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- Double-dip Diogenes
- Location: City of Angels
Re: whatcha doing?
Dreading Monday.....
Gonna have a tooth pulled. Got a bad abscess and the doc said if we don't pull this one, you may lose more. Not to mention if the infection gets to my brain it could kill me.
And then two days later I'll be busting my ass at Coachella, hoping I won't still be in pain from the surgery.
Gonna have a tooth pulled. Got a bad abscess and the doc said if we don't pull this one, you may lose more. Not to mention if the infection gets to my brain it could kill me.
And then two days later I'll be busting my ass at Coachella, hoping I won't still be in pain from the surgery.
'75 Honda CB400F
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
- Bigshankhank
- Fully Autonomous Cock-Puncher
- Location: Exiled to Living in a Van Down By The River
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
Shit, two days after an extraction you shoud be up and running. Considering the pain you are in with the abcess, with it gone you'll feel like you are in a tampon commercial.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
- guitargeek
- Master Metric Necromancer
- Location: East Goatfuck, Oklahoma
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
So, how's da toof?
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken
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- Double-dip Diogenes
- Location: City of Angels
Re: whatcha doing?
guitargeek wrote:So, how's da toof?
Still in my mouth. Took antibiotics, so the pain is gone. Have an appointment to have it pulled on the 29th.
The tooth is the least of my worries though...
'75 Honda CB400F
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
- Sisyphus
- Rigging the Ancient Mariner
- Location: The Muckworks
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
Recovering from a rolfing session by drinking beer. I know, probably not the smartest choice but I'm not known for being judicious.
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- DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
- Location: Potato
Re: whatcha doing?
Yesterday, I was introduced to the tapas.
Lamb in coffee-sauce. Feta-cheese escalloped with honey and thyme. Fried dates wrapped in bacon.
Today, I've realized: My list of highly favored foods just got a lot longer.
Lamb in coffee-sauce. Feta-cheese escalloped with honey and thyme. Fried dates wrapped in bacon.
Today, I've realized: My list of highly favored foods just got a lot longer.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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- Western WA. Wandering Dervish
- Location: 206
Re: whatcha doing?
That sounds delightful!wheezy e wrote: but the highlight of my week was teaching a few kids from the democratic republic of congo how to skateboard like real american delinquents.
Seen these guys?
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1zZ_Y-1o9Y[/media]
Duae Rotae Optimaegoose wrote:Yes, it's always dangerous, however, it becomes much more dangerous when the most important piece of equipment you have, your brain, is not up to the task
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- Western WA. Wandering Dervish
- Location: 206
Re: whatcha doing?
Been painting and listening to Soriah, Oregon's own harmonic throat singer who has recently emigrated to Tuva. . . I think I'm done painting though, and now probably going to move on to whiskey.
Duae Rotae Optimaegoose wrote:Yes, it's always dangerous, however, it becomes much more dangerous when the most important piece of equipment you have, your brain, is not up to the task
- Sisyphus
- Rigging the Ancient Mariner
- Location: The Muckworks
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
Isn't Tuva going to be under water in a decade or so?
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- Bigshankhank
- Fully Autonomous Cock-Puncher
- Location: Exiled to Living in a Van Down By The River
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
Spent yesterday trying to find a water control valve for my washing machine. This morning I am installing it. I hate fixing appliances.
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
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- Double-dip Diogenes
- Location: City of Angels
Re: whatcha doing?
Eating almonds, buzzing around the interwebz...
CHOP SOCKY!
CHOP SOCKY!
'75 Honda CB400F
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
- Sisyphus
- Rigging the Ancient Mariner
- Location: The Muckworks
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
Debating what to do with my albatross of a riding lawnmower. Starter switch? Starter motor? Bad crank?
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- guitargeek
- Master Metric Necromancer
- Location: East Goatfuck, Oklahoma
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
I just went through my riding mower's electrics, and it really paid off. Starter solenoid was a little melted inside, so I rebuilt that, put a charge on the battery I got near the end of last mowing season, cleaned the corrosion from all the connectors and lubed everything with silicone grease. Instead of using jumper cables and ether spray to start the fucker, now I barely turn the key and it fires right up!Sisyphus wrote:Debating what to do with my albatross of a riding lawnmower. Starter switch? Starter motor? Bad crank?
