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A weird trip down memory lane

Roswell
When I was 18 I used to go into Manchester and lie down on the street for hours waiting for people to talk to me. I did that for about a year. At the time I felt a great sense of loss that school friends had gone to university and I'd dropped out of school. All irrelevant now Slight smile
Did you have any really weird periods in your life?
  • in reply to Desmond79

    yes  - its your world now look after it

  • I lived such a sheltered life, all told. My gran had projected her fears of the outside world onto me.

  • in reply to Disambiguating Cynosure

    thats so u know deep ...... an acted out analogy of your life ahead

  • ...Me again. I cannot recall how old I was, 20-30's maybe, but if anyone here ever saw a person *walking* down the Blackwall Tunnel (London), about 20 Years ago, while dressed in Smart Clothes, then that was ME, okay? This counts towards what others have said here -- it was weird and uncertain - yet GREAT when I succeeded in doing it & came out the other end! Slight smile

  • Roswell said:
    I used to go into Manchester and lie down on the street for hours waiting for people to talk to me.

    Greetings. This is England; so many Folk would be polite and ask You if You 'are alright', or ignore You... yet their Children would approach You and do other things which I do not care to mention. (...!) Also, a lot depends upon Your eyes being open/closed, or Your showing any 'signs of life' (twitching, moving, etc.) ...!

    I Myself once genuinely tripped over at school & after the pain I saw opportunity to try a similar experiment. Most onlookers (children) gathered to say mean & imaginary things, and only a Friend arrived to help Me up. Yet the entire affair was ended when a Teacher arrived, to *force* Me up (ignoring My leg pain) just to disperse the crowd. (!)

    I think nowadays most folk would do either of THREE things: Ignore, offer to remove You out of the Public Area, or just take Pictures upon a Smartphone.   (Meh.)

    ...If lying upon a street deliberately waiting, then most folk would notice that and avoid it, thinking it suspicious - as if You were a "caught on hidden camera" sort of Actor.

    I list many perspectives here, so I hope this post is at least a bit useful. (To anyone else also.)   Slight smile