coshipi In reply to kaoru-kamiya [2016-08-18 14:49:57 +0000 UTC]

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he-wolf In reply to he-wolf [2016-06-03 09:09:24 +0000 UTC]

And thanks for favouriting
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coshipi In reply to sags [2015-07-12 20:24:57 +0000 UTC]

I do! Recovering slowly from the absolute madness of the campaign...

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coshipi In reply to Susan-K-Dailey [2015-05-10 15:29:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

A good thing indeed, but very sad not to get a few more MPs. Ho hum. As for the Tories getting majority, even a slim one...heaven help us all.

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Susan-K-Dailey In reply to coshipi [2015-05-11 19:00:53 +0000 UTC]

I actually think he's in a weaker position. The Tory rebels didn't act up so long as the coalition was in place. Now the Lib Dems are out of the picture they'll likely pay more attention to their own self-interest and will be less hesitant to act up. 

But yeah the early signs aren't so good. It just shows you their priorities when the first things they do are repeal the fox hunting ban and get rid of the Human Rights Act

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coshipi In reply to Susan-K-Dailey [2015-05-12 12:44:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, indeed, the majority is pretty slim. And "exactly" is all I can say to the second paragraph.

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Susan-K-Dailey In reply to coshipi [2015-05-12 18:48:06 +0000 UTC]

I still can't fathom how they got that majority.

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coshipi In reply to aegiandyad [2014-07-19 16:59:16 +0000 UTC]

I also quail at that bill. The logic is impeccable - but relevant only to a reliably humane species, not a real human one.

I do visit NottheTalk from time to time, yes. Rarely in the Senior Common Room though, despite being actual friends with Andswivel, who started it.

We are well. And yes, some folks don't think about some of the implications of rising sea level - even those who believe it's happening, never mind that it's accelerating, and will do so increasingly.

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aegiandyad In reply to coshipi [2014-07-19 22:00:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you or your reply and glad you're both well. I really fear that climate change is going to fast forward and we will have to change our behaviour yesterday. Sadly fracking is very bad news. What we both can't understand is the casual attitude to growing global problems we're all facing. The biggest will quickly hit us - water shortages for drinking and growing food. No doubt you have seen this coming in India. People still seem fixated with so called growth as if the answer to our problems is building more factories where there are currently none, hence degrading the ecology even more quickly.

I very much fear Assisted Dying. I expect that in the not too distant future I will receive a letter saying, "Dear mrs aegian, your entitlement to State Pension has not been recognised. Instead we have made an appointment for you to visit this hospital where your needs will be met permanently."

Actually Fenderstrat started the Senior Common room yonks ago. Andy took it up and started the current one when NtT left GUT. I do miss the old place but currently enjoy an easy life so don't plan to go back. Climate change did not find many believers on that board so it became annoying never getting beyond home base on any discussion. Anyway, hope they're all well.

What do you think will be the implications of rising sea levels and of the slow death of the oceans? Will that be curtains for us as a species?

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coshipi In reply to aegiandyad [2015-06-19 15:43:02 +0000 UTC]

Eleven months on finally notice this... !

Water shortages for drinking shouldn't hit us in the UK for quite a while. For growing food (which needs far more) possibly. The situation is very different in some other countries, of course.

I don't think Assisted Dying will be quite as blunt as that. It's happening on quite a large scale already, in a much blunter fashion: no hospital appointments, just cutting off benefits and leaving folks to starve. Not cutting off pensions, just letting them shrink slowly in relation to costs - and not properly looking after those who need looking after.

I don't think rising sea levels and the changes in the oceans will necessarily be curtains for us as a species - but probably curtains for our civilization, and a huge reduction in our numbers.


When people talk about the "death of the oceans" I think that's rather inaccurate. I'm not downplaying the seriousness of the changes - which will involve the extinction of a large number of species - any more than I'm downplaying the extreme seriousness of the effects on our species. The human-caused extinctions have already begun, of course. They began a long time ago, are accelerating dramatically, and will accelerate further. But some species will survive - some will thrive. Life will go on; it will be different, and for a while at least humankind will be minor players - later we may become major players again, or we might eventually go extinct, or we may remain minor players. Who knows?

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coshipi In reply to aegiandyad [2014-07-20 09:52:16 +0000 UTC]

You and I won't live long enough to see whether my predictions prove accurate - I doubt whether anyone alive today will. For what it's worth, my guess is that it'll be curtains for a lot more species than it's already been curtains for, but that our species won't actually go extinct in the foreseeable future. I'm pretty sure we'll suffer a drastic reduction in numbers, and the total collapse of technological civilization - probably not in a single catastrophe, but in a series of ever-worsening disasters over a fairly protracted period. A rump of humanity will probably survive in the ruins, initially making use of bits and pieces of the wreckage, and gradually - as Nature reclaims the Earth - reverting to hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn lifestyles.

Variations on this scenario - and beyond it - are the foundations of the novels I've written, and the one I'm working on now. NOT the foundation of The Reminiscences of Penny Lane of course, which is contemporary.

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aegiandyad In reply to coshipi [2014-07-20 12:46:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this. I have quoted you on a new journal entry because what you are saying is so apposite. I hope you'll come on to debate with others about what we can do.

Congratulations on writing so many novels and even getting them published. I have written 13 novels, none published. I have not yet pressed the link for Penny Lane but will do so after posting this. I really am grateful for our willingness to speak on these matters because they are pressing. This is the journal aegiandyad.deviantart.com/jour…

Hope to see you there.

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coshipi In reply to sags [2014-05-25 13:32:39 +0000 UTC]

Chenehutte, you mean? No particular plans at the moment. Not been in France - apart from Corsica a couple of years ago, and a quick dash from Dunkirk over into Belgium a few weeks ago - for many years.

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coshipi In reply to sags [2013-07-17 18:30:31 +0000 UTC]

I think that panorama is more than 180° anyway, so both ways!

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coshipi In reply to aegiandyad [2013-06-30 17:35:00 +0000 UTC]

Cheers!

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