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Today’s quote is from an American theologian and pastor:
“If you’re not accountable in life that means ultimately that your life doesn’t count.”
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Monday afternoon we will be driving a fully packed up Oddyssey van over to Alexandria. Bunk down that night at EconoLodge and then drive to Alex International to begin our sojourn to Orlando and Disney. (Alexandria international is a tiny airport built from a converted USAF base. Still has lots of the old bldgs on it). They will let us park the van for free as long as I have a DA 31 showing I’m on leave.
If any of y’all got any Disney World, “whatever-you-do,-make-sure-you-” type advice, please dispense.
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I don’t know what pastor said this, but with all due respect to the man and his ministry, human life does not derive its value from the quantity or quality of its accountability.
I know there is much more to the context of the quote I’m sure, so I know I could be in error. Sure.
I do not diminish the importance of accountability. No, not at all. It is an essential element in the Christian faith. It’s simply that such sophisms sound as though they emanate more from the corporate leadership realm than Scripture.
Who among us has a perfect system of accountability? Who would want to base the value of their lives upon such a fickle thing?
No. If the said quote is true, than the life of an average unbeliever who finds no need of holding himself accountable doesn’t have any value. And when I’m not feeling particularly up to hold myself to the light of accountability, does that mean at that moment my life doesn’t count?
Of course not, having been created in the image of God gives us that foothold of worth and value.
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Sawgunner and Wife — you are brave people. My sister used to take me along so there would be one adult per child. As my niece said to her father: “it’s your job to get me a hotdog and a place to sleep.” So, do your duty and have a great time!
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Sawgunner, it’s been a long time since I’ve done Disney. Everything there is expensive. But worth it if you have kids. Grownups like it, but it’s best for kids. Unless you have GPS, get a good updated map of the area. There are things in Orlando besides Disney.
There is a large shopping area off Buna Vista Dr. called Downtown Disney. Your wife will probably like that. Mine does. It’s mostly free. But ain’t nothing really free.
BTW, don’t take anything that’s free: free shows, free breakfast and Disney tickets. You will walk away owning a timeshare. Just stay away from it. Remember
Don’t take nothing free! That’s the best advice anyone’s going to give you. Same for discount and other come-ons.
Have fun.
Don’t buy a timeshare, if you want one, you can get them for much less than anyone there is going to offer you.
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‘Fraid the only advice I’d give you about Disney is “don’t”.
I’ve lost all interest in giant theme parks, kids, and huge crowds in 90+ weather.
You’re a brave man.
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A quote from an article in the N.C. Baptist Biblical Recorder that some young people, like OpTeen, Tinker Bell, I presume FuzzyFace, & others ought to heed:
“Air brush artists create more beautiful cover girls than all the diets, shampoos, make up, hair coloring and gymns in America. Yet, our daughters sre emotionally bombarded, bullied and belittled by bold, bare images that bellow, ‘This is how you must look’.
“The women in the picture don’t even look like that.”
It’s about unrealistic expectations about things that aren’t so. Barbie doesn’t exist. Like the sillouette girl on the truck mud flaps. The woman doesn’t exist except in some guy’s imagination.
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Sawgunner, if you have any little ones who may get tired enough to want to be carried, spring for the big stroller.
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Also, I think it is called parent swap or something. It allows one of you to stand in line while the other stays with the kids, then when you get off, the other parent gets to go to the head of the line. Use it. Also there isn’t a lot at Epcot for the kids. Obviously my advice is based having a little one with you. Anyway they have a web-site where you can see what they have at each park. Tell Tigger I said “Hey”.
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Sawgunner, It’s difficult even to get free water there. It’s available, but not easy to find.
But if you have a mind that appreciates efficiency, as I do, you will appreciate the way they are organized in moving people.
While in Orlando, you and your wife might enjoy the Holy Land Experience, just off I-4. But the kids won’t be impressed because it doesn’t have any rides.
Years ago, my wife and I went to downtown Orlando, looking at the “old” buildings, etc. My wife wanted to learn something about the history of Orlando. She asked an “elderly” man at a bookstore (I put eledrly in quotes because he was probably younger than I am now, but then, he was old.) she asked if there was a book about the history of Orlando. He said, “No, but I can probably tell you anything you want to know.”
Turns out, there was nothing in Orlando before 1972.
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One more, Sawgunner. As Chas said the food is expensive. Eat a big breakfast and sneak in a few snacks.
