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  What do you drink???

  by Billygoat in

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  thought this was funny!.

  drinks and personalities.

  seven new york city bartenders were asked if they could nail a woman's personality, based on what she drinks.

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  GentlyFeral

  What I drink depends on why I'm drinking. When I'm in pain, physical or emotional, I'll drink to knock myself out: no, not to pass out, but just enough to get drowsy and go to bed and stop thinking. Rum, decent scotch, or even vodka will serve, as long as it's on sale and doesn't come in a damn plastic bottle!

  When I'm celebrating, being social, or just having fun with the flavors, I'm more likely to enjoy wine (Merlot lately). And I like white zinfandel, dammit! I'm beginning to like beers too; I think it's Pyramid that makes a line of wheat beers with some fruit in them. They're not sweet at all; the fruit comes through only in the aftertaste. It's far better than it sounds.

  Oh, and Wyler's Peach Cider, with pecan pie. And, at Christmastime, eggnog (even store eggnog), but only if thoroughly spiked.

  Gently (hic) Feral

  "There were cockroaches of course,
  but very clean cockroaches."
  -- Julia Vinograd
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  Am I Crazy or What?

  by Trotafox in

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  ive got a problem with my boss that is driving me nuts.

  [>:(] we differ drastically in our approach to problem solving and it is affecting my everyday life on my job.

  it's to the point where there are times when i wish we could part company.

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  GentlyFeral

  Haven't opened the "computer guru" thread -- I'm not that kind of geek -- but for the personnel stuff, try this site:

  * http://www.workdoctor.com/

  Gently Feral
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  Bible Fraud

  by radar in

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  here is an extract from the book: the bible fraud, by tony bushby.. some may find this a revelation!.

  just who were the parents of jesus christ?

  in the opening sentence of a new testament parable, jesus stated:.

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  GentlyFeral

  Tiberius Julius Abdes Panthera, an archer, native of Sidon, Phoenicia, who in 9 AD was transferred to service in Rhineland [Germany].10

  radar, how is it that Panthera's gravestone was marked in a calendar system that wasn't in existence at the time of his death?

  For this reason alone, I don't believe the story.

  Gently Feral

  "There were cockroaches of course,
  but very clean cockroaches."
  -- Julia Vinograd
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  what would you do different????

  by Richie in

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  suppose you never took the truth, what instead would you have done differently in your life???.

  richie :*)

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  GentlyFeral

  Would certainly have gone to theatrical school, and might have been one of those "Oh, didn't I see her in..." faces in the movies and on teevee.

  Would have money in the bank, dammit!

  Might have married the same man; but he was the one that converted me. If I had married him without converting, the cold-shoulder treatment might have pissed him off enough to break free long before he did.

  GentlyFeral

  "There were cockroaches of course,
  but very clean cockroaches."
  -- Julia Vinograd
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  Off the top of yer head, whats the funniest???....

  by Celtic in

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  expression you ever heard?

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  GentlyFeral

  Two of my favorites were uttered by that inimitable Warner Brothers character, Foghorn Leghorn:

  "That boy's about as sharp as a sack of wet mice."

  (after explosion) "I keep my feathers numbered for... just such an emergency."

  GentlyFeral

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  "There were cockroaches of course,
  but very clean cockroaches."
  -- Julia Vinograd
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  Whats your favourite red wine plus describe its ..

  by Celtic in

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  palette?

  fruity, berries, elegant, rich etc etc.

  whos got the best red wine in the world?.

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  I'm just beginning to enjoy grown-up alcoholic beverages -- that is to say, wine, whiskey or vodka neat, rather than ruint by club soda or any such adulterant.

  Merlot is much nicer than I thought it would be. When I first tried it many years ago, I was turned off by its sharp flavor, but now I find it just one element in a mighty tasty bouquet of flavors. Actually I find it fruity, almost sweet. Not what I used to think of as "dry."

