Posts by cameo-d

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Suggest a coffee maker, please

by cameo-d in

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i can expect my coffee pots to malfunction usually about the time the year warranty runs out.

i have gotton the coffeemakers at jip*lmart for the last 10 years or more; none have lasted much longer than a year..ok maybe 18 months at the most.. anyway, since it stopped brewing, i have just been pouring hot water from stovetop over the coffee grinds....sort of the melita way, but it doesn't exactly f l o w like a melita.. i would like to have something non-electric like melita, but i hate that name now because it reminds me of jacarass's ill tempered wife.. can anyone recommend a good coffee maker?.

also, do you find any difference in the quality of a name brand product when it's sold at jip*mart as opposed to a place more upscale?.

cameo-d

Well, I went shopping today. I had forgotton how good coffee smells when you use a percolater. You just don't ever get that aroma from a drip machine. They only had one brand of percolater---Faberware. I got really nostalgic thinking about the aroma of perking. I may go back and get that percolater.

I looked at some of the other coffee makers that you all suggested here. I decided that one thing I really do not like is appliances that take up a lot of space on my counter. I like that 'sparse' look---rather monastic in my tastes, as I like a lot of clear open spaces. I like simplicity, and I really don't like to read direction booklets and things that have knobs and numbers and gears and inserts and bells and sirens and whooshing noises. I just like basic...not where I have to make a lot of choices, and I like my coffee to brew quietly and fill the room with aroma rather than hear my coffee through noisy machines that gurgle and ding and spew. I like for my coffee maker to do one thing-----I do not need it to double as an alarm clock, or to be set automatically to come on when I may have changed my mind and do not want to be compelled by a machine that I must drink my coffee right now. Peculiar cuss, huh?

But anyway, I decided on the French press because I really wanted something non-electric.

The only thing is...I had just opened a large can of coffee when my coffee maker quit, and it is too finely ground for the French press. More incentive to go back and get that percolater, I suppose. The non-electric would be a good back up if lights go out. I like that it is kind of a "ceremonial" hands-on approach to making coffee. And it would especially be nice for afternoon coffee. But I think morning fog would respond best to a less involved procedure of the percolater.

Now...can anyone suggest how I am supposed to grind beans for the French press? I will probably put them in grinder at store. So now....can anyone advise or suggest what different roasts are good and should I grind on certain number--medium, coarse---what? I am not too experienced with grinding my own coffee.

Thanks.

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Questions

by cameo-d in

wasn't john the baptist supposed to be six months older than jesus?.

does anyone know the time frame between death of john the baptist and jesus?.

regarding john baptist, this is from wiki:.

cameo-d

So...anyone have any confirmation on how long John Baptist preached? Was it also 3 1/2 years?

Doesn't the WT claim their own fearless leaders were the 2 witnesses?

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Early Beginnings of Bible

by cameo-d in

just an interesting blurb i ran across and thought some of you might find it interesting.. .

according to traditional jewish historiography, the great assembly (anshe knesset hagedolah) was an assembly of 120 rabbis that ruled in the period after the time of the prophets up to the time of the development of rabbinic judaism in 70 ce.

they bridge a period of about two centuries.

cameo-d

Just an interesting blurb I ran across and thought some of you might find it interesting.

According to traditional Jewish historiography, the Great Assembly (Anshe Knesset HaGedolah) was an assembly of 120 rabbis that ruled in the period after the time of the prophets up to the time of the development of rabbinic Judaism in 70 CE. They bridge a period of about two centuries. The tradition teaches that they redacted the books of Ezekiel, the twelve minor prophets (The Trei Asar), and the books of Daniel and Esther.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/Great_Assembly.html

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Judicial Committee versus Sharia Law...

by tenyearsafter in

has anyone thought about how similar jw judicial committees are in function to islamic sharia courts of law?

they both judge people using religious standards and can hand down "death" sentences for those violating those standards.

granted, jw's can't physically kill you for violating the wt standards (though they would if it is was legal), but they can "kill" you in the eyes of your jw friends and family...and they believe you are dead in god's eyes as well.

cameo-d

TenYears: " but they can "kill" you in the eyes of your JW friends and family...and they believe you are dead in God's eyes as well"

Well, you have to be 'dead' before you can be resurrected. Our day will come!

