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Excellent, Merudanda. Thank you. From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 4:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paVED2TFvEknoredirect=1
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http://tinyurl.com/cfvn82e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNNjD_AxrE --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Excellent, Merudanda. Thank you. From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 4:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paVED2TFvEknoredirect=1
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A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. A ha ha ha ha hahahahahaha. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. I feel my core strength increasing by the secondah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Now, that was a funny one. Your whole problem stems from irregularity...ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 7:05 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden http://tinyurl.com/cfvn82e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNNjD_AxrE --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Excellent, Merudanda. Thank you. From: merudanda no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 4:05 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paVED2TFvEknoredirect=1
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we?  Just add that to your many personas)  You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift.  Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood.  The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me.  Ahhh, WTF?  Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed?  Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be.  In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do.  This helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out.  My new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step.  It's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present.  My memory fails mewhat is happening now?  Oh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here.  Alright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor.  Our new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.)  I said: Either you agree to family counseling or you move out.  Period. Oh, you are only 15 (to the youngest)?  I don't care.  They believe me.  I'm firm, not always fair, and not always consistent, but they believe me. It's my latest attempt to salvage the family and after today's session, my oldest thinks there may be a glimmer of hope.  Small steps.  You have been mentioning my name of late...every time, I say What?  Do you mean me?  Seriously?  Where are my poetry books? The last philosophy I really remember reading was while on long passages on a sailboat back in my 20's - Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and then the novels , Siddhartha and Madame Bovary, as I recall.  Where was Jung? I should read Jung perhaps.  I have so many books. Now Robin, baby, I want to tell you that your posts always surprise me.  All of them.  I look forward to reading them.  I am so happy you are here for now.  How funny the Iranitea exchange was.  How fabulous is Share to chat unconditionally with you.  Unlike Marek, I don't see FFL as a violent place - all that makes me laugh.  Not unlike today's Prairie Home Companion.  They did the skit on conflict avoidance that was so funny.  Share, are you reading this?  This is for you.  You have to imagine the voices of Garrison Keillor and the typical radio female of that show. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2011/10/08/scripts/sailboat.shtml On FFL, the currently departed Mr. Price helped me claim and own pieces of my past and places I had been that I had hidden far away from others for many long years.  He gave me the gift of forgiveness and I love him for that.  You give it to me as well.  I allow it in when outside, in the trees, at the beach.  The ocean is so extraordinary - subtly and vastly different at every beach - it cares not about our little concerns - it is relentless in it's beauty. It washes over me again and again and I cry in gratitude.  http://tinyurl.com/6esha4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nUFxsZqpA From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  Dear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy; and obviously you have read too much on this forum not to have anything more than an ambivalent attitude towards Transcendental Meditation. Neverthelessâand in a way which I suppose is quite different from the Share Long approachâI would reach out to you with my caring for you, even as I don't know you at all. But anyone who has followed your posts at FFL must know the willingness of yourself to take on lifeâand what it seems to be dishing out to youâand to not be conquered by your misfortune. For myself, regardless of what you write on FFL, I sense someone who deserves the good will and the love of those
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Dearest Robin, I'm going to let you get away with this one. From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we?  Just add that to your many personas)  You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift.  Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood.  The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me.  Ahhh, WTF?  Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed?  Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be.  In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do.  This helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out.  My new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step.  It's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present.  My memory fails mewhat is happening now?  Oh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here.  Alright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor.  Our new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.)  I said: Either you agree to family counseling or you move out.  Period. Oh, you are only 15 (to the youngest)?  I don't care.  They believe me.  I'm firm, not always fair, and not always consistent, but they believe me. It's my latest attempt to salvage the family and after today's session, my oldest thinks there may be a glimmer of hope.  Small steps.  You have been mentioning my name of late...every time, I say What?  Do you mean me?  Seriously?  Where are my poetry books? The last philosophy I really remember reading was while on long passages on a sailboat back in my 20's - Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and then the novels , Siddhartha and Madame Bovary, as I recall.  Where was Jung? I should read Jung perhaps.  I have so many books. Now Robin, baby, I want to tell you that your posts always surprise me.  All of them.  I look forward to reading them.  I am so happy you are here for now.  How funny the Iranitea exchange was.  How fabulous is Share to chat unconditionally with you.  Unlike Marek, I don't see FFL as a violent place - all that makes me laugh.  Not unlike today's Prairie Home Companion.  They did the skit on conflict avoidance that was so funny.  Share, are you reading this?  This is for you.  You have to imagine the voices of Garrison Keillor and the typical radio female of that show. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2011/10/08/scripts/sailboat.shtml On FFL, the currently departed Mr. Price helped me claim and own pieces of my past and places I had been that I had hidden far away from others for many long years.  He gave me the gift of forgiveness and I love him for that.  You give it to me as well.  I allow it in when outside, in the trees, at the beach.  The ocean is so extraordinary - subtly and vastly different at every beach - it cares not about our little concerns - it is relentless in it's beauty. It washes over me again and again and I cry in gratitude.  http://tinyurl.com/6esha4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nUFxsZqpA From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  Dear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy; and obviously you have read too much on this forum not to have anything more than an ambivalent attitude towards Transcendental Meditation. Neverthelessâ€and in a way which I suppose is quite different from the Share Long approachâ€I would reach out to you with my caring for you, even as I don't know you at all. But anyone who has followed your posts
