On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:22:23 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 31 Dec 2010:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:06:20 +0000, kachina wrote:

k2 said stuff on 27 Dec 2010:

On Dec 25, 9:50Â*am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with
this 'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer ry
adj. mer ri er, mer ri est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly. 2. Marked by or offering fun
and gaiety; festive: a merry evening. 3. Archaic Delightful;
entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.

It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and Â*marginalize the true meaning of
Christm
as.
It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn
thanks to
our
Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who believe in Him
may h
ave
everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is
debauche
ry.
Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice by
engaging
in
sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices seems to me
to be very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to get to
Heaven.

--
Gregory Hall

One would imagine your childhood Christmas time was pretty bleak.
Christmas is a great time for children, more so than adults.
Overanalyizing Christmas robs the simple joy that Christmas is for
children. Sorry yours was ****ty...

I don't know, k2. I think it might be just as great a time for adults,
for different reasons. I appreciate getting the whole family together
more than I used to.

We sat down 17 to dinner on Christmas Eve, 24 for a buffet for
Christmas. It's good to have all the kids playing together.

I used to love it when I was a kid and all the family got together and
us *cousins* could sneak off alone without the grownups and just hang.
I love, today, to see my grandkids doing the same. I think when
they're all grownup they'll be good friends. And so the tradition
continues. It's FAMILY after all.


like my brother mike says, people who look like us. my nephew stephen
hasn't had a lot of chance to see his cousins, and he was the funniest
of them all. he stood with the four boys closest to his age, and broke
up laughing. i had warned him that there would be a pile of boys his age
that looked just like him, and to make sure that he went home with us.
he had to admit that they looked just like him.

That's funny but can be very true. All our grandkids look more like each
other than they look like their parents. It's pretty obvious when
they're all together that they are related. Fascinating.

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:42:06 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 04 Jan 2011:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:17:50 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 31 Dec 2010:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:02:14 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 29 Dec 2010:

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:12:08 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
news:d4GdnaHy15riwIfQnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@scnresearch. com... snip

Nah. He's just alone and lonely and desperate.



PKB!

Heh. I'm actually enjoying being alone today as I just spent the
entire weekend with 20 of my family. We ate, opened gifts, talked,
drank a lot of wine and enjoyed one another's company. It was a
special weekend as our son and his wife and daughters drove all the
way from Reno, Nevada to spend the weekend with us. We had a
wonderful time. Sorry you didn't.


hard to be lonely in a small crowd of 20. i'm glad you had a good
time. my sister and her husband and youngest came up from the ozarks
to spend the week, and we had 24 at christmas dinner, only 17 at
christmas eve dinner.

Drat! And here I thought I'd had a lot of people for dinner. We
seem
to have the same ideas though. :-)

we were fewer this year. my brother joe didn't fly in from los
angeles,
my sister becky and her husband were on vacation in south america, and
my brother ray didn't show up, prolly mad at somebody. he usually is.
i
think our record one year was 30.

Amazing!

i prefer the independance day party, which is "mine". [we split up the
different holidays.] if people get rowdy, we kick them outside. it's a
bit cold to do that this time of year.

Indeed it is, even here. We managed though without any rowdiness this
year.


so did we, for the most part. on wednesday before christmas we got it
out of our systems with a sledding party. only one sledding accident
[me]

Hope you're okay. :-(

and one rollaround fight [2 nephews]. not bad.

Not bad at all. We sent the 3 teenagers off to walk the dogs on Saturday
while the turkey was cooking. We sent the younger 4 off to the
playground with a several aunts and uncles. The 2 month old, of course,
stayed home and did nothing but eat and sleep. The rest of us napped or
visited while I got the turkey cooked. I had everything on the table by
six pm and a hearty time was had by all.

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:54:47 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 04 Jan 2011:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:42:06 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 04 Jan 2011:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:17:50 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 31 Dec 2010:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:02:14 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 29 Dec 2010:

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:12:08 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.
wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
news:d4GdnaHy15riwIfQnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@scnresearch. com... snip

Nah. He's just alone and lonely and desperate.



PKB!

Heh. I'm actually enjoying being alone today as I just spent the
entire weekend with 20 of my family. We ate, opened gifts,
talked, drank a lot of wine and enjoyed one another's company. It
was a special weekend as our son and his wife and daughters drove
all the way from Reno, Nevada to spend the weekend with us. We
had a wonderful time. Sorry you didn't.


hard to be lonely in a small crowd of 20. i'm glad you had a good
time. my sister and her husband and youngest came up from the
ozarks to spend the week, and we had 24 at christmas dinner, only
17 at christmas eve dinner.

Drat! And here I thought I'd had a lot of people for dinner. We
seem
to have the same ideas though. :-)

we were fewer this year. my brother joe didn't fly in from los
angeles,
my sister becky and her husband were on vacation in south america,
and my brother ray didn't show up, prolly mad at somebody. he
usually is.
i
think our record one year was 30.

