on that. Doubtless I shall be moaning about module five soon but it is the last module. I have to get 70% to pass. Hmmm.

Slight technical fault at present. Forum won't upgrade, gives an error, but I'm on the case. And I've still got my "To Do" list.

It's so good to come back and see you all. I have been on FB quite a bit, following the rise of "Oh Jeremy Corbyn". Great Glastonbury. The Maybot is totally out of control and we have the fiasco of the bung to the DUP. Everything is insane at present. How the mighty are fallen.

Last _{And I shan't mention the "B" word} Post

[Swatopluk]

I assume you mean the one sounding like a brand of dog food and not the female dog ;-)

Last _{I hope there is no Mr. Hem attached to the tin ear lady} Post

[Griffin]

A new cleaner started today. I liked her. Not quite as good a cleaner as I've had before, but good. I am just hoping she will come next time and stay with me. If they don't want the job they rarely say so ahead of time. I would so like one of my current endless items needing doing to be scratched off the list.

My pharmacy continues to fail to deliver the medication so add that to the list. They endlessly claim they can't get hold of stuff, though why they can't keep stock is a puzzle as I have the same meds every month. This inability of pharmacists to get drugs seems a national problem, but is it happening elsewhere in Europe? (soon I won't be able to ask questions like that as we won't be in Europe, though I have no idea where will be as I doubt other continents want us).

Last _{it's not over til the fat lady sings} Post

[Swatopluk]

Not a British pharmacy problem alone.
I recently tried to get some cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) from several local pharmacies. They had it in the catalogue and could tell me what the price was depending on the amount but said that they could not order it (anymore). They had no idea why since the stuff is a common food additive/baking ingredient, not a controlled substance. I could not use the stuff sold as baking ingeredient in other shops because there it was usually pre-mixed with baking soda and/or other stuff.

I do not know about your medication. Has it a very limited shelf life? May there be some prohibition or other hurdles about keeping it in stock? If it's prescription they may not get it without the written prescription (afaik it's that way for some controlled substances over here).

Last _{basic incompetence at some level is of course the likeliest explanation} Post

For distraction and delect(at)ion:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/06/rock-sculptures-suspended-within-bell-jars-by-their-own-weight-by-dan-grayber/

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

basic incompetence at some level is of course the likeliest explanation

Competency (or lack thereof) is a matter of frequency, that is, how frequently do you find it and compared to other places frequencies.

Last _{incompetent density per squared Km} Post