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[Meriweather]

Good morning all you Tide fans! There appears to be a number of you, so in your honor, instead of posting images of food or beverages, here you go:



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[blazer]

Good morning all you Tide fans! There appears to be a number of you, so in your honor, instead of posting images of food or beverages, here you go:



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ty Meri! :hug:

[Meriweather]

Morning Devotional

You are the salt of the earth. (Matthew 5:13)

What are You Called to Do? (3)

Observe:

(1) Your calling is often connected to what troubles you deeply. For Moses it was the oppression of his people. So God used that, and called Moses to lead his people to freedom. For William Wilberforce it was slavery. He devoted his entire life to seeing it eradicated in England, which it finally was shortly before his death.

For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. it was the injustice of a society that enslaved and oppressed African-Americans. So he dreamed and he preached and he marched and he organized and he boycotted, and the Civil Rights Movement was galvanized.

If you want to discover your calling, begin praying about what troubles you deeply. Usually we try to avoid unpleasantness, but if you have a sense that your calling involves helping the poor, spend time around those in poverty. Allow your heart to be moved, carry within you the conviction that things must change, and keep praying, "Lord, make me a change agent."

(2) Your calling means God believes in you. When Jesus called His disciples they didn't look like winners. Generally, in their day if someone was going to be the follower of a rabbi it happened much earlier. Plus, rabbis didn't recruit, they took applications.

But not Jesus. He picked a doctor, a tax collector and fishermen and said, "I believe in you. What I know I will teach you." He promised, "He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also" (Jn 14:12). No wonder they left their nets! Jesus empowered His followers to go out to live as He lived. Today, that's what He is calling you to do.


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[Meriweather]

And for those of you who did not see this last night (or in the other thread), this is indeed a good song to include in devotional time.

Revelation Song - IBC Indiana Bible College click (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCDC3AFuNtU)

[Meriweather]

ty Meri! :hug:

Roll Tide, roll! (Or whatever the correct response is.) ;)

[vir doctus]

Roll Tide, roll! (Or whatever the correct response is.) ;)

Is this a promotional post? Tide makes my skin itch.

[meggers49]

I'm bored.

I'm meg, nice to meet you, bored.

[blazer]

Look for me in springtime
as raindrops fill the air...
In the splendor of the rainbow,
you'll find my presence there.

You will find me in the fragrance
of April's sweet perfume;
Drifting through the clover,
on a sultry day in June.

An August day will find me
upon the summer breeze...
On the distant sound of the thunder,
in the gently swaying trees.

In the golden fields of harvest,
is where I can be found;
As autumn time approaches
and leaves comes tumbling down.

In the wintertime when days are short
and chill is in the air...
Just look into a moonlit night,
you'll find me lingering there.

When the setting sun has gone away
and shadows fill the night;
When the cloak of darkness lifts its veil,
I'll be your morning light.

So when you feel discouraged,
get on your knees and pray;
You'll feel me there beside you...
I'm just a breath away.
© 2001 Marilyn Ferguson

[meggers49]

After that, I needed a double of I Had a Bad Day.

So tell me, three ways life has been good to you.

God has been good to me, he gives me life so I can enjoy:

Home,
Family,
Friends

[meggers49]

Hugh Jackman. :drool::drool::drool:


One of the hottest men EVAH to walk this planet! :drool::drool::drool:



Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!! :hug:

no.

kidding.


(fanning myself.....whew)

[meggers49]

In your opinion, which is easier: being patient with oneself or being patient with others?

neither and i'm only moderately successful at either, and never at the same time, or consistantly.

[Hadassah]

no.

kidding.


(fanning myself.....whew)


*looks to see if my S.O. is around to read this.*


I need a crash cart in the room whenever I see Hugh Jackman, just in case. :drool:




*lucky for me, my S.O. is gorgeous, too.* :mrgreen:

[vir doctus]

*looks to see if my S.O. is around to read this.*


I need a crash cart in the room whenever I see Hugh Jackman, just in case. :drool:




*lucky for me, my S.O. is gorgeous, too.* :mrgreen:

But can S.O. sing Oklahoma? :think:

[Hadassah]

But can S.O. sing Oklahoma? :think:

He can sing, and sing well, I might add, but I've never heard him sing Oklahoma. I'll have to ask him to do so. :))

[RayMan]

*lucky for me, my S.O. is gorgeous, too.* :mrgreen:

So buf didn't use a picture of himself in his avatar? :angel:

[Meriweather]

Buf, pay no attention to RayMan's last post. Rest assured we will send him to visit the Rules of Respect sticky.

[Hadassah]

Buf, pay no attention to RayMan's last post. Rest assured we will send him to visit the Rules of Respect sticky.

Thank you, Meri. :hug:

[vir doctus]

Probably not significant, but interesting nonetheless, a review of Dear Ruskie's medical records from the orphanage reports encephalopathy shortly after receiving her measles vaccination. :think:

[Hadassah]

Probably not significant, but interesting nonetheless, a review of Dear Ruskie's medical records from the orphanage reports encephalopathy shortly after receiving her measles vaccination. :think:

I would think it would be significant.

[vir doctus]

I would think it would be significant.

I'll ask Handsome when he is done teaching the children. I guess I am having trouble seeing how anything can be worse than fetal alcohol - I am sure I have many surprises ahead of me...

[RayMan]

Buf, pay no attention to RayMan's last post. Rest assured we will send him to visit the Rules of Respect sticky.

What? I was simply addressing the words in her post. Not like I said buf looked like a duck or something. :whistle:

[vir doctus]

What? I was simply addressing the words in her post. Not like I said buf looked like a duck or something. :whistle:

Ducks are cute.

[buflineks]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it could be a goose in drag.

[RayMan]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it could be a goose in drag.

I see that most every day working in S.F.

[Hadassah]

I'll ask Handsome when he is done teaching the children. I guess I am having trouble seeing how anything can be worse than fetal alcohol - I am sure I have many surprises ahead of me...

:hug: :hug: :hug:


I can't even begin to imagine your pain.

[RayMan]

Ducks are cute.

I know. It's not like I said he reminded me of some sort of pesky feline.

[Hadassah]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it could be a goose in drag.

Yeah, speaking of a goose in drag, there was something you were going to tell me......:eh:

[vir doctus]

I know. It's not like I said he reminded me of some sort of pesky feline.

[shudder]

[vir doctus]

Yeah, speaking of a goose in drag, there was something you were going to tell me......:eh:

Like where he purchased his red evening gown...? :))

[blazer]

I'll ask Handsome when he is done teaching the children. I guess I am having trouble seeing how anything can be worse than fetal alcohol - I am sure I have many surprises ahead of me...

they have to go to school on Saturday?

[Meriweather]

What? I was simply addressing the words in her post. Not like I said buf looked like a duck or something. :whistle:

:))

You are so bad!

[Hadassah]

Like where he purchased his red evening gown...? :))

Oh, I know where he bought that one. It's the blue one I wanted to know about. :mrgreen:

[vir doctus]

they have to go to school on Saturday?

Evil parents, I know.

Math sucks. Handsome is a math genius :rolleyes:. Ergo, Handsome teaches math to the children on the only day he is available. (Wednesday is field trip day - always starts with hot chocolates or creme frappuccinos from Starbucks. :angel:)

[Sketch]

Hey kids! I’d just like to ask you all – particularly the folks who have been on this forum for some time, not to go running off to the Mods every time someone says the littlest thing. I think we need to have a little thicker skin.

