Just got home and haven't had a chance to watch any of the last 3 stages.
Was the "most difficult" stage of the Tour a good view, 3 days (?) ago?
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Tour de France: Go Bradley Wiggins!!
by Open mind incongrats to bradley wiggins and to all the brits on the board!.
i'm rooting for three riders this year.
2 have a very realistic chance.
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It's Friday! Let's Drink Some Whisk(e)y!! (Responsibly, Of Course)
by Low-Key Lysmith inas some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).
i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.
i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.
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Well, Low-Key, you've got a rough job, but someone's got to do it!
Here's my wife's latest love, Lagavulin, 16 yr:
I like it too. Just can't wax eloquently about it.
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Skype vs. all the rest
by Open mind inthinking about trying out video chat.
any experiences?.
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darthfader: "but since its free, I cant complain."
I'm assuming there's a fee for international use?
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Skype vs. all the rest
by Open mind inthinking about trying out video chat.
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Thanks josie. If we ever decide to leave the dark side of the Force (PCs) I'll keep that in mind.
rather be in hades: Thanks for your specifics. I've read one comment somewhere that Skype is really good at linking up various computers regardless of make or configuation (provided they're not TOO old and slow).
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by Open mind inthinking about trying out video chat.
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Farkel: I can't believe you would jeopardize your ability to knock on doors by engaging in an "Extreme Sport". Shame on you.
Josie: What does your hubby use for video chat?
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by Open mind inthinking about trying out video chat.
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Thinking about trying out Video Chat.
Any experiences?
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Grammer Fer Idiots
by Farkel inending a sentence in a proposition can get a guy slapped a who bunch of times.. conjugating stuff should only be done in a proper marriage.. a split infinity leads to babies.. gerunds are little animals certain movie stars put in places where the sun don't shine.. transitive refers to people who live under bridges.. intransitive refers to people who live in houses.. double life imprisonment is a compound sentence for really bad guys.. a compound/complex sentence is almost the same thing, but the judge was on drugs and didn't have a clue when he issued it.. parsing a sentence should only be performed by people who don't have a clue what they are doing.. an example of a propositional phrase is "hey babe!
your place or mine?".
alliteration is what happens when a whole bunch of people toss garbage out of their car windows on the highway.. punctuation is what every 14 year old boy wants to do to every 14 year old girl and every other female on the planet for that matter.. using a semi-colon in a sentence is the same thing as using a period, except it isn't.. using a colon is something best done in private.. most people, use commas, way too much, and this, should be, avoided, however.. exclamation marks should be used sparingly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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Apologies to JeffT for repeating the Winston Churchill quote.
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Is their a slackening off / lack of zeal in the witnessing work that I am observing or is it just the area I`m living in
by smiddy inlast saturday i was home with my wife,having a leisurely brekky pottering around in the kitchen ,then i noticed her standing still pondering ,what`s up i asked , wife :i thought i heard someone knocking ,i looked out the window to see two middle aged guys exciting my front drive.why didn`t you tell me they were their,i didn`t hear them.
i would have engaged them in conversation , but my wife doesn`t think i ought to,just let it go ,is her motto.. but my point is : i`m not deaf , and i didn`t hear them at the door , we were both in the front room ,my wife only thought she heard someone at the door only to be proved right observing them leaving i was in my pj`s and dressing gown so was not going to pursue them.
we have been living here nearly 5 years now and i can honestly say they have never been on our doorstep more than 4 times if that , i personally have only encountered them 3 times at the most.
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I was talking to a still-in JW who was assigned to give a recent SM part on "Making the Best Use of Your Time in the Ministry" (or something like that).
This guy CAN'T STAND Field Service and has been fairly vocal about it over the years. So vocal, in fact, that I can't believe he's (1) still a servant and (2) irony of ironies, was actually assigned to handle this part.
Well, he swallowed the pill and did the part, but he said he soft-pedaled it big time. (Hee hee). In fact, towards the end of the part he threw in his own $.02 and said something like: "Now, brothers and sisters, as we think about these various SUGGESTIONS on how we might use our time more wisely, we should only be looking at ourselves. We should NOT try to impose any of these ideas on our fellow brothers and sisters."
From how he describes his "ministry", he starts his time when he leaves his own house for the meeting for FS and stops it when he gets back home. 3 hours counted, maybe 3 doors actually knocked on.
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Grammer Fer Idiots
by Farkel inending a sentence in a proposition can get a guy slapped a who bunch of times.. conjugating stuff should only be done in a proper marriage.. a split infinity leads to babies.. gerunds are little animals certain movie stars put in places where the sun don't shine.. transitive refers to people who live under bridges.. intransitive refers to people who live in houses.. double life imprisonment is a compound sentence for really bad guys.. a compound/complex sentence is almost the same thing, but the judge was on drugs and didn't have a clue when he issued it.. parsing a sentence should only be performed by people who don't have a clue what they are doing.. an example of a propositional phrase is "hey babe!
your place or mine?".
alliteration is what happens when a whole bunch of people toss garbage out of their car windows on the highway.. punctuation is what every 14 year old boy wants to do to every 14 year old girl and every other female on the planet for that matter.. using a semi-colon in a sentence is the same thing as using a period, except it isn't.. using a colon is something best done in private.. most people, use commas, way too much, and this, should be, avoided, however.. exclamation marks should be used sparingly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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farkel: "Ending a sentence in a proposition can get a guy slapped a who bunch of times."
Winston Churchill: (According to urban legen) ""This [fictitious rule] is an impertinence up with which I will not put!"
There's also the other old joke re: ending sentences with prepositions:
So this guy from Texas is up at Harvard, touring the campus.
He's looking for the library..and asks a student" Scuze me..can you tell me where the library is at?"
Harvard dude replies.."Here at Harvard, we don't end our sentences with a preposition."
Texas dude replies.."Fine, can you tell me where the library is at, ASSHOLE?"Great thread Farkel!
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My baby has a friend!
by mrsjones5 init's hard for my youngest son joshua to make and keep friends because his autism gets in the way.
there's this neighbor boy who lives across the way who's asked to be josh's friend.
it's been so cool.
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*smile*
Very glad to hear it Josie.
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