[FairfieldLife] RE: For Emily and Empty

[emilymaenot]

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbO2_077ixs  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbO2_077ixs 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2FrFBceLuY 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2FrFBceLuY

Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[Richard J. Williams]

*Richard /yawned/ and mumbled: *

"Maybe tomorrow I will post a thread entitled "What People Eat" or "The 
Sex Lives of Godmen" - they both sound kind of interesting topics. I've 
already compiled some notes and snapped somephotos, but I'm too sleepy 
now to hit Send after reading through all the comments about Share and 
Feste. Please, give me some time to figure it all out and I'll get back 
to you."


On 12/1/2013 8:29 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


Share swallowed and said:

> Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just 
around the
corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant right
across the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are
so beautiful. Anyway, I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and
baby bok choy. And then we shared a banana orange bread pudding.
Yum! But I may have to do a light fast when I return to the land
of the Domers (-:

Ann wrote:

> Empty, looking for depth and insight? No? Then you'll enjoy this post of
> Share's.

Well, at least Share is a TMer, unlike Emily.

Bhairitu says chat rooms aren't the place for significant
contributions. Maybe we should forget all this TM and spiritual
stuff and just tell each other what we've had to eat every day.
Then we could call the group FFF, Fairfield Food, instead of FFL.

RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

Junior year is tough; I've got a junior also. It's decision time - maybe.  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Well, I hope this is okay to say, but I think it may make it easier to have 
onsite two parent input.  Right now the 20 year old is listing somewhat in his 
junior year.  (I delivered a ping pong table down to him today.  After we set 
it up, he beat me in an overtime game.) 
 

 But he's got some challenges going on in deciding what direction he wants to 
go in, and he's got some party influences that he needs to bring into balance.
 

 And yes, it takes every bit of sanity (and flexibility) we can muster!
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Steve and I have something in common; we are both blessed with having 
children/teens in the house.  It is important that we stay sane and grounded in 
*reality.*  I think this may be easier for Steve than it is for me, but I'm 
just guessing.  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I think this forum would be a much duller place without Emily's contributions. 
 I may take issue with some of those contributions, but I think what she posts 
is a damn sight more interesting than most of the fare here.
 

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] For Emily and Empty

[authfriend]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2FrFBceLuY 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2FrFBceLuY

[FairfieldLife] File - FFL Acronyms

[FairfieldLife]

BC - Brahman Consciousness
BN - Bliss Ninny or Bliss Nazi
CC - Cosmic Consciousness
GC - God Consciousness
MMY - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
OTP - Off the Program - a phrase used in the TM movement meaning to do 
something (such as see another spiritual teacher) considered in violation of 
Maharishi's program.
POV - Point of View
SBS - Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Maharishi's master
SCI – Science of Creative Intelligence
SOC - State of Consciousness
SSRS - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Pundit-ji)
SV - Stpathya Ved (Vedic Architecture)
TB - True Believer (in TM doctrines)
TNB - True Non-Believer
TMO - The Transcendental Meditation organization
TTC – TM Teacher Training Course
UC - Unity Consciousness
WYMS - "World Youth Meditation Society" later changed to "World Youth Movement 
for the Science of Creative Intelligence" was founded by Peter Hübner in 
Germany, as a national TM outlet competing with SIMS, Students International 
Meditation Society
YMMV = Your Mileage may vary




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[FairfieldLife] Re: Chromebook Review

[Richard Williams]

So,why is Microsoft worried about Chromebooks? Because it can see the
writing on the wall?

"Microsoft wants you to believe that you can't do anything with a
Chromebook when you're offline. That's just plain wrong at this point."

'Microsoft Should Be Worried About Google’s Chromebooks'
http://techcrunch.com/about-googles-chromebooks


On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> P.S. The Acer Chromebook C7 (Model 720-2802) with 2GB memory and 16GB
> solid state drive, an 1.4 GHz Intel dual-core Celeron processor, with an HD
> graphics chip, is a 4th generation Chromebook, NOT to be confused with the
> Acer C7 Chromebook, the one with the 320 GB hard drive and 4GB of memory.
>
> 'Microsoft Hires ‘Pawn Stars’ to Bash Google Chromebooks'
>
> http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/11/26/microsoft-hires-pawn-stars-to-bash-google-chromebooks/?mod=yahoo_hs
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>> Chromebook
>>
>> The Acer Chromebook is a laptop computer which runs on the Chrome OS,
>> (which is based on Unix). The Chromebook does not run any Windows software,
>> only applications designed for the Chrome OS. There are hundreds, if not
>> thousands, of Google apps to choose from at the Google Store - there's even
>> an app for photo editing, (you can also install Linux on the Chromebook).
>> Google OS is open source. You don't have to buy any expensive software to
>> use for personal productivity tools.
>>
>> It's a dual-core machine with an 11.2 inch screen and is very light
>> weight, almost like an Ultrabook. It has a solid-state drive inside and
>> boots up almost instantly. Battery life is very long because it doesn't
>> have a mechanical hard disk inside. So, there's hardly anything to wear out.
>>
>> The Chromebook automatically updates the OS every time you boot up and
>> most of the software is free: the Google Chrome web browser, Google Docs,
>> Google Sheets, Google Play, and Google Slides come already installed.
>> Google owns YouTube, so that also comes with linked in the Chrome browser.
>> Chrome OS has a decent file manager and a neat Search function key. The
>> Chromebook does not have a CD-DVD device, but it has Wi-Fi built in, and
>> two USB ports, one a USB-3, a mini HDMI port, and and a DVI connection, as
>> well as an ethernet jack for networking in your home office.
>>
>> Chromebooks are 'internet books' because they work on the internet. You
>> can save stuff locally but it is designed to work on the Google Cloud,
>> which is also free. When you save a doc it gets saved to the cloud. You can
>> then access the doc using any computer that is connected to the internet.
>> All you have to do is sign in to Google to get your mail, docs, music and
>> images or videos.
>>
>> However, the Chromebook needs an internet connection in order to operate
>> with the cloud, (although you can do some limited work when you don't have
>> an internet connection). A computer is not a real computer without an
>> internet connection!
>>
>> So, what's to like?
>>
>> The Acer Chromebook is only $199 - I paid over $850 for my Toshiba
>> Ultrabook with Win 7, and this laptop is almost just as good. Go figure.
>>
>> And, this little Chromebook doesn't heat up like the Toshiba and that's
>> cool. The screen is only one inch smaller than the Ultrabook - plenty big
>> for browsing the web at Starbucks, and since it is light-weight, you can
>> take it almost anywhere with you inside a small back pack. The Chromebook
>> is perfect for browsing the web and checking email and Facebook.
>>
>> One last thing - you don't have to buy expensive anti-virus software for
>> the Chrome OS! When is the last time you had to purchase a Microsoft
>> program or Norton on a disk and install it on your PC?
>>
>> So, what's not to like? The keyboard, like almost all small laptops, has
>> 'chiclet' keys which are kind of funky, and some of the standard keys are
>> missing. For example, the Delete key (you have to use alt + backspace) and
>> the Caps Lock key, but there is a work around for that.
>>
>> Also, it takes a little getting used to using 'tabs' instead of separate
>> windows for multi-tasking. No biggies, though. For the price, it's hard to
>> beat.
>>
>> We have an Acer Netbook that we purchased four years ago running Windows
>> XP and it's just too small for much productivity and it's kinda heavy for
>> its size (we also have an HP 17 inch Windows 7 Entertainment laptop that
>> weighs a ton and gets really hot).
>>
>> P.S.
>>
>> Did I tell you that the Chromebook costs only $199 and that the software
>> is free?
>>
>>
>

