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- Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:16 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussions
- Topic: Fed up with JW's
- Replies: 376
- Views: 21660
Fed up with JW's
Nice to know you support the rules of civility for everyone..."bold" or not.
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:15 am
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Three-letter abbreviations...
- Replies: 2164
- Views: 192734
Three-letter abbreviations...
Please Observe Literacy
LLL
LLL
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:14 am
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
<r>And who "owns" the air? You know I'm an ARDENT civil libertarian! Just as it's illegal to scream "FIRE" in a "private" building and endanger the people who're inside, it's becoming illegal to endanger the health of those who are sharing the space, too.<br/> <br/> If you're arguing the "slippery s...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:09 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: This will drive you crazy!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 358
This will drive you crazy!
One hates to spoil a lovely morning by CURSING!
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:59 am
- Forum: Current Political Events
- Topic: Just another typical guy.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3048
Just another typical guy.
Great analogy, Flopstock! "OF COURSE I LOVE YOU, BABY! I've just been sooooo busy!"
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:57 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Question for other Ex Smokers??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 2456
Question for other Ex Smokers??
Or a kiss!:o
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:53 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussions
- Topic: Fed up with JW's
- Replies: 376
- Views: 21660
Fed up with JW's
<t>(Don't know who you are, Valkyrien, but this isn't a particularly good way to start!) My opinion, of course.<br/> <br/> Magenta's been with us for awhile & we know who she is and what her values are. Jumping on someone, quoting past threads out of context sounds amazingly like a personal atta...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:48 am
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
Nobody said you don't have the right to smoke, LD! Smoke all you wish (although I'm sorry that you're ruining your future health.) What you DON'T have is the right to impose that smoke on me or my child--in any way.
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:47 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Question for other Ex Smokers??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 2456
Question for other Ex Smokers??
Schweet....if I really let myself think about it....I'm so embarassed to think that I DID reek that badly!
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:25 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Question for other Ex Smokers??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 2456
Question for other Ex Smokers??
<t>I'm not sure if we're able to smell it more easily but I DO think we're more comfortable being vocal about it. <br/> <br/> As a child, having to sit in a closed car with smokers, I used to get car sick! As an adult, I can at least refuse to be around it, and, like Rain, I'm really vocal about how...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:21 am
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
<t>"And just try banning drinking from places! I can't have a cigarette on an international flight but I have to listen to some loud drunk for 8 hours!?! And the flight attendant GAVE them the alcohol to get that way!"<br/> <br/> ++++++++++++ Somehow, I doubt that breathing the drunk's breath or lis...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:11 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Three years for one photo.....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 728
Three years for one photo.....
<t>A 22-year-old Joliet man who used a camera on a wireless phone to snap a picture of himself inappropriately touching his partially clothed, teen-age girlfriend was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison.<br/> <br/> Circuit Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak sentenced Steven S. Bodemuller, of 314 N. ...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Tracking the Salford Sioux
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1438
Tracking the Salford Sioux
That's fun to contemplate, Chonsi! And Abbey, I'm very fair with blue eyes & my great-grandmother was Native American....you never know.
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:05 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Court Rules on side of Cursing Man
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1298
Court Rules on side of Cursing Man
Yes...he didn't just "curse." He BLASPHEMED!
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: The Pets In Our Lives
- Topic: Dog Saves Woman's Life
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1049
Dog Saves Woman's Life
Dogs are just wonderful things!
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:00 pm
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
Pinks...go back and read my two posts. I never said it's the same as a beating. You seem to be very considerate and careful as a smoker and I applaud you for that.
As your friend, I wish you'd stop smoking, of course....
As your friend, I wish you'd stop smoking, of course....
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:56 pm
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
<t>Yes, yes...I know. NOWHERE have I accused anyone of child abuse! Keep calm! Nor did I say it's the equivalent of beating a child. <br/> <br/> What I have said is that cigarette smoke is bad for children and it's abusive to them to smoke when they're in the car with you or in the house with you. I...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:37 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Court Rules on side of Cursing Man
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1298
Court Rules on side of Cursing Man
Am I the only one who suspects there's a LOT more to this story than we read in the news?
