What is the latest book you've read -or- What book are you reading right now.

jacpod comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I am re reading all my old books because I am now old enough to have forgotten the plots and endings - I love crime fiction.reading Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman.

Why does the sea taste salty?

jacpod comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I'm sorry that too was down to me - I hate salt and only live 4 minutes from the sea so I take full responsibily for salting the seawaters.

Just something I was fooling around with.

jacpod comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I see a joyous frantic caterpillar in there!

Part of it could be the fact that it's been gray and wet all day, but Tony Bourdain's suicide is ...

jacpod comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I dont know but I imagine that coping is done in very small pigeon steps - The process of grieving is as long as a piece of string but gets infinitesimally better each day and you will cope and probably will learn something about your own strength. I am well wishing you to the n'th.

Dug up some old artwork from school while cleaning out the garage...

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

wow Cool!

Everyone matters

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Very True!

Do you believe in luck?

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I dont think there is any way to apportion even what is luck but its a nice word to have when someone gets something they want or need - I think the problem for me is that everything has its other side and the idea of lucky brings up the idea of being unlucky which could put you on a downer; it would be an interesting experiment to decide to take those words away and see what you get - I rather think that people who see themselves as lucky are the kind of people who would be happy anyway.

Large cow skull, 2 part apox clay, pages from Genesis.

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

wow! Brilliant! Where I live there is a long winding tortuous walk across broken stiles etc to get to this tiny piece of beach under a cliff that you cant really call a beach but there was a disintegrating cow on it and I walked it ever day to watch the deterioration and do now have the skull which I rather treasure. I saw it as my artwork just for the measured way of watching

This is a short self assessment we got to try at work.

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I am rather glad to be alive, thats enough for me - I have a nice life now- thanks for the look at the program seems ok

We're 100 strong! Time to celebrate...[youtube.com]

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

great!

Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians - The Atlantic

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

How very enlightening - I like the Groucho Marx comment about not wanting to join any club that would have him. there does seem to be a lot of silliness around peoples ideas of godlessness.

Manipulative vs Controlling and Sociopathy?

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I have only met one sociopath a woman who was incredibly controlling and extremely difficult she was a client I saw in my own home and it got so very difficult. I had to move. My partner has severe O.C.D and is not controlling over anyone or thing but himself.

Today is my 53rd birthday.

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

happy birthday! you sound like you have it all in hand -

I've recently become aware that I have a problem recognizing and remembering faces.

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I think I might have a mild dose of it, or is there a name for recognising the face but not getting the name ?

What do you think of this 50s poster damning rock n roll?

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I laughed its funny My brother was a rock-n-roller at art college in the fifties when I think back ot it it was all so innocent.

Been to see loads of student nurses in clinical practice and everyone bar none is having problems ...

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I think we are living in interesting times (as the chinese curse goes) There is far more pressure than there used to be because of the instability of our government not having enough of a mandate to do anything much; plus the Brexit saga and the Atos scene ; lot of fear of not being able to cope very well with no real wage increases zero hours contracts -money fear - fear for people living in high rise flats with cladding fear for people on the streets - Fear is a real downer for us all. Yes I think this much fear would make a lot of us delicate.

Do We Spend Too Much Time Looking at Screens?

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I have given up the first two of the alternative options for health reasons and I am usually in bed these days by ten but I have never had a mobile phone and never want one so my screen goggling is down to hours at night watching something with my partner and coming here.

Has anyone ever felt unworthy of love? I can't shake this feeling.

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

yes I have tried to end my life many times and its only in the last 28 years that I have started to feel O.K.about myself . I think it began in childhood never being good enough an being from an abusive family never having the right gym kit always being an outsider . These days i look after myself well have good friends and have basically left the past behind somewhere but it took meeting some good people to do that.

Down the river, with my lovely dogs checking out the willow trees I planted as 2 thin new growth ...

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Beautiful wow!