[FairfieldLife] Hackers

[Richard J. Williams]

One of the favorite tactics of internet pranksters and hackers is to 
'raid' a forum or site, essentially overwhelm it with negative rantings 
in large numbers, just for kicks - lulz.

According to what I've read on 4chan /b/, the "Anonymous Group" will 
conduct a major DDoS, even bigger than the attack on the Church of 
Scientology, which was called "Project Chanology". Thank God respondents 
are allowed unlimited posts per week on Yahoo! FFL, or else we'd be 
hacked and shut down by the pirates and the hackers - we've got to 
defend ourselves or it's chaos.

It seems to me that most of these hacker exploits wouldn't be a problem 
if moderators were a bit more diligent in their moderating and security: 
strcpy () is your enemy, strncpy () is your friend. Go figure.

This is another one of those books that needs to be on a mandatory 
reading list for all IT Security bachelors degrees. Yes, I've got the 
book and the degree, and that's probably the main reason I'm still alive 
and posting.

"Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. 
He accessed computers and networks at all the world's biggest companies 
- and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, 
sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks.

As the FBI's net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the run, 
engaging in an increasingly  sophisticated game of hide and seek that 
escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and plenty of 
close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at 
nothing to bring him down.

"Ghost in the Wires" is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, 
and unbelievable escapes - and a portrait of a visionary who forced the 
authorities to rethink the way they pursued him and forced companies to 
rethink the way they protect their their most sensitive information." 
With an introduction by Steve Wozniak.

'Ghost in the Wires'
by Kevin Mitnick
Back Bay Books, 2011

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Whatever you may think, the intent of your post was pretty clear. As for the 
comment about going to the party, I cannot make any sense of it. It's 
irrelevant to what I wrote and likely reflects a rather muddled mind.
 

 Hoo boy Feste, you are disillusioning me today. First, I thought you were a 
sharp guy (even if you didn't know about the Carnegie Library on the MIU campus 
and beat me up about it, only to be corrected by Alex) but it turns out you're 
kinda slow. Maybe your misplaced N-abling is hindering your brain, I am not 
sure but it appears I need to explain so much stuff to you but one thing is fer 
sure: I have one of the clearest minds I know of; no one has ever accused me of 
being either stupid, slow or muddled (although Bawwy once said I was "as dumb 
as a bag of hammers.").
 

  You are welcome to try again but from what I've seen so far, there's probably 
not much point.
 

 No, you're probably right about that but being the persistent and persnickety 
kind of person I am I'm gonna try:
 It was a metaphor, Feste. Here is what it meant. I was making a statement 
between your desire to remain anonymous in a place that you frequent because 
you don't want anyone on the "outside" to realize you frequent that place. 
Hence, the likeness (metaphor) to/about attending a party even though you are 
ashamed to be seen there. Get it now?
 

 Let's clarify the above: "I was making a statement about the seeming 
contradiction of your desire to remain anonymous in a place (FFL) that you 
nevertheless choose to frequent.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right.
 

 Nope, you still don't but who cares? 

 

  And no, you do not know me from MIU. We have never met. There is no mystery 
about the desire to remain anonymous. I don't want clients Googling my name and 
finding a boatload of posts on FFL that are not relevant to my professional 
life. 

 

  If you don't want others to know you're at the party because it might reflect 
badly on you then why go?
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explor

RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[steve.sundur]

Well, I hope this is okay to say, but I think it may make it easier to have 
onsite two parent input.  Right now the 20 year old is listing somewhat in his 
junior year.  (I delivered a ping pong table down to him today.  After we set 
it up, he beat me in an overtime game.) 
 

 But he's got some challenges going on in deciding what direction he wants to 
go in, and he's got some party influences that he needs to bring into balance.
 

 And yes, it takes every bit of sanity (and flexibility) we can muster!
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Steve and I have something in common; we are both blessed with having 
children/teens in the house.  It is important that we stay sane and grounded in 
*reality.*  I think this may be easier for Steve than it is for me, but I'm 
just guessing.  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I think this forum would be a much duller place without Emily's contributions. 
 I may take issue with some of those contributions, but I think what she posts 
is a damn sight more interesting than most of the fare here.
 

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] Re: Tips for Nerds

[Richard J. Williams]

P.S. Always, always ALWAYS be 100% suspicious of any input supplied from 
another user- check for illegal characters. Instead of if 
(functionThatReturnsTrue), try if (functionThatReturnsTrue = True).

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Groups in Meditation Evidently is a Solution.

