Comments for Terence Ruffle

Comment on SMiLE……a teenage symphony to God. by Nick Fisher

Nick Fisher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:23:02 +0000

Once again, your attention to detail is impressive, and I’ve always been inspired and instructed by your observations on sound, ambience and production. Your sense of humour remains sharp, heart-warming and uniquely Ruffle-esque.
Peace and love…

Comment on My pet Jackdaw by pete

pete — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:16:16 +0000

I too know a tame Jackdaw. His name is Blacky and he is something of a local celebrity. From what I can gather Blacky was found in a wrecked nest and hand reared by a neighbour. Blacky comes most days,loves to sit on peoples shoulders and likes to eat butter and sultanas and sounds like no other Jackdaw. He has 290 friends on Facebook

Comment on On being Deaf…… by jude

jude — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:59:16 +0000

You’re not alone Tev as Sarah is in the same boat, and like you we have had deaf people around us, Great Nan and my Dad’s Mum were deaf too and as kids we had to learn at quite a young age to sit and face who we were talking too, but I agree quite strongly that being deaf IS A DISABILITY!!

Comment on Riot! by Coffer

Coffer — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:05:24 +0000

“White riot, I wanna riot, I wanna riot….” We all sang it but none of us meant it. Predictably the Daily Mail used the riots as an excuse to blame ‘liberal attitudes’ and equally predictably the liberals (of whom I am proud to be a part) did not stoke up the argument by responding (and there was so much that could be said). 6 months on we have a much clearer idea of what went on and the only thing we really know is that sticking plaster solutions DO NOT WORK.

Comment on My Father, Alfred William Ruffle, part 5 by Coffer

Coffer — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:55:24 +0000

God bless you Alf. You were so much a part of my glorious teenage years growing up in Maldon with friends whose parents made us welcome and comfortable. None of us should underestimate how lucky we were.

Comment on Glam Rock…… by terence

terence — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:51:08 +0000

I know that Mr Glitter has been totally demonised, and for the most part, rightly so, but I have to say, Gary had a touch of the Sutch!

Comment on Firework Fetish 2: Indoor Fireworks by terence

terence — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:54:18 +0000

May the Fawkes be with you all!

Comment on Meditation and Philosophy by will

will — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:37:17 +0000

“God”??? What’s that?

On another point…. Although it’s not a good idea to dwell on them too much, the past and the future clearly *do* exist.

Someone who doesn’t believe the future exists will very quickly find themselves sleeping on a park bench! “Next week doesn’t exist, so there’s no need to pay rent today….”

And if the past doesn’t exist, why do you write so much about it?

Yeah, I know, I’m splitting hairs. But there’s a lot of nonsense written about the past and future not existing. Nothing means anything at all without them.

Comment on Meditation and Philosophy by terence

terence — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:50:50 +0000

The best spiritual precept I’ve been given is “whatever you believe is real, is real”.
Obviously, your Catholic upbringing wasn’t the best path to spiritual enlightenment……or maybe it was?!
God bless mate……

Comment on Meditation and Philosophy by will

will — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:35:10 +0000

I wish i could delude myself that there’s a next life, but there isn’t. Consciousness is a mass of chemical reactions that occur in the brain. When you die, the chemical reactions stop – and that’s it, you don’t exist any more.

I think, deep down, most people realise that (even most of the ones who delude themselves with religion). The challenge is to find meaning in life when none really exists – because if you can, it makes life much more pleasant.