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RE: Hey guys and gals

For his survey purposes, I think laptop can be lumped in with desktop, since they are both computers, whereas the other devices he mentioned differ from each other (e.g., phone vs Ipad).

Modern Technology

Modern Technology

I was visiting my daughter and son-in-law the other night when I asked
if I could borrow a newspaper.

'This is the 21st century, old man,' he said. 'We don't waste money on
newspapers.
Here, you can borrow my iPod.'

I can tell you, that bloody fly never knew what hit it...

Why We Forget Things

The following write-up explains so much.

"Ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what that purpose was? Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.

Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passing through a doorway triggers what's known as an event boundary in the mind, separating one set of thoughts and memories from the next. Your brain files away the thoughts you had in the previous room and prepares a blank slate for the new locale."

It's not aging, it's the door!

Whew! Thank goodness for this study.

RE: Hi, I love OLDER Women!

Hey, you're in Red Bluff. My last ex went to Red Bluff High School, where my relative was the music teacher for many years.

RE: A question for the ladies

"Next time ask the lady to carry your grocery bags for a change!"

It's easy to see where this is going!

Occasionally, I'll see a woman at the local QFC, and I'll ask her where something is or I'll ask how would they cook whatever I'm holding in my hand at the moment. Hey, we all have our little methods of talking to women. We gotta try something! It's a lot better than the trite old "Do you come to the produce department often?"

RE: A question for the ladies

I never tire of Jill's wisdom.

RE: A question for the ladies

Don't abandon who you are. Never let anyone else define your character. Reputation is who people think you are. Character is who you really are.

If I were a betting man, I would make three bets:

1) Unless you live in a very strange area where the women are all similar, I think this was an isolated incident.

2) She was already frustrated with her toddler, before you even entered the picture.

3) I'm willing to bet that this was a younger women who was raised on feminist principles. There are still some like the woman you encountered in the world. At the height of the women's movement in the 80's, women would get furious if a guy held the door open for them. Thank goodness, that's changed, and most women thank me when I hold a door open for them.

RE: Wanna Skype?

I have Skype, but the login is under my ex's login name because she's the one that put Skype on my computer. I don't know her login name and password, nor do I have a microphone or earphone, let alone a cam. And, the way the cats crawl all over the computer, it would be a miracle if I could keep the equipment working even one day. Walking on the keyboard, shutting off the computer, ordering pizza and other things on the computer, sitting on the keyboard, bringing up weird things on the computer, turning off parts of the anti-virus programs - you name it, the cats have literally done it all. These cats must be rocket scientists!

RE: do you listen to the words in any song or what

I like songs where I can understand the words. One reason I dislike rock so much is because the "music" is do loud I can't hear the words. How the kids are able to pick out the words is beyond me.

RE: how do you judge other members???

You missed the footrubs. The footrub center is currently closed, but could be reopened if Kaybee wants.

RE: how do you judge other members???

It means you like your freedom, Kaybee. Freeing your feet from your shoes indicates your desire for freedom. Long live free-spirit Kaybee!

"Alphabetizing..........I'd hate to see your kitchen"

Apples, beets, carrots, deviled eggs, eggplants, french beans, grated cheese...oh, ya gots to be kidding me!

RE: how do you judge other members???

Noted: Jono likes things wrapped up in nice, neat little packages.

RE: Hey guys and gals

Zebras never change their stripes, and no two zebras are ever alike. By all means, do the survey.

RE: how do you judge other members???

I make a distinction between judgment and perception. We have no right to judge anyone, but we do need to be perceptive. As a general rule, women are much more perceptive than men are. For example, in relationships women are able to sense something wrong long before the end of a relationship. Men will get to a divorce situation and say, "Huh? I thought we were so happy. What do you mean, divorce?

My perceptive skills are enormously accurate, and I rely on them constantly. Whenever I've ignored my intuition, something really bad has happened.

RE: What motivates philanthropists?

Some philanthropists may do giving in a way that gets them recognition, just like the Pharisees in the Bible. However, most philanthopists quietly go about their charity business, with little or no fanfare. If I won the lottery, for example, I would anonymously donate to charity. No one would ever know where the money came from.

The people in my conservative Baptis church are very giving people. Some donate at the local food bank, while others find many additional ways of giving to the local community. We even have Thursday church every week, where we invite disabled people and people of less fortunate means to come in and have a very nice meal, with free transportation provided.