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http://tinyurl.com/9r6u8cd http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreenNR=1v=eF9AC2Ce2ow --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Dearest Robin, I'm going to let you get away with this one.  From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:20 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@ wrote: Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we? àJust add that to your many personas) àYou acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift. àYes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood. àThe inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me. àAhhh, WTF? àIs it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed? àSelf-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be. àIn my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. àThis helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out. àMy new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step. àIt's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present. àMy memory fails mewhat is happening now? àOh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here. àAlright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor. àOur new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.) àI said: Either you agree to family counseling or you move out. àPeriod. Oh, you are only 15 (to the youngest)? àI don't care. àThey believe me. àI'm firm, not always fair, and not always consistent, but they believe me. It's my latest attempt to salvage the family and after today's session, my oldest thinks there may be a glimmer of hope. àSmall steps. àYou have been mentioning my name of late...every time, I say What? àDo you mean me? àSeriously? àWhere are my poetry books? The last philosophy I really remember reading was while on long passages on a sailboat back in my 20's - Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and then the novelsà, Siddhartha andàMadame Bovary, as I recall. àWhere was Jung? I should read Jung perhaps. àI have so many books. Now Robin, baby, I want to tell you that your posts always surprise me. àAll of them. àI look forward to reading them. àI am so happy you are here for now. àHow funny the Iranitea exchange was. àHow fabulous is Share to chat unconditionally with you. àUnlike Marek, I don't see FFL as a violent place - all that makes me laugh. àNot unlike today's Prairie Home Companion. àThey did the skit on conflict avoidance that was so funny. àShare, are you reading this? àThis is for you. àYou have to imagine the voices of Garrison Keillor and the typical radio female of that show.àhttp://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2011/10/08/scripts/sailboat.shtml On FFL, the currently departed Mr. Price helped me claim and own pieces of my past and places I had been that I had hidden far away from others for many long years. àHe gave me the gift of forgiveness and I love him for that. àYou give it to me as well. àI allow it in when outside, in the trees, at the beach. àThe ocean is so extraordinary - subtly and vastly different at every beach - it cares not about our little concerns - it is relentless in it's beauty. It washes over me again and again and I cry in gratitude. àhttp://tinyurl.com/6esha4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4nUFxsZqpA From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden àDear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paVED2TFvEknoredirect=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paVED2TFvEknoredirect=1 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we? Just add that to your many personas) You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift. Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood. The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me. Ahhh, WTF? Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed? Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be. In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. This helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out. My new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step. It's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present. My memory fails mewhat is happening now? Oh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here. Alright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor. Our new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.) I said: Either you agree to family counseling or you move out. Period. Oh, you are only 15 (to the youngest)? I don't care. They believe me. I'm firm, not always fair, and not always consistent, but they believe me. It's my latest attempt to salvage the family and after today's session, my oldest thinks there may be a glimmer of hope. Small steps. You have been mentioning my name of late...every time, I say What? Do you mean me? Seriously? Where are my poetry books? The last philosophy I really remember reading was while on long passages on a sailboat back in my 20's - Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and then the novels , Siddhartha and Madame Bovary, as I recall. Where was Jung? I should read Jung perhaps. I have so many books. Now Robin, baby, I want to tell you that your posts always surprise me. All of them. I look forward to reading them. I am so happy you are here for now. How funny the Iranitea exchange was. How fabulous is Share to chat unconditionally with you. Unlike Marek, I don't see FFL as a violent place - all that makes me laugh. Not unlike today's Prairie Home Companion. They did the skit on conflict avoidance that was so funny. Share, are you reading this? This is for you. You have to imagine the voices of Garrison Keillor and the typical radio female of that show. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2011/10/08/scripts/sailboat.\ shtml On FFL, the currently departed Mr. Price helped me claim and own pieces of my past and places I had been that I had hidden far away from others for many long years. He gave me the gift of forgiveness and I love him for that. You give it to me as well. I allow it in when outside, in the trees, at the beach. The ocean is so extraordinary - subtly and vastly different at every beach - it cares not about our little concerns - it is relentless in it's beauty. It washes over me again and again and I cry in gratitude. From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy; and obviously you have read too much on this forum not to have anything more than an ambivalent attitude towards Transcendental Meditation. Neverthelessâand in a way which I suppose is quite different from the Share Long approachâI would reach out to you with my caring for you, even as I don't know you at all. But anyone who has followed your posts at FFL must know the willingness of yourself to take on lifeâand what it seems to be dishing out to youâand to not be conquered by your misfortune. For myself, regardless of what you write on FFL, I sense someone who deserves the good will and the love of those who would wish someone who has suffered as you have sufferedâand who is the appealing human being that you areâto receive the grace
