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  Let's talk about my kids (or "pets" i...

  by joeshmoe in

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  whew!

  i was just reading an earlier thread on disciplining kids.

  exhuasting!

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  Xander

  We have three cats, and they DEFINATELY have their own personalities. My wife named them all, so don't rag me.

  'Fuify' is a black male. He is TERRIFIED of ANYONE. He doesn't even like me much. He's a real mommas-boy (he hangs around the wife everywhere she does). Not much of a meow - more of a chirping cough, really. He also WON'T eat soft cat food. No matter how hungry he is. Our other two love it, but fuify, nope, won't even touch it.

  'Hughes' is a solid grey female. She lost an eye shortly after birth and has a snaggle tooth on the same side, but she is just the cutest thing. She LOVES *EVERYONE*. She'll just walk right up to you and flop in your lap without so much as a by-your-leave. She also sleeps on your chest when you are napping and kneeds a LOT. If you let her keep kneeding whatever she's kneeding (your leg, your chin, your hair, etc) she starts purring LOUDLY and drooling. Kinda irritating, actually, cause she just won't stop. You push her away, she moves to another spot. She just never gets the hint. (They all have their front claws declawed, so this isn't as bad as it could be)

  'Cocoa' is the last. He is, well, he looks like 'a little spot of cocoa' which is how he got his name. He's got medium-length hair - the other two are from a different father and have short hair. He's like a person. Really. He get moody sometimes. Arrogant others. Sometimes fussy, sometimes not. He's about 14, which is old for cat, but can act up with the best of em. 2 weird things.

  1) He LOVES to try and get outside. EVERY TIME the door is cracked, he bolts for it. *BUT*, he HATES it outside. As soon as he gets out, he'll just sit on the stoop and start meowling. Of course, if you go out to pick him up, he runs around the house and start meowling in front of the OTHER door.

  2) He LOVES vegetables. Meat, too - like any cat. But, olives are like crack to him or something - he just goes NUTS whenever you have them around. He's almost as bad for corn on the cob, too. You should see him tearing into the husks. Lettuce, tomatoes, whatever. Weird.

  Edited by - Xander on 20 June 2002 14:18:44
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  Abstain from Blood? Verb Missing Here!

  by Englishman in

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  i've just spotted this on touchstone forum.

  it's well worth reading:.

  ".....for anyone else that might want to comment, i will elaborate a little on the issue of grammar.

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  Xander

  "EVEN IF IT MEANT YOUR LIFE, blood was not to be eaten. There were no special clauses that allowed the eating of blood if it meant your life."

  Someone should mention to him when Saul's men ate an unbled animal with no recorded loss of divine favor.
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  Are you socially retarded? - For the newbies

  by Billygoat in

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  don't let this title startle you.

  i'm not starting a flame war.

  this is something that i've thought a lot about since i have two dogs.

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  Xander

  Perhaps this is naive of me, but I don't care. Without having an open heart you cannot feel or give love completely

  Totally OT, but this, I think, is a most endearing attribute. I wish I could feel as you do, perhaps I could someday in different company. While not exactly holding grudges, I maintain a level of coldness you seem to have avoided.

  In any case, I think, for now, I agree with Billygoat (wow, it finally happened! - perhaps YK was right after all....)
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  We Are All Spolied

  by MrMoe in

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  this is a continuation of a subject i broached on another thread.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30556&site=3.

  "i don't bi*ch about my jw childhood.

  i never have regrets.

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  Xander

  Gates could do a lot for the world

  It is possible, of course, he might make some effect. Maybe, but it wouldn't last. Throwing money at this problem wouldn't solve it.

  The third world countries have a long history of proving they can't manage themselves. A major UN involvement (by force, if necessary) could solve a lot of the problems. But, no first world country would back such an endeavor - certainly not the ALL of them that would be needed.

  And, again, I don't see the point of trivializing our problems because other countries are worse. Do you really think we'll last at the comfort level we have without constant work?

  Were not Ethiopia, Egypt, and Babylon all 'first world countries' of their day? Did their citizens not lead the life of luxury you appear to be condemning? Where are they now? How do you suppose they got their?

  History shows us the 'wealth' is never evenly distributed all at once - but it is eventually.

  Yes, I like living just south of Lake Erie here in this 21st century. Would I have liked living in this exact spot 400 years ago?? HELL NO!! What about 400 years from now? Who knows - probably not. Who will be the 'first-world' countries then?
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  We Are All Spolied

  by MrMoe in

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  this is a continuation of a subject i broached on another thread.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30556&site=3.