[dhamiltony2k5]

 See Intro and Preface to the Collected Papers Volume I
 http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/362334 
http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/362334 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  It should be quite fairly said in summation that one of the historically more 
pivotal and important books published in the 20th Century was, Scientific 
Research on the Transcendental Meditation Program Collected Papers Volume I 
(1976). The “Collected Papers” though not as well known as the Auto-biography 
of a Yogi (1946) or Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (1966) though none 
the less, the Collected Papers (1976) was similarly transforming in scope.
 -Buck
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 “Given the strength of these results, their consistency with the positive 
results of previous research, the grave human and financial costs of violent 
crime, and the lack of other effective and scientific methods to reduce crime, 
policy makers are urged to apply this approach on a large scale for the benefit 
of society.” 
 
 Effects of Group Practice of the Transcendental Meditation Program on 
Preventing Violent Crime in Washington, DC: Results of the National 
Demonstration Project, June-July 1993 
http://www.istpp.org/crime_prevention/index.html 
http://www.istpp.org/crime_prevention/index.html 
 
Published in Scientific Research on the Transcendental Meditation Program 
Collected Papers Volume I (1976) 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Well you see, according to the science, having numbers of people meditating 
together does evidently matter. Numbers and proximity. That makes a lot of 
sense in my experience too. 
 

 
 Like, just look at the science on meditation now. Folks here should sober up 
really quick. Farmers are practical scientists and as an Iowa farmer I must 
make decisions all the time everyday based on the science of nature. By science 
it seems it is certainly time for a Compulsory National Service Campaign 
towards creating a compulsory peace between us and nature, by everyone taking 
the quiet time for meditating. Every day twice a day. 
 I feel people who would reject this are anti-social in the least.
 -Buck 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Frankly, I can't see why people would live here in Fairfield, Iowa and not go 
to the Domes to meditate. That, not making the time in life to meditate in the 
Dome with the group, is just an incredibly lost opportunity in a lifetime.
 -Buck  

RE: RE: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Emily, I empathize with Share -- 
 

 For example, let's take that first sentence: What, exactly, do you mean, by, 
"Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"?? I'm not tracking this, either...its a 
little out there, frankly. Do you mean actual rain, like rain-rain, composed of 
water, wet, droplets, and all?? Or something else? What did Amma say about 
water? And is it, "in", as in *actually* *in* Fairfield, where the rain would 
be occurring? What if it comes out of the sky, *above* Fairfield? Is that 
considered the same thing?? Or blows in as part of a storm, moving south? 
Seriously. Also, would that be Fairfield, Iowa, Connecticut, Texas, California, 
Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, or Alabama?
 

 My intellect is overwhelmed by your lack of precision. I ask rhetorically, 
again, "Share is it raining in Fairfield?", as if *anyone* could reply in a 
straightforward manner, to such an inquiry, with its loose definitions, and 
subtly twisted shades of meaning.
 

 "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?", indeed! I am on to you now, Emily.

 

 Doc, you just reminded me why I love you so much. If this is enlightenment 
I'll take half a pound and wrap it up.

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Whatever you may think, the intent of your post was pretty clear. As for the 
comment about going to the party, I cannot make any sense of it. It's 
irrelevant to what I wrote and likely reflects a rather muddled mind.
 

 Hoo boy Feste, you are disillusioning me today. First, I thought you were a 
sharp guy (even if you didn't know about the Carnegie Library on the MIU campus 
and beat me up about it, only to be corrected by Alex) but it turns out you're 
kinda slow. Maybe your misplaced N-abling is hindering your brain, I am not 
sure but it appears I need to explain so much stuff to you but one thing is fer 
sure: I have one of the clearest minds I know of; no one has ever accused me of 
being either stupid, slow or muddled (although Bawwy once said I was "as dumb 
as a bag of hammers.").
 

  You are welcome to try again but from what I've seen so far, there's probably 
not much point.
 

 No, you're probably right about that but being the persistent and persnickety 
kind of person I am I'm gonna try:
 It was a metaphor, Feste. Here is what it meant. I was making a statement 
between your desire to remain anonymous in a place that you frequent because 
you don't want anyone on the "outside" to realize you frequent that place. 
Hence, the likeness (metaphor) to/about attending a party even though you are 
ashamed to be seen there. Get it now?
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right.
 

 Nope, you still don't but who cares? 

 

  And no, you do not know me from MIU. We have never met. There is no mystery 
about the desire to remain anonymous. I don't want clients Googling my name and 
finding a boatload of posts on FFL that are not relevant to my professional 
life. 

 

  If you don't want others to know you're at the party because it might reflect 
badly on you then why go?
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) mi

[FairfieldLife] Tips for Nerds

[Richard J. Williams]

You simple nerds - I already posted this information, but here it is 
again: You are being watched, all the time, everywhere you go; almost 
everything you do is a matter of record. Smile, you're on camera! You 
can run, but you can't hide anymore. You newbies need to get some smarts 
if you want to keep any secrets!

The IRS already has all your information and it's being shared by at 
least six government agencies. And, your Mom and Dad probably know what 
you are doing up there in your bedroom, or in some cases, down there in 
their basement - you are probably on a Wi-Fi network. D'oh!

When you log on to the internet to send your one-liner text messages, 
always use an anonymous login. NEVER sign up to any site using your real 
name, never reveal your age or gender, or your past exploits. Don't brag 
on the internet about being a pirate.

Other useful tips:

Use a small laptop that you can take with you wherever you go - never 
use a desk top computer to surf the web from home.

ALWAYS boot up your laptop with a command line Linux shell using a 32 
gigabyte flash drive.

Get yourself a proxy server, or at least set up a VPN.

Never reveal your IP address or set up a web site with a Who-Is location.

Always use a free text editor like EditPad.

Never install Apple, Microsoft, Norton, Kaspersky, or McAfee programs!!!

Maintain a log of every post you make and copy all your data to a 
micro-Sd card and ENCRYPT it, (never save your data on a desktop hard 
drive).

Hide the micro-card inside a cracked and flashed, cheap flip phone - 
don't tell ANYONE where the micro-card is, EVER.

Conceal the phone in your shoe.

NEVER, EVER look back when you are walking down the street.

Don't sit at the same table in the same coffee shop every day.

If you drive an auto, always drive a sleeper car, like a white Dodge 
with tinted windows, and with a Hemi under the hood.

Always pay your student loan to Sallie Mae using a  money order and 
snail mail.

When you go out in public always wear shades, a black T-shirt and blue 
jeans and good running shoes.