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Dear Emily, I had it all planned to say that in addition to cool loneliness or warm loneliness and cool togetherness, it takes a village. And not just an online one as enlightening as it is (-: But I see you have a village, the trees which I also love, the ocean which I also love and miss. You have tears of gratitude for this crazy old world. You have your kids and your dog and maybe your extended family is nearby. I don't know a lot about your circumstances so apologies in advance if I say something not useful. Who am I to disagree with Pema Chodron on cool loneliness? And actually I don't. (Thank you, meru d, that post was helpful.) OTOH, I can't help but remember that my favorite tantric teacher David Deida says that going it alone is the masculine way. It is not the best way for the feminine. And yes, I realize Pema is a woman, very enlightened, etc. I'm just saying that perhaps so many of the spiritual traditions were designed by men for men. Anyway, Deida believes that the better way for women is in community. I think it's very important for us women not to get down on ourselves because we prefer warm community to cool loneliness. Hmmm, bet it doesn't have to be either or, bet can have both. Chubadunga! So we're back to it takes a village. It takes a village not only to raise a child but also to heal the inner child of so called adults. This is partially why I suggested you move to FF. I'm sure there are other wonderful villages but this is the one I know about. And of course it's not perfect, but it is wonderful anyway. And inexpensive. I'm earth rat so tend to be very practical. Thank you so much for Prairie Home which I did read tho not at the moment when you asked if I was reading (-: Because I tend to wake up early no matter when I go to bed, I tend to go to bed early ish. Yeah, it made me laugh wonderfully, thank you so much for that. As for cruises, if I'm near the water, I prefer to be in the water not on it. Tho best friend raves about food on cruises. Actually I know of one very cool hypnotherapist in FF who believes that attending to the next step is very enlightened. There you are! As to what caused the change in your life? Dare I suggest, maybe you went into a new dasha period? That's an idea from jyotish, astrology from India. Plus all of what you mentioned including peri menopause. Hey the bodily changes are real and can explain a lot about our emotions and moods, etc. Again, we women tend to get down on ourselves about emotions. As Pema says, compassion is paramount. Some indigenous people believe that when the earth's kundalini moved from northern hemisphere, China and Tibet, to the southern, Peru and New Zealand that it actually signaled a new emphasis on feminine ways of spirituality and living. My ex David reminds me that there tends to be a lot of introverts on forums. Maybe you're one too? Sometimes it's harder for us introverts to be in 3D community. Ok, hoping some of this is helpful and not too long. Share From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we? Just add that to your many personas) You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift. Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood. The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me. Ahhh, WTF? Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed? Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be. In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. This helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out. My new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step. It's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present. My memory fails mewhat is happening now? Oh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here. Alright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor. Our new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.) I said: Either you agree to family
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Hi Share: Thanks for this. Gotta roll and get back to all this great info that has crossed in the last 24 hours later. Pop had a small brain hemorrhage - forgave him on the spot for everything. That was easy. My heart is full today. From: Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Emily, I had it all planned to say that in addition to cool loneliness or warm loneliness and cool togetherness, it takes a village. And not just an online one as enlightening as it is (-: But I see you have a village, the trees which I also love, the ocean which I also love and miss. You have tears of gratitude for this crazy old world. You have your kids and your dog and maybe your extended family is nearby. I don't know a lot about your circumstances so apologies in advance if I say something not useful. Who am I to disagree with Pema Chodron on cool loneliness? And actually I don't. (Thank you, meru d, that post was helpful.) OTOH, I can't help but remember that my favorite tantric teacher David Deida says that going it alone is the masculine way. It is not the best way for the feminine. And yes, I realize Pema is a woman, very enlightened, etc. I'm just saying that perhaps so many of the spiritual traditions were designed by men for men. Anyway, Deida believes that the better way for women is in community. I think it's very important for us women not to get down on ourselves because we prefer warm community to cool loneliness. Hmmm, bet it doesn't have to be either or, bet can have both. Chubadunga! So we're back to it takes a village. It takes a village not only to raise a child but also to heal the inner child of so called adults. This is partially why I suggested you move to FF. I'm sure there are other wonderful villages but this is the one I know about. And of course it's not perfect, but it is wonderful anyway. And inexpensive. I'm earth rat so tend to be very practical. Thank you so much for Prairie Home which I did read tho not at the moment when you asked if I was reading (-: Because I tend to wake up early no matter when I go to bed, I tend to go to bed early ish. Yeah, it made me laugh wonderfully, thank you so much for that. As for cruises, if I'm near the water, I prefer to be in the water not on it. Tho best friend raves about food on cruises. Actually I know of one very cool hypnotherapist in FF who believes that attending to the next step is very enlightened. There you are! As to what caused the change in your life? Dare I suggest, maybe you went into a new dasha period? That's an idea from jyotish, astrology from India. Plus all of what you mentioned including peri menopause. Hey the bodily changes are real and can explain a lot about our emotions and moods, etc. Again, we women tend to get down on ourselves about emotions. As Pema says, compassion is paramount. Some indigenous people believe that when the earth's kundalini moved from northern hemisphere, China and Tibet, to the southern, Peru and New Zealand that it actually signaled a new emphasis on feminine ways of spirituality and living. My ex David reminds me that there tends to be a lot of introverts on forums. Maybe you're one too? Sometimes it's harder for us introverts to be in 3D community. Ok, hoping some of this is helpful and not too long. Share From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we? Just add that to your many personas) You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift. Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood. The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me. Ahhh, WTF? Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed? Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be. In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. This helps me forgive
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Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  Dear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy; and obviously you have read too much on this forum not to have anything more than an ambivalent attitude towards Transcendental Meditation. Neverthelessâand in a way which I suppose is quite different from the Share Long approachâI would reach out to you with my caring for you, even as I don't know you at all. But anyone who has followed your posts at FFL must know the willingness of yourself to take on lifeâand what it seems to be dishing out to youâand to not be conquered by your misfortune. For myself, regardless of what you write on FFL, I sense someone who deserves the good will and the love of those who would wish someone who has suffered as you have sufferedâand who is the appealing human being that you areâto receive the grace to be healed, and for your life to not be as hard as it has been. So, Emily, I can do nothing by way of recommending gurus or spiritual practices; but I can extend my heart to you with real feeling and honesty of intention, and at least know that you will believe me when I say I care about youâand your children. So, all this amounts to is a kind of personal prayer that life in its terrible complexity and hiddenness (in terms of the meaning it has in mind in making you descend from such a height as you haveâfrom professional success and mastery to a sense of being defeated and held down) will somehow turn around for you, and we can all rejoice in learning that somehow you are