Subj : Re: Nothing To Sneeze At To : Daryl Stout From : George Pope Date : Mon Apr 05 2021 13:28:02 > George, > GP> I was considering being 'Born Again' but my mom said no. > There is only one good conntation of that. :) > > When they got home, the milkman was found dead on the porch. > GP> Classic! How long's it been since we had milkmen? > It shows how old we are...part of the decrepit old farts society. I ofte say, "I'm getting old, but it beats the alternative!"; invariably one(usually a woman" will pipe up with, "I'd rather be young." I say "That's not the alternative!" & often have to help them understand the point being made. I celebrate everything. 98% of those with burt aneurysms are dead. I'm guessing 98% of those suirvivers only lived because someone was there & saw them fall, to call 911 immediately. I was alone, yet here Oi am, part paralyxzed, but all alive & breathing. If Ium feeling pain, I GIVE THANK 7 praise that my body works & ask for help understanding what the pain is trying to communicate. (usually it's a kidney stone (I get 20+ a year); but if it's achy legs from walking what bit I do (in the home); I give thanks tht I'm not confined to a wheelchair (I use one to go out, & that's already too much for this formerly active walker (20-80 miles/day through my youth; most at 6MPH. > GP> I'd say that falls under "enough"; but you got to trust you'll have > GP> that "enough," too, right? > True...but when you're being hassled by the collectors, and you haven't > over-splurged, as it were...it's very stressful. Even if you try to set up > a payment plan, they want it all. Yet, they won't put themselves in your > shoes. It's frustrating, I know - been there. . . I just power through it, with trust(faith) & await the expected positive resolution (do my part if it's required, of course) > GP> My belief is we are to judge favorably and that we are commanded to > GP> help, not to judge. > The problem is, I'm not rolling in dough. Besides, if I needed help, > there's no guarantee they'd return the favor. Most of them spend the > money on drugs or alcohol anyway. Remember, Jesus(&/or Paul) taught to give without expectation of return? If they can't repay, that's the highest order of giving. That's why anonymous giving is best (they can't thank the giver, so their heart thanks God) If you can't, you can't. I've been extremely low income for manuy years now, but Iu recall what one pastor taugfht me: it's not about the 10% giving, it's aboput organizedly setting aside a portion of all we receive to help others; even if you start with 5%. I started with that & designated it as God's money, which kept me honest; if I spent it on myself, that'd be theft from God (no thank you!) I might only have 25c to give, or a sandwich (if you're concerned about them spending the money unwisely, give them food instead; the real needy appreciate that!) If you come acrosds those wh curse you for that, demanding money don't judge all by the bad examples. Recall Jesus' teaching: each one you meet is him or an angel. Think like that & it's so much easier & makes great sense. Praying for someone doesn't fill their gnawing hunger. If I only gave out $50 in a year, due to my own poverty, & $45 of it went to drugs & booze, I'd do it again, just to ensure that $5 went to someone who was hungry/needy. I've been so needy, I've had to beg, so I have a unique perspective on it. Your mileage varies & so be it -- God made both of us & put us here to work! My life's nuission is to, each daym, makle the world a bit better than it was wqhewn I woke up. Some days that extends to smiling to strangers & talking to homeless people. Other days it means I stay home with my pain, so my sour/grimacing face won't depress others. > GP> If I can help, I do. If I can't I say so (I'll stop and talk, even if > GP> I'm broke, because we all need human interaction & acknowledgement of > GP> our shared humanity. > I've heard far too many stories of these "homeless folks" (read that > "panhandlers") who say "I make far more money doing this than a regular > job, and I don't have to pay any taxes". I've heard these, too, but I refuser to accept rumours as being facts. Otherwise I'm participating as a talebearer (forbidden in Proverbs & Torah) If they talk rumours & I lisdte only so far as to provide the human companionship,. because they don't know any other way to converse, then I'm not a rumour-hearer, I'm just a friendly ear. > GP> I'm a Jew, so t he principle is different; in Hebrew the word is > GP> "justice" not "charity"; we help to even things more fairly, not just > GP> because it feels good. > For those I know personally, if I can help them, as I know their > character. I try to get to know them all. Stopping, talking, offering info on the nearest free meals & food banks, or just sharing happy thoughts & positive words. If it comes up, I share my testimony of why I do this & why I believe/follow God. When I can, I give what I can. A while back, when single, I was blesased with more than I "needed" so I was using a flat 5% of my income to buy $5 McDonalds gift cards to hand out that month to those actually homeless. > GP> Rest is always healthy, I say, especially if you're feeing the need. > I've learned if I tried to work on the computer when I'm tired, I'm going > to muck things up. Case in point...I was tired, thought I was in a temporary > directory, and answered Y to DEL *.