on an earlier thread about ice cream i remembered a snack that was sold at assemblies and that started me thinking about some of my memories of childhood at conventions/assemblies.
i guess it was the taste/smell association because even today when i go to various convention halls for home improvement expos, car shows and the like it takes me right back to the past.
i have many memories wrapped around the conventions and experienced different things because i have lots of elders in the family that were used, literally, for food service, the accounting office, security and dramas.
I remember the time our family decided to help with cleaning after the assembly. It had been a very dry 4 days and there was lotsa dust everywhere - we tackled it with gusto - we had mucousy allergies for the next 2 days.
On a more positive note - we loved the doughnuts and bacon baps - nice way to start the day - lovely drowsy anaesthetised feeling for the morning sessions.
brothers i absolutely had to join this web site once i saw the new km for this coming month, has any one else had a chance to view this?
i'm absolutely flabbergasted for the first time in my life, what about the the apostle paul and the bereans?
didn't he encourage them to go and find out for them selves the truth?
Hi and welcome patientbrother and sacrebleu
Lokking forward to getting to know you both.
ql
dear mom and dad,
so you want to here from me and to know how i really feel on certain issues which is understandable.
i mentioned before that i always felt like the black sheep, like something was wrong with me.
A word of warning - if you correct too many mistakes your letter may lose some of its authenticity and your parents may spot that and be suspecious that you had help from apostates - lol.
dear mom and dad,
so you want to here from me and to know how i really feel on certain issues which is understandable.
i mentioned before that i always felt like the black sheep, like something was wrong with me.
thebiggestlie - your letter brought tears to my eyes.
It reminded me of the first time my husband cried when he knew I wanted to leave. But I felt just like you - I was ready to face what was to come. I knew if I stayed 'the truth' would slowly destroy me, my daughter and my hubby too, as it had been doing.
We were having a discussion on sunday evening. I was telling my hubby that I'd had no friends at the hall. He said he didn't have any either. He is very outgoing, he has the respect and love of everyone who meets him and yet still he feels friendless in 'the truth' - an eye opener for me as I am quiet and reserved and always felt that I was friendless because of my personality.
I'd like to show my hubby your letter because of the authentic feelings you express for all of us. Thanks for revealing them.
ql
fantastic nvr
I'm starting my p/t degree course in october - I'm really looking forward to it.
i am extremely overweight (280lbs.
several friends suggested walking.
we have a 'rail trail' near the house here that goes all the way to two towns over, about 30km long.
Orgull
I enjoy walking too - the fresh air is marvellous and invigorating
one of my favorite little books is: the way to love: the last meditations of anthony de mello.. following is from the chapter: be awake.
it may be too direct, ruthlessly honest and straight-forward for many; we are not normally exposed to such hard-hitting guidance.
yet some of you it will touch in a significant way; enough to purchase this rare little gem that you may gleem from its pages much wisdom.. .
thanks James - I now have myself a copy
it's rather quiet on the jwd forum tonight - probably you are all out partying, eh?
i'm wondering what's in the pile of books by your chair or bed?
i have a couple of mysteries, robert barnard's newest one and a really old arthur upfield.
I'm reading The Blind Man of Seville - murder mystery - by Robert Wilson
somebody is always insisting they have an invisible and mysterious source of divine information and selling it like hotcakes and syrup.
but, why are you still buying?
when will you ever learn that this is a scam among many scams.
hey, take a look at this video of 2 bushmen starting a fire by rubbing 2 stcks -
http://www.ianandwendy.com/OtherTrips/BotswanaNamibia/Videos/video_bushmen.htm
somebody is always insisting they have an invisible and mysterious source of divine information and selling it like hotcakes and syrup.
but, why are you still buying?
when will you ever learn that this is a scam among many scams.
Lore I think so too
http://burarra.questacon.edu.au/pages/making_fire.html
No matches? No Problem!
The traditional Burarra way of making fire is by using two sticks, the rubbing stick and the base stick.
The rubbing stick is made from straight branches of hard, dry and light wood. This stick is thin and long, about 40 cm (16 in) in length. The outer layer of bark is removed and the stick is smoothed with a knife.
The base stick is wider and flat so that it sits firmly on the ground. A recess is made in the middle of the base stick so that the end of the rubbing stick just fits in. A little groove is made on one side of this hole. Fire makers usually keep good fire sticks so that they don't have to prepare new ones each time they want to light a fire.
To make fire, you have to rub fast and push down hard at the same time.
