Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
A reddit user by the name of u/seymourbuttsandtits is posting UNVERIFIED spoilers in this subreddit. They claim to have seen the final cut of the movie. Here are what I compile from their comments so y'all don't have to read through the comments.
THESE BULLET POINTS ARE PULLED FROM THEIR COMMENTS. NEWER UPDATES ARE AT THE END. These comments were first shared on April 16 (night time, EST)
The order of the comments are random and not based on the order it happened in the movies.I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS LEAK IS TRUE, I personally don't like some parts lol.
Tony dies for real at the end. His is the only death aside from Thanos and Thanos' army. Apparently he wore the Gauntlet and flipped the bird to Thanos lol. Tony gets a really good goodbye scene. Cap tries to basically take his place but the gauntlet won’t respond to him. Tony himself glows orange almost like he was the embodiment of the Soul Stone, but there’s no exposition on this or anything.
Nat died, but then was brought back the big battle when Cap destroyed the Soul Stone. This is also when everyone who was snapped away comes back.
Cap lives, but goes back to stay in the past after saying "I'll be there when you need me." to Fury.
Bucky gives him a big goodbye, then jokes "can I get the suit" and Cap says "I'm not done with it yet"
Bucky stays in the present because he gets a job offer
Thor lives. Still God of Thunder. Endgame sets up a potential Thor 4 with Thor, Valkyrie, and Rocket discussing the building of New Asgard.
Cap heard Bucky's voice which made him think about reviving the dusted ones.
Movie starts with "this is not a test"
Katherine Langford plays Tony's daughter but only in a dream.
Tony says to Pepper in their reunion: "Think we can still make our 8:30?"
Hela was mentioned by name, did not appear.
Stan Lee cameo is in a car show from the 1970s, told by Scott Lang, in Luis' style.
The first time Hulk shows up, Thanos has just been killed on Titan II so he finally comes out but they’re on Earth and Tony is like “really dude?”
It's heavily implied that Pepper is pregnant.
Captain Marvel is absent for most of it. Shows up in the beginning to answer the distress call, they kill Thanos, she leaves to help other planets rebuild. Doesn’t show back up til the final battle where she wrecks shit.
Hulk does not lose an arm. There’s a comment about how he should but he’s got regenerative properties in his tissue.
Past Cap vs Present Cap. Past Cap thinks Present Cap is Loki.
In the battle of New York there is a really funny scene where you’ve seen the two Caps fighting but they make it to Loki and he basically says “I’m not doing this...” and present Cap uses the opportunity to knock out past Cap and Loki says “Thank you”
Loki is also featured in a dream like sequence Thor has.
Thor gets a pep talk from his mother.
Carol and Valkyrie team up to take down one of Thanos ships and have a semi “that could have been flirting” moment.
According to u/Brontcrab24 who talked to OP, OP said credit scene is a tribute to everyone who made the MCU what it is today.
I'll update this comment as the OP updates lmao
UPDATES:
Apparently Cap goes back in time to dance with Peggy (lol)
Most memorable line in OP's opinion is "He was Iron Man"
The film supposedly ends with Carol flying off to hide the remaining stones throughout the galaxy.
Cap's shield broke because he destroyed the Soul Stone. Someone asked OP how does Cap know to destroy the Soul Stone to bring the dusted ones back and OP replied with "He heard Bucky through it"
No explanation for Carol's new suit and haircut. Just a timeskip.
Final battle takes place on Vomir. Vormir is weird, it’s not bound by time. Basically Thanos dictates that’s where the battle be.When Thanos figures out what they are doing, it’s weird it’s like he figures it out and prevents his own death from earlier in the film by coming back in time. Thanos [in the final battle] is the Thanos that did the snap and realizes what’s up, but it’s also a Thanos that would have been killed in like two days
Nick Fury and Carol reunite. No mention of Goose.
OP said this in a now-deleted comment: "Ok I really didn’t want to answer this because I thought it was amazing and didn’t want it being spoiled. There aren’t postcredit scenes like normal, there is a montage of the last 10 years of Marvel studios and everyone who made it possible to be what it is today. It’s pretty special."
credit to u/SaturdaySmile “I sent the user a PM a few questions and he just responded to two. I asked which of the female leads had the biggest role, Black Widow or Nebula, he said Nebula. The other question he responded was about if the Russos get Captain Marvel right and he said her role was kind of small but she stands out in her scenes and she does fight Thanos and fucks him up but she's not the one who kills him in the first act, Thor is the one who delivers the final blow.” OP said this is a lie. OP did not send this PM.
My personal thought: I'm not a fan of the "Cap goes back in time" ending at all while Bucky stays in the present (thinking about it makes me angry and I can't even start to explain). The rest of the plot is plausible. The OP seemed to be genuine and polite in their answers, handled critics rather well, and provided some very specific details and quotes when asked. I guess we'll all see in a week!
YAY, MORE UPDATES FROM THE OP IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS VERY THREAD (welcome OP to this thread on April 17, afternoon, EST, thanks for sharing yada yada I don't believe stuff you said but I'll entertain):
Hulk himself is maturing and realizes his physique with Banner's brain would be unstoppable. So instead of fighting over the wheel, they become Co pilots.
