Maybe. But she was staring blatantly at my crotch when she said it. On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote:
> Let's hope she was referring to your personality. Maybe all the previous > boys were too afraid to meet her? > > On 5/14/2011 10:33 AM, Chuck Bowling wrote: > > Heh. My ex's mom was probably one of the strangest creatures I've ever met. > Her first words to me when we met was "I like your balls". Of course she was > drunk - I think. I'd never actually seen her sober so maybe it was her > normal state. > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:22 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well...there might be agreement about where a daughter/son-in-law >> should be placed from the mom's point of view...or jail! But I'm not >> one of them. >> >> Cities also saw the rise of division of labor rather than tribes >> traipsing about after herds, i.e. the start of commerce. >> >> On May 12, 5:33 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Anybody who would relocate to be near his mother-in-law is probably >> better >> > off in an asylum somewhere... >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:51 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > They were nomads- yes- following herds and fertile vegetation but I >> > > think they realized the "safety in numbers' as well as organized >> > > protection that a city would afford. In a sense, man is still nomadic >> > > and will move for a better paying job, climate, to be near his mother- >> > > in-law, etc. :-) >> > >> > > On May 12, 12:01 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > > I think the theory is that humans were once hunter/gatherers going >> where >> > > the >> > > > food was. Once we discovered agriculture we began to settle into >> villages >> > > > that in turn grew. >> > >> > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:03 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > > Sometimes- it depends on the species (protection of the young). >> There >> > > > > is an urge to compete most likely based on survival that tries to >> > > > > insure food, territory, protection from predators that varies and >> is >> > > > > most subtle in humans via language arts, etc. but the game's the >> same. >> > > > > Humans may have watched herds and decided to establish cities is >> > > > > another thought. And yes, there are great benefits in cooperation >> and >> > > > > compromise but then we would have to get into a whole new arena. >> > >> > > > > On May 11, 8:01 pm, Chuck Bowling < >> [email protected]> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > That's true too. But, it seems that there is more cooperation >> within >> > > a >> > > > > > species than across species. I wonder why that is? >> > >> > > > > > It seems to me like there is as much benefit in cooperation >> between >> > > > > species >> > > > > > as there is within a species. >> > >> > > > > > I guess the answer would likely have something to do with >> protecting >> > > > > > offspring. >> > >> > > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > > > > The same animals do not work together either. Check out the >> mating >> > > of >> > > > > > > AK bears. Or the everlasting frustrations of male and female, >> male >> > > and >> > > > > > > male, female and female, child to child human beings!!! >> > >> > > > > > > On May 11, 9:31 am, Chuck Bowling < >> [email protected] >> > >> > > > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > > > Maybe the problem is a differing opinion on what 'work >> together' >> > > > > actually >> > > > > > > > means. What I mean when I say that animals don't work >> together is >> > > > > that >> > > > > > > there >> > > > > > > > is no contract or agreement between them for the mutual >> benefit >> > > of >> > > > > both. >> > >> > > > > > > > Note also that I didn't say no animals cooperate. Only that >> most >> > > > > don't. >> > >> > > > > > > > For instance; >> > >> > > > > > > > The shark doesn't give the sucker permission to ride along. >> It >> > > just >> > > > > does >> > > > > > > > because that is where the feeding grounds are. >> > >> > > > > > > > The hippo example is a symbiotic relationship because the >> hippo >> > > > > actually >> > > > > > > > gives the bird permission to go into it's mouth to clean. >> > >> > > > > > > > Diatoms don't give the whale permission to eat them. >> > >> > > > > > > > Grazing deer could care less if the monkey is forewarned. >> > >> > > > > > > > I'm not sure it's relevant to the conversation but there is >> a >> > > > > difference >> > > > > > > > between symbiotes and parasites. >> > >> > > > > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:19 AM, the taoist shaman < >> > > > > [email protected] >> > > > > > > >wrote: >> > >> > > > > > > > > thats not even close to true chuck , sorry i have no real >> > > evidence >> > > > > but >> > > > > > > > > nether do you , although the answer is there to be >> researched . >> > > ( >> > > > > not >> > > > > > > > > essentialy " symbiotic " .... theres too much to be said >> , >> > > suckers >> > > > > > > > > feeding off bacteria on sharks , birds eating bugs off >> > > hippopotamus >> > > > > , >> > > > > > > > > diatoms feeding whales , some monkey and deer do work >> together >> > > , >> > > > > man >> > > > > > > > > and dog , even recorded proof of man and orca ( shamoo ) , >> > > every >> > > > > > > > > scavenger and paracite , ... this is all a hopeless , >> vague , >> > > speck >> > > > > of >> > > > > > > > > what i mean to convay , oh well . >> > >> > > > > > > > > Chuck Bowling wrote: >> > > > > > > > > > Most species of animal don't actually cooperate in a >> > > symbiotic >> > > > > > > > > relationship. >> > > > > > > > > > The monkey and deer don't work together. The monkey sees >> the >> > > deer >> > > > > run >> > > > > > > and >> > > > > > > > > > being at about the same point in the food chain figures >> that >> > > it >> > > > > > > should >> > > > > > > > > run >> > > > > > > > > > too. >> > >> > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 8:18 PM, the taoist shaman < >> > > > > > > [email protected] >> > > > > > > > > >wrote: >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > i view myself as a spiritual being haveing a human >> > > experience >> > > > > . >> > > > > > > the >> > > > > > > > > > > point is that we shouldn't behave like carnivorous >> beasts , >> > > > > deer >> > > > > > > and >> > > > > > > > > > > monkeys work tgether eating nuts and beries , the deer >> keep >> > > a >> > > > > look >> > > > > > > > > > > out , monkeys pick nuts , >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > is language a good or poor indicator of intellect ? >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Ash wrote: >> > > > > > > > > > > > Well, I think we are a part of the animal kingdom, >> last >> > > time >> > > > > I >> > > > > > > > > checked >> > > > > > > > > > > > we were mammals in the sapien family. But I think >> the >> > > > > mentality >> > > > > > > of >> > > > > > > > > the >> > > > > > > > > > > > herd is a natural behavior to social creatures, that >> and >> > > our >> > > > > > > talented >> > > > > > > > > > > > rhetoric for negative reinforcement of behaviors >> that go >> > > > > against >> > > > > > > the >> > > > > > > > > > > > norm while the norm is reinforced with confirmation >> bias. >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/5/2011 3:17 PM, the taoist shaman wrote: >> > > > > > > > > > > > > your statments contradict each other , besides we >> are >> > > not >> > > > > > > animals , >> > > > > > > > > > > > > well....... i can be a bit of an animal from time >> to >> > > time >> > > > > but >> > > > > > > ..... >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 4, 10:02 pm, rigsy03<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> How can you expect governance unless you can >> control >> > > the >> > > > > > > > > population? >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> What else is new? :-) >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Even a family needs order and control, doesn't >> it? >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> Don't you observe the order of nature? The >> routines of >> > > the >> > > > > > > natural >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> world serve a definite purpose. Eat or be eaten. >> :-) >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> On May 3, 12:50 pm, the taoist shaman< >> > > [email protected]> >> > > > > > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >>> are most people really sheepole ? can i get a ya >> or >> > > nay- >> > > > > Hide >> > > > > > > > > quoted >> > > > > > > > > > > text - >> > > > > > > > > > > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > >
