Quadman2
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And "being in the rain", rather than being in the "middle of the Shahara Desert", right?
So, it's a matter of DEGREES.
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So, it's a matter of DEGREES.
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spicer
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Absolute and relative at the same time.
Reminds me of the adage,
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me — than a frontal lobotomy."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me — than a frontal lobotomy."
Money used responsible can provide a secure and stable life that can led to finding happiness or it can be used wrecklesly and destroy happiness !A thoughtfor the day:
"Does/can money bring happiness"?... or is it a just a fable... a falsehood?
Reason I posed this question, as there's a common belief that substantial winners tend to blow their money withing 3 to 5 years, but this isn't the case based on recent and larger samples of findings.
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spicer
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The dog gives freely.
Quadman2
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Couldn't help but give the behind dog some dialogue that might have gone like this...based on his suspicious "look".
"Got yer back, man and I think he's packin'!"
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I relate to "random-walk."
In Physics, we did random-walk math. The one thing I do remember is if you start from, say, a lamp post and walk 5 steps in any direction. Then, change your direction (totally random) and walk another five steps. You keep doing this, the chances of you hitting that same lamp post are near 100% (99.9% asymptote), and it won't take long.
spicer
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Like being lost in the mountains without a compass and finding after several hours of hiking you're back where you started when first lost. Random needs some examination.I relate to "random-walk."
In Physics, we did random-walk math. The one thing I do remember is if you start from, say, a lamp post and walk 5 steps in any direction. Then, change your direction (totally random) and walk another five steps. You keep doing this, the chances of you hitting that same lamp post are near 100% (99.9% asymptote), and it won't take long.
Yeah, people have been known to leave landmarks along the way. And come back to the same landmark, completely by random.
I remember a sad story of a family in a car that conked out in the snow. The husband went off to find help. The rescuers found the vehicle, the mother and children, but not the husband. He ended up walking around in a miles-long circuitous path and drowned in a creek no more than 100 yards from the car.
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spicer
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Many examples similar but not always as tragic. Always have a compass, in the car, on your person if hiking, you need reference points or 'randomness' will have you in circles.
Reference points in the distance help keep you from becoming disoriented.
spicer
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Oh, absolutely. We can talk this to death but everything, everywhere is a reference, even which way the clouds are moving but the main thing is to establish points of reference and use them. Seems natural, it can be learned, Scouts, military, experience, seems natural once you have it, situation awareness informs.Reference points in the distance help keep you from becoming disoriented.
SolderIron
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How is this for a none random walk the other day? I woke up around 3 AM to go pee. I Stepped off the bed in pitch blackness took the 3-4 feet to the bathroom door like hundred times before. Instead, I found myself at the patio door. I really was walking to the bathroom door with muscle memoryI relate to "random-walk."
In Physics, we did random-walk math. The one thing I do remember is if you start from, say, a lamp post and walk 5 steps in any direction. Then, change your direction (totally random) and walk another five steps. You keep doing this, the chances of you hitting that same lamp post are near 100% (99.9% asymptote), and it won't take long.
Quadman2
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Why do we forget?
Not talking brain damaged/drug taking/advanced age...but how/why does the brain forget things/events. etc.
Read somewhere/heard that everything we have sensed...stays with us, but the details decay/get lost!
Forgot what the "source" was.
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Not talking brain damaged/drug taking/advanced age...but how/why does the brain forget things/events. etc.
Read somewhere/heard that everything we have sensed...stays with us, but the details decay/get lost!
Forgot what the "source" was.
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Yesterday was November FIRST, 2025 and I went into some stores and they ALL had Christmas music on, exclusively. 
Recently, some random strangers sent me follow requests on IG which I accepted. As usual, they soon after sent me DMs. Instead of continuing to talk, they ghosted me. Could it be they're scammers who saw my posts about scammers and were unable to come up with an original story?
Side note to my friends on AK: Whenever you see me making posts about scammers, it means they have been active...again. It goes in cycles.
Side note to my friends on AK: Whenever you see me making posts about scammers, it means they have been active...again. It goes in cycles.