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As for the water. I would freeze a bottle the night before and keep it in my backpack. The water stayed cold as it melted and kept my back cool to boot. I’m done. I think.
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I own an army issued “camel bak” which is a big water bag with a sip tube running up over your shoulder to your mouth. And I recently bought one ea for the 6 and 8 yr old girls. Baby Bonnie still has inexhaustible supply of Mama’s “nay nay” as it was called by older girls.
We will stay at the military “Shades of Green” resort with MIL, SIL and her husband. So we have volunteer baby-sitters! And I hope to check further into Tourguidemike dot com for when the best time for X Y or Z is.
One place I’d enjoy seeing is the Orlando home of Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac.
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There are “Official” and “Unofficial guiees to Disney World”. You might save some money with the “Unofficial” guide.
Pace yourself, even at your age, you can get exhausted early. Take a leisurly lunch. My granddaughters enjoyed lunch at the aquarium at Epcot. At 6 & 8, the girls will mostly want rides. If it’s rides you’re after, you can get them for less at King’s Dominion, Busch Gardens, Carrowins, Six Flags, etc.
But the Disney experience is worth it for the kids.
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OldHickory68,
I took the quote to refer to our being accountable to God, and that if there were no God, and thus no one to be accountable to, our lives would not “count” – they would have no real meaning.
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Get to the park as early as possible, use fast track, and hit the “big” rides first. Find out what your girls want to do/see most of all, get a map and organize your visit like a military campaign. It will feel insane, but that’s the only way you can get it “all” in.
Keep in mind one of my kid’s favorite ride was the monorail in . . .
If you’ll be there over several days (shudder), take a nap every afternoon–all of you. Indeed, if it’s affordable (I know parking is a bear and you may not be able to go in and out and just getting in is a nightmare, so maybe that won’t work. But a nap and a swim helped rejuvenate some of us), go in the morning for a couple hours and come back around 5 for the evening. The kids will get a kick out of being in a park at night and you won’t be dead exhausted.
We were there for one day in July five years ago, veteran Disney visitors (in LA). As I stood in line for Thunder Mountain in the incredible humility and heat, I found myself wondering what would happen if I suddenly fainted? Would I go to the front of the line or would I lose my place?
I couldn’t bear the thought of having wasted so much of my life standing in a line if I wasn’t going to get on the ride, so I held it together.
Afterwards we rushed into a dark restaurant and drank lots and lots of lemonade. If I never go back to Disneyworld, I’ll be happy.
We liked the Kennedy Space Center better.
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In other news:
From a blog post by former Today’s Christian Women editor Jane Johnson Struck:
“To those who feel invisible in their toil for the Kingdom—and to those who feel their existence is invisible—I say, no part of the Body is more important than another (1 Corinthians 12:21-26 ). Those who change bed pans—and those who have to use them—are as valuable to God as those whose marketable gifts provide them platform visibility. I sense the time spent with Alice, who’s in rehab for almost two months, or Gerry, who’s recovering from his accident, has as much Kingdom significance—perhaps even more—in their lives and mine as whatever I may have accomplished in a higher-visibility ministry role.
No matter how invisible we feel in this world, we are never invisible to God. God sees, God knows, and God extends both judgment and grace according to his good will. Jesus tells us, “’I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me’” (Matthew 25:40).”
The entire post: http://tinyurl.com/kvv9om
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Tried to catch a parade, at night if you can, and see the fireworks one night.
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Sawgunner 1,
What were you thinking, brother?
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I’m hot and exhausted just reading y’all’s advice for Sawgunner at Disneyworld! Glad I’m not going.
Got word yesterday that the 47-year-old daughter of a retired/former colleague unexpectedly died Thursday night. If you could, remember them in your prayers. The deceased woman’s son is 21. I didn’t know them well, I believe my former colleague is a believer but not sure about her daughter and the rest of the family.
This week seemed to fly by for me, but today will be a long one. So I’m grabbing the dogs to get out for a romp before heading in to work.
God is so good, I have blessings I can’t even begin to count!
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Chas
Here’s a link I show to my grade 7 health class
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.ca/flat2.asp?id=7134
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The Senate has added the Hate Crimes rider to the Defense bill. Now here come the thought police.
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Attention, Chas! I tipped my hat to you. Thanks!
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While Sawgunner heads south, our Michigan summer is nicely cool (tho’ cloudy today). Lawn doesn’t burn, but it doesn need to get cut. Win some, lose some.
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Harris #23.. I think I could live as a Yooper in Ted Nugent land. Still gotta wonder why there are more Uhaul rentals leaving Michigan than are arriving ea day. Granholm working out okay for you?
