my sailing friend has been diagnosed with mild NOSPARMs - advice sought

r_h said:
I believe it's down to the confusion that arises from a combination of winter-like weather and long daylight hours, with only a few hours of darkness in any 24-hour period. Usually solved given a little time and the
return to short days and long nights.
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Well make the most of the long daylight hours because in exactly 5 day time, the days will start to get shorter as we start the run up to Christmas !

21st June is not called the Summer Sailstice for fun you know? :D



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lenseman said:
Well make the most of the long daylight hours because in exactly 5 day time, the days will start to get shorter as we start the run up to Christmas !

21st June is not called the Summer Sailstice for fun you know? :D



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you bad man

such information could send Cedric over the edge from mild Noparms to severe

I utterly refuse to share your thoughts with him

where is your compassion

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Poor Cedric, it is not looking too good for him is it? An undeactive drinking arm. Two days a week of excess wind and a muddy disposition to boot..

I think he needs a bit of a makeover: It's Monday morning, a fresh start. He could try calling himself Celtic. Dying his beard a Jock(eh)ular red, and having lashings of whisky laden porridge . Some manly sunglasses and a unicycle to get round the pontoons should get the adrenaline pumping in a ' that's the spirit' sort of way .
Beyond that , I cannot help. Report back when the porridge runs out?
 
Uricanejack said:
I quit drinking many years ago.
I still have the occasional glass of a nice Malt for medicinal purposes. Never go sailing without it.
Current remedy 10 yr Macallen which is very restorative.
Although I strongly recommend an Islay for it's exstra mineral content and vitamins. I like the flavour to. Bruichladdie or Leaphroig or Bunuhavin.

Works for me.
My old man used to prescribe Brandy and Port as a general cure all. you could try it if the whisky doesn't work
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Are you sure that you "quit drinking many years ago"?
 
It sounds to me that all this 5/2 and not drinking nonsense, suggests he has realised that he is old, past his prime, and the attempts at not drinking and losing weight have failed to make him young. It can be devastating to some people when they realise for the first time that they are not what they imagined, their vision of reality is flawed and that decrepitude and death are peeking round the corner. He will get over it, but he might not. As the boat degrades through lack of use, it will become a sad reminder to him that he too is degrading and is thus presented with a metaphor that he is sliding faster towards the end of that mortal coil, like an unloved old boat, rotting in the reeds.
 
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BlowingOldBoots said:
It sounds to me that all this 5/2 and not drinking nonsense, suggests he has realised that he is old, past his prime, and the attempts at not drinking and losing weight have failed to make him young. It can be devastating to some people when they realise for the first time that they are not what they imagined, their vision of reality is flawed and that decrepitude and death are peeking round the corner. He will get over it, but he might not. As the boat degrades through lack of use, it will become a sad reminder to him that he too is degrading and is thus presented with a metaphor that he is sliding faster towards the end of that mortal coil, like an unloved old boat, rotting in the reeds.
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Thats the most depressing scenario and no doubt sent his friend further into the abyss of what appears to be "deep depression" On a lighter note the weather will be better next week!:cool:
 
I am ten years older than him, and have just been diagnosed with YARA syndrome. There is no cure, except sailing, booze, and sex.

YARA syndrome is very infectious, so watch out.

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Yet Another Ridiculous Acronym.
 
quimby said:
Thats the most depressing scenario and no doubt sent his friend further into the abyss of what appears to be "deep depression" On a lighter note the weather will be better next week!:cool:
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If he is clinically depressed then he probably needs professional help because there could be some past issues that are coming home to roost; advice from here is not likely to help. If he is just on a downer, then he needs to pick himself up. I suggest that the 5/2 may be leaving him without any energy to the point that he is flagging. If he has been a big carbohydrate eater then withdrawal symptoms as a result of the 5/2 can produce torpor. He has to get over the carbo addiction and time will sort that. A quick way of getting over it is to go for 1 hour brisk walks, to raise the heart rate and produce the stuff that makes you feel good. So, in my ignorance, and assuming he is not clinically depressed, he needs to get off his arse and get moving at a brisk pace and stick too it. Eventually he will see himself as an elder statesman, perhaps a Silver Fox and start to feel good again about himself and his place in the cycle of life. The 5/2, carb withdrawal and lack of activity, at his age, is a negative combination. A month of at least 1 hour of brisk walking a day should do it.

