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  Stupid Brits!

  by nicolaou in

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  we can take it!

  c'mon tell us why we're so stupid, it can't be that difficult we elected tony blair for god's sake!.

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  tim hooper

  "Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly Good golly Miss Molly and boats Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet Jump back in the alley and nanny goats 18-wheeler Scammels, Domenecker camels All other mammals plus equal votes Seeing Piccadilly, Fanny Smith and Willy Being rather silly, and porridge oats A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it You're welcome, we can spare it - yellow socks Too short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty Going on 40 - no electric shocks The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot A little drop of claret - anything that rocks Elvis and Scotty, days when I ain't spotty, Sitting on the potty - curing smallpox --- hehe name that song"
  
  
  Ian Dury and the Blockheads / Reasons to be Cheerful (part 3)
  
  Hmmm...can't find the original video, so here's Phil Jupitus guesting on vocals;
  
  [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ylvcU3iuUY[/url]
  
  tim (Brit)
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  from Gone With the Wind

  by purplesofa in

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  i took these pics of the old mill last week........thought you might enjoy.......the old house is the house i lived in as a teenager and also was married in.

  the old mill is only a few short blocks from this house.. http://www.northlittlerock.org/old_mill.html.

  the old mill in the opening scenes from gone with the wind.

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  tim hooper

  Cool pics, purps!
  
  Nice to have a bit of history on the doorstep.
  
  tim
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  Went over to rechargable batteries

  by greendawn in

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  recently i realised how advantageous it is to use rechargable batteries.

  a pair of duracell batteries for example aa size, capacity 2,500 mah, costs only 3 which is around $5.5, (the corresponding disposable ones cost 1) and can be recharged hundreds of times with a recharger that costs 15 and in fact works with all standard sizes (aaa, aa, c, d, and the square shaped ones).

  this not only saves money but if done by many people it is really good for the environment because there will be that much less used batteries to pollute it.

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  tim hooper

  "I use these http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000334.php
  
  Only takes 15 min to charge.
  
  They don't last as long as regular batteries but they are not as bad at developing a memory and you can top them off whenever you want, you don't have to drain them."
  
  
  
  
  
  No NiMH battery (that I'm aware of) will stand up to this level of abuse for very long, especially in the tiny AA/AAA sizes, as they are unable to dissipate the heat produced by their own internal resistance. Which is why they don't last as long!
  
  Charging them at a lower rate (1C for an hour) will yield much longer overall life.
  
  
  Another characteristic of NiMH cells is their propensity to self-discharge over time. In fact, they may lose up to 15% of their stored energy overnight, when first taken off charge, which may render them unsuitable for low-discharge applications (clocks etc).
  
  tim
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  Soulmates do you believe in them

  by fifi40 in

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  do you believe in love at first sight?

  do you believe that we have a soulmate?

  has any one ever experienced either of them

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  I'm not much of an expert on love these days, but I do favour the pragmatic approach to the problem in that people fall in love with someone for any of a variety of reasons, ranging from loneliness to lust to social mountaineering.
  
  I'd hazard that most relationships start with one of the people involved projecting their own desires onto the other - whether the other responds favourably is another matter entirely. Sometimes yes - sometimes no.
  
  Chemistry? Now there's a tough one, in that people have been falling in love with each other for aeons without ever meeting. There's many a marriage based on the initial premise of penpals, and no-one can seriously expect me to believe that those pheromones survived the machinations of the postal service!
  
  So I really think it's a matter of need. We feel the urge for a partner, we meet an eligible person and then we tailor our needs appropriately. It's a good system that has worked ever since communal living became fashionable I suppose.
  
  I also believe that the nature of love changes as we get older. As a teenager I struck by the thunderbolt on various occasions, but it's changed for me as I've got older. I have a more considered approach now, and although love is still a primary force in my life it's no longer such a life or death matter.
  
  tim
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  Changing your diet - meat, dairy, sugar

  by Pleasuredome in

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  i have just finished reading 'confessions of a kamikaze cowboy' by dirk benedict.

  in the book he talks about how 'macrobiotics' (exclusion of meat, sugar, dairy among others) helped improve his health and fight cancer.

  a lot of what he says about food resonates with me, so im curious.

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  Never followed a particular diet, but I cut out meat around 13 years ago.
  
  Three months ago the alcohol went the same way.
  
  I'm slimmer and fitter than I have been in 20 years. Blood pressure is good, and cholesterol is low, so no complaints from a guy nearing 50.
  
  tim
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  Do you sense the need to defeat or destroy the Watchtower lessening? I do.

  by nicolaou in

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  despite all the shunning crap - or perhaps because of it - i feel less inclined to take positive action against the watchtower these days.

  perhaps it's just a temporary malaise or maybe it's that the organisation i looked up to for so long now seems small, petty and trivial and frankly i just don't want to waste my time and energy on it.. what do you think..

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  It's just a shabby little cult.
  
  A devisive, twisted cult it's true, but let's just be thankful that we got away with most of our marbles intact, OK?
  
  It could be worse I suppose - imagine being raised in the ignorance and repression of fundementalist Islam, for instance......
  
  tim
  
  PS Love the 'opposite of love is indifference' quote!
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  Help settle a debate. Internet relationships...

  by esw1966 in

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  a stay at home dad posted on craig's list that he was looking for platonic email correspondance with a lady, someone to talk about life with, insights into relationships, a reason to turn on the computer in the morning et cetera....... my fiance occasionally finds herself seeking relationships with select people online and getting into soulful conversations with them.

  she feels that people can be their truest selves in these moments.

  to share the quirks of life with random fellow americans is somehow thrilling to her.

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  Maybe I'm a bit shallow, but I can only think of one reason why a man would cultivate an online relationship with a woman.
  
  tim
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  Skeptical of the Apostates Motivation

  by The wanderer in

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  <!-- .style1 { font-family: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-size: 18px; } .style2 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style4 {font-size: 16px} --> skeptical of the apostates motivationmy best friend presented a hard-hitting question about former jehovahs.

  witnesses.

  he believes that many individuals leave the truth because it is hard; and they look for any miscue to escape the organization and their responsibility to god.

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  I didn't leave because it was hard. I left because it was pointless and false. tim
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  What do you think the biggest danger to the end of mankind or earth is?

  by free2beme in

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  i love watching shows on the history channel, discovery channel and so on.

  they had this program on the other day, on the ten biggest threats to mankind and the planet earth.

  surprisingly, none of the items on the list were god destroying mankind or the earth, so that must be further evidence that the witnesses were wrong, go to college now and retire.

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  Our biggest global threat?>p An ever-increasing population allied to ever-diminishing resources. tim
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  New Years Resolutions

  by Cabin in the woods in

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  it is once again that time of year.

  it was after i found this site in january of 2006 that i made my first serious list of resolutions and i actually achieved all but three...

  now that you are free to make life plans and choices what are your resolutions for this year...

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  tim hooper

  I'm going to spend the next year trying to capitalise on the disaster that was 2006. My marriage went to the wall, followed by serious financial straits during the first half of the year. Quite recently though, things began to look up! A new, better job for starters, and now a new romance ...... I think that 2007 could be a year to savour. tim