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"I'm at that age where my mind still thinks I'm 29; my humor suggests I'm 12 while my body mostly keeps asking if I'm sure I'm not dead yet."

White privilege, huh? I recall listening to NPR when a black lady was laughing about having visited France; she tried to break into the front of a line like she was used to in this country, but it didn't work there.

Another first--handing to a circle of policemen, then a few seconds later, one carrying an assault rifle (I think).

This week is the first time that I ever remember seeing a woman with her head totally covered. Muslim, of course, here in South Africa. Not even eyes visible. But I've had a number of Muslims accept tracts from me. May God bring light into their souls. I have a new line in the townships if someone s...

Isn't in-group shaming of those who leave a common human temptation. Yes, it is. This thread went off topic a few posts back. I will leave you with this: People who leave a conservative setting don't always leave because they are against authority, but against corrupt authority. Likewise, people do...

exodus 21 says that if the owner knew there is a problem, and does nothing and allows the animal to injure someone else, then the owner is responsible. 28If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shal...

My 96-year-old friend was telling me on the phone the other day, that her daughter went to her own daughter's house to feed the cat (as its owners are in Europe), and while she was on the phone with them, the cat attacked her badly. She went to the hospital, but the wounds are not healing properly. ...

Wow, she really thought she could order the police around. Create her own reality and expect them to believe it.

Both. Unless it's a sweet sandwich like peanut butter and honey or raisins.

Valerie wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:12 pm In some, as you mention "death" it means "death to the world"
Weren't all cars black originally? Then different colors came out, so to avoid worldliness, pride?

Henry Ford had cars painted black because black dried the fastest.