being given some greater support and strength. To know, then, that you will make it and you will not be thrown down into any kind of final helplessness and futility. I think I will just say it, Emily: I feel a real affection for you and this post is just to make that known to you. Sincerely. Robin Awww, so nice. I don't require acknowledgment and I'm practicing listening, which my kids say I don't do enough of. I am a chirper in my current state and am not in the least offended; in fact FFL seldom offends me personally...and when it does, not for long. Mostly I laugh, which is a good thing. I'm not as nimble as most of ya'll, either in verse or intellectual musings or spiritual discourse or witticisms (is that a word?). I enjoy reading and trying to assimilate what crosses here. My brain still doesn't work the way it used to and I am beginning to seriously worry as I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I have been hiding and in denial about many things. But, I'm coming out of my denial and as I have yet to be diagnosed with a terminal illness, it looks like I'm going to *really* have to reinvent my life before all the money runs out. There is no going back. From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@ To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention hereââ¬and I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,ââ¬which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger
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Dear Robin, thank you for the beautiful response. I have no words to express how touched I am and your words make their way through my self-flagellation reminding me that it's time to stop with all that nonsense. It's nice to know that you are one of those people out there who will throw one a life-preserver. Sincerely, Emily From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 1:47 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote: Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we? Just add that to your many personas) Emily1: You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift. Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood. Robin2: I simply sought in my letter to you, Emily, to find you in my experience, never knowing you in person. You engendered a certain feeling in me, and I thought I owed it to that feeling, therefore to you, to follow that feeling out to its natural and logical expression: which was of course to express my affection for you, and my desire to have the grace of life somehow heal you. Heal you, that is, to the extent that you can feel your present circumstances are becoming manageable. Again, in trying to address you here I am doing the same thing. Reality will have to do the rest. In a sense the very reality which first dealt you such a blow. I don't know objectively where words spoken to you from here in Toronto, Canada, can actually be carried somehow to you and make themselves felt in some way which creates even imperceptibly a difference—I doubt that. But I must do what I feel I cannot not do. And that is just to follow my moral intuition here. Essentially, then, I will be repeating the same act. But with no less inspiration and intention. Emily1: The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me. Ahhh, WTF? Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed? Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be. In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. This helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out. Robin2: This seems an inexplicable and almost entirely gratuitous blow of fate, Emily. I cannot discern how providence (the plan that God has for you—if we can just relate to that metaphorically: which amounts to saying that everything happens for a reason—a saying I recoil at, because it is so often uttered at a level of experience that doesn't bite into reality at all) can justify having deprived you of so much of what was strong and creative and masterful in your life. This utterly confounds me, Emily. But I am not so naive as to pretend I could possibly understand the causality of this—You have offered various explanatory candidates for your present suffering and the enervation of will. I suppose, I am just discovering this, I can only pray for you (In my own way, which for me is just realizing that I care for you and want you and your life to be different; that is, indeed, how I shall pray for you). I don't of course have any personal responsibility in all this, but the fairness, the sincerity, the intelligence, and the common sense in you seems quite remarkable to me. I have to respond to you, Emily. You have said things in your posts, offered perspectives, tracked your own sense of truth in ways which compel me enough to write to you personally. And so I have, and so I am.). Emily1: My new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step. It's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present. My memory fails mewhat is happening now? Oh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here. Alright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor. Our new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.) I said: Either you agree to family counseling or you move out. Period. Oh, you are only 15 (to the youngest)? I don't care. They believe me. I'm firm, not always fair, and not always consistent, but they believe me. It's my latest attempt to salvage the family and after today's session, my oldest thinks there may
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Dear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy; and obviously you have read too much on this forum not to have anything more than an ambivalent attitude towards Transcendental Meditation. Neverthelessand in a way which I suppose is quite different from the Share Long approachI would reach out to you with my caring for you, even as I don't know you at all. But anyone who has followed your posts at FFL must know the willingness of yourself to take on lifeand what it seems to be dishing out to youand to not be conquered by your misfortune. For myself, regardless of what you write on FFL, I sense someone who deserves the good will and the love of those who would wish someone who has suffered as you have sufferedand who is the appealing human being that you areto receive the grace to be healed, and for your life to not be as hard as it has been. So, Emily, I can do nothing by way of recommending gurus or spiritual practices; but I can extend my heart to you with real feeling and honesty of intention, and at least know that you will believe me when I say I care about youand your children. So, all this amounts to is a kind of personal prayer that life in its terrible complexity and hiddenness (in terms of the meaning it has in mind in making you descend from such a height as you havefrom professional success and mastery to a sense of being defeated and held down) will somehow turn around for you, and we can all rejoice in learning that somehow you are being given some greater support and strength. To know, then, that you will make it and you will not be thrown down into any kind of final helplessness and futility. I think I will just say it, Emily: I feel a real affection for you and this post is just to make that known to you. Sincerely. Robin Awww, so nice. I don't require acknowledgment and I'm practicing listening, which my kids say I don't do enough of. I am a chirper in my current state and am not in the least offended; in fact FFL seldom offends me personally...and when it does, not for long. Mostly I laugh, which is a good thing. I'm not as nimble as most of ya'll, either in verse or intellectual musings or spiritual discourse or witticisms (is that a word?). I enjoy reading and trying to assimilate what crosses here. My brain still doesn't work the way it used to and I am beginning to seriously worry as I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I have been hiding and in denial about many things. But, I'm coming out of my denial and as I have yet to be diagnosed with a terminal illness, it looks like I'm going to *really* have to reinvent my life before all the money runs out. There is no going back. From: Robin Carlsen maskedzebra@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention hereâand I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,âwhich, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance
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Dearest Robin, RC, RC(C) (subscript or superscript - let us say that the C stands for compassionate shall we? Just add that to your many personas) You acknowledge me where I am, as I am, and you give me that gift. Yes, I took on life, but in a rebellious way and now I am forced to take a more gentle approach and I am pretty P.O'd when I'm not visiting the victim 'hood. The inner drive, the energy that sustained me, my ability to write and think for a living, my physical stamina - I depended on these things - they defined me (took them for granted in hindsight.) These things have faded in the last 1.5 years - my emotions took over, demanded attention, overwhelmed me. Ahhh, WTF? Is it the hormones, is it the family of origin issues, is it my karma, is it the collapsed adrenal system, is it unprocessed grief, is it negative entities taking over, is it the diet, is it lack of spiritual discipline, is it that I am inherently flawed? Self-forgiveness is the hardest thing I do, or don't do as the case may be. In my elementary understanding and reading of well-known verse...Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. This helps me forgive others, but I give myself no such out. My new philosophy is pay attention to the next indicated step. It's all I can do..show up for drill...try to stay present. My memory fails mewhat is happening now? Oh yeah, I have a dog and the kids are still here. Alright then, off to a walk in the park and a visit to the counselor. Our new thing. (I'm a hard ass if you didn't know...my kids will tell you I lack compassion.) I said: Either you agree to family counseling or you move out. Period. Oh, you are only 15 (to the youngest)? I don't care. They believe me. I'm firm, not always fair, and not always consistent, but they believe me. It's my latest attempt to salvage the family and after today's session, my oldest thinks there may be a glimmer of hope. Small steps. You have been mentioning my name of late...every time, I say What? Do you mean me? Seriously? Where are my poetry books? The last philosophy I really remember reading was while on long passages on a sailboat back in my 20's - Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and then the novels , Siddhartha and Madame Bovary, as I recall. Where was Jung? I should read Jung perhaps. I have so many books. Now Robin, baby, I want to tell you that your posts always surprise me. All of them. I look forward to reading them. I am so happy you are here for now. How funny the Iranitea exchange was. How fabulous is Share to chat unconditionally with you. Unlike Marek, I don't see FFL as a violent place - all that makes me laugh. Not unlike today's Prairie Home Companion. They did the skit on conflict avoidance that was so funny. Share, are you reading this? This is for you. You have to imagine the voices of Garrison Keillor and the typical radio female of that show. http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2011/10/08/scripts/sailboat.shtml On FFL, the currently departed Mr. Price helped me claim and own pieces of my past and places I had been that I had hidden far away from others for many long years. He gave me the gift of forgiveness and I love him for that. You give it to me as well. I allow it in when outside, in the trees, at the beach. The ocean is so extraordinary - subtly and vastly different at every beach - it cares not about our little concerns - it is relentless in it's beauty. It washes over me again and again and I cry in gratitude. From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 7:34 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Emily, I can't help but feel the struggle and trauma of what you have been passing through for some time now: I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I wish I could offer up a remedy; and obviously you have read too much on this forum not to have anything more than an ambivalent attitude towards Transcendental Meditation. Nevertheless—and in a way which I suppose is quite different from the Share Long approach—I would reach out to you with my caring for you, even as I don't know you at all. But anyone who has followed your posts at FFL must know the willingness of yourself to take on life—and what it seems to be dishing out to you—and to not be conquered by your misfortune. For myself, regardless of what you write on FFL, I sense someone who deserves the good will and the love of those who would wish someone who has suffered as you have suffered—and who is the appealing human being that you are—to receive the grace to be healed, and for your life to not be as hard as it has been. So, Emily, I can do nothing by way of recommending gurus or spiritual
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Hi Emily, I LOVE FFL! Ok, here's why. Due to lower temps, I finally got a decent night's sleep, 5 hours straight which is a miracle. Btw, this is not why I love FFL (-: I woke up around 2:30 and did EFT tapping for about 2 hours. In the midst of that here's what came to me: that we're all making such a big deal about unconditional love. And what if it's not really a big deal at all? What if we all are experiencing it many times in a day? an athlete being in the zone a mother holding her baby anyone being in a beautiful place listening to sublime music reading writing sublime words lovers making sublime love praying or meditating attending funeral of beloved friend dancing to favorite oldies any old ordinary moment I think those moments of happiness are also moments of unconditional love. We're not always experiencing it. But does that really mean it's not always with us? And just because conditions surround the experience, does that really mean that the unconditional isn't happening too? I guess by now you all know what my answer is. But I also wanted to share how I come to think such stuff. FWIW. Anyway, it was your comment that evoked all this so I'm grateful to you for that. BTW, FF is a good place for single moms. For one thing, it's very inexpensive to live here. And it's pretty safe compared to a lot of places. Of course it's not perfect, which is the kind of phrase certain folks will disregard when rebutting this post. Chubadunga! Share From: Emily Reyn emilymae.r...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Share, now is the time to exercise unconditional love towards Barry. He cannot help himself; his hostility runs subconsciously, especially towards women. It always only a matter of time before you get slimed. The good thing is, he is fully predictable, so it's easy to sidestep if one so chooses. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
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Bd Nabby very bad (-: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Horseshit. Absolute, self-serving, egomaniacal horseshit. I've been to Vlodrop. It has all the silence of an auto factory in full production. The silence of Leiden comes from several centuries of energies emanating from and circulating along its canals and the land they're sitting on. Nabby wouldn't recognize a Place Of Power if one snuck up and carved a crop circle on his ass. :-) One point that I've never seen any TMer address with any seriousness is how, if the TMO wants to take credit for any good things they perceive happening in the world, they can't be held responsible for all the bad things as well. If the Buttbouncers Of Being and the Fart Of Flying were responsible for avoiding floods last year, aren't they responsible for the drought and heat this year? If they claim to be responsible for lower crime rates, aren't they responsible for Hurricane Katrina. It must be one of those mysteries of the Laws Of Nature. We only take credit for those things that make us seem more important; the other stuff we blame on Buddhists. :-) While we're laughing at Nabby for this, we might as well throw in his ludicrous gaffe in trying to diss Iranitea. Tea suggested that the Dalai Lama was more popular in his country than the current Pope, even though the Pope was from that country. Nabby came back with a diatribe against Poles and Poland, obviously trying to insinuate that Iranitea was from there. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from.
