trish123 Forum Posts (13,724)

RE: I am sure glad we gots _______!

hey, i love £1 shops too - i find amazing things in there

my contribution here has to be 'Google'

RE: How does this help to connect people

yep, there are worse ways of spending your time - and i am going to a wedding next month of two people who met in a similar forum

RE: If you see a penny on the ground...do you pick it up?

i know a version of this with a different ending;

find a penny, pick it up
all that day you'll have good luck
give that penny to a friend
and your luck will never end

RE: Has anyone read....

Hi, im about to read it - not had time to start yet but is sitting on the shelf waiting for me

RE: My Dilemma

some people are such scumbags - i hate it when they blame your sense of humour for their own shortcomings and whats the other one? oh yes, another fave is "you are hearing things, i didnt say that" or, "everybody else i know thinks its ok whats wrong with you"
Take none of it and just tell him he is a waste of your precious time and that you are worth so much more.
I say dont just smile in the face of adversity - go fr an all out belly laugh and dont think twice - it mustve been some good hunch that made you keep quiet about yr feelings for him for two years cos it kept you safe from what he is giving out now.

RE: My Dilemma

whoah - catch the first train out of there, dont look back and forget about friendship too - sounds like a helluva crankpot to me and having any more to do with him would only be more trouble

RE: First dates where you`ve thought...."uh oh!!"

yep - I met a blind date once, followed the safety thing and met in a public place, my local supermarket for coffee - I know, not very imaginitive but I live in a small town with not much other choice - anyway he arrived and asked if I fancied a picnic so I said maybe but lets have coffee first - he decided to get some things for the picnic first so I followed along into the supermarket and he put his hand out for me to hold - alarm bells started and I said "sorry, but I hardly know you and all my neighbours, friends etc use this place and I really dont want to hold your hand just yet" - he started asking me if i was ashamed to be seen with him etc so I explained my position again and instead of understanding he got more irate - I just said "sorry hun to have wasted your time but i dont think we have anything at all in common and theres no way on earth this will ever work" and got the hell outa there quick
It was a bit scarry but taught me a good lesson - dont be in too much of a hurry to meet up with people - he sounded great talking on line

RE: Do women know how to cook any more?

Yes, i do agree, its very comforting to have all those homely smells around

RE: Do women know how to cook any more?

I actually love cooking and have passed this on to my own children - anything specific about tips n hints just ask away - if i dont know i will always hazard a guess cos thats half the fun.
I made a great roast ham for christmas eve - cooked it first then let it cool abit, covered it with hoisin sauce then back in a slow oven for an hour - just an experiment but definately one of my better ones - it was pretty delicious

RE: My Dilemma

I say a flat out question 'whats yr game hon' ????? and yeah, meet him sometime but dont let him anywhere near your door till you have got all this sorted - at the end of the day, you are taking the flack for him posting his undying love on the site you met - ok so he posted it but, does he know what he is talking about - love is about so much more than showing the world he is posessive with 'ego issues'. Take care with this one and listen to yr gut instincts

RE: Do women know how to cook any more?

Oh I so agree - i HATE ironing - if it isnt gonna come straightish in the tumble dryer I rarely buy it

RE: Do women know how to cook any more?

p.s.

I can also now mend a broken washing machine, am an experienced hand at putting up shelves, am competent with wiring and have all my own power tools and just this week bought my very first workbench

RE: Do women know how to cook any more?

Yep, I love cooking - even made my daughters wedding cake. It saddens me that it isnt taught in schools similar to the way it used to be cos that is how I learnt, well that and a bit like Rillyniceguy as in having stuff ready for when the family came home.

Having said that though,they taught us girls cooking in school as if it was the be all and end all of our existence, like our futures depended on it and at the same time, the boys were taught wood or metal work - no cooking for them!!!!!! So...... by the time my son was 12 or so, I had taught him to bake an apple pie and he could produce a mean spaghetti bolognaise too - he did all the usual boy stuff with his freinds as well who thought it was great to have a mate who could come up with nosh like that.

