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Tim Curry has died

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Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by bitwize »

wiglaf1979 wrote: post #95
zemvpferreira wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hear hear. An alarming amount of people around me have had serious health scares directly caused by manipulation. A friend of a friend was nearly left paraplegic after a sports "straightening" by a well-known local specialist. A close friend who had an extremely aggressive breast cancer at 35 (and is given to natural cures etc etc) took up acupuncture as a secondary treatment. All well and good until the third sessio…

I forget which comedian said it in a bit they did but it's always stuck with me. Something along the lines of "If alternative medicine worked we would just call it medicine."

"Alternative medicine was either not proved to work, or proved not to work. Do you know what we call alternative medicine that's been proved to work?

Medicine." —Tim Minchin

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by voidfunc »

WalterBright wrote: post #62

> Curry had a stroke while receiving a massage This happened to an acquaintance of mine. He had a pain in his neck, and went to a chiropractor. The chiropractor massaged his neck, which released a blot clot that went into his brain and gave him a stroke. His life afterwards was severely degraded. He was only in his 40s. I'll never let a chiropractor touch me.

I'm dealing with a relatively minor but annoying back and neck issue and the number of people that have come out of the woodwork to tell me to go to a chiropractor is kind of shocking.

I need actual physical therapy from someone with a credible degree in sports medicine. It's a relatively common muscular issue that I'm pretty confident can be handled with stretching and strengthening routines but nobody has suggested doing that so far.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by etrautmann »

WalterBright wrote: post #62

> Curry had a stroke while receiving a massage This happened to an acquaintance of mine. He had a pain in his neck, and went to a chiropractor. The chiropractor massaged his neck, which released a blot clot that went into his brain and gave him a stroke. His life afterwards was severely degraded. He was only in his 40s. I'll never let a chiropractor touch me.

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Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by maqp »

My first introduction to the man was Muppet Treasure Island, the video game. I didn't see the movie until I was adult but the game really, really stuck with me. It's not on GOG (yet) but a copy of it sits on archive: https://archive.org/details/MuppetTreasureIslandPC

It ran on W11 without too much trouble up until CD 3 started. There the whole game just seized up and refused to run. Weirdly no amount of uninstalling helped to get even earlier CDs running.

That being said it's a masterpiece, still, 30 years later.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by ChemoKills »

zemvpferreira wrote: post #86
WalterBright wrote: post #62

> Curry had a stroke while receiving a massage This happened to an acquaintance of mine. He had a pain in his neck, and went to a chiropractor. The chiropractor massaged his neck, which released a blot clot that went into his brain and gave him a stroke. His life afterwards was severely degraded. He was only in his 40s. I'll never let a chiropractor touch me.

Hear hear. An alarming amount of people around me have had serious health scares directly caused by manipulation. A friend of a friend was nearly left paraplegic after a sports "straightening" by a well-known local specialist. A close friend who had an extremely aggressive breast cancer at 35 (and is given to natural cures etc etc) took up acupuncture as a secondary treatment. All well and good until the third sessio…

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Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by WarOnPrivacy »

I have a Tim Curry-adjacent story.

A family friend had a yellow ~73 Duster. Tim Curry autographed her hood in spray paint. This was back in the early Rocky Horror days - a live performance in NYC, I think. Everyone adored the signature.

ff to mid 80's: She is leaving work. She gets to her parking space and sees that her hood is just yellow; the autograph is gone.

She's staring in shock when the attendant walks up to her and says in a heavy Arabic accent: "I'm so sorry that happened to you. I scrubbed and I scrubbed all morning until I finally got it all off!" and is just beaming at her. Her shock hasn't let up any. She manages to squeak out a "Thank you" and leaves.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by a4isms »

ColinWright wrote: post #77
cestith wrote: post #35

Annie, Clue, Command & Conquer, Criminal Minds, Legend, Muppets Treasure Island, Rocky Horror Picture Show He was an icon. It’s said you can tell a lot about a person by from where they recognize him.

He was brilliant in "Oscar". (Sorry, just noticed the older sibling comment said the same thing)

Nevertheless, you are still Wright to have your own say, and it is delightful to have commonality, no matter how "trivial."

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by telesilla »

world2vec wrote: post #80

My wife and I adore "Rocky Horror Picture Show". RIP absolute legend.

Finding myself in the audience as a young adult and being inculcated into performance art, underground culture, independent film makers and the wonderful weirdos who surrounded me.. All of us wearing pyjamas or petticoats or garters and yelling towards the screen.. What an excellent way to start adulthood, with these ideas of freedom of expression. I hope the traditions continue, and godspeed to Tim Curry.
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