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At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: donovan.x on April 12, 2008, 11:42:49 PM
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I Phil Donovan hereby open a thread for the above formentioned in a vein attempt to have some level of decent conversation tonight or any other night.
I have done my best to get through a botlle of of Jim Beam tonight and it's been fun but it left both my wife and I questioning the relevance of marriage and I probably wasn't overly prepared for what I heard, having said that she spoke the truth. Now in my slightly dampened mood I post here trying to strike up a conversation that might take me into the early hours of the morning.
I set the mood, you reply. I might not answer for a while.
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Cheer up Don. Remember Fantaxalent? If my memory serves me correctly you were the one that coined that term... and for that I am forever in your debt. :)
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I'm really sorry to hear all of that :( I'm starting to think Jim Beam isn't always the great guy he pretends to be
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Dont get me wrong, Jim is a great guy and my wife and I will be together for a long time yet, its just funny hearing someones genuine opinion on matters, including your own and also, being wrecked serves up some level of self pity for us all ( probably undeserved) even if the nights beens good'un. It didn't help that I proceeded to put on Damien Rice for some "mellow music" mid sesh, bound to lower the tone of any conversation.
Fantaxelent it is Sambo, how appropriate that you should be the first to reply to this thread. How you doing?
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its just funny hearing someones genuine opinion on matters, including your own
I'm doing good, man, thanks. Hope you're doing better than the theme of the thread suggests mate. :)
And despite being a teenager I can still identify with what you're saying. Getting someone's genuine opinion on something that had never crossed your mind or never come up properly in conversation can be an odd experience, as can hearing your own opinion spoken aloud as well.
As for the Damien Rice- needless to say that's a one-way ticket to glumsville. Reminds me of one time on a ship in Bristol... but that's another matter entirely. :wink: :lol:
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There is only one thing to do here and that is have another drink. Feeling a bit glum myself today for various reasons but have just got in from a gig in a local pub where it is just a few minutes drive away. Feeling tired and irritable even though I played reasonably well. Gotta get up early and traipse around a trade show in London with Mrs 38th tomorrow-gonna be dull and tiring. I have some rather nice Japanese malt whisky to try and then I shall go to bed. I haven't helped much but I share your sense of melancholy which is comforting I hope.
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It didn't help that I proceeded to put on Damien Rice for some "melleow music" mid sesh, bound to lower the tone of any conversation.
I have a bad habit of listening to Radiohead when I'm in a bit of a glum mood, so I can sympathise :-\
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'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You' by Led Zeppelin is the worst song I've encountered for inducing bouts of depression. Radiohead, David Gray and Damien Rice are all good alternatives. :(
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Thank you 38th, just the ticket, thats the wavelength.
Sambo, your age is indifferent, you know what it is, even my son had it about him today and he is only 6 years old, as for the title of the thread, think of it as a celebration for the wallowers, melancholy ain't such a bad place.
Bottoms up chaps, here to 38ths plan.
*Glug*
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Radiohead, Karma police remains under lock and key when the whiskey comes out.
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Seems everyone is having a bad day. Including me.
For me, it's the other half losing faith. And not in a religion sense. She's lost faith in herself and that's somewhat put me in a downer. Seeing as I'm supposedly meant to bring the joy to her, and I feel like I did the damage instead.
When that sort of stuff happens I wish I could magically appear at a bar, with a drink in hand with a friend at my side. Me to pour my worries out, fill it up with alcohol and have a nice walk in the cool midnight air.
Then again it has happened. And it has helped. But seems it doesn't keep it away forever.
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I cant give you a drink but how about a warm cosy thread to relax in. Your right in saying that it doesn't last but it feels damn good whilst your there.
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Ahhh, Karma Police gets me every time. Love/hate it.
Bottoms up chaps, here to 38ths plan.
*Glug*
If only I had something to drink I'd be joining you two. Unfortunately there's no alcohol in the house at the moment- glass of water it is I suppose! *sigh* :wink:
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Water sucks Sambo, never be without booze. Stash a bottle of nasty whiskey under your bed for special ocassions and your life will improve tenfold. :lol: :lol:
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:lol: :lol:
I've 'borrowed' bottles of my parents wine on several occasions like this. But I think a true melancholy purist uses spirits and spirits alone to drown sorrows.
:)
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Here, here.
*glug*
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:)
If you haven't lost consciousness yet, here's something to turn the sorrow into confusion... mess up your brain a little:
http://www.srainc.com/people/brentr/riddles.html
Knock yourself out mate. (I can't figure out a single one for the life of me). :oops:
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Three dots:
So he paints a green dot on all three foreheads
Everyone sees green so they raise there hand.
Person A sees green on B and C. Raises hand.
