http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25975251
Maybe they ought to move the house out of the path?
Hortensia
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holy heck -- what a photo!
by Hortensia inhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25975251.
maybe they ought to move the house out of the path?.
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...What do you Do,when People Ask You for Spare Change?...
by OUTLAW in.. .........................some people are truly in need..some are not... a man passing by on his 10 speed bike,asked me for $2.00 for a cup of coffee... .................................................."uhhh,no"... ............another asked me for spare change outside a super market... ......................................i said i didn`t have any... ...................so he say`s "how about a credit card?!"......lol!!...
.. ....................what do you do,when people ask you for spare change?...
..... .. ..........................................whats the most outrageous thing... ......................................you`ve been asked forby a stranger?...
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Hortensia
It's hard to know what to do, but I think the best thing is to give to local charities that help the homeless/poor. I don't understand a certain group -- young people who show up every summer here in our little town. They have chosen to live as beggars, they're young, strong and healthy. They beg all the time and are absolutely filthy. It's a con, the local government has asked us not to give them money as they cause a lot of trouble and giving them money encourages them to stay.
Years and years ago I lived in San Diego. Late one evening I was waiting for the tram so I could go home. No one around but homeless people and me. A very scary-looking guy came up to me and shoved a young woman at me. She was seriously stoned. He said, "she's hungry. Buy her some dinner." So I did, there was a fast-food place open, we went in and I bought her dinner but she was too stoned to eat. I got on my tram and went on home, wondering about this guy who ordered me to buy her dinner.
Lots of bad experiences with pan-handlers in San Diego. I hate to see them gathering up here in our small town. We have a few genuinely homeless, mostly mentally ill, and the locals make an effort to take care of them. This group that calls themselves the Rainbow People is homeless by choice, and when they aren't panhandling they steal and cause other problems.
I did give a guy some money once outside the grocery store. He played and sang a damn good version of St. James Infirmary, worth a couple of bucks.
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HANDLING CHEMOTHERAPY - Advice anyone?
by hamsterbait ini have just been diagnosed with colorectal cancer (tuesday).. the consultant told me i am to get a scan to see how far it has spread.. i am going to have surgery to remove it, then chemotherapy with a break in the middle.. strange to say i am more terrified of dying under the anesthetic than anything.
but i have a fear of nausea and vomiting, which chemo caused in all my relatives who have had it.. any advice for coping with this?.
hb.
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Hortensia
Cofty is right -- there is a lot of very bad information floating around about cancer treatment. Ignore it all and work with your doctor to treat the cancer. If you are doing online research, add these to your search requests: site:.edu site:.gov
for example you might type this into your search bar: colorectal cancer site:.edu
which will lead to information from medical universities. Looking for sites that end with .gov gets you to the NIH pages which have tons and tons of research articles. Reading the abstracts of research articles can help you get the gist of the research quickly.
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Why Is Alcoholism Deeply Embeded In JW Culture?
by RottenRiley inwe get plenty of company men passing through our circuit, often filled with misinformation and lugging around a suitcase of guilt, they bring more guilt to the weak while praising the braggart pioneers and slapping the "righteous over much" elders.
why are the wrong people getting praise in this distorted community?
i know for a fact many of the elders i served with have issues with alcoholism, when "brother guilt" brought his emotional hurricane through our circuit, i had the chance to eat and help pay for his "seven shots of tequila", both him and his wife were not immune to over-indulgences.
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because people who are deeply unhappy often self-medicate
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New Doscovery about Noahs Ark (cue mystery music)
by Jon Preston in'the ark before noah' - curator irving finkel decodes the story of the floodit was a vast boat that saved two of each animal and a handful of humans from a catastrophic flood.. but forget all those images of a long vessel with a pointy bow the original noah's ark, new research suggests, was round.. a recently deciphered 4,000-year-old tablet from ancient mesopotamia modern-day iraq reveals striking new details about the roots of the old testament tale of noah.
it tells a similar story, complete with detailed instructions for building a giant round vessel known as a coracle as well as the key instruction that animals should enter "two by two.".
the tablet went on display at the british museum on friday, and soon engineers will follow the ancient instructions to see whether the vessel could actually have sailed.. it's also the subject of a new book, "the ark before noah," by irving finkel, the museum's assistant keeper of the middle east and the man who translated the tablet.. iiiiiiiiiiinteresting eh?
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Hortensia
that's the thing that bible believers can't accept -- that the stories in the bible are based on older similar stories from the wider area. Lots of ancient mythology, accepted as god's word by modern believers.
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Should I allow my mom to see the grandchildren?
by confusedandalone inso i am not officially da/do yet and my family has shunned me hard.
today crying my mother calls me to beg to see my children... should i let her?
i feel that if you can speak abusive of your own son and wife and shun the.
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Hortensia
She told me our relationship is done. I have been disowned in her own words. Why would she think I want her in my kids life
Well, there's your answer. Don't let your kids near her.
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Elder and CO just dropped by....
by El_Guapo ini haven't been to a meeting in over a year, and as you know as soon as you stop attending meetings/fieldservice the "conditional" love becomes more apperant.
the coordinating elder starts off by saying how much he loves and misses me, etc.
i ask him, when was the last time you called or texted me?
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I like it -- no pussyfooting around, straight to the point
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My Son has had two very big University interviews
by CaptainSchmideo inone for mit last month, and one for princeton tonight.. if i told this to people at my old hall, i am sure the reaction would be the same as if i broke a big, noisy windblast in front of them.. but i have to brag about it to someone, so, i will do it here.. .
we will not know anything about whether he is going to be accepted for a couple of months yet, but, as they say, this $%^# just got real!.
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Hortensia
That's wonderful news, your son must be amazing!
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Update from the land of Southern Africa
by LouBelle inwell 2013 is behind me and i'm pleased that it is done and dusted.
it was a hard one, filled with doubt, fear, pain and horribleness.
i was very fortunate to get out of that horrid job and get back into advertising with the fever.
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Hortensia
I just saw your thread. Good to hear you are doing well and feeling better. 2013 was a tough year for you!
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Recipe for corned beef hash.
by quellycatface ini know you guys on the other side of the pond are really really good at this dish.i want to try it the u.s way.many thanks.xx.
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Hortensia
You're looking for a recipe? There isn't any real need for a recipe. You need leftover corned beef, leftover cooked potatoes and some diced onion. Saute it all together in your favorite oil/butter/grease until the potatoes start to brown a bit. Serve it with a poached egg on top. Yummm.