It's said- by some- if your want to know what your bride will be like in a few decades, get to know her mother but like many sayings, there are exceptions. Since the father is less obvious, it might take longer to apprise a groom.
On May 14, 6:53 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > Naw. She was just drunk and being an asshole. It was something that I got > used to after a while. She was an alcoholic and a nut case. The daughter > wasn't an alcoholic but otherwise took after her mom. > > > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could be wrong to assume there is more to this story, but were they > > perhaps getting some sun or otherwise exposed? It could've just been her > > trying to play off the situation, 'Ah my dear what a lovely bosom. Don't > > forget the condom!' > > > On 5/14/2011 5:12 PM, Chuck Bowling wrote: > > > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
