George Benson in Concert - Cardiff, UK

[Chioke Lin]

1 hour ago, TrueTomHarley said:

It is supposed to be ‘than.’ Good catch.

Okay, thanks. I was thinking there was something new to, English wording.

1 hour ago, TrueTomHarley said:

It also turned out to wear off in just a few hours, not 24 as advertised. This led practicioners to either increase the dose, increasing the addiction, or refuse to increase, leading pain-stricken patients like Prince to resort to the black market, where inevitably they’d come across something contaminated or potency mislabeled.

This would be a personal choice. I have sciatica, stenosis, and bulging spinal discs. I have severe pain 24/7 including sleep time which the pain can wake me up. This is why I don't take hard prescribed drugs because I know they can be addictive if taken for a long period of time, no matter which Pharma manufactures it. Abuse is abuse, no matter what.

This shouldn't be an excuse by anyone to go outside the recommended dosage prescribed by a doctor to abuse, especially from a black market, where no one knows what those drugs contain. In his case, too much Fentanyl. 

What happened to Jackson. Lack of sleep. I have the same problem, But I don't around looking for a doctor to give me propofol anesthesia. Like, I said, rich people can get pretty much everything, that doesn't mean they should. 

[Chioke Lin]

32 minutes ago, Peter Carroll said:

you are correct again,but as for where it comes from .there is only one source in the end, as this is satans world at this time

christ resisted the devils efforts for him to sin ,and likly never uttered uttered negitive words,if only it was that easy

This is true. However, not every Christian abides by it. Where does that leave, those Christians that are loyal and not want to add more fuel to the fire, just because, there's freedom of expression? Do you honestly think, Jesus was preoccupied by what the Pharisees were saying, more so with their lack of action toward God's will?

[Chioke Lin]

1 hour ago, Arauna said:

Yea - Anything can sound negative = especially if one does not want to see the principle behind it.  

Any case - He can do as he pleases ....  I just do not like it when people put people like that on a pedestal.  

I meant that young brothers and sisters should get opportunities but I guess it is easier to work with a croaky pro. 

Are you suggesting, Benson is preventing young artist from achieving their goal, if that's what they wish to pursue, a life in the arts?

I have no opinion one way or another on his status. My sister knew several stars, as did I. We treated them like normal people in our younger days. Some had advised my sister to pursue a career in commercials. Something about her bone structure. To me, she wasn't impressive. 😅 Did we hang around them, not the worldly ones? Too much drama. Like you said, anything can sound negative until it actually becomes something negative.

[Chioke Lin]

5 minutes ago, Peter Carroll said:

jesus was preocupied by what jehovah was saying to him ,not mankind

Exactly. 

[Pudgy]

Yeah…. I am addicted to Dihydrogen Monoxide and need a fix about four times a day. One time I overdosed and spent 4 days in the hospital with congestive heart failure, and lost 26 pounds. At my age, if I do without, after 4 days of increasingly severe withdrawal symptoms, I would be dead. So, I sneak it into my coffee and Ovaltine in the morning.

Sometimes, when I am working outside, it comes through the pores of my skin and stains my clothes, but I don’t care!

Sometimes I take three times as much.

[Chioke Lin]

17 minutes ago, Pudgy said:

At my age, if I do without, after 4 days of increasingly severe withdrawal symptoms, I would be dead.

Does this mean, you abuse your dosage, or look for a replacement on the black market?

[Pudgy]

I will get it wherever I can … sometimes a clerk at a 7-11 store will sell me some of the really pure stuff, sometimes my pharmacy has some. I have to be careful not to get it in my lungs …..

[TrueTomHarley]

1 hour ago, Chioke Lin said:

Okay, thanks. I was thinking there was something new to, English wording.

Your mistake is thinking that English-speaking people know how to speak English.  

[Chioke Lin]

4 minutes ago, Pudgy said:

I will get it wherever I can … sometimes a clerk at a 7-11 store will sell me some of the really pure stuff, sometimes my pharmacy has some. I have to be careful not to get it in my lungs

Water in lungs is bad. Another thing that is bad, drinking contaminated water.

[TrueTomHarley]

Your other mistake is taking English lessons from a dog.

His English isn’t too bad, really. It’s just that you never know when he is throwing you a bone.

[Pudgy]

I have seen what DHMO can do to metal, yet knowing that I can’t stop.

[Chioke Lin]

9 minutes ago, TrueTomHarley said:

Your mistake is thinking that English-speaking people know how to speak English.

Believe me, I'm trying. This is important when English speakers try to interpret ancient Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek, without it having modern connotations.