[blazer]

Evil parents, I know.

Math sucks. Handsome is a math genius :rolleyes:. Ergo, Handsome teaches math to the children on the only day he is available. (Wednesday is field trip day - always starts with hot chocolates or creme frappuccinos from Starbucks. :angel:)

I wish my hubby would help with the teaching! He says that is my baby! :)

[Meriweather]

Hey kids! I’d just like to ask you all – particularly the folks who have been on this forum for some time, not to go running off to the Mods every time someone says the littlest thing. I think we need to have a little thicker skin.

A good thought, Sketch, but it gets complicated in any number of ways. There are those of us who have developed a fierce loyalty to the Religion Forum and are protective both of it, its members--and perhaps especially--it's Moderators.

There are any number of tools that we can use. We can try to resolve the issue in the thread itself. Sometimes this works well. But I can also recall a time last Fall, I tried to facilitate this--and the issue, as small as it was, continued to fester. Had I advised instead that it be taken immediately to TTTM, it would have been dealt with much more swiftly and efficiently--and probably would have resulted in less hard feelings all around.

Another time I was involved in a series of deliberately light-hearted, off-topic posts MEANT to bring civility and good nature back into various threads--but the intentions of those of us involved were TOO good. We had a Moderator come storming in, asking what we thought we were doing taking so many threads off topic.

Thicker skin--check; Problem solving within the thread--check; Bringing in (short-term) humor--check; Asking for Moderator assistance--check and double check. This last is often the most efficient, but it is not the only tool in the toolbox. Thanks for reminding us all.

[vir doctus]

Thicker skin--check; Problem solving within the thread--check; Bringing in (short-term) humor--check; Asking for Moderator assistance--check and double check. This last is often the most efficient, but it is not the only tool in the toolbox. Thanks for reminding us all.

:flag: Support Your Local Sheriff :flag:

[Meriweather]

:flag: Support Your Local Sheriff :flag:


There's got to be a joke in that somewhere.

Oh, yes--now I see it.

[vir doctus]

Oh, yes--now I see it.

Then you and you are on the same page. :))

[RayMan]

The esoterica gets thicker and thicker up in here.





I said esoterica CID, get your mind out of the gutter.

[Meriweather]

Sheriffs. What do Sheriffs remind me of?

Sheriffs remind me of Presidents, which remind me of quotes. I've got to go find Theodore Roosevelt's next quote. Be right back.

[RayMan]

Sheriffs. What do Sheriffs remind me of?

Sheriffs remind me of Presidents, which remind me of quotes. I've got to go find Theodore Roosevelt's next quote. Be right back.

Sheriffs to Presidents?

Bet it would be fun to run a Rorschach test on you.

Or a Horshack (http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/5089/kotter01.wav) test.

[vir doctus]

I said esoterica CID, get your mind out of the gutter.

Erica drinks with CID? I hope she doesn't drink while pregnant.

[vir doctus]

Sheriffs to Presidents?

Bet it would be fun to run a Rorschach test on you.

Or a Horshack (http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/5089/kotter01.wav) test.

Do both. :clap:

[RayMan]

Erica drinks with CID? I hope she doesn't drink while pregnant.

I hope Mrs CID's first name is Erica.

[vir doctus]

I hope Mrs CID's first name is Erica.

It is really not nice of you to call people you don't know a 'sot'. :snooty:

[RayMan]

It is really not nice of you to call people you don't know a 'sot'. :snooty:

I'm guessing that if she hangs with CID she's not a teetotaling Baptist.

[Meriweather]

Sheriffs to Presidents?

Bet it would be fun to run a Rorschach test on you.

Or a Horshack (http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/5089/kotter01.wav) test.


What do you think the tests would tell you that you don't already know or suspect?

[vir doctus]

I'm guessing that if she hangs with CID she's not a teetotaling Baptist.

I still have hope that he'll give up the devil nectar.

[vir doctus]

What do you think the tests would tell you that you don't already know or suspect?

Just looking for a good laugh, that's all.

[buflineks]

:flag: Support Your Local Sheriff :flag:

I loved Jack Elam in that.

[Meriweather]

Just looking for a good laugh, that's all.


http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq312/Lorraine-Elizabeth/tn_funny1.jpg

[Mikko]

I loved Jack Elam in that.
He was a great comic actor. I'm proud to call him a fellow Hoosier.:)

[vir doctus]

Anybody see the Fair Jet lately? :think:

[Fire Watch]

Soymilk: Spanish for "I am milk."

[RayMan]

This is page 666....ooh.......if your settings are the same as mine that is. Otherwise it might be page 606...oooh....just as bad.....

[Fire Watch]

The end is nigh.

[Meriweather]

Here is today's Teddy Roosevelt quote. In English. Can't even spell a mistranslation correctly... it's 'soy milk.'


The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

[noelle12]

This is page 666....ooh.......if your settings are the same as mine that is. Otherwise it might be page 606...oooh....just as bad.....

For me it's page 1331. Seems safe enough to me.

[Meriweather]

Religion Forum Post of the Week



While that's true, it's also true that we each come to understand mathematics, child psychology, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Batman in our own way.

If you believe God is real, and actually exists, not just in our own minds as some sort of psychosis or coping mechanism of sorts, then the reality about him is some specific reality. Our beliefs and mental capacity as human beings notwithstanding, facts are. God is.

I believe he is real and has thoughts, a way to show himself to man if he so chooses, and that he has the wisdom and capacity to do whatever it is in his interest to do. I do not believe that God is just an idea beyond our comprehension.

--basilisk--



<Link> (http://forums.hannity.com/showpost.php?p=51451581&postcount=130)

[free2B]

Here is today's Teddy Roosevelt quote. In English. Can't even spell a mistranslation correctly... it's 'soy milk.'


The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

is your wife as nice as bermuda?

[Hadassah]

Hey everyone. How are ya'll doing tonight?


:hug:

[free2B]

hey hadassah:D great! how are you?

[free2B]

OK then here's a question if it is all right to be irreverent is it OK to be irrelevent?

[Meriweather]

OK then here's a question if it is all right to be irreverent is it OK to be irrelevent?

My head hurts. Offhand I would say that just because something is "all right" or "okay" or even permitted, it doesn't mean we must settle for that. I say, let's raise the bar--as often as possible--at least for ourselves.

[RayMan]

One day I shot an elephant is my pajamas. How he got there I'll never know but that story is irrelevant.

Ah the tusks, the tusks. Very hard to get the tusks out, but next year we're going to Alabama where the Tusk-a-loosa.

[Meriweather]

One day I shot an elephant is my pajamas. How he got there I'll never know but that story is irrelevant.

Ah the tusks, the tusks. Very hard to get the tusks out, but next year we're going to Alabama where the Tusk-a-loosa.


Goodnight, RayMan. Sleep well.

[smyrna]

One day I shot an elephant .
is my pajamas. How he got there I'll never know but that story is irrelevant.

Ah the tusks, the tusks. Very hard to get the tusks out, but next year we're going to Alabama where the Tusk-a-loosa.


:)):)):)) He's already a sleep and this is a dream Meriweather.

Where is Freud when you need him?

[smyrna]

Good Sunday morning everyone. It won't stop raining. I forgot what a nice, sunny day looks like. It's Sunday...and I hope everyone has a great day today. Smile, be happy and just enjoy the Lord.

