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So tempting, so: / joke mode on "There are those who remind me of some old sour Puritan types of old when I was a kid. You know the ones - they always looked like their faces would crack if they smiled. They seemed to have that unsettled feeling that someone, somewhere, somehow might be having a good time!" -unknown / joke mode off
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A voice in the night told me who is going to win in 2024
walla299 replied to foolmefoolsyou's topic in General Discussion
In Louisiana they'll add, "Remember, the dead vote too!" -
5 Steps to Actually Achieve New Year’s Resolutions
walla299 replied to Vine Abider's topic in General Discussion
Oh, there were guns in the mix here too. Plenty of auto fire going on too. AK-47s and AR15/M16s sound a bit different and I hope they were just shooting off blanks. -
5 Steps to Actually Achieve New Year’s Resolutions
walla299 replied to Vine Abider's topic in General Discussion
I stopped making new years resolutions years ago after realizing that Jesus has His own agenda. So I'll just go with that and ignore the whole thing which is much easier than ignoring what sounded like a war breaking out last night with all the illegal fireworks. -
Hmm . . . seems I'm a bit late to the usual Christmas thread that always shows up this time of year. So, I'll have a go: 1. Don't care about "Christmas" being part of old pagan festivals, etc. I don't celebrate those, and I don't particularly care for the pagan stuff either. The days of the week are named after pagan gods and no one has suggested changing those . . . 2. If you're going to celebrate Christmas - then make Christ the center of it. If you don't want to celebrate Christmas that's fine also - but make Christ the center of it! 3. We have freedom in Christ to celebrate Christmas or not . . . but we do not have the freedom to load someone else's conscience over something that is a personal conviction. This is a non-salvation issue. It is not something to divide or break fellowship over.
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Fair enough. I wouldn't mind trying that "rich" part for paying off a few things, but they can keep that culinary abomination.
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That sounds absolutely disgusting to begin with. Wouldn't touch it with a 10 meter pole.
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Durian is not bad - but you do have to get past the smell. That's the reason you'll see warning signs banning it from hotel rooms all over Southeast Asia/Pacific rim. Better to just eat it outside.
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A very silent, fast, & maneuverable squirrel.
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It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Until it is.
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How hot is it at 9:00 PM? (I think I'll have y-all beat!)
walla299 replied to Vine Abider's topic in General Discussion
Left Prescott, AZ at around 9:30pm Saturday night and it was 74F though a bit humid due to some rain in the area. Prescott is at 5500 ft elevation and it can be 20 or more degrees cooler. Got back to Phoenix (1200 ft elevation) around 11:00pm and it was still 104F. Ugh. A few thousand feet can make a big difference! -
How hot is it at 9:00 PM? (I think I'll have y-all beat!)
walla299 replied to Vine Abider's topic in General Discussion
There's a joke here: Roofing School starts in July. My motivation to find something else: My Uncle's Ranch. Livestock, hay bales, manure piles, the "fun" just never stopped! Definitely motivated me to look at my career options. -
How hot is it at 9:00 PM? (I think I'll have y-all beat!)
walla299 replied to Vine Abider's topic in General Discussion
Nothing new under the sun, as the Preacher said in Ecclesiastes . . . it's been hot before and it'll be hot again, etc. Nice thing about summer is it will be over at some point. God promised that too (but I wouldn't mind fast forwarding a bit, frankly). -
How hot is it at 9:00 PM? (I think I'll have y-all beat!)
walla299 replied to Vine Abider's topic in General Discussion
9pm? I believe it "cooled off" to around 106F by that time. The high was around 117 or so . . . and yeah, it was already 104 at 9am yesterday morning. Deserts get hot, but I'd like to head for somewhere cooler - until about October or so. -
I don't have a issue with medical use especially if it can actually treat a given medical condition to reduce suffering. That is the purpose of many medications used in the past and present. That is a far different thing than just getting high legally. Frankly, now that medical use is being legalized in more states they are doing more research on it to finally find out, "What are the medical uses for this stuff, anyway?" Speaking for me personally: I was a druggie that only Jesus could clean up. Yeah, I was one of those. Therefore I'll stay away from that and some other things because I liked them way too much in the past. Your mileage may vary.