Amazing!

i prefer the independance day party, which is "mine". [we split up
the different holidays.] if people get rowdy, we kick them outside.
it's a bit cold to do that this time of year.

Indeed it is, even here. We managed though without any rowdiness
this year.


so did we, for the most part. on wednesday before christmas we got it
out of our systems with a sledding party. only one sledding accident
[me]

Hope you're okay. :-(

just a filling knocked loose, and a few bumps and bruises. dangers of
being near a bunch of little boys who can't really steer yet.

Hehehehehe. I've been there myself. My husband calls me the
"daredevil", aptly named I think.

i'm okay
y
yyy
yyy........


and one rollaround fight [2 nephews]. not bad.

Not bad at all. We sent the 3 teenagers off to walk the dogs on
Saturday while the turkey was cooking. We sent the younger 4 off to
the playground with a several aunts and uncles. The 2 month old, of
course, stayed home and did nothing but eat and sleep. The rest of us
napped or visited while I got the turkey cooked. I had everything on
the table by six pm and a hearty time was had by all.



yay!

My best friend (who also happens to be my second son's mother-in-law;
long story), has decided that I'm the hostess of the year. :-)

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:13:58 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 05 Jan 2011:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:54:47 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 04 Jan 2011:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:42:06 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 04 Jan 2011:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:17:50 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 31 Dec 2010:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:02:14 +0000, kachina wrote:

pandora said stuff on 29 Dec 2010:

On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:12:08 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.
wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
news:d4GdnaHy15riwIfQnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@scnresearch. com...
snip

Nah. He's just alone and lonely and desperate.



PKB!

Heh. I'm actually enjoying being alone today as I just spent
the
entire weekend with 20 of my family. We ate, opened gifts,
talked, drank a lot of wine and enjoyed one another's company.
It
was a special weekend as our son and his wife and daughters
drove
all the way from Reno, Nevada to spend the weekend with us. We
had a wonderful time. Sorry you didn't.


hard to be lonely in a small crowd of 20. i'm glad you had a
good
time. my sister and her husband and youngest came up from the
ozarks to spend the week, and we had 24 at christmas dinner,
only
17 at christmas eve dinner.

Drat! And here I thought I'd had a lot of people for dinner. We
seem
to have the same ideas though. :-)

we were fewer this year. my brother joe didn't fly in from los
angeles,
my sister becky and her husband were on vacation in south america,
and my brother ray didn't show up, prolly mad at somebody. he
usually is.
i
think our record one year was 30.

Amazing!

i prefer the independance day party, which is "mine". [we split up
the different holidays.] if people get rowdy, we kick them
outside.
it's a bit cold to do that this time of year.

Indeed it is, even here. We managed though without any rowdiness
this year.


so did we, for the most part. on wednesday before christmas we got
it
out of our systems with a sledding party. only one sledding accident
[me]

Hope you're okay. :-(

just a filling knocked loose, and a few bumps and bruises. dangers of
being near a bunch of little boys who can't really steer yet.

Hehehehehe. I've been there myself. My husband calls me the
"daredevil", aptly named I think.

i'm okay
y
yyy
yyy........


and one rollaround fight [2 nephews]. not bad.

Not bad at all. We sent the 3 teenagers off to walk the dogs on
Saturday while the turkey was cooking. We sent the younger 4 off to
the playground with a several aunts and uncles. The 2 month old, of
course, stayed home and did nothing but eat and sleep. The rest of
us
napped or visited while I got the turkey cooked. I had everything on
the table by six pm and a hearty time was had by all.



yay!

My best friend (who also happens to be my second son's mother-in-law;
long story), has decided that I'm the hostess of the year. :-)


it's nice to be appreciated.

Indeed it is. VERY nice. Makes me want to do even more. Perhaps a
Valentine's Dinner? Since that is our daughter's birthday, that would be
a good day. Or maybe not....

"pandora" wrote in message
news:2padnRnB0OhWRrnQnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@scnresearch. com...
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:54:47 +0000, kachina wrote:


trimmed about 200, old, worthless lines

it's nice to be appreciated.

Indeed it is. VERY nice. Makes me want to do even more. Perhaps a
Valentine's Dinner? Since that is our daughter's birthday, that would be
a good day. Or maybe not....



Well, I would sure appreciate it if you two would learn to trim . . .


--
Gregory Hall

Ah, so it's fine for semi-professional God-botherers to force feed their
particular brand of superstition on the rest of us, but those who push back
are beyond the pale. Neat.
KH


"O.K. Urknext" wrote in message
...
On Dec 25, 11:07 am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:
"O.K. Urknext" wrote in message

...
On Dec 25, 10:50 am, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq."
wrote:





Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ so what's with this
'merry' crap?