[Hadassah]

Good Sunday morning everyone. It won't stop raining. I forgot what a nice, sunny day looks like. It's Sunday...and I hope everyone has a great day today. Smile, be happy and just enjoy the Lord.

Yesterday, it was sunny and in the 50's and 60's. Today, it's supposed to rain (alot) and turn to snow at some point by Tuesday morning.

[smyrna]

Yesterday, it was sunny and in the 50's and 60's. Today, it's supposed to rain (alot) and turn to snow at some point by Tuesday morning.

Spring is definitely in the air...I just wish it would get a little closer to the ground.

[blazer]

Spring is definitely in the air...I just wish it would get a little closer to the ground.

Don't you know rain is liquid sunshine? :D

[meggers49]

This is page 666....ooh.......if your settings are the same as mine that is. Otherwise it might be page 606...oooh....just as bad.....

i have mine set for the most possible posts per page.....ergo, i'm at page 333......the number of perfection.......wheeeeeeee and it's been a good page!

[smyrna]

Don't you know rain is liquid sunshine? :D

I thought that was what I had...last night.:D:D:D

[blazer]

I thought that was what I had...last night.:D:D:D

:hug: Whenever it rains just imagine the flowers being kissed by God's love until they bloom and smile upon us all! :D

[smyrna]

:hug: Whenever it rains just imagine the flowers being kissed by God's love until they bloom and smile upon us all! :D

You are obviously a sweeter person than I...

[Meriweather]

Morning Devotional


Jesus answered..."It is also written..." (Matthew 4:7)


Knowing What "Is Also Written"

After the blessing comes the battle! And Jesus was no exception. Following His baptism "the Spirit sent him out into the desert" (Mk 1:12), and after fasting forty days He was hungry. That's when Satan showed up and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread" (Mt 4:3).

You can count on the enemy to show up at your most vulnerable moments. And when he does you'd better know what the Word of God actually says - not just selected snippets and quotes you've heard second or third hand. "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching ...in righteousness" (2Ti 3:16).

We pick the parts of Scripture that fit our lifestyle and bolster our theology, but when the enemy manipulates God's Word and uses it against you, you need to be able to say, "It is also written." You need to know what else God has to say. The Bible says Satan "will speak against the Most High...oppress his saints and try to change...times and ...laws" (Dan 7:25). Satan knows the Word of God is "a double-edged sword" (Heb 4:12), but he'll still try to engage you in a swordfight!

But "Jesus answered...'It is also written: Do not put...God to the test.'" He knew what His Father had actually said, and refused to allow Satan to dictate His responses, including what He should eat. Whose menu are you eating from today? Are you like the prodigal, settling for pig-swill while your Father has a feast prepared for you? Tell Satan, "Get thee behind me" (Mt 16:23), and stop letting him bamboozle you with lies and half-truths! Get into God's Word and get it into you!


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[vir doctus]

Question: Is it "communism" to try to have the government subsidize my daughter's needs?


I say yes - BUT, we could easily manage without help if the government did not require (despite all evidence of its futility) she be "educated" until she is 18. We are trying to avoid picking Uncle Sam's pockets, but his rules may not allow us. :wall:

Any thoughts?

[CID_0687]

http://bestsmileys.com/waving/5.gif

[CID_0687]

Question: Is it "communism" to try to have the government subsidize my daughter's needs?


I say yes - BUT, we could easily manage without help if the government did not require (despite all evidence of its futility) she be "educated" until she is 18. We are trying to avoid picking Uncle Sam's pockets, but his rules may not allow us. :wall:

Any thoughts?
Are you picking Uncle Sam's pockets or is he picking yours?

You pay taxes right? I rather see gubmint aid going to people who are truly deserving of it rather than those who are too frickin' lazy to get off their butts and work.

[vir doctus]

Are you picking Uncle Sam's pockets or is he picking yours?

You pay taxes right? I rather see gubmint aid going to people who are truly deserving of it rather than those who are too frickin' lazy to get off their butts and work.

Excellent point. http://www.zeldaforums.net/forum/images/smilies2/viking.gif

[Meriweather]

Question: Is it "communism" to try to have the government subsidize my daughter's needs?


I say yes - BUT, we could easily manage without help if the government did not require (despite all evidence of its futility) she be "educated" until she is 18. We are trying to avoid picking Uncle Sam's pockets, but his rules may not allow us. :wall:

Any thoughts?


Sometimes one should accept the gift that is offered--even when one can afford to go out and purchase the same gift for herself.

There is a saying: Have you had a kindness shown? Then pass it on! Let it travel down the years; let it wipe another's tears...

I would accept this kindness and then go work further kindnesses of your own.

[CID_0687]

Excellent point. http://www.zeldaforums.net/forum/images/smilies2/viking.gif
A few years ago, right after my kids were born, I was only making about $11 an hour, and my wife couldn't work because even if she did we wouldn't have been able to afford daycare....we had to get food stamps...I felt humiliated that we had to depend on the gubmint, it went against everything I believe in...

One night I was talking with my dad, who was the most conservative person I've ever met....He made Limbaugh look like Barny Fwank...And he said, "Son you and I are paying for welfare, and I have no problem with tax dollars going to you...You need it, you're an honest man doing the best you can to raise your family."

Ever since then I've looked at welfare differently...it's not evil, it's just been abused...stricter welfare laws are what we need, not complete abolishment.

[Tim]

a few years ago, right after my kids were born, i was only making about $11 an hour, and my wife couldn't work because even if she did we wouldn't have been able to afford daycare....we had to get food stamps...i felt humiliated that we had to depend on the gubmint, it went against everything i believe in...

One night i was talking with my dad, who was the most conservative person i've ever met....he made limbaugh look like barny fwank...and he said, "son you and i are paying for welfare, and i have no problem with tax dollars going to you...you need it, you're an honest man doing the best you can to raise your family."

ever since then i've looked at welfare differently...it's not evil, it's just been abused...stricter welfare laws are what we need, not complete abolishment.

+100 ;)

[vir doctus]

Liked this from the Dalai Lama:

“Justice entails a requirement to act when we become aware of injustice...”

[RayMan]

A few years ago, right after my kids were born, I was only making about $11 an hour, and my wife couldn't work because even if she did we wouldn't have been able to afford daycare....we had to get food stamps...I felt humiliated that we had to depend on the gubmint, it went against everything I believe in...

One night I was talking with my dad, who was the most conservative person I've ever met....He made Limbaugh look like Barny Fwank...And he said, "Son you and I are paying for welfare, and I have no problem with tax dollars going to you...You need it, you're an honest man doing the best you can to raise your family."

Ever since then I've looked at welfare differently...it's not evil, it's just been abused...stricter welfare laws are what we need, not complete abolishment.



Eloquently stated youngun'.

[CID_0687]

I'm suddenly feeling inspired to venture into WP and start a welfare discussion.

Me in WP. :eek:

[birdonawire]

I'm suddenly feeling inspired to venture into WP and start a welfare discussion.

Me in WP. :eek:

Go for it. :mrgreen:

[CID_0687]

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1393131

[blazer]

You are obviously a sweeter person than I...

why do u say that?

[smyrna]

A few years ago, right after my kids were born, I was only making about $11 an hour, and my wife couldn't work because even if she did we wouldn't have been able to afford daycare....we had to get food stamps...I felt humiliated that we had to depend on the gubmint, it went against everything I believe in...

