Posts by wombat

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Some nights are really slow.......

by wombat in

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it's 2 o'clock in the morning here and there's no-one interesting on line.. by the time all you yanks wake up i'm off to bed... even the poms have slept in.. is it a thursday thing?

wombat

It's 2 o'clock in the morning here and there's no-one interesting on line.

By the time all you Yanks wake up I'm off to bed..

Even the Poms have slept in.

Is it a Thursday thing?

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Latest Awake! - "What is the Harm of Buying Girl Scout Cookies?"

by Funchback in

people from all over the united states enjoy the taste of a samoa cookie or a thin mint.

in fact, during the winter campaign of the girl scouts of the usa, people spend millions of dollars on these delicacies.

linda* (*not her real name) said that she buys no less than 18 boxes of the cookies every two weeks during the campaign.

wombat

If someone is prepared to mail me a packet of Girl Scout Cookies (they sound delicious) I will send the materials and instructions for a Pavola.

A Pavola is a large meringue cake which you then cover with whipped cream and exotic fruit.

I always make one for visitors from overseas and have become quite reknown for it. They ask for it in advance of their coming.

I would love to sample these cookies.

Contact me at [email protected]

P.S. The pavlova is really hard to make unless you read the instructions many times over before you start. But it is worth the effort. It is basically whipped egg white and sugar, baked. Beautiful

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Noah's Ark.- Kangaroos

by Stewart75 in

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f(l)ood for thought,.

if god had organised for each pair of species into noah's ark prior the flooding which destroyed many in wildlife.

i wonder if any of australian animal species like kangaroos, wombats and emus were also included?

wombat

Stevenyc....I take back what I said. I stand erected, sorry, corrected.

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Lo' and Behold - I start hearing Kingdom Melodies in the coffee shop.....

by AK - Jeff in

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i was peacefully reading an old copy of stephen cox' article "can the truth survive the internet", and all of a sudden i realize that the instrumental music playing is the d*mn kingdom melodies.

it was actually pretty good.

it was that instrumental cd released sometime back with a lot of harp, piano, and woodwinds in it.

wombat

Deeskis....Now I am going to be humming "if you keep your eyes on the prize" for days to come. No thanks for that.

I'm not rubbishing JW songs. I have since joined a Japanese faith with a Buddhist/Zen type background. Their songs really don't translate well from Japanese.

But their song book does include Amazing Grace which I enjoy with full gusto.

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Noah's Ark.- Kangaroos

by Stewart75 in

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friends

f(l)ood for thought,.

if god had organised for each pair of species into noah's ark prior the flooding which destroyed many in wildlife.

i wonder if any of australian animal species like kangaroos, wombats and emus were also included?

Virgin post

by wombat in

i've never posted anything on the net before.

just want to see if it works.

i left the wts in '73 - just couldn't wait those extra two years.

wombat

Undecided...

Hi Ken.....Yeah. I do remember October '75. I rang up a mate and when he answered I began banging some saucepans together and screamed "It's f..n Armageddon".

It scared the life out of him.

Gee, I made huge money in '75. Jehovah really blessed me.

Ken, maybe try some of the body-builders formulae full of amino acids. A British medical study published last week showed how they actually increased muscle mass in the elderley even without exercise. Better still, visit a third world country. You will feel so good when you get home.

Geoff

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For Schizm and other random 'prophets' - interpret this

by jgnat in

i'll make it easy on you.

i've picked a relatively modern manuscript, where the original language is english.

it is barely six hundred years old, much closer to our modern day and culture.

wombat

Exactly...That is the point.

And now we have "experts" pontificating on the meanings of words written thousands of years ago.

I cannot decipher that relatively modern writing you quoted and you don't know that a "bloke" is a member of the male species. (Google C.J. Dennis - The Sentimental Bloke - an early Australian writer and very good) and if you're feeling crook you should have a sickie.

How can the WTS assume that they have the correct translations and meanings of ancient writings when they won't even name their researchers/translators and/or their qualifications?

Avagoodweekend.

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Noah's Ark.- Kangaroos

by Stewart75 in

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friends

f(l)ood for thought,.

if god had organised for each pair of species into noah's ark prior the flooding which destroyed many in wildlife.

i wonder if any of australian animal species like kangaroos, wombats and emus were also included?

wombat

Stevenyc.....I take you point, but a kangaroo is a bit different from a mouse.

The kangaroo carries it's young in a pouch until they are quite large. It's amusing to see two huge feet sticking out of the pouch whilst the youngster has a nap.

But amazingly, the kangaroo not only has a baby in it's pouch but a fertilised egg hidden away for safekeeping. If the kangaroo is in danger (bushfire, dingos, hunters, etc) it will ditch it's youngster and escape to safety. Then it will place the fertilised egg in position to breed again.

The big Red kangaroo towers over a man and is very dangerous. It will lean back on it's tail and gut a man or dog so easily with it's big toes. They have a harem of does and it is not wise to approach them. Interestingly menstruating women are at high risk of attack.

I hand-raised a kangaroo from when it was a little fur-less joey. Had to feed it every 4 hours for 3 months. Never had any sleep. It would love playing games with our cattle dog. The blighter would be covered in mud then lope into the house looking for food leaving a red mud stain trail from his tail all through the house.

Ah...I miss Rhubarb. An ignorant neighbour's electric fence finally got her.

It never occured to me that her forebears 6,000 years ago could have been mice.

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For Schizm and other random 'prophets' - interpret this

by jgnat in

i'll make it easy on you.

i've picked a relatively modern manuscript, where the original language is english.

it is barely six hundred years old, much closer to our modern day and culture.

wombat

Wow. English is my first language and we are talking only 600 years ago.

I reckon that the bloke's pet cockatoo is feeling crook and that he is upset. Happened to me once.

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Virgin post

by wombat in

i've never posted anything on the net before.

just want to see if it works.

i left the wts in '73 - just couldn't wait those extra two years.

wombat

Wombat's silly Mum got the taps in the shower mixed up and spent a month in the burns ward. The little darling has been home for nearly a fortnight and is doing really well.

(I hope that everyone with little kids or old folk have temperature limiters on their bathroom taps)>

She insists on staying happy and positive and is looking forward to her 89th birthday in April.

And to think that only eighteen months ago we spent five weeks together in Calcutta, India, me pushing her around the filthy, crammed streets in a wheelchair. She rang a rick-shaw driver's bell to clear a path. That was her 6th visit to Calcutta. A lovely 2 star hotel.

She went to college at age 68 and earned the qualifications to become a Travel Agent. Immediately opened her own shop and retired at age 84.

No one is allowed to talk negative stuff in this house.