Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Who's who on FFL?
On Thursday, November 7, 2013 10:57:55 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote: It is way better than just anonymity, I hacked this guy's yahoo mail account a long long time ago and use it at my free will. Ha! The sap, he's never figured it out. I bet he'd be really mad at me for using his account for my purposes if he ever figured it out. However someone here actually equating his name with me, I think the FFL moderator here should ban whoever did that for violating the FFL guidelines about revealing people's identities on FFL. Outing people who wish to remain anonymous or lurk on FFL, that really is foul. -Buck ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re Ann's: What I say on this forum is what I believe and it conveys pretty accurately who I am.: And if a prospective employer was prejudiced against your opinions you'd not get that longed-for job/pay rise/promotion. You may be financially secure enough to not care less but there are a lot of people out there who might be in more desperate straits. If I was in a position to have to care I would not post at all. I don't like someone holding me hostage through/by my viewpoints and have a really deep seated rebellious streak if I feel I were to be censured for being who I am. If someone were to read what I wrote who actually had the power to fire or hire me (which seems unlikely) then I would need to be conscious of such a possibility and be prepared to live with the consequences if it came to that. I acknowledge other people's desire and need for anonymity but it just ain't me. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Re I don't believe in anonymity. If I choose to post or subject others to my opinions and generally interact with them then I am more than happy to let them know my name. If I didn't want to associate myself with what I have written then I wouldn't write it. I don't totally understand the need for anonymity other than to keep oneself safe from repercussions that might arise as a result of what one might believe in. But then I'm all for accountability.: If I'm understanding you, isn't the problem here that when people post comments and opinions using their real, given name it means that when they apply for a new job (say) the employer can Google the name and see everything they've said. You could learn a lot about someone from chasing up all their opinions - things it might be wiser to keep secret. Might it not be a good idea to protect yourself with an alias? You're still free to reveal to whoever you choose what aliases you've used on-line - but *you* have that choice. By using your real name you're giving hostages to fortune. All sorts of things can be dredged up but if my would-be employer were to choose not to give me a job based on my opinions herein expressed then I don't want the job. What I say on this forum is what I believe and it conveys pretty accurately who I am. I still say, if you don't want what you represent yourself to be on these public places then don't participate and if you do then be brave enough to face the consequences. (FFL is the one and only 'forum' I have ever engaged with. I have no time or inclination to spend my day roving the ether for opportunities to either vent or expose myself in great quantities. Big Brother may be watching but if he finds himself interested in me then God help us.) ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: To clarify - I don't believe in anonymity. If I choose to post or subject others to my opinions and generally interact with them then I am more than happy to let them know my name. If I didn't want to associate myself with what I have written then I wouldn't write it. I don't totally understand the need for anonymity other than to keep oneself safe from repercussions that might arise as a result of what one might believe in. But then I'm all for accountability. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote: Can I mention something else that's been bugging me about FFL? I am Seraphita. That is Seraphita = Seraphita = Seraphita. That's the name I selected when registering with FFL. That's the name I always use. Simple OK? But we know there are a lot of people who have a sign-on name but who are also addressed by a familiar name. Correct me if I'm wrong but . . . authfriend = TurquoiseB = Buck = and the Lord knows who wgm4u and awoelflebater are! For the sake of new arrivals to FFL and the occasional lurker could some kind soul list the different aliases of the posters to this site so that everyone knows who is saying what to whom. It would make life so much simpler. Simple: awoelflebater is Ann
Re: [FairfieldLife] All the ice has melted...is your city still there?
Are there palm leaves to read in FF? It must be getting warmer there than I thought. I wonder how much money one can earn reading palm leaves. Sounds like this person would naturally be an expert on the flood plain tendencies of the Mississippi if all land ice were to melt. Definitely palm leaf reading and flood impact reports go hand in hand. I'll keep a close watch on said palm leaf reader, they really seem to have a handle on reality. On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:39:04 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: The palm leaf reader who comes to FF twice a year has been known to say, What good is vastu if you're under water. He predicts that the Mississippi will flood all the way to FF. He advises one and all to move to a location 2,000 above sea level or higher. On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:14 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: It must be melting faster because our sunny California weather is much colder than usual for this time of year. A friend has a fishing boat and fishes up in Alaska and says the ice is really melting away. On 11/05/2013 12:52 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: Fascinating interactive map from National Geographic. Suffice it to say I wouldn't still be in the Netherlands, and a few others here would be in different places, too. Fairfield would still be as high, dry, and boring as ever. :-) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: It's starting already. We gonna line 'em up on the wall!