World Hunger: Effects of Capitalism and Western Imperialism...[who.int]

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

There already is no reason for world hunger it is directly linked to greed - it could end today if people took only what they needed - I also regret truly the shaming of people worldwide who do not have enough of their needs met - I truly wonder what kind of societies we live under.- I have enough but I have no more than enough an dI am completely content with that why this thirst for money played out on a world stage?

Hi all.

jacpod comments on Jun 8, 2018:

HI! Thats what I like about here!

Does anyone else feel this way?

jacpod comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Yes and i am in the U.K- I feel your U.S pain and my own!

Are you a day person or a night person

jacpod comments on Jun 7, 2018:

in bed at 10 o'clock up at 7.a.m

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth | Environment | ...

jacpod comments on Jun 7, 2018:

The only meat I have eaten in 70 years that I know about is a goat that I looked after as one of my jobs whan living in a commune - It was the most awful creature ever and when it got butchered on out kitchen farmhouse table and was put in freezer bags I decided I would eat my enemy. I havent eaten dairy - allergic to wheat and milk

What are some favorite television shows either on regular networks or streaming networks like ...

jacpod comments on Jun 7, 2018:

We have been watching 'A very British Scandal' about Jeremy Thorpes gay lover.

Question? Does anyone here do seed beading?

jacpod comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Have in the past, I quite like big projects that take you into a meditative state bit too much arthritis in fingers these days to make small movements with my fingers.

Has anyone, under any circumstances, felt a compulsion to pray?

jacpod comments on Jun 6, 2018:

No I never prayed, ever, that I can remember I used to wish that people would die but that hardly counts as a prayer- which seems more like asking someone in control for an intercession. I just wished they would die and go away!

I'm a survivor, how about you???

jacpod comments on Jun 6, 2018:

yes I had totally mad parents my mother was manic my father depressed from his war experiences - and abusive - I survived to laugh and live and love for myself - left home at fifteen never looked back. I might have a brother still alive somewhere, but he got off too.

What does it really mean to love , and what does it mean to be in love with another?

jacpod comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Love for me is another of those tricky words meaning so much to so many I don't know if I label my emotions in the same ways as another/others. All I really know is that there are some people I am comfortable around, some I love to see, and its the number of negatives that makes me not want to be around others so I think for myself that maybe love is the absence of fear. I repeat htis is only my take and its only in thi s moment

The sun never set on the British Empire for, what ?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Yes ,though I dont think we really deserve the brexit fiasco.

Would you raise your children religious just to fit in?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

No! England is pretty godless they'd fit in fine.

Does No Kids = Bad Person?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

People I know for whom the stork doesnt deliver usually kidnap kids to have a bit of fun with them and also be able to hand them back at the end of the day - But how could you be a bad person for not being able to have a child? Life seems to me a lottery and you have to make the most of it liking what you get rather than getting what you like . Bad people rob ,steal and murder - Childless couples are just that doesn't mean you cant make relationships with children and I feel for you and glad that love your cats- If you stop believing that you are at a disadvantage and start enjoying what is there that gives you pleasure maybe that fear will recede?

At what age did you move out?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Fifteen years old - My mother was bi polar mainly manic and my father depressed both were seriously damaged and abusive in different ways. I never looked back - it was hard to accept that other people were O.K. I was always reserved just in case but I was living a nice life for myself having fun at last and not being so frightened- It took me ages to realise that I really had escaped.

"We accept the love we think we deserve".

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I feel that I have found the unconditional love that was denied me by seriously mentally unwell parents - i left home at 15 years old looking for that love and I found it in many different places and in many different ways - Now 70, and loved indeed. I think the biggest part of the process is believing that it is real and not some sort of ploy or trap.

Hello fellow Angostics, I am keen to know your views on qualities you admire in a person?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Kindness and thoughtfulness

Is Reality a Scientific Concept?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I think reality is different for all of us.We experience ourselves and others in such a multiplicity of ways, and change when our world view is challenged it almost seems that there is no such thing as a universal truth - I quite like that idea I can live in a world of my own making - destroy concepts of gods etc. be the author of my own undoing etc.

