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online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Hilarious, thanks for the laugh.
by rizlared | Not in Cebu City, Central Visayas Philippines | Apr 30
online today!Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Oh, he certainly walked the walk when he (Trump) was in as president.
by ShawnSuperstar | New Boston/Portsmouth, Ohio USA | Apr 30
online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
by Track16 | Eastern, Newfoundland Canada | Apr 30
online today!RE: Once you go black...
My eldest daughter has an older Prius...She has had very good luck with it...awesome gas mileage..
Nothing more than regular maintenance...
We drove to Jacksonville in her car for my grandson’s wedding...
It was not very comfortable..I felt like I was in a Fred Flintstone car...Yabba Dabba Doo...
online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
My thoughts exactly and well done you for forward thinking, Though well retired and comfortable I too downsized and my adult kids have their own homes ,but as you say it's the younger generation behind them that will have the struggles.
by germanspitz | ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England UK | Apr 30online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
To answer your question...Financially, I am doing a little better. I sold the home that I had lived in for 30 years, and built a smaller home. My utilities are much lower..and, it helps that I do not have a pool to maintain...and my electric bill is cheaper...I also have natural gas which is more efficient...hot water heater, stove, and clothes dryer...
I also received a very good raise last year...which also helps...
Where I see the highest increase in cost..groceries, filling up my tank, and car insurance...
I am very lucky..I have no mortgage..so my living expenses are low...
Many of my single friends and co-workers are living paycheck to paycheck...
One man can not change the economy...In my opinion...it is the constant rise in spending in all the mega budgets...
Both sides spend way too much...the deficit is the biggest reason for the higher prices.
My children and grandchildren will be paying for the overspending...
I worry that my grandchildren will never be able to buy a home.
online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Whatever happens in the up coming election I just hope it's good for All Americans not just the chosen few, Neither of these candidates are actually fit to run the highest position in Government and it's time an age limit was set . Trump can talk the talk but will he be able to walk the walk?
Having reached an age [ in my 85th.year ] I am totally aware of what age does to you mentally and physically.
online today!Useless trivia
The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.
Known for a number of scenic photo spots that offer a near-perfect shot of Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji, the town on Tuesday began constructing a large black screen on a stretch of a sidewalk to block the view of the mountain. The reason: misbehaving foreign tourists.
online today!Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
It honestly depends on the person, regardless of their age. Some run circles and outshines younger ones. Trump proves that, and even though he going to turn 78, he can out perform most people of any age. That showed in his first term. Biden, the man has no clue to most things going on in my opinion. He's a hot mess!
by ShawnSuperstar | New Boston/Portsmouth, Ohio USA | Apr 30
RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
it's true. over all no one is doing better.
at best, been able to tighten their belts. and manage to squeak slightly ahead.
401 and any other investments are extremely volatile. any loss is still a loss no matter what gains people might luck out with. it's the same with money spent.
costs of living up in ALL aspects. it's not the changing times any where near as much as it is bad policies.
trump 2024. we need those policies back. and if people have truly learned any thing from 2009 to present, keep the demonrats out to minimal at best.
russia, china, terrorism, and illegal immigrants, seem to be the only ones that do better. no funds for the nation, border security, and citizens, but seem to have plenty for every one else.
global and home front chaos affects us all. no peace for long to none with demonrats. with the rest of us divided, they keep winning for themselves.
online today!RE: Hopeless
why is it you are staying stuck ? what is actually keeping you there ? once you take away the feeling of love, what do you actually have?
by marlindap | Clearwater, British Columbia Canada | Apr 30
online today!RE: Hopeless
Just going to say it. You clearly, seem to know what you should do! Just do it! If you stay. You will remain his doormat. Worse yet he will never evolve, or grow as a person. So you're not doing him a favor by staying!
by Daniel2024 | East Palatka, Florida USA | Apr 30online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
I was actually talking about Trump with regards to one man making a difference. I guess there are plenty in America who could if given the opportunity.
