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by jardinier

Cool person.

I am notorious for starting religious discussions at TR, and no-one enjoys them more than one of our resident atheists, Neil.

I have a doozy up my sleeve, and will probably not be able to restrain myself for much longer from posting it. Stay tuned.

Julian

by oneamazingwriter

You'll find that I step back in religious discussions, Jules, but I will "read along". I'm a high spirited personality who believes in people being true to themselves. Whatever religion or lack of religion a person espouses is a matter of exercising free will. As long as that exercise does not adversely affect me or "mine" I listen to see what good can be gleaned from any conversation.
Thanks for the "cool". This far that adjective applies to any post I have seen here on TR. What a bunch of outspoken personalities! I feel as ET did when the ship was arriving to bring him home!

edited: of course! There's a "u" in espouses, isn't there? :p

by jardinier

Not always. When someone attacks the character of the poster rather than the content of the post, this is known as "flaming."

It makes for a good spectator sport, but can get very nasty if your emotions take over and you get involved. I am sure you are not the type of person who would succumb to this, but after more than three years participation in discussions, I am still susceptible to getting carried away now and then.

By the way, after reading your blog, here is a poem just for you:

God is love, God is all
All is love, all is well

by Member 25348569

I'm watching a Doctor Who episode - "Life is easy - a quirk of matter. Life is just Nature's way of keeping meat fresh"

by jaqui

"Life is easy - a quirk of matter. Life is just Nature's way of keeping meat fresh"

I know a few vegetarians I can get going with that. ]:)

by sleepin'dawg

I first heard it while at university and made a note of it. It was worded slightly differently,

[b][i]Life is but a mere quirk of matter; just Nature's way of keeping [u]the[/u] meat fresh.[/i][/b]

Essentially the same but a trifle more pointed. I just wish I could remember the name of the author.

[b]Dawg[/b] ]:)

by oneamazingwriter

I keep in mind that they are only words on a screen, and I am free to disengage at any time. I don't have to agree with everyone to learn from another's point of view, even if all I can learn at the time is to not feed into negativity. Criticism can be helpful. I weigh it out. If I can find truth in it, I mull it over. If it doesn't appear to be true, I allow it to tell me about an area in the one criticising. We ALL go through growing pains.
While flame wars may not be fun, they may help some participants to vent frustration in a manner that will allow them to continue on at their jobs.
The stresses I have had thus far in life have not been the same as those of you working in the tech field. Any of us involve our emotions in whatever has deep meaning for us as individuals.
I'm a red head, Jules. I can be as heated as anyone you know. I'm simply an OLD red head and have had some time to allow intellect to rule over emotion. I strive to be childlike rather than childish. Some days I actually make it!
Thank you for your poem. The sentiment is lovely. I could debate the theology of it with you away from TR. ;)

by jaqui

but the law takes a dim view of eating vegetarians for some reason.
lower on the food chain = food.
that's my rule.

by oneamazingwriter

I received an email that let me know that it's not possible for people to comment on the blog in the link. Huh? So off I went and found "Settings" and sure enough! Well, that's been fixed now.
That also explains why my Yahoo account has allowed some mail past my BULK. I've been getting replies and thought they were spam! (Well, maybe they were such unfavorable replies that I would have called them spam.)
Take note, People. When you send an email, especially to someone new...pay attention to what you put in the Subject. I delete anything that isn't from a familiar address and has a subject that doesn't mean anything to me. Security means more to me than popularity. I love my PC.

edited for the t in thought

by jdclyde

if you do a peer mail from TR, the subject line is ALWAYS "Message from a TechRepublic Member" and there is nothing you can do about it.

Security. If your not using OUTLOOK EXPRESS, and turn off HTML mail (dumbest thing I have ever heard of!), then opening the mail to see what it is won't nail you.

And of course because we KNOW that your not running your system as Administrator, that also lowers your risk level.

Note about blogs. You know you can feed your external blogs into the TR blog area?

by oneamazingwriter

Hon, I'm here for what I DON'T know! I do understand about peer mail from TR, though. The mail I was referring to was from people writing to let me know their comments on the blog at Blogspot.
I use yahoo with two different addresses for such things. So you are saying that if I open anything there, nothing bad will happen, right?
I only use IE for personal mail to my comcast.net address. I don't surf under that ID. That keeps me safer...no?
I've seen the feed but haven't figured out how to use it. There have been times that I wanted to link to a feed and looked at the script and said, "Honey, you're just a stunt person, not an understudy. That script is over your head." But that's why I joined here. If you can get things into my head I will love you forever. Promise!
While I am rambling here...please read my most recent blog at this site. You do your part, so it's not intended for you, but let me know what you think.:x

by oneamazingwriter

That kind of comment will keep me at it. I call my writing warm logic. Intellect and emotion are meant to work hand in hand. Mine battled for years, but they won an understanding of one another. When we fight for a relationship instead of against it, both sides win eventually.

by jdclyde

I am definately the wrong person to write ANYTHING that could be taken as a DE, so you have to proof read anything you write from the gutter to make sure that something can't be taken from this lower vantage point.

Your fairly new here, so I will let this lob ball pass, THIS time! ]:)

Look at using ThunderBird for your mail. I haven't tried it yet, because all my mail goes through my work Lotus Notes, but it is SUPPOSE to be more secure than Outlook.

Scripts for Blogs. Never tried it as I don't do external blogs. Start a discussion about what you want to do though, and you KNOW people will be tripping over each other to be the first to rescue the damsel in distress! :D

Most recent blog? I will head back over and see what you went on about THIS time! B-) Will get back to you.

by oneamazingwriter

floating here. I don't even know what DE means! ROFL.
Proofreading from the gutter is a great concept, but I apparently have a high gutter, jd. (There's no hope for some of us.) The only advice I can offer along those lines is that you groan a lot and say, "This kid is thick!" Others have done that for years and it seems to help them a lot! :D I'd still toss kisses at you if Smorty would see to it that I got that emoticon. It's got to be safe enough from this distance! :p

edited: for making a mess! (thanks, M_A_R_K)

by jdclyde

DE, look here.

http://tinyurl.com/at4pq
(you just didn't know the abriviation to put in to context is all)

As for a high gutter, trust me, we can bring you down to our level! ]:) It is kind of a mission in life..... B-)

by Member 25348569

Is the DE very common in the US. I've just been through the Wiki article and it suggests that its more British than I realised (and not even good French).

Do you, for instance, have the phrase "As the actress said to the Bishop" or "As the Bishop said to the actress"? These are often used to flag up unintentional blatantly sexual DEs.

"It's too hard for me to get it in"
"As the actress said to the Bishop"

Neil :D

by oneamazingwriter

Children would find this comedy funny, but because most children lack understanding of the hidden implication in innuendo, they would find it funny for a completely different reason to most adult viewers.

That's about where I'm at most days. I seemed to have ceased to develop in that area about the age of five. From time to time a hormone kicks in and I hit 18 and aware, but for the most part it's a lost cause!!
edited:to remove an extra E from hormone, before jd adds the W!

by oneamazingwriter

Wow! Now there's a good word to describe most of the conversations that I am subject to, and why a lot goes right over my head. Thanks for the links, Mark.

by jdclyde

]:)

Little girl, you don't know me very well! Want some candy? ;\

[i]"edited:to remove an extra E from hormone, before jd adds the W!"[/i]

But that is a good example, were instead of being a noun, it is a noun and a VERB! We like verbs! ]:)

[i]can't think of any almost clean "moan" jokes right now.....[/i] :p

If GG wasn't on Vacation, this would have really gotten going by now! :x

by oneamazingwriter

Your talk about candy and inuendoes got to me. I left and went to the store and got a bag of chocolate covered pretzels and TWO Milky Way bars as back ups for later. :D I had an hysterical conversation with the maintenance man in my building as I spoke about plumbing and said, "Oh! Not my plumbing...I mean the plumbing in..."
You will wreck my repuation, jd, but the guy sure is friendlier now, and I think the plumbing problem will be fixed! ROFL

by jaqui

your time in the fresh air from the gutter is over, get back here in the sewer with the rest of us. ]:)

now whose turn is next for fresh air..gg..stargazerr...nope, I know, it's Jay's turn for fresh air. ]:)

by gadgetgirl

now look.

Stop incinerating that you're hunting ducks. You've just upset my duck, who is in tears and is currently being comforted by Dawgs' duck, who seems to have taken up residence.

There really was no reason to go and spoil my hollyberries by talking of things like ~whispers~ d-u-c-k hunting. Sheesh! You're being very inconsiderate, you unedumacated person! No wonder you don't have your own d-u-c-k! They need a warm and loving environment, and lots of good mud; you may have the mud, sweetie, but to talk about h-u-n-t-i-n-g...! Sheeshkebabs! Oh, now there really is trouble - Dawgs' duck is getting all worried and fretting again. And I was so rapt that he'd stayed with me (not being his owner)too. Oh, well, it would appear I'll have to cuddle up and snuggle into Dawgs duck for the rest of my hollyberries.

As long as he doesn't want his beak polished again, I'll be fine.......and not goosed this time.... :)]

Hope you're all working hard, peeps!

GG

by jdclyde

While I might warm it up some, I would NEVER cook it! :D

I like the nights on the bear skin run in FRONT of the fireplace, not IN the fireplace! :p

How is the time off going my dear? You are missed already! :x Don't forget the pics!

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