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Why I stopped going to rock concerts

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Axe Elf said:
"Smoking takes ten years off your life. Well it's the ten worst years, isn't it folks? It's the ones at the end! It's the wheelchair, kidney dialysis, adult diaper ****ing years. You can have those years! We don't want 'em, alright?" --Denis Leary
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It's easy to quit. I've done it 20 times.
 
eljr said:
suppose you enjoy live music but shun damaged hearing?

Suppose you have no problem paying a "fair" price for drugs but don't like the "unknown to you" damage they do?

Your remedy could be considered simplistic in thought and ridiculous in application.
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Not ridiculous at all. You have a choice to make or...

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I used to quit smoking 20 times a day, back when I DID smoke. I just started again in 40 minutes or so.

I fasted three times a day, too.
 
eljr said:
let me try and wrap up this loud music issue

fact is that rock acts break no law when they destroy your ears hence you have no recourse under the law

It is the duty of our legislators, inspired by doctors, to set standards and draft legislation.
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:thumbsdown: BS. It is the job of legislators to stay the hell out of my life.
 
Once I knew I needed to quit smoking, it was easy. I could tell it was making me feel bad. I smoked about a pack a day for more than 28 years, and then I smoked 2 cigarettes on the opening day of football season, 2009, and I have never had another one. In fact, I can't stand the smell of smoke now.

It was none too soon, as I ended up having a double bypass open heart surgery about a year later, in August of 2010. They said I had probably had several small heart attacks leading up to that. I just thought I had heartburn. Then one night my heart wouldn't stop beating at about 220 beats per minute for an hour and a half, so I drove myself to the emergency room. About an hour later, I was admitted to the intensive care unit, diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes, and scheduled for the open heart bypass surgery. It was supposed to be a triple bypass, but a part of my heart was too damaged to hold a graft, so they only did the double, and I am left with some permanent impairment in heart function.

My life changed that night.
 
Moderator hat on: A lot of attitude here, and getting close to too political in some posts. Let's take care, here.

Moderator hat off: I stopped going to big-venue shows quite a while ago, partly due to the volume (and all too often, just bad sound), partly due to the "stand up the whole show" thing, and partly because I'm no longer interested in being in an enclosed space with tens of thousands of my fellow beings. But I frequently go to small-venue shows, where the sound is often excellent, the crowd usually well-behaved, and the music often great.
 
The last concert I went to was J. Geils at Cobo. Love Stinks. The problem wasn't J. Geils. Or Cobo. It was me. It just seemed like kid stuff. Plus there was far cooler stuff to see on MTV than the kind of re-treads that were doing concerts. At least in SE Michigan anyways. That's my story. That's how I became a Couch Potato.
 
ducati_EL34 said:
I am 53.



Ahem, as Hunter S. Thompson one said,
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
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Pass that wisdom on to your kids then.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." by Hunter S. Thompson.

He put a gun to his head. Yeah... wow, what a ride. He had it at his head for years, wonder why he took so long to pull the tigger...
 
ducati_EL34 said:
People do not need the tobacco industry to enable their self abuse.

I am not in favor of the enforcement arm of social responsibility. I am all about taking personal responsibility for one's own actions.
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Sorry on that one, had you confused with someone else. Still though, Hunter Thompson....?
 
spicer said:
Pass that wisdom on to your kids then.

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." by Hunter S. Thompson.

He put a gun to his head. Yeah... wow, what a ride. He had it at his head for years, wonder why he took so long to pull the tigger...
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It is true, he did not end well. However, I take truth where I find it, and his quote that I posted, is spot on.

Now considering how he ended things, I do not think the quote you posted is necessarily true. So you can keep that one. :D
 
ducati_EL34 said:
It is true, he did not end well. However, I take truth where I find it, and his quote that I posted, is spot on.

Now considering how he ended things, I do not think the quote you posted is necessarily true. So you can keep that one. :D
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The quote is his.... but aside from that, the quote you posted of his... I know the meaning you take from it, and apart from pure irresponsibility it can be inspiring, but taken with license, as he intended, it's not a way to live and prosper, especially if one has dependents.... it isn't something I would pass along unqualified to any young person I know.
 
An anagram for "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" could be "FAL IN LAV" ("fall in love").

Just saying...
 
spicer said:
The quote is his.... but aside from that, the quote you posted of his... I know the meaning you take from it, and apart from pure irresponsibility it can be inspiring, but taken with license, as he intended, it's not a way to live and prosper, especially if one has dependents.... it isn't something I would pass along unqualified to any young person I know.
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His quote I posted goes well with motorcycle road riding and racing.

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RichPA said:
Moderator hat on: A lot of attitude here, and getting close to too political in some posts. Let's take care, here.

Moderator hat off: I stopped going to big-venue shows quite a while ago, partly due to the volume (and all too often, just bad sound), partly due to the "stand up the whole show" thing, and partly because I'm no longer interested in being in an enclosed space with tens of thousands of my fellow beings. But I frequently go to small-venue shows, where the sound is often excellent, the crowd usually well-behaved, and the music often great.
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Same here.

Loudest concert I was ever at was Kansas at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh. 1978, give or take. My ears were ringing for three days.
 
If you don't like loud music, PLEASE STAY HOME ...
I quit the big shows because I got tired of hearing idiots yammering away,
through the whole show (or puking everywhere) for top dollar prices ...

eljr said:
let me try and wrap up this loud music issue

fact is that rock acts break no law when they destroy your ears hence you have no recourse under the law

It is the duty of our legislators, inspired by doctors, to set standards and draft legislation.

So if you care, all you can really do is make noise to you representative.

peace out all
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