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:34 pm
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
<t>You're not SERIOUSLY implying that exposure to more carcinogenic cigarette smoke would be good for children?<br/> <br/> There are laws against child abuse.....smoking in the car while transporting a child is child abuse, and the law has interest in your child's welfare. Beating a child is illegal...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:30 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Court Rules on side of Cursing Man
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1298
Court Rules on side of Cursing Man
Works for me....BUT...." He sought at least $25,000 in damages."
ummmm, hmmmmm
ummmm, hmmmmm
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:27 pm
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
<t>(C'B, I hope it's not insensitive of me to say that, when the end is near, hospice will do everything they can to make her comfortable with morphine, etc. I was terrified of how it would be, but, finally, it was easy and he just slipped away. Someone should tell your mom about this.)<br/> <br/> "...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:45 pm
- Forum: Did You Know?
- Topic: Second hand smoke.
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17872
Second hand smoke.
<t>Smoking damages the health of non-smokers (including CHILDREN) around those who smoke. It stinks and it makes the clothing and hair of non-smokers stink, too. It causes allergic reactions in many people (including CHILDREN.)<br/> <br/> Smokers are now a small minority.<br/> <br/> Why should the n...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussions
- Topic: Fed up with JW's
- Replies: 376
- Views: 21660
Fed up with JW's
Which brings the total (that I know, anyway) to THREE people here with close ties to the faith. You just never know...do you?
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Religious Discussions
- Topic: Fed up with JW's
- Replies: 376
- Views: 21660
Fed up with JW's
"Should not this courtesy be extended to me? Yes."
++++++++ Absolutely, yes! I think people were giving you serious and lighthearted ideas on how to do that, weren't we? Signs above the doorbell should work well, I'd say.
++++++++ Absolutely, yes! I think people were giving you serious and lighthearted ideas on how to do that, weren't we? Signs above the doorbell should work well, I'd say.
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:41 pm
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Before and After...Game
- Replies: 9778
- Views: 1176883
Before and After...Game
toe nail
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:02 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Outbreak of HN51 Bird Flu in Pinky's Hometown!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1210
Outbreak of HN51 Bird Flu in Pinky's Hometown!
Hearing about this just makes me sick! The loss of all those birds and the danger to the staff is terrible. How many people work there, Pinks?
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:41 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: paint colors
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2401
paint colors
Cool! Good idea, viewing it in different lights, etc! Now you KNOW you like it!
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:40 am
- Forum: Members' News
- Topic: I have a very important announcement to make to the forum
- Replies: 250
- Views: 11116
I have a very important announcement to make to the forum
(This has been a very mooooo-ving post, Hammie!) :wah:
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:38 am
- Forum: Members' News
- Topic: DG's Baby Update
- Replies: 389
- Views: 19557
DG's Baby Update
bumped...because, for some reason, this thread didn't go to the first page.
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:35 am
- Forum: Members' News
- Topic: DG's Baby Update
- Replies: 389
- Views: 19557
DG's Baby Update
<t>DG, you probably know about this study, but I couldn't help thinking of you when I read the following:<br/> <br/> A study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology --More than 18,500women found that those who consumed 77 MG of iron a day from food and supplements reduced their risk of ...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:24 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Molly Ivins Dies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 715
Molly Ivins Dies
Knowing Molly, she'd've enjoyed your sense of humor AND your political views!
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:23 am
- Forum: Abortion
- Topic: This is Infuriating
- Replies: 30
- Views: 20488
This is Infuriating
Were those studies analyzed to look at women's treatments, separated from the treatment of men?
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:22 am
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Tlw
- Replies: 11248
- Views: 3175608
Tlw
.......until his BELOVED AUNTIE LULU shows up and takes him shopping!
(Hey, AP! How're the slopes? See you soon!)
