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RE: Love is??

Love is - - - - love! WHY waste time analysing it, understanding it, TRYING to define it, describing it (when it really CAN'T BE defined or described), when what you SHOULD be doing, is LIVING it! Just a thought, folks.

RE: Love is??

WRONG, T! Pistachios!

RE: Can you solve this Einstein riddle?... Who owns the fish?

First off, M, this IS an UNSOLVABLE puzzle! WHY do I say that? Because the ONLY possibility of solving THIS riddle is IF you make an assumption that has NO FOUNDATION in the presented facts! There's NO fish in the stated information! There ARE, however 4 animals listed. Dogs, birds, cats, and a horse. Now, IF YOU ASSUME that the 5th pet IS a fish, then it may be possible to ascertain WHICH of the 5 listed nationalities owns the fish. But, since we have NO INFORMATION about ANY fish, it's ENTIRELY POSSIBLE that the 5th pet is a hippopotamus, and NONE of the 5 owns a fish! And, since there's NOTHING to make me consider that the 5th pet is a fish IS a REASONABLE ASSUMPTION, there doesn't seem (to ME) ANY POINT in working any farther on your riddle. When attempting to discover unknown facts, it GENERALLY a good practice to START with what facts ARE know! From THERE, you CAN make assumptions IF there is some REASONABLE LIKELIHOOD of those assumptions being true. After THAT, it's all trial and error guesswork. Time consuming analysis. But, as there's NOTHING in the given information to indicate that the 5th pet IS, IN FACT, a fish, a REASONABLE assumption, this puzzle seems UNREASONABLE, UNSOLVABLE, and a pointless waste of my time.

IF you'll include a fish IN the information, and ask me to solve this puzzle, I will. But UNTIL there's a fish, looking for what MAY NOT EXIST, seems pointless. And I'm NOT going to waste my time on it. Just saying! You CAN'T FIND what DOESN'T exist!

RE: Which strong English speaking accent is hardest for Americans to understand.

You CAN'T count the Cajuns! You said ENGLISH accents! And the Cajuns DON'T speak "English"! The speak an admixture of French, Spanish, AND English!

RE: Which strong English speaking accent is hardest for Americans to understand.

I find THIS amusing, Mi! I've been around the world, and the ONLY accented English I COULDN'T understand, was spoken to by a back country West Virginian! Which is DOUBLY funny, because "I" was born in Virginia! Sure, some are "thicker" than others. And SOMETIMES I'm unfamiliar with the slang/idiom. But the ONLY English I couldn't make ANY sense out of, was that spoken by my neighbor! HE could (apparently_ understand ME, well enough! But I could make more sense out of Finnish (which, as far as I know, ISN'T related to ANY OTHER language), than I could make out of the noise this West Virginian made!

RE: Love is??

False advertising IS a crime, One! Think about it!

RE: Love is??

Shut up, KP! You're halo's showing!

RE: Arrested

Hi. Sorry to disturb you, but I have a question you might be able to answer for. I know next to nothing about computers, but apparently you do. I'm trying to learn how to backtrace an email address, to0 learn who owns it and where they're located. The reason I'm interested is I'm curious about a couple of people that I'm corresponding with, that I have suspicions of them being scammers. And I'd LIKE to be able to verify if ANY of the information I have about them is correct. I intended to message you privately about this, but couldn't. So I'm doing it here. And such info could be just as useful to others, here, as it would be to me. So, IF you're willing to share any info, it would be appreciated. Thanks!

RE: What is going on in South Africa?

Well, I MAY be pretty dumb, Migi! But I'm bright enough that, IF my object was to advertise and circulate the info, I'd TELL the people, HERE, THAT was ONE of my purposes! You have a captive audience, and a LOT of them ARE pretty good at "spreading the word"! If you just LET THEM KNOW that you WERE trying to "get the word out", you could PROBABLY get a LOT of help, from the people, here! But DID you do that? NO! IF you have an objective, man, it's USUALLY logical to TELL people about it, and ENLIST THE HELP of those that are interested! YOUR "JOB" might get a WHOLE LOT easier, if you had 15 or 20 people HELPING you! But that's alright! I'll be the dumb one! I have NO PROBLEM disseminating things, pal. But I DON'T believe EVERYTHING that ANYBODY tells me! IF it's something of interest - to ME - "I" research it for myself! So you can SAVE your "BS", about watching the video, because I can't read! Such slander DOESN'T become you.