A true story never heard or read in the media

A chaplain, who happened to be assigned to the
Pentagon, told of an incident that happened right
after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon on 9/11. A daycare
facility inside the Pentagon had many children,
including infants who were in heavy cribs. The
daycare supervisor, looking at all the children they
needed to evacuate, was in a panic over what they
could do. There were many children, mostly
toddlers, as well as the infants that would need to
be taken out with the cribs. There was no time to
try to bundle them into carriers and strollers.

Just then a young Marine came running into the
center and asked what they needed. After hearing
what the center director was trying to do, he ran
back out into the hallway and disappeared. The
director thought, "Well, here we are, on our own."

About 2 minutes later, that Marine returned with 40
other Marines in tow. Each of them grabbed a crib
with a child, and the rest started gathering up
toddlers. The director and her staff then helped
them take all the children out of the center and
down toward the park near the Potomac and the
Pentagon.

Once they got about 3/4 of a mile outside the
building, the Marines stopped in the park, and then
did a fabulous thing - they formed a circle with the
cribs, which were quite sturdy and heavy, like the
covered wagons in the Old West. Inside this circle
of cribs, they put the toddlers, to keep them from
wandering off. Outside this circle were the 40
Marines, forming a perimeter around the children and
waiting for instructions. There they remained until
the parents could be notified and come get their
children.

The chaplain then said, "I don't think any of us saw
nor heard of this on any of the news stories of the
day. It was an incredible story of our men there.
There wasn't a dry eye in the room. The thought of
those Marines and what they did and how fast they
reacted; could we expect any less from them? It was
one of the most touching stories from the Pentagon.

It's the Military, not the politicians that ensures
our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. It's the Military who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is
draped by the flag. AMEN TO THAT!

RE: Is singlehood good or bad ?

We have what we call "the Seattle Sound." It's a unique style of music that comes out of Seattle from the many musicians we have here in the Seattle area.

RE: Is singlehood good or bad ?

Aw, we don't get rain all the time up here. In fact we had 2 1/2 months of solid sunshine, clear into October. Here's a song about Seattle. With your intelligence and perseverance, I'm sure you could find a great position up here.

RE: Message in a bottle...

Proving that the CIA has no intelligence whatsoever. I figured out the message instantly, although I certainly would never agree with the sentiment.

RE: Why do you log into this site?

"Why do you log into this site?"

1. Jill, Hoolet, 2intrigued, and other amazing CS women.

2. I don't know of another free site of this caliber.

3. The features, such as blogs/forums, puzzles, email, etc.

RE: What's the best way to measure a person's intelligence?

So, at that point, they are just a bunch of carbon-based material?

RE: engineer umar

The UK has decided to help this young lady, so I think they will treat her in England until she is fully recovered. Let's hope the Taliban will not find her in England.

RE: how hard it is to date hungarian women

Wouldn't know. I've never dated one.

RE: What's the best way to measure a person's intelligence?

You could measure the heart by the Centigrade to Fahrenhite conversion, 9/5+32. and the brain conversion would be F to C, 5/9-32. Ah, the heart is then bigger than the brain.

RE: downs syndrome christian girl was to be stoned

If I lived in Pakistan and was offered a trip out of there, I would be out of there in a heartbeat.

RE: downs syndrome christian girl was to be stoned

I tried to find info on this, but my computer locked up on some stupid news page. Sorry, maybe someone else knows and will respond.

Suggestion for the mods

I've been on plenty of other sites who had a notification system that was much better than the CS system. On those sites, when I would go to a particular blog, the system would start me out at the last post I read, so I didn't have to go through a bunch of pages I'd already read. CS has no such system, so I get discouraged looking at threads that have many pages. I have a terrible memory, and I can't remember how many pages I've read in any given thread. Is it possible to change the system so that only the unread posts show up, with the option to look at the rest of the thread if need be? It would be so much nicer. Also, the other sites notified me when new posts were posted.

RE: Is there someone for everyone?

I believe that there is a special person that's meant for each one of us, but like Jono said, there are many missed opportunities.

RE: The Descent

I used to watch Charlie Brown stuff, and would be so disappointed in I missed those shows.

RE: The Descent

I never watch horror movies. The most I can stand in a very occasional thriller.