When you guys actually see how they handle the Cap thing I think you'll change your mind. He's not ruining everyone's life, he's closing a time loop. Look there are a few things I really don't want to spoil because no one is even guessing them and there needs to be some crazy woah moments so I won't go into detail but Peggy straight up tells him to come home. It's one of the most touching, mind-blowing moments in the entire MCU. Kind of interesting you never saw her husband, right? Man you guys are coming close to ruining the most emotional part of the movie. Are you sure this is how you want to learn this?
Nebula is in the climactic final war.
THESE BULLET POINTS ARE PULLED FROM THEIR COMMENTS. NEWER UPDATES ARE AT THE END. These comments were first shared on April 16 (night time, EST)
The order of the comments are random and not based on the order it happened in the movies.I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS LEAK IS TRUE, I personally don't like some parts lol.
Tony dies for real at the end. His is the only death aside from Thanos and Thanos' army. Apparently he wore the Gauntlet and flipped the bird to Thanos lol. Tony gets a really good goodbye scene. Cap tries to basically take his place but the gauntlet won’t respond to him. Tony himself glows orange almost like he was the embodiment of the Soul Stone, but there’s no exposition on this or anything.
Nat died, but then was brought back the big battle when Cap destroyed the Soul Stone. This is also when everyone who was snapped away comes back.
Cap lives, but goes back to stay in the past after saying "I'll be there when you need me." to Fury.
Bucky gives him a big goodbye, then jokes "can I get the suit" and Cap says "I'm not done with it yet"
Bucky stays in the present because he gets a job offer
Thor lives. Still God of Thunder. Endgame sets up a potential Thor 4 with Thor, Valkyrie, and Rocket discussing the building of New Asgard.
Cap heard Bucky's voice which made him think about reviving the dusted ones.
Movie starts with "this is not a test"
Katherine Langford plays Tony's daughter but only in a dream.
Tony says to Pepper in their reunion: "Think we can still make our 8:30?"
Hela was mentioned by name, did not appear.
Stan Lee cameo is in a car show from the 1970s, told by Scott Lang, in Luis' style.
The first time Hulk shows up, Thanos has just been killed on Titan II so he finally comes out but they’re on Earth and Tony is like “really dude?”
It's heavily implied that Pepper is pregnant.
Captain Marvel is absent for most of it. Shows up in the beginning to answer the distress call, they kill Thanos, she leaves to help other planets rebuild. Doesn’t show back up til the final battle where she wrecks shit.
Hulk does not lose an arm. There’s a comment about how he should but he’s got regenerative properties in his tissue.
Past Cap vs Present Cap. Past Cap thinks Present Cap is Loki.
In the battle of New York there is a really funny scene where you’ve seen the two Caps fighting but they make it to Loki and he basically says “I’m not doing this...” and present Cap uses the opportunity to knock out past Cap and Loki says “Thank you”
Loki is also featured in a dream like sequence Thor has.
Thor gets a pep talk from his mother.
Carol and Valkyrie team up to take down one of Thanos ships and have a semi “that could have been flirting” moment.
According to u/Brontcrab24 who talked to OP, OP said credit scene is a tribute to everyone who made the MCU what it is today.
I'll update this comment as the OP updates lmao
UPDATES:
Apparently Cap goes back in time to dance with Peggy (lol)
Most memorable line in OP's opinion is "He was Iron Man"
The film supposedly ends with Carol flying off to hide the remaining stones throughout the galaxy.
Cap's shield broke because he destroyed the Soul Stone. Someone asked OP how does Cap know to destroy the Soul Stone to bring the dusted ones back and OP replied with "He heard Bucky through it"
No explanation for Carol's new suit and haircut. Just a timeskip.
Final battle takes place on Vomir. Vormir is weird, it’s not bound by time. Basically Thanos dictates that’s where the battle be.When Thanos figures out what they are doing, it’s weird it’s like he figures it out and prevents his own death from earlier in the film by coming back in time. Thanos [in the final battle] is the Thanos that did the snap and realizes what’s up, but it’s also a Thanos that would have been killed in like two days
Nick Fury and Carol reunite. No mention of Goose.
OP said this in a now-deleted comment: "Ok I really didn’t want to answer this because I thought it was amazing and didn’t want it being spoiled. There aren’t postcredit scenes like normal, there is a montage of the last 10 years of Marvel studios and everyone who made it possible to be what it is today. It’s pretty special."
credit to u/SaturdaySmile “I sent the user a PM a few questions and he just responded to two. I asked which of the female leads had the biggest role, Black Widow or Nebula, he said Nebula. The other question he responded was about if the Russos get Captain Marvel right and he said her role was kind of small but she stands out in her scenes and she does fight Thanos and fucks him up but she's not the one who kills him in the first act, Thor is the one who delivers the final blow.” OP said this is a lie. OP did not send this PM.