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Questions

by cameo-d in

wasn't john the baptist supposed to be six months older than jesus?.

does anyone know the time frame between death of john the baptist and jesus?.

regarding john baptist, this is from wiki:.

cameo-d

mamalove: Now I am curious why you are wondering?

I am wondering because.....

Somewhere I read that the "two witnesses" would preach/teach for 3 1/2 years. Jesus's ministry was 3 1/2 years, so I wonder if John the Baptists ministry was also 3 1/2 years. He did precede Jesus with the message of redemption through baptism.

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What does it mean to be found faithful?

by kes152 in

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when he said his servants are to be found faithful, what did he mean by that?

whom does he consider faithful servants?.

if you have ever seen the movie willy wonka and the chocolate factory (1971), in that movie there was a man named willy wonka who was seeking a young, honest, loving child to take over his factory.

cameo-d

"So when he said he desires his servants to be found faithful, faithful in what?"

When did Jesus ever call anyone "his servants"? Can you provide any scriptures where he designated followers as "his servants"?

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TSA encounter at SAN

by Yizuman in

[these events took place roughly between 5:30 and 6:30 am, november 13th in terminal 2 of the san diego international airport.

i'm writing this approximately 2 1/2 hours after the events transpired, and they are correct to the best of my recollection.

having left the area, he stated, i would be subject to a civil suit and a $10,000 fine.

cameo-d

So we can all see now that the real problem is that ALL are punished for the acts of a few bad apples.

So what's the solution? If most people just go along with it, it will become the accepted normal custom. According to the man in video, he seemed to be the only salmon swimming against the current.

Will it be odd man out? I can't imagine that everyone will give up flying.

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Questions

by cameo-d in

wasn't john the baptist supposed to be six months older than jesus?.

does anyone know the time frame between death of john the baptist and jesus?.

regarding john baptist, this is from wiki:.

cameo-d

Wasn't John the Baptist supposed to be six months older than Jesus?

Does anyone know the time frame between death of John the Baptist and Jesus?

Wasn't Jesus supposed to be 33 when he died?

Does this info from wiki seem right, according to the time frame?

Oh, and does anyone know how long John Baptist preached before he was beheaded?

Regarding John Baptist, this is from wiki:

Born	c. 6–2 BC
Died	c. 36 AD (aged 38-42)

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Were you afraid of Armageddon?

by cyberjesus in

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i was dfd in 1995 however i still believed it was the truth until 2009. and until then i was fearful of armageddon's day.. i remember every time i'd see a dark sky with thunders and lighting i would question if that was it.

the news of any major disaster, hurricanes earthquakes would ignite fear inside me and i would think that could be the beginning of the end.. when i was around 8 i remember going to visit my grandma and she was watching the news.

a major conflict in the middle east had ended and some president said that the world was not in peace.

cameo-d

How could any of you NOT be afraid and have nightmares with all that horrid violence in the imagery of the magazines?

If Jesus had a grave, he'd be rolling over in it!

Check out the Wolverton Bible!

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/175584/1/Is-This-Man-Responsible-For-Many-of-Your-Nightmares

Don't miss the boat!

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Bombshell: FEMA Camps Confirmed

by What-A-Coincidence in

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http://www.prisonplanet.com/bombshell-fema-camps-confirmed.html.

former gov.

jesse ventura and his crew at conspiracy theory have blown the fema camp issue wide open in a truly groundbreaking episode from the programs second season on trutv.

cameo-d

Maybe jones was referring to some substance in the packaging like this:

A mass-produced chemical which lines the inside of tin cans can harm male babies as they develop in the womb, an embryologist told a conference yesterday.

The chemical, called bisphenol A, is one of 60 known "gender-bender" substances - chemicals which can mimic naturally-occurring hormones and which a growing number of scientists believe are affecting wildlife and humans, causing illness and putting fertility at risk.

Professor Frederick vom Saal, of the University of Missouri, said his studies on mice and on human cells kept alive in test tubes had convinced him the intake of bisphenol A that people received in a normal western diet could harm developing male embryos.

He found that when very low concentrations were given to pregnant mice, their male young had a permanently enlarged prostate gland and a 20 per cent drop in sperm counts when they matured. His laboratory and three others had also demonstrated that the chemical caused a hormonal response in cultured human breast tissue cells.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/tin-can-lining-may-harm-male-embryos-1260281.html