Litiquette V

[Lord Pmann]

Hee hee, facials. It's not often you enter a salon to give one of those. So this made me rush to the googles and I was extremely excited to see one about 45 minutes away. Then absolutely crushed that it was a normal salon using that misnomer. It was a real emotional rollercoaster you sent me on pmann

Sorry, man. It seems like such a great idea. I can't imagine more don't exist. I was so proud of my name.

A friend of mine has long held the dream of opening a strip club/bar with a gun range downstairs. He is planning on naming it "The Honky Donky". He has a whole elaborate business plan laid out with all the features of the bar/gun range. Their motto is going to be "Whiskey, Women and Guns: What Can Possibly Go Wrong?" (For the record, he is a Texan).

I like the idea, but I do wonder, "what can possibly go wrong"? As an adult, I only think of what the insurance premiums must be on a place like that.

 

[ChainedUp]

Luck. Some people seem to have all the good luck in the world, some people all the bad luck. Then most of us get through life neither lucky or unlucky. Why is that?

 

[Trekka]

Please direct me towards these lucky people of which you speak,
Chained.

 

[Endless_Night]

A friend of mine has long held the dream of opening a strip club/bar with a gun range downstairs. He is planning on naming it "The Honky Donky". He has a whole elaborate business plan laid out with all the features of the bar/gun range. Their motto is going to be "Whiskey, Women and Guns: What Can Possibly Go Wrong?" (For the record, he is a Texan).

I like the idea, but I do wonder, "what can possibly go wrong"? As an adult, I only think of what the insurance premiums must be on a place like that.

I would have thought the "same owner" would have been a problem for the 51% rule, but -

I present the Guntry:

http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-guntry-club-set/

One is getting ready to open in Austin.

 

[Endless_Night]

Luck. Some people seem to have all the good luck in the world, some people all the bad luck. Then most of us get through life neither lucky or unlucky. Why is that?

A friend has a theory that luck, to a certain extent, is in your attitude. Bad things may happen but they’re usually followed by a door opening to a new, better opportunity, even if the path is unclear initially. Most people get stuck on the negative event, focusing on the short-term and missing, perhaps entirely, the “luck” right ahead of them.

Watching him in action, I’d have to agree.

He is a lucky son-of-a-biscuit.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Yeah, that was definitely a Little Sister moment on my part. She left some deep seated trauma in her wake!

As the question of luck...

I'd agree - I think being "lucky" is more around attitude and action. Random events occur throughout our lives based on probabilities (chance). What we do with those random events and how we react to them are often the dividing line between the lucky and the unlucky.

When random chance hits us with some negative outcome, the lucky just shake it off and keep going. When random chance hits us with some positive outcome, the lucky take it and run with it.

Sometimes though, lucky and unlucky are just...excuses. Excuses for not doing something. Excuses for not embracing risk and failure as part of the process.

That said, I have been accused of being lucky. I usually respond that "luck" is short hand for preparation, study, education, risk taking and that streak of stubbornness that makes me get up and keep fighting. Other times, I tell them it's all because I routinely sacrifice humans to my pagan Gods.

 

[LizVegas79]

I agree PC. Luck is generally what you make it and often 90% preparation to be in the right place at the right time.

The concept of luck from a gambling perspective, imho at least, is playing the odds and then knowing when to quit.

 

[Lord Pmann]

For those of you across the pond, you might be familiar with illusionist Derren Brown. He did a special on luck.

In the show, he took one person who considered themselves very lucky. One who considers themselves very unlucky. He placed the same potential rewards in the path of both people. The lucky person simply capitalized on them. They were more positive and were more aware of the world around them.

It was very fascinating to see how someone's perception of luck correlated to how they looked at the world.

 

[Lord Pmann]

Here is the link for anyone who cares enough to watch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O4mN33w5Ftw

 

[LWulf]

I don't believe in luck. I think you can have a run of "bad luck," but as an entity or force, I don't believe in it. All there is, is chance (with no allusions to Paul). Some might say that is semantics for the same thing. Chance... luck; two sides of the same coin. Yet those same folks also believe in luck, and horoscopes, etc.

I don't believe in luck, so I don't like to use the term, because it's use tends to denote believers. It's similar to how Endless_Night said, but my difference is that believers are usually the ones who get bogged down with the belief in bad luck. Luck is what you make of it.

The trouble with most people is that they go into ventures but have no concept of risk. They think risk is just a personal thing and if you ignore it, you can bull your way around it. I had a couple of friends (no, really, I did!!) in college who wanted to get into a pizza business. I asked them what would make their pizza business better than any other? Their reply was that people were mostly superficial ( *looks at Pmann and tries not to say anything* ) and therefore would love to buy a $100 pizza with semiprecious and precious jewels on it.
That people would have to get their hands messy looking for jewels, or risk biting down on a rock, and thereby get a bunch of dentist lawsuits, didn't phase them.

In other words, they foolishly think ANY idea of "get rich, QUICK!" is a good one, and ignore the risk. AND, if they actually did start up a foolish venture, attribute their high risk/low gain venture as bad luck.

I usually attribute whingers, bemoaning the aspects of "bad luck" to a lack of common sense or someone that can't accept responsibility for their own actions.

edit: That is to say, not everyone that "has a run of bad luck" is a believer, and thereby a whinger. You can have a series of deaths in your family that have nothing to do with your choices. It is nothing you can change, nothing that you can decide to "do better," but it is nothing but a random run of chance.

You can still get bogged down bemoaning about "bad luck," but, again, I don't believe in luck as a force or entity. Therefore, thinking about "bad luck" is just wasting energy.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Here is the link for anyone who cares enough to watch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O4mN33w5Ftw

That was freaking awesome! Great video and I noticed he has a lot of other videos, LOL, so PMann just stole several hours of my life.