My personal thought: I'm not a fan of the "Cap goes back in time" ending at all while Bucky stays in the present (thinking about it makes me angry and I can't even start to explain). The rest of the plot is plausible. The OP seemed to be genuine and polite in their answers, handled critics rather well, and provided some very specific details and quotes when asked. I guess we'll all see in a week!
YAY, MORE UPDATES FROM THE OP IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS VERY THREAD (welcome OP to this thread on April 17, afternoon, EST, thanks for sharing yada yada I don't believe stuff you said but I'll entertain):
Hulk himself is maturing and realizes his physique with Banner's brain would be unstoppable. So instead of fighting over the wheel, they become Co pilots.
When you guys actually see how they handle the Cap thing I think you'll change your mind. He's not ruining everyone's life, he's closing a time loop. Look there are a few things I really don't want to spoil because no one is even guessing them and there needs to be some crazy woah moments so I won't go into detail but Peggy straight up tells him to come home. It's one of the most touching, mind-blowing moments in the entire MCU. Kind of interesting you never saw her husband, right? Man you guys are coming close to ruining the most emotional part of the movie. Are you sure this is how you want to learn this?
Nebula is in the climactic final war.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Trump supporters portrayed as the stupidest, most gullible people on earth in merciless column
despite the seemingly never-ending controversies that have bedeviled the Trump administration, Republican voters continue to support the President at high levels.
According to a Gallup poll, Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is at 90 percent.
On Friday, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson wondered why, noting that Trump has failed to deliver on most of his campaign promises.
“I’ve got the perfect slogan for President Trump’s reelection campaign,” Robinson writes. “Promises Made, Promises Not Kept, But I’m Betting My Voters Are Too Stupid to Notice.”
Robinson lays out all the promises Trump has broken, chief among them his pledge to build a wall that Mexico would pay for.
“Trump promised to build a wall along the 2,000-mile southern border, with the cost of the “big, beautiful” barrier to be borne by Mexico,” Robinson writes.
“Result: Not a single mile of Trump’s wall has been built.”
But that’s not the President’s only failure. There’s also the global economy.
“Trump promised to reverse trade policies that he said allowed the rest of the world to play Americans for suckers,” Robinson writes. “Result: The Commerce Department announced Wednesday that the overall U.S. trade deficit in goods last year soared to an all-time high of $891 billion. The deficit with China, Trump’s principal target — the amount by which the value of imported goods exceeded the value of exported goods — reached a record $419 billion.”
Trump has also not lived up to promises on North Korean de-nuclearization, a revamp of the Affordable Care Act, infrastructure, and his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington.
“Result: Perhaps the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, riddled with nepotism and teeming with swamp creatures.”
Given all of that policy failure, Robinson concludes that Trump must be banking on the stupidity of his followers to get re-elected.
“He apparently believes his loyal supporters are the dumbest, most gullible people on earth. We shall see if he’s right.”
despite the seemingly never-ending controversies that have bedeviled the Trump administration, Republican voters continue to support the President at high levels.
According to a Gallup poll, Trump’s approval rating among Republicans is at 90 percent.
On Friday, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson wondered why, noting that Trump has failed to deliver on most of his campaign promises.
“I’ve got the perfect slogan for President Trump’s reelection campaign,” Robinson writes. “Promises Made, Promises Not Kept, But I’m Betting My Voters Are Too Stupid to Notice.”
Robinson lays out all the promises Trump has broken, chief among them his pledge to build a wall that Mexico would pay for.
“Trump promised to build a wall along the 2,000-mile southern border, with the cost of the “big, beautiful” barrier to be borne by Mexico,” Robinson writes.
“Result: Not a single mile of Trump’s wall has been built.”
But that’s not the President’s only failure. There’s also the global economy.
“Trump promised to reverse trade policies that he said allowed the rest of the world to play Americans for suckers,” Robinson writes. “Result: The Commerce Department announced Wednesday that the overall U.S. trade deficit in goods last year soared to an all-time high of $891 billion. The deficit with China, Trump’s principal target — the amount by which the value of imported goods exceeded the value of exported goods — reached a record $419 billion.”
Trump has also not lived up to promises on North Korean de-nuclearization, a revamp of the Affordable Care Act, infrastructure, and his promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington.
“Result: Perhaps the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, riddled with nepotism and teeming with swamp creatures.”
Given all of that policy failure, Robinson concludes that Trump must be banking on the stupidity of his followers to get re-elected.
“He apparently believes his loyal supporters are the dumbest, most gullible people on earth. We shall see if he’s right.”
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Monday, April 01, 2019
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago
Back in Times
PAYING HOMAGE TO SIPAREE- KAI -MAI on HOLY THURSDAY
- Credit Angelo Bissessarsingh.
Beginning in the 1870s, thousands of pilgrims would flock to the tiny village in the forest to pay homage to the Divine Shepherdess. To the first peoples, the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, she was a mixture of indigenous religion and Catholicism, while to the Catholics, she was a tangible representation of a saintly messenger. To the many Hindus who also added colour to the Siparia Fete, she was Siparee Mai, the Mother of Siparia. Possibly, the small, dark statue, with its wig of real human hair, appealed aesthetically to the Indian indentured labourers who worshipped her in their own way. This was not always welcomed by the parishioners, who attempted to lock out the Hindu element, but were forced into tolerance when the IndoTrinis devotees threatened to burn down the church.