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laughing because when I was a young Catholic girl growing up, the nuns who were our teachers would always give credit for the good in the world to the cloistered nuns especially the ones who are always praying, always in silence. All I'm saying is I'm accustomed to this attributing credit business. I say let's give everybody, Heck, not only credit but extra credit! Ok, I'm going back to bed like a sane person (-: From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Horseshit. Absolute, self-serving, egomaniacal horseshit. I've been to Vlodrop. It has all the silence of an auto factory in full production. The silence of Leiden comes from several centuries of energies emanating from and circulating along its canals and the land they're sitting on. Nabby wouldn't recognize a Place Of Power if one snuck up and carved a crop circle on his ass. :-) One point that I've never seen any TMer address with any seriousness is how, if the TMO wants to take credit for any good things they perceive happening in the world, they can't be held responsible for all the bad things as well. If the Buttbouncers Of Being and the Fart Of Flying were responsible for avoiding floods last year, aren't they responsible for the drought and heat this year? If they claim to be responsible for lower crime rates, aren't they responsible for Hurricane Katrina. It must be one of those mysteries of the Laws Of Nature. We only take credit for those things that make us seem more important; the other stuff we blame on Buddhists. :-) While we're laughing at Nabby for this, we might as well throw in his ludicrous gaffe in trying to diss Iranitea. Tea suggested that the Dalai Lama was more popular in his country than the current Pope, even though the Pope was from that country. Nabby came back with a diatribe against Poles and Poland, obviously trying to insinuate that Iranitea was from there. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Bd Nabby very bad (-: HeHe :-) From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:31 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria Bild isn't a Bavarian newspaper. It's the main German tabloid, roughly corresponding to the Sun in UK, the same that features excerpts from the Dalai Lama. The headline, no very famous says: 'We are Pope', meaning something like, with Ratzi, we all Germans became now pope sort of. [Headline: ]
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, iranitea no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria Bild isn't a Bavarian newspaper. It's the main German tabloid, roughly corresponding to the Sun in UK, the same that features excerpts from the Dalai Lama. http://www.bild.de/leute/2007/leute/dalai-lama-bild-gala-leipzig-1830428.bild.html They even gave him a media price, called Bild-Osgar. http://www.bild.de/news/2007/news/gluecklicher-mensch-1798012.bild.html The headline, no very famous says: 'We are Pope', meaning something like, with Ratzi, we all Germans became now pope sort of. [Headline: ]
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Furthermore sharelong tho being an earth rat doesnt even know about Cardinal Rat much less write about him Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers Moon debilitated in Scorpio this weekend be nice to women cackle cackle From: iranitea no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 5:50 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from. Nope, Nabby isn't from Germany, not of 2012. Before 1945, for a short period his country was. That's right, it was the former Pope who was Polish, Ratzinger is from Bavaria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria#Kingdom_of_Bavaria Bild isn't a Bavarian newspaper. It's the main German tabloid, roughly corresponding to the Sun in UK, the same that features excerpts from the Dalai Lama. The headline, no very famous says: 'We are Pope', meaning something like, with Ratzi, we all Germans became now pope sort of.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
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It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby But why turquoise knicks in such a twist today? From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU. OK, I understand. You were probably cheezed that Yahoo attributed the original quote about Ratzinger to you instead of me. You'll have to pardon me, but Big Fuckin' Deal. Did that really require a comment? It's just that we've lived for years with claims from one paranoid person or another that they were being misrepresented by someone snipping the parts of the paranoid's posts that they weren't replying to. Evil intent was (and often still is) implied. While it's nice to get the attribution right, and assign quotes to the person who actually said them, I don't think there is ANY case to be made for reposting the entire contents of the post you're replying to, only the parts that you're *directly* replying to. Off of soapbox now, apologies if you were trying to be funny and failing. It's just that I and others have been dealing with the You snipped something from my post in the process of replying to it...that means that either you were trying to misrepresent me by removing the full context, or that you didn't feel that the stuff you snipped was worth replying to...either is a sin, and you are evil routine for a long time now. Your comment, on the heels of another similar comment not long ago, made me suspect that you were starting to run this routine, too. If not, as Emily Latella used to say, Never mind.
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and appreciating how you continued the horse theme (-: Horse hockies as Col. Potter used to say on MASH From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 3:44 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Horseshit. Absolute, self-serving, egomaniacal horseshit. I've been to Vlodrop. It has all the silence of an auto factory in full production. The silence of Leiden comes from several centuries of energies emanating from and circulating along its canals and the land they're sitting on. Nabby wouldn't recognize a Place Of Power if one snuck up and carved a crop circle on his ass. :-) One point that I've never seen any TMer address with any seriousness is how, if the TMO wants to take credit for any good things they perceive happening in the world, they can't be held responsible for all the bad things as well. If the Buttbouncers Of Being and the Fart Of Flying were responsible for avoiding floods last year, aren't they responsible for the drought and heat this year? If they claim to be responsible for lower crime rates, aren't they responsible for Hurricane Katrina. It must be one of those mysteries of the Laws Of Nature. We only take credit for those things that make us seem more important; the other stuff we blame on Buddhists. :-) While we're laughing at Nabby for this, we might as well throw in his ludicrous gaffe in trying to diss Iranitea. Tea suggested that the Dalai Lama was more popular in his country than the current Pope, even though the Pope was from that country. Nabby came back with a diatribe against Poles and Poland, obviously trying to insinuate that Iranitea was from there. Former Cardinal Ratzinger, former head of the Inquisition, and current Pope of the Church Of Rome, is from Germany, same place Nabby is from.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat  Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
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turquoiseb: It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. Over here, we have cars so we can get OUT of town! So why, exactly, would you want to living in an upstairs apartment downtown with a couple of dogs to care for? It doesn't make any sense - you're still contracting, right? You could be living anywhere - why pick MMY's front yard? Go figure.
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Dear Share, now is the time to exercise unconditional love towards Barry. He cannot help himself; his hostility runs subconsciously, especially towards women. It always only a matter of time before you get slimed. The good thing is, he is fully predictable, so it's easy to sidestep if one so chooses. From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 4:33 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU.
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On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
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There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
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So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
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Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention hereand I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
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I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat  Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
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Yahoo needs to do what Google does on their groups. When you read something on Google Groups it doesn't display the quoted sections but has a link saying show quoted text if you want to load it. Of course maybe Google has a patent on it. :-D On 07/27/2012 01:23 PM, Share Long wrote: I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal Rat  Since it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed. Whatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: Me too, if I know how to turn the machine on + open Photoshop that's about it. Downloading programmes is a pain because I have sometimes no idea where it went or how to access them :-( Fortunately the programmes I really need mysteriously find their way to Photoshop automatically these days. And I don't know how you read this forum... But if you read it off the net all you have to do is mark (drag your mouse at the side of the text and it become blue/black) the stuff that is unrelated to what you want to reply to and press the backSpace button, and voila, it's gone ! Very handy feature.
