Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
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Originally Posted by Inxu
They have stupid belief that pedestrian crossing gives the some kind of a immunity when car comes (or maybe its like form of extreme sports - like you hear how the breaks squeak and you get high on that feeling?).
Stolen from LoL:
Yes, it's probably fake.
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Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
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Originally Posted by MidyMat
Sooo I am being dragged to a Book Convention/Book Sell by my Girlfriend this weekend.
Does anyone have any suggestions on any good books they have read lately?
I dont read SF so often. I rather enjoy fantasy, so one of my favorites is Terry Pratchett "Discworld" series (I loved "Small Gods" and "The Last Continent" ) I havent read all of them. They are not that action filled, but rather they are funny. "Small Gods" is not something I would recommend to a religious person, because there are many parallels to crusades and it seems to be mucking God in general.
As for more heavy reading I would go with "Gulag Archipelago" its about Soviet prison camps. I have never gotten past 100 pages (as I said it is hard to read it and my dog destroyed the book after I had read those 100 pages), but it should be as good as I think it will ( judging by amazon reviews).
But I guess first one might be too light for science fiction fans and the other one you might have already read.
Edit - if you try hard then you might find God mucking in " The Last Continent" also but its not that heavy as it is in "Small Gods".
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
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Originally Posted by Leroy2DaBeroy
Inxu - almost all (if not all) of the Discworld books poke fun at something or other. It's called satire.
True, but not all can take it (and religon might be on that makes someone sparkle with anger).
As for the gulag book - I dont know if it reflects in the book, but the author loved his country (Russia that is) and that is how I think Russia should be viewed. Its the country with great contrast. I mean there is so much culture and beauty in that country and on the other side there is so much ugly and cultures - and its all stuffed into one county. Not that there arent others ( I mean Germany has high culture and has screw ups in history) but I dont think they have as much contrast as Russia (I guess Russia is what you get when you combine paradise and hell).
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
Solzhenitsyn is one of my favorite writers. You should obtain another copy of "The Gulag Archipelago" and try again. It's not easy reading, but it's a remarkable book. His fiction is easier going, and it's easy to find copies of the more popular books such as "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", "Cancer Ward" and "August 1914". I think my favorite, though, is "The First Circle". It's well worth looking for.
For another excellent nonfiction book on the Gulag system check out "Gulag" by Anne Applebaum.
As for space opera I think few do it as well as David Brin in his Uplift books. My fave is most likely "The Uplift War", but the Uplift trilogy and other Uplift universe books are also excellent.
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
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Originally Posted by OrigamiSensei
Solzhenitsyn is one of my favorite writers. You should obtain another copy of "The Gulag Archipelago" and try again. It's not easy reading, but it's a remarkable book.
Im planning to. It was kind of a shame that it was my late grandmas book. but whats lost is lost (plus I cant keep them all, books were bloody cheap back then, but I think this might have had a bigger meaning, because it was forbidden back then, but then again almost everyone had a forbidden books hidden somewhere back then).
Edit - also going to check out your suggestions, if I get time (hopefully this summer).
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
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Originally Posted by Inxu
As for the gulag book - I dont know if it reflects in the book, but the author loved his country (Russia that is) and that is how I think Russia should be viewed. Its the country with great contrast. I mean there is so much culture and beauty in that country and on the other side there is so much ugly and cultures - and its all stuffed into one county. Not that there arent others ( I mean Germany has high culture and has screw ups in history) but I dont think they have as much contrast as Russia (I guess Russia is what you get when you combine paradise and hell).
Yep, really weird. My grandfather was a POW for 12 years in Siberia. You'd think he would have hated every russian with a vengeance. But there he was, always defending their culture, their values and stuff.
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
Hey guys, I need to open up a bit and ask some advice, because I am at the end of my wits in some sense. And it's better, because while many know me, nobody knows me here in Germany.
My grandmother has entered *that* stage of Alzheimer's. It's not bad, she has her health mostly (unless she forgets to eat). Half of the time, she's really there, she knows most of the stuff and her stories make sense most of the time (who cares if in her stories she misplaces her mother for her grandmother and stuff like that).
But it's that other time that is really frustrating. She is so nice and her questions are so simple, yet they enrage one so much. "When are coming to visit me in Berlin again?" (uh, I live here). "When will you finally finish school, you spend so much time there?" (I finished it years ago). And it's not answering the same question 20 times, it's the sadness that her mind is going.
It has reached the point that I'm dreading the weekends, when I take care of her. It shouldn't be like that. I'm tired of every call being about some care emergency (friends and colleagues mostly e-mail or skype, lol).
Does anybody have any experience with this? Is it just part of life, you take care of the elderly as they took care of you at some point, so I should just quit whining - it's part of life? Anybody have any techniques on how you don't get angry?
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
Sorry for the situation you are in. I would highly recommend a support group specific to Alzheimer's, you are much more likely to get practical help in addition to the support you'll get here.
Re: Plus, If I Ignored You Before, then 2 Inches Aint Going to Change That (NC Thread)
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Does anybody have any experience with this? Is it just part of life, you take care of the elderly as they took care of you at some point, so I should just quit whining - it's part of life? Anybody have any techniques on how you don't get angry?
Wish I could be of more direct assistance. Alzheimer's actually runs pretty strongly on my mother's side of the family, so I'm likely to be in your position in a few years, as well as in your grandmother's position at some point.
My grandmother passed away at 93 years of age not long ago, after about 10 years of progressive deterioration. Though she was in a care home for the final part, my mother went to great efforts to insure that my grandmother was well cared for and was visited on a regular basis. My mom talked some about the mental and emotional challenges the task brought. You have a rough road ahead, in all likelihood, but one that is important both for your grandmother and for you.
As kerowo noted, a support group is likely to be your best bet, if you are okay sharing the difficulties with others. No two people's experiences will be exactly alike, but you'll find similarities in the experiences of others that you can use to put your own problems in perspective and provide ideas for how to manage day-to-day. You can probably find an internet group to start with, but may find it more satisfying to meet in person. Just depends on you, I guess.
In direct response to the "how do you not get angry?" part. Two things
1) My mother's approach seemed to involve a lot of "try to understand the other person's mental space". When her mother became obstinate or asked a question for the 15th time, my mom just seemed to focus on my grandmother's immediate experience and address the expressed need. I guess pity can diffuse the anger?
2) I think you're allowed to feel angry sometimes. It's normal. Accept that you're angry and that that's okay. Better to feel angry than to feel both angry and guilty, imo.
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