Back in the 1850s, Siparia was a sleepy little village lost in the high woods with a population of a few dozen people of mixed Amerindian and African descent. There were no public buildings since it fell under the administration of the Ward of Oropouche which had its seat at St Mary’s Village, in the County of St Patrick. In a humble tapia church, however, was a little wooden statue placed there, for the purpose of devotion. This statue may have come to the town as early as 1808. By the 1870s, the Feast of La Divina Pastora was already attracting thousands from across the island as a French priest, Father Armand Masse noted in 1875:
“At Siparia there is a virgin of great renown in the whole of Trinidad. She is called La Divina Pastora. When they were obliged to leave Siparia, to save this statue from profanation, the Spaniard hid her in the nearby forest where she was found later. She was taken back to the village and placed in a shrine, and then the church. Like all Spanish Virgins, that of Siparia was dressed in bridal attire. Remarkable graces were obtained by the intercession of Our Lady of Siparia.”
Among the devotees were Warao, people from the Orinoco Delta and hundreds of Indian indentured labourers who identified with the little brown image and called her Siparee-ke-mai. Father Masse recorded the hodgepodge of humanity in his memoir:
“All along the way yesterday, on the eve of the feast, I met pilgrims of all colours going towards the sanctuary. They were counted in thousands…The road is very difficult and extremely uneven. Among the vehicles which try to come to Siparia, several broke down on the road. One cab tumbled into a ditch; many horses took flight and refused to go further. All eventually arrived at Siparia though. Some Waraoons dressed in nothing are at the door of the church. A band of coolies arrives. They sing all night long. At dawn they go to bathe and then come to the chapel. They have brought two cocks which they will offer to the virgin (they call her Siparee maie). To make this offering they go to the foot of the altar with the cock and saying their prayers in a loud voice with arms extended, they go to the back of the church, untie the cock and set it free in the church. The old sacristan captures the cock which the cure will soon eat.”
The road described by Abbe Masse is none other than the Siparia Old Road which wends its way towards Oropouche, through Avocat Village. The presbytery was an elaborate spired wooden edifice which stood opposite the church. It was constructed in 1850, and demolished in the 1960s. In this period, the church itself was nothing more than a simple wooden structure. It is believed that people of East Indian descent began making pilgrimages to Siparia in search of this dark Madonna’s healing power in the late 19th century, soon after their arrival in Trinidad.
There was no grotto for housing the image of the saint, instead a contemporary of Abbe Masse describes the statue as having been placed on a large mound of dirt, and adorned with flowers. There is no river near Siparia, so the pilgrims would have washed in one of the several wells in the area which were opened by Abbe Masse. One at Well Road still exhibits its original paving.
Abbe Masse describes a later episode of the feast as such:
“The road from Oropouche to Siparia was full of coolies. The savannah of the church, the huts, the church, and the village were full. Without precautions being taken they would have set the church on fire with the numerous candles they were lighting. The lamps, though there were huge numbers of them, were not sufficient; the oil spilled all over the floorboards. They were disputing among themselves, jostling to obtain the oil , which was burning in front of the virgin.
“The coolies have a noisy devotion. They pray at the top of their voices but then they are distracted. When they prostrate themselves with their forehead on the floor, it seems sometimes they will split their skulls, so hard do they hit their heads against the planks.”
Holy Thursday is still known by some older people as the “Coolie Fete” .Every year, on Holy Thursday, the image is taken from its shrine in the parish church and exposed to public devotion in the presbytery, after which she is clad in ornate garments and jewelry by specially appointed ladies of the parish , to whom service is a sacred duty.
First Photo : Original Painting by Rudolph BissessarsinghThe old Siparia presbytery which stood for almost a century before it was demolished in the 1960s.
2nd Photo: La Divina Pastora - Patron Saint of Siparia
3rd Photo : Vintage Photo 1950s - Hindu woman with her son taking his first hair cut.
Back in Times
PAYING HOMAGE TO SIPAREE- KAI -MAI on HOLY THURSDAY
- Credit Angelo Bissessarsingh.
Beginning in the 1870s, thousands of pilgrims would flock to the tiny village in the forest to pay homage to the Divine Shepherdess. To the first peoples, the Warao of the Orinoco Delta, she was a mixture of indigenous religion and Catholicism, while to the Catholics, she was a tangible representation of a saintly messenger. To the many Hindus who also added colour to the Siparia Fete, she was Siparee Mai, the Mother of Siparia. Possibly, the small, dark statue, with its wig of real human hair, appealed aesthetically to the Indian indentured labourers who worshipped her in their own way. This was not always welcomed by the parishioners, who attempted to lock out the Hindu element, but were forced into tolerance when the IndoTrinis devotees threatened to burn down the church.