This is a Cub Cadet LT1050, with a V-twin Kohler engine and a three-bladed, 50 inch mowing deck. I pleaded with my dad to buy a Toro, but he'd always wanted a Cubby. He wouldn't listen when I told him "Dad, it's just an MTD with a different paintjob!" It's big, it's thirsty... but it does cut a wide swath.
Up next, I need to drop the deck, sharpen and balance the blades, lube the spindles, then figure out what's wrong with the steering. There's an enormous amount of slop in the steering, and when it does finally engage, it takes a burly man to turn it...
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken
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- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Lake Shitty
Re: whatcha doing?
So sad. Grandad bought an IH dealership in Eastern Oregon when he got back from WWII. The first powered vehicle I learned how to operate was the Cub Cadet he had for yard/garden duty at their place. Ran the damn wheels off the thing one summer doing laps around the schoolyard across the street.guitargeek wrote: He wouldn't listen when I told him "Dad, it's just an MTD with a different paintjob!"
"Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon." -Honda manual circa 1962
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." -Hunter S Thompson
"A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on." -William S. Burroughs
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." -Hunter S Thompson
"A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on." -William S. Burroughs
- Sisyphus
- Rigging the Ancient Mariner
- Location: The Muckworks
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
This is a Lawn Boy, which is essentially a Toro. It was given to me last year because the guy who had it was just going to roll it to the dump. I first had to replace the belts. Then came the starter gear and the battery. The regulator/rectifier crapped out and boiled the battery. It happened to be a Tympanium unit. I have an old one that came out of the Triumph and I dont' know why I replaced it but I'm going to put that in (hey, it's all 12V, right?).
Tonite after work I went to remove the starter and found that mice had built a very flammable nest on top of one of the heads (it's a 2 cyl, 16 hp B&S), so it's probably well and good that it didn't work the other day.
The solenoid is a sealed unit. When I tried to jump it I heard a squealing from under the hood, so either the keyswitch is melted or the solenoid is, haven't determined which yet. It cranked reeeeaaaal slow. So it might be the starter binding on the motor and the whole thing is trashed but IDK.
Tonite after work I went to remove the starter and found that mice had built a very flammable nest on top of one of the heads (it's a 2 cyl, 16 hp B&S), so it's probably well and good that it didn't work the other day.
The solenoid is a sealed unit. When I tried to jump it I heard a squealing from under the hood, so either the keyswitch is melted or the solenoid is, haven't determined which yet. It cranked reeeeaaaal slow. So it might be the starter binding on the motor and the whole thing is trashed but IDK.
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- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Peyton Place
Re: whatcha doing?
Woe is the UTMC when talk turns from moto-angst and anti-establishmentism to lawn care. 'Get off my lawn (which could be better manicured if not for equipment issues)!'
Yet, Hippocrates said ‘Taunt not, lest ye be taunted’, so here’s mine: I’ve a Craftsman LT1000 Lawn Tractor with a nifty B&S 20 HP v-twin. The previous replacement battery was weak-ish, to the point where I had to coax the engine, by hand, to turn over. Then that battery shit the bed due to lack of interest, desire, whatever you want to call it… I didn’t keep it charged. Jumping the bastard was getting old, so I spent $45 to be able to turn a key and hear whirring noises. I would have preferred a cheap pull cord and the image of me, shirtless, buff, glistening with sweat, lifting the hood and grabbing the handle, coaxing the machine to life. The neighbor MILFs would swoon, the neighbor men would envy. The weeds would cower in fear of the mighty mower man, with his fucking mulching blades of doom. Bastard dandelions and crab grass, let me at you!
Right. Turn key, go. Dull blades clanging against rocks that my kids have surreptitiously place in yard. Dulled. Don't care.
Now I’m dealing with leaky tires. 10 years have taken their toll and dry rot allows air to escape. Slime the bastards, tube, or replace? I chose the middle route with tubes, which a brown truck will soon drop on my doorstep.
Then I've got the seat issue. The ass cradle has turned into a sponge. I'm not saying that a soggy butt isn't invigorating on a hot day, but it hasn't been hot here lately, and swamp ass isn't really all it's cracked up to be. So that brown truck will also be delivering 2" high-density foam, some marine-grade vinyl, and an can of Super 77. It'll probably look like shit, but if it caresses my cheeks while traversing the lumpy weed I call a lawn... good enough.
