I'm 5-10 & 165 or so.
Never had a weight problem.
Active as a kid. Lived in the country, gardened, fishing, hunting,
active.
Even ran a mile long trap line in winter to make a bit of money
in furs.
Not much money though. Cold, freezing, dirty, work.
A muskrat was worth 75 cents, a nice large...
I think it's a real stretch to feel Christmas is being forced
upon others by merely saying "Merry Christmas".
I cover bases by saying "happy holidays to you and yours".
This phrase carries no religious undertones.
"Happy holidays and have a great New Year".
What's wrong with that?
We are friends...
To all members who are not insulted by "MERRY CHRISTMAS".
If that was insulting I apologize.
Have a fun holiday season. (that was safe yes?)
I'm not even going to get into Jesus wasn't born in December.
Google it up if ya likes.
Researchers believe the Roman Catholic Church settled on Dec. 25...
I didn't like either candidate.
So I went with the lesser of two dangerous people.
At least I hope I did.
For me it was a case of liking Hillary a bit less than Trump.
Either way we Americans must live with it.
Positives for Trump:
He owes no one anything.
He appears to get on well with Putin...
Eid Mubarak or Blessed Eid (Arabic: عيد مبارك, Bengali: ঈদ মোবারক, Pashto: اختر مبارک, Persian/Urdu: عید مُبارک, Sindhi: عيد مبارڪ,Malayalam: ഈദ് മുബാറക്, Somali: Ciid wanaagsan, Turkish: İyi bayramlar,Tamil: ஈத் முபாரக், Malay: Selamat Hari Raya) is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved...
Although most Christians celebrate December 25 as the birthday of Jesus Christ, few in the first two Christian centuries claimed any knowledge of the exact day or year in which he was born. The oldest existing record of a Christmas celebration is found in a Roman almanac that tells of a Christ’s...
My uncle Wilbur was a fundamentalist lay minister and NEVER
celebrated Christmas as a religious holiday but as a National
holiday.
He never believed Jesus was born in December ( he wasn't) and uncle
placed no religious significance on the holiday.
My mother was a Jehovah's Witness so did not...
I may not require a rehab hospital this go round.
I'm not nearly as sick as I was yesterday, appetite is better and
of course no booze.
Addiction nearly killed me a couple of times, did kill my parents and
is doing a number on my sister.
I have a solid support group in A.A. a sponsor and...
The Facts and Stats on 33000 Denominations: World Christian Encyclopedia (2001, 2nd edition)
33,000 denominations of Christians ALL reading essentially the SAME BOOK.
Are there really 33,000 denominations? Pro'ly but I've read as many as
40,000. Take your pick.
Most all Christian denominations...
Thank you ShivaFan.
I appreciate the warm kind words.
I'll get better.
I take metformen daily to lower blood sugar.
I just deal with it.
Sadly my precious 17 year old fine son is badly diabetic and shoots
insulin 4 X a day.
There is promising research being done with certain types of juvenile...
Ponder this:
IF "God" made a man and a woman and stopped with that pair.
Being a man and woman they had sex and gave birth to children
as the Bible says.
With that small gene pool why do we have so many different humans?
Oriental, white, black, red, yellow, skin tones etc.?
If we sprang from the...