I read alright, I just don't overreact. On Sunday, November 3, 2013 4:00:18 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: It's actually spelled E.A.R. M.O.N.I.T.O.R.I.N.G. Don't you read anything about the NSA? Oh, I forgot ... you don't read. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: Can you spell F-E-A-R M-O-N-G-E-R-I-N-G? ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote: What's the alternative? Fascism? We have that now. You are mistaking Obamacare for socialism. It's fascism. On 11/03/2013 10:47 AM, emptybill@... wrote: Yes. It's called Peoples Justice. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Yikes, emptybill, who are we lining up against the wall? The docs? The patients? Everybody? On Sunday, November 3, 2013 11:16 AM, emptybill@... emptybill@... wrote: Virginia Democrat Calls For Forcing Doctors To Accept Medicare And Medicaid Patients http://masonconservative.typepad.com/the_mason_conservative/2013/11/virginia-democrat-calls-for-forcing-doctors-to-accept-medicare-and-medicaid-patients.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: TM in the Tantras
As you may have gathered by now I am not big on theoretical spiritual teachings nor am I a leaner towards book learning on things spiritual or the following of gurus. I tried it once and although it was interesting it ended rather badly. So I can not take sides in this debate about who has practiced tantric yoga with the greatest alacrity or whose Buddhist monk friend was/is higher on the evolutionary scale. So if you two want to spar over this kind of thing go right ahead. I'll be out in the forest somewhere listening to the owls. On Friday, November 1, 2013 8:54:27 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: We really need to cut emptybill some slack about this, Ann. He said his wife passed away - may she rest in peace. So, maybe that's a real tragedy, but why is he taking it out on me? I'm just trying to share information to make this group more interesting to read, unlike some others who seem to just want to wreck it. Go figure. Now he's taking care of his daughter, so I guess we can assume that he practiced tantric yoga at least once in his life. I've spent forty years investigating the tantric tradition and it's relation to TM practice and studied with three tantric teachers. It's just a shame that we can't get more substantive information about tantra out of him, instead of all the grief he has directed at me and Vaj, seeing as how we're all three Buddhists. But, he doesn't sound much like a Buddhist and his teacher seems to have mixed up the dualism of the Sankhya with the non-dualism of the Vajrayana, so I can't really figure him or his teacher out. Apparently his teacher thinks making puja to Shiva is the 'original' tantra, but everyone knows that Shiva worship came after the historical Buddha and the rise of the devotional sects in India, at the beginning of the Gupta period. Go figure. Did I tell you I attended the Kalachakra initiation with the Tibetan Dalai Lama at Los Angeles in July, 1989? As in all Vajryana practices, the Kalachakra initiation empowers the disciple to practice tantra in the service of attaining enlightenment, not for the mere acquisition of material goods or fortune from Laksmi, but to attune the mind for the acceptance of voidness. So, far from being 'empty, our Bill seems to be pretty full of himself,but maybe he's just lashing out from prolonged grief - I don't know. On 11/1/2013 8:56 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: You made my day, Ann! Now if we can just get emptybill to improve his disposition. LoL! Perhaps someone should get a grip on his Shiva implement...that's usually good for a momentary burst of bliss. On 11/1/2013 8:45 AM, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: More meat on the bone? Get a grip, Anne, he said he was already doing puja to a 'Shiva Lingam'. Whatever; it doesn't seem to be improving his disposition very much. Go figure. First of all my name is ANN. Secondly, I like your wordplay on the whole lingam/bone(er) thing. The addition of the term get a grip finishes off the double entendre nicely. On 10/31/2013 10:48 PM, awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill@... wrote: What a fucking idiot you are. When my teacher came to my house he talked around and had kind and sage advice for my daughter, She like him very much. He then wanted to look around so I gave him the tour. When he got to my sadhana room and looked at the large altar (set down low - Hindu style) and he saw the traditionally carved Shiva Lingam surrounded by small rudraksha-a and covered with flower blossoms. Surmounting it were large hand-painted Thankas of various Vajrayana Yidam and Dharma protectors ... like Ekajâti and Rahula. He pointed at the Lingam and said Oh - Original Tantra! That was 2005. He asked questions about it and about what practice I did. I told him I didn't do a daily abhisheka but rather did it as desired ... kamya ever since my wife died. I queried him further and he confirmed ... Yeah - not Buddhist but still good Tantra. He even considers Sankhya to be very close in its conclusions and metaphysics to Dzogchen. All this just show how shallow your ideas are ... fool. What else to expect from a mere book reading Troll. ideas might be the operative word here. I don't have the time or the disposition for living and practicing ideas. I am far too busy living life. Try it, you might find it has lots more meat on the bone. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote: emptybill: I do the Pâñcharâtra Mahâ-Rudrâbhishekam. So, you're performing a daily Hindu sacrifice to the Rudra lingham, at the same time you're trying to practice under a Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche?
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Mean Girls, the study
Time is relative, it's only 7:08 here. On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 7:04:06 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: This must be some kind of a FFL record to post bat shit to the forum - it's only nine o'clock! Go figure. On 10/29/2013 8:52 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Here's an interesting article on the difference between lino and tile flooring. I wouldn't want Barry to add the only relevant link to FFL this morning. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070902191053AA0dgR8 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: Here's an interesting article. http://www.livescience.com/40717-indirect-aggression-between-females-works.html
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: News You Can Use
Yes Richard, we are a bit slow this morning. We'll try and speed it up next time. But it would be helpful if you could clarify which tube you want it to go down. On Friday, October 18, 2013 8:24:14 AM, Richard J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: It took only about an hour for this thread to go down the tubes. Now that's better! On 10/18/2013 10:10 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote: In order to maintain balance in the Universe, I don't do asanas before not going to the dome to meditate. You're welcome. Ditto here. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: So evidently it would be very good to at least do asanas more vigorously. Regularly. I do asanas every morning before I go to the Dome to meditate. Don't you? -Buck
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Places You Can't Afford to Live
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:47:25 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Consider yourself lucky, Ann. My property taxes are about $9000 per year, for an 1800 sq. ft., 65 year old house. Whoa! That is an inordinate amount. That is waterfront-type property taxes up here. We also have GST tax on all services plus that is added to our 7% Provincial tax on virtually all retail goods. So we pay 12% sales tax on most items we buy. I can't remember how our income taxes compare but Canada does not have any inheritance taxes. My father looked into becoming a Canadian citizen before he died just to save the 55% inheritance taxes on his estate. I wish he had! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: An old couple I know down in San Antonio live in the family home that they inherited from his auntie. The guy says he pays about $100 per month in property taxes. Sounds like pretty cheap rent for a 1200 sq ft place on the south side of town. A lot of his property taxes go to local public schools. And, he doesn't even have any children! Go figure. Yes, he is subsidizing your children just as I subsidize all those children I don't have up here in Canada with my property taxes. So, it appears we both live in Socialistic countries after all. Unfortunately, my taxes are over $5000 per year for a 2900 sq foot house and a horse barn and hay barn. According to what I've read, a family shouldn't spend more than 31 percent of its pre-tax income on housing. Using those calculations, these 10 metros are the least affordable: 'Places Where The Middle Class Can’t Afford To Live Anymore' http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing//
Re: [FairfieldLife] College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs
That is my experience. Those things are deadly, seriously. It is impossible to eat one. Eating six is about the minimum at any one sitting that I can handle. I only like the originals though - non of that double stuff for me. The balance of outer wafer to inner white filling is perfection just as it is. On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:27:53 PM, anartax...@yahoo.com anartax...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/15/college-study-finds-oreo-cookies-are-as-addictive-as-drugs/
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] College study finds Oreo cookies are as addictive as drugs
Candy corn and candy corn flavoured Oreo cookies are two different things. I can't imagine why anyone would want to make Oreo cookies into a candy corn flavour when the original is perfection itself. On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:44:57 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Candy corn! Yuck! Might as well fill up the syringe with high fructose corn syrup and inject it right into your bloodstream! Perfect dessert to accompany streak o lean IMHO! Make sure your will, etc. is in order first! On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 8:51 AM, doctordumb...@rocketmail.com doctordumb...@rocketmail.com wrote: Yes, ready-made Double-stuff is an abomination! Only the painstaking twisting off, of two dry wafers, from two intact Oreos, and then the blessed union of creme-stuff from each, making a home-grown double-stuff, is acceptable. It tastes pretty good, when you work for it, but just adding another blob of creme at the factory, no fucking way!!! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: That is my experience. Those things are deadly, seriously. It is impossible to eat one. Eating six is about the minimum at any one sitting that I can handle. I only like the originals though - non of that double stuff for me. The balance of outer wafer to inner white filling is perfection just as it is. On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:27:53 PM, anartaxius@... anartaxius@... wrote: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/15/college-study-finds-oreo-cookies-are-as-addictive-as-drugs/
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: On Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta
Well I-Went-to-Empty-the-Trash-and-I-Only-Got-As-Far-As-the-Door, you probably didn't realize my tutelage was all at the hands of Inowitall Andudont and therefore I could run circles around your supposed knowledge on all of this. Currently, my teacher (you may have heard of her, she is the one and only Celestial Moody) and she focuses primarily on the Sovlakian Gangnum Style Romoulade cooking most favoured by Gypsy fire eaters. I am happy to provide some reading material if you care to expand your horizons. You appear to have spent an inordinate amount of time perusing the bargain section in your local book store and dwelling far to deeply into the make believe world of men - so many men. I guarantee that a woman's POV might prove fascinating for you (as I know all of my posts to you have left you further enlightened) and Ms Moody is jus the woman for the job. On Monday, October 14, 2013 9:02:55 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Well Tea House ... You didn't say exactly when you were leaving but the link you provided was enough to assay the quality. Perhaps you didn't realized that I received training in Buddhism by Professor Alfonso Verdu. Under his tutelage, I received extensive teachings about Yogachara/Vijñanavada, Madhyamaka and HwaYen/Kegon. You also don't appear to realize that my current teacher is Younge Khachab Rimpoche VII, who is a Tibetan Khenpo-Geshe Rabjam and focuses particularly upon classical Mahayana, four and nine level Tantra, the Ganga Mahamudra of Tilopa/Naropa and the Dzogchen transmissions of Vimalamitra and Longchenpa. Khachab has stayed at my house and has been very generous with his personal teachings to me. I state it this way so you realize that I have been over this stuff before and don’t intend to waste time analyzing arguments by the like of Prairie Dog Willy or your blogging-friend Kevin Whatever. So sorry Ol' Tea House ... but the site only proffers old academic ideas long refuted and dismissed. Perhaps it all appeared clever to you but it only wasted my time. Glad though that you know who is and who is not enlightened. Perhaps you'll 'spanit to me because I do not find illumination in your undefined idea of 'lighten-mint' - which really only really means the Germanic Aufklärung. And don't gime more of MMY's 7 states. I was trained as a TM teacher and though it took me awhile to realize that he just made this stuff up, I certainly don’t intend to listen to it again. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Empty, I'm soon out of town, so no time now to give you a deserving answer. But since you like to pontificate with the voice of RAM aka James Swartz, I owe it to my close friend and Tiru resident Kevinanandaji, to expose you to his satirizing him. Here, take this, about your new found hero: http://chi-ting.blogspot.de/search/label/James%20Swartz%20%28Ram%29 (and don't take it too serious!) ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Questioner: So you’re talking about Yoga and Vedanta to give some sort of context to his enlightement? Ram: Yes. Now that Ramana is getting fame it is rather sad to see all these Western people coming to Tiruvannamalai with absolutely no notion of the context of his enlightenment and his life, with no understanding of the depth of the Vedic tradition and burdened with amazing and ill-considered views of enlightenment based on their Ramana fantasies. Anyway, Ramana’s type of realization, because it did not occur at the feet of a guru in a traditional Vedantic classroom, is more in line with the tradition of Yoga, although most yogis do not become jnanis as Ramana did. His lifestyle too, sitting in meditation in a cave, is more typical of the yogic tradition than the Vedantic. The reason yogis do not usually become jnanis is because they have often been confused by the language of Yoga into thinking of enlightenment as a permanent experience of samadhi. So when the experience is ‘on’ they are not looking to understand anything, they are simply trying to make the state permanent, sahaja. The joke is that enlightenment is not an experience, nor is there any permanent experience. Furthermore, they do not realize that to make an experience permanent one would have to be a doer, an agent acting on the experience, maintaining it or controlling it or staying in it … which is a dualistic state, not enlightenment.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Ramana, Yoga and Vedanta
A couple of letters. On Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:54:11 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Ok, emptybill, it's been a long time since I heard about smriti and shruti and it looks like no one else is gonna ask so: what is the difference between them? On Sunday, October 13, 2013 10:41 AM, emptyb...@yahoo.com emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote: Questioner: So you’re talking about Yoga and Vedanta to give some sort of context to his enlightement? Ram: Yes. Now that Ramana is getting fame it is rather sad to see all these Western people coming to Tiruvannamalai with absolutely no notion of the context of his enlightenment and his life, with no understanding of the depth of the Vedic tradition and burdened with amazing and ill-considered views of enlightenment based on their Ramana fantasies. Anyway, Ramana’s type of realization, because it did not occur at the feet of a guru in a traditional Vedantic classroom, is more in line with the tradition of Yoga, although most yogis do not become jnanis as Ramana did. His lifestyle too, sitting in meditation in a cave, is more typical of the yogic tradition than the Vedantic. The reason yogis do not usually become jnanis is because they have often been confused by the language of Yoga into thinking of enlightenment as a permanent experience of samadhi. So when the experience is ‘on’ they are not looking to understand anything, they are simply trying to make the state permanent, sahaja. The joke is that enlightenment is not an experience, nor is there any permanent experience. Furthermore, they do not realize that to make an experience permanent one would have to be a doer, an agent acting on the experience, maintaining it or controlling it or staying in it … which is a dualistic state, not enlightenment.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Rent is Too Damn High!
