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Post by horsewoman on Jun 19, 2006 2:55:46 GMT -5
Hey talk....my post was not meant as a slam against anyone. Not in the slightest. I would guess that your standards are just fine. I am beginning to think that my reaction was more related to what "a believer" said about some likeing to be controlled in their thinking. I dislike the term "worldly" too...Maybe my post was too hasty.
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Post by ex-teenager on Jun 19, 2006 3:33:14 GMT -5
Many schools over here it is compulsary for girls to wear a skirt all year, rain, hail or snow. Teenager, we are talking about adults, not children. Professing people are mostly made up of adults and these are adults being controlled by other adults by telling others i.e. workers telling other people where to sit, what they can wear etc. Guess some people like being controlled and letting others do the thinking for them. I have never noticed this, but have been told by someone else, that at Fermanagh convention the women and men generally sit at a different sides. I am going to look out for that this year, because to be honest I never noticed or was told. And there is NOBODY telling them were to sit.
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Post by ClayRandall on Jun 19, 2006 13:09:06 GMT -5
BTW please remember the difference between the more conservative protestant Northern Ireland. And the largely Catholic, Republic of Ireland (90%+). Guinness is an Irish drink, as in the Republic of Ireland. Irrelevant. You can, like me, be Catholic and conservative AND enjoy a pint of Guinness. slainte!
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Post by ex-teenager on Jun 19, 2006 13:29:45 GMT -5
BTW please remember the difference between the more conservative protestant Northern Ireland. And the largely Catholic, Republic of Ireland (90%+). Guinness is an Irish drink, as in the Republic of Ireland. Irrelevant. You can, like me, be Catholic and conservative AND enjoy a pint of Guinness. slainte!Like it or lump it, Catholics tend to be much less conservative than the protestants of the north, i.e. Free P's, Bretheren, Cooneyites, and dare I say those within my fellowship. I am not saying anything against a conservative Catholic who drinks Guinness, im sure there are many, but I reackon are in the minority.
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Post by newleaf on Jun 25, 2006 21:07:33 GMT -5
So conservative Catholics aren't supposed to drink?
What kind of Catholics drink beer all day in a "beer garden" like they have in the midwest in nearly every little town that has a Catholic church? I
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Post by Aye on Jun 25, 2006 23:11:49 GMT -5
Aye, Guinness! Black as good Irish peat. May the good Lord take a likin' to yee my friend.
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Post by Martin Jones on Jun 26, 2006 4:11:07 GMT -5
Our local Catholic Priest likes a pint or two !
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Post by ex-teenager on Jun 26, 2006 4:33:23 GMT -5
So conservative Catholics aren't supposed to drink? What kind of Catholics drink beer all day in a "beer garden" like they have in the midwest in nearly every little town that has a Catholic church? I Who said they weren't supposed to drink? Sure the monks make beer and wine in some of their monestries. Mind you the CoI doesn't support drinking, but still owned a share in Guiness (not sure if they still do).. this was told to us by a school teacher, who attenede CoI - he thought it quite ironic!
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Post by TALK on Jun 26, 2006 4:52:51 GMT -5
talk about whiners you are still alive are you not? this is so trivial compared with what some families have to go through by the standards of this world Good first post Next time kinda add something to a tread.By the way what are your standards?
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Post by spacedcowboy on Jun 26, 2006 10:29:28 GMT -5
Teenager, we are talking about adults, not children. Professing people are mostly made up of adults and these are adults being controlled by other adults by telling others i.e. workers telling other people where to sit, what they can wear etc. Guess some people like being controlled and letting others do the thinking for them. I have never noticed this, but have been told by someone else, that at Fermanagh convention the women and men generally sit at a different sides. I am going to look out for that this year, because to be honest I never noticed or was told. And there is NOBODY telling them were to sit. I was at Fermanagh convention yesterday and CAN CONFIRM that men and women do not sit on the same seat .Each person had a seat of their own I sat with my sis-in-law and another female friend.I was not aware of any segragation and no one told us where to sit.
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Post by ex-teenager on Jun 26, 2006 10:37:23 GMT -5
I have never noticed this, but have been told by someone else, that at Fermanagh convention the women and men generally sit at a different sides. I am going to look out for that this year, because to be honest I never noticed or was told. And there is NOBODY telling them were to sit. I was at Fermanagh convention yesterday and CAN CONFIRM that men and women do not sit on the same seat .Each person had a seat of their own I sat with my sis-in-law and another female friend.I was not aware of any segragation and no one told us where to sit. Thanks... I wasn't sure, but heard! You were there so you would KNOW. Unfortunately I couldn't make it
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Post by newleaf on Jun 28, 2006 21:48:08 GMT -5
BRITISH HOSPITALITY
An American tourist in London decides to leave his tour group and explore the city on his own. He wanders around, seeing the sights, and occasionally stopping at a quaint pub to soak up the local culture with the lads, and have a pint of Guinness. After awhile, he finds himself in a very high class neighborhood.....big, stately residences ... no pubs, no stores, no restaurants, and worst of all... NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. He really, really has to go, after all those Guinness's. He finds a narrow side street with high walls surrounding the adjacent buildings and decides to use the wall to solve his problem. As he is unzipping, he is tapped on the shoulder by a London Bobbie, who says, "I say, sir, you simply cannot do that here, you know." "I'm very sorry, officer," replies the American, "but I really, really HAVE TO GO, and I just can't find a public restroom." "Ah, yes," said the Bobbie..."Just follow me." He leads him to a back "delivery alley," then along a wall to a gate, which he opens. "In there," points the Bobbie. "Whiz away sir, anywhere you want." The fellow enters and finds himself in the most beautiful garden he has ever seen. Manicured grass lawns, statuary, fountains, sculptured hedges, and huge beds of gorgeous flowers, all in perfect bloom. Since he has the cop's blessing, he unburdens himself and is greatly relieved. As he goes back through the gate, he says to the Bobbie, "That was really decent of you ... is that what you call, "British Hospitality?" "No sir," ... replied the Bobbie,... "that is what we call the French Embassy."
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Post by nitro on Jun 28, 2006 21:53:10 GMT -5
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Post by newleaf on Jun 28, 2006 21:57:47 GMT -5
Thanks, Nitro, for more funnies and the link, whoever passed it on to me did not cite the source. NL
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