  Maybe it's time to try Valpolicella again. I remember really liking it in my unsophisticated days.

  Billygoat, $29 and up for a single bottle? Really? I can't bring myself to pay that much for a dress. I'll pay $18 or so for a bottle of halfway decent Irish or Scotch, knowing it'll last for weeks or months. Wine doesn't go so far, so I rarely pay as much as $10/bottle, but that's still enough to buy some entertaining beverages.

  GentlyFeral

  "There were cockroaches of course,
  but very clean cockroaches."
  -- Julia Vinograd
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  The plants that JW's love to hate

  by Mindchild in

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  most people who have any sustained contact with jehovahs witnesses soon discover that this organization is rather tough on certain types of plants.

  it is easy to see that small forests have been sacrificed over the decades to make the multiple millions of publications for the evangelical work or that many plants that are commonly used for personal drug use are condemned, but most people dont know about a few lonely plants growing somewhere in california that really irk the witnesses.

  these plants have a very interesting story to tell.

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  GentlyFeral

  I want to know about the ancient huckleberry, please.

  GentlyFeral
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  open marriages, anyone have experience?

  by Pierced Angel in

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  well, my husband found out about my affair (yes, i gave in to the temptation with the soccer player and while it was fantastic, it's over now) and it's been a devestating time, we almost got divorced, but we're working through it.

  i knew telling friends and this board wasn't going to help me fight his romantic advances, but i tried.

  it was a one time thing that would have continued, but i wasn't too careful about the clues (guilty conscience i think).

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  Vitameatavegamin,

  cheapening your marriage

  OK, I appreciate that for you, "Because Jehovah said so" is reason enough for anything in the Bible. That's not true for me any more, but I'm not at all inclined to jeer.

  I do want to know how this "cheapening your marriage" thing works. How will I know if my marriage has been cheapened? What does it feel like?

  I want to close by saying that I enjoy just about all of your posts on this board.

  Gently Feral

  "There were cockroaches of course,
  but very clean cockroaches."
  -- Julia Vinograd
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  well come on, what did ya get ..ah give?

  by unclebruce in

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  ok boys and girls did santa come to your house or what?.

  me, i opened an assortment of colorful packages this afternoon, chocolates, chocolates and more chocolates .. two books, one on ancient egypt and the other a guide to bush tucker plants, two videos, one the moulin rouge, the other the hitchikers guide to the galaxy, a galileo pendulum lol, one of those profile pin art things and various perfumes and bathing equipments.. give?

  who me .. lots of presents for the girls but they were most happy with the mobile phones.. cheers, glutonous unc, off for a swim

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  GentlyFeral

  My sister was so broke she had to make up gift certificates for us and write, "I'll call you as soon as I have the money." So, sometime later this year, she'll spot me $20 at my favorite witch-supply shop.

  My son gave us a supply of our favorite smoke. My daughter doesn't Christmas shop, but she gave her aunt the PDA I bought her for her birthday last year (daughter was disappointed that the memory dies when the batteries do, so was willing to give it up.)

  I got my husband a pipe for the smoke, my daughter a little box of trinkets (the kind of gift she loves best) and a leopard-print mug shaped like a cow. And a magazine subscription. I gave my son a bottle of mead and my sister some more trinkets.

  Some of my friends got music, one of them got a copy of Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture autographed by the author when it first came out, and ... oh yeah, my friend Mary got another box of trinkets (these included little plastic scary monster women, tiny plastic squids that balance on the side of a drinking glass, and a couple CD's).

  All in all, a very fun shopping season.

  Gently Feral
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  A Christmas present for all of you

  by GentlyFeral in

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  here's a story i made up and told at a yule ritual for our church's pagan group.. .

  what does a christmas tree want?.

  last year, right around this time, i came home from church to find christmas tree ornaments in my front yard.

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  GentlyFeral

  Actually, mike, this is going to be the nucleus of a children's book. But this is only the first draft. So it seems the answer is yes :)