I'm SORRY that your friends felt so insecure about the situation, that they felt they had to leave! That DOESN'T sound good! But, AGAIN, if the South Africans AREN'T speaking up, about any PERCEIVED danger, the "danger" APPEARS a little "suspect", to ME! But I'll look little more deeply, into the situation. And DON'T be concerned about MY reading comprehension! I have a trusty Library 500,000 word dictionary, right here beside my desk, for those few words that I'm NOT sure I know the meaning of. But I DON'T have to resort to it often! But, in SPITE of your Libelous statements (You DO know the difference between "Libel" and "Slander", I HOPE?), I WILL take some time to investigate, for myself. When you start presenting VERIFIABLE "FACTS", instead of SCREAMING "The sky is falling!", like an excited moron, then you MIGHT get responses that PLEASED you! Show ME, YOU'VE done your homework! DON'T give YOUR version of the "TRUTH"! Tell me WHERE I can find the information that's ALARMED YOU, and let ME make up my mind, if it's a legitimate "Cause Celebre", or not! Thanks! And GOOD LUCK!

RE: What is going on in South Africa?

Are you TALKING about me, AGAIN?!

RE: Your ex

I HATE being dumb! What's a "Mojito"? And how do you SAY that? I'm thinking "Mo - heat - to" in my head. But THAT may be because I'm USE to the Spanish "j"s sounding like "h"s.

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

You SHOULD know that, after ALL THESE years, redhead jokes roll off me, FASTER than water! No problem, Dee! "I" was just giving YOU a hard time! (As usual! ) And ACTUALLY, my hair started turning sorta "brownish", in my mid 40's! But what strikes ME as finny, is that #1. I STILL have all of it! (And BELIEVE me, I have a LOT of hair! SUPER thick! #2. NOW people (including my barber) yell me I have dark blond hair! But yeah. Until my mid 40's, my hair was that see it 3 blocks away BRIGHT copper/gold kinda redhead color! A funny story about my red hair, you know how people will ask redheaded children, "Where did you get that red hair?" Well, it happened to me OFTEN enough, that I finally asked my parents. And THEY told me I got it from the milkman. (My dad's hair had been bleached white, by the tropical sun and salt water, by this time. I KNOW he was a redhead, too, but I NEVER saw it! His hair was ALWAYS white, into his 80's!) Anyway, so the next time I was asked (and my parents happened to be standing behind me, at the time) I told the man, "From the milkman!" proudly! And my dad started laughing! But my mom turned darker red than a beet! I think it was THEN, that they started being careful WHAT they told me!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

The question is NOT WHETHER you're the adjudicator, Dee! The question is WOULD YOU BE WILLING to be???????????? Drink up, Girl! It's gonna be a L-O-N-G snowbound, for YOU!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Yeah! You're right, Galrads! History IS history! It got lost in the shuffle! The only problem WITH history, is that NONE of us KNOW history! We just THINK we do! If you believe the junk they feed you, in school, or even what you read and/or see in documentaries (CURRENT history), you're ONLY fooling YOURSELF! Even EYEWITNESSES are UNRELIABLE witnesses! Ask ANY cop, who the WORST witnesses are! And he'll tell you "Eyewitnesses"! You can have 28 eyewitnesses to an event, and what you'll get reported is 28 DIFFERENT, sometimes even CONTRADICTORY, events! So your post that "History IS history" is specious, at best! Just saying!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

"History" is the BEST fiction EVER written!


History

And what is history
If not
That body of tall tales
We tell
To justify our actions
Or celebrate
Our survival

RE: What cuisine is your favorite?

WHY do you pick a topic that there's NOT ENOUGH ROOM to answer, in these little boxes! Everybody's talking Italian, so let me toss in sausage scaloppine.

I'll eat ALL the shrimp you can put on the table - ANY WAY you fix 'em! But I like a good bouillabaisse.

And, if you KNOW where to get it, there's some GREAT Cajun cuisine! Dirty beans & rice can be a meal all by itself. But a good Jambalaya is to kill for! (I AIN'T dying for NOBODY!)

But my ALL TIME FAVORITE food, you CAN'T BUY, in a restaurant! It's my mother's blackberry cobbler, smothered in rich French Vanilla ice cream! Hot, right outta the oven, so that the ice cream runs all over EVERYTHING! Best MESS I've EVER eaten!

I better STOP, BEFORE I get started! Thinking about FOOOOOOOOOOD, is one of the FEW pleasures left, for a dirty ol' man!

RE: Current Thoughts

Quick!Hide the sugar plums! Her mind's DANCING, again!

By the by, M, where DO you find all these crazy Memes?

RE: Current Thoughts

GOOD plan! NOW yer being MY KINDA girl, M!

RE: Your ex

And, since you ADDED this, since I was here, you MIGHT consider taking your OWN advice! HE moved on! Let him KEEP ON moving on!

RE: Your ex

Is THAT a reference to MY long winded post, Heavenly? (I know! There WAS NO ROOM, to "quote" me!) It's only MY thoughts, about dealing with men. And, having been one MOST of my life, I have SOME 'experience" to draw upon! And you should ALWAYS keep THIS in mind, when dealing with men! ESPECIALLY IF there is/are OTHER women involved! The ONE thing men dread MOST, is having to deal with you ladies in MORE than "one" increments! Trust me on THIS! IF there's ANYTHING "funny" going on, when the OTHER woman gets brought into the conversation, men GET nervous! They DON'T wanna go THERE! Because THEN, they have to start justifying and explaining! (I KNOW! You DON'T drink alcohol! So we'll buy YOU a fruit juice! Kiwi, banana, strawberry, with a hint of blackberry, to keep 'em guessing, Heavenly!)

RE: Music.....(No Cheese)

Just a thought/reply to the original song you posted. Sure! Life IS problematic! But I'm NOT despondent about THAT! "things" give SOMETHING to DO, with our time here! And "I" am gonna be DOING my part, to make "things" the way "I" WANT 'EM to be!

RE: Your ex

Have you thought about THIS, Heavenly? Sweetness (SweetFunnyChic) ALMOST said it, but didn't. IF I'm understanding you CORRECTLY, you WERE with this guy, and NOW HE is with someone else, but contacting YOU, with regularity. And you're CONFUSED about WHAT this means/implies. Whether he wants you both? Whether he wants YOU back, and wants to LEAVE her? Whether he likes you, and wants to REMAIN YOUR friend?

Any, or ALL of these ARE possibilities! But, as NONE of US know YOU, and/or HIM, EVERYTHING WE say is just rampant speculation! But I THINK there might be a way for YOU to find out!

Consider this. CONFRONT HIM about it! Ask him, straight out, "What are your intentions? WHY do you keep calling me?" I don't know if you're Muslim or not, but living in Indonesia, you might be. And I'm SURE that (ESPECIALLY IF you're Muslim), you've been conditioned from birth, to be deferential to men. So this MAY BE a little difficult, for you. But BELIEVE ME, if you WANT/HOPE to have a good partnership/relationship WITH this guy, you NEED to be able to talk/communicate with him! (Whether you're talking about only a "friendship" relationship, or SOMETHING MORE "serious".) If you CAN'T communicate with him, and he WON'T communicate with you, then the odds of you having a relationship that WILL make/keep you happy, are GREATLY diminished!

You CAN do this over the phone, when he calls you. But it would be BETTER, in person. WHY? Because, in person, it's EASIER to "read: someone. Is he nervous, fidgety? Is he looking you straight in the eye? All these little "body language" signs, that will help you determine if he's being HONEST with you, in his answer.

There are SEVERAL possible outcomes of your asking him this.