This has to be a first. I don't think I could imagine anyone else on the planet saying this. On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:20:32 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Richard, all this is just making me so happy that I'm 65 and on Medicare! On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:30 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: So, the Obamacare PPACA looks like it may make you fill out all the personal information BEFORE you can see the insurance rates. That tells me they don't want you to see the rates because they are so high. If 50 million people are uninsured today, mainly because insurance is too expensive, why is it better to make coverage even costlier? And, you can't buy out of state insurance across state lines; and military dependents aren't covered by Tricare to age 26. And, the system just gets slower and slower every day. Go figure. People should be fired - throw the bums out! ObamaCare is one of the best reasons to vote Libertarianism in the next election. 'Obamacare's Website Is Crashing Because It Doesn't Want You To Know How Costly Its Plans Are' Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/ ' Obamacare Regs 30X Longer Than Law' http://www.cnsnews.com/ On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Ann Woelfle Bater awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Whine, whine, whine. I wish that damn US health care package would hurry up and get up and running 'cause then maybe we won't have to listen to all the fear mongering and complaining. Maybe if you stop calling it Obamacare you will start opening your mind a little and becoming more objective. So many who are against it are not fans of Obama so they label the health plan Obama such and such. Next it'll be Obamawar, Obamacrime, Obamapollution ... On Monday, October 14, 2013 6:43:15 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Obanmcare was supposed to be Obama's signature legislation. He had plenty of time to get this right, but it's obvious Obama knows nothing about running a business or coding a program. He got Obamacare passed in the middle of the night, before anyone had even read it - not a single Repub voted for Obamacare. What's up with that? On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Bhairitu, about the good idea of a maximum wage, I'd like to also suggest that for actors. I would also include athletes but their shelf life is shorter and they are much more susceptible to injuries. What will it take to bring the economy more into balance? On Friday, October 11, 2013 11:28 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Okay, I have a Google Nexus phone, but it wasn't free but I didn't pay what the telcos say it costs when they offered it as a contract phone. I bought it direct from Google Play and they update the phone OS when the latest OS comes out (eat your heart out Alex). But I don't chatter much on phones. I mainly communicate via email. BTW, I owned my first cellphone back in the early 1990s. I paid $20 a month for 60 minutes of talk. Today I pay $30 a month for 100 minutes of talk, unlimited texting (which I rarely do) and 5 GB of 4G data which I use though only around 1/2 GB a month. Go figure. The plan is a prepay too (no contract). The Nexus is GSM so if I want to move to another GSM carrier I just get their SIM card and install it. And the phone acts as a remote for the Chromecast. I have Medicare Part A only. I won't pay for the B part nor for supplemental. If I have a medical emergency I figure I'll negotiate a lower fee from the provider (you can do that BTW). Look into what Uninted Health Care pays their CEO BTW. His salary is too damn high! We not only need a minimum wage but a maximum wage too. On 10/11/2013 07:11 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: There's an old guy I know who lives up in Austin - he has a Virgin Mobile 'pay as you go' cell phone. It's a Samsung flip phone - simple operation and it was free. Now that's better! When he needs to talk he can buy some minutes at the store - he can buy a $10 or $20 top-up card. The old guy is only spending a few dollars every three months on his phone! Now this is really funny - the guy doesn't have anyone to talk to much, but he can pay for his phone as he goes. LoL! The big problem is that the rent's too damn high! The old guy is on Medicare, Part A and Part B, and he's got UnitedHealth Care as a supplement. 'Thousands of doctors fired by United HealthCare' News8: http://www.wtnh.com/news/health/thousands-of-doctors-fired-by-united-healthcare On 10/10/2013 10:14 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: The rent is just too damn high! The rent bill is up; the electric bill is up; the water bill is up; the cable TV bill is up. These days it costs forty bucks just to take a date out for a drink and dinner at Sam's
Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: How the Supreme Court Resolve the Debt-Ceiling Crisis
Now I am curious about this. A high rent district is unsustainable because it takes more energy to continue than it generates? I would have thought you might have meant the high cost of living in these expensive neighborhoods that seem to be, according to you, on the East and West Coasts of the USA were unsustainable because people were not going to be able to afford them soon. If that had been what you meant (and apparently it was not based on your post above) then I only would like to add that there will always be those who can afford expensive things. There will always be rich people who can maintain a lifestyle that includes multiple houses, expensive cars, expensive horses and lavish holidays. I really don't see the final days of expensive real estate or those who can afford to live there. On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:33:30 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Judy, when I say unsustainable I mean something that takes more energy to continue than it generates. On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 9:21 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com wrote: As a slang term, it refers to expensive neighborhoods, which wasn't what you were talking about. So it was even the wrong slang term. And you ignored my question as to what you meant by unsustainable. Obviously the usual meaning of that term doesn't work in this context either (and no, the article you linked to doesn't help us here, nor would the one you read years ago). So I repeat the question: Please explain what you mean byunsustainable in specific terms. What do you expect to happen? Share wrote: Judy, high rent districts is a slang term and thus not meant to be taken literally. I wrote: OK, so it isn't districts, it's cities; and it isn't high rent, it's high housing costs in general. Now that we've clarified that, please explain what you mean byunsustainable in specific terms. What do you expect to happen? Share wrote: I'll do better than that, Judy. Here's a very cool website that compares places cost wise. Comparing FF to Annapolis, MD where my Mom lives, housing is 255% more expensive there. http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/fairfield-ia/annapolis-md/5 On Monday, October 14, 2013 6:11 PM, authfriend@... authfriend@... wrote: Share wrote: John, I've gotten pretty spoiled living in a fairly inexpensive place like FF. I think of those high rent districts on the east and west coasts as being unsustainable, especially for an aging population. What, pray tell, do you mean by high rent districts? Give us an East Coast example, please.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Rent is Too Damn High!
