Analogue Boy
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Speaking of verbiage into cyberspace.....
I’ll vote no.
I’ll vote no.
Well done synopsis, but it lacks life experience and realism.Redux version. Tell me if I missed out anything important
When I was 8, my mum used to take me to the university where she studied.
I used to go and swim in their Olympic sized swimming pool whilst she attended lessons.
One of the students there also worked as a lifeguard at the pool, and because of his muscular frame we called him ‘Captain America’ (after the superhero).
I was rather enamoured by him and would ask him lot of questions. One day I followed him to watch him ‘pump iron’ in the weights room that was just behind the receptionist‘s desk.
I went there many times over many weeks to watch him and ‘play’ lifting weights.
One day my mum asked me to show her the weights room that I’d had talked about - but when I showed her - the room was unrecognisable. Just an empty room.
The receptionist said she had no recollection of a weight room ever being there and what’s more - no one knew who my Captain America man was. Not his name, nor his description!
weeks went past and I thought of him often. Then by chance I saw him talking to some girl ! . . .
Redux version. Tell me if I missed out anything important
When I was 8, my mum used to take me to the university where she studied.
I used to go and swim in their Olympic sized swimming pool whilst she attended lessons.
One of the students there also worked as a lifeguard at the pool, and because of his muscular frame we called him ‘Captain America’ (after the superhero).
I was rather enamoured by him and would ask him lot of questions. One day I followed him to watch him ‘pump iron’ in the weights room that was just behind the receptionist‘s desk.
I went there many times over many weeks to watch him and ‘play’ lifting weights.
One day my mum asked me to show her the weights room that I’d had talked about - but when I showed her - the room was unrecognisable. Just an empty room.
The receptionist said she had no recollection of a weight room ever being there and what’s more - no one knew who my Captain America man was. Not his name, nor his description!
weeks went past and I thought of him often. Then by chance I saw him talking to some girl ! . . .
This sounds like the start of a reader's letter to a "gentlemen's publication".
I stopped reading the longer posts after two or three, I've scrolled looking at the shorter posts by you and others. I'm not voting one way or another and am more interested in people's responses to your thread than the thread "content" itself, if you have Fortean experiences to share then I'm willing to read them but my patience is coming close to being exhausted.
12 have voted, 9 voted no. So if only 12 people are here... 9 of them want the thread to die.. 75 percent... so far it is looking bleak.There are less than a dozen members commenting on the thread. Add a few who are lurking and you are still not going to get anywhere 40. For forty 'keep it' votes you will need at least eighty or ninety people showing an interest in even commenting.
I say post your story if you want to and don't if you don't, don't bother with the poll. The way this kind of message board works is not in real time anyway: even if nobody is digging it right now, there might be someone 5 years down the line who's glad to read your story.
Thanks.OK. With the whole thing there to read, it's definitely odd.
I've heard anecdotal bits about muscle-building being bad for kids who are still growing, but also seen pics of jacked 10yr-olds. I can understand your mother being freaked out though.
As for the Captain, it can be very difficult to tell the difference between vision and hallucination, which is probably why so many people just assume any report of a vision is a hallucination. It's even harder during childhood, when reality hasn't yet fully taken root in our minds. And for us, from the outside, it's nigh-impossible.
Personally, I don't feel any need to make a firm decision either way. I have a mental category I think of as my "Hmmm, curious" box, and stuff I can't attest to goes into that. It's a very packed box. With that said, if I was in your position, I'd probably go and see some neurological specialist to see if there was anything obvious going on.
Anyway, thanks for sharing.
Yes, but Nobody seemed to know where the weight bench came from...
Majority have voted no.What happened to this character ?
“She was wearing a sparkly blue fitted blouse with silver vertical stripes, and a skirt. Her black shoulder length hair was tossed by a gust of wind, exposing a white hoop dangling from her right ear. They seemed to be having a pleasant, flirty discussion. She kissed him on the lips, and caressed his cheek, then waved as she turned to leave through the gate.”
Please don’t leave us hanging !
Because people often only see things from their own false perspective. To invite a professionaly qualified and trusted advisor is one way to solidify balance in their lives....and unwillingness to work with councelors to resolve hurdles, ..
This idea that one has to talk to 'professionals' to work out what should be every day problems, Why do you subscribe to this ?
INT21
I didn’t mean for you to take a stab at what she might be doing in the future - I meant what relevance did she have to the story ?Majority have voted no.
The Poll closed....
Story is dead.
I had to rush to the conclusions to satisfy the angry ‘finish it now’ mob...
Hahaha.
Truth is, I don’t know... they probably got married, had kids, got divorced... like 55% of people do these days, due to self centeredness, and inability to negotiate a life together as a couple, and unwillingness to work with councelors to resolve hurdles, to live happily ever after in love.
Oh I just reported what I saw. I am sorry I dont have more... perhaps it shows he was into the lady and the lady was into him.I didn’t mean for you to take a stab at what she might be doing in the future - I meant what relevance did she have to the story ?
You acknowledge the ‘angry mob’ rushing you to finish the story (or at least get to the point).Because people often only see things from their own false perspective. To invite a professionaly qualified and trusted advisor is one way to solidify balance in their lives.
It can help one to learn to either accept or reject aspects of themselves and to grow and establish a comfort factor in their self definition and growth.
A couple can learn to negotiate better if they desire it, and taking this initiative seriously can help individuals learn to maintain relationships, and a sense of individual freedom at the same time.
The decisions remain yours, but it helps to slow things down a little, think, and gain a potentially better persective.