One night I was talking with my dad, who was the most conservative person I've ever met....He made Limbaugh look like Barny Fwank...And he said, "Son you and I are paying for welfare, and I have no problem with tax dollars going to you...You need it, you're an honest man doing the best you can to raise your family."

Ever since then I've looked at welfare differently...it's not evil, it's just been abused...stricter welfare laws are what we need, not complete abolishment.

The money was used as intended and the desired result happened.

[smyrna]

why do u say that?

Your commentary.

[Meriweather]

I believe this will be my final quote from Theodore Roosevelt--but never say never.


When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty."

[RayMan]

Never.

[Meriweather]

Never.

Ever?

[meggers49]

Question: Is it "communism" to try to have the government subsidize my daughter's needs?


I say yes - BUT, we could easily manage without help if the government did not require (despite all evidence of its futility) she be "educated" until she is 18. We are trying to avoid picking Uncle Sam's pockets, but his rules may not allow us. :wall:

Any thoughts?

At this point, in this society, it is a resource available to you. To not use the services available would be a waste of those services and a disservice to your daugther. And while your husband earns his living from said government, he is also entitled (imho) to some of the largesse it offers without any feeling of guilt on your part.

[meggers49]

Are you picking Uncle Sam's pockets or is he picking yours?

You pay taxes right? I rather see gubmint aid going to people who are truly deserving of it rather than those who are too frickin' lazy to get off their butts and work.

OR! what he said. nodding.

[RayMan]

Ever?

It is what it is.

[Hadassah]

Question: Is it "communism" to try to have the government subsidize my daughter's needs?


I say yes - BUT, we could easily manage without help if the government did not require (despite all evidence of its futility) she be "educated" until she is 18. We are trying to avoid picking Uncle Sam's pockets, but his rules may not allow us. :wall:

Any thoughts?


What meggers said here:

http://forums.hannity.com/showpost.php?p=51685221&postcount=13346

[Meriweather]

Hey, Hadassah--

How is the patience thing progressing?

[Hadassah]

Hey, Hadassah--

How is the patience thing progressing?

Depends on who I am trying to be patient with. I am much more patient with others than with myself. I am not at all patient with myself.


How's the submission thing going for you?

[Meriweather]

Depends on who I am trying to be patient with. I am much more patient with others than with myself. I am not at all patient with myself.


How's the submission thing going for you?

Tell yourself, Patience, Grasshopper. That will make you smile, and you will automatically receive an extra measure of patience for yourself.

Ironically, I'm experiencing the exact opposite of what you are experiencing. I am more submissive to myself than I am to others--but I haven't had any practice opportunities lately. (Or, if I did, they went right over my head.)

[blazer]

I don't have enough patience with my children!

[RayMan]

Depends on who I am trying to be patient with. I am much more patient with others than with myself. I am not at all patient with myself.


How's the submission thing going for you?

You're kidding, right? :angel:

[vir doctus]

Tell yourself, Patience, Grasshopper. That will make you smile, and you will automatically receive an extra measure of patience for yourself.

Ironically, I'm experiencing the exact opposite of what you are experiencing. I am more submissive to myself than I am to others--but I haven't had any practice opportunities lately. (Or, if I did, they went right over my head.)

Submissive to one's self = indulgent brat. :rolleyes:

There are opportunities every minute of every day to be submissive, sounds like you are only submitting when it is noticeable to others. The Bible might have a thing or two to say about that. :angel:

[RayMan]

Ya think? :think:

[Meriweather]

Submissive to one's self = indulgent brat. :rolleyes:

There are opportunities every minute of every day to be submissive, sounds like you are only submitting when it is noticeable to others. The Bible might have a thing or two to say about that. :angel:

I told you, I'm new at this. Give me a little time to process. I haven't mentioned the person in my custom title since I was told, "No." That's a start. Maybe just a little bitty start, but I count success wherever I find it.

[Meriweather]

Ya think? :think:

I blame all you Pentecostals for the submission thing, but CID in particular. He linked me to that video. Still, how was he to know I was going to pay attention?

[RayMan]

I blame all you Pentecostals for the submission thing, but CID in particular. He linked me to that video. Still, how was he to know I was going to pay attention?

I will guarantee you he didn't see that one coming.

[meggers49]

Tell yourself, Patience, Grasshopper. That will make you smile, and you will automatically receive an extra measure of patience for yourself.

Ironically, I'm experiencing the exact opposite of what you are experiencing. I am more submissive to myself than I am to others--but I haven't had any practice opportunities lately. (Or, if I did, they went right over my head.)

what does being submissive to yourself mean?

[vir doctus]

what does being submissive to yourself mean?
:silenced:

[Meriweather]

:silenced:

Speak up, Vir--I can take it. While you are preparing this reply, I'll be replying to Meggers.

[Meriweather]

what does being submissive to yourself mean?

It means I assess the overall situation and determine what is going to be best for everyone involved. Then I jump in and get things done.

[vir doctus]

what does being submissive to yourself mean?

:arrow: Fair Meriweather's self-submissive theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntzCi1lu2ys

Great group, Fair Meri should familiarize herself with them. [But is she keyboards or blue jumpsuit? :)) ]


Warning: Potential language problems.

[vir doctus]

It means I assess the overall situation and determine what is going to be best for everyone involved. Then I jump in and get things done.

Puppet master.

[Meriweather]

Puppet master.

Then I am also the puppet. I do the planning; I get things done.

[vir doctus]

Then I am also the puppet. I do the planning; I get things done.

The epitome of a Burger King commercial. :whistle:

[Meriweather]

The epitome of a Burger King commercial. :whistle:

Pretty much, yes.

[meggers49]

It means I assess the overall situation and determine what is going to be best for everyone involved. Then I jump in and get things done.

how is it that one can assume ones assessment is the correct one? and how do one know that jumping in to get things done is the right thing to be doing??

a true conundrum :think:

[Meriweather]

how is it that you assume your assessment is the correct one? and how do you know that jumping in to get things done are the right things to be doing??


The best thing to do is something; the worst thing is to do nothing. What I am best at doing are the things that need to be done--but no one else is there (or is willing) to do them.

When I ask God to make me an instrument of his will, I'm going to assume He wants me working at something, not at doing nothing.

Unless, that is, it takes work to do nothing; then that's usually what He wants done for that specific case.

[meggers49]

The best thing to do is something; the worst thing is to do nothing. What I am best at doing are the things that need to be done--but no one else is there (or is willing) to do them.

When I ask God to make me an instrument of his will, I'm going to assume He wants me working at something, not at doing nothing.

Unless, that is, it takes work to do nothing; then that's usually what He wants done for that specific case.

i don't agree at all with your first statement. Quite frequently, if you do nothing, something takes care of itself. Often, if you do something, you actually impede the correct outcome of something, prolonging the problem (ie, FDR and the depression or our current 'methods of fixing our crisis' in our current government) sometimes, it is good to remember that medical saying "first do no harm".

[Hadassah]

Tell yourself, Patience, Grasshopper. That will make you smile, and you will automatically receive an extra measure of patience for yourself.

Ironically, I'm experiencing the exact opposite of what you are experiencing. I am more submissive to myself than I am to others--but I haven't had any practice opportunities lately. (Or, if I did, they went right over my head.)

Just reading "Patience, Grasshopper" made me smile. :mrgreen:



How is one submissive to oneself?

