Post what you are thinking right now, part two

['andersom']

Somehow I can't look at them without imagining draft coming through the openings in the stitches.

Had that thought too. Also on closer inspection, the large yarn is often inconsistent within the strand, and many people selling them maybe haven't perfected their technique for consistency of sizing and tension of the stitches. The ones which appear to have higher quality materials and better skilled construction all seem to be outside of the US. It's feeling like a bit of gamble.

Some people knit with really big needles with roving that has not been spun. With the right type of wool it might felt just a little bit after washing, closing the drafty gaps.

[rock hound]

Time to get the newspaper.

[odeon]

I like this month's flat.

Does it look sharp?

It looks like a flat.

[odeon]

I'm hungry.

["couldbecousin"]

I like this month's flat.

Does it look sharp?

  Well played, Your Majesty.   

["couldbecousin"]

Because then you are taking leave of a person different than the one who died.

Read this a few times and can't register what it means.

  I think it means that overriding too many of the person's last wishes will result in a ceremony
  that doesn't accurately reflect who s/he was in life.  My surviving family could have a Catholic
  wake and funeral for me, if it comforted them, but it wouldn't reflect my beliefs or personality. 
   They'd be honoring somebody but it would be a false idea of who I was. 

[Queen Victoria]

I like this month's flat.

Does it look sharp?

It looks like a flat.

I can either sharpen it up for you or round it out.

[rock hound]

Why do some people allow themselves to be "hooked" by trolls?

["couldbecousin"]

Why do some people allow themselves to be "hooked" by trolls?

  Can't cite the article because I forget where I read it, but apparently anger causes the secretion of
  brain chemicals that simulate a druglike "high."  So maybe the flame wars feel good in a sick way. 

[rock hound]

Why do some people allow themselves to be "hooked" by trolls?

  Can't cite the article because I forget where I read it, but apparently anger causes the secretion of
  brain chemicals that simulate a druglike "high."  So maybe the flame wars feel good in a sick way. 

That explains a lot about some people.  It doesn't do it for me, in fact I feel soiled when somebody goads me and I get angry.  Maybe it's my Buddhist leanings or my innate peaceful nature.  Though I have a well of rage and anger inside of me, I prefer to release it in far more creative ways than online mutual masturbation. 

[Jack]

Because then you are taking leave of a person different than the one who died.

Read this a few times and can't register what it means.

  I think it means that overriding too many of the person's last wishes will result in a ceremony
  that doesn't accurately reflect who s/he was in life.  My surviving family could have a Catholic
  wake and funeral for me, if it comforted them, but it wouldn't reflect my beliefs or personality. 
   They'd be honoring somebody but it would be a false idea of who I was. 

That makes sense. Thanks.

["couldbecousin"]

Because then you are taking leave of a person different than the one who died.

Read this a few times and can't register what it means.

  I think it means that overriding too many of the person's last wishes will result in a ceremony
  that doesn't accurately reflect who s/he was in life.  My surviving family could have a Catholic
  wake and funeral for me, if it comforted them, but it wouldn't reflect my beliefs or personality. 
   They'd be honoring somebody but it would be a false idea of who I was. 

That makes sense. Thanks.

  You're welcome!  I love to butt in when I think I have something helpful to say. 

[Jack]

["couldbecousin"]

Why do some people allow themselves to be "hooked" by trolls?

  Can't cite the article because I forget where I read it, but apparently anger causes the secretion of
  brain chemicals that simulate a druglike "high."  So maybe the flame wars feel good in a sick way. 

That explains a lot about some people.  It doesn't do it for me, in fact I feel soiled when somebody goads me and I get angry.  Maybe it's my Buddhist leanings or my innate peaceful nature.  Though I have a well of rage and anger inside of me, I prefer to release it in far more creative ways than online mutual masturbation.

  I've never thrown a decent punch in my 50 years, but I've been capable of murderous rage for decades. 

[Walkie]

Why do some people allow themselves to be "hooked" by trolls?

  Can't cite the article because I forget where I read it, but apparently anger causes the secretion of
  brain chemicals that simulate a druglike "high."  So maybe the flame wars feel good in a sick way. 

That explains a lot about some people.  It doesn't do it for me, in fact I feel soiled when somebody goads me and I get angry.  Maybe it's my Buddhist leanings or my innate peaceful nature.  Though I have a well of rage and anger inside of me, I prefer to release it in far more creative ways than online mutual masturbation.

I fully agree with you, Ozy. I should that think that article probable explains the trolls' motivation rather than the people who respond to them. We all know that you shouldn't feed the troll, but sometimes, on some forums , I really couldn't help it. .

It's the really clever trolls who get me:the ones who use cheap debating tactics like strawmen, or who  deliberately re-write history so as to get the less alert /less knowlegeable people riled up over nothing.  So they wind up with a Greek Chorus behind them, repeating whatever bit of mischief they dreamed up, sincerely believing iit's a fact. Those tactics don't seem to work so well here, or maybe they're just not used so often.  But , i must confess, I find it really hard to just ignore some troll's mispronouncements  once they  gets that Greek chorus going, especially when it's a serious subject under discussion, and/or they are making some innocent party look really bad. That really does wind me up . And actually , it's really hard to proceed with a discussion at all, once it gets to that point. You're either gonna effectively argue with the troll's POV (whether you're directly adressing him or not)  or else get the hell out of the thread, there's no realistic middle ground. And he's won either way, hasn't he? Because often, the whole object of the game is to screw up the thread; actually getting it locked by mods is the big prize, usually...

well, hey!  that's another reason why the minimal moderation here, is so great.   Other forums bug me to hell when the punish the OP, rather than the troll, by locking his thread when it gets trolled.    How can mods be so freaking stupid, huh?