Hey Mags, want to know why I'm bored so often? Cuz I'm wicked cool baby!!!
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Mag
Short for Magnificent. Synonymous with Awesome, Cool etc.
This game is way too mag man.
Did you see that mag backflip he did?
Urban Dictionary:
BrunoQuoteTOP DEFINITION:
Bruno
He is very kind and caring! You can trust him with anything, it doesn't matter how bad or good. He will help you through your 'hard' times. He is a bit shy, but in the cute way!!! He has a sweet accent! <3 That just makes you smile! He is very good looking! He is very intelligent! He is very special and you will never meet someone quite like him =) And most importantly he is an amazing dancer!
Omg, he is a Bruno, I have never meet someone like him!
Omg, I wanna find my Bruno!
#kind#sweet#cute accent#loving#adorable
:grin:
Urban Dictionary:
AliQuoteTOP DEFINITION:
Ali
A Best Friend, someone that you know you can always rely on through anything and everything. you know that your ali wont ever desert you and will always be there for you to talk to, you can tell your ali absolutely anything. Your ali should only be YOUR ali if you can trust them with your life, if you would do anything for them and if they mean the world to you, a best friend that you couldn't live without and who you never want to loose.
1: "Am i your ali?"
2:"no, only ali is my ali" ;)
#ali#best friend#mate#love#world#everything#friend
I like this. :grin:
Have you ever looked up my name? It's not pretty lol
What about Git?
Quote from: OldGit on June 28, 2017, 09:09:36 AM
What about Git?
Here's the link to what I found on
Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Git), not very pleasant I'm afraid, especially the top definition. However, the third definition listed is pleasant mate 8)
Quotegit
By definition it's a "rotter" or a despicable person. In reality in English it's a colloquialism that affords itself to a more a luckier fellow. Much like a 'bugger' whilst the roots of the word are offensive, the actual use is endearing. A lucky 'git', a wealthy 'git' and a sodding 'git'... when used right is still a mate. A friend.
It's more positive these days.
The origins are from the word 'geat' which were a Scandinavian people living in Götaland, land of the Geats, currently within the borders of modern Sweden. The name of the Geats lives on in the Swedish counties of Västergötland and Östergötland, the Western and Eastern lands of the Geats, as well as in many toponyms.
Shut yer face you lucky git.
#git#geat#britain#england#celtic
HEY MAGS!
Check it out more Calvin and Hobbes being Mag!
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^^
You're so funny. :grin:
Hi Mags!
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This one is for you!
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How cute! :grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on July 10, 2017, 12:06:03 AM
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How cute! :grin:
Calvin and Hobbes rule baby!
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THIS IS MAGS!
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Quote from: Father Bruno on July 12, 2017, 05:04:51 PM
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THIS IS MAGS!
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I don't think so,
Father. :smileshake:
Mags is 90-95 years old, remember? :foottap:
~And she doesn't know how to swim. :-[This is MAGS! :fingertap:
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^^ 8)^^
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Quote from: Father Bruno on July 12, 2017, 08:47:15 PM
^^ 8)^^
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:grin:
You're wearing the wrong clothes for being in the water.
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Speaking of asses. I feel really bad...stopped at a little sushi place in the neighborhood we frequent often last week, and I accidentally short changed the waitress. :P
Stopped by yesterday to have lunch, and the waitress came over and told me that when I was there last week I didn't leave enough cash on the table to cover the bill. She said I left a $10, but the bill was $14 and some change. I must have thought I left a $ 20...anyway she covered it for me knowing I would come back soon.
She was really sweet and Mags about it...told me she tipped herself an extra $5 dollars, so I ended up owing her $10 ;D
Oh, you silly, silly monkey. :smileshake:
She's obviously hiding bananas under her mattress.
Are you upset she didn't share them with you. :therethere:
;D
Quote from: Father Bruno on June 28, 2017, 03:00:22 PM
Quote from: OldGit on June 28, 2017, 09:09:36 AM
What about Git?
Here's the link to what I found on Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Git), not very pleasant I'm afraid, especially the top definition. However, the third definition listed is pleasant mate 8)
Quotegit
By definition it's a "rotter" or a despicable person. In reality in English it's a colloquialism that affords itself to a more a luckier fellow. Much like a 'bugger' whilst the roots of the word are offensive, the actual use is endearing. A lucky 'git', a wealthy 'git' and a sodding 'git'... when used right is still a mate. A friend.
It's more positive these days.
The origins are from the word 'geat' which were a Scandinavian people living in Götaland, land of the Geats, currently within the borders of modern Sweden. The name of the Geats lives on in the Swedish counties of Västergötland and Östergötland, the Western and Eastern lands of the Geats, as well as in many toponyms.
Shut yer face you lucky git.
#git#geat#britain#england#celtic
Better than 'pregnant camel' which is what we were told when I was little. (Actually doubtful)
Quote from: Magdalena on July 18, 2017, 10:16:13 PM
Oh, you silly, silly monkey. :smileshake:
She's obviously hiding bananas under her mattress.
Are you upset she didn't share them with you. :therethere:
;D
Those are some fairly odd shaped bananas,... 8)
Quote from: Father Bruno on July 21, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 18, 2017, 10:16:13 PM
Oh, you silly, silly monkey. :smileshake:
She's obviously hiding bananas under her mattress.
Are you upset she didn't share them with you. :therethere:
;D
Those are some fairly odd shaped bananas,... 8)
Platanos,
Father Bruno, they're probably platanos. :fingertap:
Quote from: Magdalena on July 21, 2017, 09:15:29 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on July 21, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 18, 2017, 10:16:13 PM
Oh, you silly, silly monkey. :smileshake:
She's obviously hiding bananas under her mattress.
Are you upset she didn't share them with you. :therethere:
;D
Those are some fairly odd shaped bananas,... 8)
Platanos, Father Bruno, they're probably platanos. :fingertap:
You seem to be overly familiar with these type of bananas Mags, anyway why would anyone hide platanos under their mattress? :o
Quote from: Father Bruno on July 21, 2017, 09:18:54 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 21, 2017, 09:15:29 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on July 21, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on July 18, 2017, 10:16:13 PM
Oh, you silly, silly monkey. :smileshake:
She's obviously hiding bananas under her mattress.
Are you upset she didn't share them with you. :therethere:
;D
Those are some fairly odd shaped bananas,... 8)
Platanos, Father Bruno, they're probably platanos. :fingertap:
You seem to be overly familiar with these type of bananas Mags, anyway why would anyone hide platanos under their mattress? :o
Overly familiar!? I hang out with you all the time, how do you think I know so much about them!? :foottap:
Why? I don't know why. You're the monkey, you tell me why. :grin:
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Hey Mags,
I've got a house full of Honduran's tonight as some of the wife's family is visiting, tomorrow we get up and leave for a week at the lake visiting my daughter and son in-law. Taking two car loads full.
It's about a 4.5 hour drive, and I want to leave no later than 9am, and they all agreed to get up early so we can leave about at that time, but Honduran's have a horrible sense of time...I bet it's closer to 10 or 1030 by the time we leave...and they know how they are and just laugh at both themselves and me, the poor gringo tied to his wristwatch.
Anyway I will be out of touch for the rest of the week, take care... 8)
...And those aren't platanos under the mattress.
Quote from: Father Bruno on July 25, 2017, 04:14:21 AM
...
Anyway I will be out of touch for the rest of the week, take care... 8)
Have a wonderful time! We'll be here when you get back. ;D
Quote from: Father Bruno on July 25, 2017, 04:14:21 AM
...And those aren't platanos under the mattress.
What do you mean, "...And those aren't platanos under the mattress." ??? :notsure:
What else could it be? :shrug:
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MAYBE IT'S A FRIED BURRITO!!!
Hey Mags!
I'm back!!!!!!
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Quote from: Father Bruno on August 01, 2017, 03:19:29 PM
Hey Mags!
I'm back!!!!!!
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Quote from: Father Bruno on August 01, 2017, 03:19:29 PM
Hey Mags!
I'm back!!!!!!
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Quote from: Davin on August 01, 2017, 03:21:46 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 01, 2017, 03:19:29 PM
Hey Mags!
I'm back!!!!!!
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Brass Monkey that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey junkie
That funky Monkey (Brass) 8)
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Aww Father Bruno, that's such a cute dress you have on! :P
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Aww Father Bruno, that's such a cute dress you have on! :P
xSP, not really a dress, just a wide, lacy collar...at the time I was going through a bit of a "Fauntleroy craze".
Looks cool don't it? (I'm not crazy about my hair though) 8)
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 02, 2017, 12:48:36 AM
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Aww Father Bruno, that's such a cute dress you have on! :P
xSP, not really a dress, just a wide, lacy collar...at the time I was going through a bit of a "Fauntleroy craze".
Looks cool don't it? (I'm not crazy about my hair though) 8)
Your hair? :chin:
I believe this particular hairstyle is
The mullet.
Business in the front, party in the back. Also, those are some impressive 70's sideburns...very nice.
The hair looks remarkably Trumpish.
Hey Mags!!
Good Morning, and check out some more Calvin and Hobbes...by the way your head doesn't explode, butt it is messy and hurts if you try this, or at least that is what I was told by Hermes. ;D
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Father Bruno, would you like to share with all of us your trip to the lake?
Quote from: Magdalena on August 02, 2017, 07:31:40 PM
Father Bruno, would you like to share with all of us your trip to the lake?
"Yes teacher. My paper is called 'What I did on summer vacation'" - Bruno 2017
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 02, 2017, 12:48:36 AM
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Aww Father Bruno, that's such a cute dress you have on! :P
xSP, not really a dress, just a wide, lacy collar...at the time I was going through a bit of a "Fauntleroy craze".
Looks cool don't it? (I'm not crazy about my hair though) 8)
Hmm...you're right. :notsure: For some reason I saw a dress there, maybe it's because the image of Katolic priests wearing
dresses robes is burned in my mind.
Quote from: Arturo on August 02, 2017, 10:51:18 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 02, 2017, 07:31:40 PM
Father Bruno, would you like to share with all of us your trip to the lake?
"Yes teacher. My paper is called 'What I did on summer vacation'" - Bruno 2017
:lol:
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Quote from: Magdalena on August 02, 2017, 11:35:42 PM
Quote from: Arturo on August 02, 2017, 10:51:18 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 02, 2017, 07:31:40 PM
Father Bruno, would you like to share with all of us your trip to the lake?
"Yes teacher. My paper is called 'What I did on summer vacation'" - Bruno 2017
:lol:
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^^ ;D^^
It was only a week, 6 days actually including driving there and back, but we had a lot of fun. Took the young niece and nephew out tubing a couple times, which was a new experience for them, their Mom tubed also, and she did quite well for a first timer. (Their Dad's a big baby and just sat in the boat :-[)
We also took them out in a bigger boat fishing out on the bay where they caught a couple nice lake trout, they've been fishing before, but never out on one of the big lakes (Lake Michigan).
One day we took them down by the beach where they had a bunch of kids activities lined up, but we got hit by a bad storm and had to seek shelter in a tent. It rained hard for a couple hours, so we ended up going to play laser tag (Boy's beat the Girls) and also Black-Light Bowling.
While we were stuck in the tent the niece and nephew both had caricatures drawn of the both of them by a local artist which turned out really well...and another artist made this balloon animal for me, cool monkey isn't it?
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Here's some pictures of the harbor where they departed for fishing on the big lake. I didn't go as they were cramped for room, and anyway it gave me some quite time for 4-5 hours. I was going to take a picture of them heading out in the boat, but missed their departure as I was in the little monkeys room.
These are pictures of the West Bay and Marina in Traverse City.
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An exciting part of this side of Northern Michigan is the area know as "
Sleeping Bear Dunes (http://www.sleepingbeardunes.com)". It's a National Park, and a really fun and cool place to visit. I head up there to go camping every couple years as certain areas are extremely remote, as it was the beach we later went swimming at. Completley devoid of other humans, and any sign of civilization (No hotels, bars, restaurants, etc...)
These first three pictures are actually taken from atop the dunes looking inland towards Glenn Lake.
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These next three are of some of the dunes themselves, and if you look down toward the lake in the 2nd picutre you can see where the cars are all parked, and see how high up we actually climbed.
The last one is my niece and nephew taking a break after we had climbed and hiked for some time. (If you look at the 4th picture you can see folks climbing back up the dune face, which gives some good perspective as to how high they really are.)
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Next set of pictures is of the main dune face looking out toward Lake Michigan, and again as you can see the dunes are quite high, approximately 450 feet at this point...(Dunes were formed during the ice age by continental glaciers spreading south from Canada. This style of dunes are called,"Perched Dunes" which are dunes formed by glacial sands deposited on plateaus high above the shore. Or as Ken Ham would say, by the ark briefly running ashore one night cuz' Noah was drunk)
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You are allowed to climb down the face of the dunes, but the only way back is to climb back up the way you came down, so there are warning signs posted alerting folks to the fact that if you climb down and require assistance getting back up it will cost you for the rescue.
Here's some more pictures of the dune face from some different angles.
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...and this is the niece and nephew smiling and pointing back down the way we came as we got back up to the top from our own climb, which included me taking a brief swim in the lake at the bottom before we came back up, so the round trip took us about an hour or so.
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After this event we left this area and went to a somewhat isolated beach area we know of in the park, usually there are few if any people swimming here, and again it's beautiful because the beach is still undeveloped, and hopefully since it's a national park will always stay that way! (You can see the dune faces off in the distance were the earlier pictures had been taken)
We stayed here the entire afternoon and enjoyed a picnic on the beach and swam quite a bit, water's a bit cold at first but the body adjust quickly. It took some encouraging from me to get the kids to go in since they are both from Honduras they are acustomed to warm ocean temperatures, but of course once they were in the water we couldn't get them out again. ;D
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Me and the kids later built some sand castles, and even though their Mother and Aunts said their's were better than mine (Mine is the one on the far left, evident by the more robust walls surrounding the inner buildings) I knew mine was the best and they were just telling the kids that to make them feel good, but we knew mine ruled, we all knew! (Plus mine had tubes connecting the towers to each other so the little tiny people could travel back and forth, very, very modern and bigly :P)
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Some pictures of the dune grasses along the beach.
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This is a picture of my niece and nephew's dad, curled up on our blankets, sleeping and hiding from the sun as he doesn't like to get dark...not sure why he's tired as I did all of the driving that morning, climbed the dunes with his kids while he sat, and then I spent most of the afternoon with them swimming, hiking along the beach and playing frisbee. (A week at the lake, and he only got in the water once and that was after I told him if he didn't jump into the lake off the boat I would throw him in 8)...tsk, tsk) >:(
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That's it...last picture of a some hippies in a barn playing drums ;D This was taken at
St. Ambrose Cellars (https://www.stambrose-mead-wine.com), which is a local Meadery and Winery around Traverse City...thier mead is super delicious, and even though I don't drink anymore, it was fun to walk around. While the adults were inside sampling wine and mead and getting buzzed I stayed outside with the kids, ate popsicles, played "
Cornhole (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole)" toss and sat on the grass and listed to the drum group (There were some belly dancers there as well, which was really cool watching them dance barefoot on the grass, but it appears someone deleted their pictures from my phone,...me thinks it was Socorro)
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That's it, that is my full report...hope I get an A 8)
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That's it, that is my full report...hope I get an A 8)
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Very, very impressive!
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(There were some belly dancers there as well, which was really cool watching them dance barefoot on the grass, but it appears someone deleted their pictures from my phone,...
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Belly dancers?
Looks like someone is having none of that!
Bruno gets an A plus from me too.
Thanks Professors Icarus and Magdalena, that's two A+'s, which means if someone else gives me an F I can still pass with a 2.6!!
Yeah! 8)
Hey Mags,
Check it out, you and me riding through Van Gogh's "Starry Night" in our wagon!
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Hey Mags!!
Did you know that when I was a little boy my favorite show on TV was "Daniel Boone"? My mother would remind me when it was about to come on and I would scramble to my room to get my toy rifle, and real coonskin hat, and then I would run into our den and watch the show sitting cross-legged on the floor. She would fix me a cup of chocolate milk in my favorite plastic boot shaped cup (Still have it) and gleefully watch ole' Fess Parker portray Daniel Boone.
It's one of my fondest memories of when I was a little boy, and represents a very happy and contented time in my life...I oftentimes wish I could go back and relive those moments. (Happy, safe, lost in a world of make believe and magic)
Anyway for some strange reason, completely out of the blue I started whistling the theme song from the show earlier this afternoon in the office, and someone commented (Older co-worker) about the show and song. We talked and reminisced about it for a while.
So I looked it up on YouTube, guess I just wanted to hear the old song, anyway here it is...
Sad part of this whole thing is after listening to the video I glanced down at the comments, and was so distressed to see something written down that was so offensive and racists it made me feel dirty just reading it.
I won't repeat it here, if you want you can read them on the link to the video, but I'm so fucking tired of hearing about this PC crap from the likes of conservatives and Trump supporters.
Are they pining for a time or period, which was not too long ago when it was basically acceptable to use language that was racist, sexist, homophobic, or prejudiced against individuals or a group of people?
More importantly to them I think is they could do so without any repercussions...basically they could be openly racist and sexist and homophobic, and not have to worry about someone telling them to shut up. It's not that they dislike being PC, it's that they want to be racist white folk and don't like it that more and more people disagree with them.
Seeing those comments just sort of blew me away, totally took my by surprise...people suck don't they?
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 08, 2017, 09:39:43 PM
Hey Mags!!
Did you know that when I was a little boy my favorite show on TV was "Daniel Boone"? My mother would remind me when it was about to come on and I would scramble to my room to get my toy rifle, and real coonskin hat, and then I would run into our den and watch the show sitting cross-legged on the floor. She would fix me a cup of chocolate milk in my favorite plastic boot shaped cup (Still have it) and gleefully watch ole' Fess Parker portray Daniel Boone.
It's one of my fondest memories of when I was a little boy, and represents a very happy and contented time in my life...I oftentimes wish I could go back and relive those moments. (Happy, safe, lost in a world of make believe and magic)
Anyway for some strange reason, completely out of the blue I started whistling the theme song from the show earlier this afternoon in the office, and someone commented (Older co-worker) about the show and song. We talked and reminisced about it for a while.
So I looked it up on YouTube, guess I just wanted to hear the old song, anyway here it is...
Sad part of this whole thing is after listening to the video I glanced down at the comments, and was so distressed to see something written down that was so offensive and racists it made me feel dirty just reading it.
I won't repeat it here, if you want you can read them on the link to the video, but I'm so fucking tired of hearing about this PC crap from the likes of conservatives and Trump supporters.
Are they pining for a time or period, which was not too long ago when it was basically acceptable to use language that was racist, sexist, homophobic, or prejudiced against individuals or a group of people?
More importantly to them I think is they could do so without any repercussions...basically they could be openly racist and sexist and homophobic, and not have to worry about someone telling them to shut up. It's not that they dislike being PC, it's that they want to be racist white folk and don't like it that more and more people disagree with them.
Seeing those comments just sort of blew me away, totally took my by surprise...people suck don't they?
I'm sorry to say that I've never seen that show, but I'm glad you enjoyed it when you were a little boy, and that you shared that happy moment in time with us.
I read the comments. I don't know what to tell you,
Father Bruno. The USA is made up of people of a different race, ethnic group, religion, immigration status, political views, income, values, etc. I'm sure some wonder how we are able to co-exist, well, some would say, semi-co-exist. It's not easy to live next to someone who thinks it's hilarious to watch a person run for their life because he/she is being hunted like an animal just because of the color of his/her skin. I believe this is what they call, dark humor, others would say it's an extremely racist comment, but like you said, "It's not that they dislike being PC, it's that they want to be racist white folk."
In an increasingly self–centered world, our division shows in many ways and a balance is difficult to find, it shows in our high rates of divorce, homicide and suicide. As you mentioned before, the United States has the highest prison population rate in the world, as well. What do we do? Do we say something, do we ignore it? Do we debate about it?
Someone (a British, by the way) sent me this article:
"What happens when white men realize that their perspective isn't the only one that matters." (http://nationalpost.com/life/what-happens-when-white-men-realize-that-their-perspective-isnt-the-only-one-that-matters/wcm/7dc596b5-d2d1-43f4-92b0-6e8b14584ed3)
Here's a little bit of it that's related to what we're talking about.
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Donald Trump appeals to a grand past of white supremacy, promising to expel or silence anyone who disagrees. Calls for diversity are met with dismissiveness and hostility. These issues of representation that we presume to have solved in the 1960s, when the issues were as black and white as the pictures, still linger.
...
... they hear a politician tell them that he can make things great again, that he will silence all these other voices, that they are illegitimate anyway, and he and the people like him are the only ones who can really tell it like it is. In response, they come out in droves to support him, and see anyone who doesn't as not just someone with a different mindset, but as an enemy.
Admittedly, not all of these end with specifically white or specifically men, but their underlying impetus is still the same: the default point of view, the only identity they've known, is being ripped away from them, and their only solution is to cling to it harder. They turn to people who offer them a return to the past, to an identity that doesn't just prize the status quo, but denigrates and dismisses anyone who would challenge it.
It's easy for those of us who imagine ourselves more enlightened to denigrate and dismiss this kind of white man. We can scapegoat them to feel better about ourselves, congratulate ourselves on being so progressive, and then ignore them, imagining they will go away, imagining our softer ignorance does nothing to feed their harder kind.
However, it's not enough to just tear down a flawed identity. We need to create a different kind of white male perspective, articulate how we are supposed to be once we have accepted that there is no such thing as a universal voice. If we don't find something to fill the void, the old one, or something even worse, will do it for us.
I found this video, I'm not sure about how accurate it is, but if it is accurate, maybe we should concentrate on these 10 states, and worry about the other 40 later. :shrug: The good thing is that they are running out of places to hide.
(I'm not crazy about their choice of music) ::)
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I'm sorry, but to say that Texas is the most racist state in the nation is absolute, unmitigated bullshit. Are there racists? Sure, there are in every state. But is the state as a whole a Jim Crow paradise? Not even close. Somebody had a bone to pick with Texas and so they put them number 1. I'm working right beside multiple people from other races, and they tell me that on a daily basis they do not encounter rank racism. I travel all over the state. Sure, there are a few small enclaves of KKKers over in deep East Texas next to Louisiana, but that attitude is pretty isolated. To whomever made that stupid video, if you've never lived here, shut up.
Hey Mags, you can watch the whole "Buffalo Rider" movie!
Full Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_x_AZiUn0)
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 03:13:12 PM
Hey Mags, you can watch the whole "Buffalo Rider" movie!
Full Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_x_AZiUn0)
I don't know about this one Davin, here's a review of the movie which is a purely fictionalized version of the real Buffalo Jone's life:
Andrew Tarantola wrote, "Enjoy the heartwarming tale of a man, conveniently named Buffalo Jones, and his buffallo, named Buffalo. No wait. Its name is Samson, because that's so much more original. Whatever you call them, the two chum around the American frontier, saving babies and stuff for an hour and a half (even though the script was apparently only about 15 pages long)."Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 05:56:38 AM
I'm sorry to say that I've never seen that show, but I'm glad you enjoyed it when you were a little boy, and that you shared that happy moment in time with us.
I read the comments. I don't know what to tell you, Father Bruno. The USA is made up of people of a different race, ethnic group, religion, immigration status, political views, income, values, etc. I'm sure some wonder how we are able to co-exist, well, some would say, semi-co-exist. It's not easy to live next to someone who thinks it's hilarious to watch a person run for their life because he/she is being hunted like an animal just because of the color of his/her skin. I believe this is what they call, dark humor, others would say it's an extremely racist comment, but like you said, "It's not that they dislike being PC, it's that they want to be racist white folk."
In an increasingly self–centered world, our division shows in many ways and a balance is difficult to find, it shows in our high rates of divorce, homicide and suicide. As you mentioned before, the United States has the highest prison population rate in the world, as well. What do we do? Do we say something, do we ignore it? Do we debate about it?
Someone (a British, by the way) sent me this article:
"What happens when white men realize that their perspective isn't the only one that matters." (http://nationalpost.com/life/what-happens-when-white-men-realize-that-their-perspective-isnt-the-only-one-that-matters/wcm/7dc596b5-d2d1-43f4-92b0-6e8b14584ed3)
Here's a little bit of it that's related to what we're talking about.
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Donald Trump appeals to a grand past of white supremacy, promising to expel or silence anyone who disagrees. Calls for diversity are met with dismissiveness and hostility. These issues of representation that we presume to have solved in the 1960s, when the issues were as black and white as the pictures, still linger.
...
... they hear a politician tell them that he can make things great again, that he will silence all these other voices, that they are illegitimate anyway, and he and the people like him are the only ones who can really tell it like it is. In response, they come out in droves to support him, and see anyone who doesn't as not just someone with a different mindset, but as an enemy.
Admittedly, not all of these end with specifically white or specifically men, but their underlying impetus is still the same: the default point of view, the only identity they've known, is being ripped away from them, and their only solution is to cling to it harder. They turn to people who offer them a return to the past, to an identity that doesn't just prize the status quo, but denigrates and dismisses anyone who would challenge it.
It's easy for those of us who imagine ourselves more enlightened to denigrate and dismiss this kind of white man. We can scapegoat them to feel better about ourselves, congratulate ourselves on being so progressive, and then ignore them, imagining they will go away, imagining our softer ignorance does nothing to feed their harder kind.
However, it's not enough to just tear down a flawed identity. We need to create a different kind of white male perspective, articulate how we are supposed to be once we have accepted that there is no such thing as a universal voice. If we don't find something to fill the void, the old one, or something even worse, will do it for us.
I found this video, I'm not sure about how accurate it is, but if it is accurate, maybe we should concentrate on these 10 states, and worry about the other 40 later. :shrug: The good thing is that they are running out of places to hide.
(I'm not crazy about their choice of music) ::)
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Thanks Mags, and I'm not sure why, but I seem to remember reading this article. Not sure if here on this forum (Possibly you posted it somewhere else here or you may have forwarded the original email from Crow to me)
I agree, we can't stay silent,...it's just that all of this is so rampant these days, as if we gone back in time instead of forward, and I'm afraid I'm not very optimistic with regards to my fellow Americans nor the state we currently find ourselves in with Jackasses Administration or the pure imbecilic nature of many Republicans.
Thanks for your thoughtful reply though and letting me daydream and rant in your personal "Hey Mags" thread. 8)Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 09, 2017, 02:55:03 PM
I'm sorry, but to say that Texas is the most racist state in the nation is absolute, unmitigated bullshit. Are there racists? Sure, there are in every state. But is the state as a whole a Jim Crow paradise? Not even close. Somebody had a bone to pick with Texas and so they put them number 1. I'm working right beside multiple people from other races, and they tell me that on a daily basis they do not encounter rank racism. I travel all over the state. Sure, there are a few small enclaves of KKKers over in deep East Texas next to Louisiana, but that attitude is pretty isolated. To whomever made that stupid video, if you've never lived here, shut up.
