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Ketchup Schmetchup! Leave my hot sauce alone and we'll get along just fine.

I liked that one, Rottie. No stones from this side of the room.

Oh, my! No takers on this one yet? I'm tempted to give another clue. Let me give it some thought and I'll bet I can come up with a beauty. Nothing too deep, though.

---days when the rain came. Brown Eyed Girl----Van The Man That was a good one, Dooj. Instantly recognizable. Maybe you better take the next one too if you don't mind?

Hey, JeffSjo That's pretty cool!! (You might ask somebody down in the computer room for an easier way to do that than typing it all in.)

I wonder if Waldo knows where PLAF is. :blink:

Caveman I'm not familiar with that scripture that says people will go to hell. Can you direct me toward that reference?

Yes!! You are correct. It is The Weight by The Band Here it is if you want to give a listen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-xQoNDFwlE&NR=1

I've been on the wrong end of a SHOTGUN! You can bet it surely scared the debuhl right out of me. (and darn near more than that. ) And, if I recall correctly, I did let out a very loud "JEEZUS!" as well.

Boy, Howdy! If that doesn't describe "The Way Method Of Problem Solving" I don't know what does. Now THAT'S mathematical exactness.

Well, you already got half the answer.

"I pulled into Nazareth-----"

I used to work for a company that gave me a bonus for NOT having health insurance.(about 1500/year) Of course, I had to prove I was covered by my spouses plan. It wasn't designed to discourage people from having coverage, it was a perk they used to reward employees who saved them money. That $1500 most likely represented what they saved on administrative costs or something. The point is, it was a real benefit that would not have been made available to me had I not been married. Two single people "shackin' up", as we used to say, or two gay people, could not take advantage of that perk based solely on a technicality. It's an isolated example, I agree, but it's still a perk that I would not have had if I weren't legally married. BTW--The only tax breaks I have seen from being married came by virtue of declaring dependent children as a deduction. Other than that, it seems like the tax rate is actually higher. I'm no tax wiz, that's for sure. That's just a casual observation.

Maybe they should have brought Rosie and Donna.

From the movie Standing In The Shadows Of Motown----Joan Osborne and The Funk Brothers Chaka Khan and The Funk Brothers

Did they hand out maps like they do in Hollywood? "Oh, look, Honey! There's the liquor store where Vicster bought his very first bottle of Drambuie." <_<

It's not too difficult to do a search and find that archaeologists have discovered a pool they believe to be the Pool Of Bethesda. The question remains: How do we know there were no other pools of this structure? And, if there were others, what evidence is there that this is the same one mentioned in The Bible?

Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition was In----First Edition If you're lookin' for a lover Don't judge a book by its cover She may be fine on the outside But so untrue on the inside

My understanding of the issue is that domestic partners already qualify for benefits that are regulated by The State of California but not for those that are regulated by the federal government, such as spousal related social security, veteran survivor benefits, etc. What effects will the recent developments impart to this area of concern? I'm just asking.

WWZD (What Would Zappa have Done?)

A lot of people are not aware that high power lines can act as a magnet of sorts. There is a mathematic formula that dictates how far you need to be from a power line based on the ratio of distance to voltage. I was on a job site a number of years ago when 6 men hanging metal sheet siding rolled their metal scaffold beyond the safety zone. They were probably 5 or 6 feet away from the actual line but it sucked them right in. It took about 20 minutes to shut down the line itself. That's one memory I would just as well not have.

Quite frankly, in the late '60s and early '70s, "bucking the system" WAS the most popular theology.

Such as?

What it all boils down to is that Wierwille claimed you could change things in the physical world, good and bad, by what you were thinking.(Or, as he called it, "believing".) According to VPW, it was a "law" that worked for "saint and sinner alike". Just tell God those drapes have to be red and let your believing do the rest. I'm pretty sure most people here are familiar with the made up example of the little boy who was "killed by the fear in his mother's heart". What a cruel charge that would be to lay at the feet of a grieving mother. Wierwille got this stuff from his contemporaries. It was quite popular "back in the day". Here's a Wiki link to Norman Vincent Peale, who authored The Power Of Positive Thinking. Peale, incidentally, was from a small town about an hour's drive from New Knoxville. Do a comparison to what was taught in The Way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Vincent_Peale It's an incredibly dangerous doctrine to rely on. People have died trying to "believe" for safety. (I heartily recommend reading the *LEAD Accident* thread for further insight on this matter.) People have died trying to "believe" their way to health when, in fact, they might well have been served best by medical practitioners. People have needlessly condemned themselves and each other because they failed to "believe" for positive results or because their negative thoughts caused negative results in the physical world. If TWI still holds this as one of their core tenets, I would advise people to avoid them like the plague.