Ambrose2007 Forum Posts (8,881)

RE: Who Believes in

Ah! So that explains the reddish spots on my, uh...well, I need to get back to the weather threads...

RE: relinquish

I rather liked that (affecting British accent). I think you expressed a deep truth there, Class.

RE: It's snowing, I am so excited the ground is covered!

I'm game!

RE: chill

Thanks, JG. I needed that!

RE: Do men

Yeah, you could see it coming. I just barely escaped with part of my bank account intact when I sold my house near Sac.

RE: everyone wish spiceygamble happy birthday.

Yup. Cheers to the beautiful couple!

RE: Do men

That's right, Heart, go ahead and rub it in. I've noticed that it's a lot easier real estate-wise to move out here than it is to return. I probably could barely afford to buy an igloo in CA now (assuming it had any).

RE: chill

I admit, this whole thread has really got me hot under the collar...but right now I kind of needed that.

RE: Do men

Damn, I miss California...

RE: Do men

Exactly! It's as though you read my mind, Heart!

RE: everyone wish spiceygamble happy birthday.

I certainly hope you don't traumatize the poor boy with any of your Norwegian jokes, Oslo, (Happy birthday to him, too, since I'm here.)

RE: everyone wish spiceygamble happy birthday.

No, offense, Alex & Spicey, but isn't there going to be some cake??

RE: everyone wish spiceygamble happy birthday.

Hope you're having a great b-day, Spicey!!

RE: OK...Who's Big Idea Was It

You're right, Dark. It was seriously chilly, today up here -- 28degrees, 20 - 25 mph wind. I wore my winter parka for a walk for the first time this year (see caption)

RE: Do men

I need *a* woman.

RE: OK...Who's Big Idea Was It

Nah, you needed to cool off a bit, what with that heat wave you were having down there, DA (The weather has been gorgeous out here lately, hasn't it?) Can hardly wait till those first snowdrifts to appear in my front lawn...

RE: ~~ Car Insurance Yes or No or ...?~~~

Well, Gentle, there's certainly no guarantee under the present (USA) mandatory system that a person will have auto insurance (there are likely millions of uninsured drivers here), or that it would prove adequate to cover anything approaching those kinds of injuries.

How many fires have been started by careless people with matches, resulting in billions of dollars in losses and considerable loss of life. Surely, we should have mandatory "match insurance"?

I'm being facetious, of course, but the principle's the same. There is literally no human behavior for which a similar rationale for mandatory controls couldn't be advanced. As our societies rush toward regulating virtually every aspect of human existence, are our lives improving? I'm asking people to attempt to step back and see the big picture. Are we happy about having security cameras on every corner and arrogant police acting as though they're above the law (which you, Gentlepaws, mentioned in another thread)? Do you like endless wars and constant depredations on our civil liberties? It's part and parcel of the same phenomenon.

Fair warning: as you embrace the cuddly teddy bear of certain apparently sensible mandatory laws, you may find yourselves embracing a much larger and less humanitarian creature: the rabid grizzly of an Orwellian state.

RE: What's Your Native American Name?

My God, that's an evocative name! (See my town. )

RE: ~~ Car Insurance Yes or No or ...?~~~

And yet we in the States have done without mandatory auto insurance so for decades without society collapsing, or even being worse off than we are now (most people chose to insure their cars anyway)!

The thing is, mandatory auto insurance wasn't considered unthinkable at all for a very long time, but once people become accustomed to the new law, many of them -- especially those who aren't well-versed the history of such things -- begin to consider them self-evident. If there ever is a law making certain human fat percentages or perhaps good manners mandatory, in time many or most individuals will come to consider it unthinkable that we ever lived without such laws. Novels have actually been written speculating on a future that includes such laws. They follow logically from mandatory responsibility laws in general, so that future may in fact come to pass.

RE: ~~ Car Insurance Yes or No or ...?~~~

I think you're asking whether auto insurance should be mandatory or non-mandatory?

If that's the case, non-mandatory. Everyone should have the right to make that decision for themselves.

RE: When beginning what might be a new relationship

Euphoria: "Exactly.. in a relationship communication is vereee important. Being free to speak and be HEARD.. and not feeling like you are talking to the side of someone's head.. or that they are listening with one ear.. or that they don't seem even slightly interested in what YOU have to --"

Yes, yes, that's very interesting, Eupho, whatever you were trying to say, but what I think is important is communication in a relationship, where a woman listens to and dotes on everything I have to say, particularly when I discuss the importance of give and take in conversations, and prefer not to be rudely interrupted when speaking endlessly about that and related subjects...

RE: signs of the zodiac

Really, Dark Angel? A competitive streak? Who would've guessed?

RE: signs of the zodiac

First, thanks for the pearls of wisdom, B. So I'm an amazing kisser, huh? Hmmm...must be all that practice on peaches and watermelons.

Though I'm supposedly a cancer, I think "Scorpio" seems to fit me better (but how could the infallible astrologists be wrong?)...

RE: Do woman avoid men who have kids at home?

I especially liked the "lasso" touch!

RE: SO CAN ANY TEL ME THE DIFF BETWEEN LST AND LOVE AT THE START OF A NEW RELATIONSHIP

RE: Are You Heading in the Right Direction

The problem is, I'm so mesmerized by Spicey's story, that I've forgotten what direction I'm supposed to be going in...?>

RE: Are You Heading in the Right Direction

That kind of blew my away, Spicey. You're something, really something.

RE: how many times do u come, before he comes...

Sorry, wrong thread....

RE: how many times do u come, before he comes...

Usually only once...?

RE: Does the SIZE matter...?

Just one more reason to convert to the metric system!