Frankly I find it quite ludicrous that anyone would want someone in their late seventies to run a country the size of America especially after all the latest unintelligible rants he has made of late .
online today!What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
If you do not know today the great joy of salvation, perhaps it is because you have never personally responded to Jesus Christ. Why not do so right now? Then you will know what’s so great about salvation!
by bcjenny | somewhere in B.C., British Columbia Canada | Apr 30online today!What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
. We should joyfully endure present suffering in light of future glory.
This point stems from the context of our text. Peter is arguing that our salvation is so great that whatever we must endure for Christ’s sake now is nothing compared with the glory that awaits us. Just as Jesus first wore the crown of thorns and then the crown of glory, so with us who follow Him. We may suffer now, but we already have tasted of this great salvation that the prophets foretold and into which the angels long to look. We can’t even fathom all the riches which God has in store for those who love Him. So when you suffer for Jesus’ sake, hang in there with joy, knowing that glory lies ahead!
Conclusion;
When you study your Bible, one secret is to look for words that are repeated for emphasis. Sometimes these words are not significant in themselves, but their repetition makes them significant. In our text, there is a word that occurs once in 1:10 and three times in 1:12 that drives home Peter’s message: the word “you.” He writes of “the grace that would come to you“ (1:10); “they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven” (1:12). The point is simple: Even though the message of God’s salvation is the greatest message in human history, it does you no good unless you personally lay hold of it by faith.
I began this message by asking, “What consistently gives you the most joy in life?” The Reformed Heidelberg Catechism of 1563 begins with a similar question: What is your only comfort in life and death? It’s a personal question with both temporal and eternal implications. If your honest answer is anything other than, “Jesus Christ and the salvation He has given to me by faith,” you need to do some serious soul-searching. You may be a church member or even involved in Christian ministry, but if you’ve never responded personally to the great salvation God provided in Jesus Christ, you are lost. I fear that as in Jesus’ day, so today it is often the most outwardly religious who have the most difficulty responding to the salvation Christ provides because it requires admitting that we are not good people; we’re undeserving sinners.
Years ago, Bishop John Taylor Smith, a former chaplain general of the British army, was preaching in a large cathedral on the text, “You must be born again.” He said, “My dear people, do not substitute anything for the new birth. You may be a member of a church, ... but church membership is not new birth, and our text says, ‘You must be born again.’ The rector was sitting on his left. He continued, “You may be a clergyman like my friend the rector here and not be born again, and you must be born again.” On his right sat the archdeacon. Pointing at him, he continued, “You might even be an archdeacon like my friend here and still not be born again, but you must be born again. You might even be a bishop like myself and not be born again, but you must be born again.”
He finished his message and went his way. But several days later he received a letter from the archdeacon which read, in part, “My dear Bishop: You have found me out. I have been a clergyman for over 30 years, but I have never known anything of the joy that Christians speak of. I could never understand it. But when you pointed at me and said that a person could be an archdeacon and not be born again, I understood what the trouble was. Would you please come and talk with me?” Of course, Bishop Smith did talk with him and the archdeacon responded to Christ’s call to salvation (H. A. Ironside, Illustrations of Biblical Truth [Moody Press], pp. 49-50).
online today!Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
I say that is because that was a very ignorant statement you made about how one man can't make a difference.
I have seen two great men in my lifetime make such a huge difference with the change my country wanted and needed fir the better.
I have also seen three other president's run my country into the ground while on office. I have lived through it here and witnessed it.
online today!Once you go black...
Quiet Riot often played in South Florida. I went to a few of their concerts.
They would do a 'meet & greet' after each show to take photos, sell shirts/CD's and things. The drummer Frankie is in one of my profile photos.
online now!RE: Palistine versus Jews.
