I remember some true story of some shipwrecked souls cast away in a lifeboat for weeks.............. I think they were Japanese, but whoever they were they had some common sense - they drew lots and only cut off a limb at a time for communal dining so that the meat wouldn't go 'off' so fast.......... that way more survived instead of just one or two with all limbs intact - nice human story of survival combining the will for both individual and communal survival.
My gut reaction is I wouldn't want to eat a fellow human being, but not sure I'd volunteer to be served up on a plate either!
Ok....... maybe he should just have his goolies removed - is that better?
According to a guy I know, who is a qualified minister, God (the Christian God) is unchanging - and the 'eye for an eye' God of the Old Testament is the same as the God in the New Testament........... just the penalty for our sins is paid for by a.n.other (Jesus).
In Iran they probably don't acknowledge Jesus in quite the same way - so different rules apply.
It's a misconception that the Christian God isn't the same God who instructed some dude to sacrifice his own son.......... and later a woman in another story when God demanded as sacrifice the first thing that came through the door if He helped this tribe beat another tribe in battle.......... and the first thing that came through the door was this dude's daughter!
If God is unchanging then he seems quite ok with the concept of 'an eye for an eye' - He is a jealous God who had condemned us all to Hell if we do not acknowledge Him as our God and Jesus our Saviour (however good we may try to be in this life)............ God is not a forgiving God at all.
I had two photos presented to me of me speeding while serving in Berlin............ I got off without any punishment (West Berlin was under military law) and the Sgt Major threw the pics in the bin - I asked to keep them as souvenirs!
It wasn't excessive speeding - there was just this set of lights you had to really accelerate through to hit the next set before they went red - and then you could amble all the way into the city centre with green lights all the way.... however once I left the Army I got caught going down the corridor between West germany and West Berlin by 'The Filth' as they were known (or Voppos) - the Volkspolitzei of East Germany. I was doing doing 82 kph on the autobahn in a short stretch restricted to 80 kph.... rumour had it that they could not go off duty until they had collected a certain figure in hard currency fines............. my fine was 30 DM - made me cry all the way home!
I watched my father getting weaker and weaker for two years as he fought to stay independent.......... he didn't smoke, but would have been very pleased if I'd quit smoking before he died.... he kept saying that all it took was willpower - but I read in a quit smoking book that it can take a lot of willpower to stay smoking!
I imagine 'bed cricket' would need an umpire and I'd only be able to bowl a few overs before somebody said I had to bat for Queen and country and score a 100 or have to go back to wherever they go back to and hang my head in shame!
I had to play cricket at boarding school; you scored a 'six' if the ball went into the lake - once I'd hit the ball into the lake I lost interest...... and when I bowled -
Same here - and if you book and check-in online and don't take a suitcase and pay by Visa electron card and don't have anything to eat or drink and don't bother with insurance because 'wtf if you lose £10 on a return flight so bloody what?' then the flight costs a lot less than just getting to and fro the bloody airport!
I've been able to travel a few times when they've not added on the airport charges and that has been a REAL bargain!
Only ONCE have I ever travelled 'VIP' (not in my own right but as the son of my father) and I'll probably never travel 'VIP' again............... travel used to be fun, but now I just try and sleep through as much of it as possible and just look forward to what's waiting for me at my destination!
The Kansan - I'm not an American but I am impressed that somebody had such a beneficial influence on you via the medium of the radio.
Many of us in the UK listened weekly to 'Letter from America' for many years that was written by an Englishman who I believe eventually took US citizenship........ Alistair Cooke (though that wasn't his real first name) - his lucid commentaries about how American people felt gave many non-Americans an insight into what made/makes your nation great and the fears and hopes and aspirations of your people.
Heck, as a kid I even remember listening to Alistair Cooke on the BBC world service while living in the Congo..... his measured tones painted a wonderful picture - and whatever his own personal political views were he did his best to give an impartial view of all the undercurrents running through American society.
I loved the story too, but we men aren't supposed to get all soppy and reach for a hanky to wipe the tears from our eyes.
It's all godd stuff though - I like a quote that says suffering is meaningless unless you learn from it and then it can be a great joy.
I'd not wish anybody to suffer, but if you can come through suffering stronger and with faith in the present and hope for the future it can turn a boy into a man and a pretty little girl into a real woman!
Hey it's cheap - not exactly 'cheap and cheerful', but cheap!'
I was in a queue at Stansted or Luton or wherever and somebody got a 5% discount on their burger because they worked for Ryan Air............... I was so jealous as I could barely afford a pigging coffee!
I loved the utube Ryanair spoof video where you had to pay for a seat belt.................. mind you, the oxygen masks came down free if the cabin lost pressure but then you had to pay £17.95 for the oxygen and have the right money on you too!
I don't really know why, but I drink gallons of coffee each day - I make tea all day for my mother, but hardly ever drink it at home...... yet sometimes have a cup of tea when out!
I think that maybe tea is more refreshing; coffee is just another drug I'm addicted to.
Waking up = I need a coffee and a cigarette!
I think that if I wanted to quit smoking, I'd have to give up coffee too!
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If there were no cows, pigs etc.......
I remember some true story of some shipwrecked souls cast away in a lifeboat for weeks.............. I think they were Japanese, but whoever they were they had some common sense - they drew lots and only cut off a limb at a time for communal dining so that the meat wouldn't go 'off' so fast.......... that way more survived instead of just one or two with all limbs intact - nice human story of survival combining the will for both individual and communal survival.My gut reaction is I wouldn't want to eat a fellow human being, but not sure I'd volunteer to be served up on a plate either!