Take an online computer course at a community college.

Avoid getting any tatoo on your body or piercings that can identify you 
if you get caught.

Be cool, but not too cool!

If you want to be in, don't go to far out.

Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[Bhairitu]

Of course the Yahoo forecast also said we were going to have rain on 
Thanksgiving.


On 12/01/2013 05:15 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com wrote:


Share and Bhairitu,


I checked the Yahoo forecast for San Francisco, CA.  They predicted 
good weather for the entire week.  So, there's no need for snow here. 
 So, at worst, there would probably be a thin coat of frost in the 
garden early in the morning.  No sweat.



By the way, I like bok choy as a vegetable.  It's easy to cook and can 
fit with any main dishes.  I have some in the fridge right now.  But 
tonight I might go to Tommy's Joynt to have their lamb shank dinner 
entree.  It's the best lamb dish I've ever tasted-- for those who have 
not tried it and are thinking of visiting San Francisco in the near 
future.




---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just 
around the corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant 
right across the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are 
so beautiful. Anyway, I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and 
baby bok choy. And then we shared a banana orange bread pudding. Yum! 
But I may have to do a light fast when I return to the land of the 
Domers (-:




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:13 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:
I've never eaten at PF Chang's as it was always crowded located in 
Broadway Square in shi-shi Walnut Creek.  One nearby Chinese 
restaurant named the "Zen Restaurant" gives you lightly stir fried 
vegetables on every combination plate.  Rotating foods is a good idea 
I made a shrimp chow mien yesterday for my main meal.  Too much 
turkey! :-D


On 12/01/2013 02:22 PM, Share Long wrote:

If I eat one more bite of chicken, I think I'm gonna sprout feathers! 
Mom and I went to PF Chang today and she got lettuce wrapped 
chicken.  Yum, but I'm yearning for my quinoa (-:




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:13 PM, Bhairitu  
 wrote:

According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area
on Tuesday. AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at
least around here). That could lead to snow and funny thing is the
other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle
gets). That would be a real mess. Fortunately the Weather Channel's
forecasts aren't alway that good.

Much of the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of
arctic air. Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night
temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it
can warm up by late morning. In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the
waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.

In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly
empty as was the farmer's market. Maybe buying food was the last thing
on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.

RE: RE: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

Ah ha ha ha ha ha.  My kid thinks I am crazy as a loon, given all this laughing 
at my computer screen. Yes, Doctor, you have me figured out.  I was pulling a 
fast one on Share, but I am sure that she will exercise those traits that Feste 
mentionedacceptance, forgiveness, letting goand let me have this one.  
Wait, she called me "bonkers"!  Well, I've been called worse so that's O.K. 
too.   
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Emily, I empathize with Share -- 
 

 For example, let's take that first sentence: What, exactly, do you mean, by, 
"Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"?? I'm not tracking this, either...its a 
little out there, frankly. Do you mean actual rain, like rain-rain, composed of 
water, wet, droplets, and all?? Or something else? What did Amma say about 
water? And is it, "in", as in *actually* *in* Fairfield, where the rain would 
be occurring? What if it comes out of the sky, *above* Fairfield? Is that 
considered the same thing?? Or blows in as part of a storm, moving south? 
Seriously. Also, would that be Fairfield, Iowa, Connecticut, Texas, California, 
Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, or Alabama?
 

 My intellect is overwhelmed by your lack of precision. I ask rhetorically, 
again, "Share is it raining in Fairfield?", as if *anyone* could reply in a 
straightforward manner, to such an inquiry, with its loose definitions, and 
subtly twisted shades of meaning.
 

 "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?", indeed! I am on to you now, Emily.


 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[s3raphita]

Re "People that post here anonymously are not real people.":
 

 Real enough. They pay taxes; have their hearts broken; suffer; rejoice; feel 
guilty; have children . . .
 

 As I've said before, who wants to post on-line using their real name when 
anyone (including their enemies) can then Google their name and see what 
they've been up to; what views they hold; what their interests are; what upsets 
them, etc. On-line anonymity means you remain free to disclose to others 
exactly how much or how little you want them to know about you.
 

 Of course, we're living in an age in which people are happy to go on TV and 
reveal to the world their most intimate personal and sexual secrets, but count 
me out thanks!
 

 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Good point, Ann. People that post here anonymously are not real people, in the 
sense that they have any real attributes - it could be and probably is, just 
all made up avatars or personas. In that they have an advantage over the 
informants who use their real names. Lot's of people have hidden agendas. Often 
it's just a result of frustration. Most people want to be heard, to have a 
voice, any kind of voice, so they can be remembered for at least saying 
something - being famous for at least one second.
 
 Anonymous respondents are usually, but not always, people that shouldn't even 
be posting on the internet in the first place. I suspect that many of the 
secret informants are posting on company time using company computers, or they 
are up to some other nefarious activities and don't want to be caught. Others 
who don't want to use their real name may be just trying to hide what they post 
from their significant other. Go figure.  
 
 Hoaxers can also post and say just about anything without taking taking any 
personal responsibility for what they say. There's very little accountability 
in some chat rooms and there's not much moderation.  That's why so many threads 
here go down the drain so quickly - human excrement always flows downstream to 
a lower level. 
 
 That's what happened over on Usenet at  - the 
real honest respondents can't defend themselves very well when attacked by 
someone they don't even know from Adam. And, in the end, no one really cares 
what happens on a news group anyway - it's all transient. But, there are a few 
who take pride in anything they do and that's where it gets interesting for the 
serious writers; they learn from others no matter what the media. 
 
 So, it's really just a game of sorts for people that like to write using plain 
text. Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to. I mean, 
if the chat-room yakkers had anything better to do, they would be doing it, 
right?
 
 Personal attacks kind of go with the territory. It's fun to make fun of people 
sometimes - but often some respondents take things much too seriously and get 
really personal and hold grudges. People that want to post honestly always run 
the risk of getting slandered and slimmed to no end. But, if it's too hot for 
some people, then should just get out of the kitchen!
 
 In my case, I've been building up a data base of  10,000 notes that will form 
my book about spiritual paths (no it won't have anything in it about Judy and 
Barry). LoL! 
 