Whine, whine, whine. I wish that damn US health care package would hurry up and get up and running 'cause then maybe we won't have to listen to all the fear mongering and complaining. Maybe if you stop calling it Obamacare you will start opening your mind a little and becoming more objective. So many who are against it are not fans of Obama so they label the health plan Obama such and such. Next it'll be Obamawar, Obamacrime, Obamapollution ... On Monday, October 14, 2013 6:43:15 AM, Richard Williams pundits...@gmail.com wrote: Obanmcare was supposed to be Obama's signature legislation. He had plenty of time to get this right, but it's obvious Obama knows nothing about running a business or coding a program. He got Obamacare passed in the middle of the night, before anyone had even read it - not a single Repub voted for Obamacare. What's up with that? On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Bhairitu, about the good idea of a maximum wage, I'd like to also suggest that for actors. I would also include athletes but their shelf life is shorter and they are much more susceptible to injuries. What will it take to bring the economy more into balance? On Friday, October 11, 2013 11:28 AM, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Okay, I have a Google Nexus phone, but it wasn't free but I didn't pay what the telcos say it costs when they offered it as a contract phone. I bought it direct from Google Play and they update the phone OS when the latest OS comes out (eat your heart out Alex). But I don't chatter much on phones. I mainly communicate via email. BTW, I owned my first cellphone back in the early 1990s. I paid $20 a month for 60 minutes of talk. Today I pay $30 a month for 100 minutes of talk, unlimited texting (which I rarely do) and 5 GB of 4G data which I use though only around 1/2 GB a month. Go figure. The plan is a prepay too (no contract). The Nexus is GSM so if I want to move to another GSM carrier I just get their SIM card and install it. And the phone acts as a remote for the Chromecast. I have Medicare Part A only. I won't pay for the B part nor for supplemental. If I have a medical emergency I figure I'll negotiate a lower fee from the provider (you can do that BTW). Look into what Uninted Health Care pays their CEO BTW. His salary is too damn high! We not only need a minimum wage but a maximum wage too. On 10/11/2013 07:11 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: There's an old guy I know who lives up in Austin - he has a Virgin Mobile 'pay as you go' cell phone. It's a Samsung flip phone - simple operation and it was free. Now that's better! When he needs to talk he can buy some minutes at the store - he can buy a $10 or $20 top-up card. The old guy is only spending a few dollars every three months on his phone! Now this is really funny - the guy doesn't have anyone to talk to much, but he can pay for his phone as he goes. LoL! The big problem is that the rent's too damn high! The old guy is on Medicare, Part A and Part B, and he's got UnitedHealth Care as a supplement. 'Thousands of doctors fired by United HealthCare' News8: http://www.wtnh.com/news/health/thousands-of-doctors-fired-by-united-healthcare On 10/10/2013 10:14 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: The rent is just too damn high! The rent bill is up; the electric bill is up; the water bill is up; the cable TV bill is up. These days it costs forty bucks just to take a date out for a drink and dinner at Sam's Burger Joint! Go figure. Now, the medical insurance bill is going up? Not to mention fixing the price - so that younger people pay more to keep the premiums down for the older folks. If we had a single payer system for medical care, the federal government would pay all medical expenses for everyone. So, how much would the rent go up with a government paid health care system? Go figure. If I am elected, I promise a job for everyone so they can make a decent living wage and pay their own medical insurance bills. That's my ticket - to create jobs to make money and lower medical care expenses. The trouble is that loss aversion also militates against buying insurance. Especially if you don't make a lot of money--and many young people don't--writing that premium check is painful if not prohibitive. 'The Young and the Clueless' Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article On 10/10/2013 7:41 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: It looks like New York and New Jersey have some of the highest taxes in the U.S. And, the rent is too damn high! ...six of the top 10 states with the best business climate are
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Another Of My Usual
On Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:08:38 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Hi Ann. Thanks for all the three videos. I saw them all. Of course I know the joy of movement! What did you think? Come on, I have been walking on my hands half of my life, as a kid and also as an adult, I still do it! But IMHO these are two topics, getting vairagya through meditation, loving the bliss of meditation, and enjoying movement, like dancing for example, or any type of creative expression btw.. That first video I posted was a mistake but glad you liked them. And of course I never implied you didn't like to move but I had no idea you liked to walk on your hands - maybe that's what happens when you meditate too long - you can't tell your head from your tail! I really like elephants, I was riding on one when I was in a wild life park in India, seeing tigers in the free wild life. I was lucky, we saw 11 tigers on one day, four of them from the elephant. One time I was walking in a procession at the Kumbha Mela, and suddenly had the feeling of a presence walking next to me. I looked and it was an elephant. He walked alone, and so conscious in the whole crowd, that you would never have the fear he would run you over. They are so controlled and gently! Elephants are beyond amazing. So smart, so herd oriented, so social and incredibly powerful in their presence. A real example of the sacredness possible in a being. You are very lucky to have been around them - touched them. It's not an either or. Great saints /meditators like Ramana Maharshi loved animals and had them all around them. Go to the Ramana Ashram in Tiruvanamallai, and you will see Samadhi shrines of his pet animals, a cow, a dog, a peacock. Anyway, the place is full of peacocks. Of course those who spend their lives meditating are not precluded from loving and enjoying anything on this planet including animals. I would think they might be more inclined to appreciate them if they are, in fact, touching on the deeper aspects of creation and themselves during all this meditating. If you couldn't come to adore and recognize the rest of the living, breathing world as precious and astounding as one's own existence then meditation is worthless. But thanks for sharing, Ann. I never get any feeling of ill will or aggressiveness from you, besides the fact, that we have different orientations and opinions, and I appreciate that. I'm sure, if we met outside of FFL, we just could be friends. I am glad to hear you say this. It is rarely my intention to appear aggressive or mean. I'll give a poke where a poke is due and I have never tolerated any unwarranted abuse against myself or others so other than that I'm a fairly nice person! Of course Barry claims I'm a Mean Girl which I take as a personal badge of honour coming from him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: For I ran a tea house: Now this is an example of the joy and exuberance of activity. That orangutan is CRAZY!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201359076552535amp;set=vb.1042328132amp;type=2amp;theater
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?