Bruce this video was put out by a subscriber on YouTube called "Top Ten (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZwnToojIWCUXLsuyBokWw)" These types of videos touting the Top Ten of just about everything are extremely popular on YouTube and most of them are simply put together without any real metrics or polling data if any...so I wouldn't pay it much mind at all.
In fact it's probably, but not quite as ridiculous as this one. (Yuck)
Top 10 ABBA Songs
Like fucking Abba has anything that can be referred to as Top, except maybe Top Worst Songs of all times!
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Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 09, 2017, 02:55:03 PM
I'm sorry, but to say that Texas is the most racist state in the nation is absolute, unmitigated bullshit. Are there racists? Sure, there are in every state. But is the state as a whole a Jim Crow paradise? Not even close. Somebody had a bone to pick with Texas and so they put them number 1. I'm working right beside multiple people from other races, and they tell me that on a daily basis they do not encounter rank racism. I travel all over the state. Sure, there are a few small enclaves of KKKers over in deep East Texas next to Louisiana, but that attitude is pretty isolated. To whomever made that stupid video, if you've never lived here, shut up.
This is why I said, "I found this video, I'm not sure about how accurate it is..." Can't trust the internet. :-\
In the video they say that they were chosen based on the amount of KKK groups they have, the amount of hateful/racist comments people from that state post on the internet, and...I can't remember what else. I know you,
Ecurb Noselrub, and I like you, not the entire state of Texas is racist...I'm sure I would also be angry if a video came out saying that California is the most racist state in the USA. Like you said, there are racists everywhere, some hide it, some flaunt it.
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 03:13:12 PM
Hey Mags, you can watch the whole "Buffalo Rider" movie!
Full Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_x_AZiUn0)
Thank you,
Davin. :hug:
Quote from: Father Bruno on August 09, 2017, 04:52:19 PM
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Thanks for your thoughtful reply though and letting me daydream and rant in your personal "Hey Mags" thread. 8)
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:boaterhat:
I join Bruce in his displeasure of that "racist" video. That's a blue ribbon crock of shit.
Sure enough, Florida, at number ten, has some racists. I give you an example herewith. Hialeah is a Miami region populated mostly by Cubans and other Hispanics. Woe be unto the gringo who tries do do business there or even buy a sandwich at a chain restaurant such as Denny's. Gringos are not welcome in Hialeah and they are treated like vermin by many of the citizens. There is a Spanish restaurant there that I think superb, it is semi upscale. Its' name is La Caretta and has been a fixture there for many years. Gringos are treated as if they have leprosy. The Cuban food is outstanding so I go there anyway.
Sure enough we have some KKK groups. They are almost invariably in the hinterlands somewhere. We are a big state and we have plenty of backwoods mentalities but by no means a significant part of our population. These assholes with the confederate flags, on their pickup trucks, are derided severely by most of us. I'm thinking that there are a gracious plenty of racists in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Hartford, Boston, and elsewhere in states not mentioned in that divisive video.
Racism exists everywhere, not just in those states under the video indictment. Racism goes in both directions and that is a reality that we need not ignore. I flew into Los Angeles, rented a car and began to try to find my way to the Hotel where I was to attend business meetings. I was not exactly lost in the car but I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He told me in no uncertain terms that I was in an unhealthy place for a white guy to be. He was serious. He asked where I was going. I told him the name of the hotel. He said: "follow me I will get you out of this area". I did follow him out and away from that neighborhood. Good cop, he was painfully aware of the dangerous racism in that district.
Quote from: Icarus on August 09, 2017, 09:21:09 PMRacism exists everywhere, not just in those states under the video indictment. Racism goes in both directions and that is a reality that we need not ignore. I flew into Los Angeles, rented a car and began to try to find my way to the Hotel where I was to attend business meetings. I was not exactly lost in the car but I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He told me in no uncertain terms that I was in an unhealthy place for a white guy to be. He was serious. He asked where I was going. I told him the name of the hotel. He said: "follow me I will get you out of this area". I did follow him out and away from that neighborhood. Good cop, he was painfully aware of the dangerous racism in that district.
That the fuck? I find this incredibly difficult to believe.
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 09:30:11 PM
Quote from: Icarus on August 09, 2017, 09:21:09 PMRacism exists everywhere, not just in those states under the video indictment. Racism goes in both directions and that is a reality that we need not ignore. I flew into Los Angeles, rented a car and began to try to find my way to the Hotel where I was to attend business meetings. I was not exactly lost in the car but I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He told me in no uncertain terms that I was in an unhealthy place for a white guy to be. He was serious. He asked where I was going. I told him the name of the hotel. He said: "follow me I will get you out of this area". I did follow him out and away from that neighborhood. Good cop, he was painfully aware of the dangerous racism in that district.
That the fuck? I find this incredibly difficult to believe.
:lol:
This is so weird because I know a Latina woman who by the way is racist towards whites, who told me the EXACT SAME STORY! The exact same story! She was lost, a cop pulled her over and said the exact same thing to her! He told her to follow him and escorted her out of the "dangerous area." --Wow! I too find it difficult to believe. I would've reported that police officer.
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 10:11:00 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 09:30:11 PM
Quote from: Icarus on August 09, 2017, 09:21:09 PMRacism exists everywhere, not just in those states under the video indictment. Racism goes in both directions and that is a reality that we need not ignore. I flew into Los Angeles, rented a car and began to try to find my way to the Hotel where I was to attend business meetings. I was not exactly lost in the car but I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He told me in no uncertain terms that I was in an unhealthy place for a white guy to be. He was serious. He asked where I was going. I told him the name of the hotel. He said: "follow me I will get you out of this area". I did follow him out and away from that neighborhood. Good cop, he was painfully aware of the dangerous racism in that district.
That the fuck? I find this incredibly difficult to believe.
:lol:
This is so weird because I know a Latina woman who by the way is racist towards whites, who told me the EXACT SAME STORY! The exact same story! She was lost, a cop pulled her over and said the exact same thing to her! He told her to follow him and escorted her out of the "dangerous area." --Wow! I too find it difficult to believe. I would've have reported that police officer.
I spent many of my youthful years in SoCal. I'm a white guy and I've never been escorted out of any area by a cop.
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 10:13:57 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 09, 2017, 10:11:00 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 09:30:11 PM
Quote from: Icarus on August 09, 2017, 09:21:09 PMRacism exists everywhere, not just in those states under the video indictment. Racism goes in both directions and that is a reality that we need not ignore. I flew into Los Angeles, rented a car and began to try to find my way to the Hotel where I was to attend business meetings. I was not exactly lost in the car but I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He told me in no uncertain terms that I was in an unhealthy place for a white guy to be. He was serious. He asked where I was going. I told him the name of the hotel. He said: "follow me I will get you out of this area". I did follow him out and away from that neighborhood. Good cop, he was painfully aware of the dangerous racism in that district.
That the fuck? I find this incredibly difficult to believe.
:lol:
This is so weird because I know a Latina woman who by the way is racist towards whites, who told me the EXACT SAME STORY! The exact same story! She was lost, a cop pulled her over and said the exact same thing to her! He told her to follow him and escorted her out of the "dangerous area." --Wow! I too find it difficult to believe. I would've have reported that police officer.
I spent many of my youthful years in SoCal. I'm a white guy and I've never been escorted out of any area by a cop.
I'm not a white guy, but I've never been escorted out of any area by a cop either. Maybe this story is spreading on the internet like the near death experience testimonies. Some will believe it, some won't. I'm sorry
Icarus, I don't want to call you a liar, but I live here, and like
Davin, I also find that story very hard to believe. Cops "looking out" for white people on the streets? :eyebrow:
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I also find that story very hard to believe. Cops "looking out" for white people on the streets?
Unless they're looking for serial killers. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Tongue%20Wink.png)
I saw a reply to a comment on YouTube. I'm assuming their identities are true based on their profile pictures. I saw a latina girl saying she lives in a latin country and how her white people messed everything up for them because they are native and white settlers killed, destroyed, ect. everything they had. Then I saw a white guy comment that no matter what latin country you are from that he "saw enough dna tests to determine the people there have at least 70% European dna".
Racism aside (kinda) the white racists still hate us anyway despite how white we are. And based on that, I think we are dealing with a different kind of racism these days. This is the nazi kind of racism. This is eugenics where if you have even a smidge of dna that's not white than they consider you inferior.
This is why DT was so terrible when he came out with his racist comments about Mexicans. He officially declared that we are all barbarians who can't stop raping and killing and causing crime. He said it himself when confronted about his initial comments "someone's doing the raping." Clearly he thinks Mexicans are horrible people. But people rushed to defend him to say he's not racist, that we "misunderstood him", or that saying a whole race of people are guilty of bad things is not actual, and by original definition - racist. He is the literal representation of Hitler in America and this is undeniable. All that's left is to expand his praise of Putin and China to a label that ties them together as superior to all other people. Maybe human right violators? He thinks sociopaths and psychopaths are the superior people because they are smart enough to get people to believe them?
The Latina woman I mentioned earlier was/is racist towards whites. Whenever the boss asked her to do something at work she would say, "Why do you want me to do it, is it because I don't have blue eyes and blonde hair?" ::) One day she said that to the new boss who was blonde and blue eyes and he said to her, "That's reverse racism, you better be careful about what you say." One day she said to me, "Why are you talking to white people!?" I said, "Because I can." She said, "You better pick a side, right now." I said, "I don't have to pick a side, I can be in the middle if I want to." She gave me the meanest look. :worried:
~I'm telling you, some people have weird issues with skin color.
The reason I didn't believe her story about the cop "escorting her out of the dangerous area" is because she used to lie, a lot. She said she knew Ricky Martin personally...and other unbelievable stories. ::)
I've heard of cops escorting people but I've never seen it. They may do it if the person doesn't live there and the cop is good enough to know everyone in the area. I've seen things like that but I've never seen a cop actually escort an outsider.
I did see a video of a cop pulling over some black guys who were checking out some property in a rich area. The cop did the same thing you guys described. "What are you doing?" "Do you know where you are?" "You know there are really nice people who live here." The black guys were looking at the property because they were thinking of buying the house that sits on it.
Maybe the stories are the same but that doesn't make them untrue. It could be little more than a coincidence. Don't fall into the trap thiests do when seeing God everywhere.
Is it really so hard to understand that there is just one race of people on the planet? The human one. You are a human being that is your race. Everything else is trivial insignificant rubbish. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times without exaggeration I fucking hate people.
I don't hate you because you have dark skin or light skin. I don't hate you if you because you like men, or women, or both. I don't hate you because you claim some other speck of dust home. Nor because of your god, or lack thereof. Your bank account mean squat as well. I FUCKING HATE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN!
Thank you very much, have a nice day.
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I FUCKING HATE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN!
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Thank you very much, have a nice day.
You're welcome, and you have a nice day too...:shifty:
...But...but...we are human, what else can we be? :shrug:
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^^^
Wait. :notsure:
Knowing how nitpicky we can get here, I just have to ask, can we alter the DNA of a peach and get something different?
Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2017, 03:48:11 AM
^^^
Wait. :notsure:
Knowing how nitpicky we can get here, I just have to ask, can we alter the DNA of a peach and get something different?
Yes. Turn an ordinary peach into a peach with altered dna. But a peach is still a peach. Ka peach?
Quote from: Arturo on August 10, 2017, 03:53:12 AM
Ka peach?
Ha! That's something
No one would say. ;D
Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 03:13:12 PM
Hey Mags, you can watch the whole "Buffalo Rider" movie!
Full Movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_x_AZiUn0)
OK, so I watched the movie and I'm confused.
Buffalo Jones, Buffalo Bill, Daniel Boone, are they all the same? :headscratch:
By the way, riding a buffalo looks painful. :shifty:
I was confused by that movie too... the whole idea was silly to me and I thought it was pretty funny. But there are a lot of long boring scenes.
Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 05:09:06 PM
I was confused by that movie too... the whole idea was silly to me and I thought it was pretty funny. But there are a lot of long boring scenes.
The cougar, the raccoon (the mischievous twins), the grizzly bears, the porcupine, the horses, and specially the buffalo did a wonderful job. ;D
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Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 05:09:06 PM
I was confused by that movie too... the whole idea was silly to me and I thought it was pretty funny. But there are a lot of long boring scenes.
The cougar, the raccoon (the mischievous twins), the grizzly bears, the porcupine, the horses, and specially the buffalo did a wonderful job. ;D
Everyone but the humans were great. The buffalo was hilarious, I got the impression that the buffalo was messing with the rider the whole time.
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Quote from: Magdalena on August 10, 2017, 05:15:24 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 05:09:06 PM
I was confused by that movie too... the whole idea was silly to me and I thought it was pretty funny. But there are a lot of long boring scenes.
The cougar, the raccoon (the mischievous twins), the grizzly bears, the porcupine, the horses, and specially the buffalo did a wonderful job. ;D
Everyone but the humans were great. The buffalo was hilarious, I got the impression that the buffalo was messing with the rider the whole time.
Also...
The couple takes care of Buffalo Jones, a total stranger, and when the man gets mauled by the bear, the first thing Buffalo Jones says is, "I'm leaving."
:???:
The trip back to the couple's house with the baby will take him 4 days, so he takes a "shortcut." Man! It felt like a month! >:(
And the baby...nothing to eat for two days!!! And then he gives him porcupine broth! :o When he's crossing the river, the baby is underwater for a long time, but you can still hear him crying.
Buffalo Jones...man, I feel sorry for him, he looks as if he's crazy glued to the buffalo.
Why,
Davin? Why did you make me watch this movie!?
I would rather watch
The Room 20 times. :lol:
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It's
Father Bruno's fault.
:P
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It's Father Bruno's fault.
:P
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Seriously use twos, there is absolutely no comparison between Daniel Boone the award winning, universal acclaimed, highly rated, bestest tv show ever...and "Buffalo Dude."
Seriously...I mean that. >:(
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It's Father Bruno's fault.
:P
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Seriously use twos, there is absolutely no comparison between Daniel Boone the award winning, universal acclaimed, highly rated, bestest tv show ever...and "Buffalo Dude."
Seriously...I mean that. >:(
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It's
Father Bruno's fault! It is!
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"Oh, hi
Davin."
I don't like when you two are fighting!
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Quote from: Davin on August 09, 2017, 09:30:11 PM
Quote from: Icarus on August 09, 2017, 09:21:09 PMRacism exists everywhere, not just in those states under the video indictment. Racism goes in both directions and that is a reality that we need not ignore. I flew into Los Angeles, rented a car and began to try to find my way to the Hotel where I was to attend business meetings. I was not exactly lost in the car but I was stopped by a motorcycle cop. He told me in no uncertain terms that I was in an unhealthy place for a white guy to be. He was serious. He asked where I was going. I told him the name of the hotel. He said: "follow me I will get you out of this area". I did follow him out and away from that neighborhood. Good cop, he was painfully aware of the dangerous racism in that district.
That the fuck? I find this incredibly difficult to believe.
:lol:
This is so weird because I know a Latina woman who by the way is racist towards whites, who told me the EXACT SAME STORY! The exact same story! She was lost, a cop pulled her over and said the exact same thing to her! He told her to follow him and escorted her out of the "dangerous area." --Wow! I too find it difficult to believe. I would've reported that police officer.
I did not make up that tale. It happened in the late nineties and some of the Los Angelinos in certain areas were still in a bad mood. The cop was just doing his job and he was doing it well. L.A. has had a lot of bad publicity about their cops but they are not all bad asses with a racist agenda. I was, and am, still grateful for the good advice and assistance that the cop gave me. Does anyone remember during the Rodney King episode, the destruction of whole neighborhoods? How about the poor truck driver who was pulled out of his truck and nearly beaten to death just because he was white And in the wrong neighborhood? The cops, almost, but not quite all of them, do tend to do as their motto says: "To serve and Protect".
I did report that police officer when I got back home. I wrote a letter to the chief of police in support and appreciation of what that cop did on my behalf. Truth to tell the whole episode might have been some kind of spoof that the cop was doing. My car was easily identifiable as a rental and therefore I was identifiable as a dumb tourist. The cop could have been funnin' me. I'll never know or even need to know, but in the heat of that moment I was glad to be the victim of a possible prank. It certainly may not have been a prank.
Quote from: Icarus on August 10, 2017, 11:16:58 PM
I did not make up that tale. It happened in the late nineties and some of the Los Angelinos in certain areas were still in a bad mood.
"...still in a bad moood..."
Late 90's was about ten years after the riots, however, Los Angelinos also remember the
Watts Riots, 1965. Another reason to put someone in a bad mood, don't you think?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots
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QuoteThe Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion,[1] took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965.
On August 11, 1965, an African-American motorist was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving. A minor roadside argument broke out, and then escalated into a fight. The community reacted in outrage to allegations of police brutality that soon spread, and six days of looting and arson followed. Los Angeles police needed the support of nearly 4,000 members of the California Army National Guard to quell the riots, which resulted in 34 deaths[2] and over $40 million in property damage. The riots were blamed principally on police racism. It was the city's worst unrest until the Rodney King riots of 1992.
Quote from: Icarus on August 10, 2017, 11:16:58 PM
The cop was just doing his job and he was doing it well. L.A. has had a lot of bad publicity about their cops but they are not all bad asses with a racist agenda.
I agree with you. Not all of them are bad asses with a racist agenda.
Quote from: Icarus on August 10, 2017, 11:16:58 PM
I was, and am, still grateful for the good advice and assistance that the cop gave me.
I'm sure you are grateful for the good advice and assistance that cop gave you, I'm sure Rodney King would've love the same courtesy from the police department.
Quote from: Icarus on August 10, 2017, 11:16:58 PM
Does anyone remember during the Rodney King episode, the destruction of whole neighborhoods?
To me it's not the "Rodney King episode." It's the "Rodney King beating."
Quote from: Icarus on August 10, 2017, 11:16:58 PM
How about the poor truck driver who was pulled out of his truck and nearly beaten to death just because he was white And in the wrong neighborhood? The cops, almost, but not quite all of them, do tend to do as their motto says: "To serve and Protect".
Yes, Reginald Denny, I remember him by name and last name, always. --Very sad.
Your words
Icarus: "White and in the wrong neighborhood."
I don't understand what this means.
Mr. Denny was attacked by thugs in a neighborhood, Mr. Rodney King was attacked by police officers. Your words: "The cops, almost, but not quite all of them, do tend to do as their motto says: "To serve and Protect". Yes, but we're just a little confused about those who do not tend to do as their motto says...who is it that they serve and what is it that they protect? And while we are at it, we're also confused, and in a bad mood, about the excessive amount of force they use with certain people in certain neighborhoods.
...I need a drink.
Quote from: Davin on August 10, 2017, 09:42:57 PM
I don't like when you two are fighting!
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Sorry Davin :'(
I'll stop if she stops, but she started it,...just saying :slapfight:
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Anyway I accept your apology Mags ;D
So, this still rings as a made up tale. And it's made worse what you just said.
Quote from: Icarus on August 10, 2017, 11:16:58 PM
I did not make up that tale.
Maybe you didn't, it's not first time I've heard almost exactly the same thing.
Quote from: IcarusIt happened in the late nineties and some of the Los Angelinos in certain areas were still in a bad mood.
What does that mean?
Quote from: IcarusThe cop was just doing his job and he was doing it well. L.A. has had a lot of bad publicity about their cops but they are not all bad asses with a racist agenda.
There is a lot to unpack there. I know not all cops are bad, that's pretty much a given. Some of my best friends are cops. ;) Also, it doesn't take a racist agenda to be a racist cop. Some of them merely suffer from a racial bias that leads them to treat certain people worse and certain people better. L.A. has earned their bad rap as well, so I don't feel bad for them.
Quote from: IcarusI was, and am, still grateful for the good advice and assistance that the cop gave me.
Even if it was wrong?
Quote from: IcarusDoes anyone remember during the Rodney King episode, the destruction of whole neighborhoods?
I'm still angry that none of those cops were punished. And every time a cop gets off pisses me off even more. No one should be above the law, not even and I think especially those who swore uphold it. And you can only push people so far. They try more than anyone should have to to work through the system. And the system fails them time and time again. I'm sure you're fine with all the police brutality against minorities for now. But if you're not against it now, don't start getting all uppity when cops start killing old people and getting away with it, because by then you will have no leg to stand on to oppose a police state.
Quote from: IcarusHow about the poor truck driver who was pulled out of his truck and nearly beaten to death just because he was white And in the wrong neighborhood?
That was an awful thing that those people did to him.
Quote from: IcarusThe cops, almost, but not quite all of them, do tend to do as their motto says: "To serve and Protect".
And a lot of them still hold prejudices against black people and minorities.
Quote from: IcarusI did report that police officer when I got back home. I wrote a letter to the chief of police in support and appreciation of what that cop did on my behalf. Truth to tell the whole episode might have been some kind of spoof that the cop was doing. My car was easily identifiable as a rental and therefore I was identifiable as a dumb tourist. The cop could have been funnin' me. I'll never know or even need to know, but in the heat of that moment I was glad to be the victim of a possible prank. It certainly may not have been a prank.
So it doesn't matter to you if it's true or not. Why even express the story then?
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Sorry,
Davin.
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What the...?
Me, apologize?
That is funny.
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I'm going to be honest here. What I think of police training: Police are trained to agitate people. And when they are agitated, they attack. And when they attack, police have the excuse to do anything they want from beating them like Rodney King to using effective lethal force. And people hide behind that they are "just doing their job" or that they are "following their training". Yes they are following their training because they are trained to provoke you into a aggressive hostile! There is no such thing as free will if someone knows your triggers, and cops are trained and gain experience to do this!
I am at risk here for defending cops it seems.
Arturo, cops are not trained to agitate people. On the contrary, they are trained to try to diffuse potentially bad situations. I concede that there are a few of them who do come across as assholes looking for a way to make themselves superior. Those bad actors do not last long in my town.
At risk for what? We're not going to go to your house and beat you up.
But cops are good at agitating people in a controlled situation, after getting the upper hand in a struggle, ect. They are so good that I'd say it would take some sort of training because when it happens it just looks too systematic, too well put together.
Explain this. And explain how or why those people in the comments are reacting with aggression. The people getting pepper sprayed were not aggressive, and they had nowhere to go. Yet the other cops let him get away with spraying them in the face.
Quote from: Icarus on August 11, 2017, 10:47:16 PM
Arturo, cops are not trained to agitate people. On the contrary, they are trained to try to diffuse potentially bad situations.
I'm sure that's what they're trained to do, diffuse potentially bad situations. How they interpret that training is another thing.
:grin:
Quote from: Icarus on August 11, 2017, 10:47:16 PM
I concede that there are a few of them who do come across as assholes looking for a way to make themselves superior. Those bad actors do not last long in my town.
I'm sure they don't, they are transferred to what
you call the "wrong neighborhoods."
Martin Lawrence is as funny as losing both balls to testicular cancer.
Quote from: No one on August 12, 2017, 09:18:07 AM
Martin Lawrence is as funny as losing both balls to testicular cancer.
:lol:
OK. Maybe Martin Lawrence is as funny as losing both balls to testicular cancer, but the message here is racism by police officers and there's nothing funny about that. That's why there is rap, it tells the world about it and a lot of people don't want to hear it because it doesn't affect them...until it does.
Quote from: Magdalena on August 12, 2017, 09:18:10 PM
Quote from: No one on August 12, 2017, 09:18:07 AM
Martin Lawrence is as funny as losing both balls to testicular cancer.
:lol:
Apparently that's hilarious lol
Right now we have some shit going down in Charlottesville Virginia. So far the police have exercised restraint but they dare not let the situation escalate beyond reasonable control. Mace and pepper spray is flying in both directions. The spray is being shot by each opposing side of the conflict, not the police.....yet.
Breaking news: at this time, 4 PM Saturday, 20 people hospitalized, one dead. Serious stuff. What would you have law enforcement do?
This is a damned shame. That town is ordinarily peaceful and orderly. It is the home of Univ. Of Virginia, one of the oldest and most genteel of schools.
Arturo's vid has a link to another vid that shows cops in training. They are being shot with pepper spray and otherwise harmed. The idea is for the cops to know first hand how it feels to be sprayed in the eyes or beaten. The premise is that they will be more compassionate when they encounter a conflict.
Degree of police response is to be entirely dependent on the potential danger of the encounter. Assessing the degree of danger, I suspect, is one of the most difficult instant decisions during the heat of a confrontation. That is probably a major cause of some of the abuses and disproportionate actions taken by the cops. Those cases are the ones that get the most headlines. This is definitely not to suggest that police brutality or even unnecessary abuse is to be tolerated at any time or any place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQqY-4MYwQc
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Quote from: No one on August 12, 2017, 09:18:07 AM
Martin Lawrence is as funny as losing both balls to testicular cancer.
:lol:
Apparently that's hilarious lol
I'm not a guy so I don't know how funny that is, but I have a feeling
No one is just being sarcastic. :shifty:
~I could be wrong, maybe some people do find losing both balls to testicular cancer funny. --You never know.
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Quote from: Arturo on August 12, 2017, 09:31:05 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 12, 2017, 09:18:10 PM
Quote from: No one on August 12, 2017, 09:18:07 AM
Martin Lawrence is as funny as losing both balls to testicular cancer.
:lol:
Apparently that's hilarious lol
I'm not a guy so I don't know how funny that is, but I have a feeling No one is just being sarcastic. :shifty:
~I could be wrong, maybe some people do find losing both balls to testicular cancer funny. --You never know.
It's the
delivery that counts. Pun intended? Or pun not intended?
Quote from: Icarus on August 12, 2017, 09:49:17 PM
Right now we have some shit going down in Charlottesville Virginia....
What kind of shit? :eyebrow:
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Quote from: Icarus on August 12, 2017, 09:49:17 PM
Right now we have some shit going down in Charlottesville Virginia....
What kind of shit? :eyebrow:
White supremacists and opposing group who are doing some "bad shit" One of the WS creeps used a car to run down some people, killed one injured about eight or ten more, some severely injured. Lunatic driver captured by police before he could be dismembered by crowd. Viginia state police helicopter observing the melee, crashed, killed two officers.
I heard about that. Not that surprised but pretty pissed about the whole thing.
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Quote from: Magdalena on August 13, 2017, 03:11:14 AM
Quote from: Icarus on August 12, 2017, 09:49:17 PM
Right now we have some shit going down in Charlottesville Virginia....