I had many a night off cooking duties cos one of the children had done it instead. We saw it as a fun thing, and then sitting at the table together too instead of round the television with food on trays - that was saved as something of a treat

RE: Anyone know of a free program to convert AVI files to WMV?

Hi, I dont know if you got it sorted or not yet but i find this programme does most conversions and whats better - its free



Happy converting

RE: Can you play a musical instrument?

I have a couple of guitars but havent picked either up in ages - do get the odd tune or two occasionally though

RE: hello everyone

Hi, yes they are good arent they - dive in and have your say

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

yes, me too - i hope i did show respect for his opinions even though it was hard going at times - i think he is very deserving of his name

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

yeah me too - is a pretty good reading methinks

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

thank you - i have written that down and will look in the morning because right nw i am so done in theres a danger of waking up in the morning with my head on the computer desk!!!
So will say goodnight now and thank you.

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

i quite like this - i did the iching

Sunday, May 13th, 2007 7:00pm PDT

Your Present Hexagram

Throughout various cultures and political systems of the world, the well has served as a universal symbol for that which sustains life and provides a constant, inexhaustible source of nourishment for mankind. For the life-force, in other words.

Like the well, human nature is the same around the world. The passage of time cannot add to its essential dimensions, nor take anything away. Still, just as a well can be deepened to produce clearer, cleaner water, so can we enrich our lives by delving deeply into our essential natures.

Beware of shallow thinking; like a little learning, it can be dangerous. The image of the well suggests that with depth comes clarity. Be patient, and penetrate both problems and your own nature to the core. If you do not lower your bucket to the depths, you're very likely to come up empty. When greater depth is desired, a lessening of speed is often required.

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

just going to go and do the i-ching

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

yes, i read some stuff years back, The Selfish Gene namely and bought this one recently as i am thinking of doing my dissertation around this area of things.
I also love the concept of 'memes' which will be getting a mention too
i can just see him giving a bunch of students a hardtime too

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

chuckles - maybe we should start a new bible

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

but i am happy the way i am - would you have me disown the very things which brought me this happiness because it sure wasnt from the bible - that stuff i only found increasingly contradictory.

In an earlier post you suggested i read more - well, i dont know what to say - do you mean read more of the bible? i hope not and as for anything else well, sorry but i do have a couple of tee shirts from that department too - im just about to begin Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion - something about mankind needing to pin his fears on something i believe - will tell you more in a couple of weeks.

Oh i really feel for you because in truth you actually are a rillyniceguy and i wish just as much as you wish to help me, that i could turn you to my way of thinking - with love. Trish

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

with all due respect - i do not seek faith for i already have it and am wholeheartedly commited to a path of non organised religion and simple goodness to my fellow beings - common sense - and my concept of god is equal, even surpassing the traditional - i say it once more - if we could all treat each other with some of the reverence and respect which is reserved for some imaginary deity then the world would be a better place all round - thou art god, be it well

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

they are very much helping me too and i thank each of you for being here

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

i understand these things and i thank you for your efforts and concern and as a person Jesus has to go down in history as one of the best but he isnt the 'only' and i simply cannot understand why you see my release from the bounds of christianity as some kind of loss to me because i dont see it that way, if anything, i see theses experiences which i relate as the opening of my doors to freedom of my intellect

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

it actually took years to put all this together Quiescent, i started going to 8'o clock mass before school every day in my quest to be a good girl - this is something i have seen much older people do when they have a troubled mind - i mustve seemed a very strange kid to some - but that body n blood stuff really bothered me- i used to get the stuff in my mouth and experience something between exhillaration and terror

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

oh but i was so much older then, im younger than that now

RE: Religion vs. Common Sense

whenever i have covered these subjects with people the actual words dont matter that much, the passages quoted or the answers sought - it always comes down to - "if you dont believe then i cant convince you" and this holds true for both sides - i think i said something earlier about history being our witness and still hold to that opinion.
The school of apologetics was developed and missionaries scattered globally (and still they go i believe) to answer the queries of doubting thomases (or trishas) and if i had asked the same question of my priest or any of the nuns, do you think their replies would have held any better/more valid information - i doubt it because as i see it the whole premise was askew