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by Lon
Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:58 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Spontaneous Human Combustion
Replies: 0
Views: 291

Spontaneous Human Combustion

<t>It was a Sunday morning in 1963 and I was on duty as a Licensed Embalmer Funeral Director. I answered a phone call telling me that there had been a fire at a home on Mt. Clark and they thought that someone must have died in the fire. My apprentice and I drove to the home in our removal vehicle an...
by Lon
Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:28 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Would You Like To Be Embalmed?
Replies: 14
Views: 830

Would You Like To Be Embalmed?

Welcome to Embalming 101 - YouTube
by Lon
Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:09 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Record Heat Here Today
Replies: 23
Views: 1588

Record Heat Here Today

<t>SnoozeAgain;1429202 wrote: I lived in the Sacramento area for quite a long time and the summers there are a killer. I had a car without A/C and I'd end up with sweat marks down the front of my shirts... very attractive.<br/> <br/> <br/> I can handle the dry heat here at 100 plus more so than 85 F...
by Lon
Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:00 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Record Heat Here Today
Replies: 23
Views: 1588

Record Heat Here Today

109 F / 42.7 C This will beat the 1898 temp by one degree------Great day for a game of golf-----you can have the whole course to yourself.:wah:
by Lon
Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:14 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Do You Keep Rhythm?
Replies: 10
Views: 666

Do You Keep Rhythm?

<t>Do you tap your foot,table tap with fingers, sway your head, move your body in rhythm with the beat? I attended a outdoor Jazz Festival last night in the park where I live. It was attended by mostly senior citizens (over age 50). There were about 500 people and in looking around I saw no more tha...
by Lon
Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:41 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Your Funeral
Replies: 15
Views: 2273

Your Funeral

<t>Realizing that I am closer to assuming room temperature than most, I thought it prudent to make arrangements today for my eventual demise and disposition. I don't anticipate this event happening for some time yet but you never know. Right?<br/> <br/> My arrangements involve being picked up where ...
by Lon
Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:34 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Why Is It?
Replies: 11
Views: 696

Why Is It?

AnneBoleyn;1428682 wrote: My cats don't screech. Maybe if you didn't bother your cats they wouldn't screech either.


My cat doesn't meow, instead she makes a little yipping noise.
by Lon
Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:01 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Why Is It?
Replies: 11
Views: 696

Why Is It?

Why is it-----that we call smaller animals in a high pitched voice? Like---here kitty, kitty,kitty. We don't call a large dog in a high pitched voice. Same with babies.
by Lon
Thu May 30, 2013 3:59 pm
Forum: The Kitchen
Topic: It's cherry season!
Replies: 4
Views: 2147

It's cherry season!

I am sitting here eating huge, sweet Bing cherries that I bought from a Hmong Roadside Fruit Stand this morning and paid $3.00 USD for 5 lbs.
by Lon
Wed May 29, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Question for christians/jews/muslims
Replies: 140
Views: 8830

Question for christians/jews/muslims

Bryn Mawr;1428397 wrote: That might apply in America but over here a candidates religion take a very back seat to their policies, morals and voting history.


Thank God. :wah:
by Lon
Wed May 29, 2013 4:07 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Question for christians/jews/muslims
Replies: 140
Views: 8830

Question for christians/jews/muslims

<t>I'll just betcha that the vast majority of people that say that Atheists can have good morals still would not vote for a politician that is an avowed Atheist. I did a Mini Poll a while back on another forum and it was 433 to 18. Those 18 respondents were probably Atheists, I have no way of knowin...
by Lon
Tue May 28, 2013 11:23 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Have trouble sleeping?
Replies: 2
Views: 296

Have trouble sleeping?

Sleepy Animals - ModernMom Top 10 - YouTube
by Lon
Tue May 28, 2013 8:53 am
Forum: Healthcare
Topic: What do you pay for your Health Insurance?
Replies: 16
Views: 6967

What do you pay for your Health Insurance?

How about this?

Annual family health care costs rise above $22,000 | BenefitsPro
by Lon
Mon May 27, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: Healthcare
Topic: What do you pay for your Health Insurance?
Replies: 16
Views: 6967

What do you pay for your Health Insurance?

<t>Snowfire;1428181 wrote: Doesnt sound to me like Lon is describing any type of sheltered housing I've ever heard of. If I'd paid in what Lon had over the years,I'd want what Lons describing. Our NHS doesnt allow our provide, understandably, for that kind of well presented luxury. I suspect its qui...
by Lon
Mon May 27, 2013 7:44 pm
Forum: Healthcare
Topic: What do you pay for your Health Insurance?
Replies: 16
Views: 6967

What do you pay for your Health Insurance?

<t>LarsMac;1428203 wrote: I pay around 400/month for our insurance through work. <br/> <br/> It is very good coverage. <br/> <br/> When I had the DVT and Pulmonary Thrombosis, the total out of pocket for me was around 500. <br/> <br/> when I fell off the horse and was unconscious for three days, my ...
by Lon
Mon May 27, 2013 2:45 pm
Forum: Films Cinema Forum
Topic: Deadly Crossing with Steven Seagal
Replies: 13
Views: 1858

Deadly Crossing with Steven Seagal

Ah yes-----Charles Bronson----I did like his first "Death Wish" flick. A AWESOME and intellectually challenging movie. :wah: I love retribution.
by Lon
Mon May 27, 2013 2:28 pm
Forum: Films Cinema Forum
Topic: Deadly Crossing with Steven Seagal
Replies: 13
Views: 1858

Deadly Crossing with Steven Seagal

Isn't "Deadly Crossing" the first episode of a TV Series called "True Justice"?
by Lon
Sun May 26, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: Films Cinema Forum
Topic: Deadly Crossing with Steven Seagal
Replies: 13
Views: 1858

Deadly Crossing with Steven Seagal

<t>FrankieFurter;1428127 wrote: Anyone else see this movie yet? It's Seagal's newest. Seagal was HUGE in the 90's and 80's but hasn't done much lately. I like his True Justice show but I don't love it. I have to say though, this movie is awesome. It takes me back to his earlier work like Under Siege...
by Lon
Sun May 26, 2013 1:36 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Question for christians/jews/muslims
Replies: 140
Views: 8830

Question for christians/jews/muslims

<t>Snowfire;1428066 wrote: So by virtue, morality requires a belief in a God, atheists presumably cannot teach their children right from wrong and they have nothing by which to define their behaviour.<br/> <br/> Morality it seems, has only been around for 2,000 years or so, before which, anything we...
by Lon
Sun May 26, 2013 12:21 pm
Forum: Healthcare
Topic: What do you pay for your Health Insurance?
Replies: 16
Views: 6967

What do you pay for your Health Insurance?

<t>gmc;1428113 wrote: Blooming heck that's more than half the basic state pension in the UK. Septuagenarians in this country will have paid National Insurance all their working lives. Any treatment they now receive will be free to them at the point of use. I've paid national insurance for almost 40 ...
by Lon
Sun May 26, 2013 10:51 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Senior Grooming
Replies: 18
Views: 1463

Senior Grooming

<t>When I was a young man and looked at some old men with a forest of hair protruding from their nostrils, vines of tangled hair in their ears and eyebrows that had to make their vision difficult, I thought to myself, that will never be me.<br/> <br/> Well----here I am So help me, I wake up in the m...
by Lon
Sun May 26, 2013 7:57 am
Forum: The Psychedelic 1960's
Topic: the 1960s...what do you remember ?
Replies: 77
Views: 28662

the 1960s...what do you remember ?

WOW-----------This original post almost goes back to the 60's. I had to scroll back to see what I posted.
by Lon
Sat May 25, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Question for christians/jews/muslims
Replies: 140
Views: 8830

Question for christians/jews/muslims

tude dog;1428060 wrote: By definition, atheists have no morals.

That doesn't make them bad people, whatever that means.


Where did you find that tude dog? What's the source for atheists having no morals?
by Lon
Sat May 25, 2013 2:02 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Question for christians/jews/muslims
Replies: 140
Views: 8830

Question for christians/jews/muslims

<t>halfway;1428031 wrote: Of course they are not without morals. That would be mean-spirited to even suggest it.<br/> <br/> Of course the foundation of those morals may be elusive since EVERY opinion must count. EVERY opinion....age of sexual consent, suicide, human sacrifice, cannibalism, etc.<br/>...
by Lon
Sat May 25, 2013 1:56 pm
Forum: Healthcare
Topic: What do you pay for your Health Insurance?
Replies: 16
Views: 6967

What do you pay for your Health Insurance?

<t>Ahso!;1428042 wrote: That's probably a lot for most people. In 2012 my partner and I had out of pocket medical expenses of around $3,000.00.<br/> <br/> <br/> Well I am 78 and my wife 68, so we are at that age where medical needs of one kind or another crop up, and amongst my peer group, probably ...
by Lon
Sat May 25, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: Healthcare
Topic: What do you pay for your Health Insurance?
Replies: 16
Views: 6967

What do you pay for your Health Insurance?

<t>I know you Brits have FREE? Health Coverage, so this is really a question for my Yank friends.<br/> <br/> I am not complaining about my own costs and am quite happy with the costs and benefits. First, my wife and I are on the Government Medicare and pay $208 monthly for both of us. In addition, w...
by Lon
Sat May 25, 2013 10:35 am
Forum: General Religious Discussions
Topic: Question for christians/jews/muslims
Replies: 140
Views: 8830

Question for christians/jews/muslims

Do you believe that Atheists are without morals and why?
by Lon
Tue May 21, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Steam
Replies: 9
Views: 559

Steam

The following is about 45 minutes from where I live.

Train Rides in California - Riding Steam Trains and Other Trains in Northern California
by Lon
Tue May 21, 2013 8:30 pm
Forum: Home Management
Topic: Air Conditioner
Replies: 25
Views: 17910

Air Conditioner

We use our ceiling fans until the temps get into the 90's and 100+
by Lon
Tue May 21, 2013 1:17 pm
Forum: Films Cinema Forum
Topic: Sitting In The Back Row ...
Replies: 2
Views: 1032

Sitting In The Back Row ...

Going back at least 74 years of remembering movies I don't ever recall an intermission except on long films like Gone With the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia etc. I generally took that opportunity to go to the John/Loo/Can/
by Lon
Fri May 10, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: For Brrits on U.S. Gun Control
Replies: 7
Views: 464

For Brrits on U.S. Gun Control

Accountable;1426696 wrote: And he's tall, too.


And he eats Broccoli.
by Lon
Fri May 10, 2013 1:35 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: For Brrits on U.S. Gun Control
Replies: 7
Views: 464

For Brrits on U.S. Gun Control

Penn & Teller on Gun Control------ It's worth watching the whole segment.

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Gun Control - YouTube
by Lon
Thu May 09, 2013 12:57 pm
Forum: Members' News
Topic: I just got the news!
Replies: 23
Views: 3887

I just got the news!

Good On Ya----------If I were to teach, geography and history would be to my liking.
by Lon
Fri May 03, 2013 4:30 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Cristeros War 1926--1929
Replies: 3
Views: 492

Cristeros War 1926--1929

<t>I just watched a movie on Netflix called "For Greater Glory". I am a movie buff but had never heard of this 2012 film or ever saw it advertised. It deals with the Atheistic government of Mexico's attack on the Catholic church. Good cast with Peter O' Toole as a priest and Andy Garcia as a general...
by Lon
Fri May 03, 2013 4:00 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship
Replies: 14
Views: 4052

if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship

Betty Boop;1425974 wrote: Are you off on a cruise Lon?