#1. He COULD avoid answering your question. Doing so would imply that HE doesn't know, himself! Or he DOESN'T want to answer you. NEITHER of which are GOOD answers, for you! And SHOULD give you pause to be suspicious of his "reasons/purpose".

#2. He COULD say that he just cares about you, and wants to be your friend. If he says THAT, then tell him you want to check with his PRESENT lady, and see if SHE is "OK", with that! If he agrees with THAT, then it's PROBABLY true! If NOT, then it's PROBABLY NOT true!

#3. He COULD say that he's unhappy in his new relationship, and prefers being with you. If he says THIS, then YOU need to consider what YOU want! Do you want to invest YOUR life, in a man who's NOT DEFINITIVELY, FOREVER committed to you? (Which he's ALREADY PROVEN himself NOT to be!) How 'risk" adverse are you? Remember, there ARE millions of men for you to choose from! HA:F THE WORLD are men! What are YOUR "requirements", for a man, in YOUR life? So YOU need to figure out what YOU want! And IF you decide it's him, tell him, "OK! But let's go get your stuff, NOW!" Or, "I'll go with you and we can help her move her stuff out." His response to EITHER of these responses SHOULD tell you ALL you need to know, about HIS intentions.

#4. He COULD say he wants you BOTH to be with him! In which case, AGAIN, YOU have to decide what YOU want! And IF his being with BOTH of you IS acceptable (to YOU), then tell him the 2 of you need to got talk to her about it! (If the 2 of you ARE going to share a man, then you're going to NEED to be able to talk, between you, about the "problems" this man IS going to cause you! (Trust me! A man IS going to be a "problem", for ANY woman [or women] to have IN their life! He's ALREADY being one, isn't he?)

I COULD list OTHER options, Heavenly! But the BEST weapon YOU have, to determine HIS intent, is the threat of YOU talking to the OTHER woman! Now, I'm NOT SAYING you SHOULD "threaten" him! Simply stating YOUR WISH to SPEAK to this OTHER woman, SHOULD tell you ALL you need to know, about HIS "intentions"! And HIS "respect" of YOUR stated wishes, WILL tell you HOW MUCH "respect" he'll HAVE, for YOU, in any future you may have, together. Just a thought, Heavenly, from a MAN'S perspective.

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Alright! I'll give you THAT one! I laughed about my hat! I guess I'll have to do like ALMOST everyone, and take to changing my picture with regularity!


But HONESTLY, I NEVER "google" ANYTHING, for my posts/answers! It TRULY DOES come off the top of my head! If I DON'T "know", I DON'T post!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Off the top of my head, Pedro, you CAN make bread, with milk! But you CAN'T make milk, with bread! Oh! And I MIGHT mention THIS! Bread is vegetable matter, and milk is animal matter.

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

They MAY have! But they're (potatoes) are an IMPORT to BOTH countries! Potatoes came from the Incas! It's TOUGH to get MANY food sources to grow above 3,000 meters! But potatoes are one that will!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

He MAY have balls, Rainy! That's YET to be proven! But, LIKE a bull, he's big, blustery, and BRAINLESS! and MAY prove dangerous! Let's ALL cross our fingers!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Harbal, I RARELY "google"! Maybe YOU do, but EVERYTHING I SAY, HERE, comes off the TOP of my head(So let's hear what you've got to say about the TOP of my head! Come on! I'm waiting!)

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Interesting observation, KP! NOT being European, I've never heard that, before! Thanks!

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Te MAJOR difference between India and Pakistan, Pedro, is religion. When the British divided the two into separate countries, India was the Hindu/Buddhist country, and Pakistan was the Muslim country. (I might add that the country NOW known as Bangladesh, was ORIGINALLY part of Muslim Pakistan. But SINCE the two parts were divided by India, and their environment and needs were different, and western Pakistanis weren't minding the welfare of the eastern Pakistanis, as well, the easterners revolted and created Muslim Bangladesh!) Does THAT explain ENOUGH, for you, Pedro?

RE: What's the difference between the Irish and the English

Yes, Pedro! There IS a difference! Read my post to Dee!