Back in the 1850s, Siparia was a sleepy little village lost in the high woods with a population of a few dozen people of mixed Amerindian and African descent. There were no public buildings since it fell under the administration of the Ward of Oropouche which had its seat at St Mary’s Village, in the County of St Patrick. In a humble tapia church, however, was a little wooden statue placed there, for the purpose of devotion. This statue may have come to the town as early as 1808. By the 1870s, the Feast of La Divina Pastora was already attracting thousands from across the island as a French priest, Father Armand Masse noted in 1875:
“At Siparia there is a virgin of great renown in the whole of Trinidad. She is called La Divina Pastora. When they were obliged to leave Siparia, to save this statue from profanation, the Spaniard hid her in the nearby forest where she was found later. She was taken back to the village and placed in a shrine, and then the church. Like all Spanish Virgins, that of Siparia was dressed in bridal attire. Remarkable graces were obtained by the intercession of Our Lady of Siparia.”
Among the devotees were Warao, people from the Orinoco Delta and hundreds of Indian indentured labourers who identified with the little brown image and called her Siparee-ke-mai. Father Masse recorded the hodgepodge of humanity in his memoir:
“All along the way yesterday, on the eve of the feast, I met pilgrims of all colours going towards the sanctuary. They were counted in thousands…The road is very difficult and extremely uneven. Among the vehicles which try to come to Siparia, several broke down on the road. One cab tumbled into a ditch; many horses took flight and refused to go further. All eventually arrived at Siparia though. Some Waraoons dressed in nothing are at the door of the church. A band of coolies arrives. They sing all night long. At dawn they go to bathe and then come to the chapel. They have brought two cocks which they will offer to the virgin (they call her Siparee maie). To make this offering they go to the foot of the altar with the cock and saying their prayers in a loud voice with arms extended, they go to the back of the church, untie the cock and set it free in the church. The old sacristan captures the cock which the cure will soon eat.”
The road described by Abbe Masse is none other than the Siparia Old Road which wends its way towards Oropouche, through Avocat Village. The presbytery was an elaborate spired wooden edifice which stood opposite the church. It was constructed in 1850, and demolished in the 1960s. In this period, the church itself was nothing more than a simple wooden structure. It is believed that people of East Indian descent began making pilgrimages to Siparia in search of this dark Madonna’s healing power in the late 19th century, soon after their arrival in Trinidad.
There was no grotto for housing the image of the saint, instead a contemporary of Abbe Masse describes the statue as having been placed on a large mound of dirt, and adorned with flowers. There is no river near Siparia, so the pilgrims would have washed in one of the several wells in the area which were opened by Abbe Masse. One at Well Road still exhibits its original paving.
Abbe Masse describes a later episode of the feast as such:
“The road from Oropouche to Siparia was full of coolies. The savannah of the church, the huts, the church, and the village were full. Without precautions being taken they would have set the church on fire with the numerous candles they were lighting. The lamps, though there were huge numbers of them, were not sufficient; the oil spilled all over the floorboards. They were disputing among themselves, jostling to obtain the oil , which was burning in front of the virgin.
“The coolies have a noisy devotion. They pray at the top of their voices but then they are distracted. When they prostrate themselves with their forehead on the floor, it seems sometimes they will split their skulls, so hard do they hit their heads against the planks.”
Holy Thursday is still known by some older people as the “Coolie Fete” .Every year, on Holy Thursday, the image is taken from its shrine in the parish church and exposed to public devotion in the presbytery, after which she is clad in ornate garments and jewelry by specially appointed ladies of the parish , to whom service is a sacred duty.
First Photo : Original Painting by Rudolph BissessarsinghThe old Siparia presbytery which stood for almost a century before it was demolished in the 1960s.
2nd Photo: La Divina Pastora - Patron Saint of Siparia
3rd Photo : Vintage Photo 1950s - Hindu woman with her son taking his first hair cut.