Person B sees green on A and C. Raises hand.
Person C sees green on A and B. Raises hand.
So it is overlapping and thusly everyone has to be green.
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Ah but they raise their hand if they see even ONE green dot. It's killer. I just found the answer somewhere, but it's insanely difficult.
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Noone else spoke up... If one of the others had seen one red and one green, or two reds, they would've known by pretty simple logic what they were.
So the fact that noone said what they were means the other two are seeing two greens, hence, you're green :)
[edited: 'cause the guy in the post below this pointed out I'd gotten confused in explaining it, lol]
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I think it says they ALL put their hands up, man.
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Oops, I meant to say none of them said they knew what they were.
If any of the other people had known what they were for sure, they would've said so, so that means the other two people had to see two greens (the only combination that makes certainty impossible directly), which means the original person has to be green.
There're a lot of harder puzzles on that page though :)
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If anyone wants an incredibly annoying yet completely addictive game, have a go on this http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n.html
It kills a LOT of time.
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Donovanx I hope your ok mate! We all get down on things from time to time. Questioning marriage with your wife whilst both drinking whisky sounds like a case for better the devil you know! What ever she said I wouldn't read into it too much. I try and find humour in absolutely everything nowadays and I've got to say it works for me!
Whiskey is great isn't it, love it! 8)
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Oops, I meant to say none of them said they knew what they were.
If any of the other people had known what they were for sure, they would've said so, so that means the other two people had to see two greens (the only combination that makes certainty impossible directly), which means the original person has to be green.
That's the one. Good work sir! :D
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I'm good Johnny. My wife and I are very real and we both just realise that if it wasn't for 'circumstance' then marriage probably wouldn't have raised its head.
I find as I get older, I am becoming addicted to bare faced truth, their is something very refreshing about it and something very cool about being able to listen to it, without either party falling out.
As for whiskey, it's starting to become my poison of choice. I love the stuff, I'm certainley starting to develop a taste for it.
:D 8)
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If anyone wants an incredibly annoying yet completely addictive game, have a go on this http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/n.html
It kills a LOT of time.
I like those DDA ones, hehe.
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I'm good Johnny. My wife and I are very real and we both just realise that if it wasn't for 'circumstance' then marriage probably wouldn't have raised its head.
I find as I get older, I am becoming addicted to bare faced truth, their is something very refreshing about it and something very cool about being able to listen to it, without either party falling out.
As for whiskey, it's starting to become my poison of choice. I love the stuff, I'm certainley starting to develop a taste for it.
:D 8)
Nothing more real than stark reality, that's all I've ever spoken, I can't stand the fluffy world of delusion, it's gets you nowhere! Whisky is nectar!
I'm getting right into Islay single malts, with all the peat, smoke and tar flavours. Check out the whisky thread in here somewhere, it's very informative!!
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10229
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I have got back from the day wandering around Olympia. In fact things were rescued somewhat by the fact that there was a solo guitar player there playing an open tuned Strat -playing the blues and bloody good he was too. O got chatting and he comes from Brighton (not far from me) and is playing a gig in Farnham next month and so I'll go watch if I am free that night-it is a thursday and so that should be ok. The whisky I had last night worked a treat and I feel a whole lot better today and I hope you do too Donovan.
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I feel so good Mr 38th, that I might just do it all again tonight :D 8)
makes Monday mornings so much fun.
Glad you had a good day.
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Oh I forgot to say: I did see David Gilmour in Waterstones in Horsham on Saturday. I have seen him in the town a couple of times but this was the first time for ages.
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Ooooh, a taste for whisk(e)y, is it?
Now, I may be a shitee guitarist, but I DO know my whiskey!!!
American, Irish or Scottish?
And if you want depressing vibes to go with that glass of golden deliciousness, may I recommend Richard Thompsons Nude CD from the "You, Me, Us?" set. Brilliantly depressing music.
Mark.
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Japanese actually. Very nice indeed.
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Japanese? Really?
Can one get GAS wanting to try Japanese whiskey???
:wink:
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One can aquire GAS drinking Ribena if one is so inclined, cant one?
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Hmmm... a ribena-coloured strat would be alright... *gets gas*
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I am on the wine tonight and I have to say ( without this thread turning into a unofficial AA meet.) it is a totally different feeling to getting wasted on whiskey. I have polished off a bottle and a half of red (Albali, Tempranillo, Cab' Sauv') and it was wonderful and I feel much happier then i do on whiskey but why is it that the devil in me says whiskey is the way forward, red wine is starting to feel like a stand in, a " that'll do untill the cavelry arrive"kind of drink? .
Anyway, tonight I consider myself to be in fantasticly high spirits and I hope that I find you all in good health.