* -- over 500 ascii, ansi, and RIP > bulletin screens were gone forever. I hate when that happens! You don't have Norton/etc. to undelete? I was in m first computer course, in 1991 & everything for the year to date was on a 1.44Mb floppy. I formatted it, thinking it was the other floppy (my own personal junk) Pulled it out, saw the label & amost cried (it had current projects, due soon, on it) Thankdfully I was an exploring type (much against the teachers' instructions & admonitions) & recalled seering a file called UNFORMAT.EXE in the NORTON directory. I CDed over to it & typed UNFORMAT /? to get the command line parameters. Then ran it on my floppy (completely empty/dead) & watched the display as it recovered file after file (YIPPEE!) When done I DIR'ED the A: & saw my files, albeit all in the root folder, no longer in individual.sorted directories, but I had my data! (a couple were mangled, containing concatenated data); I fixed most in WP5.1 Such a joy! This was when I knew NOTHING of DOS, soon after I was the DOS Master!! (DOS IST GUT!! was my slogan) In college, I had un in a beginners' class, setting it up so when someone ran Wordperfect, Lotus ran instead & vice-versa. Even if they CD to the right directory first & ran "WP.EXE" or "LOTUS.EXE" the one they didn't want loaded! Soon enough the prof came up to me & begged me to fix it, & promised to trouble for me if I showed him how I did it (he was stymied) I had to pull out my floppy to show him the .BAT files' code that I had compiled into *.COM files (COM runs before EXE in the same folder) with IF statements that checked current folder & which of my com files was present & which was in the opposite folder. He actually gave me bonusd marks! :D > > Really. Or as Bill Cosby's "Noah And The Ark" routine noted, > > "He had to keep telling the rabbits...ONLY TWO!!". I did > > that routine for my final exam in 10th grade drama class...got > > a perfect score. :) > GP> I love that routine, beginning with, "whoosha, whoosha"(saw), God's > GP> greeting, & Noah saying, "Yes, Lord? I've been good!" > "How Long Can You Tread Water??!!" Point aptly made! > > Especially when you had to take a shovel everywhere. > GP> What shovel? Huh? > That's what was instructed...dig a hole, drop your excrement in there, > then cover it back up. This was long before toilets were invented. Yup. . I used to ask people, "Does a Pope **** in the woods?" or "Is the bear Polish?"; Yup, I'm known as the weird guy. & I wear that distinction with pride. > GP> It's a good song, though; catchy. > There was another song entitled Jezebel...I forget who sang it. There are about 5-10 songs by that title! The only band name of them I recognize is 10,000 Maniacs. > > I thought it was when they first saw each other naked...and he told > > her "Stand back, honey. I don't know how big this is going to get". > GP> Eve was the first carpenter; she made Adam's banana stand. > ROFLMBO!! I needed that one. I still don't get why men blame women for al the ills of life (& original sin) As far as knowing God & His laws went, she was in Kindergarten; Adam, however, was in college! She made a mistake in judgement; Adam knowingly went against God's expressly stated Will. Forgiveness was available, but I consider the greatest sin to have been Adam's. So I don't have a built-in misogyny (can't, I *LOVE* women!) > > Do infants enjoy infancy, as much as adults enjoy adultery?? :P > GP> Rumour has it. . . > The New Gaither Vocal Band had a song, which is so true. "If it can > be twisted, you can be sure that it will. 'Cause there ain't nothin' > sacred...at The Rumor Mill". > I liked the quip that "In the old days, it was considered a miracle > for an ass to speak (Balaam's donkey). Now, it'd be a miracle if one > kept his mouth shut". And on that note, it's time to go eat lunch... > but at least I don't go for the saying "you are what you eat" -- what > if your preferred food is rump roast?? Esssentially, as far as your body's nutrition processing considers things, you ingested protein & fat, not a butt. Of couse the meaning of the original phrase is that if yuou eat junk, your body will become junky(GIGO) & if you eat healthy, you'll be healthy. I try for balance. . . (beer in one hand & whiskey in the other) Your friend, <+]:{)} Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757.2) .