I've heard that expression. And, from my limited experience with long term relationships I would tend to agree. Now if I could just find a gf with a hot mom who wasn't a psychotic... ;)
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:16 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -
