NEW CONTEST

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Uh....had a thought....lost it...

 

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One of the first comments in this hot contest said something like "there's an unbelievable prize!"....I still can't believe it!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

I hear coinstar have fitted special tech to their trash bin slot area thingies (technical term) , it is a psy-op type thing (top secret term) designed to drop the occasional mildly interesting coin out , and see what 'sad ass' comes to get it... they are then tracked by a massssssive super computer (hidden inside the coin), it is linked to one of those stars that moves across the sky, from there the info is coded and sent to the critters that live on the dark side of one of (fictional) Jupiter's (fictional) moons. From there it is fed into a crappy machine (think coinstar) and inkryptd (clever no?) into shiny bits of metal that the local 'space bums' (insider name for bin hokers) collect randomly , whilst wearing a suspicious grin and engulfed in an air of slight paranoia. From there the story goes cold... I hear they mostly have limps and dogs (jupiter moon dog critter, commonly JMDC) on a bit of string...
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i will have to return later and delete this message, as it contains terms and references that only someone who knows knows

What a ripping good yarn Astraldruidman! I think you've topped yourself....I'm off to do alittle "binhokering"...

 

[AstralDruid]

OK i will break the 'staring competition'... or blinking, or the biggest skunk, whichever... I lose, so i win

 

[Coinstar magnet]

OK i will break the 'staring competition'... or blinking, or the biggest skunk, whichever... I lose, so i win

It's about time....my eyes were getting quite strained....and maybe writer's block played a minor role...but I'm pretty convinced, now that I think of it....I could beat you with one eye in the back of my head in a staring contest....I can't say one eye tied behind my back....still coming out of my writer's block....uh...no eyes, beat...contest....staring....

 

[AstralDruid]

 

[AstralDruid]

I have never really been into competition, yes i have followed certain sporting teams over the years and have a certain national pride, but I also understand the game, and my winning creates losers, anyone who needs to win 'at all costs' (create losers) has many things yet to learn..

 

[Coinstar magnet]

That reminds me of a victory George Washington had in which a cannon was stolen? from the British? See how muddled my history is? Details, details...anyhow, the cannon was hauled up a hill overlooking a town captured by the British and placed in sight so they could see it....they realized their plight and vacated...I really need to brush up on my history...

 

[AstralDruid]

 

[AstralDruid]

War is unfortunately inevitable...

 

[AstralDruid]

I don't know about the US, but here in Europe we are being constantly bombarded with reminders of danger , just around the corner, building up the fear and anxiety... Countries are advising citizens to have reserves at home, food and medicines,, governments are preparing shelters and re-arming their (practically defunct) fighting forces.. The Bogeyman is back, and he is real, and he is coming to get us !!!
And if it ain't the eastern bogeyman, then it is AI which is gonna finish us off.... I have a feeling that these two, seemingly different, foes are actually one and the same.
FFS
how we have progressed as a species eh ??

 

[Coinstar magnet]

I don't know about the US, but here in Europe we are being constantly bombarded with reminders of danger , just around the corner, building up the fear and anxiety... Countries are advising citizens to have reserves at home, food and medicines,, governments are preparing shelters and re-arming their (practically defunct) fighting forces.. The Bogeyman is back, and he is real, and he is coming to get us !!!
And if it ain't the eastern bogeyman, then it is AI which is gonna finish us off.... I have a feeling that these two, seemingly different, foes are actually one and the same.
FFS
how we have progressed as a species eh ??

My wife was echoing similar things....a kind of manipulation to keep people under control using fear...covid for me was a huge example. I think Lewis said something about progress means going backwards to find out where we got the sum wrong....

 

[AstralDruid]

It is all a game, of our own creation.
But who are 'we' ?
Who is the 'I' that claims to be ?
Who is the 'it' when it rains ?

Solipsism offers one form of a potential answer, perhaps most will never need these questions to be resolved, and indeed why ask when the solution may be beyond our ability to fathom ??
Herein lies the philosophical 'merry go round'...

 

[Coinstar magnet]

It is all a game, of our own creation.
But who are 'we' ?
Who is the 'I' that claims to be ?
Who is the 'it' when it rains ?

Solipsism offers one form of a potential answer, perhaps most will never need these questions to be resolved, and indeed why ask when the solution may be beyond our ability to fathom ??
Herein lies the philosophical 'merry go round'...

Oh...is that you Astralman? I was just in the middle of taking a selfie....I was appreciating my beauty...self centered being that I am...who will save this wretched man? Eliot said something about his end being his beginning...in one the four quartets...probably younger people's least favorite because it wasn't edgy like proofrock...he visited a place called Little Gidding....a kind of pilgrimage to do with a community that started there in the 1600's...can't remember their names...pronounced Farrarr I think...he found something he could put his foot down on...I volunteered there with my wife..
Almost got a job there but the laws, being American and all made it difficult...I'd be replacing a British worker etc...but I digress... but if a person is sincere and searching...they could end up like a Lewis or an Eliot...Lewis was on the back of Tolkien's motorcycle having an argument with himself, philosophically....went from atheism to Christianity...found something, someone they could rely on...
Well, I'm off to work good sir.

 

[dz302]

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You might try putting a closing week (could be any day of the last week/month) on this expedition. You'd no doubt draw more that week or days than this way... just for the giggles, lets count the attempts in one week. I probably missed it but what's the prize?

dz

 

[dz302]

It is all a game, of our own creation.
But who are 'we' ?
Who is the 'I' that claims to be ?
Who is the 'it' when it rains ?

Solipsism offers one form of a potential answer, perhaps most will never need these questions to be resolved, and indeed why ask when the solution may be beyond our ability to fathom ??
Herein lies the philosophical 'merry go round'...

Wow, that brings back memories "714s for everyone"

dz

 

[Coinstar magnet]

You might try putting a closing week (could be any day of the last week/month) on this expedition. You'd no doubt draw more that week or days than this way... just for the giggles, lets count the attempts in one week. I probably missed it but what's the prize?

dz

Great idea but you'll have to ask flyadive about a deadline and what the prize is...I hear it's amazing....

 

[AstralDruid]

Why would such an amazing adventure need an end ?

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Why would such an amazing adventure need an end ?

Because it becomes a beginning? Hard to imagine eternity I think....Dante captured hell vividly I hear...sadly, never read the inferno...his portrait of heaven not so vivid....according to my wife....but I think not everyone will sit on clouds and play harp... harpists will be playing the harp... and not on clouds...(I'm not a fan of the harp...) there I go again...I think you were referring to the ending of this contest! Oh Magoo you've done it again!

 

[AstralDruid]

'Machines were mice and men were lions once upon a time. But now that it's the opposite it's twice upon a time.' Moondog.