Did anyone read the Townhall column quoting Justice Ginzburg? She told the interviewer “ProLifers are fighting a hopeless cause..” can a sitting judge make such a biased statemt? Does that render Justice G a NON-IMPARTIAL jurist??!
I think Justice RBG is a good example of why we in fact DO NOT need lifetime tenure Fed judges. But what say you??
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Sawgunner – Keep in mind that the point of your vacation is to enjoy your family spending time together. If Disney World becomes too uncomfortable or stressful for anyone, it’s better to hang out in your room/s or go somewhere else than to “tough it out” just because it’s Disney World & supposed to be so great.
BTW, I have no desire to go to anyplace like that! Heat, humidity, scary rides, & a baby?! No thank you.
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If I could go anywhere right now, I would definitely head for cooler climate.
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OK, OK, by now Sawgunner has to be wondering what he was thinking, at least if he has never been before. It’s about the kids. Growing up in AZ, it’s Disneyland we went to, but we went at least three times, and those were highlights of my childhood. One time we were there on my seventh birthday; for some reason Mom felt it necessary to tell me we weren’t going there because it was my birthday, but it still felt like an awesome birthday treat. “It’s a Small World” and some of the other rides were wonderful. My little brother was scared on “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” (Mom regularly recalled his yelling “we’re gonna crash!” several times during that ride.) By the end of the day we were exhausted, but then the parade and fireworks were simply magical.
When I was an adult, my mom and I went to visit my California brother, and he and his wife told us that if we wanted, we could borrow their car and go to Disneyland one day. We talked about it seriously, but decided it wasn’t worth the money. If it had cost half as much, we probably would have gone, because we did consider it.
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One funny thing that happen to us at Disney World was, we had just eaten at McDonald. I took the kid to the restroom leaving Hubby and the stroller with the Happy Meal box on the seat. As I was returning I heard a Security Guard ask Hubby. “Do you think the wife will be mad when she finds out you traded the baby for a Happy Meal?”
But things can get tense. We overheard one stressed out mom tell her family “The next time I mention vacation, just shoot me.” I’m not sure if it was the same mom we heard threaten to jab a plastic fork in her son’s eye for apparently ordering an overpriced pizza then deciding he wanted something else.
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I went to Disneyland as a child, probably forty years ago. Not fond memories. I have much better memories of backpacking with my dad or sailing at camp or canoeing with my mom. Disneyland: stand in loud long lines for a few seconds of fun. Some people like it, I don’t. Better them than me.
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A fork in the eye is severe. Arm or leg, sure, but in the eye – that’s just wrong.
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I liked going to Disneyland as a kid & teen, haven’t much cared to go back as an adult, however. But what’s interesting is there are a lot of grownups who are really hooked on it. I know several people who (as adults) have bought year-round passes so they could go anytime, pop in for lunch and a ride on a weekend here and there without having to feel like they had to do the entire day out there.
I don’t quite understand the fascination of going without kids to take, but there you go. I’m sure Sawgunner & family will have a blast and bring home lots of fun memories.
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Speaking of forks…Before her health & memory declined more, my MIL had a few brief aggressive episodes. One of them was jabbing a fellow patient in the arm with her fork for trying to help her with something. Didn’t draw any blood, though.
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Steve Aubrey – Hopefully the mom was just venting her frustration. My mom regularly threatened to break my neck or “rip off your arm & beat you over the head with the bloody end of it!”
Mom did spank, but she wasn’t physically abusive. Just verbally!
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Wow, HRW, that was an interesting video–which I’ve now passed on to my teenage daughter and friends. Amazing.
And I had just a tiniest wish that someone could improve one of my photos like that . . .
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My cousin use to tell her little boy to behave or she would stomp him. One day he was acting up in a restaurant and when she picked him up to take him out he started yelling, “Please mommy don’t stomp me.” If it hadn’t been Alabama he might be in a foster home right now.
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22. I’m glad I have a boy. As my husband put it, “with boys you pay up front”.
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Reading all these threads brought to mind a few thoughts.
We went to Disney 20 years ago with a 3-yo and a 6-yo. When we returned home, my uncle asked the 3-yo what he rode on and he replied, “The stroller.”
For those who live anywhere nearby, Hershey Park (Pa.) is a wonderful place. My family prefers to go there over Disney. It’s not as big and doesn’t have as many shows but it is beautiful and of the same quality as Disney. Regular admission is around $52.
