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Yep, she is independent and a very strong woman! :)
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Tasha wrote: "Yep, she is independent and a very strong woman! :)"Just like the daughters. :)
Tasha wrote: "Let's hope so! :)"My sister and I cared for mom at home for 8 years. She had had several falls and become a major falls risk. Our place is rented so we couldn't have any alterations done to make it easier for her. So it had to be hostel. :(
At least they have really great places these days. :)
My thoughts are with anyone in the range of the US Superstorm today or in coming days. Stay safe you guys.
Dawn,You mentioned that you miss being able to search for shelves on the new green Want to Read button?
Apparently they are adding that feature. They are truncating peoples shelves to 50 in the green button's drop down menu, and adding a shelf search option.
Oh good, I hate having to scroll through them all to pick the shelves I want.
I hate having to search for them. :) I never remember what all my shelves are called. I deleted a couple shelves today as I have just over 50 shelves, I thought I'd pull it back. While I was there, I decided to 'sticky' my most added to shelves to the top.
And my Melbourne Cup tip: Lights of Heaven. I'm loyal to my horses (at whatever cost to the wallet) and she was part of my Caulfield Cup trifecta.
Melbourne Cuphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourn...
I don't know who my horse will be. I wait to see them walk out. Then guess my top three.
I never bet on the Cup. Sometimes I go in Sweepstakes, but I never win when I bet so I don't :)
Terri wrote: "Melbourne Cuphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourn...
I don't know who my horse will be. I wait to see them walk out. Then guess my top three.
I never bet on the Cup. Sometimes I go in Sweepst..."
I learned a long time ago that the races, the lottery, Published's Clearing House, Reader's Digest and all types of winning things was not for me. I am not lucky at all. I bought one lottery ticked for Florida lottery weekly for about 1 year, and gave up because the best I could do was win $2. My friend, on the other hand, used to win a lot. The time I had her buy a scratch off for me, it was a $5o ticket. I split it with her-LOL.
What is your favorite race horse name? Mine is 'Attaway.'About those shelves: are they real shelves with tree books, or a computer organization shelf. If they are the latter, I have some shelving to do.
Linda wrote: "What is your favorite race horse name? Mine is 'Attaway.'"Pharlap. :)
Hi Anne,I won't buy Scratchies either or raffle tickets. I simply never win anything.
Well, that's not entirely true. I won two books this year with Goodreads giveaways...but did not cost me anything.
Bryn wrote: "And my Melbourne Cup tip: Lights of Heaven. I'm loyal to my horses (at whatever cost to the wallet) and she was part of my Caulfield Cup trifecta."How did you go on the gee gees, Bryn?
Thought it was awesome to see a rank outsider get over them. :-)
Bryn wrote: "And my Melbourne Cup tip: Lights of Heaven. I'm loyal to my horses (at whatever cost to the wallet) and she was part of my Caulfield Cup trifecta."How did you go on the gee gees, Bryn?
Thought it was awesome to see a rank outsider get over them. :-)
Terri wrote: "How did you go on the gee gees, Bryn?Thought it was awesome to see a rank outsider get over them. :-)"
Well, better not to ask; but, I too enjoy to see outsiders win, and come second and third. It's boring when favourites win. Punting is a bad habit I picked up from a bloke in my past. Also my job's in racing, in a boring way, in an office.
Oh, bummer, so you work in the industry but don't get to hang around the horses. Stuck in an office. And what's better than seeing an rank outsider win or place?? Seeing them beat the International horses. :-)
Election day in USA! I am so 'cited! We are a Christian nation and we are humbled. We have legal battles and real battles. We have money problems and partisan problems. We have elected leaders and appointed leaders who do not appear to be doing their jobs as set out in the Constitution. We are, simply said, in a world of hurt. So today we, the people, vote. We pray for an election that will yield leaders who will help us solve our problems rather than salve them. We pray for restored honesty and dignity among ourselves and with all nations. We pray for individual insight to what is good and right knowing that such individual insight will naturally result into a national insight. None of us shares totally the same ideas or ideals. So it is necessary that we join in the one constant in an inconsistent nation---love of country.