What kind of shit? :eyebrow:
White supremacists and opposing group who are doing some "bad shit" One of the WS creeps used a car to run down some people, killed one injured about eight or ten more, some severely injured. Lunatic driver captured by police before he could be dismembered by crowd. Viginia state police helicopter observing the melee, crashed, killed two officers.
Quote from: Arturo on August 13, 2017, 06:18:43 AM
I heard about that. Not that surprised but pretty pissed about the whole thing.
Very sad, isn't it?
I think Colorado's Senator,
Cory Gardner summarized it well, he Tweeted:
QuoteMr. President - we must call evil by its name. These were white supremacists and this was domestic terrorism.
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That's why there is rap, it tells the world about it
So they produce a really shitty sound to depict really shitty circumstances?(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Tongue%20Wink.png)
Quote from: No one on August 13, 2017, 06:32:42 AM
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That's why there is rap, it tells the world about it
So they produce a really shitty sound to depict really shitty circumstances?(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Tongue%20Wink.png)
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A lot of rap is about the po-po.
Some music videos more graphic than others.
More shit going down in Seattle right now. The same brand of hooligans, this time calling themselves the Alt-right, are having a gathering similar to the Charlottesville bunch. An opposing group has gathered, complete with appropriate signage and such. The cops are doing their damnedest to keep the two factions separated without resorting to police rough stuff or anything that even vaguely resembles it.
This is a sad weekend in America. I had dared to believe that we were better than this until yesterday.
Have I ever told you that I hate people?
Quote from: No one on August 14, 2017, 12:39:39 AM
Have I ever told you that I hate people?
We never doubted you ;)
Quote from: Icarus on August 14, 2017, 12:36:10 AM
...
This is a sad weekend in America. I had dared to believe that we were better than this until yesterday.
:sad sigh:
:therethere:
Quote from: Icarus on August 14, 2017, 12:36:10 AM
This is a sad weekend in America. I had dared to believe that we were better than this until yesterday.
I felt that way on the night of November 8th, 2016. This is an extension of that.
Quote from: Davin on August 14, 2017, 03:06:25 PM
Quote from: Icarus on August 14, 2017, 12:36:10 AM
This is a sad weekend in America. I had dared to believe that we were better than this until yesterday.
I felt that way on the night of November 8th, 2016. This is an extension of that.
:felix:
QuoteThe United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. In a surprise victory,[4] the Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine.
Quote from: Davin on August 14, 2017, 03:06:25 PM
Quote from: Icarus on August 14, 2017, 12:36:10 AM
This is a sad weekend in America. I had dared to believe that we were better than this until yesterday.
I felt that way on the night of November 8th, 2016. This is an extension of that.
Yes, Trump's victory validated the Alt-Right, so now the Nazis feel emboldened. I hope people see this in 2018 and deny him a majority in the House and/or Senate.
This thread needs more Mags
^ What's that rainbow doing in there?
Quote from: Icarus on August 14, 2017, 11:59:33 PM
^ What's that rainbow doing in there?
Being magnificent
The rainbow is there to highlight that pot of gold.
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Get rid of it, please! >:(
Now! >:(
~Thank you. >:(
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Arturo.
There are no words to describe how angry I feel right now, but that's my problem not yours.
Anger is a gift.
Quote from: No one on August 15, 2017, 06:12:14 AM
Anger is a gift.
And what the fuck am I supposed to do with it?
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And what the fuck am I supposed to do with it?
Have you thought about regifting it??
When in doubt, share the wealth. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Thumbs%20Up.png)
I like to begin each day with a bit of Calvin and Hobbes.
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Hey Mags,
I don't have any Calvin and Hobbes to post today, but this is weird and interesting conversation to have witness and overheard isn't it?
Joys of childhood.
QuoteFour small boys are circling the table in dining room. The table looks like Lego Land walked by and puked all over the table. Like, all over it. Also on the floor. Maybe also in the living room too. A bit.
They are discussing various things. It's pretty technical at times. "No! I LOSTED MY HEAD! Do you guys see my head anywhere? It's ok, though I still have powers. *whispers* In my tiny hands."
Then the conversation takes a rather interesting twist:
"GUYS. GUYS. Did you know? If you put a leash on a goat and try to walk him? He'll chew your face off."
I have to admit, I wasn't expecting that either.
I don't know how the goat thing started. Is there a Lego goat? Is there a teeny tiny leash in there that can of course get lost and then become REALLY IMPORTANT?
Then, one poor soul says: "Cats. Cats don't like leashes either."
They all look, as if on cue, at Steve, Mr. Sweet Fluffypants, who is lounging by the table in all his furry glory. He eyes them with the cool confidence. "Bring it, small people," he says.
And so, they put a leash on him. I am still watching from the chair, wondering at which point I should get involved. Prior to the face chewing? Or maybe after just a small nibble?
And then Steve allowed himself to be drug across our wood floors, like a kitty Swiffer. It should have been on film. Instead, I watched in awe as he actually put one paw up to groom his ears while being dragged around.
Like a boss.
I did put a stop to the dragging after one full rotation of the room. For one, poor Steve's fur was now coated in dust bunnies and I needed to squeegee him off. I did consider taking him upstairs and throwing him under our bed a couple times, though. He really picks up dirt and lint with amazing finesse!
I could market this.
Anyhow, also, the leash thing was morphing into, "Hey! Lemme put this on you! I'll take YOU for a walk! Around the block! Outside!" to the littlest brother and we have enough rumors, about general parenting practices at our house, thank you. We don't really need leashes added to that mix.
Also, safety. Basic safety. Don't email me. I shut the whole leash thing down, I promise.
And then, the boys just kinda stared at each other. Bereft. Their weird game had been snuffed out and what to do? I, always helpful, pointed out there was basically the population of China in Legos within two feet of them. One of the boys melted to the floor in despair. The Legos were old and tired. They had just drug a cat across the FLOOR, woman. You CAN'T GO BACK FROM THAT.
Until one of them* said,
"Hey, I can make a bubble with my own saliva." And they were off to find a mirror and set up the Disgusting Saliva Bubble Olympics of 2017.
MAGS!
HEY MAGS!!
I SAID, "HEY MAGS"!!!
MAGS!!!!
HEY MAGS!!!!
I SAID, "HEY MAGS"!!!
HAY MAGS!!!!!
Whatcha doing?
So check out this Calvin and Hobbes, cute isn't it? 8)
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Quote"GUYS. GUYS. Did you know? If you put a leash on a goat and try to walk him? He'll chew your face off."
I saw a goat on a leash when I was on vacation to stare at the sun. No faces were eaten.
Quote from: Davin on August 25, 2017, 03:31:42 PM
Quote"GUYS. GUYS. Did you know? If you put a leash on a goat and try to walk him? He'll chew your face off."
I saw a goat on a leash when I was on vacation to stare at the sun. No faces were eaten.
Picture or I don't believe you Davin! :abduct:
Hey Mags,
Hope you are doing well, anyway "Happy Friday"!
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Quote from: Father Bruno on August 25, 2017, 08:13:41 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 25, 2017, 03:31:42 PM
Quote"GUYS. GUYS. Did you know? If you put a leash on a goat and try to walk him? He'll chew your face off."
I saw a goat on a leash when I was on vacation to stare at the sun. No faces were eaten.
Picture or I don't believe you Davin! :abduct:
Hey Mags,
Hope you are doing well, anyway "Happy Friday"!
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Father:
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:computerwave:
Hi,
Davin.
Quote from: No one on August 15, 2017, 11:37:51 AM
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And what the fuck am I supposed to do with it?
Have you thought about regifting it??
When in doubt, share the wealth. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Thumbs%20Up.png)
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I've been thinking about doing this :chin: ...this re-gifting of anger. :eyebrow:
Does it work?
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2017, 06:05:01 AM
Quote from: No one on August 15, 2017, 11:37:51 AM
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And what the fuck am I supposed to do with it?
Have you thought about regifting it??
When in doubt, share the wealth. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Thumbs%20Up.png)
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I've been thinking about doing this :chin: ...this re-gifting of anger. :eyebrow:
Does it work?
No it doesn't work, remember... "One must not have anger. Anger is the mind-killer. Anger is the little-death that brings total obliteration. You have to face your anger, and permit it to pass over you and through you. And when it has gone past turn your inner eye to see its path. Where the anger has gone there will be nothing. Only you will remain."
bene-gesseri
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2017, 05:55:14 AM
:computerwave:
Hi, Davin.
Hi Mags!
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Oh, hey, Bruno...
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Quote from: Davin on August 28, 2017, 04:27:24 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2017, 05:55:14 AM
:computerwave:
Hi, Davin.
Hi Mags!
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Oh, hey, Bruno...
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Quote from: Father Bruno on August 28, 2017, 06:02:15 PM
Quote from: Davin on August 28, 2017, 04:27:24 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2017, 05:55:14 AM
:computerwave:
Hi, Davin.
Hi Mags!
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Oh, hey, Bruno...
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Sorry, Bruno,
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I tried to start up some fake drama...
Quote from: Davin on August 28, 2017, 08:23:19 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 28, 2017, 07:56:41 PM
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Sorry, Bruno,
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I tried to start up some fake drama...
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Quote from: Father Bruno on August 28, 2017, 03:06:56 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on August 27, 2017, 06:05:01 AM
I've been thinking about doing this :chin: ...this re-gifting of anger. :eyebrow:
Does it work?
No it doesn't work, remember... "One must not have anger. Anger is the mind-killer. Anger is the little-death that brings total obliteration. You have to face your anger, and permit it to pass over you and through you. And when it has gone past turn your inner eye to see its path. Where the anger has gone there will be nothing. Only you will remain."
bene-gesseri
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I don't know,
Father Bruno...I still find re-gifting anger a fascinating idea.
I've been doing this with anger....
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...But I'm tired of it. :fingertap:
There's just so much anger in this world.
Expressing anger doesn't make it go away.
I think it's a complex issue, but in essence I agree with Arturo.
The anger you see in the world, it's not something you can control, is it? Rationally thinking, what good would it do to others and to yourself to feel angry over something you can't control?
Emotions are contagious, as you very well know. Especially among people who share a degree of empathy. If you were to regift the anger you feel and if it doesn't help you feel less angry, how would you isolate those closest to you from your emotions? Is it worth it?
I'm not suggesting you seal your anger and let it simmer inside, but I think one should first take a step back and look at the situation, try to cool down and try to redirect the anger to something that does not trigger frustration or negative feelings. Build a mental shield.
Personally I ruminate on it for awhile, then I concentrate on something that puts me in a better mood and focus on only that. I repeat that once a day. It numbs the negative feelings.
There is also the idea that people are stupid and always do stupid things. And when I reach the point of being okay with that, I'm...well...okay lol
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^ Whatever you do, don't give up your sense of humour. ;D :lol:
Buy a "Dammit Doll" and bash it around when you are angry. Then put it up and go on your way. Nobody gets hurt.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 29, 2017, 12:59:46 PM
^ Whatever you do, don't give up your sense of humour. ;D :lol:
OK.
:grin:
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on August 29, 2017, 06:07:04 PM
Buy a "Dammit Doll" and bash it around when you are angry. Then put it up and go on your way. Nobody gets hurt.
I googled, "Dammit Doll" video...
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:secrets1:
Ecurb Noselrub, I'm glad to see that you're OK. :hug2:
Quote from: Magdalena on August 29, 2017, 07:22:25 PM
:secrets1: Ecurb Noselrub, I'm glad to see that you're OK. :hug2:
:this:
All we got was rain and some refugees. I've made my Red Cross donation to my Texas brothers and sisters in Houston. How sad I am for them and their city. It's a vibrant town, or was. Hope it recovers.
Hey Mags.
I had some papusas for lunch today, and thought of you...they were only so so, but the horchata I had was pretty good. (Street truck)
Now I have a taste for tamales....
Maybe on Friday I'll go get some, and not the skinny Mexican ones, but the big, fat Central American types wrapped in banana leaves.
'Fucking A"!
Love this truck's sign!
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^^^
"...Or Carlos..." :lol:
:secrets1: If you're gonna eat the big, fat Central American tamales wrapped in banana leaves, please be careful with the chicken bone. :shifty:
A lot of people hate that.
I love it. :yum:
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Hey Mags,
Thought I would introduce you to "Chuck the Monk".
Chuck, a very curious cat, is a confused brain scientist who becomes a Zen monk.
Looking everywhere for answers, he finds none!
(https://i.imgur.com/EaRbhH1.jpg)
He sort of an amalgamation of some of our HAF members don't you think? (By the way can you use the word amalgamate when referring to people?)
Have a Blessed Day! 8)
^^^
Cats are cute, I like cats. :tellmemore:
Hey Mags,
How U doing?
So like, I saw this picture and I thought it was really cute, but not sure I can get on board with every item on the agenda.
- Golden Girls Reboot? Never was a big fan, I mean it was cute and sorta funny, my mom loved it, butt I'm not sure we need to reboot it.
- 2001 Brittany Spears? No please, I don't want to relive that again, just please let that lie peacefully and undisturbed.
- Mandatory Brunch? Never a big fan of brunch either, I mean why can't we simply eat a late breakfast or an early lunch? Why does it have to be turned into a brunch, which I have to say are always boring. Boring food, boring tableware, boring people...yuck
- Stricter Punishment for Sandal/Sock violators. Now this one here I am all for, and would love to sit on the advisory or punishment board for this, but I have to say I'm a bit confused that this is included in the "Gay Agenda" as the biggest violators I personally know are both lesbians, so we may be targeting the wrong folks with this one. ( I would also included a ban and strict punishment for anyone wearing flip-flops outside of a shower of pool area.
Anyway that's it for now, I'm just taking a late lunch today and probably should get back to work as I'm a bit behind this week. By the way Mags, are you in any way related to Ted Cruz? 8)
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Quote from: Father Bruno on September 12, 2017, 08:00:07 PM
Hey Mags,
How U doing?
:computerwave:
Hi,
Father, I'm OK. :grin:
Golden Girls Reboot? :asmo:
2001 Brittany Spears? :asmo:
Mandatory Brunch? :asmo:
Stricter Punishment for Sandal/Sock violators. :asmo:
By the way Mags, are you in any way related to Ted Cruz?
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Quote from: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 06:23:40 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 12, 2017, 08:00:07 PM
Hey Mags,
How U doing?
:computerwave:
Hi, Father, I'm OK. :grin:
Golden Girls Reboot? :asmo:
2001 Brittany Spears? :asmo:
Mandatory Brunch? :asmo:
Stricter Punishment for Sandal/Sock violators. :asmo:
By the way Mags, are you in any way related to Ted Cruz?
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
So I'm going to ass-u-me you are a sandal/sock type person Mags based on your dislike of the proposed punishment for those wearing such an atrocity? I'm sadden to hear this... :-[
And based on the gif I'll take that as a no for any relation to the Ted Cruz's... 8) That's good news!
Next week I'm taking a trip down to Tennessee to visit an old army buddy, he lives just outside of Chattanooga...it's a beautiful area and I'm spent a lot of time down in that neck of the woods over the years, either staying with him and his family or close by hiking and camping in the Smokies...I love it there, in fact I've often thought of moving to TN.; actually besides Michigan it's the only other place I would want to move to other than Honduras.
I could fly since it's about a 10 hour drive with minimal stopping along the way, but it will be nice to spend the time alone driving down there with just myself and a load of CD's for company.
Going to spend a couple days with my friend and his wife at their home. They have a wonderful, small and comfy cabin nestled in among the hills, surrounded by trees and a small creek. It's not unusual when hiking just around his property to find an arrow-head on the ground.
They have a nice vegetable garden, some chickens, and his mom lives just over the hill and is the worlds greatest baker of apple pies and homemade vanilla ice cream. When my friend and I were stationed together down at Ft. Benning in Georgia she used to send him back to the base with a pie just for me, and when I would visit with my friend for a weekend of R&R she would always have a couple a couple pies fresh out of the oven waiting for us (She also makes killer rhubarb pie).
After spending a few days in TN him and I are heading down to FT. Benning for an Army/Ranger Reunion...can't wait to see some of my old friends, haven't seen most of these guys since the day I was discharge, some even longer.
Anyway after a couple days down at Benning we'll head back to TN for a day or so and then I'll head back to Michigan, hopefully my time spent with old friends and cherished and memorable locations will recharge my spirit and soul some as I feel winter here is fast approaching.
So I'll probably be out of touch for a while, truth is I'm going to try and disconnect from the e-world as much as possible during the week I'm gone.
Smokies are a magical place, old you know...the mountains out west are beautiful, but the Smokies are old, and have wisdom and secrets you can sometimes tease out if you spend enough time in them.
I want to feel the smooth cold stones of the creek against my feet again, and sit at night by a fire of hickory, speaking softly with my friend and listening to ancient stories,... and in the morning just before the sun rises go out amongst the trees and listen for the whispered rattle of leaves as the mist wraps it's cold embrace around their edges, and squat down on the trail and dig my fingers into the dirt, look up and see the last remnants of the stars in the sky before they disappear, and maybe, just maybe hear the voices of those who came before us guiding me one more time out of the gloom and into the sunlight.
I can't wait... :)
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
So I'm going to ass-u-me you are a sandal/sock type person Mags based on your dislike of the proposed punishment for those wearing such an atrocity? I'm sadden to hear this... :-[
Father Bruno, you ass-u-me wrong. I am not a sandal/sock type person. It's just that fighting it is like fighting the NRA...almost impossible. Sandal/sock wearing people are gonna fight for their right to wear them. :fingertap:
Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/02/6f/c5/026fc51575a137b9ff3de7953f7ce201.jpg)
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
And based on the gif I'll take that as a no for any relation to the Ted Cruz's... 8) That's good news!
Me, related to Ted Cruz...
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Please!
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
Next week I'm taking a trip down to Tennessee to visit an old army buddy, he lives just outside of Chattanooga...it's a beautiful area and I'm spent a lot of time down in that neck of the woods over the years, either staying with him and his family or close by hiking and camping in the Smokies...I love it there, in fact I've often thought of moving to TN.; actually besides Michigan it's the only other place I would want to move to other than Honduras.
I could fly since it's about a 10 hour drive with minimal stopping along the way, but it will be nice to spend the time alone driving down there with just myself and a load of CD's for company.
Going to spend a couple days with my friend and his wife at their home. They have a wonderful, small and comfy cabin nestled in among the hills, surrounded by trees and a small creek. It's not unusual when hiking just around his property to find an arrow-head on the ground.
They have a nice vegetable garden, some chickens, and his mom lives just over the hill and is the worlds greatest baker of apple pies and homemade vanilla ice cream. When my friend and I were stationed together down at Ft. Benning in Georgia she used to send him back to the base with a pie just for me, and when I would visit with my friend for a weekend of R&R she would always have a couple a couple pies fresh out of the oven waiting for us (She also makes killer rhubarb pie).
After spending a few days in TN him and I are heading down to FT. Benning for an Army/Ranger Reunion...can't wait to see some of my old friends, haven't seen most of these guys since the day I was discharge, some even longer.
Anyway after a couple days down at Benning we'll head back to TN for a day or so and then I'll head back to Michigan, hopefully my time spent with old friends and cherished and memorable locations will recharge my spirit and soul some as I feel winter here is fast approaching.
So I'll probably be out of touch for a while, truth is I'm going to try and disconnect from the e-world as much as possible during the week I'm gone.
Smokies are a magical place, old you know...the mountains out west are beautiful, but the Smokies are old, and have wisdom and secrets you can sometimes tease out if you spend enough time in them.
I want to feel the smooth cold stones of the creek against my feet again, and sit at night by a fire of hickory, speaking softly with my friend and listening to ancient stories,... and in the morning just before the sun rises go out amongst the trees and listen for the whispered rattle of leaves as the mist wraps it's cold embrace around their edges, and squat down on the trail and dig my fingers into the dirt, look up and see the last remnants of the stars in the sky before they disappear, and maybe, just maybe hear the voices of those who came before us guiding me one more time out of the gloom and into the sunlight.
I can't wait... :)
Tennessee...Sounds wonderful! :tellmemore:
Have a great time, I'll miss you, but I know you'll be back with lots of pictures. :frolic:
Great! Now I have that country song stuck in my mind again, "Tennessee Whiskey." :grrr:
Quote from: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 04:31:23 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
[...]After spending a few days in TN him and I are heading down to FT. Benning for an Army/Ranger Reunion...can't wait to see some of my old friends, haven't seen most of these guys since the day I was discharge, some even longer.
Anyway after a couple days down at Benning we'll head back to TN for a day or so and then I'll head back to Michigan, hopefully my time spent with old friends and cherished and memorable locations will recharge my spirit and soul some as I feel winter here is fast approaching.[...]
Tennessee...Sounds wonderful! :tellmemore:
Have a great time, I'll miss you, but I know you'll be back with lots of pictures. :frolic:
Great! Now I have that country song stuck in my mind again, "Tennessee Whiskey." :grrr:
It reminds me of this song from a while ago:
Quote from: Davin on September 13, 2017, 04:59:47 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 04:31:23 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
[...]After spending a few days in TN him and I are heading down to FT. Benning for an Army/Ranger Reunion...can't wait to see some of my old friends, haven't seen most of these guys since the day I was discharge, some even longer.
Anyway after a couple days down at Benning we'll head back to TN for a day or so and then I'll head back to Michigan, hopefully my time spent with old friends and cherished and memorable locations will recharge my spirit and soul some as I feel winter here is fast approaching.[...]
Tennessee...Sounds wonderful! :tellmemore:
Have a great time, I'll miss you, but I know you'll be back with lots of pictures. :frolic:
Great! Now I have that country song stuck in my mind again, "Tennessee Whiskey." :grrr:
It reminds me of this song from a while ago:
:dance1:
Quote from: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 05:28:47 PM
Quote from: Davin on September 13, 2017, 04:59:47 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 13, 2017, 04:31:23 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
[...]After spending a few days in TN him and I are heading down to FT. Benning for an Army/Ranger Reunion...can't wait to see some of my old friends, haven't seen most of these guys since the day I was discharge, some even longer.
Anyway after a couple days down at Benning we'll head back to TN for a day or so and then I'll head back to Michigan, hopefully my time spent with old friends and cherished and memorable locations will recharge my spirit and soul some as I feel winter here is fast approaching.[...]
Tennessee...Sounds wonderful! :tellmemore:
Have a great time, I'll miss you, but I know you'll be back with lots of pictures. :frolic:
Great! Now I have that country song stuck in my mind again, "Tennessee Whiskey." :grrr:
It reminds me of this song from a while ago:
:dance1:
Those are nice, but you have to include "Congregation" by the "Foo Fighters" which was recorded in Nashville, this line is cool with regards to mid-town Nashville,
"The voice upon the stage ~ Is the heart inside a cage ~ And they're singing like a bluebird in the round."Playing songs about Tennessee you also have to include, "Nashville Woman's Blues" by "Bessie Smith", she sings,
Folks down there they drinks a lots of booze ~ You can suggest what you choose ~ I have got those Nashville women's blues"This is my favorite.
Or how about "Wanda Jackson" singing "Tears at the Grand Ole Opry"
"This old heart can't believe that you're gone from sight ~ There'll be no more joy and songs for me you were the only one ~ And there'll be tears at the Grand Ole Opry tonight"
^^^
:secrets1: If you're going to Chattanooga, don't forget the 1941 song, "Chattanooga Choo Choo."
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 12, 2017, 08:00:07 PM
Stricter Punishment for Sandal/Sock violators. Now this one here I am all for, and would love to sit on the advisory or punishment board for this, but I have to say I'm a bit confused that this is included in the "Gay Agenda" as the biggest violators I personally know are both lesbians, so we may be targeting the wrong folks with this one. ( I would also included a ban and strict punishment for anyone wearing flip-flops outside of a shower of pool area.
Ahem. I think wearing sandals
without socks is not the most comfortable experience, all that fine dirt seems to get in there like iron to a magnet, all you have to do is walk outside and who knows what you'll be bringing between your toes inside your house. ::)
I only wear the sock/flip-flop combo when I'm in my jammies though, never wear flip-flops outside even though they are a big thing in Brazil. In fact, when I went to NY a few years back I saw a Havaianas flip-flop and sandal store, it seems to be spreading! :devil:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 03:09:36 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 12, 2017, 08:00:07 PM
Stricter Punishment for Sandal/Sock violators. Now this one here I am all for, and would love to sit on the advisory or punishment board for this, but I have to say I'm a bit confused that this is included in the "Gay Agenda" as the biggest violators I personally know are both lesbians, so we may be targeting the wrong folks with this one. ( I would also included a ban and strict punishment for anyone wearing flip-flops outside of a shower of pool area.
Ahem. I think wearing sandals without socks is not the most comfortable experience, all that fine dirt seems to get in there like iron to a magnet, all you have to do is walk outside and who knows what you'll be bringing inside your house between your toes. ::)
I only wear the sock/flip-flop combo when I'm in my jammies though, never wear flip-flops outside even though they are a big thing in Brazil. In fact, when I went to NY a few years back I saw a Havaianas flip-flop and sandal store, it seems to be spreading! :devil:
Don't you guys have this too?
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Quote from: Arturo on September 14, 2017, 03:22:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 14, 2017, 03:09:36 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 12, 2017, 08:00:07 PM
Stricter Punishment for Sandal/Sock violators. Now this one here I am all for, and would love to sit on the advisory or punishment board for this, but I have to say I'm a bit confused that this is included in the "Gay Agenda" as the biggest violators I personally know are both lesbians, so we may be targeting the wrong folks with this one. ( I would also included a ban and strict punishment for anyone wearing flip-flops outside of a shower of pool area.
Ahem. I think wearing sandals without socks is not the most comfortable experience, all that fine dirt seems to get in there like iron to a magnet, all you have to do is walk outside and who knows what you'll be bringing inside your house between your toes. ::)
I only wear the sock/flip-flop combo when I'm in my jammies though, never wear flip-flops outside even though they are a big thing in Brazil. In fact, when I went to NY a few years back I saw a Havaianas flip-flop and sandal store, it seems to be spreading! :devil:
Don't you guys have this too?
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Never saw one in my life.
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Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
Smokies are a magical place, old you know...the mountains out west are beautiful, but the Smokies are old, and have wisdom and secrets you can sometimes tease out if you spend enough time in them.
I want to feel the smooth cold stones of the creek against my feet again, and sit at night by a fire of hickory, speaking softly with my friend and listening to ancient stories,... and in the morning just before the sun rises go out amongst the trees and listen for the whispered rattle of leaves as the mist wraps it's cold embrace around their edges, and squat down on the trail and dig my fingers into the dirt, look up and see the last remnants of the stars in the sky before they disappear, and maybe, just maybe hear the voices of those who came before us guiding me one more time out of the gloom and into the sunlight.
