Comments on: Why Do I Need All That Other Stuff Day

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:47:13 +0000

Since it has been made perfectly clear that I have wrongfully invoked the spooky practice of “mining for hidden variables” in this post, I will consciously refrain from generating such “over-analytical threads” in this post and all future posts. Now with my newly constrained thoughts at hand, I will briefly present the following commentary on this post. If it were my goal to survive the aftermath of this sandstorm followed by rainstorm, I would prefer to be in a less primitive shelter.

By: outeast

outeast — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:32:34 +0000

A man who takes Dalwhinnie camping is truly a man after my own heart:)

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:18:31 +0000

Cynthia: – Sorry to say this, and yes some will call me rude, but you need to switch off your computer and go outside and get some sunshine, and/or fresh air. You’re over-analyzing just a touch; seeing things where there is probably nothing. As to your specific question, let me give you an example that makes it clear. If I write a Limerick, I am writing in a particluar style following a set of rules. I do not have to know anything about the actual content of any other particular Limerick to acheive something recognizable as a Limerick. Any resulting spooky parallels are just coincidences of the contraints of language, at best.

Best,

-cvj

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:08:04 +0000

Clifford, thanks for revealing my error in formulating a connection between the content of your post and the content of the GAP post. In spite of my error, I wonder how one can merely mimic a writing style without being cognizant of its content? Moreover, even if you did not examine the content of this specific GAP post, how could such “parallels in content” randomly emerge from “parallels in style”? You can not deny that there is a legitimate correlation between the “tent” and the “umbrella” as well as between “you,the camper” and “the anonymous,cabby customer”? Please enlighten me on how “parallels in content” can be completely disconnected from “parallels in style”?

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:49:59 +0000

Hi Cynthia. Thanks….but I must say that there was no intended connection between the GAP post and mine, exceet the style it was written in. I did not even read the GAP post for that day. The point was simply the style. I did this once before, see here.

cheers,

-cvj

By: serial catowner

serial catowner — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:14:17 +0000

Lot to be said for spending part of the year in a “summer house”. This can be very simple, really like a picnic pavilion, especially if you own enough land to build it on your property with the regular house close by.

Kinda like overnighting in a small sailboat, come to think of it.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:30:54 +0000

Because both umbrellas and tents equally serve as primitive forms of shelter, I vaguely see the connection between Clifford’s post and the “girls are pretty” post. Nevertheless, subtle differences emerge between Clifford’s post and the “girls are pretty” post. Firstly, Clifford is not content to sleep inside his primitive tent during bad weather. In contrast, the cabby is content with using his primitive umbrella during rainy weather. In other words, while Clifford desires the more complex shelter of his house, the cabby is content with the primitive shelter of his umbrella. Furthermore, the cabby customer “snapped right back to his senses” when he realized that umbrellas have no other advanced purpose. In contrast to the cabby customer, Clifford “snapped right back to his senses” when he realized that more complex forms of tents – such as houses – do have an advanced purpose. Clifford: by juxtaposing the “girls are pretty” post upon your post, your thoughts on shelter are most cleverly revealed. Does anyone else have a different way of explaining the juxtaposition of these two seemingly disconnected posts?

By: Alejandro Rivero

Alejandro Rivero — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:41:41 +0000

I am with donna. Hot water at least one time per week is civilisation. Higienic, too.

By: Helge

Helge — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:58:14 +0000

Going camping out with a car? I thought I read about hiking boots. Well I can tend to be rather extrem …
Enjoy your times camping out I should do that more often ..
Cheers,
Helge

By: Clifford

Clifford — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:46:35 +0000

No. It all keeps pretty well in paper Trader Joe’s bags! Vegetables, fruits, dried stuff like couscous, etc….. I have a tiny cooler with ice on the bottom for the (pre-cooked) meat, and some milk for Irish Oatmeal in the mornings, and that’s it. If staying for more than a day or two, you can get more ice at gas stations or stores.

-cvj