This is totally the wrong video. That one sucks. This is the one I wanted to link to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVI4fyXo9cYamp;list=TLEr2mTnD_hFczwf7HOR6ut8p0FNSGtcaM On Friday, October 11, 2013 7:12:41 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: I ran a tea house wrote: Thanks Ann for your answer. My fist thought was, that I was a bit too snarky, sarcastic, so whatever I wrote - don't take it personal - but I think you already got that. Of course I have nothing against horses, they are beautiful animals, and even though I don't really ride horses, I still meet them when I run out, as they are here in the fields, and many people in the area where I live ride horses, there are horse races in the next village, where people come from the whole county. So, again sorry for the sometimes overly snarky tone. No problem, I like dialoguing here on this forum. What we have been talking about interests me. Regarding you, I take it that meditation is not really for you, I don't want you to be anybody else than you are. I don't want to persuade you to either do 2 x 20, or take up the dome program, or anything else. You are correct, up to this point in my life I simply find activity far more desirable in my life then sitting with eyes closed. I began meditating at the age of 14 and did so without fail until I was 30 or so. I rounded, I did the siddhis. The best meditations I ever had were when I was being checked. The combination of the teacher being present with quiet instructions to open and close the eyes was very soothing and the resulting meditations deep and nurturing. However, virtually every meditation in the afternoons resulted in sleep. But there are people who are inclined to having long meditations, who are lovers of meditation, you may find them on Purusha, or also in many other spiritual groups, or they are simply on their own. To think that they do this, because they have nothing else to do is rubbish. To think that they just sit around and let time pass is equally rubbish. I actually never really meant that completely seriously. But how this conversation started was when Share claimed those who meditated for 7.5 hours per day were spiritual warriors. She never replied concerning why she feels this but I certainly don't agree. People meditate for themselves, for their own ends (no problem) and one is hardly a warrior doing that nor is it particularly gruelling in any way to sit on your ass for hours on end unless you are me who would find it tortuous. It makes me feel you don't know meditation very well, it's okay you have an active life and enjoy it. Meditation is something I did for 16 years every day, twice a day. I know it well enough. I still occasionally practice TM. I also think that those who pursue a Purusha type lifestyle should do so, because it is an urge from within, because there is a real calling, not because they want to 'achieve' something, or they have to force themselves. No argument here. But my point was that these people have nothing else pressing in their lives so they can have that 'luxury' of basically living their lives with eyes closed repeating some mantra (or not). Going on purusha, spending all that time would not be possible if they were Olympic hopefuls, great scientists or had three children to feed. Also, I am very active myself, I have to do many things, so I cannot afford to meditate 7 1/2 hours, Exactly part of my point. and since much of the effect of meditation has spread into activity, I also don't need so much meditation anymore. But I still like it, and meditate every day - and I never regret doing a single meditation. Meditation has always been my best friend. (and that's not because I have no other friends ;-)) Good one. One thing more I like to mention: With meditation there comes a deep sense of detachment. That's obviously diametrically opposed to the sense of passion and interest, you may get with other things. That means you can't love the world anymore, but your love and sense of passion will be different. And to Judy: she doesn't know me at all, the life that I am leading, she just tries to take an easy shot at me. I don't think Judy takes easy shots. She considers carefully. She is not a careless person. Whether she is correct in her assessment about you or not only you can really know, if you are open enough to really evaluate what she has to say about you. If she is wrong she is wrong but I don't think she says what she says here without good reason - from her perspective. I have included a link that is hopefully clickable (based on your instructions the other day). It is kind of a cool video about equestrians. It doesn't say it all nor does it say it perfectly but it does touch on a bit of what I was talking about in my other post to you. It is only a couple of minutes long.Take a look:
[FairfieldLife] Another Of My Usual
For I ran a tea house: Now this is an example of the joy and exuberance of activity. That orangutan is CRAZY!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201359076552535amp;set=vb.1042328132amp;type=2amp;theater
Re: [FairfieldLife] Religion for dogs
This article is not news nor is it groundbreaking. As the first commenter on the article says, every dog owner already knows this. But the most interesting part of this small snippet are the comments that follow. They clearly show how fucked up people are. Just read the first ten or so respondents beginning with the first coherent post and watch the subsequent posters proceed down, what Richard states, the proverbial rabbit hole. Humanity = insanity. Dogs = unconditional desire to adore. On Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:02:33 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: iranitea, here's an article from Kurzweil all about how dogs and human are similar in their devotion. http://www.kurzweilai.net/dogs-are-people-too?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletterutm_campaign=1d5b260b01-UA-946742-1utm_medium=emailutm_term=0_6de721fb33-1d5b260b01-282061598 On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 9:14 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM?
On Thursday, October 10, 2013 9:17:23 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: Ann, I don't remember when I first heard the word dharma, but safe to say over 35 years ago. I would say that a person in their dharma has an ease and flow about them, active without being frantic, calm without being dull. I'd say further that the ultimate dharma is to realize and live, on the physical, mental and emotional levels that one is in harmony with everyone and everything else. On Thursday, October 10, 2013 11:08 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, sharelong60@... wrote: Doc, I said something about win win! Anyway, I think people do best for the world when they're doing their dharma whatever that might be (-: Is this actually saying anything? What is your dharma? How can we tell what our dharma is or that dharma actually exists? Do you always speak in such generalities? Is this your dharma? Can you tell when someone is living their dharma? Is there a chance there is no such thing as dharma and would your life be less rich if this was some made up idea? What percentage of the things you say have you actually analyzed and thought deeply about? On Thursday, October 10, 2013 10:21 AM, doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... wrote: Hi Share - who said anything about a win-win? I was making the point that one can be doing far more [for the world] than someone engaged in the TMSP for 7 and 1/2 hrs. per day, although no explicit signs are there. That is all. If people want to sit around in the dome, that is fine. Recognize though, that it is not the ne plus ultra it is made out to be. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Doc, I think it's a win win. Either the person is calm and radiates that; or they're releasing stress and thus becoming more calm. BTW, I had to reply from Basic because the list in Full Featured did not have your post! Isn't life simple? Just meditate and no matter what happens or how someone is acting they are evolving to a better, calmer place. On Wed, 10/9/13, doctordumbass@... doctordumbass@... wrote: Subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:08 PM Hey Share, if a person is established in silence all the time, they no longer need to round seven and a half hours a day. It continues 24/7. So, there is not really a correlation between time explicitly spent meditating, and a person's ability to be a source of calm, vs a generator of noise. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Ann, there were 2 posts and in one you focused on rounding spouses. As a response to the other, I refer you to this comment from Seraphita: We understand what you're saying but it is a common belief in all contemplative traditions that communities joined together practising silent prayer (eg, monks and nuns) have a beneficial effect on the world even though to practical, common-sense types they seem to be a waste of space. Indeed, even the very recollection that there are men and women who forsake the feverish ambitions of the mass of people induces a feeling of calm! On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 10:28 AM, awoelflebater@... awoelflebater@... wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Now this comment from Judy is a perfect example of snarky IMO. Ann had criticized that people rounding for 7 1/2 hours were thus separated from their spouses. I responded reasonably noting that spouses who work away from home are also separated for 7 1/2 hours or so. My point, though, was not so much about spouses but more about the fact that people who meditate for 7.5 hours a day are not, in my opinion, spiritual warriors and that they obviously have absolutely nothing more desirable or pressing in their lives to apply themselves to. I would have to question their interestingness as human beings let alone their productiveness and ability to take advantage of all of the richness this waking life has to offer. On Wed, 10/9/13, judy stein authfriend@... wrote: Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: The power nap: an alternative to TM? To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 8:37 AM Share wrote: Ann, I think many spouses who work outside the home are separated from each other from most of the day. When you find out for sure, let us know, OK? This is an important insight.