 Read more:
 
 http://www.rwilliams.us/archives.htm http://www.rwilliams.us/archives.htm
 
 
 
 On 12/1/2013 8:04 PM, awoelflebater@... mailto:awoelflebater@... wrote:
 
 If people don't even want to give their real names here how do you expect them 
to want to spill the beans on their own personal deity?! 
 
 

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

Steve and I have something in common; we are both blessed with having 
children/teens in the house.  It is important that we stay sane and grounded in 
*reality.*  I think this may be easier for Steve than it is for me, but I'm 
just guessing.  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I think this forum would be a much duller place without Emily's contributions. 
 I may take issue with some of those contributions, but I think what she posts 
is a damn sight more interesting than most of the fare here.
 

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[authfriend]

John wrote:
 

 > Re "the accepted authority in the USA for the American English usage is 
 > contained in > "Elements of Style" by Strunk and White.":

 

 I missed this. No, John, it isn't. It's a respected reference, but it's 
considered somewhat outdated, has a lot of mistakes, and is not nearly 
comprehensive enough to be "the accepted authority for American English usage." 
See:
 
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/happy-birthday-strunk-and-white/
 
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/happy-birthday-strunk-and-white/

 

 Seraphita, I've never come across my strategy either! There must be obvious 
reasons 
 against it, or someone else would have come up with it by now.
 

 

 

 

 

 Yes, I have a copy. I've found it both useful and reader friendly. 

 

 I think there's a generation gap on this gender-neutral controversy. I was 
taught that "he", "mankind", etc, always included both men and women. That's 
how I always hear it. That's how my ear is attuned. With the rise of feminist 
objections it's probably the case that younger people have now learnt to 
associate "he", "him" with males. It doesn't bother me, but as it bothers so 
many I suspect that using "they" is the best of the available alternatives. 
 

 Judy's suggestion that men should always use "he" and women use "she" is one 
strategy I've not come across before. Maybe that would work and take the sting 
out of the debate.
 

 As I said above, the one I really hated was the "s/he" usage. How would you 
pronounce it?
 

 Another bugbear of mine is using words like "chair" or "chairperson". If we 
know the sex what's wrong with "chairman" or "chairwoman"?
 

 

 



 

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[emilymaenot]

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.  God, this is funny.  Well, I will get back with a 
longer response to Barbeque and Emptiness, but I will say, this place has done 
more for helping me re-discover and develop my "creepy" (thank you Share for 
that sweet adjective) sense of humor than anyplace else, maybe ever. I mean, I 
could go back on anti-depressants, but FFL works better for me with fewer 
side-effects. I try to respect my elders and am sorry to exploit ya'll like 
this, misfit and outsider that I am, but consider it a service you are 
performing for the larger good. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Share swallowed and said:
 > Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just around 
 > the corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant right across 
 > the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are so beautiful. 
 > Anyway, I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and baby bok choy. And then 
 > we shared a banana orange bread pudding. Yum! But I may have to do a light 
 > fast when I return to the land of the Domers (-:
 

 Ann wrote:
 

 > Empty, looking for depth and insight? No? Then you'll enjoy this post of
 > Share's.
 

 Well, at least Share is a TMer, unlike Emily.
 

 Bhairitu says chat rooms aren't the place for significant contributions. Maybe 
we should forget all this TM and spiritual stuff and just tell each other what 
we've had to eat every day. Then we could call the group FFF, Fairfield Food, 
instead of FFL.
 

 
 
 
 






 

RE: RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[doctordumbass]

Emily, I empathize with Share -- 
 

 For example, let's take that first sentence: What, exactly, do you mean, by, 
"Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"?? I'm not tracking this, either...its a 
little out there, frankly. Do you mean actual rain, like rain-rain, composed of 
water, wet, droplets, and all?? Or something else? What did Amma say about 
water? And is it, "in", as in *actually* *in* Fairfield, where the rain would 
be occurring? What if it comes out of the sky, *above* Fairfield? Is that 
considered the same thing?? Or blows in as part of a storm, moving south? 
Seriously. Also, would that be Fairfield, Iowa, Connecticut, Texas, California, 
Illinois, Idaho, Kentucky, Ohio, or Alabama?
 

 My intellect is overwhelmed by your lack of precision. I ask rhetorically, 
again, "Share is it raining in Fairfield?", as if *anyone* could reply in a 
straightforward manner, to such an inquiry, with its loose definitions, and 
subtly twisted shades of meaning.
 

 "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?", indeed! I am on to you now, Emily.


 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

[s3raphita]

Re "American capitalism has created more wealth than any other economic system 
and with that wealth has lifted more people out of poverty than any other 
system.":
 

 That is undeniably true. The problem is that you (Yanks) now have debt equal 
to $17 trillion. There is no way you can pay that debt off; there is no way you 
can deliberately introduce controlled inflation to devalue the sum. You are at 
the mercy of the international financial system. 
 

 Income inequality in both the US and UK is now at levels not seen since the 
early decades of the 20th century. The real villain is globalisation. Companies 
can run rings around national governments as they have branches in many 
countries and can avoid tax in all places except the one country that offers 
them the lowest rates. It's a nightmare and these multinationals are 
effectively outside any democratic control.  
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That is "revisionist history", Mike.  The original founding fathers had a bad 
taste in their mouth from capitalism in the form of the British East India 
Company.  The founding fathers believed in a "commons."  You maintain the 
commons with government.  That's what government is for. It's for the things we 
all share.  And if we don't want homeless living in our commons then were need 
to do things to keep people from becoming homeless.  A lot of today's homeless 
are not there because they don't want to work but because there is no work or 
means of income for them.
 
