OT to all you haters

On 4/11/2011 4:28 PM, Stu wrote:

Stu has a problem with me. I don't like his favorite cruise line and he
can't live with that fact.

Ignore him as I do.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:08:18 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:


Wow, I'm glad you're ok now. That was very similar, but longer lasting
than my own experience.

I had a massive heart attack and was being worked on by the "Heart
Crew" at the local emergency room. I was having a very bad time
breathing, and felt like I was coming to an end. I managed to whisper
to the women who was obviously the top Doc in the room that I couldn't
breath. She said to me, (and I'll remember these words forever), "Sir,
I've done all I can for now. The rest is between you and your God"

I felt panic at first and really tried to take a breath. I still
couldn't, and I could feel the room closing in on me. I freaked out
pretty much and I heard someone say that my pulse was fading out.

All of a sudden, I felt perfectly calm. I relaxed and felt no pain or
problems. Even the fact that I wasn't able to breath didn't bother me
any longer. I remember hearing the Doc tell someone to get my wife out
of the room and thinking "well, this it!"

Then, as you said, a wave of warmth passed through my entire body and
I took a deep breath. I got tingles all over my body like
pins-and-needles and then everything was ok.

If that happens a second time, it won't be so scary. When you get real
close to the end, it no longer seems to matter. I thought that was a
remarkable experience.
 
On 4/13/2011 6:22 PM, Janet wrote:


Been there. My DH got sick on a Med cruise a few years ago and we had
to get off the ship and he went into the hospital in Palermo, Sicily.
There was no way I was going to get a hotel room without a credit card.
We were stuck there for a week. It was not pleasant for either of us.

The other thing I was grateful for having was a global phone that worked
in Europe and had our regular cell phone number on it. I was able to
communicate with his physicians back home.




--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
 
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:30:28 +0100, Janet wrote:


1. I didn't say anything about my opinion being impinged.

2. This is a discussion group. I'm discussing a stated opinion.

Is there something about that you don't understand? I'd be more than
willing to discuss it with you.
 
"Bob Terwilliger" wrote:

For the first cause, I have a theory Tomas Aquinas was biased as a saint.
As far as I can think, therefore Rene Descartes was nuts. Einstein was
relatively gravitating towards being light years away in his own little
world.

It may be better to live in a world of fantasy and be happy, than to know
the truth and be sad. They may not wanted to be in the world defending
their beliefs, because it gains them nothing but misery. Look at Galileo
Galilei, persecuted by the church and even Ben Franklin was worried a bit
about the use of lighting rods protecting people's homes, the church
believed lighting as a persecution from God.

Even today, people need to be fearful from the religious radicals for
saying things in public. If you vocally refuse to state the pledge, "under
god", your home might be attacked by the religious types. In public one may
not state their true beliefs and that is how the religious control freaks
are... Irrational. Internet provides a little bit of anonymity which helps
change the way people can express themselves.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
 
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:38:50 -0700, "Julie Bove"
wrote:


Modifying ones body in some manner to make it appear more attractive
to oneself and others is a universal action that is in every culture
on our planet.

It can be as simple as clothing, but extends to almost every part of
the body and dozens of methods in every location known to mankind.

In less modern countries, colored mud is applied to the hair to make
oneself look more attractive. Almost all cultures have tattoos. Some,
like in China, are so intricate that one tattoo might take a year to
apply in stages and cover as much as 50% of a persons body.

Modern countries have evolved to make clothing more of a way of
expressing ones personal "art", but applied cosmetics and jewelry are
also very popular. Adorning ones body with precious metals and stones
is very similar to tattooing. So is dressing in a bright, colorful
manner. Both have the same goal as tattoos, but are interchangeable at
a moments whim.

I think a lot of people don't like tattoos because they are, more or
less, a permanent attachment to the body that is applied with needles
to shoot ink under the skin. The thought of doing that is repulsive to
some people. I've had people tell me that. Its a fear, not a like or
dislike really.

I see no difference between someone liking a beautiful piece of art
enough to hang it on the wall of their home for all to see, and
someone liking a drawing enough to have it placed on their body for
all to see. Both are an expression of their mind in that it symbolizes
some part of their inner soul. They have found something that stirs
their emotions for one reason or another and have chosen to announce
that discovery by placing it in a position that puts it into the eyes
of anyone who is either in their home or looking at the home of their
soul; their body.

I reserve my *hate* for things that are much more complicated than the
methods that others use to show their inner feelings. I may dislike a
certain painting or article of clothing, or even someone choice of
tattoo, but I wouldn't ever say that I hate any of them.