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now
Dear I-ran-a-tea-house-but-don't-anymore I think Judy was picking up on your snarkiness and was mostly addressing that. It wasn't about the nitpicking details. On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:48:16 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Judy, this is a perfect example, of how going into nitpicking details, does nothing to make things more clear, but rather helps to lose sight of the whole. Why? Because everybody can see that the http:// is already inserted in the link window that opens. But it is also selected, so that when you paste a new URL into it, it will be overwritten. (You'd have to click somewhere in the window to de-select it, and then paste, and you get the double http). What I had said, is just a short way of saying, well you had the double http:// in your link. So I wonder why you write stuff like this? Did you miss, that this is there in the subtext of my statement already? Is it that you just want to be right? This may be a trivial issue, but this is how your arguments go 90% of the time. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Iranitea wrote: It's because you inserted the http://http:// two times. It's your mistake actually. Ann didn't insert http:// twice, actually. The Rich Text editor's clickable-link feature already has http:// in the window where you paste the URL. If the URL you want to insert already has http://, as is usually the case, you have to delete it (or delete the one in the window), or you'll end up with two in the URL when it appears in the message. You can also just select a url, and right click, 'open link in new tap' Tab, not tap. (snip) ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: Typical, I add a link and it clicks but takes you nowhere. You'll have to just do it the hard way: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Dozens+mental+disorders+exist/9011120/story.html
Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: So You Can All Relax Now
And I thank you for that as it did help. I will make sure there are no duplicate http's in the link box. On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 7:09:58 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Oh is that so..? But I didn't mean to be snarky really - I just wanted to give you some technical information, If you already knew that - sorry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVxXdOKrgo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Dear I-ran-a-tea-house-but-don't-anymore I think Judy was picking up on your snarkiness and was mostly addressing that. It wasn't about the nitpicking details. On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 6:48:16 AM, iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote: Judy, this is a perfect example, of how going into nitpicking details, does nothing to make things more clear, but rather helps to lose sight of the whole. Why? Because everybody can see that the http:// is already inserted in the link window that opens. But it is also selected, so that when you paste a new URL into it, it will be overwritten. (You'd have to click somewhere in the window to de-select it, and then paste, and you get the double http). What I had said, is just a short way of saying, well you had the double http:// in your link. So I wonder why you write stuff like this? Did you miss, that this is there in the subtext of my statement already? Is it that you just want to be right? This may be a trivial issue, but this is how your arguments go 90% of the time. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Iranitea wrote: It's because you inserted the http://http:// two times. It's your mistake actually. Ann didn't insert http:// twice, actually. The Rich Text editor's clickable-link feature already has http:// in the window where you paste the URL. If the URL you want to insert already has http://, as is usually the case, you have to delete it (or delete the one in the window), or you'll end up with two in the URL when it appears in the message. You can also just select a url, and right click, 'open link in new tap' Tab, not tap. (snip) ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote: Typical, I add a link and it clicks but takes you nowhere. You'll have to just do it the hard way: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Dozens+mental+disorders+exist/9011120/story.html
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Petition to Yahoo to bag Neo and bring back Classic
Yes, it is easy and I just did it. From: authfri...@yahoo.com authfri...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 12:02:16 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Petition to Yahoo to bag Neo and bring back Classic Michael wrote: Yahoo, like all guv'ments and the TM Movement don't give a damn what people want, need or think, as long as said organizations get paid. Duh. The point of the petition is to have something to show Yahoo's advertisers, since increasing ad revenue is what was behind the Neo disaster. As I said, it can't hurt, and it's easy enough to sign a petition. From: authfriend@... authfriend@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Petition to Yahoo to bag Neo and bring back Classic At change.org: http://www.change.org/petitions/yahoo-groups-i-want-the-old-yahoo-groups-back?share_id=dvEgMDtbIeamp;utm_campaign=signature_receiptamp;utm_medium=emailamp;utm_source=share_petition Can't hurt.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Buckifying Scripture
Share, I think you should eschew the senior variety (sounds like dog food) and stick with the regular version. For one, thinking of yourself as senior is not the way to go. And secondly, guts are guts and they all require probiotics. I seriously doubt the senior version is much different, when it comes to hundreds of millions of good bacteria available in one capsule, and you are just buying into America's penchant for obsessing on the aging population. Viva la revolution!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Come Back Raja Luis!
Well, maybe people have to actually be flying and yogic before there is any effect. We have all yet to see this.
[FairfieldLife] Re: HELP.!! Alex, Rick, I am again in a pig muck pit...
YES! I wrote about this yesterday. This lag time issue really takes the punch out of conversing here. It is like shouting into the mountains and waiting a long time to get an echo. It takes the immediacy and the effectiveness of dialogue away. FFL functioning like this is not nearly as dynamic. I hope it sorts itself out in the next little while because this scrambled, badly-timed, messages-gone-missing business is absurd.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink More Water
My advice Share: you don't need someone in a book to tell you when to drink a glass of water. Or to tell you when to pee, do you?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Post Count burpola
Oh Geez Share, I thought you had already been neo'd. Now we get to look forward to your growing pains. Test.
