BebuLamar wrote:
I think you do well. I quit fishing because I don't like to eat fish. I feel bad catching them just for fun even if you release them.
At least you were able to catch them. We went to Gaston's in Arkansas to catch trout. Never caught one.
G A S is everywhere. Gone are the days when all you needed to play baseball were a bat, a ball and a glove and a uniform for team games. My 14 year old is on a team and now the rage is sliding gloves to mimic the pros. Do you know how much a sliding glove it? 65 bucks. For 65 bucks they could wear oven mitts!!!
In my day we slid feet first.
JBuckley wrote:
A great movie, but if you are a dog lover…..
Be sure to have a box of tissues near “the end”! My wife sobbed thru that movie (three times this year)!
😝
My wife doesn't like downers. She asked me, "why did the wife have to die?" Although she couldn't tear herself away from it, it wasn't her kind of movie. I thoutht it was a great story.
srg wrote:
The thing that Revelation revealed was the paranoia and fear of the authors. Their hatred for God's creation is on full display in this ancient but effective horror story.
I like religion that is loving and forgiving instead of one that predicts eternal torture.
Jesus called Hell a furnace. John called it a Lake of Fire. So, which is it, or is it a metaphor for the burning of the soul for living in eternity apart from God after standing before him in Judgment?
That, srg, is my view of Hell. God is not stoke fires for eternity for torture those in Hell. Revelation DOE teach us, however, that the unsaved WILL, in the end, be judged according to their works. That is not to be confused with salvation.
Texcaster wrote:
Yes, way overreacted! Israel will be ostracized for decades.
Steve - "I don't think you realize the size of the October attack as well as the hostages that not only were taken but raped and tortured." This isn't secret news. It was raw barbarism! Everybody gets that.
If you read Revelation you find that Russian and other countries are mentioned, but not the U.S.
Texcaster wrote:
I'm talking about now and the next few decades ... Bibi has single-handedly buggered Israel's standing in the world. That was the Hamas simple plan. Bibi had plenty of expert warning from around the world ... "Do Not Overreact! That is the Hamas hope!"
Over react? Israel has been plagued by rockets being fired into its territory for years, as well as other attacks. I don't think you realize the size of the October attack as well as the hostages that not only were taken but raped and tortured. Hamas needs to be either wiped out or surrender. Israel realize that Hamas cannot be allowed to continue to exist even if the rest of the world doesn't realize it.
Texcaster wrote:
You haven't noticed the world wide condemnation of Bibi's Zionist 'over-achieving' in Gaza? He's saddled Israel with decades of 'fear and loathing' and more condemnation.
The attack by Hamas killed about as many Israelis as American military personnel died at Pearl Harbor. So, I suppose you think that we over-reacted by island hopping on the way to Japan as well, which resulted in the deaths of many, many civilians.
The problem with campus protests is that they will embolden Hamas to dig in and hope that pressure will force Israel to back off. Instead, pressure should be placed on Hamas to surrender, which it should have done since the beginning of the war. Hamas has brought mayhem upon the people whose best interests they are supposed to be serving. Instead, they seem to be serving some jihad instead.
A milestone to be thankful for. Not all can look back and do so, unfortunately.
canberra wrote:
If you liked the movie, read the book! GREAT read!
It's a real possibility for Christmas gifts!!
Bret P wrote:
My wife, Elaine, still does that when she doesn't like the route our GPS picks!
I call her "my EPS" (Elaine Positioning Sustem).
I agree with Elaine. For me GPS is only useful for finding an address once I'm in my destination city or town. Even then I've been led on some wild goose chases.
Triple G wrote:
That's for sure.
Dad always told me "There is no such word for me as work. It's all play." And that was the truth.
Triple G wrote:
We did too and I do remember the whole community coming together at planting and harvest times where all the fields were tended to. I also remember the hot summer days baling hay, detassling corn and walking the bean rows. The community also got together to help out any family where someone died or was sick. Chicken butchering was also a community event with 8-10 people killing, plucking and dressing 100 chicken in a day. People were happy to go home with chicken for their freezers. It took me days before I could actually eat the chicken though!
It's great to remember it fondly, but I would rather get my community service time in by picking up litter, doing volunteer handyman projects, and food pantries. My body could not take the hard physical work that those days meant.
We did too and I do remember the whole community c... (
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My Mom met my Dad in 1945. He was in the Army, 27 years old. She was 19. They got married after knowing one another three months, but, I think they knew from the first day that they were a match. Her parents were not too happy, though, until Dad came out to the farm and they saw him work. Dad loved to work. As I was growing up I could always hear the admiration they had for him.