Hate is such a strong expression. Its the ultimate in emotional
repulsion and should be reserved for things that deserve its depth.

These of course are nothing more than my feelings and since I'm having
one of my sleepless nights, I thought I would share them.

To bed at 2am...back up at 4am, wide awake. Oh my! I see a nap in my
life later today. Thank goodness I like naps. hehe
 
"Paul M. Cook" wrote in news:[email protected]:





LOL!! You should see my 'dingo pack' bay and carry on about me retiring at
age 33!! :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

Nothing ever truely dies
the Universe wastes nothing
everything is simply... transformed
 
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:51:04 -0500, "Storrmmee"
wrote:


I heard the Queen Mary is a fantastic way to get there.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:26:27 -0500, "Storrmmee"
wrote:


Food is an attraction for me too. When I was in England, I ate pub
food every day, sometimes twice a day. One thing I discovered was pub
menus can be pretty repetitive, but the food itself wasn't. Every
cook put their own spin on whatever it was that I was thinking "same
ole, same ole" when I ordered it. Of course, I was on a pizza quest
in Italy (Roman pizza, hands down). I thought I was going to be on an
escargot quest in Paris, but they weren't as ubiquitous as I thought
they would be. I'm actually going to do a "bucket list" item soon and
see Paris in the Springtime, but I still don't have a food quest in
mind (I don't like pastries, even French ones - breakfast is the worst
meal there, IMO, because all you can find eat is pastries (and I hate
yogurt/cereal "continental breakfast"). But Paris is so completely
awesome in other respects that it's easy to forget about a food quest
and just find good food in general to eat when you get hungry.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
In article ,
zxcvbob wrote:


x-no-archive ? you chickenshit!! LOL!! Wait, that's your MIDDLE name!!
"0)

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
 
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:50:15 -0700, sf wrote:


Could experience the same in any large US city, SF forinstance...
lotsa pimps, hos, muggers, and pickpockets. I can't imagine why
anyone would want to travel half way around the world to visit any
large city center, seen one you've seen them all.
 
In article ,
"Julie Bove" wrote:





Pretty much every one of us. Amateurs, of course, and usually wrong,
but that doesn't stop anyone on newsgroups!

The other interesting thing that I've found, is that people I've met
through posting online sometimes are very different in person.
Sometimes it's a whole different personality, and sometimes it's just
that their online persona is just one facet of them. Then again, some
people are just the same, online and in person.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
In article , [email protected] says...

Apparently it's me; I committed the sin of repeating Julie's own recent
post which tragically contradicted another of her recent posts. Leaving
poor Julie "unable to answer" for her denials of what she had posted.

Now I shall have to face the consequence as bravely as possible. Like not
receiving a Christmas card from Julie. But the good news is, I have kind
of anticipated and been in training for exactly that awful possibility so
I'm hoping that with counselling, and some upper lip Botox, I shall
survive.

Janet UK
 
On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:34:08 +1000, Krypsis
wrote:

Well said! Bravo, Bravo!

I feel much the same about traveling. I spent my life moving from one
place to another. A year here, three months there. Pack it all up
again and move here or there. Driving, driving and driving from one
city to the next and back again.

I-love-my-home!

And I'm not leaving it again! hehe

My hobby is hydroponic gardening and the growing of the hottest
peppers in the world. Both keep me very busy and are never ending in
the off-shoots they develop and can be combined!

I truly believe that hydroponic farming will be the only way that
mankind can keep up with the demand for more food on less acreage and
wise use of resources.

Retirement is good! In fact, it's very, very wonderful! I intend to
keep doing it until I'm tired of it. hehe
 
On Apr 13, 7:41?am, Krypsis wrote:


I have one credit card that is attached to my checking account. I also
have a debit card with my checking account that can be used as a
credit card. And i have two cards that are treated as credit cards,
but only use money that is in the account. One is a paypal account, so
somebody can pay me online. The other is a propay account which is
similar to paypal, only I can accept credit card payments directly.
So, I can use these cards like a credit card, but I am not borrowing
any money or paying interest as the money in these accounts is my
money.

I used to have several credit cards, but I went down to just the one
(lower interest credit union card) about 5 years ago, and I have had
no problems ordering things online or traveling. I usually travel once
or twice a month. Last September and October, I went on a 15 day road
trip, came home for 2 days, and went again for 7 days. Lots of
different hotels. I've never had a problem.
 
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