Yet, Hippocrates said ‘Taunt not, lest ye be taunted’, so here’s mine: I’ve a Craftsman LT1000 Lawn Tractor with a nifty B&S 20 HP v-twin. The previous replacement battery was weak-ish, to the point where I had to coax the engine, by hand, to turn over. Then that battery shit the bed due to lack of interest, desire, whatever you want to call it… I didn’t keep it charged. Jumping the bastard was getting old, so I spent $45 to be able to turn a key and hear whirring noises. I would have preferred a cheap pull cord and the image of me, shirtless, buff, glistening with sweat, lifting the hood and grabbing the handle, coaxing the machine to life. The neighbor MILFs would swoon, the neighbor men would envy. The weeds would cower in fear of the mighty mower man, with his fucking mulching blades of doom. Bastard dandelions and crab grass, let me at you!
Right. Turn key, go. Dull blades clanging against rocks that my kids have surreptitiously place in yard. Dulled. Don't care.
Now I’m dealing with leaky tires. 10 years have taken their toll and dry rot allows air to escape. Slime the bastards, tube, or replace? I chose the middle route with tubes, which a brown truck will soon drop on my doorstep.
Then I've got the seat issue. The ass cradle has turned into a sponge. I'm not saying that a soggy butt isn't invigorating on a hot day, but it hasn't been hot here lately, and swamp ass isn't really all it's cracked up to be. So that brown truck will also be delivering 2" high-density foam, some marine-grade vinyl, and an can of Super 77. It'll probably look like shit, but if it caresses my cheeks while traversing the lumpy weed I call a lawn... good enough.
"Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing some people having a good time on motorcycles... it makes me take another look." --Steve McQueen
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- Western WA. Wandering Dervish
- Location: 206
Re: whatcha doing?
drumming my fingers on the desk while I wait for the last 30 mins of fermentation to finish on my latest experiement in ginger beer, Blackberry!
Hopefully this time I won't over carbonate it . . .
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm6eim7tq8A[/media]
Hopefully this time I won't over carbonate it . . .
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm6eim7tq8A[/media]
Duae Rotae Optimaegoose wrote:Yes, it's always dangerous, however, it becomes much more dangerous when the most important piece of equipment you have, your brain, is not up to the task
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- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Lake Shitty
Re: whatcha doing?
Hah! Don't feel bad, my buddy Chris, think you've met him rides the roulette green speed triple, brought over a bottle of his first batch of hard cider a few years back with the warning to open it over the sink.cjp wrote:
Hopefully this time I won't over carbonate it . . .
"Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon." -Honda manual circa 1962
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." -Hunter S Thompson
"A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on." -William S. Burroughs
"Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba...." -Hunter S Thompson
"A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on." -William S. Burroughs
- Sisyphus
- Rigging the Ancient Mariner
- Location: The Muckworks
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
I bet my lawnmower is shittier than Zim's.
Sent from my POS laptop plugged into the wall
- Bo_9
- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Filthy little worn-out, broken down, see through soul.
Re: whatcha doing?
My mower is one of my dad's rebuilds. A Dixon ZTR, hydrostatic with a burly v-twin briggs. The mount cracked for the stock muffler so it has some of the little 3-inch cheapies screwed into the ports. The neighbor says it sounds like an old Piper Cub when I fire it up. First time he heard it, he had to come see what it was since it couldn't have been a mower. Have also ended up with an old wheel horse and a Deere 317 that desperately need power steering.
When an old man dies a library burns...
"Every accident involving machinery begins with a single defect. Never forget that defect can be between your ears." - E.J. Potter
"I feel like I'm in "my little pony" HELL!!!!" -Goose
"Well, he never ever smiled, but he always seemed pleased."
"keep about your wits, Know yourself and who you came in with"
"Every accident involving machinery begins with a single defect. Never forget that defect can be between your ears." - E.J. Potter
"I feel like I'm in "my little pony" HELL!!!!" -Goose
"Well, he never ever smiled, but he always seemed pleased."
"keep about your wits, Know yourself and who you came in with"
- DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
- Location: Potato
Re: whatcha doing?
It's MayDay, not just a public holiday but the great holiday of the left and the worker's movement in general.
So, inevitably, the neo nazi shits decided to stage a protest march or two today.
I went to a counter-protest against one of these. The pain in my buggered hip is currently telling me not to go walking five miles in just a few hours.
When the shitfucks first took over an hour longer to start marching than their legal permission indicated, and the had to stop again because a few courageous members of parliament did what the cops wouldn't let anyone else do, physically block the march route, we buggered off again.
Using a google-maps set of directions printed out on paper, we got a bit lost and had to ask for the way.
We, of course got lost again. But, at least, we weren't alone in being a bit lost. At the same place where we were lost, a bunch of cops were lost, also. One of them had just scaled a railway viaduct to get a better view of where the heck they were. He told his fellow cops. In the thickest Bavarian accent you've ever heard. The license plate on their cop van was Bavarian, too.
Distance works different around here, cops being shipped in from anything between a hundred and thirty and three hundred and fifty miles away may not sound particularly outrageous to you lot.
But culturally, this is probably like some beat cops from Texas coming in to assist their fellow officers in Chicago.
They probably got a bit confused by how urban everything around here is.
So, inevitably, the neo nazi shits decided to stage a protest march or two today.
I went to a counter-protest against one of these. The pain in my buggered hip is currently telling me not to go walking five miles in just a few hours.
When the shitfucks first took over an hour longer to start marching than their legal permission indicated, and the had to stop again because a few courageous members of parliament did what the cops wouldn't let anyone else do, physically block the march route, we buggered off again.
Using a google-maps set of directions printed out on paper, we got a bit lost and had to ask for the way.
We, of course got lost again. But, at least, we weren't alone in being a bit lost. At the same place where we were lost, a bunch of cops were lost, also. One of them had just scaled a railway viaduct to get a better view of where the heck they were. He told his fellow cops. In the thickest Bavarian accent you've ever heard. The license plate on their cop van was Bavarian, too.
Distance works different around here, cops being shipped in from anything between a hundred and thirty and three hundred and fifty miles away may not sound particularly outrageous to you lot.
But culturally, this is probably like some beat cops from Texas coming in to assist their fellow officers in Chicago.
They probably got a bit confused by how urban everything around here is.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Peyton Place
Re: whatcha doing?
Didn't deal with any neo nazis, but I did hear Bon Jovi on the radio, so there's some equally distasteful noise. ♫ Hitler used to work on the docks... ♪
Re-appropriated a few pallets and made a stand with shelf for the 'tabletop' blast cabinet, all for the cost of 1/2 box of drywall screws collecting dust, $2.50 or so.
Thus freeing up room on the motorcycle work table which had shared space with both the blast cabinet and the Buell engine. Right next to one another. Uncovered, exposed engine. Previously leaky blast cabinet. Glass media dust everywhere.
I certainly know how to make extra work for myself.
Re-appropriated a few pallets and made a stand with shelf for the 'tabletop' blast cabinet, all for the cost of 1/2 box of drywall screws collecting dust, $2.50 or so.
Thus freeing up room on the motorcycle work table which had shared space with both the blast cabinet and the Buell engine. Right next to one another. Uncovered, exposed engine. Previously leaky blast cabinet. Glass media dust everywhere.
I certainly know how to make extra work for myself.
"Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing some people having a good time on motorcycles... it makes me take another look." --Steve McQueen
- guitargeek
- Master Metric Necromancer
- Location: East Goatfuck, Oklahoma
- Contact:
Re: whatcha doing?
Nah, you planned to totally tear that lump down and vaporize it at Crazy Ivan's, right?
My back's fucked up again, so I've been spending a lot of time either in bed or in this big office chair. When I can hobble down to the shop, I'm working on a late 60's Teisco/Silvertone Spectrum II, Model 1436, known affectionately as The Gut Hook.
It's had a lot of stuff done to it through the years, one guy put in humbuckers and a gigantic Neutrik locking output jack. I'll be undoing some things, redoing some others to make them right.
Old cheap guitars were sometimes made out of some pretty nice stuff, sometimes nicer wood than you find in modern upscale guitars. This thing has a one piece mahogany body, a three piece maple-oid neck and that gorgeous rosewood fretboard. The frets were a sad joke, I'm replacing them with medium jumbos. The electronics were also a sad joke, so I'm putting in a nice Switchcraft three way pickup switch, full size CTS pots with brass shafts & collars, and the three original slider switches will be repurposed for two coil taps and a phase switch. The original fake Bigsby tailpiece was also, you guessed it, a sad joke, so it's getting a new fake Bigsby from Guitar Fetish.
