well, it rather leaps off the page...
racism so ingrained that it's obvious even when
he's trying to make nice. transparent.
franzy
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Bill O'Reilly- Restaurant was nice, ''even though it's run by blacks''
by nvrgnbk inseptember 26, 2007 by faiz shakir, amanda terkel, satyam khanna, .
matt corley, ali frick, and jeremy richmond/div> o'reilly surprised restaurant was nice, 'even though it's run by blacks': fox news' bill o'reilly recently dined with the rev.
al sharpton at sylvia's, a famous african-american-owned restaurant in harlem.
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glad you can tell the tale, IP SEC!
i've had a few really scary moments in my life,
freeway driving, falling asleep, but somehow just
managing to jerk back to reality.....
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Questioning Armageddon. How can wife hang onto the Bible? (If she wants to)
by Open mind injehovah wiping out 99.99% of humanity, babies included, is a "problem" or "question" that i think can be very powerful to use with jw family.
especially when presented from a "i just really have a problem with this idea at a gut level" standpoint.. but i haven't used it with my wife (yet) because i see it as a slippery slope that leads to "jesus believed the whole flood story" so i guess we need to throw out the whole bible.
(which, btw, is the very slope i have gone down.
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really glad to hear it, open mind!
that brings the percentages down a bit, but what percentage of the
the world is not christian??....one step at a time, though.
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Of pianos and possibilities.
by RollerDave ina piano is a funny thing.. it sits in the corner, seeming to be solid, hulking, static; but it is not.. somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty tons of pressure are contained in each one, strings stretched tights by the plate, pressing down on a bridge across a soundboard; if the pressure of just a few strings were suddenly released the imbalance could fracture the huge cast iron plate in a catastrophic fashion reminiscent of a grenade.. yet, we let our children play them, bang on them, watch tv right next to them, it is a testament both to how well they are made and how little most of us truly understand about them.. when you press a key, it actuates an incredibly precise sequence that strikes a string or strings with a felt hammer just so yet it uses woof, felt, buckskin and other materials you might not associate with precision.. that old piano in the corner lives and breathes after a fashion.
the lightest change in humidity and all of its wooden bit start subtly shifting, moving, altering its pitch and regulation, yet for the desired tone, you can't use anything but wood.. this means a properly cared for piano requires service a minimum of twice yearly, and this requires a registered piano technician.. my daughter has been taking classes to be a piano technician, and what she has been bringing home has been fascinating!.
this girl is 19 and knows what she wants to do, and is on fire for this field.. she is the 'possibility' part of my post title, as she is all possibility at this time.. when she turned 18, we got her auxiliary cards on all our credit accounts, and she already had a job at target, she paid her bills, worked hard, and got offers of her own.. now she is in school and had paid in full be credit card for her courses, and got a deal through amex that gives her a better interest rate than student loans.. her school had a couple pianos, she had another card, she charged 'em.
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well, OPEN MIND, if you're still paying attention...
that is not a picture of my daughter, even. 'tis my son
when he was seven years. he's now nine, and has never yet
had a hair on his head cut.
and, just to keep this on topic, when he was six, he helped
me rebuild the action from a 1904 upright. he spent hours
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Elder's Boy: Now a Dr, instead of a piano tuner!
by WingCommander inthought i'd share this snipit i learned about 2 years ago.
back when i still attended as a teenager, there was this dorky, kinda fat, shy elder's son who never fit in at school.
he was a totally sheltered weenie, and of course his elder father had high expectations for his boy!!
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Of pianos and possibilities.
by RollerDave ina piano is a funny thing.. it sits in the corner, seeming to be solid, hulking, static; but it is not.. somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty tons of pressure are contained in each one, strings stretched tights by the plate, pressing down on a bridge across a soundboard; if the pressure of just a few strings were suddenly released the imbalance could fracture the huge cast iron plate in a catastrophic fashion reminiscent of a grenade.. yet, we let our children play them, bang on them, watch tv right next to them, it is a testament both to how well they are made and how little most of us truly understand about them.. when you press a key, it actuates an incredibly precise sequence that strikes a string or strings with a felt hammer just so yet it uses woof, felt, buckskin and other materials you might not associate with precision.. that old piano in the corner lives and breathes after a fashion.
the lightest change in humidity and all of its wooden bit start subtly shifting, moving, altering its pitch and regulation, yet for the desired tone, you can't use anything but wood.. this means a properly cared for piano requires service a minimum of twice yearly, and this requires a registered piano technician.. my daughter has been taking classes to be a piano technician, and what she has been bringing home has been fascinating!.
this girl is 19 and knows what she wants to do, and is on fire for this field.. she is the 'possibility' part of my post title, as she is all possibility at this time.. when she turned 18, we got her auxiliary cards on all our credit accounts, and she already had a job at target, she paid her bills, worked hard, and got offers of her own.. now she is in school and had paid in full be credit card for her courses, and got a deal through amex that gives her a better interest rate than student loans.. her school had a couple pianos, she had another card, she charged 'em.
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hey rollerdave
what's the school?
i'm doing piano work in eugene.
as tightly as they are strung, it's amazing how seldom strings
break. even on one hundred year old pianos. piano wire is
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Jury Duty
by Farkel inyep.
i got called.
the better side of my nature says, "i want to be judged by an impartial jury of my peers and not by some career judge.
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no brainer.
just get back to the cereal killing.
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Just got my hands on old tapes that include Br. Knorr etc.
by apocalypse inmost of these tapes are the only ones in existance.
one says "brother knorr 1974".
reel to reel friends.
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lol! leolaia
indeed, nathan homer knorr was possessed of the most riveting speaking style.
i spent a lot of torturous time trying to pay attention to him while at bethel
in the early seventies. at the morning breakfast, at yankee stadium, aqueduct
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Have you ever
by John Doe inbumped up against your 75 post per day limit?
me neither, and i hope never to start.
night good all, and well sleep bird for the morning early catchers worms.
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aw shucks, man, don't be embarrassed. the strength, virility, tenacity, and
resourcefulness necessary to accomplish hitting the wall....
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Have you ever
by John Doe inbumped up against your 75 post per day limit?
me neither, and i hope never to start.
night good all, and well sleep bird for the morning early catchers worms.
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if you're gonna be a LOSER,
might as well be a BIG LOSER.
what's been your mostest losing day, nvr?? :)
inquiring minds want.......