I've had several really good male friends in my life. I tend to gravitate toward the friendship of men more than that of women. Guys are just so much easier to understand, women are well.....complicated and moody.
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Women and Men....Can they be 'just good friends'........
by fifi40 ini regularly talk to a poster on this board via the pm system...............mainly because i like his mind.......today he suggested in reply to something i had said that basically men and women dont do friendship.........he asked the question 'why do people even bother with each other if they dont fancy each others intimacy?
'...............not that he was suggesting this about us.........but i am just wondering what you lot think.. it has been my experience to have some wonderful men friends...........i love mens company and their conversation..........now i am wondering if all those 'mates' were/are after something else............well not really........i am pretty sure at least some of them arent.. so whats your view/experience.........can men and women just be good friends.. oh and to my friend who i pm.........this is not a criticism of you.........i am interested in what others experiences are..........and i will give you a big kiss (on the cheek) one day when i see ya to make up for it.......... fi.
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The Secret
by Mrs Smith ini have recently seen the dvd about the law of attraction called "the secret".
have you seen it and what do you think?
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The Secret is new packaging for some old principles that Norman Vincent Peale popularized back in the 50's with The Power of Positive Thinking.
The author of the Secret Ronda Byrne has taken this old principal a few steps further to include words from men who lived long ago and correlated them all together to make is seem as if they had passed this concept down through time as if through some secret society which as intriguing as it may seem it's just the same old positive thinking with a new slant that being one of appealing to her audiences sense of greed.
The way it was filmed reminded me of the DaVinci Code as if the intent was to make it seem mysterious. There is no mystery to it. The people who spoke in the film also are all into their own businesses and they are more than willing to get you to buy into what they are selling which for the most part is the money draining life coaching scheme.
I think the message is good but the presentation sucks because from what I've seen on other web sites people are all about learning how to manifest the good life and are seeing it as a way to become rich. They don't seem to get the point that it comes from within it's not something you obtain.
Do I think many people will get something out of this which will enrich their lives, yes everyone can benefit from having a more positive attitude and I do feel that we absolutely attract to us what we put out. As far as the Law of Attraction, it does make you stop and think and reconsider ways in which you could be sabotaging your life. Other than that I think it's a lot of hype or much ado about nothing, but then maybe it's because I've been there done that and am a bit jaded about what the movie is selling and that a lot of people don't have enough sense to know when they are being scammed and will plunk down a lot of money to some life coach who says he can help them get rich. Bunk!
Oh and BTW these are the same people who were involved in What the Bleep Do We Know......? And for a real trip and twist to the whole Secret you've got to check out the whole Abraham/Hicks connection, ha what a fiasco! They broke their ties with The Secret to be able to capitalize on their own endeavors. Just google Abraham/Hicks and I'm sure your cultdar will bring goose bumps on the back of your neck. Can you say channeling?
Bottom line is you've got to have some common sense and you can figure out all this positive thinking stuff yourself you don't need a cult to show you how, or do you? LOL
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When money goes missing... what do you do?
by Scully inso i've got this jam jar of american coins and small bills that i've been squirrelling away for my next shopping trip south of the border.
just the other day, monday, i acquired a $20us bill and added it to my stash... and when i went to add some more coins to it this morning, the $20 bill was missing.. i'm pretty sure it was one of my teenagers.
they come into my room and do their makeup and use my bathroom on a regular basis.
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I I don't want to wrongly accuse anyone, but I don't want the one who took the money to get away with it either. I informed them this morning of my findings, and that although I couldn't identify who did it, unfortunately both of them would have to lose their $20 CDN allowance at the end of the week and all the social stuff they had wanted to plan for the weekend - including a sleepover for one of them. I gave them until 4 pm today to produce the $20US - just put it on my desk anonymously - no questions asked - and the punishment would go away.
A true delima Scully. If it were me I would absolutely want to know who the thief is and put that one on notice that they are not to be trusted, not by you their father or their siblings. Then they would have to earn back the trust of the family. Out in the open you know what and whom you are dealing with, left to anonymously put back the money and you are doing her/him an injustice and I also think it's unfair to the one who didn't steal to suffer the punishment. I wouldn't hold back punishment for the guilty one, it doesn't teach them the consequences of stealing just on getting caught they will become trickier and I bet this isn't the first offense just the first time you positively could tell something was missing.
I know I'm not going to see that $20US bill again. It makes me angry that I have to lock up my "mad money" in a safe. I shouldn't have to do that in my own home around my own flesh and blood.