 I have a revision of that Luke 19 thang you referenced.  The third guy didn't 
spend the money his boss gave him because  the other two guys invested in 
derivatives and were about to lose all that profit.  He would still have money. 
:-D 
 
 On 12/01/2013 05:53 AM, Mike Dixon wrote:
 
   Yet *trickle down*  capitalism has been the story of America since it's 
inception. American capitalism has created more wealth than any other economic 
system and with that wealth has lifted more people out of poverty than any 
other system and come to the aid of those in dire straights to lift them up as 
well. Would the middle -east, China or India be in the economic situation they 
are in today had it not been for Americans spending their wealth, investing in 
and buying their goods and services ?  Capitalism creates wealth, socialism 
just divides it up.  You can't be charitable if you have nothing to give. The 
Pope may be compassionate, but he's down right ignorant.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Richard J. Williams]

Good point, Ann. People that post here anonymously are not real people, 
in the sense that they have any real attributes - it could be and 
probably is, just all made up avatars or personas. In that they have an 
advantage over the informants who use their real names. Lot's of people 
have hidden agendas. Often it's just a result of frustration. Most 
people want to be heard, to have a voice, any kind of voice, so they can 
be remembered for at least saying something - being famous for at least 
one second.


Anonymous respondents are usually, but not always, people that shouldn't 
even be posting on the internet in the first place. I suspect that many 
of the secret informants are posting on company time using company 
computers, or they are up to some other nefarious activities and don't 
want to be caught. Others who don't want to use their real name may be 
just trying to hide what they post from their significant other. Go figure.


Hoaxers can also post and say just about anything without taking taking 
any personal responsibility for what they say. There's very little 
accountability in some chat rooms and there's not much moderation.  
That's why so many threads here go down the drain so quickly - human 
excrement always flows downstream to a lower level.


That's what happened over on Usenet at  - 
the real honest respondents can't defend themselves very well when 
attacked by someone they don't even know from Adam. And, in the end, no 
one really cares what happens on a news group anyway - it's all 
transient. But, there are a few who take pride in anything they do and 
that's where it gets interesting for the serious writers; they learn 
from others no matter what the media.


So, it's really just a game of sorts for people that like to write using 
plain text. Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk 
to. I mean, if the chat-room yakkers had anything better to do, they 
would be doing it, right?


Personal attacks kind of go with the territory. It's fun to make fun of 
people sometimes - but often some respondents take things much too 
seriously and get really personal and hold grudges. People that want to 
post honestly always run the risk of getting slandered and slimmed to no 
end. But, if it's too hot for some people, then should just get out of 
the kitchen!


In my case, I've been building up a data base of  10,000 notes that will 
form my book about spiritual paths (no it won't have anything in it 
about Judy and Barry). LoL!


Read more:

http://www.rwilliams.us/archives.htm



On 12/1/2013 8:04 PM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote:
If people don't even want to give their real names here how do you 
expect them to want to spill the beans on their own personal deity?!

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[steve.sundur]

I think this forum would be a much duller place without Emily's contributions.  
I may take issue with some of those contributions, but I think what she posts 
is a damn sight more interesting than most of the fare here.
 

  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[s3raphita]

Re "the accepted authority in the USA for the American English usage is 
contained in "Elements of Style" by Strunk and White.":
 

 Yes, I have a copy. I've found it both useful and reader friendly. 
 

 I think there's a generation gap on this gender-neutral controversy. I was 
taught that "he", "mankind", etc, always included both men and women. That's 
how I always hear it. That's how my ear is attuned. With the rise of feminist 
objections it's probably the case that younger people have now learnt to 
associate "he", "him" with males. It doesn't bother me, but as it bothers so 
many I suspect that using "they" is the best of the available alternatives. 
 

 Judy's suggestion that men should always use "he" and women use "she" is one 
strategy I've not come across before. Maybe that would work and take the sting 
out of the debate.
 

 As I said above, the one I really hated was the "s/he" usage. How would you 
pronounce it?
 

 Another bugbear of mine is using words like "chair" or "chairperson". If we 
know the sex what's wrong with "chairman" or "chairwoman"?
 

 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  S3,
 

 When a writer wants to address both or all genders, it is recommended to use a 
generic term such as the spectator or meditator.   If the writer wants to be 
more specific, then the gender specific pronouns. like he and she, can be used. 
 But the accepted authority in the USA for the American English usage is 
contained in "Elements of Style" by Strunk and White.  Also, for specific 
organizations, there are several style manuals that are used.  
 

 http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm 
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Re "I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.":
 

 Yes, I was wondering if legal documents have strict rules on this to avoid 
dangerous ambiguity.
 

 Don't many US colleges encourage students to use "she" as the singular 
(instead of "he") or is that just a myth put about by right-wingers? Is there a 
house style at universities where they insist students stick to one preferred 
solution?
 

 Another alternative is to use "she" and "he" more-or-less alternately in an 
article. In some contexts that can work fine - it even adds variety to a piece 
- but in many cases it just makes me pause and wonder if indeed a woman or a 
man is actually being discussed rather than a generic human.
 

 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy,
 

 I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John, as Seraphita points out, "they" as a singular pronoun has been in 
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch writers. It was 
declared a solecism in the 18th century by overly persnickety grammarians, but 
that didn't succeed in stamping it out; and it's currently undergoing a revival.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  I would agree that the use of the person's given name sounds better and would 
be grammatically correct.  It would take a long time for "they" to be accepted 
as a singular pronoun.  As it is, American English is probably evolving quite 
differently from British English.  For example, foreign words have become 
acceptable over here, such as tacos, chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and 
tandoori chicken.
 

 Or, sometimes existential verbs are inferred in a sentence, such as "He the 
man", which could refer to the past, present and future.  The use of this 
sentence could also show that you're "hep" to the street language in big cities.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but "they" has distinguished precedent as 
a singular pronoun.  It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane 
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
 

 And "they" is definitely preferable to "he or she" and "him and her" both of 
which kill natural rhythm in English. And that ghastly 1970s attempt to foist 
"s/he" on us has mercifully fallen by the wayside.
 

 Rather than a *personal* gender pronoun why not just use someone's name?

 

 As a bonus here's how to end a sentence with five prepositions:
 Mother, what did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up 
for?





 

 



 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[feste37]

Whatever you may think, the intent of your post was pretty clear. As for the 
comment about going to the party, I cannot make any sense of it. It's 
irrelevant to what I wrote and likely reflects a rather muddled mind. You are 
welcome to try again but from what I've seen so far, there's probably not much 
point. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right.
 

 Nope, you still don't but who cares? 

 

  And no, you do not know me from MIU. We have never met. There is no mystery 
about the desire to remain anonymous. I don't want clients Googling my name and 
finding a boatload of posts on FFL that are not relevant to my professional 
life. 