If he could only boast of having had an Uncle eaten by Cannibals!
by Conrad73 | Zurich, Switzerland | Apr 30online today!RE: So over getting older
by germanspitz | ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England UK | Apr 30online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Whomever gets elected as President affects us all not just U.S. citizens.After all you mentioned Trump in your opening post.
by germanspitz | ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England UK | Apr 30online today!RE: Once you go black...
i love that band , i remember listening to that song when i was young i had the cassette.
by marlindap | Clearwater, British Columbia Canada | Apr 30online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Why do you presume that
I've been around a hell of a lot longer than you and watched them come and go but none so controversial as Trump.
I was a child when Truman ,after 2 weeks in the White House and much pressure,ordered the atomic bomb attack on Japan. What was Oppenheimer's response "I have blood on my hands"
Look back at your past and you will see so much corruption within the White House.Do you honestly believe that the charges piled up against Trump are all false just to keep him out of the White House
Your choice will never "make America great again" especially the rantings that are taking place at this moment in time .No country for old men as they say and what person would threaten violence once again from his supporters if he loses.
That's a "gun to the head speech" if ever I've heard one.
online today!Once you go black...
Slick Black Cadillac
by chatillion | Boca Raton, Florida USA | Apr 30online today!Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
Ah, but you really have no clue as to how much a difference things can be with what type of president you have here in the U.S.
by ShawnSuperstar | New Boston/Portsmouth, Ohio USA | Apr 30online today!RE: Once you go black...
i just love the idea of painting cars, you should get what you want :)
by marlindap | Clearwater, British Columbia Canada | Apr 30online today!Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
My question was directed for U.S. citizens. I should have been more clearer in my blog.
by ShawnSuperstar | New Boston/Portsmouth, Ohio USA | Apr 30RE: So over getting older
44 today, its all over bar the shouting.
by MysteriousGirl80 | Waterford, Ireland | Apr 30
online today!RE: Things that reallypissme off...
"Okay, I'll try this YOUR WAY and downloaded the app, but it was asking all kinds of bullshit questions like alternate phone numbers and email addresses. Just get me to the setup page! Well... that didn't happen."
All this before you've even bought the stuff? If you do buy, what might you expect from "customer service?"
online today!RE: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
"If more people stopped spending, maybe stores would get the hint."
Yes. Boycott. That's the only thing that would work. Perhaps you remember the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Every 60-ish American should. Anybody who thinks T-Rump would support this may as well punt and buy one of his damned Bibles.
Am. Literature society
https://youtu.be/ATDk4m7IZ1s?si=hiTyzyVk-53Yhin_
Brilliant exposition on everyone's fave bird
. } AMURACA.
mcbob. } . deadly segue to Amerika.
online today!Once you go black...
I can beat the EPA estimates for my car, but city only in 'aggressive mode' I'm getting 25 miles per gallon. If I purchase a Prius, that number should go to 55 miles per gallon.
I'll easily lose $5,000 in the trade up and interest rates aren't favorable right now.
I'm guessing a quality paint job to be in the $4,000 range and you have to deal with the 2-tone remaining when you open the door and all the surrounding parts weren't painted down to the rubber gaskets. It's an ugly appearance and my car would actually lose value when I trade it.
Vinyl wrapping the roof would be a consideration... except it's got a tinted sun roof and that's partly where the sun beats down making the interior get hot.
online today!RE: So over getting older
I like your sense of humour.That's what keeps me going.
by germanspitz | ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England UK | Apr 30
online today!RE: So over getting older
Really...if it weren't for all my medical and allied health appointments, I wouldn't have a social life. The nurses are always so kind to this feeble old fart.
by oldaussiebloke | Corinella, Victoria Australia | Apr 30
online today!RE: Palistine versus Jews.
Trump's not giving a damn about the establishment is the modern equivalent of the snake oil salesman.
by snowlynx | galway, Galway Ireland | Apr 30online today!RE: Palistine versus Jews.
So why is your pal peddling the Bible.
All I see in the U.S. is gerontocracy.