So how do you guys handle things like this? I know it's a teen thing to try to get away with stuff like this, but there has to be an effective way of teaching them that it's a HUGE violation of family trust to steal from your mother or father or siblings, and that a family needs to be able to trust all of its members.
Sorry to say but until that teen earns your trust back you are going to have to lock up your valuables and the only way for them to learn just how huge a violation of family trust it is is to involve the family in the whole thing. Don't make it easy for them to just put the money back and everything goes back to normal. You wouldn't absolutely know which kid did it and that's not fair to the one who didn't do it. I mean really why be good if you get blamed for the wrongs of others?
my .02.
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HAPPY 37TH BIRTHDAY SPARKPLUG !!
by juni inhappy birthday decki !!
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love with a big hug, juni .
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I'll take a birthday with drinks, hats and firecrackers. (even if it is 2 days early...lol)
HA! I was ignoring this because I thought a belated birthday wish tacky!
*wonders if an early birthday wish is tacky, shucks I was raised in a cult what do I know about birthdays?*
Wishing a great one for the girl who brings *sparks* to everyone she touches!
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help!
by bonnzo incan anyone post a link to any newspaper articles on the child abuse settlements?
thanx.
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Search through this thread I'm sure you'll find something:
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Has anyone ever played with a ouija board?
by delilah inthis past weekend, we met a new couple in our campground, and the conversation soon came 'round to the supernatural.
the lady said she has had quite a few supernatural experiences, and that she plays her own home-made version of the ouija board.
my husband was all excited and begged her to play .
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Oh LOL @ the bitch-dar statement just funnin' with ya!
Um back to the topic.....when I was about 13 some girlfriends of mine (worldly ones) played around with a Ouija board. I had no idea what it was, never heard of one. One of the girls was afraid to use it saying it was from the Devil.....I sorta figured it was something demonic but it was fun and I have no idea how the piece moved on the board to spell out words but it did, it was freaky and fun at the same time.
I asked my Mom about Ouija boards and she told me they were demonic so then I felt guilty for using it and never did it again and never told her I used one.....she already thought I was a demon no need to give her proof! I prayed to Jehober extra hard for a couple of nights too rid me of evil spirits and all was well.......
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Has anyone ever played with a ouija board?
by delilah inthis past weekend, we met a new couple in our campground, and the conversation soon came 'round to the supernatural.
the lady said she has had quite a few supernatural experiences, and that she plays her own home-made version of the ouija board.
my husband was all excited and begged her to play .
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bitch-dar?
You ain't seen bitch-dar until you've seen me in action!
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The Ostrich
by bikerchic ina man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.
" the ostrich says, "i'll have the same.
the waitress asks, "what's with the ostrich?".
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LOL not as corny as the other one eh?
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The Ostrich
by bikerchic ina man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.
" the ostrich says, "i'll have the same.
the waitress asks, "what's with the ostrich?".
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A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him. The waitress asks
them for their orders. The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?" "I'll have the same," says the ostrich.
A short time later the waitress returns with the order. "That will be $9.40 please," and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.
The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke." The ostrich says, "I'll have the same." Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.
This becomes routine and after a few days, they enter again and the waitress asks: "The usual?"
"No, being Friday night, I think I'll have a steak, baked potato and a salad," says the man. "Same," says the ostrich.
The waitress brings the order and says, "That will be $32.62." Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table. The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer.
"Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?"
"Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes. My first wish was that whenever I have to pay for anything, I can just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money will always be there."
"That's brilliant!" says the waitress. "Most people would ask for a million dollars or something, but you'll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!"
"That's right. Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man.
The waitress asks, "What's with the ostrich?"
The man sighs, pauses and answers, "My second wish was for a tall chick with a big ass and long legs who agrees with everything I say." -
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Punny puns
by bikerchic in* i wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
then it hit me.
* police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
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* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
* Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
* Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.
* The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
* To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
* When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
* The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
* A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
* A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
* Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
* We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
* When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U C L A.
* The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
* The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
* The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
* If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
* A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
* What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway)
* A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two-tired.
* Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
* A backward poet writes inverse.
* In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
* A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
* If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
* With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
* Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A -flat miner.
* When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
* The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
* A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
* You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
* He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
* A calendar's days are numbered.
* A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
* A boiled egg is hard to beat.
* He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
* A plateau is a high form of flattery.
* Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
* When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
* When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
* Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
* Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
* Acupuncture: a jab well done