Jim D.

No! It means that I am observing and listening. What part of my lengthy explanations are confusing you. I am a retired Lecturer at the University level. If I gave you a mid term exam and you answered the way you've responded to my posts regarding same, I would have given you an "F." Either you are playing the Devil's Adovcate, or you do not have an aptitude for the Subject Matter. Please stay on topic which is "Why I cannot rely on Philosophy." This one of the rules for the Doa Bums, stay on topic. I do not want to discuss Psychology any longer with you because you are either tying to aggravate me, or you really are not getting it. One way or the other, Please take it somewhere else e.g. your own Personal Discussion Post and get off my Post. I just look at your profile and understand how it is that your are responding the way you do. When I was 26 I thought I knew everyting. :-) It is arrogant and disrescpecful for you to posts your challenges on my thread without verifiable and reliable data. I do not believe in opinions, nor do I trust them which means I do not trust your Motives.

I am for living because the choices I have made so far, at least in the past 5 years, has contributed to my happiness, and absents of negative thinking.

"What dies is merely the identity, the identification of a collection of parts that we called a person..." The rest is just conjecture.

Sometimes I piss and moan. But it gets no where.

I am listening to my stomach which says, hey feed me!!!!

I am the cause of my pooping. Shit happens!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I am still alive right now, and I haven't thought about dying today, or about dying tomorrow, or the next day, or the next because my goal is to live to 100. With this boyish body, I might have a chance at it. Plus, I have a very young wife that keeps me thinking about now. You know, not to long ago, I use to tell her that 'I only have 14 Christmases left' because the actuaries put a man at around 84 befire he took an extended "dirt nap." But since I have stopped saying that to her or myself, I don't think about taking that extended "dirt nap." You see the issue was my regret that I only had 14 years left to enjoy her. But I am in such great shape for a guy my age (70) that I sold myself short by thinking negatively. If my life is shorter than I think it is, so what. Right now I have today. Look you older dudes and young dudes, you are wasting your breath and time talking about the inevitable. There are better things to do with your time like chase women, drink a few (remember a 1,000 not enough, and one is too many), read, research, listen to music, take a walk, talk religion and politics, swear some, spit some (but not in the wind), eat, fart, laugh, and don't take yourself too seriousl, and live in harmony with others to the best of your ability. Quit posturing. It is not practicing humility. Kiss your mothers and kiss your dads. They will not be around forever. Remember, they did the best with what they had. They worked hard so that you could eat, have a roof over your head, clothes and indoor plumbing. You will never re-invent the wheel. All this posturing sounds like, one up on you sucka. Not worth it.

Now it Mountain's "Mississippi Queen." Just got done posting Karl about rock music in General Discussion.

Karl, I guess there were not bridges to hide under. What a bummer to be soaked. Not fun at all. What kind of bike to you ride. I am glad that you are staying in touch. I did miss your presence. When I told my wife that you were going to be gone 20 days, she did say that you would be staying over and could have access to the Internet. I replied, 'you think he would. I thought that he would be ridding with a group of guys that would be roughing it.' I sang all my life starting at age 5 when my Aunt Sue, a semi-professional singer, encourged me to keep at it. I sang "Cry Me a River" to her. Artist was Johnny Ray. I bet MH remembers. I practiced guitar and singing daily for hours when I got into High School and well into my adult years. But when I could not hit those registers like I did when I was younger, I just concentrated on playing guitar. Look at Paul McCartney when he sang "Maybe I'm Amazed" when he was with Wings. When he does concerts nowadays he stays away form reaching those notes for fear of cracking. I use to be able to sing two octives. Today half an octave. I didn't want to hurt your feelings because you said that you play your guitar but not a well as you might want to. But I wanted to tell you that I use to play 100's of songs from the Kinks and Beatles to Ac/DC and Mountain...plus my own stuff. I sang to. But like I said not any more. I think the last time I sang was Karaoke in a Filipino Resturant...it was "Happy Together," The Turtles...and then again in a Nursing Home where I was the Social Services Director.That time I sang "Hook on a Feeling," B.J. Thomas, one of my favorites, and "Michele" Paul McCartney. Karl, you add a balance to all of this...meaning all the young dudes want to be seen as "special" and on to something that no one else is on to. You, you bring practicality to all this etheral thinking.

Psychoanalysis is a set of Psychological and Psychotherapeutic set of theory and associated techniques. It is all about the client's unconsciously stored memories which can be manifested actually, or in dreams. Psychoanalyic approach studies Personality Organization and the dynamics of Personality Development that guides Psychoanalysis. This theory according to Freud, explains human behavior. Logic and Intellect is not a part of this theory because the patient shares data that is not measurable, verifiable, or consistant because is unconsciously experienced. Example, If I ask you the color of your mother's eyes, you probably will not remember and therefore not answer immediatedly. There will be a hesitation on your part. This hesitation is your pre-conscious...tip of the tongue stuff, if you will. But if I ask you what the color of your eyes are you will answer because you are consciously aware of this at all times. However, if you tell me about a dream you been having over a long period of time and do not know what it means, I would be able to help you resolve this problem because I have been taking notes and remembering your telling me about your struggles and conflicts. I will help you interpret your dream by helping you connect the dots. In psychoanalysis, there is a "a hah" moment. Freudians think that moment resolves the conflict. The other reason Psychoanalysis is not logical/ intellect is because it is the patient's subjective reporting. Now if you want to talk logic/intellect look at Cognitive/Behavioral Therapy e.g. Albert Ellis's Rational/Emotive Theory. Now if you want measurable look Experimental Psychology, Test and Measurement, Statistics etc.

I am listening to Jackson Brown, "She's got to be somebody's Baby." I hear tunes in my head most of the time. It is usually the last song I heard on the radio.