My back's fucked up again, so I've been spending a lot of time either in bed or in this big office chair. When I can hobble down to the shop, I'm working on a late 60's Teisco/Silvertone Spectrum II, Model 1436, known affectionately as The Gut Hook.
It's had a lot of stuff done to it through the years, one guy put in humbuckers and a gigantic Neutrik locking output jack. I'll be undoing some things, redoing some others to make them right.
Old cheap guitars were sometimes made out of some pretty nice stuff, sometimes nicer wood than you find in modern upscale guitars. This thing has a one piece mahogany body, a three piece maple-oid neck and that gorgeous rosewood fretboard. The frets were a sad joke, I'm replacing them with medium jumbos. The electronics were also a sad joke, so I'm putting in a nice Switchcraft three way pickup switch, full size CTS pots with brass shafts & collars, and the three original slider switches will be repurposed for two coil taps and a phase switch. The original fake Bigsby tailpiece was also, you guessed it, a sad joke, so it's getting a new fake Bigsby from Guitar Fetish.
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Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken
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- Double-dip Diogenes
- Location: City of Angels
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Typing this when I should be sleeping. Gotta be up in 4.5 hours...
'75 Honda CB400F
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
- Bigshankhank
- Fully Autonomous Cock-Puncher
- Location: Exiled to Living in a Van Down By The River
- Contact:
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Cooking with fire is so last ice age, I am cooking with smoke!
It's time for Humankind to ditch the imaginary friends of our species' childhood and grow the fuck up.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
-Davros
"Lasse mich deine Seele dem Herrscher der Finsternis opfern"
Let me sacrifice your soul to the ruler of darkness
Always carry a bottle of whiskey when you travel in case of a snakebite. Futhermore, always carry a small snake.
- DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
- Location: Potato
Re: whatcha doing?
I just spent about fifteen minutes listening to a radio broadcast.
And only when they started singing a hymn did I notice it was the broadcast of a church service!
They were asking the big guy to solve some problems ... and they were listing the girls in Nigeria, Crimea and Ukraine, refugees from Syria and those trying to get across the med from Africa, I thought I was listening to some kind of current affairs program!
And only when they started singing a hymn did I notice it was the broadcast of a church service!
They were asking the big guy to solve some problems ... and they were listing the girls in Nigeria, Crimea and Ukraine, refugees from Syria and those trying to get across the med from Africa, I thought I was listening to some kind of current affairs program!
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
- guitargeek
- Master Metric Necromancer
- Location: East Goatfuck, Oklahoma
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So... did prayer fix the problems?
Elitist, arrogant, intolerant, self-absorbed.
Midliferider wrote:Wish I could wipe this shit off my shoes but it's everywhere I walk. Dang.
Pattio wrote:Never forget, as you enjoy the high road of tolerance, that it is those of us doing the hard work of intolerance who make it possible for you to shine.
xtian wrote:Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken
- DerGolgo
- Zaphod's Zeitgeist
- Location: Potato
Re: whatcha doing?
Of course it did!guitargeek wrote:So... did prayer fix the problems?
There are still hundreds of girls missing, about to be sold like cattle, a war is brewing, another is ongoing and people are drowning in the Mediterranean, desperate to escape the crushing poverty of their home by going to a place that plain doesn't want them. None of that has changed, of course.
But enough of those who did the praying will now find their own problem with the world's ongoing problems fixed! After all, their problem was the moral imperative that something awful is going on, and if they didn't do something, they'd themselves be awful, too. Now, they've "done" something, they have fulfilled their obligation to be wonderful again and don't have to really worry about these situations anymore! That they are still going on is incidental and quite beside the point of the exercise.
Of course, many of the praying folk won't see it quite that way, but I tend to get the impression that enough will.
If there were absolutely anything to be afraid of, don't you think I would have worn pants?
I said I have a big stick.
I said I have a big stick.
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- Double-dip Diogenes
- Location: City of Angels
Re: whatcha doing?
guitargeek wrote:So... did prayer fix the problems?
'75 Honda CB400F
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
'82 Kawalski GPz750
etc.
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- Ayatollah of Mayhem
- Location: Peyton Place
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"Every time I start thinking the world is all bad, then I start seeing some people having a good time on motorcycles... it makes me take another look." --Steve McQueen