I can't wait... :)
I say once again that you have some writing talent Bruno. Keep it up. I suspect that you are, secretly, a romanticist. That is good.
This old world needs less of NK, Opioid epidemic, KKK, youth gangs, racism, and such.
We could use softly stated descriptions of earthly beauty to better advantage......sigh....if only more people would read, think,...take the road less traveled......discover Joyce Kilmer, Robert Frost, Brahms....and embrace the pleasing gifts of this earth before it is too late.
Fixed quotes - xSPx
Quote from: Icarus on September 15, 2017, 06:15:11 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 13, 2017, 02:08:22 PM
Smokies are a magical place, old you know...the mountains out west are beautiful, but the Smokies are old, and have wisdom and secrets you can sometimes tease out if you spend enough time in them.
I want to feel the smooth cold stones of the creek against my feet again, and sit at night by a fire of hickory, speaking softly with my friend and listening to ancient stories,... and in the morning just before the sun rises go out amongst the trees and listen for the whispered rattle of leaves as the mist wraps it's cold embrace around their edges, and squat down on the trail and dig my fingers into the dirt, look up and see the last remnants of the stars in the sky before they disappear, and maybe, just maybe hear the voices of those who came before us guiding me one more time out of the gloom and into the sunlight.
I can't wait... :)
I say once again that you have some writing talent Bruno. Keep it up. I suspect that you are, secretly, a romanticist. That is good.
This old world needs less of NK, Opioid epidemic, KKK, youth gangs, racism, and such.
We could use softly stated descriptions of earthly beauty to better advantage......sigh....if only more people would read, think,...take the road less traveled......discover Joyce Kilmer, Robert Frost, Brahms....and embrace the pleasing gifts of this earth before it is too late.
You're a sweet man Icarus and thank you for your kind words. If we ever meet I owe you a hug, and then maybe we can sit together in a park somewhere drinking coffee's, perhaps enjoying a late afternoon sunshine, over a game of chess, chatting quietly together while the rest of the world spins crazily out of control around us.
(I don't know if you like coffee icarus, but you seem like the kind of person who enjoys a good game of chess :))
Fixed quotes - xSPx
What?
Fixed quotes - xSPx
Quote from: Arturo on September 17, 2017, 03:23:52 AM
What?
Fixed quotes - xSPx
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^^^
:snicker:
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 15, 2017, 03:11:40 PM
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I feel like this got missed.
Reply to Bruno: Yes I have played a bit of chess. Never became good at it but find it thoroughly stimulating.
Never became good at the calculus either but also find it thoroughly stimulating.
More stimulating would be to have a tete- a- tete with you...... also quiet individual conversations with quite a few of our other HAFers. I revere this place because I am associating with my intellectual betters much of the time.
I do claim dibs on the advantage of learning by experience....I have had an unusually long life with which to learn, form tentative opinions, and take both pleasures and lumps.
I almost forgot. This is the Hey Mags thread. If you are out there Magdalena, you are one of the ones that I would find fascinating as a conversationalist. ....only if your husband will allow it. :teadrink:
Quote from: Icarus on September 17, 2017, 11:28:11 PM
I almost forgot. This is the Hey Mags thread. If you are out there Magdalena, you are one of the ones that I would find fascinating as a conversationalist. ....only if your husband will allow it. :teadrink:
My dear,
Icarus...:teadrink:
You are also one of the ones that I would find fascinating as a conversationalist.
Quote from: Icarus on September 17, 2017, 11:28:11 PM
....only if your husband will allow it.
"Allow it." :snicker:
That's such an old fashion word.
We've been together for 15.5 years, we're not "legally" married, so I haven't promised to "obey" him...yet. I respect him because I want to, not because he, god, or the court will punish me if I don't. :smileshake:
Mags is a cool chick with style and class and a helluva' talent for posting appropriate pix, cartoons, or vids. We are waaaay different but that is a large part of the value of attentive and introspective conversations.
Quote from: Icarus on September 18, 2017, 02:59:39 AM
Mags is a cool chick with style and class and a helluva' talent for posting appropriate pix, cartoons, or vids. We are waaaay different but that is a large part of the value of attentive and introspective conversations.
Icarus, give me some of whatever it is that you're drinking right now.
~I know it's not tea. :teadrink:
:grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on September 18, 2017, 03:03:28 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 18, 2017, 02:59:39 AM
Mags is a cool chick with style and class and a helluva' talent for posting appropriate pix, cartoons, or vids. We are waaaay different but that is a large part of the value of attentive and introspective conversations.
Icarus, give me some of whatever it is that you're drinking right now.
~I know it's not tea. :teadrink:
:grin:
Energy drink? :notsure:
:grin:
Or maybe I'm just projecting what I'm craving right now. :P
Appleton is a brand of Jamaican rum. That distillery has changed the name of its booze to J. Wray. In either case it is an acceptable though not spectacular libation. I might have had a wee dram of that stuff when I said that Mags is cool.
I have not had anything to drink today other than water and I reiterate that Mags is cool. I will add the proviso: but not when she is angry.
Quote from: Icarus on September 18, 2017, 10:15:19 PM
... I might have had a wee dram of that stuff when I said that Mags is cool.
I knew it!!!! :lol:
How did I know?
~Mags is a cool witch. ;)
...and an angry witch sometimes. :grin:
Mags is cool even when she's having heated discussions. 8)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 19, 2017, 12:37:11 AM
Mags is cool even when she's having heated discussions. 8)
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:grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on September 19, 2017, 04:47:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 19, 2017, 12:37:11 AM
Mags is cool even when she's having heated discussions. 8)
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:grin:
I still like you.
Quote from: Arturo on September 19, 2017, 05:50:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on September 19, 2017, 04:47:19 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 19, 2017, 12:37:11 AM
Mags is cool even when she's having heated discussions. 8)
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:grin:
I still like you.
Arturito, I'm sorry I was mean to you the other day. :(
I'm going through some weird hormonal shit, that's all. It had nothing to do with you. I will fix it soon, you'll see.
:hug:
Quote from: Magdalena on September 18, 2017, 02:06:15 AM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on September 17, 2017, 06:42:30 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 17, 2017, 06:12:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 15, 2017, 03:11:40 PM
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I feel like this got missed.
Missed, or ignored? ;)
:P
:this:
:P
Hey Mags and xSP,
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(https://i.imgur.com/5zKWvcR.gif)
(https://i.imgflip.com/rlfmj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZlNvooQ.jpg?fb)
Mags, is this you????
Quote from: No one on September 19, 2017, 11:55:07 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/ZlNvooQ.jpg?fb)
Mags, is this you????
:lol:
Maybe.
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;D
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Hey Davin, Where did you get that Trump home movie?
Obviously it was from the Obama wire taps.
Hey Mags,
Just wanted to send you a little reminder that you only have a little over a month of shopping left before my birthday (35 days to be exact)
That may seem like a long time, but as you know you and some of the other members here can be a bit prone to procrastination from time to time so maybe you should start giving some really deep and serious thought to what it is you are going to give me this year. (Plus you have to consider time needed for mail or package delivery, etc...)
I can certainly give you some ideas for gifts if you want, might be a good idea to start a seperate thread for this topic, but it would probably not be in good taste if I were to set that up myself, you know it may look a bit conceded, or feel like I'm begging for attention, etc...
Anyway give it some thought, again plenty of time left so no need to panic.
Have a nice day,
Your friend and fellow atheist,
Bruno 8)
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 30, 2017, 07:24:00 PM
Hey Mags,
...
I can certainly give you some ideas for gifts if you want, might be a good idea to start a seperate thread for this topic, but it would probably not be in good taste if I were to set that up myself, you know it may look a bit conceded, or feel like I'm begging for attention, etc...
...
:rofl:
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 30, 2017, 07:24:00 PM
That may seem like a long time, but as you know you and some of the other members here can be a bit prone to procrastination from time to time so maybe you should start giving some really deep and serious thought to what it is you are going to give me this year. (Plus you have to consider time needed for mail or package delivery, etc...)
:unsure:
How about sincere best wishes and hope that you have a great birthday? :grin:
On the plus side, my present will be delivered to you at nearly the speed of light, practically no mail delivery time needed! :sidesmile:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 01, 2017, 03:56:06 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 30, 2017, 07:24:00 PM
That may seem like a long time, but as you know you and some of the other members here can be a bit prone to procrastination from time to time so maybe you should start giving some really deep and serious thought to what it is you are going to give me this year. (Plus you have to consider time needed for mail or package delivery, etc...)
:unsure:
How about sincere best wishes and hope that you have a great birthday? :grin:
On the plus side, my present will be delivered to you at nearly the speed of light, practically no mail delivery time needed! :sidesmile:
I can't think of a better present xSP...gracias! 8)
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 01, 2017, 06:45:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 01, 2017, 03:56:06 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 30, 2017, 07:24:00 PM
That may seem like a long time, but as you know you and some of the other members here can be a bit prone to procrastination from time to time so maybe you should start giving some really deep and serious thought to what it is you are going to give me this year. (Plus you have to consider time needed for mail or package delivery, etc...)
:unsure:
How about sincere best wishes and hope that you have a great birthday? :grin:
On the plus side, my present will be delivered to you at nearly the speed of light, practically no mail delivery time needed! :sidesmile:
I can't think of a better present xSP...gracias! 8)
:yes!:
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 30, 2017, 07:24:00 PM
Hey Mags,
Just wanted to send you a little reminder that you only have a little over a month of shopping left before my birthday (35 days to be exact)
How about a few bananas?
(https://soylent.neocities.org/bananas.jpg)
Quote from: Davin on October 02, 2017, 04:30:56 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on September 30, 2017, 07:24:00 PM
Hey Mags,
Just wanted to send you a little reminder that you only have a little over a month of shopping left before my birthday (35 days to be exact)
How about a few bananas?
(https://soylent.neocities.org/bananas.jpg)
Thank you very much Davin I actually do love bananas, you know I totally forgot to buy some this weekend at the market, only one left this morning in the house, I'll have to stop this evening and get more (I eat like 2 everyday)
P.S. Out of all the Davin's here at HAF you are my favorite ;)
And you are my favorite Bruno, even more than that Mars version.
HEYA MAGS!
IT'S FRIDAY, LET'S DANCE!!!1 :frolic: :cheerful dance 2:
(https://i.imgur.com/LmXmDjU.jpg)
By the way Madame Butterflies, how is you?
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 13, 2017, 03:36:46 PM
HEYA MAGS!
IT'S FRIDAY, LET'S DANCE!!!1 :frolic: :cheerful dance 2:
(https://i.imgur.com/LmXmDjU.jpg)
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It's Friday the 13th. :worried:
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 13, 2017, 03:36:46 PM
By the way Madame Butterflies, how is you?
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
Quote from: Magdalena on October 13, 2017, 07:23:11 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 13, 2017, 03:36:46 PM
HEYA MAGS!
IT'S FRIDAY, LET'S DANCE!!!1 :frolic: :cheerful dance 2:
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It's Friday the 13th. :worried:
Fine, you stand there while I shake my booty!
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Quote from: Father Bruno on October 13, 2017, 07:53:08 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 13, 2017, 07:23:11 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 13, 2017, 03:36:46 PM
HEYA MAGS!
IT'S FRIDAY, LET'S DANCE!!!1 :frolic: :cheerful dance 2:
(https://i.imgur.com/LmXmDjU.jpg)
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It's Friday the 13th. :worried:
Fine, you stand there while I shake my booty!
(https://i.imgur.com/QvTo2eh.gif)
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...Just a little.
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:console:
:hug:
...So, the regular doctor sends me to the endocrinologist, the endocrinologist sends me to the neurologist and the neurologist sends me to the neurosurgeon. :fingertap:
I guess they're the one that is able to figure out the best course of action. Hang tough, Magdalena. :cheerleader:
Dear, sweet Mags, I do hope all is well. My heart is with you.
Quote from: Recusant on October 14, 2017, 03:59:26 AM
I guess they're the one that is able to figure out the best course of action. Hang tough, Magdalena. :cheerleader:
:smilenod:
:hug:
Quote from: Dragonia on October 14, 2017, 04:30:47 AM
Dear, sweet Mags, I do hope all is well. My heart is with you.
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I like you,
Dragonia. I'm glad you came here and stayed.
For you, my friend:
Sending across all good karma and other beautiful things Magdalena 💐
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Sending across all good karma and other beautiful things Magdalena
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Quote from: Magdalena on October 14, 2017, 05:36:16 AM
Quote from: Dragonia on October 14, 2017, 04:30:47 AM
Dear, sweet Mags, I do hope all is well. My heart is with you.
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I like you, Dragonia. I'm glad you came here and stayed.
For you, my friend:
*sniff* I really needed that. The video was like my version of "These are a few of my favorite things". :hug2:
I'm glad I'm here too.
Hey Mags,
I'm sorry, when you replied to my silly "Calvin and Hobbes" dancing video I didn't notice this part...Will go see neurologist today. :felix:
So my reply back to you must have seen quite insensitive...I'll be hoping for the best for you, stay strong.
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Our thoughts are with you, Mags.
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 15, 2017, 02:25:01 AM
Hey Mags,
I'm sorry, when you replied to my silly "Calvin and Hobbes" dancing video I didn't notice this part...Will go see neurologist today. :felix:
So my reply back to you must have seen quite insensitive...I'll be hoping for the best for you, stay strong.
(https://i.imgur.com/7LY6s1h.gif)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/R8J1B9VWFO0es/giphy.gif)
Your post lifted my, well...what some call, "my spirit." :grin:
You know I'm no drama queen, I don't like pity parties, at all, so thank you for asking how I feel from time to time, it helps me put my feelings in perspective.
I forgot to ask you...
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Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on October 15, 2017, 02:32:07 AM
Our thoughts are with you, Mags.
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Quote from: Dragonia on October 15, 2017, 01:04:24 AM
*sniff* I really needed that...
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Do you want to talk about it?
^^^Oh, it's just regular life shit. Not really stuff I feel comfortable talking about yet. But I have a great, sharp counselor that is helping me work through some things. I'll be able to talk about it better when I'm on the other side... :chasingbutterfly:
Quote from: Dragonia on October 15, 2017, 02:20:45 PM
^^^Oh, it's just regular life shit. Not really stuff I feel comfortable talking about yet. But I have a great, sharp counselor that is helping me work through some things. I'll be able to talk about it better when I'm on the other side... :chasingbutterfly:
:console:
OK.
You know we're here for you if you need to talk. It took me several years before I could feel comfortable enough to share "things" with this group of jabbering atheists. :grin:
Quote from: Magdalena on October 13, 2017, 07:23:11 PM
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Hang in there Mags. Keep us posted. :love:
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Hmmm. I don't have the classic little men cookie cutters, but I do have other shapes. I'll see what I can do.
Quote from: Tank on October 15, 2017, 09:31:15 PM
Hang in there Mags. Keep us posted. :love:
OK,
Tanke-cito. :hug:
Edit: Corrected my own Spanish.
My Spanish sucks, bit time, it's embarrassing.
Fuck!
:picard facepalm:
-cito, it's a diminutive.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on October 15, 2017, 10:58:48 PM
Hmmm. I don't have the classic little men cookie cutters, but I do have other shapes. I'll see what I can do.
Look at what I found:
:snicker:
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^ We should make some of those and hand them out to catholic sisters! :grin:
HA! The ladies are awesome, what is that, a raisin between their legs??? Making gingerbread men is one of my favorite things to make/smell/eat during the Holidays. I'm gonna have to buysome edible candy pearls and then make some ladies and give them as a present :o
Quote from: Dragonia on October 16, 2017, 02:25:41 AM
HA! The ladies are awesome, what is that, a raisin between their legs???
Looks more like red jam, maybe raspberry or cherry. :notsure:
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Quote from: Tank on October 15, 2017, 09:31:15 PM
Hang in there Mags. Keep us posted. :love:
OK, Tanke-cito. :hug:
Great, now I've got an adapted version of Tankacito sung to the tune of Beiber's
Despacito in my head! :lol:
Why mention the thing that should not be Aregentium, why?
Quote from: No one on October 16, 2017, 02:55:05 AM
Why mention the thing that should not be Aregentium, why?
:sidesmile:
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Quote from: No one on October 16, 2017, 02:55:05 AM
Why mention the thing that should not be Aregentium, why?
:sidesmile:
Tankecito.
Despacito.
Justin Bieber –
Despacito ft.
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee [Pop]
:chin: :chin: :chin:
What are you guys talking about? I had to google,
Beiber's Despacito.I don't know what to say, I am speechless. Not necessarily in a, "Oh, my god, this is so great, I'm speechless." --Type of way. Let's not misinterpret my words. :nu-uh:
I didn't know anything about this,
Beiber's Despacito. I don't know how long it's been going around, I'm sorry, I missed it when it went by...fast...in my neighborhood. I will not blink the next time...I'm sorry, OK?
OK?
~OK.
It's weird how they show at the beginning of the video the image of a virgin and a modern woman's ass right next to each other. :snicker:
...OK, so the video goes on...some "sexual stuff" going on, so the fucking image of the virgin pops up, like those unwanted computer pop ups.
:picard facepalm:
...And why would I want to forget my last name? :eyebrow:
QuoteLet me trespass your danger zones
Until I make you scream
And you forget your last name
:shifty:
I was thinking of what it would take to make someone forget their last name...I mean it's a pretty consolidated memory in healthy individuals. A stroke? A concussion? :notsure: Neither of these I want, thank you very much.
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Quote from: Dragonia on October 16, 2017, 02:25:41 AM
HA! The ladies are awesome, what is that, a raisin between their legs???
Looks more like red jam, maybe raspberry or cherry. :notsure:
I think it's a candy heart, the cinnamon flavored ones.
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HA! The ladies are awesome, what is that, a raisin between their legs???
Looks more like red jam, maybe raspberry or cherry. :notsure:
I think it's a candy heart, the cinnamon flavored ones.
Oh yeah, that's a much better image anyway, a spicy little heart, instead of a dried up grape! ;D
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Dudes! Gingerbread Dudes!
I made you some this weekend Mags, what do you think? Too Risk-Ay?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk6mfTb.jpg)
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Dudes! Gingerbread Dudes!
I made you some this weekend Mags, what do you think? Too Risk-Ay?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk6mfTb.jpg)
Father!
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Dudes! Gingerbread Dudes!
I made you some this weekend Mags, what do you think? Too Risk-Ay?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk6mfTb.jpg)
Father!
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That brings back memories of the Reeperbahn and the club where once, many, many years ago, I took part in a strip show.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 16, 2017, 09:24:47 AM
I was thinking of what it would take to make someone forget their last name...I mean it's a pretty consolidated memory in healthy individuals. A stroke? A concussion? :notsure: Neither of these I want, thank you very much.
A lot of alcohol? Heavy duty drugs? :notsure: Combined with what you said, I can't think of anything else that would make me forget my last name.
Thank you, but no thank you, I'm not interested either. Who would use
that as a pick up line, anyways? "Hey, baby, wanna forget your last name?" :worried:
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Dudes! Gingerbread Dudes!
I made you some this weekend Mags, what do you think? Too Risk-Ay?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk6mfTb.jpg)
Father!
(https://media.giphy.com/media/8QmI5GILgNXXO/giphy.gif)
That brings back memories of the Reeperbahn and the club where once, many, many years ago, I took part in a strip show.
Really?
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Good ole Lavender Gooms, got to love that guy.
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Hope it went well, Mags. Wish I was there to bake you some cookies.
Gingerbread men? :eyebrow:
:yum:
Dudes! Gingerbread Dudes!
I made you some this weekend Mags, what do you think? Too Risk-Ay?
(https://i.imgur.com/Hk6mfTb.jpg)
Father!
(https://media.giphy.com/media/8QmI5GILgNXXO/giphy.gif)
That brings back memories of the Reeperbahn and the club where once, many, many years ago, I took part in a strip show.
Really?
(https://m.popkey.co/cd3839/9Yoe_f-maxage-0.gif)
Yes dear. I wasn't always this shy and demure little Hermes.
^^^Ha ha! That is awesome, Hermes!
Ok, that sparked a total random memory:
My husband and I were in New Orleans and wandered into a bar where we found many beautiful ladies with man parts. One was up on stage singing or something and it's been so long now, I don't remember why, but this lovely man (cross-dresser? Trans person?) beckoned for me to come up. Maybe I looked like I was really enjoying the show...or maybe I looked like an innocent little thing and he wanted to embarrass the crap out of me.... not sure.
But he/she was singing to me and took my hands and put them up on her breasts and so I gave her boobs a nice little squeeze, they were obviously implants, but actual firm little boobies, so I gave them a couple good squeezes while winking at the audience and then exited the stage.
So silly, I haven't thought of that in like 15 years!
Quote from: Magdalena on October 15, 2017, 05:09:49 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 15, 2017, 02:25:01 AM
Hey Mags,
I'm sorry, when you replied to my silly "Calvin and Hobbes" dancing video I didn't notice this part...Will go see neurologist today. :felix:
So my reply back to you must have seen quite insensitive...I'll be hoping for the best for you, stay strong.
Your post lifted my, well...what some call, "my spirit." :grin:
You know I'm no drama queen, I don't like pity parties, at all, so thank you for asking how I feel from time to time, it helps me put my feelings in perspective.
I forgot to ask you...
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I'm doing okay Mags. Been a bit busy with work, but nothing too crazy. One of my customers has been on strike the last four weeks (GM CAMI in Canada) so that has actually slowed things down a bit. (Strike ended yesterday, production resumed last night and we are back in business this morning which is good, because material has been piling up in our warehouse and we were starting to get tight on space)
Otherwise it is fall here in Michigan, and the change of seasons has brought with it a new set of chores to get started with as we slowly prepare for winter. Harvested the last veggies from my garden this past weekend, and have started tilling it with compost.
My son is back in school, he's a sophomore at the University of Detroit, good kid (He's currently studying architecture) . He lucked out and was able to get a work study job on campus, so he he quit his other job here in town were he was working as a barista.
I noticed on Friday that one of his headlights was burned out, so we drove up to the auto parts store on Saturday to get him a new bulb, along with some new windshield wipers, I got him the winterized versions. He was busy with homework so I told him I would work on his car, plus I know how he is. Most likely the bulb and wipers would be sitting on his back seat uninstalled for a week or so, or at least until he got pulled over by a cop and given a ticket for having a burned out headlight.
His front fender has is slightly bent, so it took me some time to get the headlight assembly out, he would have needed my help anyway...so probably best that I did it myself.
Later I was in the kitchen fixing dinner when he came in to make some tea, and I told him. "I replaced your headlight bulb, installed both of the new wiper blades, added some windshield fluid to your car, and cleaned both of your headlights off as they were getting hazy, oh...and I fixed your car stereo". (
No One will like this part)
He stops what he is doing and says, "I'm sorry Dad, but could you repeat all of that again"? So I do and then he say's, "What was wrong with my radio, I didn't notice any problems"?
I said, "Well, when I turned on the ingitition and the stereo came on it was emitting these really strange and bizarre sounds. It appeared there was a bad CD playing, so I turned off the CD player and tuned in a decent radio station (Folk type Indie station out of Windsor, Ontario...one of my favorites), plus for some reason your bass level was really high so I adjusted it. Sounds really good now".
He laughed, and said, "Dad, that strange and bizarre sounds you were referring to was "Chance the Rapper', that's like my favorite CD"!
"Anyway thanks for fixing my car, love you Dad"...and then he gave me a hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
Like a said, not a bad kid at all. :)
Quote from: Dragonia on October 17, 2017, 02:05:01 PM
^^^Ha ha! That is awesome, Hermes!
Ok, that sparked a total random memory:
My husband and I were in New Orleans and wandered into a bar where we found many beautiful ladies with man parts. One was up on stage singing or something and it's been so long now, I don't remember why, but this lovely man (cross-dresser? Trans person?) beckoned for me to come up. Maybe I looked like I was really enjoying the show...or maybe I looked like an innocent little thing and he wanted to embarrass the crap out of me.... not sure.
But he/she was singing to me and took my hands and put them up on her breasts and so I gave her boobs a nice little squeeze, they were obviously implants, but actual firm little boobies, so I gave them a couple good squeezes while winking at the audience and then exited the stage.
So silly, I haven't thought of that in like 15 years!
This was not a drag club at all. The performers were all twinks in small Speedos (at the beginning, at least). Even if I say so myself, I was not too ugly in my young days. There were of course drag clubs as well on the Reeperbahn, but they I did not frequent them very much.
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 17, 2017, 02:38:35 PM
...
He laughed, and said, "Dad, that strange and bizarre sounds you were referring to was "Chance the Rapper', that's like my favorite CD"!
:lol: That's a great story.
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 17, 2017, 02:38:35 PM
"Anyway thanks for fixing my car, love you Dad"...and then he gave me a hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
Like a said, not a bad kid at all. :)
Awwww... :tellmemore:
Hey Mags,
I just posted this gif in another thread, but I'm going to post it again here since it's still on my clipboard, plus I know that you, like me really enjoy the acting talent of Selma Hayek.
(https://i.imgur.com/jftRxca.gif)
Last week a tweet I sent to this guy, Vincent D'Onofrio who I follow on Twitter...you may know him from the movie Full Metal Jacket or the tv series "Law and Order".
(https://i.imgur.com/wxeONBF.gif)
Anyway he had replied back to a fan's tweet about whether or not he had met so and so actor or actress, so I replied back to his tweet and asked him if he had ever met Trump, and he replied back to me with:
QuoteVincent D'OnofrioVerified account @vincentdonofrio Oct 8
Vincent D'Onofrio Retweeted Bruno
Never met him and would rather not.Vincent D'Onofrio added,
Bruno @
Replying to @vincentdonofrio @UniStudios
What about Trump. Ever meet him? Of course you may not want to admit it...I probably wouldn't. Ugh.
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Pretty cool right, I mean Vincent has 160K followers..with this kind of exposure who knows what kind of doors will open up for me, amirate?
So I thought hey, since I have his attention maybe ask him if he knew Selma Hayek, and if so maybe he could put in a good word for me, you know something like, "Hey Selma how you doing, it's your buddy Vince... you know there's this really awesome guy I kinda know on Twitter who would love to meet you, what do you say want to double sometime?
Anyway he hasn't responded back to me yet, probably really busy and stuff...but I hope, I hope. :whistling:
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 18, 2017, 03:45:47 PM
Hey Mags,
I just posted this gif in another thread, but I'm going to post it again here since it's still on my clipboard, plus I know that you, like me really enjoy the acting talent of Selma Hayek.
