First of all, I'm not prejudiced against dogs. Dogs are fine creatures, in thier proper place, and I think having one is a great idea. ;-) I will say, however, that I've never lived in a dog house and I never intend to. Dog houses go outside with the rest of the animals. ;-)
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Damage caused by your pets?
by greendawn inafter my dog chewed the internet cable and left me off line for 24 hours, i got inspired to post this topic.
have your pets caused damage in your house or even beyond?
my dog also chewed and ruined a couple of shoes and a ten pound note (around $18) that fell to the floor without me realising this.
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Wicked hard online game, only four short levels but really really hard!
by mkr32208 inthis game is super hard to beat it's only four levels but it's like monster hard!.
anyone gets to level four let me know!.
click here http://www.winterrowd.com/maze.swf.
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John Doe
Oh come on!! That was tame.
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Do you agree with national I.D. cards?
by ozziepost inappearing in today's reuters news is this item about i.d.
cards to come in the u.k.. australia is once again raising the idea for downunder.
(it was defeated in a referendum some years back.).
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John Doe
Papers!! Show me your papers!! Where are your papers? Don't worry, honest people have nothing to fear. Now show me your papers and don't ask any questions.
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Heard a new joke today.
by Low-Key Lysmith inso there's this old farmer that had been having sex with his pig for the last few years.
being a devout catholic, he began to feel guilty about his deeds and went to see the priest to make his confession.
"bless me father for i have sinned" he said.
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John Doe
I don't get it?
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Those announced as "no longer regular pioneers"
by stillAwitness in3 sisters were announced as such at this past meeting (2 of which have a family member who was recently d'f but the third had been pioneering for as long as anyone can remember)
coincidence?
or possibly they were caught in some freaky-deaky 3 way love fest?
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John Doe
Not really related, but I've wondered why they're called "pioneers." I mean, the organization has been around for parts of 3 centuries. It's not like they're doing anything new and unique.
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My JW client!!!
by diamondblue1974 inwithout disclosing who or where, i have a jw client who is pursuing an unfair dismissal claim and i have today managed to negotiate a hefty settlement in respect of his dispute (he was actually quite wronged to a degree).
he obviously doesnt know i post here because i dont suppose he would mix with apostates (even though i have done some good work for him).
so i presented the offer to him and some advice as to whether or not he should accept the offer and largely its a commercial decision he faces; does he carry on and continue to incur fees or does he settle now for a decent sum and cut his losses; you can imagine the scenario.
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John Doe
I think you're projecting, just2. I did not take the original post to be disrespectful in any way, merely a way of poking fun at something that doesn't make sense. He said in his original post that he had no problem with the client putting thought into the matter and actually seemed to encourage it, but that doesn't stop the matter from being ludicrous that someone wants to "take it to Jehovah in prayer." You can't do ludicrous things and expect people not to giggle. It ain't gonna happen. As far as why he would want to be "employed" by such a person, he said in his first post that the client was usually rational and reasonable. Why does this have anything to do with what the post was about?
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littérateurs unite
by Calliope inokay, so first guy i fell in love with had read papillon and one hundred year of solitude.
i was sold.
the second guy i fell in love with... knew who kafka was.
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John Doe
In the past month I have read ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, King Lear by Shakespeare, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, The Trial by of all people Franz Kafka (one of the better books I've read lately), The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (icky), and I'm about halfway through book six in Stephen King's Dark Tower series. Books that I'm in the middle of and hope to return to by summer include Mobi Dick, and a two volume biography on the life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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truth
by John Doe inthis is a journal entry from a literary theory class i'm taking.
thought it might stimulate some discussion.. .
little johnny sits with a quaint expression on his face, sticking his pudgy little fingers into the corner of his mouth and slurping the oozy jelly remaining on his pilfering little fingers.
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It is that for which we strive. If it is not absolute, we always acheive it and never need to seek further. But we know that is not the case, therefore it must be a conceptual absolute that we have not yet attained (will never attain?).
I beleive we're in violent agreement. ;-) If we think it is absolute and that we've achieved it, again we'll not seek further. Either way, I agree with you that we will never attain an external, tangible, irrefutable reality. Take, for instance, the world of children. To a child, thinking monsters live under the bed is perfectly reasonable. Everything is fresh, new and exciting to them, and therefore magical. Now, advance that same child 70 years. Once again they begin lapsing into a dreamlike state separate from the common reality of middled-aged humanity. I would call this state magical, but in another sense, for it seems to be filled with more angst and cynacism. In essence, the closer a person is to birth or death, the further he is from the "reality" most profess to know. I believe "having truth" to be an underlying problem with fundamentalist religions. Sure, there must be an external truth, but it is irrelevant to the human condition. Consider a fish swimming in the Carribian sea attempting to comprehend the North Pole--something of which he has no knowledge. Can such a being possibly discuss such matters in a way that is useful to anyone or anything? Well, I should stop drinking now and go to bed. I'm beginning to ramble. ;-)
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truth
by John Doe inthis is a journal entry from a literary theory class i'm taking.
thought it might stimulate some discussion.. .
little johnny sits with a quaint expression on his face, sticking his pudgy little fingers into the corner of his mouth and slurping the oozy jelly remaining on his pilfering little fingers.
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John Doe
I recall one of the opening lines in my Biology book: “There is no truth in science.” No, “scientific theory” is considered to be the best possible explanation taking into account all available evidence at any given time. Because possibilities for new information are infinite and our capability of handling such information is finite, theories are always open to change. “Truth” is open to change.
Formal fallacy here. If "truth" were subject to change as the conclusion holds there would be no meaning at all to the former sentence "there is no truth in science" which is posited as the premise. There would actually be a "truth" in science -- but a provisional "truth" which is no "truth" at all, just theory. The slide of meaning in "truth" from the first sentence to the last which makes the demonstration possible ruins it right from the start.
Astute observation. However, I was establishing a definition of truth; hence the two differing meanings do not conflict. Perhaps I should have used quotation marks around the first truth; or made it more clear that I was speaking of the conventional truth people commonly refer to that is unattainable and therefore irrelevant, in my opinion. In effect, I was establishing a contrast between an abstract, fairy-tale notion and something that attempts to more closely model the human condition--not an easy task, to say the least, and definitely a source for what might appear a contradiction. However, I should qualify that such a notion is a personal "truth" of mine, something I was trying to distinguish from what the science book termed truth. More than anything, I was thinking outloud.
"Truth" is an absolute -- even if, especially if it can never be reached.
Why must truth be absolute if it is unattainable? I fail to see the leap. Interesting post.
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How often do you bathe?
by BlessedStar ini heard something and i would like to know the truth so i'll ask this question..... how often do you bathe and change your underwear?.
i heard that people from certain places don't bathe for days and only change their underwear when it gets really deteriorated.. .
blessed star
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John Doe
Bathe whom?