I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago during a time when everyone treated each other like Family. When you always had to speak properly when you were with your parents or adults but could "leh go" with your friends. If someone got you angry, you would tell them "how yuh mudda make yuh" with a variety of cuss words. If your mom found out, she made you wash your mouth with soap. Blue soap, sunlight or carbolic. If you can't take "fatigue", don't start. Everyone had a nickname. The Chinese boy was "chin"; the African boy was "blacks"; the Indian boy was "lal", the fat kid was "fat boy", the skinny boy was "bones". We went outside to play; we got dirty. We used to bathe in the rain, sometimes by the standpipe. I am yet to find anything as satisfying as a cup of creole chocolate or hot porridge on a rainy day. We went to the river or springs on a hot day. Our fast food was corned beef and rice; sometimes, even hot rice and butter. We ate breadfruit, dasheen, yam, eddoes, cassava, boil corn, roast corn. From the bakery we ate belly full, currants roll, coconut drops, milk cake, pan bread, bun, butter bread and hops bread. We loved bread and condensed milk or hot bread and butter; sometimes red butter. We sucked paradise plum, brittle, kazer ball, dinner mint. We ate bene balls, tollum, chataigne, sugar cake, tamarind ball, tamarind stew, red mango, mango chow, plum chow. We got dirty and we didn't eat fast food....we ate cooked food. We got ice cream from the ice cream man or if mum was in a good mood and had the money, we had homemade ice cream on Sunday. The best was when barberdeen was in season. When mum made cake, we licked the bowl clean. Cassava pone or bread pudding was a treat. Redifusion had two channels. To this day I remember "Portia faces life." We listened to auntie Kay on a Sunday. In later years, if you had a tv, you saw auntie Hazel on twelve and under, you watched Mastana Bahar and an Indian movie on a Sunday afternoon and watched Scouting for Talent on Tuesdays. Panorama was time to be quiet. We loved snow cone on a hot day, preferably with guava syrup and condensed milk. We climbed trees, picked mangoes, Chennette, pommerac, plum, pommecythere; whatever was in season. We suck and ate cane with our bare teeth. We played Simon Says, Red Rover, Mother May I, 1,2,3 Red Light, Hide & Seek, Jacks, Marbles, Tag, Hopscotch, Cars, Checkers, cricket, moral, rounders, pan cup, football; we raced against each other in the street and even played jockey in the canal with a piece of stick. A tennis ball and a good piece of wood was enough to start a cricket game, and if somebody window break, game done. The only time we stayed indoors was when we were sick or as a punishment. If you were sick, it was not uncommon to get a "bush bath" with some "buccano leaf" and whatever bush mum thought would make you better. Castor oil or sena pods during vacation was the worse. The boys flew kites that we had made ourselves; sometimes we made a mad bull and hope it wasn't so big that it took you flying. We made zwill with flour and grounded glass; put razor blades in your kite tail and when you battle, who lost, saw their kites "hi-yo". The first one to reach the kite is the new owner. We drove carts we had made from wood with old bearings for wheels. An old bike wheel with the spokes removed was a toy. Who never tried to get "laglee" from the breadfruit tree to try to catch a semp? There was no bottled water, we drank from the pipe. We walked to the corner store and rode our bikes (if we had one) for hours without a cellphone. We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. If someone had a fight, that's what it was...a fist fight. Kids didn't have guns when I grew up. The street lights were your curfew. School was mandatory. Police used to take you to your school when they find you on the road during school hours. We watched our mouths around our elders because we knew if you DISRESPECTED any grown up you were gonna get it with whatever was close and get a second one when your parents found out...!!!
Saturday, March 30, 2019
Here is quick abbreviated summary & first impression of the NEW for 2019 Koito bi-LED 2.0. It is a *fan-less* version and ever so slightly more compact. It may be difficult to see in the photos but the 2.0 has a slightly different beam pattern. For the US version they have shifted the peak intensity right over the 75 meter test point (roughly 12-15% more intensity). What does that mean? Well, you will see farther at that angle than the previous version. They really have that peak dialed in right up against the cutoff edge. I’m talking maybe around half a degree under. And while far distance vision has improved, the center vertical test point at 50 meters has gone *down* in intensity. This is a bit of a bummer as I would have liked for Koito to at least mirror the same performance at this test point as the previous version. None the less there is still plenty of intensity at centerline.
Width is still good for this LED projector with no apparent loss on the edges.
The lens appears to have a somewhat odd shape. It is not a perfect semi-sphere. At certain angles when the light hits the lens (to my eyes) the top portion looks as if its indented slightly. It's hard to describe. I don’t believe this be stylistic in nature so I’m assuming it's an optical characteristic. It is also shorter in its peak than the previous version.
High beam shape is nearly the same as previous version while being slightly different. I have not yet measured intensity for the 2.0.
The Nichia LED chip *appears* to be the same on the outside but I believe this to be a more robust version. I say this because after powering the 2.0 for about 10 minutes the heatsink body is very hot to the touch. Enough that you probably won’t be able to hold it in your hands for very long. The 2.0 runs at about 23W while the previous version was about 26W. I have not yet used my thermal imager over the chips but I can’t see that Koito designed the 2.0 to be easily overheated (especially in a controlled environment). So the new chip must be much more tolerant to heat. And this was so that they could do away with the active cooling which more automotive lighting manufacturers are moving away from. Less mechanical parts to fail.
Is the Koito bi-LED 2.0 better than its predecessor? That all depends on your perspective.
More thorough testing to come in the future!
Width is still good for this LED projector with no apparent loss on the edges.
The lens appears to have a somewhat odd shape. It is not a perfect semi-sphere. At certain angles when the light hits the lens (to my eyes) the top portion looks as if its indented slightly. It's hard to describe. I don’t believe this be stylistic in nature so I’m assuming it's an optical characteristic. It is also shorter in its peak than the previous version.
High beam shape is nearly the same as previous version while being slightly different. I have not yet measured intensity for the 2.0.
The Nichia LED chip *appears* to be the same on the outside but I believe this to be a more robust version. I say this because after powering the 2.0 for about 10 minutes the heatsink body is very hot to the touch. Enough that you probably won’t be able to hold it in your hands for very long. The 2.0 runs at about 23W while the previous version was about 26W. I have not yet used my thermal imager over the chips but I can’t see that Koito designed the 2.0 to be easily overheated (especially in a controlled environment). So the new chip must be much more tolerant to heat. And this was so that they could do away with the active cooling which more automotive lighting manufacturers are moving away from. Less mechanical parts to fail.
