RaptorFlight Forum Posts (56)

RE: Were any of you here when we had the prom last year on CS?

No..

RE: What would be your Professional Wrestling name

Me: Raptor

RE: whats the best newspapers and weekly magazines to read ?..and why ?

I read a variety of publications both online and off. It's the best way to get various points of view.

RE: Nailer

TRUST ME IF I HAD SEEN A GUN, I WOULD BE MOVING

Worse than a gun is a knife. If confronted by a knife I knew I'd be cut. I also knew the knife-wielder would get worse and at least marked for easy id.

RE: What or where is your soulmate?

My soul mate is dead. One may be my limit, I don't know. But I won't settle for less. I can do her that much.

RE: Weather where you are?

Weather here? Anywhere from -30 C (-22 F) to 35 C (95 F) depending on time of day and day of year. Right now, 14 C (57 F), cloudy

RE: wanna me friends with me

Read the profile. Your call.

RE: does anybody know who their real freinds are on this site ?...and how do you tell ?

There's a saying that says it well. I forget where I got it but here it is:

A friend is someone who knows knows your faults but likes you anyway.

Stay well.

RE: What type of dance was popular when u were a Teen???

Now how am I supposed to remember that far back?

RE: The term "Down to earth".

Choosing your own direction and not being blown all over by whatever winds blow around.

Directed. Stable.

Paratrooper. (Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

RE: Favorite quote

There is a time for laughing and a time for not laughing and this is not one of them. -from Peter Sellers as Inspector Cluseau in one of the Pink Panther flics


There are three kinds of people. Those who can count and those who can't.


Why is there never time to do it right but always time to do it twice?


Just think.

He'd make you rich if you could buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth.

There are those who think they can and those who think thay cannot. They are both right.

If you art not a complete, well-functioning package, you can not offer one.

RE: Curiosity, What is your favorite show?

Television: Nature documentaries, The Unit.

Movies: Chato's Land, Best Of The Best, Hidalgo, Blue Steel, Over The Hedge, Open Season, Shrek(any)

RE: I have often wondered about this?

During the time I drove a taxi I saved a girl, fourteen, from a bad set-up date scenario. I asked for and received permission to give her some tips to avoid it happening again. They were:

1. You select the place of meeting and make it some place, if at all possible, where you are known. Certainly on your turf and not his.

2. Try to make it open with more than one way out.

3. Bring friends. If he wants to be with you, one public pre-date won't matter.

4. Watch how he reacts. Is he friendly with your friends or sulky and withdrawn indicating foiled plans.

5. If possible, take him to a place, possibly a pet shop, where he can see and comment about small animals. In large measure, the way he reacts to them is the way he will react to you when you are alone together and he thinks you are defenseless.

This is not all, but it is a good start and these things are easy to do and unobtrusive; they shouldn't arouse any suspicions and, even if they do, if he has no ulterior motive he won't mind.

Just be sure that one or more of the friends you bring along is not a big flirt.

As I told my daughters many times, fear paralyzes. Don't be afraid, be careful.

Stay well.

RE: Rename me!!!

I have, thankfully infrequently, done this myself; refer to someone with the wrong name. On the few occasions that I did I was thinking of someone who closely resembled the person to whom I was speaking, either physically, or personality-wise.

The wedding invitation could have simply been the wrong card in the wrong envelope, unless David was called David.

I have been reading the forums and in answer to your question: Diana, Goddess of the Hunt. Intelligent, strong, resourceful, independent. I did some hunting for the meaning of 'Karen'.

Karen. Danish form of KATHERINE. Gender: Feminine. Usage: English

Pronounced: KATH-u-rin, KATH-rin
From the Greek name ???ate???? (Aikaterine). The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘??ate???? (Hekaterine), which came from ‘e?ate??? (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek a???a (aikia) "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". The Romans associated it with Greek ?a?a??? (katharos) "pure" and changed their spelling from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.

The name belonged to a 4th-century saint and martyr from Alexandria who was tortured on the famous Catherine wheel. Another saint by this name was Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic. This name was also borne by two empresses of Russia, including Catherine the Great, and by three of Henry VIII's wives.

Be well.

RE: a person with a disability is dateable,don't you agree

It's called a pecking order, for lack of a better term.

I think I may have a better term: immature. The idea that someone will come to a relationship with no thought of what they can contribute but only what they can get.

I have often thought that having a disability is like having a filter that automatically excludes shallow people; people who would make you rick quickly if you could buy them for what they are worth and sell them for what they think they are worth.

It is difficult to find quality anywhere with so much dross around. Learn to enjoy the voyage and you will not worry nearly as much about the destination.

Be well.

RE: Why does people who have something to say run away after posting it??

Because I say what I want to say and I don't care who likes it or not.

Getting the last word is a matter of timing.

A true adult doesn't shoot from the hip in haphazard fashion, but takes time carefully to consider the response and is careful to ensure that it is not misunderstood.

I have spoken and it is the truth, at least it is my truth. This time and every time. That being the case it will not change.