[Meriweather]

i don't agree at all with your first statement. Quite frequently, if you do nothing, something takes care of itself. Often, if you do something, you actually impede the correct outcome of something, prolonging the problem (ie, FDR and the depression or our current 'methods of fixing our crisis' in our current government) sometimes, it is good to remember that medical saying "first do no harm".


You can't be saying that you believe we should all sit around doing nothing! If so, yes, you and I do have very different philosophies. If I do nothing, weeds grow, but flowers don't.

[vir doctus]

The best thing to do is something; the worst thing is to do nothing.

Not so. But President "The Buck Stops Here" thought the same... :think:

[vir doctus]

You can't be saying that you believe we should all sit around doing nothing! If so, yes, you and I do have very different philosophies. If I do nothing, weeds grow, but flowers don't.

The gorgeous poppies grow in England without any micromanaging. Lilacs bloom without permission or preparation from any human being. To do for the sake of doing is wrong.

[Meriweather]

Not so. But President "The Buck Stops Here" thought the same... :think:

Truman--Another very good President who many of the people of his time did not appreciate.

Further, next time Fire Watch drops by, I want you and Meggers to inform him that law enforcement officers should do nothing about people who speed--that if drivers were just left alone, things would turn out just fine.

[Meriweather]

The gorgeous poppies grow in England without any micromanaging. Lilacs bloom without permission or preparation from any human being. To do for the sake of doing is wrong.

I get it now. You are speaking of my genealogy hobby. ;)

[Meriweather]

Just reading "Patience, Grasshopper" made me smile. :mrgreen:



How is one submissive to oneself?

One must be one's own evaluator.

[Fire Watch]

At first read, I thought that said elevator.

[Meriweather]

At first read, I thought that said elevator.

That's close, too. Whenever we have a new parakeet (which comes with clipped wings) I spend half my time playing "up elevator" with them. There's nothing quite so funny as looking down and seeing a parakeet go walking by. They look so embarrassed.

[vir doctus]

That's close, too. Whenever we have a new parakeet (which comes with clipped wings) I spend half my time playing "up elevator" with them. There's nothing quite so funny as looking down and seeing a parakeet go walking by. They look so embarrassed.

:rolleyes:

[vir doctus]

One must be one's own evaluator.

Then one does not strive for greatness.

[Meriweather]

:rolleyes:

Hey, I levitate birds. Live with it. ;)

[Meriweather]

Then one does not strive for greatness.

I can be my own greatest critic.

[RayMan]

Hey, I levitate birds. Live with it. ;)

I hear you once tried to kill a bird by throwing it off a cliff.


Also that you attempted to drown a fish by holding it under water.

Any truth to these rumors?

[blazer]

I saved a catfish once.

[Fire Watch]

The only good bird is one in the oven.

[Meriweather]

I hear you once tried to kill a bird by throwing it off a cliff.


Also that you attempted to drown a fish by holding it under water.

Any truth to these rumors?

:))

[meggers49]

You can't be saying that you believe we should all sit around doing nothing! If so, yes, you and I do have very different philosophies. If I do nothing, weeds grow, but flowers don't.

not always meri, but often the thing that needs to be done isn't the thing we want to do. sometimes descretion is the better part of valor. and as i have said to my husband just because it's isn't your way, doesn't mean it's the wrong way.

Someone else might also have assessed a situation and had a plan that cannot be implemented because someone else is doing SOMETHING....even if it's not necessarily the right thing........

that said, sometimes you never know unless you try, but often, what is being tried has been tried before and STILL doesn't work.

:shrug:

[Meriweather]

The only good bird is one in the oven.

My birds better not go anywhere near my oven. Droppings. I'd roast them.

[Fire Watch]

You'll roast the droppings or the birds?

[Hadassah]

The roundest knight at King Authur's round table was Sir Cumference. He aquired his size from too much pi.

[meggers49]

You can't be saying that you believe we should all sit around doing nothing! If so, yes, you and I do have very different philosophies. If I do nothing, weeds grow, but flowers don't.

part two

both will grow anyway meri, and weeds are just things growing where you don't want them. most perennials are weeds.....we just happen to like how they look, but if they're not where we want them, they're still weeds.

if you do nothing......something will happen no matter what, and what some think are weeds others think are flowers.

[meggers49]

Truman--Another very good President who many of the people of his time did not appreciate.

Further, next time Fire Watch drops by, I want you and Meggers to inform him that law enforcement officers should do nothing about people who speed--that if drivers were just left alone, things would turn out just fine.

wasn't that something you posited at one time?

[vir doctus]

The roundest knight at King Authur's round table was Sir Cumference. He aquired his size from too much pi.

Has you son read the books? We've got the set.

[meggers49]

You'll roast the droppings or the birds?

ewwwwwwwwww :eek:

[Hadassah]

Has you son read the books? We've got the set.

Actually, no, he hasn't. But I'll see if I can interest him in the books. Excellent idea, thanks! :hug:

[Meriweather]

not always meri, but often the thing that needs to be done isn't the thing we want to do. sometimes descretion is the better part of valor. and as i have said to my husband just because it's isn't your way, doesn't mean it's the wrong way.

Someone else might also have assessed a situation and had a plan that cannot be implemented because someone else is doing SOMETHING....even if it's not necessarily the right thing........

that said, sometimes you never know unless you try, but often, what is being tried has been tried before and STILL doesn't work.

:shrug:


We may be talking parallels. At home, it's a matter of someone taking responsibility. At work, it is often a matter of someone saying, "We need someone who can handle this."

Trust me, in the job force, Substitute Teacher comes after trash collector and dog catcher. Substitute Teacher at the middle school level is lowest of all.

It's not as if I enter into a situation at the highest level--it is always at servant (even slave) level. I have a talent for having fun in the midst of drudgery. It's also at that low level where one can become most cognizant of what is going wrong--and what can be done to correct it.

In short, what I am sometimes very good at is making very bad situations a great deal better. It just seems odd that you seem to advising me to turn down jobs because someone else might be even better at it. By the time they get to me, all the "better" people have said, "No thanks."

[Meriweather]

You'll roast the droppings or the birds?

So, when will you be dropping by for dinner?

[Fire Watch]

Hold your breath..I'll be right there.

[RayMan]

You'll roast the droppings or the birds?

Roast droppings are probably considered a delicacy somewhere but no place comes to mind at the moment.

Meri, I will have the roast bird please. And a pint of your best bacon vodka.

[vir doctus]

In memory of a great composer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDkvSKvzUBI&feature=related

RIP Maurice Jarre



Warning: Potential language issues.

[Meriweather]

Hold your breath..I'll be right there.

:))

(You're mean. It's a good thing you can also make me laugh.)

[vir doctus]

So, when will you be dropping by for dinner?

Your use of 'dropping' in this post is inappropriate. :snooty:

[Meriweather]

Your use of 'dropping' in this post is inappropriate. :snooty:

Caught that, did you?

[vir doctus]

Trust me, in the job force, Substitute Teacher comes after trash collector and dog catcher. Substitute Teacher at the middle school level is lowest of all.


In England, the trash collectors wore oxfords and argyle sweater vests. I was always impressed by that.

[Meriweather]

In England, the trash collectors wore oxfords and argyle sweater vests. I was always impressed by that.

I would be, too.

[RayMan]

In England, the trash collectors wore oxfords and argyle sweater vests. I was always impressed by that.

I imagine the Brits tidy up their garbage nicely before placing the can at the curb.

We could ask Terri about the current state of British garbage when she gets back from there.