Election day is a BIG day for me and my family. As a young child we lived in the country. Granddaddy and Grandmother lived about two hundred yards away, in other words ' outjunder.' My uncle and cousins lived about three hundred yards beyond outjunder or, in other words, over there. Supervisor of our district was the main item on the ballot. The grownups lived to vote for the supervisor of our district.Elections were held in the schoolhouse auditorium. Daddy and my uncles were always out politicking the day and night before the election. Since Mother, Grandmother and my aunts, real or by law, did not like the men's politicking, I figured politicking meant the men were up to no good, probably giving bottles of whiskey to those 'undecidedes.'
Granddaddy's politicking job was to take his daughters, real or by law, to the schoolhouse. All of us children went too,.riding in the back of a pickup on dusty gravel roads. Some older cousins sat on the fenders and on top of the cab.
On voting day, Daddy and my real uncles (no in-laws) voted early in the morning and spent the rest of the day policing all the differennt polling places--other school auditoriums. I never saw Daddy until all the votes were counted and certified.
The cousins' and my jobs were to go into the voting booth with various mothers and aunts then 'run ask Granddaddy who to vote for governor, president, secretary of state--in short, every person on the ballot except supervisor of our district. The ladies KNEW, and had known for weeks, who would get their vote for spervisor of our district. So we children would run ask Granddaddy 'who to vote for' and disseminate his answer to the voting mothers and aunts. The funny thing was the women would only ask for one candidate at a time. That kept the kids running back and forth a long, long time. It also kept us out of trouble. We didn't have time to get in the pickup and roll it down the hill or play ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS and start up the camp fire. When the voting was done, we went on back home, some of us in the pick up bed, some on the cab and some on the fenders riding over those precious dirty country roads of our district where home was and will always be.
Linda wrote: "Election day in USA! I am so 'cited! We are a Christian nation and we are humbled. We have legal battles and real battles. We have money problems and partisan problems. We have elected leaders..."You are so right. Our once great nation who worshiped and respected God, not has taken Him out of our schools, out of out public places, and out of our lives. Where we once woshipped Him, we now worship the idols os self-gratification, sensuality, greed, money, success, comfort, materialism, pelasure, sexual immorality,self-worship and self obsession. The nation has forgotten its foundations of Christian ideals, its purpose and its calling. Standards we once upheld have been abandoned. what was once immoral is now accepted. Our culture has been increasingly corrupted by the corrosion of sexual immorality, growing continuously more crude and vulgar.(Just look at the top 4 books ion the bestseller list-all are very graphic sexually.) Pornography has become commonplace and a country which was once dedicated with spreading God's word, not spreads pornography and the obscene under the guise of tolerance. Innoceence is ridiculed and virtue vilified. amoral Hollywood and Music personalities are worshiled as gods. Sexually immorality is taught in public schools and the Bible is banned. As Israel burned her children on the altars of Baal America began Aborting her children unde rthe guise of "Choice." yes, I am proud to worship and trust in God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not hate or condemn anyone who does not. But I just had to answer this as I felt was right.
As there are so many different religious idealogies and beliefs, I cannot agree that one religion belongs in government. To me, religion and politics should NOT mix. We are a nation of diverse population, diverse beliefs and diverse opinions. I enjoy that. My 2c. :)
I also believe that neither candidate addresses my needs...:)
I can't speak for the US, but I agree with Tasha. I don't think religion belongs in government, but that is just my opinion. :)Enjoy your day of voting. It is a special thing having the right to vote.
Wish I had a vote, here in Australia. The result does affect the world.
Bryn wrote: "Wish I had a vote, here in Australia. The result does affect the world."Very true.
Tasha wrote: "As there are so many different religious idealogies and beliefs, I cannot agree that one religion belongs in government. To me, religion and politics should NOT mix. We are a nation of diverse popu..."Agreed. Freedom of religion means that you are free to have a religion. It does not mean that you can use your religion to deny civil rights to others in a political arena.