(https://i.imgur.com/jftRxca.gif)
To me, they're both, "meh."
This man, on the other hand, Idris Elba... :tellmemore:
I think he's very handsome, and a great actor.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/TbYyyLRmawlNK/giphy.gif)
(https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1391892774ra/8472229.gif)
We should re-open that thread, "In The Eye Of The Beholder." :smilenod:
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 18, 2017, 03:45:47 PM
Last week a tweet I sent to this guy, Vincent D'Onofrio who I follow on Twitter...you may know him from the movie Full Metal Jacket or the tv series "Law and Order".
(https://i.imgur.com/wxeONBF.gif)
Anyway he had replied back to a fan's tweet about whether or not he had met so and so actor or actress, so I replied back to his tweet and asked him if he had ever met Trump, and he replied back to me with:
QuoteVincent D'OnofrioVerified account @vincentdonofrio Oct 8
Vincent D'Onofrio Retweeted Bruno
Never met him and would rather not.Vincent D'Onofrio added,
Bruno @
Replying to @vincentdonofrio @UniStudios
What about Trump. Ever meet him? Of course you may not want to admit it...I probably wouldn't. Ugh.
3 replies 9 retweets 103 likes
Pretty cool right, I mean Vincent has 160K followers..with this kind of exposure who knows what kind of doors will open up for me, amirate?
So I thought hey, since I have his attention maybe ask him if he knew Selma Hayek, and if so maybe he could put in a good word for me, you know something like, "Hey Selma how you doing, it's your buddy Vince... you know there's this really awesome guy I kinda know on Twitter who would love to meet you, what do you say want to double sometime?
Anyway he hasn't responded back to me yet, probably really busy and stuff...but I hope, I hope. :whistling:
That is pretty cool,
Father!
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Hey Mags,
How come you aint' got no avatar? WTF!
I see one:
(https://i.imgur.com/4JwwnLh.png)
Quote from: Davin on October 27, 2017, 04:01:04 PM
I see one:
(https://i.imgur.com/4JwwnLh.png)
Weird, all I see is this:
(https://i.imgur.com/5ZoD4G6.png)
Father! You're back! :smokin cool:
That's so weird, my avatar, like Davin said, was there just a minute ago and now it's gone. :headscratch:
~I'll fix it.
Quote from: Magdalena on October 27, 2017, 04:25:54 PM
Father! You're back! :smokin cool:
That's so weird, my avatar, like Davin said, was there just a minute ago and now it's gone. :headscratch:
~I'll fix it.
I was gone? I didn't even realize it, could have sworn I was here the whole time...but maybe I wasn't?
(https://i.imgur.com/GPKKD8B.jpg)
Quote from: Father Bruno on October 27, 2017, 04:33:56 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 27, 2017, 04:25:54 PM
Father! You're back! :smokin cool:
That's so weird, my avatar, like Davin said, was there just a minute ago and now it's gone. :headscratch:
~I'll fix it.
I was gone? I didn't even realize it, could have sworn I was here the whole time...but maybe I wasn't?
(https://i.imgur.com/GPKKD8B.jpg)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/UsWJlVPcSJNTO/giphy.gif)
What movie is the "whatever" girl from?
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on October 27, 2017, 10:45:03 PM
What movie is the "whatever" girl from?
If you do an image search with the url you'll find...Saturday Night Live!
"Real Housewives of Disney". :???:
(https://i.imgur.com/aavYPUZ.jpg)
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/ea/48/e2ea48fd442f02330c4f4d5f741d16ab.gif)
Heya Mags!
A little Calvin and Hobbes for this afternoon's delight!
(https://i.imgur.com/Cs0l9J9.jpg)
Hey Mags!
Next time you are in Tel Aviv you should check out a hip party spot there called, "Magdalena Club". It's a beautiful two-room venue, located on Allenby and Yehuda-Halevi, with a sound system to die for. Never a dull moment at this club, that's for sure.
(https://i.imgur.com/zTMCoqq.jpg)
Quote from: Magdalena on November 01, 2017, 04:33:17 AM
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e2/ea/48/e2ea48fd442f02330c4f4d5f741d16ab.gif)
Mags is a beautiful witch. Whats not to love?
Quote from: Icarus on November 07, 2017, 11:35:50 PM
Mags is a beautiful witch. Whats not to love?
All witches are beautiful. Whats not to love about them? ;D
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 07, 2017, 10:40:31 PM
Hey Mags!
Next time you are in Tel Aviv you should check out a hip party spot there called, "Magdalena Club". It's a beautiful two-room venue, located on Allenby and Yehuda-Halevi, with a sound system to die for. Never a dull moment at this club, that's for sure.
(https://i.imgur.com/zTMCoqq.jpg)
OK. :notsure:
...Butt I don't think the :airquotes: holy :airquotes: land would want me there. :shifty:
Quote from: Magdalena on November 08, 2017, 03:54:10 AM
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 07, 2017, 10:40:31 PM
Hey Mags!
Next time you are in Tel Aviv you should check out a hip party spot there called, "Magdalena Club". It's a beautiful two-room venue, located on Allenby and Yehuda-Halevi, with a sound system to die for. Never a dull moment at this club, that's for sure.
(https://i.imgur.com/zTMCoqq.jpg)
OK. :notsure:
...Butt I don't think the :airquotes: holy :airquotes: land would want me there. :shifty:
I kind of messed that post up about the latest new club in Tel Aviv called the, "Magdalena Club", as I had meant to include this gif of Stepon from SNL sort of introducing it like he does.:(
(https://i.imgur.com/IQ6rZUB.gif)
Anyway, they would loooooove you in Tel Aviv Mags, simply love and adore you!
So this is how I would like to spend this up and coming weekend Mags, but it might just rain all weekend which makes me sad... :'(
(https://i.imgur.com/x0OuX8r.jpg)
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 09, 2017, 08:36:27 PM
Anyway, they would loooooove you in Tel Aviv Mags, simply love and adore you!
This is so nice :tellmemore:
...Butt I highly doubt it. :devil2:
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 09, 2017, 08:36:27 PM
So this is how I would like to spend this up and coming weekend Mags, but it might just rain all weekend which makes me sad... :'(
(https://i.imgur.com/x0OuX8r.jpg)
Rain is beautiful.
(https://m.popkey.co/1a799f/vk5M9.gif)
:tellmemore: :tellmemore: :tellmemore:
What if?
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Quote from: Magdalena on November 09, 2017, 11:12:09 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 09, 2017, 08:36:27 PM
Anyway, they would loooooove you in Tel Aviv Mags, simply love and adore you!
This is so nice :tellmemore:
...Butt I highly doubt it. :devil2:
(https://scontent.fpoa13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23434769_228597807677787_6810511711466508861_n.jpg?oh=055bf48a3873f253af53ed31f2e6edc2&oe=5A6CC0DB)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 11, 2017, 12:57:21 AM
What if?
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I love this one! :-* :-* :-* :-* Thanks xSP! ^^
As a little kid I loved to watch Scooby-Doo with my sister, in fact it was one of our favorite shows on Saturday morning. However I hadn't really thought about it before, but it was an early introduction to skeptical thinking, as the ghosts and monsters were always adults in disguise.
Thanks Scooby-Doo!
(https://i.imgur.com/43sgqG8.jpg)
^^^
My little boy and I read a Scooby-Doo book the other day, he had never heard of them. As we're reading I say, "Velma is very smart, isn't she?" He said, "Yeah, but the other one is pretty." I said, "But you like science, you could talk about science with Velma." He said, "But the other one, what's her name?" I said, "Daphne Blake." He said, "Yeah, Daphne, she fashionable, pretty, and sexy!" I said, "Sexy!? What does that mean?" He said, "It means that she's dreamy." :tellmemore:
(He's 6 years old.)
Some type of dark lord is testing me. :levitate:
Quote from: Magdalena on November 14, 2017, 07:17:26 PM
^^^
My little boy and I read a Scooby-Doo book the other day, he had never heard of them. As we're reading I say, "Velma is very smart, isn't she?" He said, "Yeah, but the other one is pretty." I said, "But you like science, you could talk about science with Velma." He said, "But the other one, what's her name?" I said, "Daphne Blake." He said, "Yeah, Daphne, she fashionable, pretty, and sexy!" I said, "Sexy!? What does that mean?" He said, "It means that she's dreamy." :tellmemore:
(He's 6 years old.)
Some type of dark lord is testing me. :levitate:
Sounds like a good kid, smart and funny...must take after his Daddy ;D
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 15, 2017, 04:07:22 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on November 14, 2017, 07:17:26 PM
^^^
My little boy and I read a Scooby-Doo book the other day, he had never heard of them. As we're reading I say, "Velma is very smart, isn't she?" He said, "Yeah, but the other one is pretty." I said, "But you like science, you could talk about science with Velma." He said, "But the other one, what's her name?" I said, "Daphne Blake." He said, "Yeah, Daphne, she fashionable, pretty, and sexy!" I said, "Sexy!? What does that mean?" He said, "It means that she's dreamy." :tellmemore:
(He's 6 years old.)
Some type of dark lord is testing me. :levitate:
Sounds like a good kid, smart and funny...must take after his Daddy ;D
(https://i.imgur.com/1iLJkKh.gif)
...But seriously, my kid basically said to me: "Yeah, mom, I like Velma, I can be friends with Velma, she's smart and everything, she can help me with my homework, but Daphne...I don't want to do homework with her, I just want to admire her fashion sense." :tellmemore:
:fingertap:
~I would rather hang out with Shaggy than Fred. :grin:
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I would rather hang out with Shaggy than Fred
You don't say, is it those"snacks" that Shaggy always seems to have? (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Whistle.png)
Quote from: No one on November 15, 2017, 10:55:16 PM
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I would rather hang out with Shaggy than Fred
You don't say, is it those"snacks" that Shaggy always seems to have? (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Whistle.png)
:lol:
Maybe.
I bet you would rather hang out with Scooby-Doo...and
only with Scooby-Doo. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Whistle.png)
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I bet you would rather hang out with Scooby-Doo...and only with Scooby-Doo.
Well, I wouldn't mind solving a mystery or two with Daphne, if you know what I am saying. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Devil.png)
Quote from: No one on November 15, 2017, 11:05:49 PM
Well, I wouldn't mind solving a mystery or two with Daphne, if you know what I am saying. (https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Devil.png)
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I thought you hated everyone.
Looks like you like something similar to a human being. ~That's progress. ;D
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I thought you hated everyone. Looks like you like something similar to a human being.
Like, and lust, are two different animals, completely.(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Gagged.png)
Quote from: No one on November 16, 2017, 05:25:00 PM
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I thought you hated everyone. Looks like you like something similar to a human being.
Like, and lust, are two different animals, completely.(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Gagged.png)
Well, I like, love, and lust my man, completely.
~Nothing wrong with that.
Quote from: Magdalena on November 16, 2017, 06:53:00 PM
Quote from: No one on November 16, 2017, 05:25:00 PM
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I thought you hated everyone. Looks like you like something similar to a human being.
Like, and lust, are two different animals, completely.(https://web.stardock.net/images/smiles/themes/digicons/Gagged.png)
Well, I like, love, and lust my man, completely.
~Nothing wrong with that.
The Team of Mags and No one.
(https://i.imgur.com/tm4m0aj.gif)
Lust vs. Like
This is Derek, I can't stand Derek, butt.....
(https://i.imgur.com/EriPEmw.gif)
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 16, 2017, 08:06:50 PM
Lust vs. Like
This is Derek, I can't stand Derek, butt.....
(https://i.imgur.com/EriPEmw.gif)
Mon dieu!
(https://media.tenor.com/images/b1ad6cdf4d35e12a5f8f1fc838bfcd75/tenor.gif)
I can actually smell all the
Axe products...The body sprays, deodorants, shower gels, face creams, and hair styling products!
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Well, I like, love, and lust my man, completely.
~Nothing wrong with that.
No Raps, nothing wrong with that at all.
And just for the record, I like a select few of individual persons, but it's people as a whole that I despise.
Quote from: No one on November 17, 2017, 05:09:28 PM
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Well, I like, love, and lust my man, completely.
~Nothing wrong with that.
No Raps, nothing wrong with that at all.
And just for the record, I like a select few of individual persons, but it's people as a whole that I despise.
I think for me it's the other way around. I like people as a whole, it's a select few of individual persons I don't like. I don't "despise" anyone yet. Well, my despise for Trump and Jeff Sessions is beginning to show.~I'm embarrassed about that. :embarrassed:
It's strange because I like senior citizens, Jeff is 70, Trump is 71 years old, but these two, they're stuck in another era, a hateful era and they can't seem to get out of it...they're dragging me and others in there. ~Not a happy place.
:felix:
...Anyways...
I want to share with all of you this video. It's hard to watch.
US Anti-Immigrant Policy Has Roots In Racist Eugenics | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
Video is hard to watch, but Rachel is a gem...her and her staff do an outstanding job of putting all of this together, especially digging back into the eugenic ideology of the 1920's.
Thanks for posting Mags.
Hey Mags,
Here's a couple of Calvin and Hobbe's for you to enjoy over your morning Cafe Latte.
(https://i.imgur.com/jEX75V3.jpg)
This second one reminds me of my son back when he was in elementary school. He was very a very skeptical, and critical thinking young man, and one time I received a call from his teacher during one of his classes. She was extremely exasperated with him that morning, and completely fed up. In the background I could hear the other kids in the classroom, and it sounded like a roaring debate was going on. She was exasperated because he wouldn't concede a point with her and continued to argue a point he believed was correct.
She wanted me to talk to him and ask him to drop it, and allow her to continue teaching. She said she didn't want to send him to the principals office because she admired his passion with the subject, however, she was tired of his shit and wanted to get on with class.
I spoke to him briefly and asked him to sit down and be quite.
Before the teacher hung up the phone she told me that she believed he would make a good lawyer some day.
He's now 22 and going to the University of Detroit Mercy, which believe it or not is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university. He's not a believer, but both my sister and father graduated from there and he wanted to follow suite. He's started out studying philosophy, but is switched over to architecture, but he has since mentioned going to law school later on.
(https://i.imgur.com/wAXcaPB.jpg)
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 30, 2017, 02:06:32 PM
Hey Mags,
Here's a couple of Calvin and Hobbe's for you to enjoy over your morning Cafe Latte.
(https://i.imgur.com/jEX75V3.jpg)
This second one reminds me of my son back when he was in elementary school. He was very a very skeptical, and critical thinking young man, and one time I received a call from his teacher during one of his classes. She was extremely exasperated with him that morning, and completely fed up. In the background I could hear the other kids in the classroom, and it sounded like a roaring debate was going on. She was exasperated because he wouldn't concede a point with her and continued to argue a point he believed was correct.
She wanted me to talk to him and ask him to drop it, and allow her to continue teaching. She said she didn't want to send him to the principals office because she admired his passion with the subject, however, she was tired of his shit and wanted to get on with class.
I spoke to him briefly and asked him to sit down and be quite.
Before the teacher hung up the phone she told me that she believed he would make a good lawyer some day.
He's now 22 and going to the University of Detroit Mercy, which believe it or not is a private, Roman Catholic co-educational university. He's not a believer, but both my sister and father graduated from there and he wanted to follow suite. He's started out studying philosophy, but is switched over to architecture, but he has since mentioned going to law school later on.
(https://i.imgur.com/wAXcaPB.jpg)
:reading:
That's a real cool story,
Father.
It should be here:
Anecdotes, so that more people can enjoy it.
I have the same "issue" with my son, the 14 year old. 8)
Yo Mags!
What's happening "mamasita?
Hope you aren't affected by the wildfires in CA...my niece and her husband live south of LA in Long Beach and have sent some pretty crazy pictures...
This was taken on his way into work yesterday, see the all the smoke in the distance as he heads into LA where he works?
(https://i.imgur.com/sdiuhOH.jpg)
This 1st picture is from a news still, and friends of theirs who live in Ventura circled where there house is more or less, and then they sent a 2nd picture taken from their driveway of the same fire!
(https://i.imgur.com/LQn7TRf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nNthsBB.jpg)
Just insane stuff...
Anyway hope you and the familia are okay...
Here's a full Calvin and Hobbes script for you, in color!
(https://i.imgur.com/SkfxaUI.jpg)
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 07, 2017, 03:58:28 PM
Yo Mags!
What's happening
Yo, Father! :computerwave:
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 07, 2017, 03:58:28 PM
"mamasita?
:picard facepalm:
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 07, 2017, 03:58:28 PM
Hope you aren't affected by the wildfires in CA...my niece and her husband live south of LA in Long Beach and have sent some pretty crazy pictures...
This was taken on his way into work yesterday, see the all the smoke in the distance as he heads into LA where he works?
(https://i.imgur.com/sdiuhOH.jpg)
This 1st picture is from a news still, and friends of theirs who live in Ventura circled where there house is more or less, and then they sent a 2nd picture taken from their driveway of the same fire!
(https://i.imgur.com/LQn7TRf.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nNthsBB.jpg)
Just insane stuff...
Anyway hope you and the familia are okay...
Here's a full Calvin and Hobbes script for you, in color!
(https://i.imgur.com/SkfxaUI.jpg)
It is very insane stuff...The images are surreal.
We live far from where the fires are taking place. I feel so bad for all the people who have lost family members, the few things they owned, their homes, especially during the holiday season. :sad sigh: --Very sad.
It doesn't make any sense, it's December, it's cold, but everything around is burning. My beautiful California is burning... :pensive:
This video explains why. :(
https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000005590503
Thanks for the video Mags, that was informative...the strange thing is how this almost seems while horrible, almost normal or commonplace. The wildfires that is...twenty years ago, maybe even less it would have been covered much more than it is now.
Thanks Obama!
Quote from: Magdalena on December 07, 2017, 06:50:36 PM
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 07, 2017, 03:58:28 PM
"mamasita?
:picard facepalm:
By the way if anyone else here was wondering the term "Mamasita" in Spanish means, "Reverent or Beloved Mother".
Sometimes is used as an alternate for 'Sister or Nun", so for example you could say, "Mamasita Magdalena" or "Mamasita Agatha".
Just an FYI.
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 07, 2017, 08:17:15 PM
...
By the way if anyone else here was wondering the term "Mamasita" in Spanish means, "Reverent or Beloved Mother".
Sometimes is used as an alternate for 'Sister or Nun", so for example you could say, "Mamasita Magdalena" or "Mamasita Agatha".
Just an FYI.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reactiongifs.com%2Fr%2Fyok.gif&hash=e95d6d756ed46b0eea27df03a41cb26fd3aaae9b)
Yeah, sure...
...And "Papacito" or "Papayito" means, "Reverent or Beloved Father."
:picard facepalm:
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
Quote from: Dragonia on December 08, 2017, 01:11:32 PM
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
I like it as well Dragonia ;D, as it certainly does have a certain ring to it, and "Father Bruno" is somewhat dour and blah sounding.
If only.... :thoughtful:
So, if there's some guy named Despa then it would become Despacito, "Reverant or Beloved Despa"?
:daddance:
Quote from: Father Bruno on December 08, 2017, 01:30:17 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on December 08, 2017, 01:11:32 PM
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
I like it as well Dragonia ;D
F A T H E R B R U N O!!! >:(
(https://media.giphy.com/media/DkwrXtlmgJjJS/giphy.gif)
My dear,
Dragonia... :smileshake:
Please look for the word,
papacito in the
Urban Dictionary.
:picard facepalm:
I think we went through this with the word,
pupusa.
Father Bruno! Stop it! :rant1:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 08, 2017, 04:28:30 PM
So, if there's some guy named Despa then it would become Despacito, "Reverant or Beloved Despa"?
:daddance:
:picard facepalm:
Quote from: Magdalena on December 07, 2017, 06:50:36 PM
It is very insane stuff...The images are surreal.
We live far from where the fires are taking place. I feel so bad for all the people who have lost family members, the few things they owned, their homes, especially during the holiday season. :sad sigh: --Very sad.
It doesn't make any sense, it's December, it's cold, but everything around is burning. My beautiful California is burning... :pensive:
This video explains why. :(
https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000005590503
That sucks, Mags, but I'm glad that you and your family are far away from the fires!
Quote from: Magdalena on December 08, 2017, 04:30:44 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 08, 2017, 04:28:30 PM
So, if there's some guy named Despa then it would become Despacito, "Reverant or Beloved Despa"?
:daddance:
:picard facepalm:
I just...had to. :shifty:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 08, 2017, 04:31:12 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on December 07, 2017, 06:50:36 PM
It is very insane stuff...The images are surreal.
We live far from where the fires are taking place. I feel so bad for all the people who have lost family members, the few things they owned, their homes, especially during the holiday season. :sad sigh: --Very sad.
It doesn't make any sense, it's December, it's cold, but everything around is burning. My beautiful California is burning... :pensive:
This video explains why. :(
https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000005590503
That sucks, Mags, but I'm glad that you and your family are far away from the fires!
Thanks,
xSilverPhinx. :sad sigh:
It was sad to hear a man crying on the news saying he had told his kids they couldn't open their X-mas presents until the 25th, and their house burned with all the gifts they never opened.
--Very sad. :weepy:
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 08, 2017, 01:30:17 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on December 08, 2017, 01:11:32 PM
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
I like it as well Dragonia ;D, as it certainly does have a certain ring to it, and "Father Bruno" is somewhat dour and blah sounding.
If only.... :thoughtful:
So I prayed really, really hard to the Great God "Despacito" and "voila" I have become "Papasito Bruno" 8)
Too cool.
:daisies: I owe you one Dragonia.:daisies:
:love:
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 08, 2017, 07:15:08 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 08, 2017, 01:30:17 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on December 08, 2017, 01:11:32 PM
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
I like it as well Dragonia ;D, as it certainly does have a certain ring to it, and "Father Bruno" is somewhat dour and blah sounding.
If only.... :thoughtful:
So I prayed really, really hard to the Great God "Despacito" and "voila" I have become "Papasito Bruno" 8)
Too cool.
:daisies: I owe you one Dragonia.:daisies:
:love:
(https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohuPrhvXgjR8DCJhK/giphy.gif)
Quote from: Magdalena on December 08, 2017, 07:40:20 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 08, 2017, 07:15:08 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 08, 2017, 01:30:17 PM
Quote from: Dragonia on December 08, 2017, 01:11:32 PM
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
I like it as well Dragonia ;D, as it certainly does have a certain ring to it, and "Father Bruno" is somewhat dour and blah sounding.
If only.... :thoughtful:
So I prayed really, really hard to the Great God "Despacito" and "voila" I have become "Papasito Bruno" 8)
Too cool.
:daisies: I owe you one Dragonia.:daisies:
:love:
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Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 08, 2017, 08:45:04 PM
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Quote from: Dragonia on December 08, 2017, 01:11:32 PM
So we could appropriately call you Papasito Bruno.....I like it. I like it a lot, it's got a certain cultural flare to it! :grin:
I like it as well Dragonia ;D, as it certainly does have a certain ring to it, and "Father Bruno" is somewhat dour and blah sounding.
If only.... :thoughtful:
So I prayed really, really hard to the Great God "Despacito" and "voila" I have become "Papasito Bruno" 8)
Too cool.
:daisies: I owe you one Dragonia.:daisies:
:love:
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Oh god, I LOVE it!!!
^ Bruno monkeying around. ;D
Hey Mags!
What's up?
Seems like I haven't chatted with you in some time, hope all is well with you and the family and you enjoyed your holiday.
I'm headed north tomorrow until Monday to hang out with my daughter and son-inlaw and play in the snow, do a little skiing, maybe snowmobile a little as well...hopefully I don't hurt myself.
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See ya around,
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Bruno!
She doesn't feel very well at the moment.
Quote from: Tank on December 27, 2017, 09:04:21 PM
She doesn't feel very well at the moment.
Thanks Tank, I didn't see her other post (She's probably just hung-over from all the partying!)
Have a wonderful time with your family,
Bruno. :tellmemore:
I don't think people understand the meaning of papacito, yet, so I will illustrate what a papacito looks like. :notsure:
Doesn't look like you, does it? :smileshake:
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Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 27, 2017, 09:03:00 PM
PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO PAPASITO
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Quote from: Magdalena on December 28, 2017, 07:05:25 PM
Have a wonderful time with your family, Bruno. :tellmemore:
I don't think people understand the meaning of papacito, yet, so I will illustrate what a papacito looks like. :notsure:
Doesn't look like you, does it? :smileshake:
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No of course it doesn't...I'm like really white (
Not like Jim Gaffigan White (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ohqFBpnRg)), much paler by comparison to someone like him or Conan O'Brien, and my hair is brown with that gray stuff mixed in with it, but otherwise...
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on December 29, 2017, 04:01:43 AM
...but otherwise...
But otherwise...what? :unsure:
:Gaah:
Look, a papacito title, it can't be...how can I say this...It can't be asked for. It's a tittle that's earned. I'm sure you've earned it...somewhere, if we skip a few of the requirements necessary to be a papacito. :grin:
It's as if I changed my name to:
Magdalena love of my life. It wouldn't feel right, would it? And men don't call other men papacito...well some do, but that's another story.
But...it's your name. :reading: ...I'm just saying.
Is there a word for papacito in English? Besides "daddy?"
You are:
Daddy Bruno. :snicker:
Mags a personal question from someone who cares. Are you in any way caught up in the current thing about El Salvadorans? Tell me to go to hell if you like. It is a personal question that I may be off base by asking.
Quote from: Icarus on January 10, 2018, 11:39:46 PM
Mags a personal question from someone who cares. Are you in any way caught up in the current thing about El Salvadorans? Tell me to go to hell if you like. It is a personal question that I may be off base by asking.
No, I'm in no way caught up in the current thing about Salvadorans.
It is a personal question, but I would never tell you to go to hell for asking. ~Thank you for caring about my immigration status.
I would like to say more about this unfortunate situation, but typing with only two fingers is a pain in the... :FSM moon:
Trump won't get rid of me...yet. :smileshake:
I don't understand what he gains from separating families, thousands of them. We will see the result of this maybe soon, and/or years from now, here, and/or in our countries.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_protected_status (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_protected_status)
QuoteBy 2017, the temporary protected status program covered people from ten countries, namely El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
...
As you can see it's not just us. I wonder if this will affect
Father Bruno's wife or her family. She is from Honduras.
Quote from: Magdalena on January 11, 2018, 03:36:54 AM
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I don't understand what he gains from separating families, thousands of them. We will see the result of this maybe soon, and/or years from now, here, and/or in our countries.
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Votes if he stands for POTUS again.
Quote from: Tank on January 11, 2018, 08:12:46 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 11, 2018, 03:36:54 AM
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I don't understand what he gains from separating families, thousands of them. We will see the result of this maybe soon, and/or years from now, here, and/or in our countries.