 

  If you don't want others to know you're at the party because it might reflect 
badly on you then why go?
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might I remind 
Share before she falls for it how pissing contests tend to end?

 
http://1.bp.b

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right.
 

 Nope, you still don't but who cares? 

 

  And no, you do not know me from MIU. We have never met. There is no mystery 
about the desire to remain anonymous. I don't want clients Googling my name and 
finding a boatload of posts on FFL that are not relevant to my professional 
life. 

 

  If you don't want others to know you're at the party because it might reflect 
badly on you then why go?
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might I remind 
Share before she falls for it how pissing contests tend to end?

 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJcCFbI/s400/oneup.jpg
 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJcCFbI/s400/oneup.jpg
 


 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> OK, Share, let's see if you can both listen and reply to this post, which is 
> about some unfinished business from yesterday that we need to dea

[FairfieldLife] Re: Black Hats and White Hats

[Richard Williams]

Reuters - A computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to three years and five
months in prison for stealing the personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc
iPad users, including big-city mayors, a TV network news anchor and a
Hollywood movie mogul...

'U.S. computer hacker gets three-and-a-half years for stealing iPad user
data'
http://tinyurl.com/c72z58j


On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> "On Thursday, the 21-year old San Antonio native will enter La Tuna
> Federal Correction Institute in Anthony, TX to begin a one-year and one day
> sentence for breaching Sony Pictures Entertainment in May 2011 as a member
> of Anonymous offshoot, LulzSec."
>
> 'The $600,000 Joyride'
> San Antonio Current:
> http://sacurrent.com/news/the-600-000-joyride
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> Let's see, on the one hand we have the personal privacy advocates, like
>> Edward Snowden and Wikileak's Julian Assange, and the Electronic Frontier
>> Foundation.
>>
>> And, on the other hand we have social networking sites like Mark
>> Zuckerberg's Facebook and micro blogging sites like Evan Williams's
>> Twitter.
>>
>> And, in the middle we've got the FBI, IRS, CIA, NSA, ATF and the HS.
>>
>> And, you got your black hats and your white hats; you got your hackers
>> and pirates; and you've got your worms and trojan horses. There's a PC on
>> every desk, all running Microsoft Windows software.
>>
>> So, now Obama wants you to log on to a government site and enter all your
>> personal data. Go figure.
>>
>> "It also represents a dangerous normalization of ‘governing in the dark,’
>> where decisions with enormous public impact occur without any public input."
>>
>> 'Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia'
>> New York Times:
>> http://www.nytimes.com/snowden
>>
>
>

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[authfriend]

Share swallowed and said:
 > Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just around 
 > the corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant right across 
 > the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are so beautiful. 
 > Anyway, I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and baby bok choy. And then 
 > we shared a banana orange bread pudding. Yum! But I may have to do a light 
 > fast when I return to the land of the Domers (-:
 

 Ann wrote:
 

 > Empty, looking for depth and insight? No? Then you'll enjoy this post of
 > Share's.
 

 Well, at least Share is a TMer, unlike Emily.
 

 Bhairitu says chat rooms aren't the place for significant contributions. Maybe 
we should forget all this TM and spiritual stuff and just tell each other what 
we've had to eat every day. Then we could call the group FFF, Fairfield Food, 
instead of FFL.
 

 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[feste37]

Yep, that's all there is to it. I'm glad you have finally acknowledged it. Well 
done, auth! 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Man, Share's defenders--the Shareites, I'll call them--have the most amazingly 
blatant set of double standards I've ever encountered. If I or Emily or Ann had 
done what Feste just did, you'd hear the howls of outrage from Feste and the 
rest of the Shareites for days. Just imagine what Barry would have written.
 

 Sorry, Ann, you thought you knew what you were doing and why, but Feste knows 
better. He's EXACTLY RIGHT, and you're WRONG. That's all there is to it.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right. And no, you do not know me from MIU. We 
have never met. There is no mystery about the desire to remain anonymous. I 
don't want clients Googling my name and finding a boatload of posts on FFL that 
are not relevant to my professional life. 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might 

RE: RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Oh, I'd forgotten about this one.
 

 Barry ordered:
 > STOP be a codependent in all of this. YOU can stop it all by just
 cutting them out of your life.
 

 Ann commented:
 

 > Says Barry in an attempt to fan the flames. Oh, how fun is this Barry? Just 
 > up your particular alley. You are such a hypocrite, oh wise sage.
 

 Yes, and cutting us out of his life has worked so well for Barry, hasn't it? 
He never mentions us, and we never mention him.
 

 
 

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just around 
the corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant right across 
the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are so beautiful. Anyway, 
I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and baby bok choy. And then we shared 
a banana orange bread pudding. Yum! But I may have to do a light fast when I 
return to the land of the Domers (-:
 

 Empty, looking for depth and insight? No? Then you'll enjoy this post of 
Share's.
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:13 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:
 
   
 I've never eaten at PF Chang's as it was always crowded located in Broadway 
Square in shi-shi Walnut Creek.  One nearby Chinese restaurant named the "Zen 
Restaurant" gives you lightly stir fried vegetables on every combination plate. 
 Rotating foods is a good idea I made a shrimp chow mien yesterday for my main 
meal.  Too much turkey! :-D 
 
 On 12/01/2013 02:22 PM, Share Long wrote:
 
   If I eat one more bite of chicken, I think I'm gonna sprout feathers! Mom 
and I went to PF Chang today and she got lettuce wrapped chicken.  Yum, but I'm 
yearning for my quinoa (-:
 
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:13 PM, Bhairitu  
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:
 
   According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area 
 on Tuesday. AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at 
 least around here). That could lead to snow and funny thing is the 
 other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle 
 gets). That would be a real mess. Fortunately the Weather Channel's 
 forecasts aren't alway that good.
 
 Much of the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of 
 arctic air. Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night 
 temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it 
 can warm up by late morning. In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the 
 waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.
 