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Some people like urban environments, some rural. I tend to like rural environments, but when you want what is in a city, you have to drive there, or like long, long walks. People who like urban environments like New York City because its pretty easy to get around without a car. Turq seems to be far more gregarious than I am, for example. I can be around neighbours for years and have no idea who they are. Some other members of my family can strike up relationships in minutes. Its fine he lives where he enjoys life. Leiden looks like a charming place. The question is, has Turq found the ideal café in Leiden from which to assault us with his humour. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard J. Williams richard@ wrote: turquoiseb: It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. Over here, we have cars so we can get OUT of town! That's what you get for living in a town you want -- or need -- to get OUT of. :-) So why, exactly, would you want to living in an upstairs apartment downtown with a couple of dogs to care for? It doesn't make any sense - you're still contracting, right? You could be living anywhere - why pick MMY's front yard? Go figure. I know that Texans cannot comprehend geography, but Vlodrop is 200 kilometers away, on the other side of the Netherlands. ( That's 125 miles, since Texas schools probably don't teach you much in the way of math, either. :-) As for where I live, it's a very nice three-story townhouse, close to everything I might need or want. My supermarket is less than a block away. One of my favorite writing cafes so far, even closer. I have spent time in what Americans call suburbs, and understand both the geography and the mindset of them. In many cases, there are no sidewalks, because no one walks, and even if they did, there is nowhere to walk *to*. I know a couple of dozen of my neighbors already, and I've been here less than two weeks; how many of yours do you know? When I was living in Santa Fe and commuting (for economic reasons) to the Detroit area for work, they stuck us consultants in an apartment in one of these 'burb communities. There was no there there. It was awful. I later found out that in that particular community, a medical study had been recently undertaken that showed that over 70% of its residents were on a constant prescription for anti-depressants. Duh. Fairfield sounds much nicer by comparison. There is a there there, and (from what I understand) a downtown area that you can walk around in, and run into your neighbors and converse with them. That's more my idea of an OK place to live. Out in the boonies in Texas, with only prairie dogs to talk to...not so much. No wonder you need to get OUT of town. :-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: Creative snipping happening but another cool and beautiful morning so me sending almost unconditional love and forgiveness to all baad snippers You might save some of that forgiveness for yourself, and the paranoia and self importance that lead you to accuse someone of creative snipping. Either that, or explain it. I for one am getting more than a little tired of you saying it. So put up or shut up. Explain what you find offensive and requiring of forgiveness in Iranitea, or STFU. OK, I understand. You were probably cheezed that Yahoo attributed the original quote about Ratzinger to you instead of me. You'll have to pardon me, but Big Fuckin' Deal. Did that really require a comment? It's just that we've lived for years with claims from one paranoid person or another that they were being misrepresented by someone snipping the parts of the paranoid's posts that they weren't replying to. Evil intent was (and often still is) implied. While it's nice to get the attribution right, and assign quotes to the person who actually said them, I don't think there is ANY case to be made for reposting the entire contents of the post you're replying to, only the parts that you're *directly* replying to. Off of soapbox now, apologies if you were trying to be funny and failing. It's just that I and others have been dealing with the You snipped something from my post in the process of replying to it...that means that either you were trying to misrepresent me by removing the full context, or that you didn't feel that the stuff you snipped was worth replying to...either is a sin, and you are evil routine for a long time now. Your comment, on the heels of another similar comment not long ago, made me suspect that you were starting to run this routine, too. If not, as Emily Latella used to say, Never mind. How about I'm sorry?
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Awww, so nice. I don't require acknowledgment and I'm practicing listening, which my kids say I don't do enough of. I am a chirper in my current state and am not in the least offended; in fact FFL seldom offends me personally...and when it does, not for long. Mostly I laugh, which is a good thing. I'm not as nimble as most of ya'll, either in verse or intellectual musings or spiritual discourse or witticisms (is that a word?). I enjoy reading and trying to assimilate what crosses here. My brain still doesn't work the way it used to and I am beginning to seriously worry as I have fallen from the top of my game to not being in the game at all in a pretty short timeframe, with no end in sight, and a lot of responsibilities remaining. I have been hiding and in denial about many things. But, I'm coming out of my denial and as I have yet to be diagnosed with a terminal illness, it looks like I'm going to *really* have to reinvent my life before all the money runs out. There is no going back. From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention here—and I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,—which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
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Or are we talking about Emily Litella? Ahh, no matter. Never mind :) From: Robin Carlsen maskedze...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden Dear Bhairitu, Very good point, Bhairitu. I wanted to insult Emily, but thought no one would notice. You caught my real intention here—and I am found out. Is there any way I can expiate for my derogatory remark? Your objection (which nailed me good) reminds me of the idea of poetry: imaginary gardens with real toads in them. But I, for one, am glad that the Pudget Sound lady graces us once in awhile by rubbing her wings together to create a distinct chirp,—which, you will observe, silences. Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: So now you're calling Emily a cricket? You're pretty amazing, Robin. :-D On 07/27/2012 09:56 AM, Robin Carlsen wrote: There is a cricket named Emily who just chirped. Did any of you guys hear her? Her chirp seems to be one sound that is not to be heard. One person heard the chirp and pulled out his noise-maker. And then the other noise-makers all came out. I guess I was just hearing things. Pretty soon it will be as if the cricket named Emily never did chirp. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: On 07/27/2012 01:44 AM, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop. Nabby's point was self importance, and trying to suggest that Maharishi and the TMO could take credit for the silence I feel around Leiden. Do you have crickets chirping in the evening as I have around here? I even have a freeway about a block away but out here it is country quiet with all the amenities of an suburban city. Such are the benefits of living in what was once John Muir's orchard. ;-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones). I know, I've driven through endless cornfields probably bigger than the entire Holland :-) My point was that perhaps the Turq-fellow finally was picking up some silence from Vlodrop.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@... wrote: I'm sure I would agree too, Mr. Nablusoss. If only I knew what the heck you mean! Very computer illiterate here, sorr (-: You and me both, Share. I don't take the chance of snipping anything around here. Someone might find they're missing some vital body part if I were to try and attempt it and God knows most of these men are pretty attached to what might be in the way of my snippers. From: nablusoss1008 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:51 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramblings around Leiden  --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long sharelong60@ wrote: It was Nabby not Tea who snipped stuff so it appeared that I wrote the bit about Cardinal RatààSince it required snipping a lot of stuff I assume done to take a swipe at me Yep I'm flawed.