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Votes if he stands for POTUS again.
That's a bunch of sad, pathetic voters! >:(
Misery loves company.
I'm not miserable and I love company. Maybe a lot of people love company whether they are miserable or not.
Quote from: Davin on January 11, 2018, 04:49:46 PM
I'm not miserable and I love company. Maybe a lot of people love company whether they are miserable or not.
Misery loves company. --It's an idiom, yes?
Happy people like you want to share that with others. And unhappy people want the company of others so that they can make them unhappy as well. --Not cool. :-\
Yeah, I always have trouble with idioms, most don't make any sense to me.
Deep seated unabating unhappiness can breed contempt for those that are generally happy. This can lead to taking comfort in that fact that others wallow in the depths of despair as well.
Quote from: Davin on January 11, 2018, 07:36:18 PM
Yeah, I always have trouble with idioms, most don't make any sense to me.
I don't think you're the only one. :smileshake:
In this case,
No one was referring to Trump, a man with, "mental stability and, like, really smart," :puppysnicker:
and his unhappy voters.
--They would be happy to see so many families suffer separation, or any other misfortune. (Misery loves company)
~Sad...Very sad and pathetic people in this world...Taking pleasure in the suffering of others... :felix: :felix: :felix: :felix:
Thank you for the reply at post 315 Mags. I asked the, perhaps, too personal question because your fate matters to me. We are a kinda' sorta' family here as you are well aware.
Quote from: No one on January 11, 2018, 07:53:56 PM
Deep seated unabating unhappiness can breed contempt for those that are generally happy. This can lead to taking comfort in that fact that others wallow in the depths of despair as well.
That's how I understand it.
Quote from: Icarus on January 12, 2018, 12:20:29 AM
Thank you for the reply at post 315 Mags. I asked the, perhaps, too personal question because your fate matters to me. We are a kinda' sorta' family here as you are well aware.
We are, "kinda' sorta' family," here.
We are all connected, somehow. When something happens in Florida, we all "feel" it. When something happens in Texas, we think of Bruce, Norway, Alex, Brazil, Fernanda, Pakistan, England, Germany, Australia, France, Detroit Michigan, Colorado, Arizona, Illinois, and others... :grin:
I was "brought" to the USA in 1979. I am not in the TPS program or the DACA program. I am a US citizen. This is the country I've known for the last 39 of my 49 years of my life.
Trump builds walls to stop races from "mixing." Some of us were made to, "break" those walls and build bridges--bilingual and bicultural.
~Someone has to.
Edit: Added, (bi), to cultural.
Trump is an asshole, but what saddens me is that he seems to represent a good portion of the US population. Racist pricks and idiots are not limited to any country of course, but the world has its eye on the US, especially since that idiot was elected.
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I :love: hamsters
Especially because they have such fine table manners. ;D
I think they're cute. Some of them are smarter than Trump, this one has figured out to outsmart him and get around the wall.
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Quote from: Davin on January 12, 2018, 04:25:33 PM
I think they're cute. Some of them are smarter than Trump, this one has figured out to outsmart him and get around the wall.
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Those little furry feet! :love:
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Why is that little animal so loud!?
~My head hurts. :picard facepalm:
I'm not drinking that much wine again. :fingerwag:
Quote from: Magdalena on January 11, 2018, 03:36:54 AM
Quote from: Icarus on January 10, 2018, 11:39:46 PM
Mags a personal question from someone who cares. Are you in any way caught up in the current thing about El Salvadorans? Tell me to go to hell if you like. It is a personal question that I may be off base by asking.
No, I'm in no way caught up in the current thing about Salvadorans.
It is a personal question, but I would never tell you to go to hell for asking. ~Thank you for caring about my immigration status.
I would like to say more about this unfortunate situation, but typing with only two fingers is a pain in the... :FSM moon:
Trump won't get rid of me...yet. :smileshake:
I don't understand what he gains from separating families, thousands of them. We will see the result of this maybe soon, and/or years from now, here, and/or in our countries.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_protected_status (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary_protected_status)
QuoteBy 2017, the temporary protected status program covered people from ten countries, namely El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
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As you can see it's not just us. I wonder if this will affect Father Bruno's wife or her family. She is from Honduras.
Thanks for thinking of my wife and her family Mags.
Both my wife and daughter were born in Honduras, but both are now American citizens, and all of her family still live in Honduras...so no issues there.
To get a good understanding of this issue I highly recommend the following article. It's very well written and researched. The Global Migration Project at Columbia University has documented the experiences of US deportees forced to return to their home nations over the past decade, such as a young man mistakenly deported who died in a prison fire. Gangs often assume returnees have money so they murdered a father, and fractured the skull of a 13-year-old. A cartel kidnapped a former police woman.
Sarah Stillman, the project's director, recounts for the New Yorker in the following artiicle of a 23-year-old waitress in Texas who was stopped by police and identified an undocumented immigrant. She had a protection order against an abusive ex-husband already deported to Mexico.
Border patrol officers took her to the border. Not long afterward, the husband confessed to strangling her and setting her car on fire with the body inside.
"No U.S. government body monitors the fate of deportees, and immigrant-aid groups typically lack the resources to document what happens to those who have been sent back," explains Stillman "Fear of retribution keeps most grieving families from speaking publicly." Over the past decade lawsuits have been filed against the United States about its responsibility to protect deportees and failure to provide due process. International law forbids the removal of refugees to countries where they may be tortured, killed or persecuted. The tragedy is compounded for children who are US citizens that left behind with bureaucratic challenges for friends and relatives who try to provide care.
3 out of 4 Americans support allowing Dreamers to allow in the US a recent poll has shown, and even 2/3rds of Republicans have backed a pathway to citizenship for them, but Trump has ordered an end to the program.
So the Dreamers fear for their lives if sent back...the article states how domestic-assault reports in one Hispanic neighborhood have dropped more than 85 percent since Trump has taken office, and reports of rape and sexual assault have fallen by 75 percent. These same numbers have been reported in other neighborhoods including suburbs of Chicago and Denver as victims are afraid of exposing themselves to the police or federal agents because of fear of deportation.
"WHEN DEPORTATION IS A DEATH SENTENCE"
Article here. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/15/when-deportation-is-a-death-sentence)
Audio link is available at the top of the article as well.
^^^
Thank you, for posting that, Father Bruno.
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Mags I mentioned a book elsewhere. The book is titled; Alt- America. You said that you wanted to read that book. Maybe you do not want to read it because it is a whole gaggle of documentation about lunatic fringe white supremacists. It is a gripping book but it is one that tends to turn ones stomach.. I do think that it is an essential read for those of us who have a vestige of actual intelligence and rational judgement. Hispanics and blacks will be reminded overmuch of the blatant racism that exists here in the good ole US of A.
The author has done this book more than adequately. It is longer than it needs to be but the meat of the subject is there. It is pretty raw meat.
For a much better description, go to Amazon.com and find the book. There are several reader reports and almost all of them give the book five stars. Peruse the reader feedback. I would suggest that some of the others of us check out the reviews as well. It is amusing that the first chapter of the book is titled; The Abyss.
I will warn the prospective reader at HAF. The damned book will spoil a perfectly good day because of the monumental and pervasive stupidity that the book details so well. Incidentally, it is a Trump bashing delight
Quote from: Icarus on January 19, 2018, 09:59:11 PM
Mags I mentioned a book elsewhere. The book is titled; Alt- America. You said that you wanted to read that book. Maybe you do not want to read it because it is a whole gaggle of documentation about lunatic fringe white supremacists. It is a gripping book but it is one that tends to turn ones stomach.. I do think that it is an essential read for those of us who have a vestige of actual intelligence and rational judgement. Hispanics and blacks will be reminded overmuch of the blatant racism that exists here in the good ole US of A.
The author has done this book more than adequately. It is longer than it needs to be but the meat of the subject is there. It is pretty raw meat.
For a much better description, go to Amazon.com and find the book. There are several reader reports and almost all of them give the book five stars. Peruse the reader feedback. I would suggest that some of the others of us check out the reviews as well. It is amusing that the first chapter of the book is titled; The Abyss.
I will warn the prospective reader at HAF. The damned book will spoil a perfectly good day because of the monumental and pervasive stupidity that the book details so well. Incidentally, it is a Trump bashing delight
Maybe I shouldn't read it?
QuoteI do think that it is an essential read for those of us who have a vestige of actual intelligence and rational judgement.
I hope you're not saying that I don't posses "actual intelligence and rational judgement." :notsure:
QuoteHispanics and blacks will be reminded overmuch of the blatant racism that exists here in the good ole US of A.
We don't need a book to remind us, we live it,
Icarus.
People are always saying our blood/DNA "contaminates" and "ruins" white people's blood/DNA. That's not a surprise, and/or shocking anymore. It's not a taboo, it's not something people whisper. When we say to them , say it to my face, they say, that's not what I said, or I was just joking.
~Cowards.
Last night Tucker Carlson invited "an actual thinker" onto his show to explain that Hispanic schoolchildren aren't American...
QuoteOn Thursday's Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox News' highest rated program, the host and his guest, right-wing pundit Mark Steyn, were unrepentant in their embrace of anti-Hispanic racism.
Steyn ominously noted to an audience of about 3 million people that the "majority of grade school students in Arizona are Hispanic." According to Steyn, this means that "Arizona's future is as an Hispanic society." This, Steyn says, is very bad.
QuoteThat means, in effect, the border has moved north," according to Steyn. In other words, Steyn believes that Hispanics are not real Americans.
The unrepentant racism of Tucker Carlson Tonight
A primetime Fox News show embraces white identity politics. (https://thinkprogress.org/the-unrepentant-racism-of-tucker-carlson-tonight-199c79157cb6/)
I'm sure the late SisterAgatha was a big fan of this crappy show.
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 20, 2018, 02:29:50 AM
Last night Tucker Carlson invited "an actual thinker" onto his show to explain that Hispanic schoolchildren aren't American...
QuoteOn Thursday's Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox News' highest rated program, the host and his guest, right-wing pundit Mark Steyn, were unrepentant in their embrace of anti-Hispanic racism.
Steyn ominously noted to an audience of about 3 million people that the "majority of grade school students in Arizona are Hispanic." According to Steyn, this means that "Arizona's future is as an Hispanic society." This, Steyn says, is very bad.
QuoteThat means, in effect, the border has moved north," according to Steyn. In other words, Steyn believes that Hispanics are not real Americans.
The unrepentant racism of Tucker Carlson Tonight
A primetime Fox News show embraces white identity politics. (https://thinkprogress.org/the-unrepentant-racism-of-tucker-carlson-tonight-199c79157cb6/)
I'm sure the late SisterAgatha was a big fan of this crappy show.
Oh, boy... ::)
QuoteThe irony of Steyn's racist commentary on what it means to be an American is that Steyn is not an American. He is Canadian.
:snicker:
I love the way racists claim that homozygosity if preferable to hetrozygosity. Morons.
Quote from: Tank on January 20, 2018, 08:01:33 AM
I love the way racists claim that homozygosity if preferable to hetrozygosity. Morons.
Inbreeding. :eyebrow:
(https://i.chzbgr.com/original/6443574272/h29FB542B/)
How the Alt-Right Uses Social Science to Make Racism Respectable (https://www.thenation.com/article/how-the-alt-right-uses-social-science-to-make-racism-respectable/)
During the 90s and early 2000s there existed a huge number of small or medium sized organizations that were white supemist, conspiracy theorists, and general nut case organization that were not much in touch with reality. These were organizations that had group meetings, some sort of leader, paying of dues, obligatory regular meetings.and such.
The arrival of near universal availability of internet services changed all that. Now the individual could spout his hate or nuttiness without the need for attending meetings, without guidance from a leader, without paying organization dues, without being identified. Now the nutters could espouse any kind of racism, jew hate, persuasions to overthrow the government, denying established science, demanding gun rights, claims of the conspiracy designed by Obama to create the New World Order, predicting the end times and all the rest. But now their audience was far and away larger than anything that could ever have been possible on a local or regional basis. The internet and its social media have been a marvelous resource but also a potentially harmful one that promoted palace revolt.....Alas, all that glitters is not gold...............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8bihhjH3nI
^^^
That's funny and sad. ;D :(
Quote from: Icarus on January 21, 2018, 03:17:20 AM
During the 90s and early 2000s there existed a huge number of small or medium sized organizations that were white supemist, conspiracy theorists, and general nut case organization that were not much in touch with reality. These were organizations that had group meetings, some sort of leader, paying of dues, obligatory regular meetings.and such.
The arrival of near universal availability of internet services changed all that. Now the individual could spout his hate or nuttiness without the need for attending meetings, without guidance from a leader, without paying organization dues, without being identified. Now the nutters could espouse any kind of racism, jew hate, persuasions to overthrow the government, denying established science, demanding gun rights, claims of the conspiracy designed by Obama to create the New World Order, predicting the end times and all the rest. But now their audience was far and away larger than anything that could ever have been possible on a local or regional basis. The internet and its social media have been a marvelous resource but also a potentially harmful one that promoted palace revolt.....Alas, all that glitters is not gold...............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8bihhjH3nI
I think it is a general trend that social media is a mobilizing factor for promoting any kind of ideas. Not only from the (alt)right, but from the entire political spectrum. For example, in the Netherlands it was not common that people complained about the colonial past. People, who did that, were not taken seriously. However, in recent years PC and oversensitive American feelings found their way via social media to small radical leftist groups in the Netherlands. So now we are all racists, our history is bad, historical statutes need to be banned, schools and streets (named after famous people) must be renamed, etc. etc. Many people think that this is way over the top.
Hey Mags,
This comic probably fits most of us here, but yeah...how am I supposed to be happy if heaven is real?
(https://i.imgur.com/f8KB1Yi.jpg)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 03, 2019, 12:54:16 AM
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Quote from: Papasito Bruno on September 03, 2019, 12:54:16 AM
Hey Mags,
This comic probably fits most of us here, but yeah...how am I supposed to be happy if heaven is real?
(https://i.imgur.com/f8KB1Yi.jpg)
So true.
Hey Mags. This morning I was listening to PBS radio. The participants said the the US is composed of 18% Hispanics. Later they said that there is a difference between Hispanics, Latinos, and Spaniards. I am trying to sort out that distinction. I did learn that Spaniard is a term used to describe people with a heritage that originated in Spain. Incidentally the term Spaniard is not to be taken as a derogatory description.
Can you help me understand the differences between the two other distinctions. I am given to understand that the two types do not wish to be confused with the other. I am addressing you because I figure that you will be more knowledgeable about such stuff, the stuff about which gringos are confused. How do Cubans fit into those categories?
When I was a kid I was fostered for a while by a family with the name Fernandez. They were most insistent that their heritage was pure Castillian, even though we lived in a neighborhood that was largely of Cuban background.
Quote from: Icarus on September 04, 2019, 03:09:34 AM
Hey Mags. This morning I was listening to PBS radio. The participants said the US is composed of 18% Hispanics. Later they said that there is a difference between Hispanics, Latinos, and Spaniards. I am trying to sort out that distinction. I did learn that Spaniard is a term used to describe people with a heritage that originated in Spain. Incidentally, the term Spaniard is not to be taken as a derogatory description.
Can you help me understand the differences between the two other distinctions? I am given to understand that the two types do not wish to be confused with the other. I am addressing you because I figure that you will be more knowledgeable about such stuff, the stuff about which gringos are confused. How do Cubans fit into those categories?
When I was a kid I was fostered for a while by a family with the name Fernandez. They were most insistent that their heritage was pure Castillian, even though we lived in a neighborhood that was large of Cuban background.
OK.
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Spaniard is someone who was born in Spain.
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Latino is someone who was born in the Latin American continent. It's more about geography than language.
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Hispanic is a term used here in the USA to define a Spanish-speaking person living in the USA. I think this term is used more in the East Coast, where you live.
:shrug: I guess they didn't know what to call all of us, so Hispanic was a term coined by the U.S. Government in the 1970 Census to describe anyone who speaks Spanish and lives here in the USA.
If I was a person who was born in El Salvador, living in El Salvador, I would mainly refer to myself as Salvadoreño, Centro Americano, or Latinoamericano, but never as a Hispanic or Spaniard.
A little bit confusing, isn't it? :whew:
Edit: Added the word: Centro Americano
I :love: this place. I learn something every day. ;D
Quote from: Tank on September 04, 2019, 07:27:47 AM
I :love: this place. I learn something every day. ;D
Me too. :grin:
I learn something every day. Something always makes me smile or laugh-out-loud.
Quote from: Magdalena on September 04, 2019, 06:10:33 AM
Quote from: Icarus on September 04, 2019, 03:09:34 AM
Hey Mags. This morning I was listening to PBS radio. The participants said the US is composed of 18% Hispanics. Later they said that there is a difference between Hispanics, Latinos, and Spaniards. I am trying to sort out that distinction. I did learn that Spaniard is a term used to describe people with a heritage that originated in Spain. Incidentally, the term Spaniard is not to be taken as a derogatory description.
Can you help me understand the differences between the two other distinctions? I am given to understand that the two types do not wish to be confused with the other. I am addressing you because I figure that you will be more knowledgeable about such stuff, the stuff about which gringos are confused. How do Cubans fit into those categories?
When I was a kid I was fostered for a while by a family with the name Fernandez. They were most insistent that their heritage was pure Castillian, even though we lived in a neighborhood that was large of Cuban background.
OK.
A Spaniard is someone who was born in Spain.
A Latino is someone who was born in the Latin American continent. It's more about geography than language.
Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.
A Hispanic is a term used here in the USA to define a Spanish-speaking person living in the USA. I think this term is used more in the East Coast, where you live.
:shrug: I guess they didn't know what to call all of us, so Hispanic was a term coined by the U.S. Government in the 1970 Census to describe anyone who speaks Spanish and lives here in the USA.
If I was a person who was born in El Salvador, living in El Salvador, I would mainly refer to myself as Salvadoreño, Centro Americano, or Latinoamericano, but never as a Hispanic or Spaniard.
A little bit confusing, isn't it? :whew:
Edit: Added the word: Centro Americano
What do you call yourself?
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 04, 2019, 02:49:50 PM
What do you call yourself?
Even though I live in the USA, I don't refer to myself as Hispanic. If that's the only option they give me to check on a form, I would check Hispanic, but only on paper. I mainly call myself:
Salvadoran, Central American, or Latina.
I have a question for you. What do you think about people born in the USA being called, Anglo-Saxon? I grew up hearing that word a lot, "Los anglosajones." It was a synonym for "gringo."
Quote from: Magdalena on September 04, 2019, 04:17:01 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 04, 2019, 02:49:50 PM
What do you call yourself?
Even though I live in the USA, I don't refer to myself as Hispanic. If that's the only option they give me to check on a form, I would check Hispanic, but only on paper. I mainly call myself:
Salvadoran, Central American, or Latina.
I have a question for you. What do you think about people born in the USA being called, Anglo-Saxon? I grew up hearing that word a lot, "Los anglosajones." It was a synonym for "gringo."
Most whites in the USA are not "Anglo-Saxon" - that's basically British - and comes from a Germanic background - but most whites in the US from the British Isles are Scotts or Irish. I don't mind "white", and I really don't mind "gringo", if I know the person. As long as you can keep it funny, you can call me anything. But I prefer "The Dude", because I abide.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on September 04, 2019, 04:55:19 PM
...But I prefer "The Dude", because I abide.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.dudeiwantthat.com%2Fimg%2Fhousehold%2Fdesktop%2Fresize%28600%252c337%29%2Fthe-dude-abiding-kit-34587.jpg&hash=a7f4f311c902c314a2b7d8572e44ef3d569050ec)
The dude abiding. :grin:
Thanks for the explanation and video Mags.
Quote from: Icarus on September 05, 2019, 01:10:58 AM
Thanks for the explanation and video Mags.
:boaterhat:
Happy New Year Mags! 8)
(https://i.imgur.com/9I296Hb.jpg)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 03:01:24 AM
Happy New Year Mags! 8)
(https://i.imgur.com/9I296Hb.jpg)
Awwwwwwwwwwww!!! My favorite ape is back. :tellmemore:
Happy New Year to you too,
Papasito Bruno. :devil2:
How have you been?
I'm doing very well Mags, thanks. Just finished up a nice, long and relaxing holiday break...how are you, and the other members here at the "Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
:computerwave: Hello Papasito Bruno! ;D
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
..."Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
Are you telling me you
don't believe the meteor that killed the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago flattened the entire planet like a pancake?
here's how it happened
(https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/2c0/f2/d13512d0c6c919ca.jpg)
:lol
And the ones who had wings were able to fly back, later evolving into modern birds.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 02, 2020, 07:54:02 PM
:computerwave: Hello Papasito Bruno! ;D
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
..."Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
Are you telling me you don't believe the meteor that killed the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago flattened the entire planet like a pancake?
Hello xSP, and Happy New Year!....I hope you are doing well, it's good to hear from you. :-*
I always believed the earth was flat because it bumped into the glass at the top of the terrarium we are enclosed in...I mean come on xSP! If a meteorite hit the earth it would have shattered the glass terrarium, and the planet's surface would be covered with shards of glass!
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 08:16:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 02, 2020, 07:54:02 PM
:computerwave: Hello Papasito Bruno! ;D
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
..."Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
Are you telling me you don't believe the meteor that killed the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago flattened the entire planet like a pancake?
Hello xSP, and Happy New Year!....I hope you are doing well, it's good to hear from you. :-*
I always believed the earth was flat because it bumped into the glass at the top of the terrarium we are enclosed in...I mean come on xSP! If a meteorite hit the earth it would have shattered the glass terrarium, and the planet's surface would be covered with shards of glass!
I'm doing great, and hope you are too! ;D
It was covered in shards of glass, but the round earth conspiracists cleaned up all the contradictory evidence, of course! Why do you think there's overwhelming evidence for the round earth theory? They tipped the balance in their favour by systematically destroying opposing evidence!
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 02, 2020, 08:26:44 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 08:16:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 02, 2020, 07:54:02 PM
:computerwave: Hello Papasito Bruno! ;D
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
..."Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
Are you telling me you don't believe the meteor that killed the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago flattened the entire planet like a pancake?
Hello xSP, and Happy New Year!....I hope you are doing well, it's good to hear from you. :-*
I always believed the earth was flat because it bumped into the glass at the top of the terrarium we are enclosed in...I mean come on xSP! If a meteorite hit the earth it would have shattered the glass terrarium, and the planet's surface would be covered with shards of glass!
I'm doing great, and hope you are too! ;D
It was covered in shards of glass, but the round earth conspiracists cleaned up all the contradictory evidence, of course! Why do you think there's overwhelming evidence for the round earth theory? They tipped the balance in their favour by systematically destroying opposing evidence!
Those bastards...what's next?! Some crazy conspiracy that Avril Lavigne was replaced by a clone named Melissa?
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 08:58:16 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 02, 2020, 08:26:44 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 08:16:24 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on January 02, 2020, 07:54:02 PM
:computerwave: Hello Papasito Bruno! ;D
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
..."Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
Are you telling me you don't believe the meteor that killed the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago flattened the entire planet like a pancake?
Hello xSP, and Happy New Year!....I hope you are doing well, it's good to hear from you. :-*
I always believed the earth was flat because it bumped into the glass at the top of the terrarium we are enclosed in...I mean come on xSP! If a meteorite hit the earth it would have shattered the glass terrarium, and the planet's surface would be covered with shards of glass!
I'm doing great, and hope you are too! ;D
It was covered in shards of glass, but the round earth conspiracists cleaned up all the contradictory evidence, of course! Why do you think there's overwhelming evidence for the round earth theory? They tipped the balance in their favour by systematically destroying opposing evidence!
Those bastards...what's next?! Some crazy conspiracy that Avril Lavigne was replaced by a clone named Melissa?
:lol Those crazy consiracy theorists!
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
I'm doing very well Mags, thanks. Just finished up a nice, long and relaxing holiday break...how are you, and the other members here at the "Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
It's nice to know you had a nice, long and relaxing holiday break. Me? Well, 2019 was a "bumpy ride" for me. :( (Please don't ask why.)
I hope you stick around longer than last time.
The "Happy Flat Earth Forum" :snicker:
Yes, here's an image of god working the solar system:
(https://media.tenor.com/images/a162938b8e7d91bee07f005e7e12f1d1/tenor.gif)
I think that's how we lost Pluto. :notsure:
Maybe that's why so many babies die so young, there's too much on god's plate.
Quote from: Magdalena on January 03, 2020, 06:38:15 AM
Yes, here's an image of god working the solar system:
(https://media.tenor.com/images/a162938b8e7d91bee07f005e7e12f1d1/tenor.gif)
I think that's how we lost Pluto. :notsure:
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fattachments.emergencyoffice.com.au%2Fproducts%2Fimages_small%2F7027.png&hash=dd575f7747b84b7a6097781fc0a6e05658f985b5)
A Koala stamp, the ultimate kudo...
You were offering hugs the other day.
What's going on?
We probably had been drinking a bit much when we did the hugs but, seriously,"I think that's how we lost Pluto" deserves the Koala Stamp.
Ye OK, but Siz might be getting jealous.
Quote from: No one on January 03, 2020, 07:05:39 AM
Maybe that's why so many babies die so young, there's too much on god's plate.
Is god a baby eater too?
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3Lawz8TcPig/hqdefault.jpg)
Quote from: Bad Penny II on January 03, 2020, 01:03:48 PM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fattachments.emergencyoffice.com.au%2Fproducts%2Fimages_small%2F7027.png&hash=dd575f7747b84b7a6097781fc0a6e05658f985b5)
A Koala stamp, the ultimate kudo...
(https://i.gifer.com/OKSf.gif)
Quote from: Magdalena on January 03, 2020, 06:38:15 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 02, 2020, 06:17:20 PM
I'm doing very well Mags, thanks. Just finished up a nice, long and relaxing holiday break...how are you, and the other members here at the "Happy Flat Earth Forum"? 8)
It's nice to know you had a nice, long and relaxing holiday break. Me? Well, 2019 was a "bumpy ride" for me. :( (Please don't ask why.)
I hope you stick around longer than last time.
The "Happy Flat Earth Forum" :snicker:
Yes, here's an image of god working the solar system:
(https://media.tenor.com/images/a162938b8e7d91bee07f005e7e12f1d1/tenor.gif)
I think that's how we lost Pluto. :notsure:
Thanks Mags! 8)
I had to work some from home while I was off, but just a few hours each day...definitely better than being in the office....I'm sorry 2019 was a bit bumpy for you :(
Here's hoping 2020 will be much smoother and enjoyable for you, and I truly hope that is the case.