 

[Suz_anne]

LOL, so PMann just stole several hours of my life.

Just wait, he'll also steal your soul, your hippo jokes and every bit of gingham clothing that you own.

 

[Paul_Chance]

Just wait, he'll also steal your soul, your hippo jokes and every bit of gingham clothing that you own.

Yes! Now we know how he's stayed so damn good looking all theses years...

 

[Lord Pmann]

Just wait, he'll also steal your soul, your hippo jokes and every bit of gingham clothing that you own.

Lol@ the hippo.

 

[Lord Pmann]

That was freaking awesome! Great video and I noticed he has a lot of other videos, LOL, so PMann just stole several hours of my life.

He's truly brilliant. I'm not big on illusionists and magician type tricks. But his is done is a way that's so absolutely mind bending. His bit on marketing is amazing. I've spent many hours watching his stuff. I like him because he talks a lot about how his stuff is done and how it's a trick of the mind. He has a lot of amazing stuff on psychology that's fascinating to me.

 

[Lord Pmann]

Since Chained is MIA, I'm gonna ask a question that is prettty simple. Last week was 4/20 and apparently that's the day for potheads to rejoice. Well, I felt like I was the only one who doesn't partake in this. I don't smoke weed and I've never smoked weed. I don't have any moral qualms with it. I just don't.

Am I alone in my own, uncool, sober corner? Or are there other non weed smokers?

 

[Tallulah82]

He's truly brilliant. I'm not big on illusionists and magician type tricks. But his is done is a way that's so absolutely mind bending. His bit on marketing is amazing. I've spent many hours watching his stuff. I like him because he talks a lot about how his stuff is done and how it's a trick of the mind. He has a lot of amazing stuff on psychology that's fascinating to me.

Since Chained is MIA, I'm gonna ask a question that is prettty simple. Last week was 4/20 and apparently that's the day for potheads to rejoice. Well, I felt like I was the only one who doesn't partake in this. I don't smoke weed and I've never smoked weed. I don't have any moral qualms with it. I just don't.

Am I alone in my own, uncool, sober corner? Or are there other non weed smokers?

I'm going to come out lurking just enough to say - I think Derren is great to watch, I think I've probably watched everything he has ever done! Very fascinating.

Also - am actually the same as you re: weed. Nuff said. Back to lurking.

 

[Endless_Night]

Nope. Not alone. Tried it once, just so I could say I had. Most Unpleasant feeling and it made me queasy. No thanks.

 

[ViciousTease]

Since Chained is MIA, I'm gonna ask a question that is prettty simple. Last week was 4/20 and apparently that's the day for potheads to rejoice. Well, I felt like I was the only one who doesn't partake in this. I don't smoke weed and I've never smoked weed. I don't have any moral qualms with it. I just don't.

Am I alone in my own, uncool, sober corner? Or are there other non weed smokers?

You're not alone. I tried weed when I was in my early twenties. It made me paranoid that the cops were going to show up on my doorstep and too sleepy to keep adequate watch out for the po po. I didn't enjoy it at all and haven't tried it since.

 

[beachbaby179]

Wow - lots of us here. I don't smoke either. Did once, and didn't like it. Burned going down, made me feel queasy too. Never again. I did, however, eat brownies once by accident. Didn't know they'd been "enhanced".

I do like the smell, however, and won't walk away when friends light up.

 

[ydahecnot]

Smoked weed regularly from 15 till I was 23. Strangely, I never had to buy it. Sometimes it was good, sometimes it was meh, sometimes it was horrid. Haven't partaken in 30 years. Like Beachey, who is stuck watching good hockey teams right now, I had laced brownies once. A little dry, but they fucked me up. My mother wondered why I went to bed at 6 p.m.

 

[Lord Pmann]

So all the weed smokers are the loudmouths like Aussie and Suz and Trekka and SMN.

 

[rubydlite]

Since Chained is MIA, I'm gonna ask a question that is prettty simple. Last week was 4/20 and apparently that's the day for potheads to rejoice. Well, I felt like I was the only one who doesn't partake in this. I don't smoke weed and I've never smoked weed. I don't have any moral qualms with it. I just don't.

Am I alone in my own, uncool, sober corner? Or are there other non weed smokers?

I smoked pot twice...the first time I thought I was dieing, heart racing, hyperventilating. ..
I smoked it once more because someone told me I was crazy...but I wasn't. ..
I could care less if people want to smoke it...but gah...I prefer the nice buzz of wine...

 

[Paul_Chance]

I haven't smoked weed in 20 years. Prior to that, I was an occasional (maybe once every two or three years) user. No great moral, ethical, or legal opposition - just not interested. I did vote for legalization here in California and once they get the rules in place I'll probably get seriously stoned once or twice just because I can.

 

[Mindfondler]

Since Chained is MIA, I'm gonna ask a question that is prettty simple. Last week was 4/20 and apparently that's the day for potheads to rejoice. Well, I felt like I was the only one who doesn't partake in this. I don't smoke weed and I've never smoked weed. I don't have any moral qualms with it. I just don't.

Am I alone in my own, uncool, sober corner? Or are there other non weed smokers?

I'm with Lord Pmann amongst the uncool kids! I've never smoked (tobacco or any other substance), I don't do drugs and I rarely even partake in alcohol. I've never been tempted to experiment, either. My experience with alcohol is that it doesn't give me much of an "up" and that's more than outweighed by the "down" after-effects, so I just don't bother very often.

I'm probably coming across here as a killjoy, but anyone who has met me knows that I like to laugh and lark about a lot. It's important to me, though, that I retain my judgement and my memory while I do so. So, it's a personal choice based on what's right for me. I guess I won't have the option of hiding behind an excuse of diminished responsibility for my actions.
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