Music for tonight: Pearl Jam 'Ten', I cant belive that this was considered a "Grunge album", it is out and out rock and it is in my top 5 fo' sure.
I bid you goodnight and I will see you all on the flipside. 8)
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I'm on the Strongbow Super (with a bit of blackcurrant squash as its undrinkable without) tonight, purely out of boredom and loneliness :oops: None of my mates are out due to exams and lack of money so I have nothing better to do :lol:
I'm listening to my White Stripes collection tonight, good stuff although lots of people think Jack White is cr@p, I think he's great.
Ten is a great album donovan, Alive and Even Flow are bloody good tracks imo 8)
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To get the same melancholic effect with wine then you have to get some really cheap and nasty wine-none of that Jilly Goulden (I'm getting a fire bucket on a bed of anchovies with a custard aftertaste) stuff. I think you will find that that works almost as well as whisky.
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You can't beat the peat inferno of Highland Malt for getting pished as $%&#! Red wine is a more of a mellow one for me, reminds me of a peculiar smelling woodbines feeling of pished!
I stood staring at the Gin today in the supermarket, not sure if i want or need another weakness for the hard stuff!
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You can't beat the peat inferno of Highland Malt for getting pished as $%&#! Red wine is a more of a mellow one for me, reminds me of a peculiar smelling woodbines feeling of pished!
I stood staring at the Gin today in the supermarket, not sure if i want or need another weakness for the hard stuff!
Absolutely.
I rarely get "drunk" on whisk(e)y, ie falling down, doing silly things and feeling like death the next day. Can drink loads of the stuff. But red wine absolutely lays me to waste, even though I like the taste.
I did get into the habit a short while ago of "treating" myself to a couple of large glasses every time I came in from work - had to stop it though, cos I knew it would end badly...
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I've been lonely for the last four years of my life, which is a quarter of it lol, and yes recently i have been known to drink abit :(. Whisky if i can get hold of it, wine would be next, a good red, or a good real ale
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My father once said, Beer before your 40, spirits after.
Sorry to make all you whisky drinkers feel old :P
I advise it though, I haven't drunk Whisky since I was 13, and no vodka since I was 15. 2-3 Years of cider and lager and its great :D
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cider rots your brain though :P lol
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I've just come in from a mates house and feel drunk from lots of red wine, very nice isn't it.
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Tonight I started on the red wine and finished up on "Jack and Ginger" and then on to straight Jack with father in law, who is a top bloke.
I feel good and I'll tell you something, you are a good bunch of guys, I want to keep this thread running as people seem to come here and say whats on there mind (breath) and after all its all about whats on your mind yeah?
Tonight wasn't just Jack though it was gentlemans Jack? Tasted and feels good.
I LOVE DRINKING.
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supafly.
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Not feeling good today at all. Think I'll break out some homebrew to heal my blues. A good sloe gin will do the trick I think 8
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Whats up Buddha?
I haven't started drinking yet but rest assured. I will be back on the wine tonight.
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Lol I don't think people want to hear my troubles lol. As I say I've been like this a long old time now, for my age anyhow :(
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just started on the whiskey, going to be a long night :(
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Me too. Jamesons with the good lady wife.
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Here's to you and your wife :drink:
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Cheer, mate. Off to bed now.
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Going on the drunk part (and a little bit insane) I am drinking a fine ale tonight "Duvel" weighing in at 8,5% this is some serious drink and it is so much fun. WWWhhhoOOOooooOOOoo :lol:
8)
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Doesn't quite beat my home brew barley wine of 12%. in a full pint bottle aswell, that is interesting after some time lol
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I feel deprived Buddha, we will have to come to some arangement.
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as your T shirt says 'shut up and play guitar' it's the best quote of all time! so just play is my advice.
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Well if you're ever in the gloucestershire area donavanx feel free to pop by and i'll sort you out with some :twisted:
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I'm often in the Gloucestershire area. Actually, I'll be driving through later today, stopping of at a little village called Wormington (near Evesham/Tewkesbury) and then maybe Ledbury if I don't get a cup of tea in Worimington.
Where abouts are you?
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Well, well, isn't it a small world after all :) . I live near Tewkesbury in a small village called the Leigh. It's between Cheltenham, Gloucester and Tewkesbury
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I know where abots that is. You're not a milion miles from Newant are you? That's where my bro's soon to be wifey comes from.
Awesome part of the country, but who killed that damn bear :roll:
EDIT: I'll wave out the window on the way past :D
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no, not too far from Newant at all. In fact I know a few people from there through my mother. Bear? You've lost me there :?
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Did my last post get deleted, or did it just get lost?
MMmmm, interesting.
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On the red wine tonight. Tonemonkey, not sure what might have happened there :?