But E wasn't talking about tongue tripping. She was talking about eye poking (-:
OTOH, thank you for photo This CAN'T be a good fork, only 2 pronged. Who's missing: vata, pitta or kapha? ________________________________ From: turquoiseb <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 12:00 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > What's special about escargot fork? The more elegant way it trips off the tongue than "salad fork" or "dinner fork." Besides... http://www.fantes.com/images/3312escargot.jpg :-) > ________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 11:26 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - > > > Â > Or worse, being propositioned. Â I had 8 companies involved in my house over > the last two months. Â One of the contractors actually propositioned me for a > "quickie." And, after comments like "I'd like to see what you look like in a > pair of high heels" and "lets do it quickit to fixit" (whatever) and "you > don't like white boys do you" (he was Latino), Â I played it off as a big > joke because I needed the work done and he was good at what he did, but geez, > just because I'm single and nearing 50 doesn't mean I'm hard up and > desperate. Â He said "he sees my inner beauty." Â To turn a phrase from the > currently departed Curtis, "I would rather poke my eye out with an escargot > fork" than......... > > See ya in July. Â I'm off to the beach. Â ~Em > > > ________________________________ > From: Share Long sharelong60@... > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 5:09 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - > > > Â > Â Btw, why is it that when women disagree or advocate their position, it's > called "arguing"? > > > Or worse, called being unreasonable or emotional. > > Just remember, the Dalai Lama said the world would be saved by Western women > (-: > > > > ________________________________ > From: Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:14 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - > > > Â > <snip> > NONE of the advertised "get rid of mole" products and > cures work, except one. Build a fence. > > > Or, if you can't afford a new fence, get a cat that likes to hunt. Â My cat > has decimated my mole population and my mouse population and unfortunately, > too many birds as well. Â The neighbors have even thanked me for the good > work "Alfonso" does. Â I wait for the possums to take the carcasses - there > are too many to keep up with. Â > > You must read Judy's posts, because you comment on her posts frequently. Â I > don't see her *asking* for the put-downs, but I do see her *defending* > herself, and if you can't handle it like a gentleman, than "oh well." Â Why > should she pretend to be less intelligent and articulate and debate-worthy > than she is to assuage another's ego. Â I mean really, she hasn't *destroyed* > you yet, has she, after all these years of the back and forth between you? > Â She never "lied" about why Ravi was removed - "she is demented" you say - > he was removed for more than one reason, IMO. Â Intimating that she might > "Google-bomb" someone (whatever that means) is simply malicious. Â She's one > of the few here who use their real name, btw. Â The power you give her is > pretty funny actually - she has never indicated she wanted to *destroy* > anyone as her purpose in posting. Â Yes, she doesn't like you and disputes > much of what you say as manipulation of truth, etc., but she does > this in present time. Â It may be because you and she have shared internet > forums for many years and this has resulted in your various opinions about > each other solidifying in opposition, or it may be that she simply presents > an ongoing alternative viewpoint to yours, or of your behavior, in present > time as it continues. Â Btw, why is it that when women disagree or advocate > their position, it's called "arguing"? Â I had a recent sub-contractor in my > house who accused me of "arguing" - I told his boss to let him know I was > "negotiating." Â I got what I wanted, and he shook my hand on the way out. Â > > Long day, I've been on a bit of a roll. Â Just trying to keep things in > balance. Â Miss me when I'm gone, alright? Â > > > ________________________________ > From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 10:27 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hello FFL - > > > Â > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <LEnglish5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > One thing I find off-putting past your decision to teach > > > > outside the purview of the TM is the fact that you don't > > > > practice what you teach. > > > > > > Not wishing to speak for iranitea but just trying to > > > come up with an appropriate analogy, I would suggest > > > that former grade school teachers are still more than > > > capable of teaching the ABCs and basic reading skills > > > if called upon to do so, but are not likely to spend > > > their time at home reading the Dick And Jane books. > > > > Exactly! What an apt analogy. And did I not say, that I > > relearned all the material, the puja, the steps verbatim? > > Is it not clear that the whole process of initiation is > > scripted? And did I not spend innumerable hours in my life > > meditating this way? And, of course I told my initiates, > > that I don't meditate the TM way anymore, and they were > > not at least disturbed by this. > > > > Sometimes I think, what's wrong with these people like > > Lawson, or Judy