[Meriweather]

Not having enough problems of my own, I decided to go and search out a few national problems with possible solutions. I liked this one best:

For all of you who are concerned about President Obama's stimulus package, send this to the Prez.

Dear Mr. President:

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; Pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

It is so simple and easy to do -- Only 40 million, not trillions.

It will solve the nation's problems.

[vir doctus]

Not having enough problems of my own, I decided to go and search out a few national problems with possible solutions. I liked this one best:

For all of you who are concerned about President Obama's stimulus package, send this to the Prez.

Dear Mr. President:

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; Pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

It is so simple and easy to do -- Only 40 million, not trillions.

It will solve the nation's problems.

Your math sucks.

[Fire Watch]

Not having enough problems of my own, I decided to go and search out a few national problems with possible solutions. I liked this one best:

For all of you who are concerned about President Obama's stimulus package, send this to the Prez.

Dear Mr. President:

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; Pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

It is so simple and easy to do -- Only 40 million, not trillions.

It will solve the nation's problems.
40 million workers X 1,000,000 each doesnt = 40 million dollars.

[vir doctus]

40,000,000,000,000

I think.

[Meriweather]

40 million workers X 1,000,000 each doesnt = 40 million dollars.

But don't you see? That's the brilliance of this plan. It may be off--but only by a few zeros--and zeros add up to zero. Now, aren't you sorry I'm not running this country?

[vir doctus]

But don't you see? That's the brilliance of this plan. It may be off--but only by a few zeros--and zeros add up to zero. Now, aren't you sorry I'm not running this country?

Six of one. :rolleyes:

[Hadassah]

40,000,000,000,000

I think.

I'm thinking 4,000,000,000,000.


But I took 2 hydrocodone an hour ago, so I could be wrong.

[Meriweather]

40,000,000,000,000

I think.

Ah, heck. You guys are succeeding in getting me to be serious about this thing. Yes, Vir, there should be 13 zeroes, and that's what I counted. Congratulations, you may be Secretary of my Treasury. Fire Watch can run the IRS. Meanwhile, I'm going boating down the Potomac to toss silver dollars over my shoulder.

[vir doctus]

Ah, heck. You guys are succeeding in getting me to be serious about this thing. Yes, Vir, there should be 13 zeroes, and that's what I counted. Congratulations, you may be Secretary of my Treasury. Fire Watch can run the IRS. Meanwhile, I'm going boating down the Potomac to toss silver dollars over my shoulder.

Learned some cool stuff about the Secret Service yesterday.

[Meriweather]

Learned some cool stuff about the Secret Service yesterday.

Cool! What is it?

[meggers49]

Not having enough problems of my own, I decided to go and search out a few national problems with possible solutions. I liked this one best:

For all of you who are concerned about President Obama's stimulus package, send this to the Prez.

Dear Mr. President:

There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force; Pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations:

1) They leave their jobs. Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
2) They buy NEW American cars. Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.

It is so simple and easy to do -- Only 40 million, not trillions.

It will solve the nation's problems.

that's a good one meri..........like the guy who the movie Pursuit of Happyness was based on said...he is financing a study to see what would happen if the gov't gave a million dollars to every legal resident of the US who is over 18 and registered to vote.

I calculate it would be about 200M, maybe 250M people.
if you figure the census is around 450M and subtract kids and non-voters. it's still less than the 15 trillion they're lookin' at.

imagine what we could do.

[Fire Watch]

But don't you see? That's the brilliance of this plan. It may be off--but only by a few zeros--and zeros add up to zero. Now, aren't you sorry I'm not running this country?
Zero doesnt exist.

For b = 0, the equation bx = a can be rewritten as 0x = a or simply 0 = a. Thus, in this case, the equation bx = a has no solution if a is not equal to 0, and has any x as a solution if a equals 0. In either case, there is no unique value, so http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/7/c/9/7c942fcac9e188ac272196e849975656.png is undefined. Conversely, in a field, the expression http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/7/c/9/7c942fcac9e188ac272196e849975656.png is always defined if b is not equal to zero.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/a/8/da80309294cbb21942e1768973178bad.png hence:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/8/c/b/8cb82fb503208f3cb7cf9cc11a4280bd.png Dividing by x − x gives:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/3/c/8/3c877f1fbdbccf3276d7431319bb2a62.png and dividing by x gives:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/c/4/c/c4c9b852c938da096b69fc257a7a8d82.png The "proof" above requires the use of the distributive law. However, this requirement introduces an asymmetry between the two operations in that multiplication distributes over addition, but not the other way around. Thus, the multiplicative identity element, 1, has an additive inverse, −1, but the additive identity element, 0, does not have a multiplicative inverse.

[Meriweather]

I'm thinking 4,000,000,000,000.


But I took 2 hydrocodone an hour ago, so I could be wrong.

Thirteen zeroes. But as I said, zeroes are nothing. It was a play-on of one (identity factor) with all those zeroes adding up to zero. It was something my sister and I were goofing off about a few days ago.

[vir doctus]

Cool! What is it?

1865 - The Secret Service Division was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency. Chief William P. Wood was sworn in by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch.

1867 - Secret Service responsibilities were broadened to include "detecting persons perpetrating frauds against the government." This appropriation resulted in investigations into the Ku Klux Klan, non-conforming distillers, smugglers, mail robbers, land frauds, and a number of other infractions against the federal laws.

[Fire Watch]

that's a good one meri..........like the guy who the movie Pursuit of Happyness was based on said...he is financing a study to see what would happen if the gov't gave a million dollars to every legal resident of the US who is over 18 and registered to vote.

I calculate it would be about 200M, maybe 250M if you figure the census is around 450M and subtract kids and non-voters.

imagine what we could do.
You could devalue the Dollar by an extreme amount so that the million dollars given would be equal to about $30,000. That would create an economic disaster...for everyone with less than a million bucks would be truly poor.

[Fire Watch]

1865 - The Secret Service Division was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency. Chief William P. Wood was sworn in by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch.

1867 - Secret Service responsibilities were broadened to include "detecting persons perpetrating frauds against the government." This appropriation resulted in investigations into the Ku Klux Klan, non-conforming distillers, smugglers, mail robbers, land frauds, and a number of other infractions against the federal laws.
They still handle all instances of counterfeit currency, regardless of how large or small the amount.

[Meriweather]

Zero doesnt exist.

For b = 0, the equation bx = a can be rewritten as 0x = a or simply 0 = a. Thus, in this case, the equation bx = a has no solution if a is not equal to 0, and has any x as a solution if a equals 0. In either case, there is no unique value, so http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/7/c/9/7c942fcac9e188ac272196e849975656.png is undefined. Conversely, in a field, the expression http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/7/c/9/7c942fcac9e188ac272196e849975656.png is always defined if b is not equal to zero.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/d/a/8/da80309294cbb21942e1768973178bad.png hence:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/8/c/b/8cb82fb503208f3cb7cf9cc11a4280bd.png Dividing by x − x gives:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/3/c/8/3c877f1fbdbccf3276d7431319bb2a62.png and dividing by x gives:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/c/4/c/c4c9b852c938da096b69fc257a7a8d82.png The "proof" above requires the use of the distributive law. However, this requirement introduces an asymmetry between the two operations in that multiplication distributes over addition, but not the other way around. Thus, the multiplicative identity element, 1, has an additive inverse, −1, but the additive identity element, 0, does not have a multiplicative inverse.

Well now that we've cleared that up, it's all as clear as mud.

[vir doctus]

They still handle all instances of counterfeit currency, regardless of how large or small the amount.

Some bored rich kids in HS got busted for counterfeiting. :boohoo:

[Fire Watch]

Show me zero amount of anything.

[Fire Watch]

Had some bored rich kids in HS got busted for counterfeiting. :boohoo:
Happens a lot. Especially in the age of laser printers.

[Meriweather]

1865 - The Secret Service Division was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency. Chief William P. Wood was sworn in by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch.

1867 - Secret Service responsibilities were broadened to include "detecting persons perpetrating frauds against the government." This appropriation resulted in investigations into the Ku Klux Klan, non-conforming distillers, smugglers, mail robbers, land frauds, and a number of other infractions against the federal laws.

1865? Are we discussing events taking place in the 1860s?

[RayMan]

1865? Are we discussing events taking place in the 1860s?

James West and Artemus Gordon.

[Fire Watch]

http://bestsmileys.com/angry1/17.gif

[Meriweather]

James West and Artemus Gordon.

You're no fun--and neither is Vir. Safe perhaps, but no fun.

[vir doctus]

James West and Artemus Gordon.

Loved it in reruns, had no clue what it was about.

[Meriweather]

http://bestsmileys.com/angry1/17.gif

You're kinda fun.

[vir doctus]

You're no fun--and neither is Vir. Safe perhaps, but no fun.

I like rules, they are my friends.

[Fire Watch]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/reconrick/ban.png

[Meriweather]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a373/reconrick/ban.png

I surrender?

[RayMan]

Loved it in reruns, had no clue what it was about.

They modeled Seinfeld after it.

[vir doctus]

I surrender?

Submission doesn't come with question marks.

[RayMan]

http://bestsmileys.com/angry1/17.gif

Good thing I'm talking about National Security in the 1860's not Lincoln.

[vir doctus]

They modeled Seinfeld after it.

Not a fan. :snooty:

[RayMan]

Submission doesn't come with question marks.

You make an excellent point vir.

[Fire Watch]

Not a fan. :snooty:
:eek:

Greatest sitcom ever!

[vir doctus]

You make an excellent point vir.

Thank you, Good Sir.

And I see it is past the witching hour, time to retire.

G'night.

[Meriweather]

Thank you, Good Sir.

And I see it is past the witching hour, time to retire.

G'night.

Good night, Vir. Sleep well.

[Meriweather]

:eek:

Greatest sitcom ever!


Have you forgotten about that ban button now?

[RayMan]

Night ya'll.

Hope somebody tucks CID in. Don't want him wandering around in the dark shouting, "Hey, where'd all ya'll go?"

[Meriweather]

Night ya'll.

Hope somebody tucks CID in. Don't want him wandering around in the dark shouting, "Hey, where'd all ya'll go?"

Night, RayMan.

[Fire Watch]

Nite Vir and Ray..kinda suspicious you both leaving at the same time though..

[Meriweather]

Time for me to call it a day, too. I'll close with my usual bedtime prayer:

Dear God, help me to behave on Hannity tomorrow. Save and protect me from the ban button.

[Meriweather]

Weird dream. I blame this thread and the comments on self evaluation. I dreamed I had died and I was performing my own autopsy. I've read too many murder mysteries. It seems I knew exactly how to go about performing an autopsy.

While I was asleep, dreaming this did not seem an odd dream at all--in fact I was happy. I'm a bit weirded out now, however.

[blazer]

Good morning everyone!

[Meriweather]

Good morning everyone!

Good morning, blazer. Now I'm going back to sleep.

[blazer]

Good morning, blazer. Now I'm going back to sleep.

wish i could!:eek:

[Hadassah]

Thirteen zeroes. But as I said, zeroes are nothing. It was a play-on of one (identity factor) with all those zeroes adding up to zero. It was something my sister and I were goofing off about a few days ago.

I was so out of it, I couldn't even count the number of zeros when I multiplied 4 million by 1 million. :))


I didn't care though. The pain was so much less. Unfortunately, this morning, it's back and just as bad, so I'm making an appointment to see my doctor.

[smyrna]

Good morning ladies. You are up and on the job quite early this morning. I hope your Sunday was magnificient.

Well, it's Monday...only 2 days left in the month. Lots to do. Excuse me while I go stimulate the economy.

[RayMan]

Nite Vir and Ray..kinda suspicious you both leaving at the same time though..

It seemed prudent. Meri was prodding the tiger and I did not wish to be mauled.

[RayMan]

Weird dream. I blame this thread and the comments on self evaluation. I dreamed I had died and I was performing my own autopsy. I've read too many murder mysteries. It seems I knew exactly how to go about performing an autopsy.

While I was asleep, dreaming this did not seem an odd dream at all--in fact I was happy. I'm a bit weirded out now, however.

Are all your bits and pieces still in place?

[vir doctus]

:eek:

Greatest sitcom ever!

I'd rather watch a thousand reruns of any Hogan's Heroes, F-Troop, I Love Lucy, Gilligan's Island, Get Smart, MASH, Newhart, or Frasier...

:angel:

[vir doctus]

I was so out of it, I couldn't even count the number of zeros when I multiplied 4 million by 1 million. :))


I didn't care though. The pain was so much less. Unfortunately, this morning, it's back and just as bad, so I'm making an appointment to see my doctor.

Your numbers were correct for 4 mil. x 1 mil., but we were doing 40 mil. x 1 mil. :angel:

[meggers49]

You could devalue the Dollar by an extreme amount so that the million dollars given would be equal to about $30,000. That would create an economic disaster...for everyone with less than a million bucks would be truly poor.

work with me here. lol.

devalued more than by printing the jazillions they're printing now in the fiat nightmare we call the Fed?

[Hadassah]

Your numbers were correct for 4 mil. x 1 mil., but we were doing 40 mil. x 1 mil. :angel:

See? I was that out of it. I didn't even have the right numbers to multiply. :))

[meggers49]

James West and Artemus Gordon.

the BEST!


(mmmm i wonder if Dr. Loveless would have been in charge of the fed???)

[meggers49]

:eek:

Greatest sitcom ever!

TIME FOR THE ANNUAL AIRING OF THE GRIEVENCES!


and the feats of strength!

[meggers49]

Weird dream. I blame this thread and the comments on self evaluation. I dreamed I had died and I was performing my own autopsy. I've read too many murder mysteries. It seems I knew exactly how to go about performing an autopsy.

While I was asleep, dreaming this did not seem an odd dream at all--in fact I was happy. I'm a bit weirded out now, however.

:eek:

That IS weird.....

shudders

[Hadassah]

Weird dream. I blame this thread and the comments on self evaluation. I dreamed I had died and I was performing my own autopsy. I've read too many murder mysteries. It seems I knew exactly how to go about performing an autopsy.

While I was asleep, dreaming this did not seem an odd dream at all--in fact I was happy. I'm a bit weirded out now, however.

OK, now that is freaky. :eek:

[vir doctus]

OK, now that is freaky. :eek:

I thought it suited her line of thought yesterday.

[Meriweather]

It seemed prudent. Meri was prodding the tiger and I did not wish to be mauled.


I was not prodding the tiger. As I've told said tiger before: I know where the line is drawn and my toes remain behind it. I just like to reach over and wave at him occasionally. Waving is not prodding.

He got me back in that dream anyway. Stay tuned.