Is the Koito bi-LED 2.0 better than its predecessor? That all depends on your perspective.
More thorough testing to come in the future!
Friday, March 29, 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019
One of us still has our picture taped up on the dash
One of us took that one from Mexico, threw it in the trash
One of us don't even notice when the radio plays that song
One of us breaks down and has to pull over whenever it comes on
Nah there ain't no in between, when it comes to her and me
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
There's a number on a phone that one of us erased
There's a "late-night can we try again?" call one of us wants to make
'Cause one of us can't even think about bein' in another's arms
And there's a car in the drive that stayed all night, where one of us used to park
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
For a while we had forever in our hands
That's why one of us can't understand
How one of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
Yeah that's the difference between her world or mine
One of us took that one from Mexico, threw it in the trash
One of us don't even notice when the radio plays that song
One of us breaks down and has to pull over whenever it comes on
Nah there ain't no in between, when it comes to her and me
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
There's a number on a phone that one of us erased
There's a "late-night can we try again?" call one of us wants to make
'Cause one of us can't even think about bein' in another's arms
And there's a car in the drive that stayed all night, where one of us used to park
One of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, and one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
For a while we had forever in our hands
That's why one of us can't understand
How one of us moved on, one of us got stuck
One of us is drinkin' just for fun, one of us drinkin' to get drunk
One of us sleeps good, one of us hates to face the night
Just depends if you're talkin' about her world or mine
Yeah that's the difference between her world or mine
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Saturday, March 16, 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
CHRISTIAN DICTATORSIPS AND THEOCRACIES (2)
Will any Catholic or Protestant prelate, priest or clergyman tell us why the Christian emperor, Theodosius the First, should have ordered the destruction of the Serapeum Library of Alexandria, if not to destroy the evidence it contained of the spurious nature of the Christian religion, and it's heathen philosophical origin?
Will any Catholic or Protestant prelate, priest or clergyman tell us why the Christian emperor, Theodosius the First, should have ordered the destruction of the Serapeum Library of Alexandria, if not to destroy the evidence it contained of the spurious nature of the Christian religion, and it's heathen philosophical origin?
TRINIDAD DICTIONARY FROM A-Z.
Accra, allyuh, aye-yah-yie
bachanal, back back, bachac, bobolee, badjohn, bawling, bazodee, biscuit, bredda, broughtupsy, bullerman, bobolee, break biche
(Body parts) bamsee, cat, totie, tot tots, nani, saltfish, cockstand, balls, prick, pussy
Dat, dingolay, doo doo darling, dotish, dougla, drevait (a wayward person), doubles
Eh-heh, ent, eh
Faddah, fall out, fete, frigging, fed up, fuh real, fresh water yankee
Gyul, geed/gyad (oh geed, oh gyad), giddy, gun talk
Harden, Humbug, hoggish
Icenin (icing on cake), in ting, iron pot
Jab jab, jagabat, jeez an ages, jook, jumbie,
Ketch, klim, kaiso
Lagniappe, leh we go lick dong, licks, largerbless, look nuh, long eye, liming
Muddah cunt, macco, make style, maccocious, mamaguy,
Mo-vay-lang (mauvais Lang - to bad talk),
moco jumbie,
Nah never see come see, nastiness, now fuh now
Obeah, obzokee, oh gosh, Ole talk, own way
Palancing, pallet, parang, patois, pickar, picong, plannasse, punananie, puss
Qualey (dried up), quenk (irritating person)
Ragamuffin, ram - cram, rumfle, rude
Sagaboy/girl, schupid, steuppss, soucouyant, sometimeish, sweet too bad, sweet drink, swell up yuh face ( duh swell up yuh face at me, or else ah go cut your arse)
Tabanca (when yuh girlfriend or boyfriend break up with you and yuh in sorrow), tantie, teef, totie, tot tots, Trini, titty vay, torchlight, throw waist (wine)
Umpteen
Vex, vamoose,
Whappen, whey yuh say, wine/wining, wood (penis), wajang
X me, sex me
(Dah boy X meh last night)
Yampee (cold or mucus in the corner of yuh eye), yuh muddah cunt, yuh making joke man
Yuh father is a glass maker (yuh blocking meh view)
Zug Up (yuh Zug up meh head), zaboca (avocado)
Accra, allyuh, aye-yah-yie
bachanal, back back, bachac, bobolee, badjohn, bawling, bazodee, biscuit, bredda, broughtupsy, bullerman, bobolee, break biche
(Body parts) bamsee, cat, totie, tot tots, nani, saltfish, cockstand, balls, prick, pussy
Dat, dingolay, doo doo darling, dotish, dougla, drevait (a wayward person), doubles
Eh-heh, ent, eh
Faddah, fall out, fete, frigging, fed up, fuh real, fresh water yankee
Gyul, geed/gyad (oh geed, oh gyad), giddy, gun talk
Harden, Humbug, hoggish
Icenin (icing on cake), in ting, iron pot
Jab jab, jagabat, jeez an ages, jook, jumbie,
Ketch, klim, kaiso
Lagniappe, leh we go lick dong, licks, largerbless, look nuh, long eye, liming