And while it is true that approximately 70% of Americans would identify themselves as Christian it does not make us a Christian nation nor does it mean that the 30% do not deserve full and equal protection.
I've definitely voted today, and I feel strongly about who I want to be president. But I must say, the election process just drives me crazy. I've started yearning to live in an absolute monarchy. Sure, they're fundamentally unfair and you don't know if you'll end up with an Elizabeth I who will enlighten your world or a Caligula who will launch a blood-bath. But at least neither of them will fill up your TV with tiresome campaign ads or call you in the middle of dinner with those automated "vote for me" messages.
Kate wrote: "But at least neither of them will fill up your TV with tiresome campaign ads or call you in the middle of dinner with those automated "vote for me" messages. ..."
Although that would be funny. :)
You are lucky, Kate. I wish I could feel as strongly one way or the other. :) Neither one 'does it' for me unfortunately. Good luck :)
Agreed. Freedom of religion means that you are free to have a religion. It does not mean that you can use your religion to deny civil rights to others in a political arena. And while it is true that approximately 70% of Americans would identify themselves as Christian it does not make us a Christian nation nor does it mean that the 30% do not deserve full and equal protection.
Well said, Leslie. I agree completely. :)
It's scary to think that it says right in our Constitution that this is a nation NOT founded on God - that the separation of church and state was one of the fundamental ideals that drove people to come to this country to begin with - and yet we are still having to argue with politicians who are determined to impose their religious ideas on the rest of the population.
Kate wrote: "It's scary to think that it says right in our Constitution that this is a nation NOT founded on God - that the separation of church and state was one of the fundamental ideals that drove people to ..."I saw something about this the other day and was surprised. It may have been Colbert Report...It sure is a shame if a President who shares a faith with 70% of the population gets to enforce their belief on the other 30%.
We have a Prime Minister now over here, Julia Gillard, who is neutral on the religion front and that works well (although I withhold opinion on her actions since she came to the position).
The Opposition leader who is nipping at her heels is hardcore Christian and some of ideals are, well, how do I say it, sh#t. Especially if you are a woman or gay or have no kids or are not religious. :/
I live in a country where the separation between state and church is flimsy. Vatican is in Italy and it's difficult to forget it, in daily life; and unfortunately the catholic church isn't free from corruption, pedophily or worse.I can't remember what author wrote that the worst horrors in history have been made in the name of a god or another. Sadly, it's often true.
I think 95% of Italy are Catholics aren't they Simona? Roman Catholic. That poor little 5% must just have to suffer their bitter pill..if they have one.. lol :)
Today we have quite a strong immigration, so I'd say the percentage is a bit lower. I've been baptized and educated as a catholic, but unfortunately, I've got eyes, ears, a (small) brain, gay friends, divorced friends, friends living together and having babies outside catholic marriage, so I find myself unable to be a good observant catholic lady.
yes, it would be hard. I think that is when religion becomes personal. Which really, is the way it should be. A personal relationship with one's God, whoever that God be.
I'd like to find a good HF book about (or set around) the Battle of Crecy.Any idea, someone here? Thank you in advance.
Hey, Simona, how about I set up a thread in the 'looking for a book on..' thread. :)That way any recommendations don't get lost in the thread.
I see Obama gets another term. I have not seen any results. Was it close?
Thank you Terri for the thread. I'll look there.
Terri wrote: "I see Obama gets another term. I have not seen any results. Was it close?"From what I can tell, Romney won the 'popular' vote but Obama took the election. Either way, whoever won, it's disappointing. I am hoping for some fresh new blood in the next election. Really, both sides always say the same old shit and always end up following their own agenda anyway...
I'm heaving a big sigh of relief. Romney terrified me.
America is now officially a Socialist country....long live the King!!
Kate wrote: "I'm heaving a big sigh of relief. Romney terrified me."Agreed.
Terri wrote: "I see Obama gets another term. I have not seen any results. Was it close?"According to the great and powerful internet. Obama took 303 electoral collage votes to Romney's 206
The popular vote also went to Obama 59,725,608 to 57,098,650.
What terrifies me is another four years.....
No I read this one, it gets better. hahaha
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