[Meriweather]

OK, now that is freaky. :eek:

It was freaky, but I saved telling the last part until morning. Vir and RayMan who witnessed the final exchange between Fire Watch and me last night will laugh and say it served me right. (The symbolism is pretty good.)

I assumed I had died of a heart attack (runs in the family), but the first thing I noted was that I had a good heart. So on I went. I got to the stomach and my stomach had been trying to absorb something that had caused a blockage, resulting in my death. It was a black keyboard button--and it read "Ban."

"A good heart didn't save me from eating a ban," I thought and woke up.

One thing (perhaps the only thing) that strikes true terror into the heart of Meri is that image of the finger on the ban button. I should probably print it out and tape it to my computer monitor as a reminder to perhaps take a step or two back from that line. Or Fire Watch can make it my avatar when he's seriously annoyed with me. Of course, that would mean that he was admitting to being the more serious of the two of us...

[Meriweather]

Morning Devotional


He saved others; himself he cannot save. (Matthew 27:42)


He Chose to Save You!

When the pastor introduced the visiting speaker, an elderly preacher walked to the pulpit and told this story: "A father, his son, and his son's friend were sailing off the Pacific coast when a storm overturned their boat sweeping all of them into the ocean. Grabbing a rescue line, in a split second the father had to make the most excruciating decision of his life - which boy to throw the other end to and which one to sacrifice. He knew his son had accepted Christ and his friend hadn't. Anguished, the father yelled, 'I love you son,' and threw the rope to his son's friend. By the time he'd pulled the boy back to the capsized boat his son had disappeared beneath the waves. His body was never recovered. The father knew his son would step into eternity with Jesus and couldn't bear the thought of his friend facing eternity without Christ."

At the end of the service a teenage boy approached the old man and said, "That's a nice story, but what father in his right mind would sacrifice his son's life in hopes that the other boy would become a Christian?" "You've got the point," the old preacher replied, "It's not realistic. But I'm standing here today to tell you that story gives me a glimpse into what it must have been like for God to sacrifice His only Son for us. You see...I was that father, and your pastor was my son's friend."

Those who watched Christ die said, "He saved others; himself he cannot save." And they were right; He couldn't do both, so He chose to save you.

waio.org


I wish everyone a lovely day.

[Fire Watch]

Freaks abound.

[basilisk]

Religion Forum Post of the Week








<Link> (http://forums.hannity.com/showpost.php?p=51451581&postcount=130)
Wow, I guess more people read my posts than I realized.

[RayMan]

Wow, I guess more people read my posts than I realized.


That's right. So watch it buddy!

[vir doctus]

Wow, I guess more people read my posts than I realized.

I didn't get it. They'll let anyone have 'post of the week'. :rolleyes:

[DRS]

allo

[RayMan]

Mornin' DRS.

[DRS]

It is my guess this thread should quickly take over the trinity thread as the most replied to thread here in the RF so I should help contribute

Besides I was invited or possibly threatened to come here :D

[vir doctus]

It is my guess this thread should quickly take over the trinity thread as the most replied to thread here in the RF so I should help contribute

Besides I was invited or possibly threatened to come here :D

Greetings Great One. How art thou?

[DRS]

Doing okay

How are you are yours

[basilisk]

I didn't get it. They'll let anyone have 'post of the week'. :rolleyes:
You say that every time someone besides you gets it. Waa. :((

[vir doctus]

Doing okay

How are you are yours

Challenging times. Our eldest has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and we are trying to find a peaceful asylum for her. Of course, in the US, everyone has to be educated out of their brains and we do not have the understanding of or services for FAS that Canada has.

But through it all, God continues to treat us better than we deserve.

Now, about the chica... Can she think her way out of a box? :eh:

[vir doctus]

You say that every time someone besides you gets it. Waa. :((

Given that Fair Meri has a say in it, I am sure you will win every time you ramble on about math. :rolleyes:




:mrgreen:

[basilisk]

Greetings Great One. How art thou?DRS is really Mark Levin????

Wow, I didn't see that one coming.

[DRS]

Challenging times. Our eldest has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and we are trying to find a peaceful asylum for her. Of course, in the US, everyone has to be educated out of their brains and we do not have the understanding of or services for FAS that Canada has.

But through it all, God continues to treat us better than we deserve.

Now, about the chica... Can she think her way out of a box? :eh:


FAS can be very hard to cope with had friends who adopted a young girl with it

The chica is smart going to school to either be a PSW or a nurse she has not decided yet but she will not jeoprady with me

[vir doctus]

Did you guys read about what happened in Mass. on Sat.? :eek: When I opened the link, I thought I would be reading about something happening in the M.E. :cry:

[DRS]

Did you guys read about what happened in Mass. on Sat.? :eek: When I opened the link, I thought I would be reading about something happening in the M.E. :cry:

Are you talking baout the guy who killed his sisters?

[vir doctus]

Are you talking baout the guy who killed his sisters?

I don't know why it seems different since dead is dead, but 'beheaded' seems worse than 'killed'.

[DRS]

I don't know why it seems different since dead is dead, but 'beheaded' seems worse than 'killed'.

It takes something a little more savage to kill in that manner, and since it is being used by those who terrorize others it has picked up a much worse association

Heck you have to be pretty cold to kill your own siblingm, I fought with my sister but the worse she got was a punch in the arm

[noelle12]

I'm going home today.

[vir doctus]

I'm going home today.
:dance:

[RayMan]

I'm going home today.

Hey hey!!! :dance:

[meggers49]

I'm going home today.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOT!!

http://bestsmileys.com/dancing/14.gif

[Hadassah]

So, what kind of trouble did ya'll cause here while I was gone? :whistle::razz::mrgreen:

[Meriweather]

Freaks abound.

Freaks abound? And here I thought I was working hard at being unique! Allow me to introduce myself so you can identify me from all the other abounding freaks. I am:

Freak the Mighty

Are any of you familiar with the book, Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick? I love it. It is middle school level. Hadassah, your son would most likely enjoy it, and perhaps Vir’s children? Mimi and Fire Watch’s children are probably too young yet.

[Meriweather]

Given that Fair Meri has a say in it, I am sure you will win every time you ramble on about math. :rolleyes:




:mrgreen:


Today a sixth grade math class asked me why it was so important they learned math. I love my standard answer--it always stops rebellion in its tracks:

"How many of you want to be in seventh grade next year?"

All of them did.

[Meriweather]

I'm going home today.

Noelle! That is fabulous news! Congratulations!

[Meriweather]

Vir, here is a math challenge for you (or anyone else interested).

I just saw this thread and the Trinity thead one right after the other. Make up and solve a math problem that will calculate the day the Trinity Thread and the Gathering Place thread will have the same number of posts. If you want extra credit, include the time of day both will be equal.

[RayMan]

Vir, here is a math challenge for you (or anyone else interested).

I just saw this thread and the Trinity thead one right after the other. Make up and solve a math problem that will calculate the day the Trinity Thread and the Gathering Place thread will have the same number of posts. If you want extra credit, include the time of day both will be equal.

Add one more leg to that problem and you'll have a Trifecta.

[Meriweather]

Add one more leg to that problem and you'll have a Trifecta.


How many threads will lie between the Gathering Place and Trinity threads at the time the two become equal?

Will that do?

[RayMan]

How many threads will lie between the Gathering Place and Trinity threads at the time the two become equal?

Will that do?


Depends on whether vir's basic attitude towards math has changed or not.