or Nabby, what makes a person react like > > this? > > I will, against my better judgement, weigh in on this. > Not to engage in yet another round of whack-a-mole with > those whose lives are so sad that they revolve around > trying to start and then declare that they've "won" > arguments on the Internet, but to hopefully to do what > I was trying to do with Curtis at the end -- help others > to "avoid the suffering before it comes." > > I learned a lot about how to deal with Internet ego > addicts by trying to plant and maintain a garden in the > Netherlands. We have moles here. Lots of moles. From > their side, they're just trying to eat, much the same > way that the Internet ego-moles try to keep their egos > alive and puffed up by starting arguments and then feeding > off of the people they suck into those arguments. But on > another, they're eating the plants in MY garden, man. > > NONE of the advertised "get rid of mole" products and > cures work, except one. Build a fence. The fence has to > extend several feet below the surface of the ground, so > that they can't crawl or tunnel under it. Once you build > this fence, the moles are left outside the garden, prob- > ably spitting and cursing and angry, because they can't > get inside to the tasty plants they want to devour. > > Similarly, the only way I've found to effectively deal > with an Internet ego-mole is to ignore their silly asses > as if they don't exist. Curtis finally became aware of > the wisdom of this, and wrote Judy out of his life forever. > So, for the most part (except for Public Service Announce- > ments such as this one) have I. We built a fence. > > We don't interact with her, we (or at least I) don't > bother to read the stuff she posts, and we go on plant- > ing and tending to our gardens as if she doesn't exist. > It's really the only thing that works. > > While I applaud your spunk at not being afraid of Judy, > and "taking her on" as you have, it isn't going to work. > She'll *always* declare that she's "won" every exchange, > and simply redouble her efforts to keep you engaged and > arguing with her. THAT is what she's after; that is ALL > that she's after. Insulting you and trying to erode your > credibility in the eyes of other posters here is gravy, > for her. She's after the confrontation itself -- getting > you to interact with her one-on-one so she can (in her > mind, at least) "destroy" you. My advice is to not fall > for it. Build a fence. Allow her to do this with the > few people here who haven't figured out her game, and > ignore her as if she didn't exist. You'll be happier, > you'll have more time to devote to the many valuable > things you could contribute here, and she'll be left > spitting and cursing and angry, as she should be. > > You can't "win." AS LONG AS SHE CAN KEEP YOU > ARGUING WITH HER, SHE HAS ALREADY "WON". > > You're dealing with a person so demented that she'd lie > about why Ravi was removed from this forum, claiming > that it was because he "revealed someone's real name." > I am *amazed* that no one called her on this, but then > most are aware of what I said above, and just don't want > to interface with her at all. > > Rick didn't remove Ravi from the forum because he > revealed the real name of a poster here; that is > ludicrous. We all knew that poster's real name, pretty > much from Day One. What he did was to -- out of spite, > and because he was constantly getting "strokes" from > Judy for piling on to this person -- start to make up > stories about the person being a pervert, and having > had a history of abusing people he was teaching. Ravi > had never even *met* the person he said this about, and > was never a member of the organization he said he'd > done these terrible things in. He just wanted to say > something nasty about someone and gets strokes from > Judy for saying it, so he called him a pervert. > > The person he was doing this to works *in public schools*. > Every time he approaches a new school, he knows that the > moment he walks out of the door after a presentation, > the school officials are going to Google his name. So > what did Ravi do? He Google-bombed this person such that > when you Google his name, several FFL topics pop to the > top of the list that claim he's a pervert or molester. > THAT is what Ravi did to get kicked off of FFL. Besides > being out of his fucking gourd and getting *worse* as > a result of people like Judy using him as a pawn to > further their own sad grudges, of course. > > If she'll lie about this, she'll lie about anything. > It doesn't *matter* how much sense you make, or how you > can bring the voice of true experience to your stories > of what it's like to live in and be part of the TMO. > She -- who was *never* a part of the TMO and will never > be -- will *always* find a way to twist what you say > and turn it into a dig at you. Consider yourself lucky > she doesn't know your real name, or you might find > yourself Google-bombed as well. > > I'll drop out of this now, and allow you to either con- > tinue to interact with her or build your own ego-mole > fence. It's your call. I'm simply giving you the advice > of someone she has cyberstalked on the Internet for > OVER SEVENTEEN YEARS. > > Think about that. THAT is how long Judy holds a grudge. > THAT is the extent to which she'll go to "get" you for > standing up to her. Do you really want that? My advice > is to build a fence and leave her spitting and cursing > and angry on the other side of it. >
