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- 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...
- 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
- 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...
- 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:
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
My cat doesn't meow, instead she makes a little yipping noise.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
Thank God. :wah:
- 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...
- 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
- 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
Annual family health care costs rise above $22,000 | BenefitsPro
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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"?
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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?
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?
- 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/>...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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?
- 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
Train Rides in California - Riding Steam Trains and Other Trains in Northern California
- 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+
- 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/
- 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.
And he eats Broccoli.
- 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
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Gun Control - YouTube
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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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- 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.
She was gone.
- 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.
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- 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
- 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.
- 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??
Disgusting??
- 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...
- 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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- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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
- 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.<...