John H wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:04:16 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:57:06 -0500, John H
wrote:

That would have made a nice
motorcycle ride!
You must be better dressed than I am..... 'course they are predicting
snow tomorrow... too!

The trick to winter riding is a snowmobile suit. They work.

Of course, nothing helps when ice is involved. Don't have those
special tires, donchano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBaY...eature=related

(Good tire shot at about 0:58.


I'm looking forward to the weather getting cool enough to wear some
protective clothing, like boots, gloves, and a jacket. ;-)

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:08:32 -0500, Jim wrote:

John H wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:04:16 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:57:06 -0500, John H
wrote:

That would have made a nice
motorcycle ride!
You must be better dressed than I am..... 'course they are predicting
snow tomorrow... too!

The trick to winter riding is a snowmobile suit. They work.

Of course, nothing helps when ice is involved. Don't have those
special tires, donchano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBaY...eature=related

(Good tire shot at about 0:58.


I'm looking forward to the weather getting cool enough to wear some
protective clothing, like boots, gloves, and a jacket. ;-)

I won't lecture you on proper clothing.
--

Have a Blessed Chrismahanukwanzakah and a Spectacular New Year!

John H

On Dec 17, 1:01*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article f487bafe-67c0-4ec9-a54f-7dc034541919
@q18g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, says...







On Dec 17, 10:35*am, I am Tosk
wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:42:09 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Huge Snips

Little if any of it.

Kudos.... *not everybody is that open minded..... or grasps (or wants
to) the bigger picture.....

.... I think you need to have spent some time in the deep South to get
it....

I did, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee but I am not sure if that is
considered the Bible Belt. I ran into folks like that down there, but
not in fringe churches, but mostly KKK.

Actually a lot of northern states have higher numbers per capita of
KKK members than many southern states.

Could be, they are just more open about it down there. Asked a buddy of
mine in Ala where he would rather live, back in NJ, or in Ala, in
relation to prejudice. He said Alabama, "at least down here when a man
is a bigot, he will tell you when you walk in the door, so you don't
have to waste your time with him". "Up north, you don't know till it's
too late"...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Believe it or not, where I lived in western NY, in the sticks, the
people there are FAR more bigoted than they are here in the south. I
think the reason is that there are so few minorities there that they
just don't know anything about them, and we all know that ignorance
can easily breed bigotry.

On Dec 17, 12:39*pm, John H wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:04:16 -0500, Gene

wrote:
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:57:06 -0500, John H
wrote:

That would have made a nice
motorcycle ride!

You must be better dressed than I am..... 'course they are predicting
snow tomorrow... too!

The trick to winter riding is a snowmobile suit. They work.

They work pretty well for riding a snowmobile, too!

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:59:47 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

AN ATHEIST IN THE WOODS
An atheist was walking through the woods.

'What majestic trees!
'What powerful rivers!
'What beautiful animals!
He said to himself.


As he was walking alongside the river,he heard a rustling in
the bushes behind him.


He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards
him.

He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his
shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him..


He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer.


He tripped & fell on the ground.


He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was
right on top of him, reaching for him with


his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.

At that instant the Atheist cried out,
'Oh my God!'

Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.


As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky..

'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist
and even credit creation to cosmic accident.'
'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?

Am I to count you as a believer?

The atheist looked directly into the light, 'It would be hypocritical
of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps
you could make the BEAR a Christian'?


'Very well,' said the voice.


The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear
dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head &
spoke:

'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty
through Christ our Lord, Amen.'


Simple parables for simple folks. Fantasies for fools.

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:44:18 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 17, 9:08*am, I am Tosk wrote:
In article d0cc9957-5dd9-4116-8cf5-


You pushy *******, shoving that Christian food down my throat! I am
offended, I think I will sue:)


Please do. We could use the publicity.

?;^ )

Tim, you may not preach to those in attendence but I'm certain that
someone would.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, or dinner.

In article 8818d38c-16a1-47d8-8f0a-61844db0e4e8
@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com, says...

On Dec 17, 1:01*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article f487bafe-67c0-4ec9-a54f-7dc034541919
@q18g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, says...







On Dec 17, 10:35*am, I am Tosk
wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:42:09 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

Huge Snips

Little if any of it.

Kudos.... *not everybody is that open minded..... or grasps (or wants
to) the bigger picture.....

.... I think you need to have spent some time in the deep South to get
it....

I did, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee but I am not sure if that is
considered the Bible Belt. I ran into folks like that down there, but
not in fringe churches, but mostly KKK.

Actually a lot of northern states have higher numbers per capita of
KKK members than many southern states.

Could be, they are just more open about it down there. Asked a buddy of
mine in Ala where he would rather live, back in NJ, or in Ala, in
relation to prejudice. He said Alabama, "at least down here when a man
is a bigot, he will tell you when you walk in the door, so you don't
have to waste your time with him". "Up north, you don't know till it's
too late"...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Believe it or not, where I lived in western NY, in the sticks, the
people there are FAR more bigoted than they are here in the south. I
think the reason is that there are so few minorities there that they
just don't know anything about them, and we all know that ignorance
can easily breed bigotry.

Yup. Me and a bud spent part of a summer with his cousins at a logging
camp in Maine. There were guys up there that had never seen a black man,
and they were asking all kinds of questions. This was in the late
70's...

"Gene" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:39:47 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:04:16 -0500, Gene
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:57:06 -0500, John H
wrote:

That would have made a nice
motorcycle ride!

You must be better dressed than I am..... 'course they are predicting
snow tomorrow... too!

The trick to winter riding is a snowmobile suit. They work.

Of course, nothing helps when ice is involved. Don't have those
special tires, donchano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBaY...eature=related

(Good tire shot at about 0:58.

SNOWMOBILE SUIT.... a stroke of genius.... I'm off to look.

PS
Are you guys getting bombed? This morning, less than an inch of snow
predicted... now? They are making noise of a minimum of a foot.....
and as much as 18"..... temperatures not much above freezing through
Tuesday....
--
Happy Chrismahanukwanzakah!










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Go off to the gym this morning and come out at Noon to 62F warmth. I
thought the forecast rain today. But 62 and sunny.

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:42:04 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article 8818d38c-16a1-47d8-8f0a-61844db0e4e8
, says...



Believe it or not, where I lived in western NY, in the sticks, the
people there are FAR more bigoted than they are here in the south. I
think the reason is that there are so few minorities there that they
just don't know anything about them, and we all know that ignorance
can easily breed bigotry.

Yup. Me and a bud spent part of a summer with his cousins at a logging
camp in Maine. There were guys up there that had never seen a black man,
and they were asking all kinds of questions. This was in the late
70's...

Questions, eh?
Kinky.

--Vic

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:54:07 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:42:04 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article 8818d38c-16a1-47d8-8f0a-61844db0e4e8
, says...



Believe it or not, where I lived in western NY, in the sticks, the
people there are FAR more bigoted than they are here in the south. I
think the reason is that there are so few minorities there that they
just don't know anything about them, and we all know that ignorance
can easily breed bigotry.

Yup. Me and a bud spent part of a summer with his cousins at a logging
camp in Maine. There were guys up there that had never seen a black man,
and they were asking all kinds of questions. This was in the late
70's...

Questions, eh?
Kinky.

--Vic

Was the first question about the BBD? I'd put money on it.

I'm guessing that's what on Herring's mind most of the time.