Finally, Cheryl D – now you’ve REALLY done it! I will have “It’s a small world” in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks a lot!
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Mommy lol
it’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all. It’s a small world after all, it’s a small, small world ……
Again: It’s a small world after all ……….
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OK, we might as well do it right, here are the complete lyrics (and, yes, you CAN download it as your cell phone ring tone!).
Everybody now:
it’s a world of laughter, a world or tears
its a world of hopes, its a world of fear
theres so much that we share
that its time we’re aware
its a small world after all
CHORUS:
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small world after all
its a small, small world
There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a small small world
(chorus)
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Donna J, you are just evil.
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When I’m bad, I’m very, very bad.
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Did I mention I live in an almost ideal world? I do not do theme parks. Hubby does. He takes the kids. They get to go. I don’t have to. I take them camping. He has taken kids to Disney land, Disney world, Busch Gardens, Six Flags, Silverwood, Fantasialand, etc. He does not enjoy them soo much, but he is willing to go.
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Karen, I understand some of the frustration. I’m not sure how far to go with teasing kids like that. My wife and I joke when we’re driving, about driving the other person into a tree (we have both been the driver and joked that way). As adults, we understand the humor, that the driver would be just as involved as the passenger.
Threatening to stick a fork in a kid’s eye sounds like a recipe for bad dreams, at the least.
I do try to tell people “If you do that and break your leg, don’t come running back to me!”. Sometimes I keep a straight face.
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Having lived my first 35+ years in So Cal I’ve been to Disneyland many times as child, teen, single adult, newlywed, and parent. Though I mostly dislike crowds, long lines, and inflated prices, something about Disneyland keeps me coming back. I love the place.
I went through It’s A Small World with my grandmother when the ride was new and I was about 10. It was forever after her favorite ride, and remains one of my favorite memories of her. Watching my toddler son go through the ride 30 years later, seeing him completely fascinated and delighted at the lights, colors, music, and movement, is probably my favorite Disneyland moment ever. (Mommy, I hope I haven’t made it worse for you…)
Sawgunner, there’s lots of good advice for you above. My only additional thought is to set the budget for souvenirs in advance, make sure everyone knows the limits, and stick with it. It is so-o-o-o easy to spend more than you meant to.
Have fun!
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Steve – Well, as a little kid, I did sometimes wonder just how serious Mom was about it. I sure didn’t put her to the test!
Mommy – My parents took their grandkids to Hershey Park, & they all loved it. BTW, how is your health? (If I recall correctly, you suffered a serious car accident.)
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KBELLS Eat a big breakfast and sneak in a few snacks.
And if the kids ask for soda pop, tell them that Congress has put these items out of reach with a “tax on simple pleasures.”
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I’ve always hated hearing parents threaten kids with terrible punishments, even now that I’m old enough to realize they don’t mean them. My parents had lots of faults but they didn’t do that. When I was in kindergarten, there was a boy named Eugene who kept getting out of his chair no matter how many times Mrs. Brennan told him to stay there. So she started threatening to glue him to his chair.
I had horrible visions of him walking around, bent over, with a chair (those old wooden ones) glued to his backside. Maybe I had nightmares about it. It wasn’t until I was much older – probably in high school when I met the nice mother of one of my classmates and realized it was the same Mrs. Brennan I had feared so many years earlier – that I realized it had been an empty threat all along.
My husband threatens both our sons and our dog that way, and while I long ago realized he didn’t mean it, I still cringe inside every time I hear it.
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Pauline, I too dislike hearing mindless threats against children. I believe in making guide lines, when they aren’t adhered to, the punishment is given just as I had warned. Restricting children from their favorite pass-time works well, and that goes for the older teens – they don’t like sitting in their room for the evening, or doing chores until they go to bed.
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HRW & Mark, Thanks.
Sawgunner: Don’t listen to the naysayers. The kids will enjoy it, and therefore, you will too. You say the kid’s grandparents will be there? If so, let them have them at the park part of the time. That’s part of the fun of being a grandparent, and it helps you too.
One more thing. Kevin mentioned souveniers. It’s possible to get a lot of junk that will only be in the way once you get it home. Take pictures, they will be the souvineiers.
AND Remember Don’t take nothing that’s free!
