Posts by Stan Conroy

I can't imagine a harder sporting event than the Tour de France. Can you imagine climbing mountain roads for 6 hours in 95°F heat. Then do it again the next day. And then the next...

Throw in a double fractured collarbone, and it boggles the mind.

And all this at a race pace, not a casual ride. Even the rider who comes in dead last has by respect.

As for the magnitude of it's popularity, apparently 20 million people come out to see it live. That has to be a record. Then come to this side of the Atlantic and you are hard pressed to find anyone that even knows it's going on.

If only there was a Canadian in the tour. Perhaps I should start training my little boy. In 20 years he could good enough to be invited to the tour! (He's only 18 months old now, but he watches the tour with me.)

Stan

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What gift would you buy the President...

by Brummie in

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graham norton just announced that saudi ariabian embassador brought president bush a 600.000 oil painting.. japan gave him a rare ceremonial arrow.

tony blair gave him....a toiletry bag.. a true brit huh.. i'd get him one of these:.

http://www.slinkycity.com/farting-president-bush.html.

Stan Conroy

A cyanide capsule.

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"Learning from the Great Teacher"

by Stan Conroy in

my jw father felt the need to leave this new publication at my house.

lucky me!

i was leafing through it, and noticed a quote on page 155 about birthday celebrations.

Stan Conroy

Here is the page that they quote:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10709a.htm

Once again, they are being less than honest with their selection of this quote.

None the less a certain stress was often laid in Christian sermons and in mortuary inscriptions upon the idea that the day of a man's death was his birthday to a new life. Thus St. Ambrose (Serm. 57, de Depos. St. Eusebii) declares that "the day of our burial is calledour birthday (natalis), because, being set free from the prison of our crimes, we are born to the liberty of the Saviour", and he goes on "wherefore this day is observed as a great celebration, for it is in truth a festival of the highest order to be dead to our vices and to live to righteousness alone." And we find such inscriptions as the following
PARENTE FILIO MERCURIO FECE
RUNT QUI VIXIT ANN V ET MENSES VIII
NATUS IN PACE ID FEBR
Where "natus in pace" clearly refers to eternal rest. So again Origen had evidently some similar thought before him when he insists that "of all the holy people in the Scriptures, no one is recorded to have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his birthday. It is only sinners (like Pharaoh and Herod) who make great rejoicings over the day on which they were born into this world below" (Origen, in Levit., Hom. VIII, in Migne P.G., XII, 495). Naturally a certain amount of confusion resulted from this use of the same word natalis sometimes to signify natural birth, sometimes the passage to a better life. The former was consequently often distinguished as natale genuinum, natale de nativitate, the latter as natale passionis or de passione, sometimes abbreviated as N.P.

Read this section over, and notice the highlighted section. That is the part that was quoted in that new publication.

Stan

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Will Lance make it number 5 this year?

by Stan Conroy in

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the tour is just over 1/2 way, and he is only 21 seconds ahead.

tomorrow is the individual time trial.

i think that will be the determining factor.

Stan Conroy

Others have won five but not consecutively!

Actually, that is not true. One rider did win five in a row. It was Miguel Indurain from 1991 to 1995.

Todays ITT proved to be a huge win for Jan Ullrich. He has now moved up to 2nd place, only 34 seconds behind Armstrong. He rode the 47 kms in 58 min 32 seconds. He was the only rider to break the 1 hour barrier.

Another rider to watch is Alexander Vinokourov. He has been riding an outstanding race, both in the mountains and todays ITT. He is now 3rd in the overall standings. As of yesterday, he was second, only 21 seconds behind Lance.

As for Tyler Hamilton, what a resolve that man has. Not only to continue with a double fractured collarbone, but to be so competitive! I broke my collarbone, and I ride, but I cannot fathom riding with a broken collarbone.

Tomorrow they hit the mountains again near the end of the day. Will Lance keep the yellow? I think Ullrich will take it away from Lance and end up this years winner.

Here is my prediction:

1st Jan Ullrich

2nd Lance Armstrong

3rd Alexander Vinokourov

4th Iban Mayo

5th Tyler Hamilton

Stan

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"Learning from the Great Teacher"

by Stan Conroy in

my jw father felt the need to leave this new publication at my house.

lucky me!

i was leafing through it, and noticed a quote on page 155 about birthday celebrations.

Stan Conroy

Thanks Blondie.

I will add your links to my favorites for future reference.

Stan

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Will Lance make it number 5 this year?

by Stan Conroy in

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the tour is just over 1/2 way, and he is only 21 seconds ahead.

tomorrow is the individual time trial.

i think that will be the determining factor.

Stan Conroy

What do you think? The tour is just over 1/2 way, and he is only 21 seconds ahead.

Tomorrow is the individual time trial. I think that will be the determining factor.

It was a shame to see Joseba Beloki crash the other day. He would have given Lance a run for the yellow. A broken femur is a very serious injury!

Anyone else watching the tour?

Stan

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"Learning from the Great Teacher"

by Stan Conroy in

my jw father felt the need to leave this new publication at my house.

lucky me!

i was leafing through it, and noticed a quote on page 155 about birthday celebrations.

Stan Conroy

My JW father felt the need to leave this new publication at my house. Lucky me! I was leafing through it, and noticed a quote on page 155 about birthday celebrations. It is a quote from the Catholic Encyclopedia (which seems a little hypocritical to me) which contains the infamous 3 dots. Does anyone have access to the Catholic encyclopedia? If so, what was left out of the quote?

My Catholic wife looked through it too, and felt that some of the illustrations were too violent for our little boy. There is a picture of someone being stoned to death. I agree that my little boy doesn't need to have the nightmares I used to have after studying that old orange Paradise book.

Thanks in advance for any information about this quote.

Stan

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How old were you when you got Baptised?

by El Kabong in

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i was 13 at the time.

i wanted to get baptised before the end came in 1975. .

back then, 13 was borderline young for baptism, but from what i've been reading, some are now getting baptised as young as 9 or 10. .

Stan Conroy

15. That was a long time ago.

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Were You Ever Put On Restrictions?

by minimus in

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as a jw, were you ever put on restrictions?

how did you feel when you were told that a certain "privilege" was being taken from you?

were you given any warning by the elders in charge that what you did merited a removal of some sort?

Stan Conroy

I was not allowed to read scriptures at the meetings. I could comment, but not quote any scriptures. How weird is that? I also was supposed to check in with the BS conductor once a week to make sure I wasn't getting into any trouble. Sort of like a parole officer. I did that exactly 0 times.

Previously, I was removed from the Theo. school for having a beard. I was ok with that.

Stan