Then again, maybe he has fallen for a Nigerian Princess and realised the truth of it all.
 
well I read all your responses to Cedric and we were doing awfully well, he sounded quite cheerful, but for the sake of balance I decided to read him this one as well


BlowingOldBoots said:
It sounds to me that all this 5/2 and not drinking nonsense, suggests he has realised that he is old, past his prime, and the attempts at not drinking and losing weight have failed to make him young. It can be devastating to some people when they realise for the first time that they are not what they imagined, their vision of reality is flawed and that decrepitude and death are peeking round the corner. He will get over it, but he might not. As the boat degrades through lack of use, it will become a sad reminder to him that he too is degrading and is thus presented with a metaphor that he is sliding faster towards the end of that mortal coil, like an unloved old boat, rotting in the reeds.
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it went quiet for a moment, then the phone went dead......

what should I do?

Poor, poor Cedric

Dylan
 
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gerry99 said:
equal measures of Remy Martin VSOP and Amaretto De Saronno - not as evil as it may first appear and guaranteed to get rid of NOSPARM
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Now I'm definitely up for some of this!

lenseman said:
21st June is not called the Summer Sailstice for fun you know? :D .
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Oh yes it is! .... if the weather lets me.

BlowingOldBoots said:
sliding faster towards the end of that mortal coil, like an unloved old boat, rotting in the reeds.
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That's the best I've heard in a long time.

Norman_E said:
Yet Another Ridiculous Acronym.
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& I have one for just this occasion! ....... 'SBBBBBQ' (Solstice Big Breakfast Beach BBQ)

Salty John said:
I'm afraid it's the end for Cedric. Off to the NHS warden -assisted marina for the rest of his days.
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Not more things to watch-out for in the compound! :)
 
As a Doctor * I always prescribe a weekend sailing in sunshine and brisk breezes as the treatment for NOSPARMS or SPOD. On our boat a weekend away always involves conspicuous consumption of pies, crisps, bacon roll, fried eggs, red wine and malt whisky. We are all fine.

(* - of Philosophy not Medicine, in case there's any doubt.)
 
I first read this thread this morning before going out to work. It had me thinking and weighing things up in my mind all day. It seems that I have a bit in common with Cedric.
On mulling over the pros and cons of owning a boat in the current climate and weather situation, for the last few summers, I'm wondering wether to carry on this boating lark. Well, at least the size of boat that I have.
The cost/use ratio is getting to a point where its actually costing a fair bit just to stay on board for a night.
Take this season, if its started yet. I have been on the boat once and that was to take it from the boatyard to the mooring.
The rest of the time that I have had free to go sailing either the weather or the tides have been all wrong.

I sit and watch the weather sites like hawk. If the weather looks good for the weekend by wednesday, you can bet a penny to a pound that the weather shifts and the weekend is either a washout or a blowout with the decent weather moving to the early part of the following week. It happened all last summer and looks to be the same for this one. Frustrating is not the word!

Now bearing in mind I got offerd a lot more than I payed for the boat and the associated costs in owing and running it, its starting to look very attractive is throwing in the towel and selling up.What I will do to fill my spare time I don't know. I might take up knitting. That looks to be a fairly cheap past time and isn't weather dependant......
 
Speaking as someone who has been on the 5:2 diet for 6 months now, I have lost nearly 2 stone in weight, have far *more* energy and appreciate food and drink more now. I for one would not assume that the diet is contributing to your friend's state of mind.

Clinical depression, if it is that, is not a condition which can be reasoned with or harrumphed away.
 
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