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Tim Curry has died

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Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by befictious »

callumprentice wrote: post #10

I was a fan since university when someone down the corridor would have The Rocky Horror Picture Show playing all the time... Imagine my delight at seeing him on a packed London Tube one morning on my way to work. He asked to get by and I said something like "Just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right?" waiting for him to burst into song with the whole carriage joining in.. He just scowled and pushed past -…

It'd be hilarious if it was just some dude who looked a lot like him and is just so sick and tired of how he can't go anywhere without people thinking he's tim curry

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by fallinditch »

When I was a teenager my aunt got me and my brother some tickets to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show - the original west end theater production: "you must see this". We had front row seats for a weekday matinee performance, Tim Curry was in the middle of a long run as Dr Frank-N-Furter - and boy, he blew our little socks off. I have never been present at such powerful stage magnetism before or since. The film version sorta captured it somewhat, but in the flesh he was unbelievable, powerful and ... divine.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by zemvpferreira »

pragma_x wrote: post #111
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…

Yikes. I've tried accupuncture. It _can_ work wonders for pain. But as a cure-all? Total quackery. Sorry your friend was approached like that in a time of need.

Appreciate your kindness. Unfortunately it’s very hard to understand if a woo-woo provider is waiting to prey on you when you’re at your weakest. I prefer not to support any pseudoscientific treatment modality if I can help it. Stick to disciplines who are subject to a higher degree of effectiveness and scrutiny and you’ll be saving yourself and others. Anything called mecidine and anyone called a doctor must uphold the highest standards.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by johnea »

I'll always remember him for the prophetic quote from Rocky Horror Picture Show.

It was only years later that I understood this to be a statement about all the corpse forward products produced by over-aggregated companies.

Whenever it seems like the product just doesn't do what you want, and charges too much for it, remember this paraphrase:

They didn't make it for YOU...

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by tmtvl »

julnepht wrote: post #67

He was also very good as Pennywise the clown in the TV version of IT in the nineties...

"Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"

Rest in peace, mister Curry (inconceivable that he wasn't knighted).

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Post by WalterBright »

nixon_why69 wrote: post #83
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.

Chiropractors are cranks but a normal muscle massage is really unlikely to cause a stroke AFAIK. The risks from Chiros as I understand it involve the big "adjustments" where they go for big pops, particularly in the neck.

He already had the blood clot in his neck, which was the cause of his pain. The chiropractor's massage released the clot.

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Post by WalterBright »

johnohara wrote: post #134
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.

Back when I was running seriously I would occassionally turn my ankle on uneven surfaces. A local chiropractor "tested" my ankle alignment and concluded I needed orthotics to line up my hips. I purchased them but the delivered product weighed 3X the weight of my shoes and never fit properly. After numerous visits to correct the orthotic problem, he referred me to another chiropractor who "specialized" in these kinds…

I was prescribed orthotics and wore them for years. I never noticed any improvement. After I started running regularly, then I saw improvement, and threw away the orthotics.

Re: Tim Curry has died

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Post by ChemoKills »

onraglanroad wrote: post #160
ChemoKills wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having nationalized medicine does not mean drug sales don’t occur, it just means the doctor is not the dealer, and often doesn’t run a private practice. The facilities still purchase drugs and equipment from private manufacturers. In your example of a socialist country where the doctor is not incentivized to sell Drug A - someone above him still is. After all, big pharma sells their drugs to government sponsored heal…

But the doctor doesn't have any incentive to push whatever the purchasers recommend. The Scottish NHS really does care about treating people. I know several people who work there. Your "people like me" spiel is a little lame because you are rather obviously ignorant of the world. Why don't you expand your knowledge rather than continuing here?

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