The Online dictionary definition:

mer ry
adj. mer ri er, mer ri est
1. Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
2. Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
3. Archaic Delightful; entertaining.
4. Brisk: a merry pace.

It seems to me this 'merry' Christmas crap is just another way for
non-believers to take over and marginalize the true meaning of
Christmas.
It seems to me Christ's birth should be celebrated with solemn thanks to
our
Lord for giving his only begotten son that those who believe in Him may
have
everlasting life.

Getting drunk on spirits and getting bloated on too much food is
debauchery.
Is it proper to gives thanks to the Lord's ultimate sacrifice by
engaging
in
sinful behavior? Making Christmas all about human vices seems to me to
be
very antithetical, blasphemous and sinful and no way to get to Heaven.

--
Gregory Hall

:: Enjoy your Christmas the way you want. Why get all testy about what
:: others do?
::
:: Charlie

I get all testy because somebody has GOT to give the opposing view.

Just because some think they have the right to force their unholy version
of
Christmas on me by wishing me a 'merry' Christmas and they expect me to go
along with their debasing the most important Christian celebration does
not
mean I have to bear it silently.

--
Gregory Hall- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

WWJD

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:05:27 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:54:47 +0000, kachina wrote:


trimmed about 200, old, worthless lines

it's nice to be appreciated.

Indeed it is. VERY nice. Makes me want to do even more. Perhaps a
Valentine's Dinner? Since that is our daughter's birthday, that would
be a good day. Or maybe not....



Well, I would sure appreciate it if you two would learn to trim . . .

Tough.

"pandora" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:05:27 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:54:47 +0000, kachina wrote:


trimmed about 200, old, worthless lines

it's nice to be appreciated.

Indeed it is. VERY nice. Makes me want to do even more. Perhaps a
Valentine's Dinner? Since that is our daughter's birthday, that would
be a good day. Or maybe not....



Well, I would sure appreciate it if you two would learn to trim . . .

Tough.




You're such a liar. You typed, "Indeed it is" in reply to Kachina comment
about it's nice to be appreciated.

When I said I'd appreciate it if you'd learn to trim, instead of learning to
trim and receiving my appreciation you typed, "Tough" which indicates to me
you don't really think it's nice to be appreciated or you wouldn't have
blown the chance of being appreciated.

--
Gregory Hall

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:23:48 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:05:27 -0500, Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:

"pandora" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:54:47 +0000, kachina wrote:


trimmed about 200, old, worthless lines

it's nice to be appreciated.

Indeed it is. VERY nice. Makes me want to do even more. Perhaps a
Valentine's Dinner? Since that is our daughter's birthday, that
would be a good day. Or maybe not....



Well, I would sure appreciate it if you two would learn to trim . . .

Tough.




You're such a liar. You typed, "Indeed it is" in reply to Kachina
comment about it's nice to be appreciated.

When I said I'd appreciate it if you'd learn to trim, instead of
learning to trim and receiving my appreciation you typed, "Tough" which
indicates to me you don't really think it's nice to be appreciated or
you wouldn't have blown the chance of being appreciated.

From you? What makes you think I care if you appreciate me or not?

kachina wrote:
I said stuff on 30 Dec 2010:

Sir Gregory Hall, Esq. wrote:
"pandora" wrote in message
news:d4GdnaXy15qVwYfQnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@scnresearch. com...

Keep your religion to yourself (as instructed to do in your bible)
and no one will bother you. Real simple.


As usual you know nothing, Pandora. And, you appear to know even less
about the Bible.

As Christians, the Bible says to NOT to keep Christianity to
ourselves. Rather, the Bible teaches us to spread our religion
throughout the world.

Matthew 28:18 - And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:19 -Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost: Matthew 28:20 - Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the
end of the world. Amen.
Jesus was speaking to his disciples, not to all men. See Matthew
28:16-17 where it makes it clear he was only speaking to the eleven
disciples.

In Matthew 6:5-8, when speaking to the multitude he tells them to pray
in secret, not out in public as the hypocrites do.

Further, in Matthew 7:21-23 he makes it clear that doing things in his
name, even prophesying and casting out demons, is not enough to gain
entry into heaven.

Mark 16:15 - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he
that believeth not shall be damned.
In Mark 16:14 he makes it clear he is only talking to the disciples;
also Mark 3:14.

It is plain as day that Christians are tasked to spread the Gospel.
Then why, in Matthew 9:30 does Jesus instruct the blind men not to
tell anyone he healed them?


well done.

Thank you.

the bible can be used to prove almost anything.

Yep.

i like ecclesiates. it has a paraphrase of the apache death chant in it.

There's a good deal of wisdom in it, even if much of it is on the
depressing side.

--

Greg's wrong guesses so far:

Aratzio
Spooge
MAABOF
Vince
Deco
Mike/Bill (?)
Johnny Dollar