As far as sticking around, it's really more about how much time I spend online these days. I'm on a computer all day for work, and when I'm not working I'm usually doing something else that doesn't include a computer. I also try to limit any personal stuff while I'm working. I found it keeps me more productive.
I've even cut down the screen time on my phone rather significantly, butt I'll try to check in more often. :-*
I think that's how we lost Pluto. :notsure:
That's funny 8)
Hey Mags,
Such a simple comic strip, butt so many folks just don't get it.
(https://i.imgur.com/fBL4Ewr.jpg)
Most folks are even more simple. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stardock.net%2Fimages%2Fsmiles%2Fthemes%2Fdigicons%2FGagged.png&hash=9b545d9c6babbe58bf3eb16c42e338f7edf55876)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 05, 2020, 07:15:17 PM
Hey Mags,
Such a simple comic strip, butt so many folks just don't get it.
(https://i.imgur.com/fBL4Ewr.jpg)
I agree with you,
PB, and
No one. :sad sigh:
I think this is why we come up with threads like:
String of Insults.
:sad sigh: :sigh:
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 03, 2020, 06:14:43 PM
...
I've even cut down the screen time on my phone rather significantly, butt I'll try to check in more often. :-*
...
You,
PB? :grin:
(https://www.japanpowered.com/media/images/17618834_1390573837667889_683011034_n.jpg)
Quote from: Magdalena on January 09, 2020, 05:41:59 AM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 03, 2020, 06:14:43 PM
...
I've even cut down the screen time on my phone rather significantly, butt I'll try to check in more often. :-*
...
You, PB? :grin:
Yes, me.
It's been a long weekend, sigh.
(https://i.imgur.com/3oSRWOV.jpg)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 13, 2020, 01:12:49 AM
Yes, me.
It's been a long weekend, sigh.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/78/15/7f/78157f9da73f4edcbe6d0f4a1752dfb7.png)
Light a Gwyneth Paltrow candle, listen to some
Falun Gong Bang a Gong music, or
Bang a Falungong Bong.
Hey Mags.
I can't sleep lately. Part of the problem is a congestive cough I developed recently. I have to prop myself up with pillows at night in bed, otherwise I'm coughing all night.
During the day I'm pretty good.
Was exhausted when I came home this evening from work, and tried to lay down and take a nap, but started coughing...so I sat upright in bed and typed out a ridiculous, long thread about bearded dudes. ::)
Now I'm sitting at the kitchen table nibbling on some fruit and nuts, drinking some ginger tea.
Here's some Calvin and Hobbes. (You're Susie)
(https://i.imgur.com/7yNHLYg.jpg)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 03:53:24 AM
Hey Mags.
I can't sleep lately. Part of the problem is a congestive cough I developed recently. I have to prop myself up with pillows at night in bed, otherwise I'm coughing all night.
During the day I'm pretty good.
Was exhausted when I came home this evening from work, and tried to lay down and take a nap, but started coughing...
(https://media.giphy.com/media/I5xVnGJRHZZf2/giphy.gif)
Butt...In case this is true, go to the "Hispanic Section" of your nearest grocery store and buy some "Gordo Lobo" make some tea with it and your cough will go away.
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 03:53:24 AM
so I sat upright in bed and typed out a ridiculous, long thread about bearded dudes. ::)
(https://media.tenor.com/images/803db936012b9e6f0c2c6f809a502f05/tenor.gif)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 03:53:24 AM
Now I'm sitting at the kitchen table nibbling on some fruit and nuts, drinking some ginger tea.
Here's some Calvin and Hobbes. (You're Susie)
(https://i.imgur.com/7yNHLYg.jpg)
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/1oJLpejP9jEvWQlZj4/giphy.gif)
I'm sorry, but I dont get it.
Mags,
What do you mean you don't believe me? Why would I make up a story about being sick?
Anyway, the Ginger Tea I'm drinking is Jamaican. It's called Caribbean Dreams. I love this stuff.
When you say you don't get it (Visible Confusion) are you referring to the comic strip itself or me saying you are Susie?
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 05:47:26 PM
When you say you don't get it (Visible Confusion) are you referring to the comic strip itself or me saying you are Susie?
Both.
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2020, 06:45:52 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 05:47:26 PM
When you say you don't get it (Visible Confusion) are you referring to the comic strip itself or me saying you are Susie?
Both.
She outsmarted him into writing down the wrong answer, her answer will be correct. I meant it as a compliment.
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 06:55:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2020, 06:45:52 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 05:47:26 PM
When you say you don't get it (Visible Confusion) are you referring to the comic strip itself or me saying you are Susie?
Both.
She outsmarted him into writing down the wrong answer, her answer will be correct. I meant it as a compliment.
Ah! I get it now. :grin:
~Thank you.
I never copied so I didn't understand it.
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/bDeTjnqd7dJbW/giphy.gif)
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2020, 07:05:32 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 06:55:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2020, 06:45:52 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 05:47:26 PM
When you say you don't get it (Visible Confusion) are you referring to the comic strip itself or me saying you are Susie?
Both.
She outsmarted him into writing down the wrong answer, her answer will be correct. I meant it as a compliment.
Ah! I get it now. :grin:
~Thank you.
I never copied so I didn't understand it.
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/bDeTjnqd7dJbW/giphy.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/3js3cPW.gif)
By the way I'm feeling better today (Thanks for asking ::))
I slept we'll last night, and didn't wake up coughing like I have been for most of the week. I still feel some light congestion in my chest, but I'm thinking that I've finally reached the recovery stage of my illness.
We got hit here in Detroit with lots of snow last night. Woke up this morning to about 8 inches of really heavy, wet snow. I spent about an hour and a half shoveling, but both the exercise and cold, fresh air seem to have helped the way I'm feeling.
Tomorrow it is supposed to rain.
The weather is just so crazy lately, during the Christmas holiday it was in the 50's here. Yesterday it was in the low teens, then it snowed, and right now the temperature is on the rise and is expected to hit 40.
The snow is already melting.
I wish I was somewhere hot right now...laying on a beach, with the sun frying my pale, white skin.
We are going to Honduras in early April. I can't wait. We're going to spend 5 days on Roatán, which is off the northern coast in the Bay Islands, and then head inland and spend another 4-5 days there.
I wonder if there are a lot of bearded dudes now in Honduras?
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 07:56:09 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2020, 07:05:32 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 06:55:52 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on January 18, 2020, 06:45:52 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 05:47:26 PM
When you say you don't get it (Visible Confusion) are you referring to the comic strip itself or me saying you are Susie?
Both.
She outsmarted him into writing down the wrong answer, her answer will be correct. I meant it as a compliment.
Ah! I get it now. :grin:
~Thank you.
I never copied so I didn't understand it.
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/bDeTjnqd7dJbW/giphy.gif)
(https://i.imgur.com/3js3cPW.gif)
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/13tAApA9PGGSZO/source.gif)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 07:56:09 PM
By the way I'm feeling better today (Thanks for asking ::))
I slept we'll last night, and didn't wake up coughing like I have been for most of the week. I still feel some light congestion in my chest, but I'm thinking that I've finally reached the recovery stage of my illness.
We got hit here in Detroit with lots of snow last night. Woke up this morning to about 8 inches of really heavy, wet snow. I spent about an hour and a half shoveling, but both the exercise and cold, fresh air seem to have helped the way I'm feeling.
Tomorrow it is supposed to rain.
The weather is just so crazy lately, during the Christmas holiday it was in the 50's here. Yesterday it was in the low teens, then it snowed, and right now the temperature is on the rise and is expected to hit 40.
The snow is already melting.
I wish I was somewhere hot right now...laying on a beach, with the sun frying my pale, white skin.
(https://media0.giphy.com/media/13M0GBv7MsKV2g/giphy.gif)
Ok. Fine. You're sick. I'm sorry.
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on January 18, 2020, 07:56:09 PM
We are going to Honduras in early April. I can't wait. We're going to spend 5 days on Roatán, which is off the northern coast in the Bay Islands, and then head inland and spend another 4-5 days there.
I wonder if there are a lot of bearded dudes now in Honduras?
Sounds wonderful. :tellmemore:
Hey Mags,
It's so weird reading my previous posts in this thread as I've been thinking lately how sick I was back in January with a strange respiratory illness. Like others who were sick around the same time I wonder if I had contracted the coronavirus back then as their are reports that it was probably more prevalent than we thought.
Anyway we had to cancel our trip to Honduras, I think we canceled the trip almost three weeks ago...strange, because at the time we were thinking we were being maybe overly cautious and that maybe things would be better by now. If it was just an ordinary vacation canceling wouldn't have been such an issue, but one of the main points of the visit were to spend time with Socorro's mom, she's 93 now so at the time it was a difficult decision to make.
Depending on how things develop with the virus we do plan on rescheduling our trip for later this year. Funny we were supposed to be departing a week from today,...I was so excited for the trip as the first five days were to have been spent in the Bay Islands. Had all my gear cleaned, prepped and ready to go.
At first the resort didn't want to refund our money back. We paid half up front, but about a week or so ago they finally consented to refund us in full since all flights into that part of the world are now cancelled.
So right now we're just hunkering down in our home like the rest of the world. I've been working from home for the last two weeks, and it appears I'll being do so for at least another 2-3 weeks as well, unless I get laid off of course, but I think I'm good at least for a couple more weeks. Keeping my digits crossed.
I hope you and your family are doing well, along with everyone else here at HAF.
Strange times indeed.
Let me know what's going on over in your part of the world. Tomorrow we are doing a family video chat, and will be joined by my niece and her husband who live in California, they've been hunkered down for a couple weeks now.
See ya around, and take of yourself Mags :o
Your bestest friend Bruno 8)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on March 28, 2020, 08:07:23 PM
Hey Mags,
It's so weird reading my previous posts in this thread as I've been thinking lately how sick I was back in January with a strange respiratory illness. Like others who were sick around the same time I wonder if I had contracted the coronavirus back then as their are reports that it was probably more prevalent than we thought.
Anyway we had to cancel our trip to Honduras, I think we canceled the trip almost three weeks ago...strange, because at the time we were thinking we were being maybe overly cautious and that maybe things would be better by now. If it was just an ordinary vacation canceling wouldn't have been such an issue, but one of the main points of the visit were to spend time with Socorro's mom, she's 93 now so at the time it was a difficult decision to make.
Depending on how things develop with the virus we do plan on rescheduling our trip for later this year. Funny we were supposed to be departing a week from today,...I was so excited for the trip as the first five days were to have been spent in the Bay Islands. Had all my gear cleaned, prepped and ready to go.
At first the resort didn't want to refund our money back. We paid half up front, but about a week or so ago they finally consented to refund us in full since all flights into that part of the world are now cancelled.
So right now we're just hunkering down in our home like the rest of the world. I've been working from home for the last two weeks, and it appears I'll being do so for at least another 2-3 weeks as well, unless I get laid off of course, but I think I'm good at least for a couple more weeks. Keeping my digits crossed.
I hope you and your family are doing well, along with everyone else here at HAF.
Strange times indeed.
Let me know what's going on over in your part of the world. Tomorrow we are doing a family video chat, and will be joined by my niece and her husband who live in California, they've been hunkered down for a couple weeks now.
See ya around, and take of yourself Mags :o
Your bestest friend Bruno 8)
Awww,
Bruno, you are one of my many bestest friends around here. :hug2:
"Strange times indeed."
Yes.
Good to know you and your family are doing OK.
Unfortunately, we are part of the millions who don't qualify for the federal government's stimulus plan, but we'll be fine. We'll find a way.
;)
Quote from: Magdalena on March 28, 2020, 08:22:04 PM
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on March 28, 2020, 08:07:23 PM
Hey Mags,
It's so weird reading my previous posts in this thread as I've been thinking lately how sick I was back in January with a strange respiratory illness. Like others who were sick around the same time I wonder if I had contracted the coronavirus back then as their are reports that it was probably more prevalent than we thought.
Anyway we had to cancel our trip to Honduras, I think we canceled the trip almost three weeks ago...strange, because at the time we were thinking we were being maybe overly cautious and that maybe things would be better by now. If it was just an ordinary vacation canceling wouldn't have been such an issue, but one of the main points of the visit were to spend time with Socorro's mom, she's 93 now so at the time it was a difficult decision to make.
Depending on how things develop with the virus we do plan on rescheduling our trip for later this year. Funny we were supposed to be departing a week from today,...I was so excited for the trip as the first five days were to have been spent in the Bay Islands. Had all my gear cleaned, prepped and ready to go.
At first the resort didn't want to refund our money back. We paid half up front, but about a week or so ago they finally consented to refund us in full since all flights into that part of the world are now cancelled.
So right now we're just hunkering down in our home like the rest of the world. I've been working from home for the last two weeks, and it appears I'll being do so for at least another 2-3 weeks as well, unless I get laid off of course, but I think I'm good at least for a couple more weeks. Keeping my digits crossed.
I hope you and your family are doing well, along with everyone else here at HAF.
Strange times indeed.
Let me know what's going on over in your part of the world. Tomorrow we are doing a family video chat, and will be joined by my niece and her husband who live in California, they've been hunkered down for a couple weeks now.
See ya around, and take of yourself Mags :o
Your bestest friend Bruno 8)
Awww, Bruno, you are one of my many bestest friends around here. :hug2:
"Strange times indeed."
Yes.
Good to know you and your family are doing OK.
Unfortunately, we are part of the millions who don't qualify for the federal government's stimulus plan, but we'll be fine. We'll find a way.
;)
Sorry you don't qualify for the stimulus plan. :'(
To me it's outrageous that this stimulus bill gives corporations nearly four times as much money as hospitals on the front lines. Corporate welfare is bad enough in normal times. Now, in a national emergency, I find it's morally repugnant.
I also like how a two trillion dollar bill just passed without anyone ever asking, "How are you going to pay for it?"
I really hate Trump right now Mags, even more than I hated Crow!
Just saying ::)
Bruno, you are only one of the growing legion of people who are not much enamored of Trump. The liar in chief is not really the "stable genius" that he has continuously claimed to be.
Sorry that your trip to Honduras has been trashed. No way to have anticipated a world shaking event like the "Chinese virus".
.........Fuck the Trumpster and the horse that he rode in on.
Quote from: Icarus on March 29, 2020, 02:30:26 AM
Bruno, you are only one of the growing legion of people who are not much enamored of Trump. The liar in chief is not really the "stable genius" that he has continuously claimed to be.
Sorry that your trip to Honduras has been trashed. No way to have anticipated a world shaking event like the "Chinese virus".
.........Fuck the Trumpster and the horse that he rode in on.
I've never respected that two-bit tin horn piece of shit. My wife says that since he's the president, we should respect that. Given what I see of behavior and performance, he gets
negative respect from me. Scorn is a pretty mild descriptor of my feelings in the matter, to say the least. My handle for him is "the chump", and it is all I will ever use. Well, "Prisoner #45" has a nice ring to it. :smilenod: One of my friends voted for the chump, but is really pissed about his handling of the current issue. What else did anyone expect? The man is
completely unqualified for the job. After all the businesses he's bankrupted, now he's going to bankrupt the US. People claiming that we needed a business man at the helm should be appalled at what he's doing, but I hear people talking all the time about what a great job he is doing. :d'oh!:
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on March 28, 2020, 11:28:11 PM
...
I really hate Trump right now Mags, even more than I hated Crow!
Just saying ::)
:console:
Aww,
Papasito Bruno, that's a lot of hate. :(
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men to illustrate my hatred for that idiot in chief.
Quote from: No one on March 29, 2020, 08:02:48 PM
There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men to illustrate my hatred for that idiot in chief.
Does "loofah-faced shitgibbon" work? How about "syphilitic blastocyst"? How about 4-door brass chrome-plated pig-butt sniffing son of a bitch? Hmm. We ought to start an "invective thread" to see who can come up with the most appropriate swear words. No death threats, though. One never knows who is looking. Though if the chump was dropped onto a near-molten fire hydrant from altitude, I wouldn't be one to complain. ;D
Mags,
It's been some time since we chatted hasn't it? Spring, summer and now fall have passed since I was last here I think. What a strange year and time it is...and I'm sure 2021 will be as odd and strange as well, though I have to say with the election of Biden and Harris I have become more optimistic about the what the future will be.
I hope you are well, and things out in Kalifornia are bearable...my niece who lives out your way was here visiting several weeks ago and she was anxious to get back, even though she had a good time visiting here, said she missed the warm weather.
Anyway I will have to update here more in the next few days...I think I owe you a song as well, don't I?
Talk soon Mags 8)
DL I get the distinct impression that you do not approve of our (stable genius) president.
I will endeavor to think of suitable invective as well. At the moment I am not as creative as I can be. A feeble effort to announce my negative feeling toward Trump might be something like: "miserable pigfucker" That is not quite sufficient, nor suitably descriptive. I will try to do better.
I reckon that both of us will be punished in the afterlife for being so uncharitable. I will buy you a beer when we meet in Hell.
It's good to have you back, PB.
:tellmemore:
A lot of us enjoy your posts. Please tell us about everything that has happened in Michigan, tell me, was it liberated? :grin:
...Oh, and I think you do owe us a song as well.
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2020, 01:19:05 AM
DL I get the distinct impression that you do not approve of our (stable genius) president.
I will endeavor to think of suitable invective as well. At the moment I am not as creative as I can be. A feeble effort to announce my negative feeling toward Trump might be something like: "miserable pigfucker" That is not quite sufficient, nor suitably descriptive. I will try to do better.
I reckon that both of us will be punished in the afterlife for being so uncharitable. I will buy you a beer when we meet in Hell.
Tom62 posted a nice article in another thread that takes on the chump's attributes with good effect and very little (if any) invective. It's a good thing that I know about hell being invented (well, stolen from an older religion by the RCC, after filing the serial numbers off and taking it as their own invention ca 500 CE). I'd still tip a brew with you! :thumbsup:
Hiya Mags,
I was thinking about you recently, and so I decided to stop by and say hello...I've been knocking at the door for a while, but no-one answered (Not No One, I mean no-one). JJ came the door, but when he saw it was me he slammed the door.
I hope you and your family are well, along with everyone else here at HAF.
I'm doing good.
I was thinking about you because the Michigan Department of Wildlife posted a warning about a some invasive species, one of which is the Spotted Lanternfly! (Lycorma delicatula) I actually think this is a moth, but whatever....
Apparently the spotted lanternfly sucks sap from the stems and leaves of orchard trees, grape vines, oaks, pines and other host plants. This feeding can weaken the plant, and eventually contribute to its death. Trees will develop weeping wounds that attract other insects and excreted fluids from spotted lanternflies can cause mold growth on plants.
I saw this and I'm thinking, holy shit we got us a bunch of Magdalena's heading to Michigan!! Yay?!
It is pretty. (I was going to upload an image of this Butterfly, but the Imgur site isn't working (It say's my upload will resume after I watch an Ad, but it never does...sigh)
Anyway, I have to get back to work, just taking a short break...quite swamped actually.
Take care,
Your very bestest friend Bruno!!
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on April 26, 2021, 08:23:56 PM
Hiya Mags,
I was thinking about you recently, and so I decided to stop by and say hello...I've been knocking at the door for a while, but no-one answered (Not No One, I mean no-one). JJ came the door, but when he saw it was me he slammed the door.
I hope you and your family are well, along with everyone else here at HAF.
I'm doing good.
I was thinking about you because the Michigan Department of Wildlife posted a warning about a some invasive species, one of which is the Spotted Lanternfly! (Lycorma delicatula) I actually think this is a moth, but whatever....
Apparently the spotted lanternfly sucks sap from the stems and leaves of orchard trees, grape vines, oaks, pines and other host plants. This feeding can weaken the plant, and eventually contribute to its death. Trees will develop weeping wounds that attract other insects and excreted fluids from spotted lanternflies can cause mold growth on plants.
I saw this and I'm thinking, holy shit we got us a bunch of Magdalena's heading to Michigan!! Yay?!
It is pretty. (I was going to upload an image of this Butterfly, but the Imgur site isn't working (It say's my upload will resume after I watch an Ad, but it never does...sigh)
Anyway, I have to get back to work, just taking a short break...quite swamped actually.
Take care,
Your very bestest friend Bruno!!
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmrwgifs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F06%2FJeremy-Renners-Goofy-Stare-In-Love.gif&hash=cbb635c5b3442fbcbf1de6cee361f8b98d9e16e3)
That is such a beautiful way to say, "hello."
I'm still alive, thanks for asking. I hope you make time for us. :love:
:wave hi: Bruno! Drop by more often. :grin:
Hello Mags,
Hope you is doing well, and staying out of trouble. I'm doing well, and I haven't gotten into too much trouble so far this year, I guess I need to try harder.
Weather here in Michigan is nice, I guess summer is now here in all it's glory, and I finally am getting some color back so I don't look too white anymore, so that's good.
Let's see...I'm fully vaccinated which is good, but I still wear a mask just so people don't mistake me for a conservative, 'Merican, racist, homophobic, misogynist, old fuck 8)
Otherwise work is really busy, so busy I can't even take some real time off..I know that's good, but I'm getting a bit burned out. However. Things at home are going well.
I saw a coyote recently, and last week I chase a wild turkey while riding my bike in the woods.
Take care,
Bruno
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on June 13, 2021, 09:28:18 PM
Hello Mags,
Hope you are doing well, and staying out of trouble. I'm doing well, and I haven't gotten into too much trouble so far this year, I guess I need to try harder.
Weather here in Michigan is nice, I guess summer is now here in all it's glory, and I finally am getting some color back so I don't look too white anymore, so that's good.
Let's see...I'm fully vaccinated which is good, but I still wear a mask just so people don't mistake me for a conservative, 'Merican, racist, homophobic, misogynist, old fuck 8)
Otherwise work is really busy, so busy I can't even take some real time off..I know that's good, but I'm getting a bit burned out. However. Things at home are going well.
I saw a coyote recently, and last week I chase a wild turkey while riding my bike in the woods.
Take care,
Bruno
Hello Bruno,
I'm doing well, thank you, and I am trying to stay out of trouble. Good to know you're doing good.
Summer in Michigan? Sounds nice. So, "finally getting some color back so you don't look too white anymore" probably means that your skin will have the color of "Un Rojo Atardecer?" :tellmemore:
I've been inoculated as well, and I also wear my bandana just so people don't mistake me for an unfriendly Mexican "illegal" who is bringing drugs and crime so that I don't look like rapists, and so that people can assume that I have the potential to maybe be a good person...As long as I speak only "Merican." :smokin cool:
Well, I'm happy to share with you that my daughter is making me a grandma soon, and my son graduated high school.
Time flies, doesn't it?
It's good to hear you're still riding your bike in the woods, that you're busy at work, and that things at home are going well.
I hope you're still playing the guitar and that you post more videos.
Take care,
Magdalena
I was also vaccinated, but it did not keep Mags from turning me into a newt and marinating me in wine. At least I won't be falsely identified as a Trump fan.
Well, newts have at least triple the mental capacity of the average trumpanzees.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 14, 2021, 07:58:43 PM
I was also vaccinated, but it did not keep Mags from turning me into a newt and marinating me in wine. ...
:snicker:
Hey Mags,
Saw a niece and nephew last week who are visiting from Honduras along with their Mom and Dad...I've posted about these two here on HAF before, I think I've even posted some pictures a few years ago when they came to Michigan and we went up to the lake....anyways, they are both bilingual, in fact their English is really good, most folks from here when they hear them can't believe they actually live in Honduras as their accents are almost unnoticeable. (These are my two favorite nieces and nephews...I really have fun hanging around with them)
They are about 12-14, both very smart, and mature. They were telling me how they have fun with their mom as her English isn't near as good as theirs so they were teaching here some "bad words' and "American Slang",...then laughing when mom is trying to say something and mixes in some salty words.
Soooo I taught the kids a few new words and phrases much to their delight.
Mom wasn't happy 8)
Congrats on your son graduating High School, and double-whammy congratties on you as a soon to be Grandma...that's fantastic!!!!
Abuelita Mags is in the house!!!!!
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on June 15, 2021, 11:25:30 PM
Hey Mags,
Saw a niece and nephew last week who are visiting from Honduras along with their Mom and Dad...I've posted about these two here on HAF before, I think I've even posted some pictures a few years ago when they came to Michigan and we went up to the lake....anyways, they are both bilingual, in fact their English is really good, most folks from here when they hear them can't believe they actually live in Honduras as their accents are almost unnoticeable. (These are my two favorite nieces and nephews...I really have fun hanging around with them)
They are about 12-14, both very smart, and mature. They were telling me how they have fun with their mom as her English isn't near as good as theirs so they were teaching here some "bad words' and "American Slang",...then laughing when mom is trying to say something and mixes in some salty words.
Soooo I taught the kids a few new words and phrases much to their delight.
Mom wasn't happy 8)
Yes, I remember them and the pictures you posted. I remember their dad's picture...sleeping. :snicker:
Wow! 12 and 14. "Catrachos" ;)
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on June 15, 2021, 11:25:30 PM
Congrats on your son graduating High School, and double-whammy congratties on you as a soon to be Grandma...that's fantastic!!!!
Abuelita Mags is in the house!!!!!
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Quote from: No one on June 14, 2021, 08:14:45 PM
Well, newts have at least triple the mental capacity of the average trumpanzees.
No one, there you are! :computerwave:
I always am, except when I'm not.
Quote from: Magdalena on June 16, 2021, 04:20:54 AM
Wow! 12 and 14. "Catrachos" ;)
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Help me out with "catrachos" - is that Honduran Spanish or more wide-spread? And what exactly does it mean?
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 17, 2021, 03:35:15 PM
Quote from: Magdalena on June 16, 2021, 04:20:54 AM
Wow! 12 and 14. "Catrachos" ;)
Help me out with "catrachos" - is that Honduran Spanish or more widespread? And what exactly does it mean?
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I grew up hearing people refer to people from Honduras as
Catrachos.
Here's more on the word:
You are not the only curious
gringo. ;)
https://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-heck-is-catracho.html?m=1 (https://lagringasblogicito.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-heck-is-catracho.html?m=1)
Thanks, Mags. I've been to Guatemala and Costa Rica, but my only education on Honduras came from Warren Zevon:
And I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 17, 2021, 10:26:13 PM
Thanks, Mags. I've been to Guatemala and Costa Rica, but my only education on Honduras came from Warren Zevon:
And I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers guns and money
The shit has hit the fan
;D
OK.
A lot of other people probably heard about Honduras for the first time through FOX "News".
Remember this?
