Godsgift Forum Posts (10,040)

RE: Yes computers will change human life as we know it

The boffins in MIT, Oxford and Cambridge or on overtime as we speak till December 20 to make the deadline the Mayans set for us.

RE: Ebay

I use ebay a lot Ali. The only problem I have ever had has been buying second hand things. I bought a second hand SONY stereo for my Ford Mondeo which worked for all of a week. It would have ended up costing me more in postage to return it than it was worth. I had similar experiences with three model railway engines.

However, anything I've bought and we're talking at least 100 items new has been ok.... with the exception of a couple of spurious suspension mount bearings for the same Mondeo. They were made of toffee I think and lasted less than 3 months before we had to drop the suspension again.

Oh and Paypal all the way as has been said. They can't take out what you haven't approved.

RE: Drinking and Driving

I'm taking this as funny in the spirit I hope in which it is meant.

But this is a serious topic as has been said. The purpose of not drinking and driving is not to be ok with the cops or compliant with the law. The purpose is to save lives. Regardless of our own safety, drink driving kills innocent people who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.


OK.....rant over.

RE: Hurricane Sandy, generated by the US Government????

It's precisely because of irresponsible posts like this where good men are defamed and ridiculed that we need internet censorship.

This post is just quackers!

RE: Best substitute for Alcohol???

Not from me. I'm simply stating my experience. There are no rules. No regulations. You only need a desire to stop drinking. You don't even have to stop. But we've all heard and used every excuse in the world for not attending meetings and I take it he didn't arrive with an unusually bad hangover.

RE: Best substitute for Alcohol???

The whole purpose of the program is to find a power by which we can live. For that we need to erode Ego and find humility. I take it he had no problem believing in the power alcohol. Without willingness, basically you won't make it. I'm not even a Christian and I have managed to grasp it. I'd start a war on here if I expressed my views on one Jesus Christ, I can assure you.

RE: Best substitute for Alcohol???

Not at all. They talk about a 'God' of your own understanding. It will work with or without any religion. But I know where you're coming from. Many who use the program confuse it with catholocism. I'm sure that many here in Ireland, see it as an extension of the Catholic Church. It is not however. It's traditions forbid it.

RE: Best substitute for Alcohol???

A 12 step program.

RE: Obama Won..HOOOO Haaaa

This must be a world problem. Labour and Conservative in the UK. FF and FG in Ireland. All preaching the same sermon and peddling the same snake oil. Perhaps we need a world wide revolution.

Healthy Jealousy

You got mail.

Healthy Jealousy

Good It was in 1989 and you just slotted the last piece into the jigsaw.

In fairness to myself though, it was a very small part of a much bigger disfunction. But sometimes these threads are invaluable if you can hold down the ego, suppress the noise and actually listen to what some people like yourself are saying.

Healthy Jealousy

You're not as smart as you like to think. One day you may discover that there's more invested in life than intellect. It's a painful process and you'd want to be well in touch with yourself. There are many men and women walking this earth who are experts at mind games and your judgementalism will leave you wide open.

Healthy Jealousy

Thanks for all the replies. I've had time to think about this. Many years ago I was involved with a girl. I was crazy about her. She used to flirt with other people and initially I thought it was funny. She was full of life. I had no negativity over it.... no and no insecurity jealousy.

Then one day she got angry with me for not getting jealous and that's what she was looking for. I was barely sober and under a year in AA. It was like turning on a light... or turning on a dark if such a thing is possible.

I went on to become very jealous indeed. Infact many sleepless nights till I ended up finishing the relationship which became more and more manipulative. It wasn't till I saw Jac's post earlier that I realised that the negativity had been deliberately planted in me by her and that it wasn't just one of my own defects. For the first time in my life, I finished a relationship. I had never done that before. But every so often that old jealousy thing pops up again and it frightens me. It's one of the reason I stayed single and alone. I had been so easily duped. I can't put myself through that grief and pain again.

RE: Jan's Wildlife Forum - Part 3 (plus other nerdy stuff)

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Healthy Jealousy

I can't think of a subject further removed. Get yer own.

Healthy Jealousy

I must admit, I don't feel to comfortable with it.

Healthy Jealousy

I was talking to a lady friend of mine last night who is married. I said to her that I make a point of not texting her or calling her too often in case her husband gets the wrong idea and it causes her problems at home. Her response surprised me when she said there was nothing wrong in a bit of healthy jealousy in a relationship.


I can't help but feel this attitude is a bit manipulative and a bit dangerous to third person and somehow I no longer trust this lady just as much.

Is there such a thing as healthy jealousy and am I just being a tad unrealistic and over sensitive.

Thoughts please.

RE: Obama Won..HOOOO Haaaa

No.You are a citizen of a democratic nation.

RE: Obama Won..HOOOO Haaaa

So John's a Marxist. He'll be delighted to read this.

RE: The more rational U.S. election thread...

Fox News are still banging on about healthcare. Would someone please tell them what 'lost' means.

RE: The leader of the free world

Please explain!

RE: Jan's Wildlife Forum - Part 3 (plus other nerdy stuff)

Well, I have starlings, house sparrows and finches doing shifts on my feeders with the odd visit from a couple of wood pigeons.

RE: What do you think of a man having more than one wife? Like married!

Except me of course.

RE: What will cause the fall of USA?

RE: What will cause the fall of USA?

Tell me about it. I have a room full of second hand ACME equipment bought on EBAY that doesn't work.

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RE: What will cause the fall of USA?

YUP. Remember how innocent we all thought the Muppet show was. Next thing we knew there was sesame Street and a big yellow bird that looked and sounded like Barry Manilow. Once the kids were hooked, it was only a question of time before they were mainlining on Barney.

RE: What will cause the fall of USA?

I take it you mean China. On that day the world economy will collapse. If China tries to reclaim the debt, the USA goes bust and China doesn't get paid. Bye bye US dollar and world economy. The whole financial trading thing is just one big illusion and the minute we all acknowledge that, we are screwed....all of us.

RE: should shannon airport be closed down ?

Nope. Sea level is the ideal elevation. Shannon has the longest non military runway in Europe and is NEVER closed by fog. It was even designated for the Space Shuttles for emergency. Trouble is the idiots here will continue to vote FF no matter how often they get screwed over. Clare folk are not the smartest I'm afraid. Two miles of track would have connected the airport to Limerick and all other points. Instead we got a reinstated line to Galway that cost a fortune that nobody uses.

I'd give Shannon Airport to Ryanair.

RE: What will cause the fall of USA?

The United States and the American Dream died for me the day they put Barney the purple dinosaur on network tv.

Just think about this. There is unquestionable documentary evidence that the theme song has been used to torture and torment prisoners in the gulf.

Why should it have any different effect on your children. So next time there's a Columbine.... think Barney!

RE: should shannon airport be closed down ?

No. Cork airport should be shut down. The usual political decisions made here. Let's pump millions into an airport that's built on the top of a hill that shut's down at the first hint of fog. I wonder who got the back handers for that one.