(Hey, AP! How're the slopes? See you soon!)
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:20 am
- Forum: Just For The Fun Of It
- Topic: Scary president pic
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1236
Scary president pic
Speaking for chimpanzees everywhere, I resent Rapunzel's third post in this thread! :rolleyes:
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:17 am
- Forum: Travel Vacation
- Topic: Fiji - not a holiday destination any more
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1082
Fiji - not a holiday destination any more
That's heartbreaking, isn't it? I hope the site manages to stay up and I hope they manage to stay alive!
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:06 am
- Forum: General Religious Discussions
- Topic: Fed up with JW's
- Replies: 376
- Views: 21660
Fed up with JW's
<t>" I wish you had come forward sooner with your faith. Then perhaps this would not have gone so far. I am sorry you've been hurt, but I cannot change my views on this matter. "<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> ++++++++++++++++ If anyone had read my post MUCH earlier in this thread, you'd've known we have at...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:55 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: My computer died today
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11260
My computer died today
'BallyBob, I'm so sorry for your loss! At least there's hope of resurrection?
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:08 pm
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Questions...questions....
- Replies: 4125
- Views: 163823
Questions...questions....
What's your favorite day of the week?
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:08 pm
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Fives
- Replies: 493
- Views: 21183
Fives
steak tartare, beef anything, pork anything, lamb anything and veal anything.
Five courteous ways to turn down a dinner invitation
Five courteous ways to turn down a dinner invitation
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:02 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Giving back to the community
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3506
Giving back to the community
He's a good businessman and has a good heart! Whatta' guy!
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:15 pm
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Three-letter abbreviations...
- Replies: 2164
- Views: 192734
Three-letter abbreviations...
Jiggle Your Hips!
UEP
UEP
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:09 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: THIS really YANKS my CHAIN!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 819
THIS really YANKS my CHAIN!!!
That is SO hard to read!
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3610
Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
And there are dozens of spots in downtown L.A, for example, where people stand on the box and speak to their hearts' content.
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:49 am
- Forum: Bizarre News Stories
- Topic: Protection for rare mammals
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1453
Protection for rare mammals
<t>Hooray for them! One thing people tend to forget is that protecting the environment of an endangered animal protects everything else which lives there, too. Millions of years of evolution have created these species and if we could only see our roles as "STEWARDS," they might survive.<br/> <br/> W...
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:45 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Devil Wears Prada
- Replies: 10
- Views: 726
The Devil Wears Prada
I saw it twice (on two very LOOOONG flights) and I was disappointed. She's usually more original in her roles. I thought this film was amusing, but it's a cliche. You could see it "coming," if you know what I mean.
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:37 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3610
Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
You don't set the curriculum and I didn't get to choose who lives here and represents my state!
(See what happens when people don't do their own homework?)
PS...I'll admit that natural selection is an amazing process!
(See what happens when people don't do their own homework?)
PS...I'll admit that natural selection is an amazing process!
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:31 am
- Forum: Word Games
- Topic: Fives
- Replies: 493
- Views: 21183
Fives
Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and Hannibal Hamlin. (I always liked that name...sounds like a rock star, doesn't it?)
Five famous cowboy stars
Five famous cowboy stars
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:29 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3610
Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
"I think she lives on the Island Of California."
++++++++++ Yes, well....I believe YOU live in Kansas, eh? The SUNFLOWER State? Where "creationism" is "science?"
++++++++++ Yes, well....I believe YOU live in Kansas, eh? The SUNFLOWER State? Where "creationism" is "science?"
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:06 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3610
Freedom of Speech and Other Countries
<t>I'm not sure we NEED mushrooms! Apparently, our educational system has produced at least one person who sees Europe (and the middle east) as "a country."<br/> <br/> "Sometimes it seems to me that people from other countries such as Europe and the middle east just cannot get the concept of freedom...
- Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:01 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Molly Ivins Dies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 715
Molly Ivins Dies
I think she'd've been pleased, knowing she had an Aussie fan!