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Mark Aspam

<t>Possibly - no, make that probably - one of the silliest pieces of sh*t that I have ever seen on this forum. Most viewers here are probably too young to remember the anti-communist "witch hunts" of the early 1950's. It was one of the most disgraceful periods in this nation's history.<br...

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The one I've never been able to figure out is in Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime".

At the end of the the first verse, it sounds like "Teach a drunk how to drive, then go out and see if you survive."

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<t>spot;1510632 wrote: It would help if we also bring to mind that American banks regularly collapse into insolvency, leaving customers with nothing in their accounts, while the last British bank to fail closed long before I was born.What nonsense! There's no question that such things happen, but ha...

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<t>spot;1510297 wrote: I remember when you had to queue inside a bank in order to get cash handed to you by a stony-faced cleric who could have run courses for recalcitrant locomotive engineers in how to most obstructively work to rule.I never imagined that pre-net American and Brit banks were so di...

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A divinity student named Tweedle refused to accept his degree.

"It's bad enough just being Tweedle", he said, "without being Tweedle, D.D.".

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Betty Boop;1510495 wrote: I'm guessing you feel the vibration rather than actually hear it so a suggestion of sleeping with music playing through noise cancelling headphones isn't going to help really.Maybe if he kept playing the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations".

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<t>Clodhopper;1510359 wrote: Without having seen the report I can't be sure, but we do have problems. Our cultures are linked, and if you have a problem, there's good chance it will end up over here. Drugs do. Your gangsters don't seem to have though, nor the mafia, come to that. Not sure why. ...

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<t>I was just watching the nightly news (NBC) and there was a big report about opioid addiction in the USA. I had heard similar reports previously but this one was quite lengthy and scary. Addicts not convicted of any crime but confined in the local jail because there was no room in the hospitals.<b...

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<t>gmc;1510253 wrote: wonder if anyonr fell for it.Had a similar experience - actually two, a few days or weeks apart, a couple of years ago. I immediately shut down my computer, waited a few minutes, and then rebooted, no further problem. Probably, like yours, not a very sophisticated at...

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Aura;1510218 wrote: I have curvature of the spin and the pain in my arm was very painful, it's hurts now as I type this.Curvature of the spin sounds more like politics than health.

Still, I wish you well, follow your Doc's advice. I would be wary of "folk" cures.

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Clodhopper;1510209 wrote: Sessions: Seems the guy ducked and weaved so much Ali was applauding from his grave.True, but that's not lying under oath. Sessions obviously knows the difference.

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What would the Red Queen say?

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<t>Trump flunky Jeff Sessions will be interviewed by Congress, publicly, under oath, tomorrow (June 13) afternoon. I guess you could call it the Sessions sessions. I don't like the man's politics but I doubt that he will lie under oath, and that might be very bad for Trump. We shall see.<...

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spot;1510045 wrote: Speaking as a disinterested observer and considering the alternatives, I would be happy to see him re-elected in 2020.I am equally disinterested in Brit politics, but Mrs. May seems like a very nice lady, hopefully she will survive her current troubles.

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<t>G#Gill;1510036 wrote: I'm expecting to hear that Trump has been assassinated ! After all, every time he opens his mouth he digs himself in deeper into the mire of lies and deceit. There will come a time when some loyal American will have enough of Trumps power-crazy actions/words, and he/she will...

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<t>Patsy Warnick;1510024 wrote: I'm going by "Trump is doomed" Do you believe Comey? PatsyI'm not sure if this is directed to me, or to the original poster, or both of us. Of course I believe Comey. Lying under oath is a serious crime, punishable by imprisonment. Und...

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<t>Patsy Warnick;1510009 wrote: This is all going to fall on Comey & not Trump. Trump will march on as Pres.. PatsyPatsy, I'm not sure that I follow your train of thought here, maybe you can be more precise. Comey took a solemn oath to tell the truth, under penalty of perju...

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<t>spot;1509651 wrote: Having checked, it seems there may be two Mike Myers, I was unaware of the second who appears to be Canadian. There are undoubtedly many more than two, one of them was a school buddy of mine in Peoria, Illinois. This whole thread reminds me of the old riddle: <...

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<t>Can anybody help me embellish "I've Just Seen a Face" on guitar? Following the intro (which could be a topic by itself), the basic chords are, in G, "(G)I've just seen a face I can't forget the time and place where we just (Em)met, she's just the girl for me and I want all the world to...

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Thanks to Lars and Tude for the advice.

I just learned from a website, SPACE.com, that the location we expect to visit, southeastern Illinois near Carbondale, will have the longest total blackout time, 2 minutes 42 seconds.

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<t>In order to see the total we will have to drive about 90 miles south, which we will probably do. My wife wants to use welder's glasses, I prefer the pinhole method. Anybody know for sure if welder's glasses are safe? Also, when the eclipse is complete and only the...

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<t>gmc;1508878 wrote: The comnstitution is intended to protect the weak from the strong and from people like him and his followers. Sadly we can't really be smug given the fascist takeover of our own country.Now I'm confused (which, at my age, is not unusual). What is "our own country"? ...

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<t>spot;1508818 wrote: The papers are full of it today. Donald Trump slams 'archaic' US constitution that is 'really bad' for the country | The Independent and hundreds of others - Google's news tab shows them, for instance, if you search I suggest that you go back to the artic...