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Kbells
Thanks for asking. Yes, I was in a serious car accident (hit head-on by a driver going 35-45 mph while I was sitting still). My right arm was broken in two places (one surgery) and the tendon in my wrist was crushed (another surgery). The bigger problem was that my pancreas was injured. As the pancreas specialist told me, they don’t know much about how to treat it so I was on IV nutrition (nothing to eat or drink) for about 5 months while they hoped that it would heal itself. It didn’t, and they tried several things (long story, short) to help it along. In April they ended up doing surgery, which they hadn’t wanted to do because it is risky. They found a bunch of dead tissue that was causing the problem and hadn’t distinguished itself from the build-up of fluid (called a pseudo-cyst) on the C-T scan. So it turned out that the surgery would have been necessary anyhow. After that, I was good as new and it all now feels like a bad dream. Fortunately I live in Baltimore and was able to see a specialist at Hopkins.
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Sorry – that (50) was for Karen O, not kbells.
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To kbells, I meant to ask if you don’t have any heartburn about “sneaking” in snacks? That seems dishonest to me.
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I forgot!
Re: the thanks to HRW and Mark. I see you recognized that I quoted only the source I had. The quote did actually come from Five Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter”.
I haven’t read it either. But I think the point they make is important.
Besides, I think there’s something more important here. That is, the point past physical beauty. Granted, physical attractiveness counts a lot in today’s world. The thing that originally attracted me to Elvera was how she looked. However, it can lead to disappointment also. I think part of the reason Hollywood celebrities, etc. can’t stay married is that they’re over advertised. That is, “This beautiful woman or man with great abs must be a great mate also.” But when they get home, it isn’t as advertised.
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Mommy, I don’t think a couple of cereal bars and a few packets of fruits snacks will bring them down. If we hadn’t done that a couple of days we wouldn’t have been able to afford the big expensive breakfast with Winnie the Pooh, so they came out for the better.
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kbells, I’m not suggesting it would bring them down. I’m suggesting that it’s dishonest and a bad witness to your children and anyone else who observes it. I like you a lot and don’t want to sound harsh, but it bothers me.
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Mommy – I remembered that the accident had affected one of your organs but couldn’t remember which one. So glad you’re feeling better!
Pauline – On my first day of 1st grade, a boy in my class liked school so well that he glued himself to the chair.
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I see on NewsMax that congress has passed the hate bill. I need to start being careful about what I say now.
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Mommy, sneak was the wrong word. The employees saw us with the candy and cereal bars and didn’t say anything. The rule is to keep people from bringing in a picnic basket. I saw other people bring in small coolers.
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CHAS: You can read about the hate-crimes amendment at WORLDmag.com too.
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Thanks for the link Mickey. It seems to me just another way of creating more federal intrusion. They say speech is exempted.
But not for long.
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Thanks for the link Mickey – it’s on NEWSMAX too, however it isn’t on the front page of DRUDGE yet, or WorldNetDaily -
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Victoria, Drudge used to be cutting edge. If you wanted to know something, you went there first. But I’ve noticed that he’s been slow lately. When you’re on top, you can’t rest. Reminds me of a little ditty I learned somewhere:
On the plains of desolation,
Bleach the bones of countless millions,
Who,
At the dawn of victory,
Sat down
To rest.
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RIP, Walter Cronkite
Legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92</a?
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foot in the mouth disease
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1OY9jEPXIQ
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I think I’ll post this on the Rants & Raves thread when it appears, but this’ll do for now.
I got my first car a few days ago: a ‘90 Nissan 240SX. It may not be the most awe-inspiring vehicle out there, but it runs well and it’s in good condition.
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Did I say something wrong or offend everyone, Pauline?
I did preface my comment with the fact I fully admitted there was more to the quote of the day in its context and that I was or could’ve been in error.
Are we not supposed to comment on quote of the day in this forum? I don’t want to buck protocol.
One could also perhaps suggest that if one is not accountable, it’s not that your life doesn’t count, it may, however, demonstrate how little you value accountability and thus perhaps your life.
But we count, good or bad, because we are moral agents created in the image of God and everything we do in the body is going to yield something in eternity.
Accountable or not, I think that means my life counts.
Anyhow, didn’t mean to put anyone off or mean to seem condescending in my commentary. Just wanted to hang out at the water cooler and chat.
Dan
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OldHickory68,
You didn’t say anything wrong or offend anyone as far as I can tell. I guess no one else was interested in talking about the quote. Sometimes it generates discussion, sometimes it doesn’t.
Whirled Views is open to any topic. Sometimes there are about a dozen different conversations going on. Sometimes most people stick to the same one.