àWhatever! If accident then ok no forgiveness happening and mea culpa to Nabby You see Share, you are in a habit of answering to posts that are already vry long, in fact up to 32 pages long in some cases. To those of us who read this stuff from the web it's kind of waste of the indexfinger hitting the PgDn button all the time to get to the next poster. I'm sure you wil agree :-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I'm still clearly in the honeymoon period w.r.t. my new town. I just love it. Sometimes it's the Little Things. Like how the primary mode of transportation is the bicycle. You are actually penalized to some extent for living in the Centrum of Leiden and having a car. To park it, you have to get a permit, which costs 40 Euros a quarter for the first car, and 80 Euros per quarter for the second car. It is a policy clearly aimed at reducing the amount of auto traffic and presence within Leiden, and it is clearly working. Living here, a car is superfluous. I still have my old but eternal Peugeot 306, but it will probably remain sitting in its parking space for the full duration of my first parking permit. I will probably never need it. Everything I need is within walking or biking distance, and both walking and biking are more fun than driving. It's sort of a no-brainer. If this happens, and I wind up not needing my car for a full quarter of the year, I will most likely sell the car. My story is kinda normal around here. Now compare it to the story of moving to a new community in most places in the United States. In how many of them could you live a quality life without a car? One of the reasons that I enjoy staying in touch with the Fairfield community is that I sense that -- should the shit hit the fan and autos not really be as avail- able or affordable as they are today -- you could prob- ably get by, and comfortably, without a car in Fairfield. I like that in a town. I could say that about several of the places I've lived, including tiny little Sauve, France, or much larger Sitges, Spain, or even larger still Santa Fe, New Mexico. It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. All of that said, the takeaway I have from my walk tonight is still the silence. On foot, on a bicycle, or probably even in a car, this is one of the most *silent* burbs I've ever lived in. Whatever is going on on the surface of life -- dogs barking, the rare car horn honking, party boats on the river blaring tasteless music at high volumes -- *whatever*, the silence is still there. It's like there is nothing in the environment that can *overshadow* the silence. I have no explanation for how this could be, only that it seems to be. Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-)
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: On 07/26/2012 12:41 PM, turquoiseb wrote: I'm still clearly in the honeymoon period w.r.t. my new town. I just love it. Sometimes it's the Little Things. Like how the primary mode of transportation is the bicycle. You are actually penalized to some extent for living in the Centrum of Leiden and having a car. To park it, you have to get a permit, which costs 40 Euros a quarter for the first car, and 80 Euros per quarter for the second car. It is a policy clearly aimed at reducing the amount of auto traffic and presence within Leiden, and it is clearly working. Living here, a car is superfluous. I still have my old but eternal Peugeot 306, but it will probably remain sitting in its parking space for the full duration of my first parking permit. I will probably never need it. Everything I need is within walking or biking distance, and both walking and biking are more fun than driving. It's sort of a no-brainer. If this happens, and I wind up not needing my car for a full quarter of the year, I will most likely sell the car. My story is kinda normal around here. Now compare it to the story of moving to a new community in most places in the United States. In how many of them could you live a quality life without a car? One of the reasons that I enjoy staying in touch with the Fairfield community is that I sense that -- should the shit hit the fan and autos not really be as avail- able or affordable as they are today -- you could prob- ably get by, and comfortably, without a car in Fairfield. I like that in a town. I could say that about several of the places I've lived, including tiny little Sauve, France, or much larger Sitges, Spain, or even larger still Santa Fe, New Mexico. It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. All of that said, the takeaway I have from my walk tonight is still the silence. On foot, on a bicycle, or probably even in a car, this is one of the most *silent* burbs I've ever lived in. Whatever is going on on the surface of life -- dogs barking, the rare car horn honking, party boats on the river blaring tasteless music at high volumes -- *whatever*, the silence is still there. It's like there is nothing in the environment that can *overshadow* the silence. I have no explanation for how this could be, only that it seems to be. Let me guess, the city is probably fairly flat and no hills to climb with a bike? Hills would sure put a damper on biking. It does around here. Duh. It's a country mainly reclaimed from the sea. Flat as a pancake. I've seen the highest point in the Netherlands. It's a landfill, human-created, maybe ten stories high. :-) Let's face it, Europe is compact. It's easier to do mass transit there and walk places. Not so much for the good ol' USA. After all it was built with a cowboy mentality. True. I live within the Centrum, which is to say within the fortress walls that surrounded the city in the 16th century. Different mindset entirely.
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On 07/26/2012 02:07 PM, nablusoss1008 wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb no_reply@... wrote: I'm still clearly in the honeymoon period w.r.t. my new town. I just love it. Sometimes it's the Little Things. Like how the primary mode of transportation is the bicycle. You are actually penalized to some extent for living in the Centrum of Leiden and having a car. To park it, you have to get a permit, which costs 40 Euros a quarter for the first car, and 80 Euros per quarter for the second car. It is a policy clearly aimed at reducing the amount of auto traffic and presence within Leiden, and it is clearly working. Living here, a car is superfluous. I still have my old but eternal Peugeot 306, but it will probably remain sitting in its parking space for the full duration of my first parking permit. I will probably never need it. Everything I need is within walking or biking distance, and both walking and biking are more fun than driving. It's sort of a no-brainer. If this happens, and I wind up not needing my car for a full quarter of the year, I will most likely sell the car. My story is kinda normal around here. Now compare it to the story of moving to a new community in most places in the United States. In how many of them could you live a quality life without a car? One of the reasons that I enjoy staying in touch with the Fairfield community is that I sense that -- should the shit hit the fan and autos not really be as avail- able or affordable as they are today -- you could prob- ably get by, and comfortably, without a car in Fairfield. I like that in a town. I could say that about several of the places I've lived, including tiny little Sauve, France, or much larger Sitges, Spain, or even larger still Santa Fe, New Mexico. It's really *neat* to live in a town that you can live in successfully and comfortably without a car. All of that said, the takeaway I have from my walk tonight is still the silence. On foot, on a bicycle, or probably even in a car, this is one of the most *silent* burbs I've ever lived in. Whatever is going on on the surface of life -- dogs barking, the rare car horn honking, party boats on the river blaring tasteless music at high volumes -- *whatever*, the silence is still there. It's like there is nothing in the environment that can *overshadow* the silence. I have no explanation for how this could be, only that it seems to be. Nothing in Holland is far from Vlodrop, including Leiden :-) Ever been to the states, Nabby? Some of our states are bigger than some of the European countries (including the larger ones).
