The Frontier Chat Bar

[tented]

You watched the whole thing, didn’t you?

 

[Kieran]

You watched the whole thing, didn’t you?

That’s brilliant, and I’m glad that marble won!

 

[tented]

Wasn’t sure where else to post this, so I’ll put it here.

The video is long (about 53 minutes) but fascinating and well-worth watching. It certainly didn’t feel like 53 minutes as I watched it.

It tells the true story of psychiatrists in the 1950s-1960s who convinced an adoption agency to split up identical twins in order to place them in different households. The idea was to do a nature/nurture study. That’s a brief description, but it’s more complicated than that.

 

[Moxie]

Wasn’t sure where else to post this, so I’ll put it here.

The video is long (about 53 minutes) but fascinating and well-worth watching. It certainly didn’t feel like 53 minutes as I watched it.

It tells the true story of psychiatrists in the 1950s-1960s who convinced an adoption agency to split up identical twins in order to place them in different households. The idea was to do a nature/nurture study. That’s a brief description, but it’s more complicated than that.

I saw this a few years ago. It IS complicated and fascinating.

 

[tented]

I saw this a few years ago. It IS complicated and fascinating.

You may be confusing this with the separate documentary about the triplets, “Three Identical Strangers” — this documentary includes them, but focuses on everything which happened then from a broader view.

 

[Moxie]

You may be confusing this with the separate documentary about the triplets, “Three Identical Strangers” — this documentary includes them, but focuses on everything which happened then from a broader view.

I definitely am. I'll look at the video you posted, then. Because the documentary was very interesting, and, frankly, a bit disturbing.

 

[Moxie]

This may go here as well as anywhere. It's just a :30 ad for Chewy, but it makes me laugh every time I see it. Possibly because we pet people like to think that, when we talk to our pets, it actually is a 2-way conversation.

Chewy TV Spot, 'Best Friend: $30 eGift Card'

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www.ispot.tv

 

[Moxie]

Someone put this on my FB page, and I found it to be the most whimsical and heartbreaking post of the day:

 

[Horsa]

Hi guys!

I'm very sorry I've been so quiet recently. Not only have I been very busy recently, I went to Dunoon the other week too, but I also realized all the mistakes I made here in the past & felt like the most hopeless, useless & stupid person ever as well as the shallowest. I was thinking I was very dull & dim for everyone & no-one would ever want to talk to me. I miss everyone though & had quite a few good times with some people & some fun & fascinating conversations.

I wrote this poem today:

A week in Dunoon​

The seagulls call you at 6:05 each morning.
You hear them rather than other birds as day is dawning.
You're wishing they would have a lay in.
So you could have more sleep before hearing their din.

Then you hear the pitter-patter of the rain.
Falling on your window-pane.
Before going to breakfast and out for the day.
You watch cruise ships taking people on holiday going their way.

After breakfast you're going up town.
With the rain still pouring down.
From your window, later on, you see whales in the Firth of Clyde.
You'd watch them outside but want to stay inside.

I hope you enjoy. I would really like to start talking with some people from here again & hope you forgive me for all the mistakes in the past & what an idiot I was. I also look forward to catching up with people.

Ann

 

[Moxie]

Hi guys!

I'm very sorry I've been so quiet recently. Not only have I been very busy recently, I went to Dunoon the other week too, but I also realized all the mistakes I made here in the past & felt like the most hopeless, useless & stupid person ever as well as the shallowest. I was thinking I was very dull & dim for everyone & no-one would ever want to talk to me. I miss everyone though & had quite a few good times with some people & some fun & fascinating conversations.

I wrote this poem today:

A week in Dunoon​

The seagulls call you at 6:05 each morning.
You hear them rather than other birds as day is dawning.
You're wishing they would have a lay in.
So you could have more sleep before hearing their din.

Then you hear the pitter-patter of the rain.
Falling on your window-pane.
Before going to breakfast and out for the day.
You watch cruise ships taking people on holiday going their way.

After breakfast you're going up town.
With the rain still pouring down.
From your window, later on, you see whales in the Firth of Clyde.
You'd watch them outside but want to stay inside.

I hope you enjoy. I would really like to start talking with some people from here again & hope you forgive me for all the mistakes in the past & what an idiot I was. I also look forward to catching up with people.

Ann

Hi, Ann! Good to see you back around. Thanks for the poem.

I'm sure anyone here would say there's nothing to forgive. You're always a thoughtful poster. Keep posting!

 

[Horsa]

Hi, Ann! Good to see you back around. Thanks for the poem.

I'm sure anyone here would say there's nothing to forgive. You're always a thoughtful poster. Keep posting!

Hi Moxie! It's nice to see you again. You're welcome.

Thank you very much. I guess I learnt a lot since I was last a regular here at work, on courses I got sent on from work & on other forums I've been on. (I'm chat co-ordinator on quite a few of them & made a lot of friends. I also guess learning so much made me realize all my mistakes & cringe at quite a few of them.) O.K. I will do. Thank you very much for welcoming me back. I look forward to catching up with people. I have missed a lot of people here.