  "i don't bi*ch about my jw childhood.

  i never have regrets.

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  Xander

  sadly enough, we are divided rather than standing together.

  I think this is something that cannot change. We have, to my knowledge, no evidence of any species of ANYTHING that does not engage in competitive behavior.

  It's simple science, really. Populations will always grow beyond their environments ability to support them, because as long as the environment CAN support them, they will grow.

  Conflict inevitably ensues when the remaining resources are battled over.

  At least humanity has the ability to group together to have certain groups (nations) control more resources than they need to make sure their citizens don't face the over-taxation of the land that other groups face.

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  In short, I agree, the spotty starvation and famine problems dotting the face of the planet (and it's really not as widespread as some media agents would like you to believe) is bad, and doesn't look good at all.

  Just be thankful that we have the group wisdom to act in a way such that famine of that kind doesn't happen everywhere - because that is the natural state of things. 'Famine' alternating with 'overabundance' as the local population exceeds then shrinks behind the available resources.
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  We Are All Spolied

  by MrMoe in

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  this is a continuation of a subject i broached on another thread.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30556&site=3.

  "i don't bi*ch about my jw childhood.

  i never have regrets.

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  Xander

  Bill Gates has enough money to fix some of these countries 10 times over

  LOL! Sorry, but NO.

  No amount of money would fix what is wrong in the third world. A number of things need to happen:

  1) STOP HAVING KIDS, GODDAMNIT!!

  2) The dictators in power in most third world countries who busily rape the land and its people must be deposed, and the mentality of the people that leads to such dictators rising must be worked out (IE. "I can bring a brighter future for you and your family, just join my army and help me rule...")

  etc. Education will help. But, lots of money won't help that much. You need people to volunteer, and it needs to happen everywhere at once, and thoroughly or no good will come of it.

  Individuals can't help. Governments need to for anything real will be accomplished.
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  We Are All Spolied

  by MrMoe in

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  this is a continuation of a subject i broached on another thread.... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=30556&site=3.

  "i don't bi*ch about my jw childhood.

  i never have regrets.

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  Xander

  I guess I don't see the point of this commentary.

  The plusses of living in a first-world country DO happen to outweigh the minuses. It's not like it is without cost, though. Many have given their lives to bring us this level of comfort and freedom, and many more stand ready to do so at a moments notice.

  That our country is as powerful and rich as it is today is a testament to the burden our forefathers have carried. You're dangerously close to trivializing that.

  And, so, yes, we DO find faults with parts of our day to day living. Well, why not? We have the ability to effect change, this is the means to do so. What's wrong with wanting things to be better?
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  Are you socially retarded? - For the newbies

  by Billygoat in

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  don't let this title startle you.

  i'm not starting a flame war.

  this is something that i've thought a lot about since i have two dogs.

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  Xander

  My healthy relationships have been deeper and a lot more fun. I find myself being kinder to strangers and more compassionate towards others that experience troublesome times.

  I'd argue that being too friendly can be just as bad as the paranoia the dubs instilled. You appear to have found some good, honest, friends. Such seem to be the exception rather than the rule.

  I figured they really had an ulterior motive and were not to be trusted. People werent loving and happy unless they wanted something, right?

  Ummm, for the most part, YEAH, that's true. Inside the dubs or out, people's self-centered behavior doesn't change that much. You found a couple good ones - GREAT - don't assume they are the rule, however.
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  Grammer For Dummies

  by Farkel in

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  there are these things we call parts of speech.

  the first sentence in any paragraph defines a subject.

  since a thing can be anything except things that are not really things, a noun can be anything.

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  Xander

  A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling

  by Mark Twain

  For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all.

  Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.

  Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
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  So Would You Enjoy Blood For Grub?

  by Englishman in

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  on 2 recent occasions i have been joined for breakfast by 2 separate individuals, both ex-witnesses.

  stunningly - to me anyway - both were absolutely appalled when, for my "choose any 7 items for 1.99" brekky i opted to include black sausage.

  just love the way those black bits mix into the egg-yolk, mmm!

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  Xander

  I remember once in a car group everbody going postal because I sucked on my finger after accidentally cutting it.

  LOL! We had a sister at all hall who had rather a large number of kids. She made sure everyone of them (and any kid the ever ran into at the hall) knew the rules:

  It's okay to suck the blood off a cut to clean if off, but ONLY if you spit afterwards. If you swallowed, then god would have to hate you. ~~spooky~~spoooooky~~

  (Which, I guess, settles the whole spits-or-swallows debate, now doesn't it? )