Dissenters can check the first paragraph.

RE: Not Exactly What You Prayed For....

I don't pray; I gave up on invisible friends and had it confirmed Oct 15, 2006.

The real question should possibly be, "Does the person for whom you so desperately yearn exist?" It's nice to dream, but we have to live in the real world.

I've always believed that you can expect perfection when you achieve it. Good luck.

One definition of a true friend is someone who knows all your faults and likes you anyway. I had that and so did she. I'll have it again or I stay alone.

RE: it's also Be nice to people you don't like day

Sorta like something I read once:

Be nice to your enemies. It screws up their whole day.

RE: It's SOOOOOOOOO HOT!!!!!! * I need a category called whining lol

Believe it or not the best way to handle hot weather is to eat spicy food and drink hot or warm drinks. I have tried it and it works wonders. Even passed the 31C test.

And gallons or liters, whichever, of water.

RE: What do you want to be remembered for?

I'd like to be remembered for a few minutes. At least until the end of the service. Hope it's short. Oh, yeah. And where to put the remains after any usable pieces are removed.

RE: tell me it's not true...

It's not true.

Just curious; was this "girlfriend" a "9-5" type? And is 9-5 her IQ? What a thing to say.

Only things that stop me are 1. you smoke (please stop) and 2. you're far too young for me.

RE: LAdies and GentleMan talks

If you're already in contact with her, which I would believe to be the case if you've set up a date, now this will really surprise everybody, ask.

If you've been communicating - heavy stress on that word - you should each know what kind of thing the other likes to do and where.

Unless I'm missing something...

RE: Favourite, most meaningful Song Lyric

JustAMuse:
All My Life by Foo Fighters

All my life Ive been searching for somethin
Somethin never comes, never leads to nuthin
Nothin satisfies, but Im gettin close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope

All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around, and its takinaway
Leaves me with the feelin that I fear the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost

Calm down, dont you resist
Your such a delicate rist
And if I give it a twist
Somethin to hold when I lose my grip

Will I find something in there,
To give it just what it needs
Another reason to bleed
One by one, hidden up my sleeve

One by one, hidden up my sleeve


Hey, dont let it go to waste
I love it but, I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down

Will I find the believer
Another one who believes
Another one to decieve
Over and over, down on my knees

If I get any closer, i
And if you open up wide
And if you let me inside
On and on, Ive got nuthin to hide

On and on Ive got nuthin to hide


Hey, dont let it go to waste
I love it but, I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down

All my life Ive been searching for somethin
Somethin never comes, never leads to nuthin
Nothin satisfies, but Im gettin close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope

All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around, and its takinaway
Leaves me with the feelin that I feel the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost

Done, done; on to the next one
Done, done, and Im on to the next one
Done, done, and Im on to the next one
Done, done, and Im on to the next one

Done, done, and Im on to the next one

Done, done, and Im on the next one
Done, Im done, and Im on to the next


Done, done; on the next one

Done, Im done; Im on to the next one


Hey, dont let it go to waste
I love it but , I hate that taste
Weight keeping me down


Done, done; on the next one

Done, Im done; Im on to the next

Found at:

Knowing where to hunt is part of knowing how.

RE: following your head -your heart or your emotions

This won't be easy.

Stand clear, stand strong. When your sound judgment echoes you willing heart, you are good to go. Not before.

Fly free but not blind. Be well.

RE: did you hear God has gone and done now!

Paris Hilton is playing us like cheap bongos.

God gave her a new chance? When did the god of anything - unless you're referring to, "Oh, God, let me off!" - sit on a court bench? The invisible friend is not nearly as useful as a sitting judge.

She'd like to make a difference? Right. Like maybe in her sentence? You get a high priced legal team, you say what they tell you to say and you get the plea bargain/sentence reduction. I think the transcripts, and I would just love to have heard the sidebars, would be very interesting.

Act dumb? Was that an act? You can act however you want if you have the lawyers to back your play. However, anyone who equates dumb with cute has serious problems. Perhaps a whole year's worth of the Dr. Phil House.

But attractive? Never. An interesting situation, however.

RE: Wounded Birds

I will tell you a short story. I swear every word is true.

In Feb 1993, as the result of a car collision I died in the hospital where my wife worked. She said that she saw me flatline for about 15 minutes. While dead, I remember floating in the room, intensive care, looking down at a nurse observing my body. Two years later when I described her to the lady who had been head nurse, she immediately named the nurse.

That was for verification. After the floating experience I left and was surrounded by darkness with a light in front of me. A very intense light from which I could not look away and which did not hurt. I came out of the light into a treed, grassy plain. Through all this I had the most exhilarating feeling of peace and belonging. There were people there; some I knew.

Given the choice I would never have returned. For over a year following my recovery I would ask why I had to return.

I envy your son's friend but if I want a good outcome I cannot effect the crossover by my own hand. I was especially tempted to try to follow my wife.

Mourn you should, but do not mourn for the friend. He is so much better off than he was here.