'Trump Cuts U.S. Aid To 3 Mexican Countries'(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2_xClHW0AAZzFL?format=jpg&name=small)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2_w1zBWsAEga4z?format=png&name=small)
:picard facepalm:
Hijos de su re-puta madre.
i flew over it once between guatamala city and puerto cabezas in nicaragua once
does that count?
Nit picky retort..............
^^'Trump Cuts U.S. Aid To 3 Mexican Countries'
I was entirely unaware that there are three Mexican countries. Do the Mexican citizens know about this oddity?
Yes, to Fox folks, "Mexican" covers everything South of the Rio Grande. I would like to visit the Southern tip of Mexico - Argentina - some day.
Quote from: billy rubin on June 18, 2021, 01:30:45 AM
i flew over it once between guatamala city and puerto cabezas in nicaragua once
does that count?
:notsure:
I think so.
Quote from: Icarus on June 18, 2021, 01:49:50 AM
Nit picky retort..............
^^'Trump Cuts U.S. Aid To 3 Mexican Countries'
I was entirely unaware that there are three Mexican countries. Do the Mexican citizens know about this oddity?
:notsure:
I don't think so.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 18, 2021, 02:41:14 AM
Yes, to Fox folks, "Mexican" covers everything South of the Rio Grande. I would like to visit the Southern tip of Mexico - Argentina - some day.
Ah, yes! Italian Mexico.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3AFTKVXQAA9fUC?format=jpg&name=900x900)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2_w1zBWsAEga4z?format=png&name=small)
just as a random point of interest, look up at that strait between the yucatan and the west end of cuba.
the tectonics of the caribbean are really complex, but that spot is a subduction zone.
many years ago i was on a seismic ship going through there from jamaica to texas. when we got there the bottom dropped off the fathometer paper. we turned the range up as far as it would go-- 12,000 feet-- and there was no bottom.
thats some pretty deep shit.
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on June 18, 2021, 02:41:14 AM
Yes, to Fox folks, "Mexican" covers everything South of the Rio Grande. I would like to visit the Southern tip of Mexico - Argentina - some day.
I have had an itch to visit that part of the world, Patagonia. Ain't gonna happen for me.
There is a fascinating video somewhere on You Tube, in which three adventurous guys ride their bicycles southward in that area. The bicycles were specially equipped with a side car like third wheel. The bikes ran on railroad tracks for many many miles.
The level...depth? of ignorance in the US population about the rest of the world is appalling, in many disciplines. Politics, geography, medicine, science, take your pick. I just replied to a dork who went off about what a "socialist" Biden is, in another forum. ::) He was complaining how "the left" has trashed the country in the last year. I explained a bit about politics and advised him to go find what socialism actually is, and how his Republican president caused the death of hundreds of thousands. It's a wood working forum and I have been a member for over a decade. Politics are strictly verboten, but there are times when that shit just can't be allowed. We'll see if I get bounced. Usually people just get spanked, as I haven't seen many bannings for politics. I've not been spanked before, so I'm not sure what will happen.
Dumbass GOPers don't know what Socialism is. Biden is not for pubic ownership of the means of production. Taxing the rich is not Socialism. It is justice and fairness.
:this:
It is sad to observe that the kids in high school civics classes in 1948 (my senior year) knew more about government and politics than the millions of Trumper dumbfucks of today. .................Or is that only an old mans faulty recollection?
You're not wrong. I remember even the less intelligent kids having to take civics classes and learn current events. I graduated HS in '70. But I lived in a blue ribbon school district. Go to some of those southeastern states and they aren't required or expected to learn a lot. Example- one of my wife's cousins got a university degree in Radio, TV & Film, without taking a single math class- there was a philosophy class that satisfied the math requirement in those days. He later got a teaching credential and teaches math in Georgia, because, as he put it, "They don't really need a good math teacher in that state". I shit you not. >:( It's completely infuriating to see a child's educational opportunities wasted with that sort of ignorance and/or unconcern.
I was a volunteer math teacher for high school dropouts for several years. I can get on my soap box and be very loud when I say that it is a life essential to have a basic understanding of at least elementary math..........even in Georgia.
If you happen across your wife's cousin, please punch him in the mouth for me. ....Goddammit if you go to the bodega to buy a Swisher sweet to use with your doobie, it may cost 69 cents. The sales tax is 6%. How much change from your one dollar bill should you expect to get?......... Never mind. No one uses money anymore. It is all credit card transaction. But how much does Mastercard or Visa charge you for the convenience?
Oops, it is raining and my soapbox is only cardboard. I'd better get off it before it collapses.
You'll get absolutely no disagreement from me! Reading, writing and arithmetic- the "Three Rs" is actually indicative of education in the US, as reading is the only one that starts with an "r". I taught high school math and physics at a private school for two years, and only a handful of students wanted to be there and do the work. Pretty much like public schools, I expect. I had parents telling me how "disappointed" they were with me when their kids were failing at math. If their kid took out a writing stick and a piece of paper instead of looking out the window during class, I might have been a bit more understanding. Luckily for me there was a senior teacher sitting and observing my class when that shit was mentioned, and the kid got a serious ration of shit at home. He still failed the class. That school was a pretty dysfunctional place.
Hey Mags,
It's been some time, how is you?
So last week was Cinco de Mayo, and my wife (Socorro) as you know is from Honduras.
She works at a local specialized market, and deals directly with a lot of customers, many of whom she knows quite well.
Last week on 5/5 she was constantly getting told "Happy Cinco de Mayo" all day long by her customers. At first she tried to explain to them that she's not Mexican, and therefore doesn't celebrate this holiday, but after a while she just got tired of trying to explain everything, and so she just said, "Thanks", and moved on.
She said she got tired of explaining to them because even when she told people (By which I mean White People) that she was from Honduras, and that Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday which celebrates their victory over the French Army, and since she isn't from that country they couldn't grasp the meaning cuz aren't all Spanish speaking people Mexican?
She was quite annoyed, said it was a very long day, and next year she plans to take the day off so she doesn't have to deal with it.
Strangely enough on that same day as I was getting ready to leave the office someone here asked me if Socorro and I had big plans that evening.
I didn't understand what he meant, so I asked him, and he said, today is Cinco de Mayo, aren't you and her going to celebrate?
I explained to him why we don't celebrate a Mexican holiday since she is Honduran, and it went flying right over his head at high-speed!
He said, "yeah, but she speaks Spanish right"? Isn't it all the same"?
I replied, "you speak English, do you celebrate Canada Day"?
"No", he said, "but that's not the same thing".
I had to break this down in detail for him until he understood, well sort of understood (Honduran Independence is celebrated on September 15)
Any way Happy Las Piedras Day ((Paraguay). Anniversary of the end of the conflict between Uruguay and Brazil in 1828.
that is just weird
An unfortunate testament to the American grasp of history. Some of us have no concept of civics, geography, and several other forms of reality.
The French sorely underestimated the ability and the resolve of the "peasants". The Russians are presently enduring a similar revelation.
PB, please apologize to Socorro on my behalf. While I'm at It, I also apologize to Mags (same ballpark) for our collective ignorance and arrogance.
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on May 09, 2022, 02:14:26 PMHey Mags,
It's been some time, how is you?
So last week was Cinco de Mayo, and my wife (Socorro) as you know is from Honduras.
She works at a local specialized market, and deals directly with a lot of customers, many of whom she knows quite well.
Last week on 5/5 she was constantly getting told "Happy Cinco de Mayo" all day long by her customers. At first she tried to explain to them that she's not Mexican, and therefore doesn't celebrate this holiday, but after a while she just got tired of trying to explain everything, and so she just said, "Thanks", and moved on.
She said she got tired of explaining to them because even when she told people (By which I mean White People) that she was from Honduras, and that Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday which celebrates their victory over the French Army, and since she isn't from that country they couldn't grasp the meaning cuz aren't all Spanish speaking people Mexican?
She was quite annoyed, said it was a very long day, and next year she plans to take the day off so she doesn't have to deal with it.
Strangely enough on that same day as I was getting ready to leave the office someone here asked me if Socorro and I had big plans that evening.
I didn't understand what he meant, so I asked him, and he said, today is Cinco de Mayo, aren't you and her going to celebrate?
I explained to him why we don't celebrate a Mexican holiday since she is Honduran, and it went flying right over his head at high-speed!
He said, "yeah, but she speaks Spanish right"? Isn't it all the same"?
I replied, "you speak English, do you celebrate Canada Day"?
"No", he said, "but that's not the same thing".
I had to break this down in detail for him until he understood, well sort of understood (Honduran Independence is celebrated on September 15)
Any way Happy Las Piedras Day ((Paraguay). Anniversary of the end of the conflict between Uruguay and Brazil in 1828.
Hi, BP,
I mean, PB.
It has been a long time. How is I? --Good.
How is you? Good, I hope. :)
"Happy Cinco to Drinko," to you too. ::)
I think I explained before why these things happen:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3A6yHaXQAEa3xZ?format=jpg&name=900x900)
"Three Mexican Countries: El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala."
:o
--The blind guiding the blind. :-\
I didn't know Mexico had itself a nice empire like that! :lol:
...But then, the local stereotype is that Americans think Norway is a province in Sweden, yet while not being completely geographically bankrupt, I would personally struggle to point out El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala on an map. A broadcaster should certainly be able to do better than some random Asmo on the Interwebs, I'm just saying that such stereotypes are not entirely without foundation and apply to more than US residents.
Quote from: Asmodean on May 10, 2022, 09:09:14 AMI didn't know Mexico had itself a nice empire like that! :lol:
...
Well...The
Mayan Empire, not the Mexican Empire, included parts of Mexico, before the Spanish conquest, modern-day Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. However, I highly doubt
Fox & Friends and its audience knew this. ::)
QuoteThe Maya civilization was one of the most dominant Indigenous societies of Mesoamerica (a term used to describe Mexico and Central America before the 16th century Spanish conquest). Unlike other scattered Indigenous populations of Mesoamerica, the Maya were centered in one geographical block covering all of the Yucatan Peninsula and modern-day Guatemala; Belize and parts of the Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas and the western part of Honduras and El Salvador.
Another reason, I think, people call every Latino, a Mexican, is because 35.8% of Los Angeles County's population (2018) was reported of being of Mexican ancestry. 3.7% Salvadoran, and 2.2% Guatemalan heritage,.
Like PB's friend said,
QuoteHe said, "yeah, but she speaks Spanish right"? Isn't it all the same"?
Um....No. ::) That's what the census does, it calls every Spanish-speaking person, a Hispanic, regardless of where they come from. But ignorant people call every Spanish-speaking person, a Mexican, regardless of where they come from.
--It sucks.
By the way, it's good to see you here, again. And thanks for fixing the forum. ;)
i always ask where people are from, because then i can ask more questions about whats its like there.
doesnt always work. when i ask sikhs and pakistanis where theyre from , sometimes all theyre willing to say is canada. same as iranians who tell me they come from persia.
cant be too careful these days, really
talked to some kurds the other day who started out telling me they wrre from central asia. so we narrowed it down and i got to learn about the steppes
Quote from: billy rubin on May 11, 2022, 01:24:58 AMi always ask where people are from, because then i can ask more questions about whats its like there.
doesnt always work. when i ask sikhs and pakistanis where theyre from , sometimes all theyre willing to say is canada. same as iranians who tell me they come from persia.
cant be too careful these days, really
talked to some kurds the other day who started out telling me they wrre from central asia. so we narrowed it down and i got to learn about the steppes
I had a co-worker who would say he was Persian first and then he would specify he is from Iran. I know what you mean by narrowing it down. ;D
I am a:
Latina.
Central American.
Salvadoran.
Hispanic.
My kids are Estadounidense-Mexicano-Salvadoreño--Español/Azteca...if we add grandparents. :o
Every Latino being referred to as a Mexican is like every Asian being called Chinese.
I work for a Korean company, and we have resident engineers and other staff working in our office from Korea...they and their families get this constantly.
If they correct the person who is referring to them as Chinese, and tell them they are Korean the next question is always,...North or South Korea? One of the guys told me when he told someone he was Korean they responded with so you're a communist?
:wtf:
Quote from: Papasito Bruno on May 11, 2022, 05:25:30 PMEvery Latino being referred to as a Mexican is like every Asian being called Chinese.
I work for a Korean company, and we have resident engineers and other staff working in our office from Korea...they and their families get this constantly.
If they correct the person who is referring to them as Chinese, and tell them they are Korean the next question is always,...North or South Korea? One of the guys told me when he told someone he was Korean they responded with so you're a communist?
:wtf:
DIOS MIO!
Assuming every Latino is Mexican and every Asian is Chinese is a generalization based on appearance and it could offend someone.
I don't feel offended when people assume I'm Mexican because my man is Mexican and my kids are 1/2 Mexican, it just makes me think the person saying it is not very...informed. Or maybe they watch Fox news and learned it from them...you know, that EL Salvador is a Mexican country. ::)
Words can be misinterpreted. For example, "Chinito," "negrito", "Mexicanito," it's not meant to be mean, but cute, it's a diminutive, but it doesn't grant respect.
In prison, it's a lot worse. You are associated with the, white, black, or Mexican gangs. Everyone else who is none of the above, (Philipino, Salvadoreño, Colombiano, etc.), is called, "other."
My man makes fun of me, he says, "Orale, if I go to jail, I can hang out with the Mexicans, you can only hang out with the "others."
;D
>:(
There is a certain person who is an "other", for whom I have considerable respect. She is clever, articulate, and has a keen sense of humor. Salud!
Quote from: Icarus on May 12, 2022, 07:09:36 AMThere is a certain person who is an "other", for whom I have considerable respect. She is clever, articulate, and has a keen sense of humor. Salud!
Yes, but does that mean she's in a
Other gang?
Actually, a legitimate question;
Quote from: Magdalena on May 11, 2022, 08:43:34 PMIn prison, it's a lot worse. You are associated with the, white, black, or Mexican gangs. Everyone else who is none of the above, (Philipino, Salvadoreño, Colombiano, etc.), is called, "other."
Wouldn't that also apply to any-one
not affiliated with the aforementioned gangs? Or do you sort of "join" a gang automatically by virtue of your relative ethnicity,
except if it's south of Mexico?
Quote from: Asmodean on May 12, 2022, 08:39:33 AMQuote from: Icarus on May 12, 2022, 07:09:36 AMThere is a certain person who is an "other", for whom I have considerable respect. She is clever, articulate, and has a keen sense of humor. Salud!
Yes, but does that mean she's in an Other gang?
Actually, a legitimate question;
Quote from: Magdalena on May 11, 2022, 08:43:34 PMIn prison, it's a lot worse. You are associated with the white, black, or Mexican gangs. Everyone else who is none of the above, (Philipino, Salvadoreño, Colombiano, etc.), is called, "other."
Wouldn't that also apply to anyone not affiliated with the aforementioned gangs? Or do you sort of "join" a gang automatically by your relative ethnicity, except if it's south of Mexico?
I don't think you have to join a gang in prison.
You can say, "Im a freelance delinquent committing crimes in different towns at different times by myself rather than committing crimes permanently with a gang."
;D
Maybe they'll ask you what hood you claim if you have no tattoos because a lot of the inmates have their gang names tattooed everywhere. They can't run or hide from their own gang even if they wanted to, inside or outside. This goes for all gangs. It's like one of those stickers, "hello, my name is" that you get at meetings. They walk in there proudly showing their gang signs on their chest, --"hello, my name is --vato loco from la 18."
Colors.
White, Black,
Mexican, other.
The "others" have gangs as well, but they are small compared to the other three, so I guess calling them "others" means, insignificant.
They say "white power", "black power", and "brown and proud", but Mexican is a Nationality, and brown is a skin color, not an ethnicity or a race-- in the same way black and white are. ...Well, here in the USA, in some circles.
It's basically about being proud, in every gang, I think.
I'm not a gang member, but in LA, these are the people we live with. ;)
Quote from: Magdalena on May 13, 2022, 05:00:02 PMI don't think you have to join a gang in prison.
You can say, "Im a freelance delinquent committing crimes in different towns at different times by myself rather than committing crimes permanently with a gang."
;D
A
freelance delinquent. I'm
totally using it if like... The government comes across that doomsday device. 8)
Quote...Mexican is a Nationality, and brown is a skin color, not an ethnicity or a race-- in the same way black and white are. ...Well, here in the USA, in some circles.
Not to mention that the few Mexican people I know in person are like...
White, if anything. I must admit, I have no idea how that colour system works. Ought to have me one of them intersectional colour charts for reference, probably. Like, I'd say you'd have to go to places like parts of Africa, Pakistan or India for "Brown." I suppose the sole Bolivian I know is sort-of... Brown-ish?
I mean, if a tanned look makes you capital B Brown, are them orange "influencers" of very European descent actually of a different ethnicity by virtue of indoor tanning abuse? Actually, never mind. They totally
are.QuoteIt's basically about being proud, in every gang, I think.
I'm not a gang member, but in LA, these are the people we live with. ;)
I can see that, though. I'm not advocating for gang membership, but it can give you a purpose and a sense of belonging/community and... People want that, and are proud of being a part of that - regardless of its income venues.
We are, for sure, social animals. We join clans, gangs, barbershop quartets, religions, trade unions, Parent teacher associations, political parties and all that sort of thing. Then there are hate groups.
Today, (May 14) in Buffalo New York, an 18 year old white supremacist thought it his obligation to go to a supermarket and kill as many black people as he could. Ten Dead. Too soon to know of his background or associations. Someone, or a group of someones, influenced him to believe that he needed to kill.
Quote from: Asmodean on May 14, 2022, 09:07:34 AM...
I can see that, though. I'm not advocating for gang membership, but it can give you a purpose and a sense of belonging/community and... People want that, and are proud of being a part of that - regardless of its income venues.
Quote from: Icarus on May 15, 2022, 01:23:28 AMWe are, for sure, social animals. We join clans, gangs, barbershop quartets, religions, trade unions, Parent teacher associations, political parties and all that sort of thing. Then there are hate groups.
Today, (May 14) in Buffalo New York, an 18 year old white supremacist thought it his obligation to go to a supermarket and kill as many black people as he could. Ten Dead. Too soon to know of his background or associations. Someone, or a group of someones, influenced him to believe that he needed to kill.
Gangs start with "pride", proud to be...(color).
Then, it turns to supremacy or superiority and entitlement, then to hate, anger, violence, crime, and unfortunately, murder.
--Very sad.
Quote from: Asmodean on May 14, 2022, 09:07:34 AM...
Not to mention that the few Mexican people I know in person are like... White, if anything. I must admit, I have no idea how that colour system works. Ought to have me one of them intersectional colour charts for reference, probably. Like, I'd say you'd have to go to places like parts of Africa, Pakistan or India for "Brown." I suppose the sole Bolivian I know is sort-of... Brown-ish?
...
I know what you mean. I am Central American, people assume I'm brown-skinned and brown-eyed, but I'm not, I'm, like you said, "...like...
White, with hazel eyes." :-\
I know what "Brown and Proud" means and what it stands for, but I can't say it. People would laugh at me. Can't say, proud to be white either. My people would think I'm acting, "superior."
--As if being a white Latina is something I asked for. ::)
My man also gets made fun of, he is a beautiful proud Aztec-looking brown man, and he defends his heritage everywhere he goes, but when people see me, they ask, "So, why are you with her?"
--Moth*r F*ckers, I'm sure I'm browner and prouder to be a Latina than they are, but again, if I say it, they would laugh at me.
>:(
I think it has to do with associating brown skin with being 80% to 100% Latino, meaning there is no white or Spaniard in your blood. Being proud of rejecting the conquistador's blood means a lot to some, but maybe it's just as bad as a white supremacist not wanting an African American in their bloodline either.
**
Sorry about ranting about this stuff.
I believe that you are entitled to rant Mags. Maybe best advised not to do it in the presence of the hard-core republican crowd. But then they tend to be, in varying degrees,isolated from the real world.
Quote...but maybe it's just as bad as a white supremacist not wanting an African American in their bloodline either.
I'd say so, with a caveat. You should be perfectly within what's socially acceptable to
want whatever it is you want. Denying what's already there doesn't help, however. Also, certain ways of
acting on your desire may be... Less than constructive, shall we say.
Like, if I didn't want half-Korean kids, and for that reason never slept with a Korean woman - it doesn't say anything particularly
nice about me, but then again, it's well within the realm of choices I can make for myself. If, on the other hand, I didn't want half-Korean
grandkids and thus got in the way of my [responsible, free-standing adult] kid sleeping with an Korean person... Yeah. By that point, gramps not only be a racist, but an asshole besides.
Quote from: Asmodean on May 18, 2022, 10:15:07 AMQuote...but maybe it's just as bad as a white supremacist not wanting an African American in their bloodline either.
I'd say so, with a caveat. You should be perfectly within what's socially acceptable to want whatever it is you want. Denying what's already there doesn't help, however. Also, certain ways of acting on your desire may be... Less than constructive, shall we say.
Like, if I didn't want half-Korean kids, and for that reason never slept with a Korean woman - it doesn't say anything particularly nice about me, but then again, it's well within the realm of choices I can make for myself. If, on the other hand, I didn't want half-Korean grandkids and thus got in the way of my [responsible, free-standing adult] kid sleeping with an Korean person... Yeah. By that point, gramps not only be a racist but an asshole besides.
Yes, racist and an asshole. I can see what you mean on a personal level. If my brown-skinned man wants a white-skinned woman and his racist/ asshole uncle has a problem with it, that is HIS problem, not ours, BUT, it becomes a problem, for everyone, if his racist/ asshole uncle has a problem with our neighbors doing the same. When he starts harassing, lynching, and shooting them because he wants no one to mix races, then this is as you say, "certain ways of acting on [his] desire may be... Less than constructive."
...And criminal.
maybe not for much longer, you know.
because im not convinced that stuff that has always been considered criminal is going to stay that way.
Quote from: Magdalena on May 18, 2022, 10:29:54 PMYes, racist and an asshole. I can see what you mean on a personal level. If my brown-skinned man wants a white-skinned woman and his racist/ asshole uncle has a problem with it, that is HIS problem, not ours, BUT, it becomes a problem, for everyone, if his racist/ asshole uncle has a problem with our neighbors doing the same. When he starts harassing, lynching, and shooting them because he wants no one to mix races, then this is as you say, "certain ways of acting on [his] desire may be... Less than constructive."
...And criminal.
Indeed. I was as charitable as I can in my use of words, but there is indeed a line between a asshole muttering implications at family reunions and someone burning dog turds on people's porches, not to mention resorting to firearms. While still technically less than constructive, it well and truly crosses into
criminal.
Quote from: billy rubin on May 19, 2022, 01:26:05 AMbecause im not convinced that stuff that has always been considered criminal is going to stay that way.
Like what?
Hey Mags!
We certainly have had some good times over the years here on the forum haven't we? It's been fun, and we've made some friends along the way...butt mostly we got to know each other.
Do you think it'll hurt when they ban us? I'm a little scared :-[
Just glad we're going together, you and me Mags!
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Hey Mags,
This will be my last post here at HAF.
You know I joined this forum about 9 years ago, you were already a member here. Back then the membership was large and diverse, I remember how happy I was to find it as it has been a very pleasant and enjoyable place to hang around...hard to believe it's been 9 years though. Time really flies doesn't it?
I'll see you on the other side I guess, I've missed you, and others here.
Take care my friend.
Kind regards,
Bruno
Hello Magdalena, I don't think they are the worst bunch of people, not exactly as you would want but would you really want a bunch of people exactly as you want? Sounds dull and yet reverberatingly reaffirming. You are missed.
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Just I was not happy to see
Magdalena leave, I am not happy to see you leave either,
Bruno. I admit to a bit of thorniness, and recognise that I'm not the only one here who can be a bit prickly. Each of us in various ways.
Also, each of us has our own tolerance to thorns; at a particular point they're no longer worth the pricks. Happy trails, and stop back any time.
Well, I stopped by after a while to see how things were. It has been a while.
I got married again, have a baby now, but not much else has changed. Same can't be said for this place.
Fun Halloween thread you have there...
I remember a time a bunch of the mods were all up at me telling how bad it was that I told some dude his apology didn't matter to me. It's really difficult to see what the lines are especially when people have been banned for far less.
I missed Mags and Bruno and they're gone now.
So I guess I'm just stopping to say hi real quick.
I hope that you can find it in your heart to come back into the fold Davin. You have been missed.
Quote from: Davin on July 29, 2023, 06:03:45 AMWell, I stopped by after a while to see how things were. It has been a while.
I got married again, have a baby now, but not much else has changed. Same can't be said for this place.
Fun Halloween thread you have there...
I remember a time a bunch of the mods were all up at me telling how bad it was that I told some dude his apology didn't matter to me. It's really difficult to see what the lines are especially when people have been banned for far less.
I missed Mags and Bruno and they're gone now.
So I guess I'm just stopping to say hi real quick.
Double congratulations,
Davin!
As for the rest, well, sorry we've disappointed you. You aren't the only one, sadly.
Wishing you the best.
Mags is a fictional character.
not so.
i chat with her most every day.
Quote from: billy rubin on July 31, 2023, 01:51:57 AMnot so.
i chat with her most every day.
How do you know she's real?
if sheb isnt then AI has gotten very good
It doesn't have to be an AI. It could be just a false identity.
well, in actuality nobody on the internet knows that i am a dog.
I heard you were a right bitch actually ;)
Quote from: billy rubin on July 31, 2023, 03:01:58 AMif sheb isnt then AI has gotten very good
Ah, but it
has. Ask an AI to write you a top ten list of this year's movies in the style of an entertainment magaxine article. It may just do as well if not better than said rag would. :smilenod:
i dont go see movies and wiuld not be able to tell.
Just an example. It can do a competent job in other areas as well.
IIRC, Mags left because Asmo and someone else admitted to being called "NAZIs" on the internet. I've been called the same, by people who haven't a clue about my politics, based on a single observation. Some people are quite reactionary on minimum information. I think that it is important to point out that a lot of people have been called so by people who don't actually know what a "NAZI" is, any more than the people who call someone a "communist" know what communism actually is.
^I concur DL. I fear that many of our people are incapable of informed reasoning.
Well, some people skate the line here when it comes to right-wing thoughts.
I will leave the policing of thoughts to the churches.
I just asked Bing chat to write me a sales pitch for VW e-Golf;
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I mean, come on! I've seen far worse both made and published by them squishier minds.
Read it in a posh English accent, it's hilarious!
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What happened with Mags had something to do with racial politics. This much I know, but what exactly was the beef?
The Asmo can skip around an issue. He can dither and dance, but I can't see him withering any time soon.
The Asmo's hills are generally well-fortified, and He is generally not too attached to them, so He very rarely dies on one.
For that reason, He rarely skips around issues. His approach is usually "charge. Failing that, charge again."