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Drink More Water
Who told you how to respond? I merely indicated that I found it fascinating that you can't, apparently, figure out when to drink a glass of water without reading a book.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count burpola
It doesn't look like the pulse of FFL is beating very strongly. Amazing how a little change of format has ripped the heart right out of this thing.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Drink More Water
That formula for water is way too extravagant. I basically don't drink water at all. If I were to follow your 'rule' I would be imbibing 70 oz of water per day. I could swim in that amount. These people who walk around with water bottles and who can't seem to make it to the end of their driveways without a canteen astound me. This is a fairly recent phenomenon, all this water drinking. If you aren't thirsty why drink? Surely the body can tell us if it needs moisture. My stomach sure as hell lets me know when it is empty or my bladder when it is full or my skin if there is something pricking it. Drinking so much water has to raise hell with the kidneys.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Describing Communal (Meditating) Fairfield
Communism anyone?
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Mon 09-Sep-13 00:15:09 UTC
Hang in there Obba. It will get better. We will, like lab rats, eventually adapt to all this newness and once again FFL will be the vibrant and brilliant community it once was before NEO. But for the time being, as we all attempt to figure out how to post with colour, include images, have our posts actually show up or at least appear within 24 hours, we must just live with the faith that it is all for our spiritual growth and evolution. It is comical actually, because it is like being in some demented time warp never being sure that an response will show up after an initial post is made or if it will appear in triplicate. Trying to keep choronlogy straight is also a mind bender but for God's sake woman, don't abandon ship!
[FairfieldLife] Re: Post Count Tue 10-Sep-13 00:15:06 UTC
Hang in there testing, it must be a test.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Why did the prairie chicken cross the road?
I really like the foot movement of the males during their courtship. They've made me swoon and conquered my affections.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Survival
There will be no surviving a global disaster. All of the 'nice' people will be slaughtered or deprived of the living essentials and all of the 'survival' types will be instrumental in ensuring they remain alive as long as possible (along with their families). The worst characteristics of the human being will predominate and no one will be safe from plundering or maiming or death. Those who might come through all of that will be either the really ruthless ones or those who just had a whole lot of dumb luck or fell down a well-stocked hole at some point.
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Dear Prudence – an i nterview with Prudence Farrow
I fail to see how keeping a passport of MMY's or his sandals is any weirder than someone keeping the same items belonging to any other celebrity, famous writer, musician, politician etc, etc, etc that someone had the good fortune to have in their possession. One person's treasure is another person's trash, as they say (or something like that.)
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: A dance scene that always transports me to paradise
I am not so sure the Brits are that Puritanical actually. The Victorian era Brits of a certain class might have pretended they were. I think the British are some of the most charmingly twisted people around - sexually and otherwise.
[FairfieldLife] Re: last night I dreamt of judy stein . . .
[FairfieldLife] Re: I blame the haystacks (was Sacre Bleu)
Dear Bob, you have written a cracker of a first post as a new member of the MGC. My congratulations on your ingenuity and creativity. For this you are awarded the coveted and hallowed Haystack Award. Keep up the good work. (How's that clubroom coming?)
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Question for Rick
GOT IT, AND THANK YOU!!
Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: 20 Big Questions.
Phew, that blows my mind. The very idea. If I had only known with such certainty the influences on my every move, let alone such a big move as getting initiated, I would have been a lot more careful. As it is, I have no idea what is happening in the solar system or, indeed, the entire Universe so I guess I'm toast.
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Question for Rick
Aw, don't be sore. I just wish I had more gossip for you. But seeing as I haven't followed what the Movement is doing since 1987 I'm a lousy source.
[FairfieldLife] RE: Reasons why Neo might be timely
Judy, this response held everything and more of what Barry was asking and was not asking in his post this morning. I especially appreciated your explanation and description of why and how viewpoints can be spiritual here although they may not be talking about anything other than war or movies or commenting on the post of another. There is no limit to how intelligence can be expressed and we have a wonderful collage of personalities who are able to see and, in turn, portray the individuality and depth of their experience of the world to the rest of us. It is, of course, predictable that Barry cites the posters who mostly agree with him as those he finds worthy to read. This is an old story and more a sign of him as a person than a valid certification of the worthwhileness of these peoples' posts (not to say that the worthwhile posts by those he deems readable aren't, indeed readable). And we have all lamented the fact that Salyavin has left for the moment, no one here has blasted him for it. I certainly appealed for him to come back. So, as usual, Barry is making this up to create more dissension and ill will. Why would he do that? (Rhetorical question.) This week in particular has been a great example of people actually spontaneously interacting more like they might do in real life in a room where conversation follows a flow with one viewpoint or interjection after another. It has a more natural and friendly flow to it than when there were posting limits. I think Barry wants to pontificate and he likes this sort of gag order emerging once certain people hit a particular post count. He waits and plans for this. He loves the soapbox and would prefer it if no one else could speak unless it was to support and stroke him. Otherwise, the rest of us should shut up because he has far more important things to say and we better listen while he misleads and abuses and makes it very, very clear (in his mind) why we are all lacking in one way or another as humans and as creative people. Barry might take small breaks but he'll never leave, not for the immediate future. For as much as he dislikes most of the people here and claims superficiality on our parts he needs a dogs body to kick and yank around. He also needs to leap onto his battered old soapbox often enough to make himself feel important.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Reasons why Neo might be timely
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Doc, you are hilarious. I rather enjoy this image of Mothra enveloping Washington in its gauze. Maybe that will keep the government from making any stupid, warlike moves in the next little while. I
[FairfieldLife] colors or colours depending upon the country you live in
To Judy: I'll show you and that Bob Price guy. I can type in colour/color. Now I'm going to do something astounding! Watch this...
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: colors or colours depending upon the country you live in
I did it via the reply to group with email. But I'm still swimming around in the comparative dark. I'm never quite sure where I'm going or what is going to be the end result once I hit various keys. FFL really is becoming the perfect metaphor for life.
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Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Raja Luis Success
The first thing I would do is remove the crown. Then I might start laughing and watch to see if they might find this remotely humorous. If so, I would return the said crown but only on condition that they incorporate it into their next Halloween costume and not, for one moment, think they actually deserve to wear it for any other reason.
[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Raja Luis Success
I have no problem with lots of money or those who possess it. I do, however, have a small problem with the wardrobe.
[FairfieldLife] RE: New Groups Format?
I'm flummoxed, confounded and this message may not get where I want it to go. I'll press send and see what happens. Raunchy, you are officially my guinea pig. The only way I seem to be able to read posts anymore is to read my mail instead. Before that I always used the website to read and type. This new format might just be the answer to posting limits 'cause I'm not sure I can figure this all out.
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