What is your definition of a godparent ?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I think I would politely decline as I have no god so wouldn't be at all suitable.In England it is usually 2 godfathers for a boy and one godmother, and for a girl the opposite. I only had one godmother and no godftather's; and she died before I got to know her so I wouldn't be in the know, and wouldn't be religious enough to fit the bill- It would be nice if there was a civil ceremony for allotting people to look out for your children.

This morning I stood on line at Starbucks behind someone I worked with for years at my prior church.

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I am English in Northern Ireland,(its really another way of staying under the radar- you just dont count)

Houstonians! I'm not sure if you saw this so sharing it here.

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Houston we have a problem ? I think I am many many bigly many miles away from you thanks for the invite though!

Why do you think people are so scared to put up photos on this site or limit it to only one or two?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

for me its because I dont know how to.

Oooh I just liked my own pics ... (no bugga else had ;) )

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

where are they I will like them !

Do you see it as child abuse forcing kids to go to Church when they are clearly sick?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

yes!

What is your fondest childhood memory?

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

I went on my first CND march when I was thirteen years old and loved it went to every demonstration after that amazing being a part of soemthign so large with people looking out for you as well. I also wentto Churchills state funeral because my best friends mother said we would regret it if we didnt go whether we thought he was okay or not it would be a state occasion. I fond being part of a big crowd really an intense experience even if you are not all there for the same purpose

My kitty clock I made the other day, could not get a good picture of it, the glare is bad.

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

that way of hanging it is called ,over here, kitty-wise

Devided by a "common" language "C--t"::: As a broader derogatory term, it is comparable to prick...

jacpod comments on Jun 5, 2018:

Disagree about the 'c' word in England it is a part of the female anatomy and calling someone a c**t is seriously bad - In shakespearean time s it is just descriptive of a womans vagina I dont know in what age the transition of meaning took part but try not to let anyone call you a right c**t if you are in england

Why don't atheists like showing respect and kindness toward God believers?

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I dont actually know any atheists who disrespect anothers belief system and i have never ever had any unkindness shown towards me for being godless.

How comfortable are you with the word "Atheist" ?

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I use godless.

What or Who created the universe?

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I did. I am very sorry for what I did, but I did it to to see what would happen next. Turned out Ok yeah?

Relationships

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

It all depends upon the people involved and what they can cope with -If they are strong enough to allow other ideals room in the relationship or not - I apparently had a great grandfather who put a shilling by for the priest each week and a great grandmother, his wife, who bought copies of 'The Awful disclosures of Maria Monk' & threw them at him - Entertaining stories of mixed marriages, I wish I could have been an onlooker but wasnt even born then.

How do you tell religious people that you're an atheist?

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Yes I say it but have never had an adverse reaction but hereabout with a Protestant /Catholic divide - no one is really interested in Atheists we are of no account whatsoever though i have heard some people say back to me "ah thats a shame!" I usually just laugh no none has come accross as heavy just mystified.

If you could live anywhere in the world except your homeland, where would that be?

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Sweden sounds good but I ma living somewhere that isn't my homeland -Northern ireland.

What is beautiful to you?

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Loving kindness and gentleness of heart I think.

Movies or Music

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I don't go to the movies watch then at home on T.v with a partner - we watch on I-player so we dont have to miss anything important

Reasons to Remain Single

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I am in a relationship but feel nicely single - Its not that I want anyone else its just that we get along okay in our own way we see each other at dinner time 1.00.p.m then talk a bit then leave nad get together again to watch a film or series from 7.pm to 9 p.m - we dont do coupley things together,we just enjoy each other when we see each other.

Aldi Solar Dog And this was the last one.

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

My friend has one similar and all its paint has gone so I have washed it now, and started painting it - tongue and eyes- thought I had some black paint but no so will have to wait to get to shop before the refurbished model is viewable.

Silly weather

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

It has been foggy here first, then blistering sun, then showering rain so not sure what to make of this 'summer'.

Made this for my kitchen the other day.

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

I have a hand made sign on my door - Give me coffee and no one gets hurt!

So glad I found this group.

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

welcome hootie61. hope you enjoy being here!

Made this for my kitchen the other day.

jacpod comments on Jun 4, 2018:

Like a lot!

8 Signs You Might Not Be The Relationship Type & Why That's Totally OK

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

No I live a pretty quiet life gardening, handicrafts, beachcombing, & picking up litter - I rather like to be alone - though I am in a relationship its a loose one (Not Morally & we arent on the market for other partners) Just private people who come together for fun and it seems to work well for us not seeing each other all the time.

How often do you say WTF!

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Never - It never springs to mind - I usually say a very cockney -sounding 'Wha'h? in a very sort of disbelieving way! - I go back to my east end roots for these occasions of emphasis'

Why are people stuck in relationships that are basically roommate's you pay bills with?

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

YOu said in your original bit,,' if there is no affection' 'or sex life' - I am in an extremely loving relationship and neither of us wants/needs sex. In the questions there isn't that option. I wouldn't rather be single. I really love my partner we aren't in each others pockets but live in the same sheltered housing scheme in our own flats and see each other at certain times like for dinner and later maybe to watch I -player

The mental health community is working overtime on this.

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

freudian slip!

I am trying to learn how to navigate around this site, and how to find where I may have posted.

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Go to the bell top right hand corner and click on - view all

Acrylic on canvas 18x24 back in 2012

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Oh I want to go there - is it a real place or somewhere in your mind?

I'm not an atheist, and here's why.

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

The giveaway there is that you think you are god youre not telling us you are god!

Why Do Atheist Seem More Depressed Than Theists? | Atheist Experience 22.19 - YouTube

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I never found that to be the case but maybe I live in different circles - I have always found religious people to be more uptight and careful.

Spain’s New Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, is an Atheist – Friendly Atheist

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Nice !

There's definitely something to be said for a Sunday dinner, roast chicken, gravy, roast potatoes.

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I can be glad for you that you love it! but I am vegan mainly because of food allergys and nothing about this meal would go down well for me.

What is your fondest childhood memory?

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I had a cousin Alan, and he and I would go to Lee Railway station and sit on the fence and collect train numbers, they were steam trains then and soemhow it was exciting - thinking about it now it seems a weird thing to do but we were extremely happy to see the train and waved at all the passengers who waved back. We also for some mad reason sat outside the window with our legs inside the room to watch Champion the Wonder Horse on childrens T.V . The BBC used ot close down at 6 p.m so children could be put to bed and not be bothered with the news.

I have nothing to add to this.

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

I do try but I fail often - People I am meeting these days in the reality of life seem so different to the people I knew post war and in the 60's. Our political and social life is very different now and I do fear for us - Political leaders are failing us big time. in teh U.K we have the hugest 'them and us' problem ever and it isnt racial.

Where are all the Canadians?

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

If I was Canadian I'd be staying there!

My friend said I say "I forget things" and "i don't know stuff" too often and suggested a new ...

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

Brilliant!

Some of you might relate...

jacpod comments on Jun 3, 2018:

in part i agree, i do finish more projects than not but have a propensity for gathering things to myself for some future project.When i have had something for over 2 years it usually gets given to some other poor crafty sapper.

Well, I did it.

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

well done you!

Who are you?

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Oh Maudie I have a ten second memory at best - Born in London , moved around a lot - I have been here in Northern ireland about 25 years. I am 70 years old and enjoying that fact very much. I feel as if i have reached an age where I will bend my knee to no one else ever again and will do exactly what I want to do. I don't want to harm anyone but don't want to put up with nutterguff and don't mind giving them a reality check! I don't look as old as I am which is a pity because people might stay away from me more - I am fairly well educated -three degrees- the first woman plasterer in England .Local Artist in residence -- I love gardening actually love weeding I love people underrating me I have visited lots of other countries to give talks or take classes on offer that were not available here- I feel I have lived in interesting times and been part of something that isn't here any more

Is it healthy?

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Why wouldnt it be? its your choice?

How would you handle a situation if you just met someone socially and they said something you found ...

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I would walk away - I am old enough to get away with wacky behaviour!

Just came across this and realized it applies to a lot of disorders

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

yes I have always imagined there was an upside to all disorders- my D.I.D is sometimes what keeps me sane and grounded. It also give me a cautionary outlook I can like and love people but when they start with silliness and being pouty and all that - I can just move away - it is sometimes having a mental health disorder allows you to see people clearer and also see that mental health problems arent the only fault lines.

Who is the most honest political commentator you know?

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

There isnt one - There used to be but in 'not so great britain' there isnt one!

Food glorious food.

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Wow Accrington I used to live in Burnley Wood - Loved all those places round there.

Is anyone else done with all this rain we've been seeing on the east coast?

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

In N.Ireland we have fog Its really weird as two days ago we had brilliant sunshine all day long- Not seen much rain yet but the way we are going something weird will happen!

Untitled 30"x30" 2007 Acrylic on Masonite

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

ooh I like this one !

Its Saturday night, whats everybody up to?

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

well here its saturday lunchtime and I have been weeding all morning if my back holds up I'll be weeding all afternoon and saturday night I will be ZZZzzzzzzzzzing

I am alphabet soup.

jacpod comments on Jun 2, 2018:

yes I am more simple just D.I.D partner has O.C.D.

Why Do Atheist Seem More Depressed Than Theists? | Atheist Experience 22.19 - YouTube

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I am a pretty happy bunny, 70 years old and and have never had a god - Life is great the only thing that spoils it for me is people who want to hurt me - because they themselves are hurting.

Is This rdue?

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I'd remove the word 'up'

What's a small thing someone has said to you that made you feel good?

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

My partner and I don't live together though we live in the same sheltered accommodation and we share a van, meals and walks etc. and I-player time in the evening for a few hours, I do the things i am most capable of and he does the same. We have a goodnight ritual which is silly but fun and expressive and makes us laugh it get s bits added on or different expressions to go with the words and actions - Makes us laugh every night!

Should you live for today?

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I don't do 'should's and oughts' I prefer to live my life in the moment of experience and not have too many ideas about what might be going to happen . I spent too much time fooling around in the garden today but I am not bothered I had a good time - being retired helps.

Do you always wear deodorant or only when going out in public?

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

never, I wash every day and dont like the thoguht of alcohol on my armpits and not being able to perspire which seems like a reasonable body function. I can always rewash.

Why Don't Some People Believe In Science? - YouTube

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

We do but we don't have any authority to make anything happen or not happen because we have a government who alone makes those decisions eventually after a while we stop putting in our two- pennorth because we have no power. (U.K.)

So glad to find this group.

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Well done you! Nolite bastardes Carborundorum!

My elephant foot brolly holder

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

wonderful! what did you do with the other three feet?

Could God microwave a burrito so hot the he himself could not eat it?

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

well it probably depends upon which god out of the 30,000 - probably one of them has asbestos type stomach Maybe 'the god of hell fire!'

Who is Anti-Vaccine ?

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I would be guided by my doctor ,I hope, who would tell me the risks .

Regrets From an Elderly Couple

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I wish there was one for Theresa May!

My first day here - open hearts & open minds welcome.

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Hi there nice horse I havent got one but welcome to horse and yourself!

I've been struggling a lot since I left my last job.

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Yes, Our Lovely, its times we live in these are the hardest times I have ever known and they are draining for those of us who have known easier times - and care about it all, The only way through for me is the braver face, the caring for others who are also feeling the same and somehow knowing that it has to be lived thourhg and that most things do have an end point whether we can see it right now or not. (I think we are all probably with you on the bullshit)

I've been struggling a lot since I left my last job.

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Yes, Our Lovely, its times we live in these are the hardest times I have ever known and they are draining for those of us who have known easier times - and care about it all, The only way through for me is the braver face, the caring for others who are also feeling the same and somehow knowing that it has to be lived thourhg and that most things do have an end point whether we can see it right now or not. (I think we are all probably with you on the bullshit)

I am a stained glass artist.

jacpod comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Got to love a blue dragon!