Rambling Rosie's Retreat

[stickygirl]

Morning all. Hope eveyone has survived the storm

We've still got terrible wind

 

[lingus60]

We've still got terrible wind

Too many Brussel sprouts?

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Morning
Still chucking it down here. Garden is more of a disaster than usual but I'll get it tidied up tomorrow when it's less treacherous outside

 

[Wriggle]

I feel like I've missed this storm.
I bet it comes when I have tobwalk down the hill and retrieve my car from the restaurant.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I feel like I've missed this storm.
I bet it comes when I have tobwalk down the hill and retrieve my car from the restaurant.

Yes it's waiting specifically for that exact moment.
"Shall we hit Wriggle's house?"
"No, hold off until he's out walking and make sure the wind blows up the hill so he has to struggle more"

 

[Wriggle]

I am that conceited.

Also if I sit a certain way my favourite sports team will win the game.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I am that conceited.

Also if I sit a certain way my favourite sports team will win the game.

I used to religiously watch whenever England played rugby. The one time I couldn't - because I was always at work - they won the World Cup.
And obviously it had absolutely fuck all to do with me but even now I still feel guilty if I watch and they lose

 

[Wriggle]

I wonder what the psychology of that is. Because loads of people do it.

There is an excellent episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia about it and the Philadelphia Eagles winning the Superbowl.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I wonder what the psychology of that is. Because loads of people do it.

There is an excellent episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia about it and the Philadelphia Eagles winning the Superbowl.

I guess it's a type of confirmation bias mixed with coincidence that leads people to become superstitious.
"My team won when I said/did/wore this particular thing" becomes "My team won't win unless I say/do/wear this particular thing"

 

[Wriggle]

Like magic spells in a way.

It's like minimal OCD - the first step on that trail of madness.

I told someone I had to park my car facing a certain direction so it would be a good day - they pointed out normal people don't do this.

And then there's the opposite, where the people will say "I have to do it this way or things will go wrong" while I'm of a "go right" mindset.

 

[Wriggle]

Fuck I need to do some writing.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Like magic spells in a way.

It's like minimal OCD - the first step on that trail of madness.

I told someone I had to park my car facing a certain direction so it would be a good day - they pointed out normal people don't do this.

And then there's the opposite, where the people will say "I have to do it this way or things will go wrong" while I'm of a "go right" mindset.

Yeah I can see it being a type of OCD.
And most of these types of behaviours are pretty harmless but it is a slippery slope to the point where every choice is centered around that one thing and the fear that not doing it would bring disaster

 

[Deadfreak]

I guess it's a type of confirmation bias mixed with coincidence that leads people to become superstitious.
"My team won when I said/did/wore this particular thing" becomes "My team won't win unless I say/do/wear this particular thing"

My Viking pants are real though

 

[Saltfountain]

My Viking pants are real though

Being a Brit, that sentence paints the unmistakable image of a small boy proudly showing off his favourite underwear...

 

[Deadfreak]

Being a Brit, that sentence paints the unmistakable image of a small boy proudly showing off his favourite underwear...

That also looks exactly like my chest

 

[joclfc]

Hi all, everyone get through the storm ok?

 

[Saltfountain]

No.

My new waterproof boots aren't.

Not by a long fucking shot

 

[stickygirl]

Still blowey as fuck here, but just normal blowey rather than apocalyptic, end of the world, raising mountains to the ground, American blowey as fuck.

No cows were lifted off their feet in the UK
... and my new boots are leaky as well.

 

[Wriggle]

I had to go out delivering letters a couple of weeks back. I had a drawing pin stuck through and I thought I just had a blister but it was the tip of the pin.

Anyway - I now have a leak in my waterproof boots.

 

[stickygirl]

I had to go out delivering letters a couple of weeks back. I had a drawing pin stuck through and I thought I just had a blister but it was the tip of the pin.

Anyway - I now have a leak in my waterproof boots.

I bought a pair of Karrimor ankle boots with a fabric, which a few years ago would have been Gortex, a material now being phased out. Anyhow, this stuff might be knitted bogrolls for the use they are.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I'm hoping Santa brings me some shiny new Docs. Far more weather proof than any I've bought specifically for that purpose

 

[Saltfountain]

I'm hoping Santa brings me some shiny new Docs. Far more weather proof than any I've bought specifically for that purpose

Yeah, my problem was I wanted something a bit warmer than docs as I'm standing on freezing ground for 8 hours a day

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Yeah, my problem was I wanted something a bit warmer than docs as I'm standing on freezing ground for 8 hours a day

Fair enough. Makes sense

 

[Wriggle]

I'm doing a kindle book giveaway today and my book has suddenly shot up to 71 in humourous dark comedy and 108 in horror anthologies

 

[joclfc]

Still blowey as fuck here, but just normal blowey rather than apocalyptic, end of the world, raising mountains to the ground, American blowey as fuck.

No cows were lifted off their feet in the UK
... and my new boots are leaky as well.

Apocalyptic all the time in the Valleys