Today the popular topic seemed to be Disneyworld. It generated quite a few comments pretty early, and quite likely some people never went back to the top to read all the previous comments, and may not have noticed either yours or mine.
Personally I would have found that conversation more interesting than Disneyworld, but I’ve long ago found out that some of what I think would be the most interesting discussions don’t get anywhere. That’s one reason I have my own blog. It doesn’t generate much discussion either, but I get to write about what interests me, and attempting to do it every day pushes me to learn about and think about more than I might otherwise.
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Thanks Pauline:
It’s just that sort of awkwardness of being new to the discussions and having no one really respond to what you write. You did of course, and thanks. No foul to anyone who didn’t. I just recently nixed my facebook account for the reason that there wasn’t much intellectual grist on which one could chew in there. Here, I like it. No, I don’t have my circle of “friends” but the topics, the articles, the exchanges, I like much better.
And when you originally posted way back in response to what I wrote, I’d pretty much agree with your sentiments there. Trouble is, as I’ve said, from what context was the quote taken? We don’t know so it’s tough to really analyze it too deeply.
I often joke about movie review or book review quotes with one or two words, like “A masterpiece…!” “Fantastic and original…!” And they have the indicators there that there is more. Here is an example of the importance of context.
Take those same quotes above and lets fill in the dots.
“A masterpiece it is not!” or
“Fantastic and original are not what I would call it.”
Yes, they’re quotes, but you get the point! Anyhow. Thanks, Pauline for what you’ve said. Makes me feel a bit better.
Dan
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Chas – 62
You are right about DRUDGE, it used to be ON TOP, but not now -
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Old Hickory: The Whirled View thread is pretty much a mishmash or free-for-all, open to just about anything that would come up around the old “water cooler” as the intro says.
The quotes kick it off (and bonus points to those who can name who said it), but as Pauline said, the conversation usually meanders off from there, depending on the mood I suppose. It’s everyone’s chance to throw in their 2 cents, comment on the news or other topics and happenings that interest them (personal or otherwise).
Our East Coasters usually get to start it all off, being that they’re up first, then we on the West Coast eventually show up, too.
And we West Coasters get to close it out, as you can see, it’s almost 11 p.m. here, I’m guessing of you folks in other time zones are long gone by now!
Seeya all over the weekend.
Rio: Congratulations on the new-to-you car, Nissans are pretty good I think. My last car, a ‘94 VW, had more than 200,000 miles on it when I finally let it go to get something else. Some of these cars can really go for a very long time, not like it used to be when they conked out at about 80,000.
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Central Time Zone checking in.
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Oooh, Cheryl you’re up late too! Fridays are long days for me as I stay late now to help edit copy — going into a weekend, that means stories covering three days of publication. Typically don’t leave until 9 or 10 p.m.
How’s your sister-in-law?
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Unfortunately this is normal for me. I try to get to bed by 1:00, but these days I usually don’t quite make it.
The word on my sis-in-law isn’t actually very good these days, though they keep hoping that somehow she’ll beat this. (I don’t think that’s possible, short of an outright miracle.) Right now she has an infection teey’ve been working on with antibiotics for about two weeks. I saw her on my birthday (6/27), and she didn’t look very good–bent over, pale. Thanks so much for asking. I honestly think that the longer this drags out, the harder it is for the family, and it really is hard to see them continue to hope for a medical cure at this point.
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My heart goes out to you, it’s such a tough thing to go through. My dad died of cancer when I was a teen, I well remember the ups and downs, the periods of optimism followed by our hopes being dashed, the anxiety and stress that came with each doctor’s appointment, surgery & treatment.
And then the heavy sadness that hung over our family when we knew there was nothing more that could be done. Somehow getting through what we knew would be the last Christmas, the last birthdays … and just waiting for the inevitable.
I’ll pray for strength and peace for you all. God has a purpose in every part of this, but how hard it is to endure the pain.
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Hickory, I went back and re-read your comment. It is pretty heavy stuff, and the lighter issues seemed to evoke immediate response. But there are lots of Presbyterians on this site, and they are big on accountability. So, I too am somewhat surprised that more didn’t take up on it.
I noticed Mommy was chiding KBells about taking snacks into the Magic Kingdom. I read KBells comments also, but didn’t think anything about it. It’s a way to beat the monopolistic system with monopolistic prices. As we said, Everything is expensive. Even the water. You can get free water, but the water pressure on the fountain is so low that you have to put your mouth uncomfortably close to the spout. And many people don’t do that.
My wife bought drinks for all the girls and kept the cups to refill.
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