Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm experimenting

since I started this

One of the key things in designing an experiment is to reduce confounding factors - so you know what it was that you changed that had the effect.

How long did the furry lady (:rotfl:) say it would take for her stuff to work? How will you know whether it is her stuff or your stuff which has done the trick?

LydiaJ

michaels wrote: »

I had a hire car which I had to reject having loaded it all up because the rear seat belts didn't work, they were locked and would not pull out. So decanted all the luggage into a different car and found...that once the luggage was no longer jammed against the back of the rear seats the seatbelts worked fine. I was wondering whether when you park it might be on a hill or angle and that might cause the problem?

Interesting. However, I am not parking it anywhere different.

In any case, for at least a year it has been doing it everywhere - on all gradients, in all weathers, whether the car is loaded or not, moving or not, containing all its back seats or not...

Nikkster

Yesterday's dog

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

Re music. I'm not keen on thrash metal or very heavy rock, reggae or country. They aren't my bag. But that doesn't mean I can't like songs from that genre, I just don't like many of them. For example I love No Woman No Cry, it's one of my favourite songs of any genre. Some country songs have brilliant inspired lyrics but as a style it doesn't tug at my soul. Conversely I like good rap and its one of my preferred styles but don't like misogynistic lyrics.

Rap doesn't work at all for me. I'm not much into poetry. I like the melody.

Weirdly I like this. Some crossover/fusion music seems to have hybrid vigour, where the negatives cancel out. So I wonder if viva might like this.

Yorkie1 wrote: »

I do dislike much jazz; I find its freeform style v stressful. However, I can appreciate a talented solo as much as the next person.

And might Yorkie1 like this.

As lir says there can be too much genre-ification.
This website's an eyeopener.

Anyhoo I spend far too much time on Oblivion's SOOTHING MUSIC thread.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

vivatifosi wrote: »

See, this is why we can't do the Mongol Rally together.

Well, that and the fact that my Tartan Rally Suit is an affront to good taste.

I still think it'd be a good idea though.

We'd roll the car on the Pamir Highway arguing over whether to listen to your thrash metal or my best of Eurovision.

I'd be more likely to be listening to a Swede with a Jamaican accent that makes gloriously disturbing music videos than thrash metal.

chewmylegoff

zagubov wrote: »

There was a bit of a discussion of that here a while back. I tend not to like genres that start with r like rap, r'n'b, reggae and rock. On the other hand I really like Dread Zeppellin. Every genre's got some really class acts.

Some of the best concerts I've been to are ones outside my comfort zone when I've been taken by friends who've recommended them. Joan Armatrading, Eric Clapton, Dr Hook, Simply Red, have all been magnificent acts.

A bunch of mates I used to share a lift with to primary school formed a band later in life. Done good stuff. Enjoy!

Isn't Dread Zeppelin a comedy act consisting of a fat bloke dressed as Elvis who can't sing and a couple of other chaps who can't play their instruments very well just doing covers really badly? Is it one of those so bad it actually becomes good things?

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Isn't Dread Zeppelin a comedy act consisting of a fat bloke dressed as Elvis who can't sing and a couple of other chaps who can't play their instruments very well just doing covers really badly?

Pretty much.

Is it one of those so bad it actually becomes good things?

Yes.

LydiaJ

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

... gloriously disturbing music ...

That seems strange to me. When I listen to music (or look at art, or read fiction) I mostly don't want to be disturbed. I accept being disturbed by real life - like the aboriginal baby story that Gen mentioned just recently - but I don't see the point in unnecessarily inducing sad or uncomfortable feelings in myself about things that aren't real. I like music that sounds pleasant to me, art that looks attractive, and fiction with happy endings (although I can tolerate it being not happy in the middle). I don't find that the mere fact that the musician is talented makes me want to listen to the music if it makes a sound I don't like.

I am aware that in most people's eyes this makes me a complete philistine, but that doesn't bother me.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

LydiaJ wrote: »

That seems strange to me. .

Elliphant's music can best be described as........ interesting.

It's not really disturbing once you get past the idea of a rather attractive young Swedish female singing in a Jamaican accent.

Her music videos however are gloriously disturbing.

Saw her perform live this year, that was also..... interesting.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm experimenting with furries.... two this morning.

I might regret this, I might discover I made a big mistake. I've noticed they've not ventured close to the house to my "fag butt pile", so I figured maybe they don't like smoking.

Now, there are several components to this theory: the smoke, the ash, the remnants of the tobacco in the butt, the butt itself. What I am now doing is smoking by the shed and blowing smoke under it .. and flicking my ash along their run ... I also stub the cig out there, leaving some tobacco remnants.

I'll see how this goes.... next stage is to take the butts and put them in water, then try pouring the fag end water down the run.

Not seen a furry since I started this, but it's early days ... it'll take 2-3 days to discover if it's encouraging them or discouraging them.

I am being super careful not to set fire to the shed ... and I won't put butts there in case they start dragging them under the shed. Don't want 1000 fag butts under there as perfect nest material!

Alternatively if you didn't smoke you could afford to pay for any number of visits from the pied piper lady....

LydiaJ wrote: »

Interesting. However, I am not parking it anywhere different.

In any case, for at least a year it has been doing it everywhere - on all gradients, in all weathers, whether the car is loaded or not, moving or not, containing all its back seats or not...

I didn't really think either of those was your problem but it was the only experience I have had with the issue. Apparently if belts don't go back in all the way spraying with furniture polish helps.

LydiaJ wrote: »

That seems strange to me. When I listen to music (or look at art, or read fiction) I mostly don't want to be disturbed. I accept being disturbed by real life - like the aboriginal baby story that Gen mentioned just recently - but I don't see the point in unnecessarily inducing sad or uncomfortable feelings in myself about things that aren't real. I like music that sounds pleasant to me, art that looks attractive, and fiction with happy endings (although I can tolerate it being not happy in the middle). I don't find that the mere fact that the musician is talented makes me want to listen to the music if it makes a sound I don't like.

I am aware that in most people's eyes this makes me a complete philistine, but that doesn't bother me.

Is there a word for people who don't really get music. I do listen and enjoy but can definitely take it or leave it and often prefer quiet. And I definitely find it uncomfortable to listen to anything loud that blocks out your other senses, those who listen on the tube in headphones loud enough for other to hear what they ate listening too just makes no sense to me.