We will be taking another cruise probably in November this year. Much prefer the smaller ships though --- 100 to 150 people --- instead of the huge 3,000 passenger ships like the Allure.
by Lon
Fri May 03, 2013 1:02 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship
Replies: 14
Views: 4052

if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship

<t>FG;1425820 wrote: The Allure wasn't afloat in 1912 but the photo's real, it's just not the Titanic. That's the Allure and the Titanic's sister ship the Olympia, taken as they passed under the Severn Crossing on their way to Sharpness Lock in 1940. You can tell it's wartime because the Allure's pa...
by Lon
Wed May 01, 2013 2:17 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship
Replies: 14
Views: 4052

if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship

Duh!! Of course it was Photoshopped. The Titanic is still at the bottom of the sea. THE POINT of the post is the size comparison.
by Lon
Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship
Replies: 14
Views: 4052

if You Think The Titanic Was A Big Ship

The Allure vs. Titanic

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by Lon
Sun Apr 21, 2013 11:14 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Big Meal Tonight
Replies: 4
Views: 669

Big Meal Tonight

YZGI;1424904 wrote: I hope you fed the wife too.


She was gone.
by Lon
Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:55 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Big Meal Tonight
Replies: 4
Views: 669

Big Meal Tonight

I'm starving-----missed breakfast and lunch today--------soooooo it's Grilled Coho Salmon, Pasta Alfredo, steamed mixed veggies, green salad with Ranch dressing.

Two glasses of Pinot Noir not shown.

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by Lon
Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:37 pm
Forum: Christianity
Topic: The Reality of God's Reconciliation
Replies: 6
Views: 523

The Reality of God's Reconciliation

Horsepucky
by Lon
Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:25 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Innovative Welfare Recipients
Replies: 37
Views: 3248

Innovative Welfare Recipients

For many years my Kiwi born and raised wife thought that the expression "He lucked out" was a negative and mean't he was out of luck.
by Lon
Sat Mar 23, 2013 2:02 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Innovative Welfare Recipients
Replies: 37
Views: 3248

Innovative Welfare Recipients

fuzzywuzzy;1423072 wrote: An irrelevant photo and a disgusting thing to say.


Disgusting??
by Lon
Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:57 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Innovative Welfare Recipients
Replies: 37
Views: 3248

Innovative Welfare Recipients

<t>Ahso!;1423070 wrote: Is it your claim that this is a behavior done exclusively by welfare recipients at the welfare office, or are you merely looking to disparage welfare recipients?<br/> <br/> <br/> Don't be so defensive. I make no claims and disparage no one, just thought it was interesting.<br...
by Lon
Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:13 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Innovative Welfare Recipients
Replies: 37
Views: 3248

Innovative Welfare Recipients

Now, don't tell me that welfare recipients aren't innovative! No reason to stand on your feet waiting to get your check. Just put your flip-flops next in line and go back and sit on your ass and play games on your iPhone. What a great country.

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by Lon
Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:23 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Do Everest make good Mattresses please?
Replies: 4
Views: 606

Do Everest make good Mattresses please?

<t>I am assuming that you are budgeting your mattress purchase and I can appreciate that, however, If you have a curvature of the spine and other back problems, don't go second hand, get a new mattress and try it out before you buy it. This is too important a health issue to take a chance on a secon...
by Lon
Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:54 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Swedish Norweigan Films
Replies: 5
Views: 533

Swedish Norweigan Films

<t>AnneBoleyn;1422131 wrote: Are you viewing Ingmar Bergman films? I remember liking in particular The Seventh Seal--any of his films are worthy. Max von Sydow & Liv Ullmann were among his favorite actors. I also remember liking Elvira Madigan. Then the I Am Curious-Yellow & I Am Curious-Blu...
by Lon
Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:52 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Swedish Norweigan Films
Replies: 5
Views: 533

Swedish Norweigan Films

Both with Amazon Prime and Netflix I have seen several films from these countries and really enjoyed them despite having to view with English sub titles. The story line, acting, and photography is excellent.
by Lon
Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:47 pm
Forum: General TV Shows
Topic: Vikings
Replies: 14
Views: 2940

Vikings

Thanks for posting ACC---------The show was not available on my NETFLIX account but I did find it on my AMAZON PRIME-----I will watch it tonight.--Thanks again
by Lon
Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:51 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Roast Dinners
Replies: 10
Views: 611

Roast Dinners

<t>I refuse to cook anything longer than it takes to eat it, and you can still eat healthy doing this, and taste delicious as well.<br/> <br/> Holy smokes---6 hours and ten minutes????? I can do the whole weeks dinner (delicious) and clean up in that length of time, leaving more time for fun stuff.<...

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