Muddah cunt, macco, make style, maccocious, mamaguy,
Mo-vay-lang (mauvais Lang - to bad talk),
moco jumbie,
Nah never see come see, nastiness, now fuh now
Obeah, obzokee, oh gosh, Ole talk, own way
Palancing, pallet, parang, patois, pickar, picong, plannasse, punananie, puss
Qualey (dried up), quenk (irritating person)
Ragamuffin, ram - cram, rumfle, rude
Sagaboy/girl, schupid, steuppss, soucouyant, sometimeish, sweet too bad, sweet drink, swell up yuh face ( duh swell up yuh face at me, or else ah go cut your arse)
Tabanca (when yuh girlfriend or boyfriend break up with you and yuh in sorrow), tantie, teef, totie, tot tots, Trini, titty vay, torchlight, throw waist (wine)
Umpteen
Vex, vamoose,
Whappen, whey yuh say, wine/wining, wood (penis), wajang
X me, sex me
(Dah boy X meh last night)
Yampee (cold or mucus in the corner of yuh eye), yuh muddah cunt, yuh making joke man
Yuh father is a glass maker (yuh blocking meh view)
Zug Up (yuh Zug up meh head), zaboca (avocado)
It's with a heavy heart, I have to report the passing of a Cure brother.
Andy Anderson was A true gentleman and a great musician with a wicked sense of humor which he kept until the end, a testament to his beautiful spirit on the last journey. We are blessed to have known him.
— Lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) February 26, 2019
Andy Anderson, the drummer who enjoyed stints with Iggy Pop and the Cure while assisting an array of artists as a session musician, died Tuesday. He was 68.
Just last week, Anderson revealed on Facebook that he had terminal cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he wrote, “[P]lease, no boo hooing here, just be positive, for me it’s just another life Experience and Hurdle, that one has to make yet another Choice in life, be cool, I most definitely am and positive about the situation.”
Founding member of the Cure Lol Tolhurst confirmed the news of Anderson’s death. “Andy Anderson was a true gentleman and a great musician with a wicked sense of humor which he kept until the end, a testament to his beautiful spirit on the last journey. We are blessed to have known him,” Tolhurst tweeted.
Anderson joined the Cure in 1983 after original drummer Laurence “Lol” Tolhurst switched to keys. His first contributions were two cuts off the band’s 1983 singles collection, Japanese Whispers, “Speak My Language” and the “The Love Cats” which became the Cure’s first Top 10 hit in the U.K. Anderson also helped Robert Smith and Tolhurst record their 1984 record The Top, and he appeared on their live album, Concert, as well.
Born in the West Ham neighborhood of London in January 1951, Anderson got his start as a professional musician when he teamed up with members of Hawkwind on their various side projects. He contributed to Nik Turner’s Sphynx’s 1978 album Xitintoday – credited as “Android Anderson” – and also played on Steve Hillage’s three LPs, Green, Live Herald and Open. Anderson did play with Hawkwind on their 1983 tour, but he never recorded with them. Instead, he left the group to join Robert Smith and Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 1983 side project, the Glove, which released their first and only album, Blue Sunshine, in 1983.
After his stint with the Cure, Anderson embarked on a long and successful career as a session musician. Over the course of his career he worked with Iggy Pop, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, the Sex Pistols’ Glen Mattlock, Edwin Collins, Peter Gabriel and Isaac Hayes. More recently, Anderson was working extensively as a solo artist, and though he didn’t release any proper albums, he put out an array of tracks under the moniker AAMuzik.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x83wluZqM2g
Sunday, February 24, 2019
Think about it, what is a Messi?
Someone showing us, the Humanity, the right path.
And we are in the 21st century, why woud we expect Messis to just speak to crowds or have super powers ?? We live in a World of companies, it makes sense that a Messi of this current time creates companies to show us the way.
Someone showing us, the Humanity, the right path.
And we are in the 21st century, why woud we expect Messis to just speak to crowds or have super powers ?? We live in a World of companies, it makes sense that a Messi of this current time creates companies to show us the way.
Monday, February 11, 2019
The reason U2 don’t get the respect they deserve these days is because they still exist.
When they’ve gone, there’ll be a documentary or a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody and people will tear up watching it.
They had a grandiosity and power at their peak that few bands ever achieve.
Overshadowed nowadays by a few mediocre albums and the endless potshots from comedians, musicians who’ll never achieve anything and every second idiot on the internet.
When they’ve gone, there’ll be a documentary or a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody and people will tear up watching it.
They had a grandiosity and power at their peak that few bands ever achieve.
Overshadowed nowadays by a few mediocre albums and the endless potshots from comedians, musicians who’ll never achieve anything and every second idiot on the internet.
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