What Goes On In My Heed!!!

I was talking to a friend the other night and I happened to mention Dr Who. Now this friend is not a sci-fi fan and so told me that she doesn’t watch it because she thinks it’s far fetched.

Now maybe it is, but think about this:

The Doctor travels to different times and different dimensions:

So can we.

I admit that people don’t travel by TARDIS, but because of television, radio, movies, computer games, books, internet and especially our own imaginations, we can travel to anywhere regardless of space and time. Also because of international time zones, we can Time Travel FOR REAL. Just think, we can leave this country on a particular date and time and arrive in another country the day (or at least hours) before.

And we can do all of this whenever we choose.

The Doctor fights alien invaders:

Again through the different media I’ve already mentioned, so do we. Aliens, viruses, villains, we fight them all (and mostly win).

Plus our own bodies are constantly fighting off invaders that are considered alien to them

Just as The Doctor has Daleks, Cybermen and The Master, we all have our personal demons too. Whether they are illnesses, phobias, bullies or just the bank manager, we all have intimidating enemies of some description, which we frequently have to battle with in order to live a (fairly) normal life.

And speaking of bodies….

The Doctor regenerates:

Inside our bodies, our cells are constantly dying and being replaced by new ones (unless we have a serious disability or illness). If we cut ourselves, majority of the time we grow new skin to replace the damaged part. Ok we can’t grow a whole new body (yet), but the principal’s still the same.

Looking at it another way, how many times during our lives do we have to “re-invent” ourselves? It might be a new name, or a new career, new hobby or location, maybe even a new life altogether. Sometimes (in my case certainly) things happen and we change because of them either in personality, appearance or both. Our appearance changes anyway as we grow older.

The Doctor has two hearts:

How many times that in addition to your biological heart have you been described as having a “heart of gold”?

Or your “heart has been broken” and yet your biological heart has remained intact?

Therefore you must in some way have (at least) two hearts

The Doctor has or has had many companions:

In the same way, we have or have had friends, some of which are still with us, some which we visit, some which are no longer with us and some (like The Doctors companions) which move on and we may never see again. But all of them have at some point joined us on this journey we call life and have been with us through the problems, joys and sorrows that we’ve had to face or are still facing.

The Doctor tries to save planets and people:

This is not a conservation lecture, but we've all been told that this planet upon which we live is in trouble. So we (well most of us anyway) are trying to do our best to put the damage right and so are trying to save the planet.

As far as people go, there are also those of us who are trying to find cures for diseases and relieve others suffering. I admit that I’m nowhere near qualified enough to do the first one, but I hope that in some way I do my bit to accomplishing the second even if it is only a small contribution.

And finally just like The Doctor, just remember that (as The Face Of Boe said)

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

Regardless of whatever problems you have, there is always someone there for you, even if it's just to talk

So there you have it.

The next time you or someone you know says that Dr Who is far fetched (or before you call the men in white coats to take me away), think about the similarities. I maybe completely off the mark with all of it and it may sound pretty stupid but it’s how I see it.

I’m off now to take my medication.

See ya!!!

Well, I guess that's the headache excuse taken care of

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.....for how I'm feeling at the moment

WOW my 100th post!!!!!!!!

I feel old now lol

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The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May,and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men,
then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water"...

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath.It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs"...

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house... This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how Canopy Beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying "Dirt poor"...

The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery
in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence a "thresh-hold".

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and! did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old"...

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat"...

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous...

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "Upper Crust"...

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of "holding a wake"...

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "Saved by the bell" or was considered a ..."Dead Ringer"...

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

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First F1 season

First F1 pole position

First F1 win???

GO ON LEWIS!!!

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Well not long now before I go away.

I must admit that it feels very strange packing a case even if it's only for 5 days, but it's my first holiday in 21 (yes 21) years.

Anyway I'll leave you with The Man Song by Sean Morey, just so that all you ladies know who's in charge

Hope you like it

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