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<t>LarsMac;1508809 wrote: You haven't heard the latest, then. The Pres is saying that we should dispose of the Constitution. It is so old and irrelevant, he says, and it keeps getting in the way of him doing what he wants to do. .And your source for that is wha? If he said it as a joke, t...

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<r>FourPart;1508786 wrote: You might have of some fellow called Trump who has his strings pulled by a Nazi Christian Supremacist. I would call that pretty much taking over America. <URL url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_PenceWell">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_PenceWell</URL>, ...

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<t>gmc;1508763 wrote: I used to find slightly quirky but then you look at the world today and the way the religious right are taking over in america I begin to understand the obsession. Eve's curse and those who believe in it have a lot to answer for.As most regular posters here know, I am Catholic,...

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There is a much, MUCH longer thread on this subject, several years old but quite interesting reading.

Maybe one of the moderators can give the location.

Added later: Found it. This forum, page 22, bottom thread.

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<t>spot;1508591 wrote: Presumably they're overwhelmingly unbearable, which is why Christianity throws words like "infinite" around like confetti as a panacea. Infinite compassion, infinite mercy, the infinite redeeming power of the blood of Christ, that sort of thing. Not a sensible word.I didn't se...

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spot;1508589 wrote: Dogmatic and judgemental?A long, long time ago I realized that time spent worrying about someone else's sins is better spent worrying about my own.

And I would suggest the same to the poster.

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Probably one of the silliest and most self-righteous screeds I've seen on this forum.

Care to name your denom? The Saturday work thing would seem to be a clue.

And I don't think you're Jewish. Hmm...what does that leave?

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<t>tonytony;1508500 wrote: People brag their a lover yet mock 2 Cor. 6. People brag their not stuck up yet mock 1 Peter 4:1-4. People brag their a bodyguard yet mock Romans 12:17 with gun rights like the world. People brag their not an atheist yet mock Matthew 5:17-2...

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You may be legging behind the times.

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<t>Bruv;1508000 wrote: There was a news special that said one in five Americans were illiterate. That is 20% or a fifth of the population ? How true can that be in the richest country in the world ? Comedienne Judy Tenuta used to do ---maybe still does---a rout...

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<t>gmc;1508043 wrote: Make fun of my typing all you like I have other redeeming abilities that more then compensate. You know what they say - being good at typing is a sign you think very slowly.Well, I really wasn't sure, I thought they might be misprints or possibly Briticisms (did I spel that rig...

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Interesting thread, but what is "Brtiah"?

And what, or who, is a "Lorf"?

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<t>Clodhopper;1507945 wrote: You could try a dentist. They do whitening don't they? I have some sympathy: I think people tend to be more judgemental about teeth than they are about looks or physique.Strange that it took 11 replies for the obvious one to appear. The hopper is c...

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Amazing co-incidence: entertainers Chuck Berry and Chuck Barris, passing away only a few days apart.

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Just heard the news on CBS radio, 1pm Central Time, and will surely get more details on the evening TV newscasts, coming up in a few hours.

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I like my Turkey fried in Greece and served on China.

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What's the difference between a vitamin and a hormone?

You can't hear a vitamin.

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My all-time favorite:

Why did the young mother name her quadruplets Eenie, Meenie, Mynee, and Irving?

Because she didn't want no Mo'.

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Guppers;1503266 wrote: If you had to name your child the last thing you ate what would their name be?If I told you I would probably be banned from the forum.

Think of a 007 character, female.

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Reminds me of the old joke about the little shoe kid who was so embarrassed because his father was a loafer and his mother was a sneaker.

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<t>cars;1502756 wrote: One thing Trump stated in his campaigning, was that he believes in "Term Limits" for our politicians here. And so do I, currently "they" get their job and have it till they die! They have no real incentive to do good for their constituents, what's good for us, the c...

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<t>tazzy;1498051 wrote: it is ironic that i go to store to buy eggs when i have 28 chickens outside my door, they must be on strikeThere is an old story, very possibly true, about US president Calvin Coolidge ("Silent Cal") and his wife visiting an Iowa farm. The prez and his wife were gi...

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<t>This afternoon I was sitting in my cardiologist's waiting room prior to a routine check-up and I happened to pick up the current issue of TIME magazine, or as the right-wingers call it, SLIME magazine. There was an article stating that Trump is considering, or possibly has already deci...

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<t>cars;1502366 wrote: Exactly, and he knows that, he may be a lot of things, but he's not dumb. So I say again, I don't think he would want to annihilate himself and his own family, do you?At this point the discussion is moot. He's going to lose badly unless something completely unforeseen occurs.<...

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<r>Bruv;1502274 wrote: Mark did you read through this thread ? There is one video of the man talking in a way that is unworthy of a candidate for the most powerful post in the world. Anyway.........if you missed that here is another incident of the goon shooting his mouth off. ...

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<t>LarsMac;1502272 wrote: Really? There are numerous recorded events where he told people in the audience to commit violent acts on "non supporters" And a couple of times he promised to pay the legal costs of those who did. That sounds like inciting violence to me.I don't kno...

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<t>gmc;1502030 wrote: A question for the americans on this forum. If Trump loses and given he has been inciting his followers to violence how likely, do you think, are riots etc after the presidential election? Some of his followers do not seem terribly rational.You can't "given" something that isn'...

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