All right then. What Province or city are you close to?

Freud did not use logic/intellect. His patient laid there on a couch and "freely associated" meaning whatever came into their mind they talked about it. Freud used alot of dream analysis, and symbolic intrepretation based around the struggle between the id, ego, and super ego. His theory was that people are sexually driven and always in conflict with and controled by their id. He also gave his patient's Cocaine to help them. That was not a logical thing to do to their nervous system. He was a "coke" user as well.

That's my problem. I listen to my own tempo. The timing in Day Tripper seems easy to pick up with the lead guitarist starting off the song. I thought you were going to be gone for 20 days on a bike trip? The threads died for a "hot second." But now you are back. Yeah!!!! The aggravation resumes. What time is it there? I looked up your guitar. It's decent.

I did not know that Leslie West did Dylan songs. Do you know that Leslie had part of his left leg amputated. He's got Diabetes. Got to check out the Dylan songs done by him. Leslie's unique sound is about his amplifers. That's it. Hendrix was not as good a guitar player as Jimmie Page. I liked Purple Haze, All along the Watch Tower. I never got into the Who accept trying to play the intro to Tommie. I like Peter Framptom nowadays. Again more electronics, better sound, same solos. Check out Do You Feel Like We Do then and then today. So, much better as a remix. Watch Lines on my Face, Frampton...just beautifu remix. I like Neil Young when he rocks hard and when he doesn't. "The OutField," "White Snake" I can't take the loud music for very long. Too much racket. Have to be in the mood. I can take about an hour. Concerts are out..too piercing. What I watch on youtube is Daryl's House. Good....Good music. He has a good sound system and professional muscians to back him up. Still has the voice. Joe Walsh has his own way of playing guitar.

I'm impressed MH. A little rock memorabilia. I liked the Cream sound because they had a full, heavy rock sound then. Then Mountain came along. Then the Who, Jimmie Hendrix, Led Zeplin. When I go back and listen to Cream's music composition, it doesn't sound as full as did the Def Leopard sound, or early AD/DC sound. The difference is the availability of electronics and mixing, and layering of sound...more base...drums sounds are louder and isolated...more prominent. I really like Highway to Hell and the way Angus used D major Chord and A major Chord as riffs. I have had very little training, maybe 6 months with a teacher who taught me how to read music...which I forgotten. But I would play A Chord, D Chord, and E Chord in first position and say to myself, this is a full heavy sound, I like it. Nowadays, those are the Chords played most often by guys like ZZ Top and such.

I'm still vibrating, and it started in the 80's. Part of that was my x-wife Pantiff. The other part of it is early on-set Parkinson's...I think

You ever wonder why babies start crying after the doctor hits them in the butt. It's not the slap. They want to get back in the womb where its warm, dark, and the breathing's better.

I think that I am suffering, but it it's the Coke...it's geeking me out.

One...Two...Three...Four I want to hold your Hand....I want to hold your Haaaaaaaaaand! I never knew if the drummer led, or the band led. Some songs are different. Some lead guitars start out like a drummer e.g. Day Tripper....

I am therefore I suffer

I played solo most of my life. My style of playing is arpeggio with some rifs here and there....and straight chords. I have been invited to play with a band, but it was difficult to follow. I like to lead. And I didn't have the time to put in the practice. I put the time in to practice for me. It would just totally embarrase me to be if a band who got lost on stage. I could see you blowing drums solo and just out running the other players. I don't know if they should have been pissed, or grateful.

I beg your pardon. My shit don't stink!!!!! Hey Karl. Did you buy those tickets yet? Yeah the tickets!! To the Gun Show! Referring back to my 14' biceps. Whe I was in my 30's I strongly considered Anabolic Steroids...stacking. They a control substance after that. Goog thing, with my untreated anxiety and rage about the second wife, I would have beat her down, and anybody that looked at me wrong. I've been an all day motorcycle trip riding on the back of a Honda Touring bike...Goldwing! I was in my 40's. I wore a bandana and it flew off very quickly when we took off. Skip, a Black Berut, Special Forces, Army said we an't going back. When we stopped to have lunch, my scalp crawled. It was all that wind hitting my scalp at 65 miles per hour. What an experience. I wanted to go out and get a Honda Shadow. Couldn't afford a Soft Tail Harley...I could afford goggles, and leather jacket. But not the Harley. My personal goal when I jogged was 10 miles. I did it and got black nails. Gave it up for biking. And you walk 10 miles Karl? Your calves have to look like pipes, or the top of baseball bats.

I know that about you Karl. So, you won't be annoying me for 20 days. Oh goodie!!! I use to bike for my own pleasure. I got up to my 40 mile goal and quit. I trained 3-4 x's per week. I would train in the hot sun, hill train, just train. The sun made me crabby, dehydrated. I kept telling myself to bear it, it's good training. I thought I would get better calves...huh! Never happened even with the kind of workout I do today which includes modified squats with a 40 lb weight, lunges, and calve lifts with a 40 lb weight. O.K. It is what it is. I work on my legs for the kneeling katas in Iaido. I am 70 as you know, and my biceps tape at 14 inches. I want to be that guy who looks cut at 80. You've seen them. You're not in as bad shape as I thought. How far are you going? Sounds like a bike club. To belong to your club do have to have a desire to stop walking? :-) What do you think of the Honda Element. We are looking at a 2010 2WD SC...112,000 miles...$8,000. "Love ya Mannnnn!!!"

You know what occured to me as I read over the threads. We/you are processing our feelings about death...a kind of grief process. Chesire Cat, what country do you live in? I like the term Brother because we really are all in the same family, and come from the same family if you trace it back.