Little Bit Boring

I was too inexperienced to understand what I was reading, and it had no effect on me.

So. In Peter Pan, the novel, this is the first mention of Captain Hook:

“Who is captain now?” “Hook,” answered Peter, and his face became very stern as he said that hated word. “Jas. Hook?” “Ay.” Then indeed Michael began to cry, and even John could speak in gulps only, for they knew Hook’s reputation. “He was Blackbeard’s bo’sun,” John whispered huskily. “He is the worst of them all. He is the only man of whom Barbecue was afraid.”

Later, we learn this:

Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school; and its traditions still clung to him like garments, with which indeed they are largely concerned.

“Barbecue” is Long John Silver from Treasure Island. Jas. is short for James, but in “Captain Hook at Eton,” he’s also called Jacobus. The biblical figure Jacob was renamed Israel.

Blackbeard’s historical boatswain, and also a character in Treasure Island, was Israel Hands.

Many kudos to OP, I’m still processing Captain Hook = Israel Hands. Because of this post, I stumbled upon this 2020 article. It is a fascinating and bittersweet read about Barrie, Stevenson, and the Peter Pan+Treasure Island connections.

Now, the letters of JM Barrie to Robert Louis Stevenson – presumed to be lost by several key Barrie biographers for over 70 years - will be published for the first time in a forthcoming book. The letters reveal how ardently the young Barrie both adored and admired Stevenson, who was an older and more established writer. A year into their friendship, which was initiated by Stevenson, Barrie wrote to him: “To be blunt I have discovered (have suspected it for some time) that I love you, and if you had been a woman…” He leaves the sentence unfinished.

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Barrie has a real desire to incorporate Stevenson and his affection for Stevenson in his works, he believes. “I think what Barrie is saying is: if I can never meet Stevenson, because he has unfortunately died, then I want to create the opportunity for our characters to meet.

but my chiro is cool, i like her. her work doesn't fix everything but it does help with some things.

there's value in both, its not so black and white as "chiro bad, pt good".

In case reports or case series, more than 200 patients were suspected to have been seriously harmed. The most common serious adverse effects were due to vertebral artery dissections. The two prospective reports suggested that relatively mild adverse effects occur in 30% to 61% of all patients. The case-control studies suggested a causal relationship between spinal manipulation and the adverse effect. The survey data indicated that even serious adverse effects are rarely reported in the medical literature.

Pt visits may be more expensive than chiropractic, but when you go to physical therapy you get taught exercises to target and strengthen the problem areas of your body that you're supposed to continue at home. Even if you only go once or twice, you have a means of moving forward that can help keep your body comfortable without the need for further visits, which is less money in the long run. If you want to compliment these exercises with hands on work but don't want to pay for more pt, a well targeted deep tissue massage by someone who knows what they're doing is very comparable to the hands on treatment I've received for my neck and back during physical therapy.

A physical therapist wants to treat you thorougly enough that you no longer need to attend physical therapy ever again. A chiropractor wants to, at best, treat your symptoms as they come up because their practice is not physically capable of addressing underlying issues that cause the discomfort you're feeling.