 In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly 
 empty as was the farmer's market. Maybe buying food was the last thing 
 on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 If people don't even want to give their real names here how do you expect them 
to want to spill the beans on their own personal deity?!
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
wrote:
 >
 > I am glad you enjoyed those Share. Curtis has been gone a long time
 now though, although I am curious about what he thinks of Robbie
 Robertson. Here is a second question for you: "How to you remember the
 posts that Judy wrote differently than she wrote them?" No, this is not
 a setup. I am genuinely curious and will take what you say at face
 value.
 
 
 Share, don't be a dunce and fall for this shit. Feste already warned you
 what Emily's game is, and she's trying to run it on you. It's to ask
 seemingly non-hostile questions of you to suck you into interacting with
 her, at which point she'll switch over to dumping on you again.
 
 You've been starting to fall for Judy doing the same thing, by replying
 to her posts, too.
 
 STOP be a codependent in all of this. YOU can stop it all by just
 cutting them out of your life.
 

 Says Barry in an attempt to fan the flames. Oh, how fun is this Barry? Just up 
your particular alley. You are such a hypocrite, oh wise sage.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Man, Share's defenders--the Shareites, I'll call them--have the most amazingly 
blatant set of double standards I've ever encountered. If I or Emily or Ann had 
done what Feste just did, you'd hear the howls of outrage from Feste and the 
rest of the Shareites for days. Just imagine what Barry would have written.
 

 Sorry, Ann, you thought you knew what you were doing and why, but Feste knows 
better. He's EXACTLY RIGHT, and you're WRONG. That's all there is to it.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right. And no, you do not know me from MIU. We 
have never met. There is no mystery about the desire to remain anonymous. I 
don't want clients Googling my name and finding a boatload of posts on FFL that 
are not relevant to my professional life. 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might I remind 
Share before she falls for it how pissing contests tend to end?

 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJc

RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
feste37 wrote:
 >
 > Oh, auth, you want to control everyone's responses so they say exactly
 what you think they ought to say. You seem to demand it as a kind of
 self-validation: you are right and everyone must acknowledge how right
 you are and how wrong your dishonest opponents are. They are
 disreputable human beings and must be denounced by the entire community.
 You're kind of nuts, really. Has anyone ever pointed that out to you?
 
 
 "Kind of" nuts?
 
 The only people who have appeared on this forum who are even in the same
 ballpark of crazy as Judy Stein were Ravi and Robin Carlsen. I think she
 glommed onto them and co-opted them as minions so they'd stick around
 and divert attention from how insane she really is.
 

 Hee, hee, you are funny Bawwy. I don't think you're "nuts" I just think your 
conspiracy theories are. Did you actually re-read what you wrote here? On 
second thought, maybe you'd better not.

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[jr_esq]

 S3,
 

 For some federal government agencies, they use the Chicago style manual as the 
basis of writing government reports.  That manual should cover most of the 
questions relating to word usage and punctuation rules.
 

 But I doubt if it covers all of the current slang words like "flossing", 
which, according to Ellen Degeneres, means showing off.  Others here on the 
forum could probably think of a few more slang words in vogue.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  S3,
 

 When a writer wants to address both or all genders, it is recommended to use a 
generic term such as the spectator or meditator.   If the writer wants to be 
more specific, then the gender specific pronouns. like he and she, can be used. 
 But the accepted authority in the USA for the American English usage is 
contained in "Elements of Style" by Strunk and White.  Also, for specific 
organizations, there are several style manuals that are used.  
 

 http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm 
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Re "I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.":
 

 Yes, I was wondering if legal documents have strict rules on this to avoid 
dangerous ambiguity.
 

 Don't many US colleges encourage students to use "she" as the singular 
(instead of "he") or is that just a myth put about by right-wingers? Is there a 
house style at universities where they insist students stick to one preferred 
solution?
 

 Another alternative is to use "she" and "he" more-or-less alternately in an 
article. In some contexts that can work fine - it even adds variety to a piece 
- but in many cases it just makes me pause and wonder if indeed a woman or a 
man is actually being discussed rather than a generic human.
 

 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy,
 

 I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John, as Seraphita points out, "they" as a singular pronoun has been in 
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch writers. It was 
declared a solecism in the 18th century by overly persnickety grammarians, but 
that didn't succeed in stamping it out; and it's currently undergoing a revival.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  I would agree that the use of the person's given name sounds better and would 
be grammatically correct.  It would take a long time for "they" to be accepted 
as a singular pronoun.  As it is, American English is probably evolving quite 
differently from British English.  For example, foreign words have become 
acceptable over here, such as tacos, chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and 
tandoori chicken.
 

 Or, sometimes existential verbs are inferred in a sentence, such as "He the 
man", which could refer to the past, present and future.  The use of this 
sentence could also show that you're "hep" to the street language in big cities.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but "they" has distinguished precedent as 
a singular pronoun.  It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane 
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
 

 And "they" is definitely preferable to "he or she" and "him and her" both of 
which kill natural rhythm in English. And that ghastly 1970s attempt to foist 
"s/he" on us has mercifully fallen by the wayside.
 

 Rather than a *personal* gender pronoun why not just use someone's name?

 

 As a bonus here's how to end a sentence with five prepositions:
 Mother, what did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up 
for?





 

 

RE: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 For example, Emily, you used to have some interesting exchanges with Curtis, I 
think about music.
 

 Amazing what a simple comma placement can accomplish.
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:45 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 

 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 




 
 
 
 



 
 

 




 
 
 
 



 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[feste37]

Hmmm. I think I got it exactly right. And no, you do not know me from MIU. We 
have never met. There is no mystery about the desire to remain anonymous. I 
don't want clients Googling my name and finding a boatload of posts on FFL that 
are not relevant to my professional life. 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might I remind 
Share before she falls for it how pissing contests tend to end?

 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJcCFbI/s400/oneup.jpg
 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJcCFbI/s400/oneup.jpg
 


 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> OK, Share, let's see if you can both listen and reply to this post, which is 
> about some unfinished business from yesterday that we need to deal with. 
> 
>
> In a post to Barry, you wrote: 
> 
> 
> > Judy first ran her number on me on Sept 9, 2012. 
> 
> 
> As I've already noted, this is not true. We had clashed well before September 
> 9. 
> 
> 
> Bu

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
"Richard J. Williams" wrote:
 >
 > Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind
 > us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
 > without her?
 
 
 Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?
 
 It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
 drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.
 

 You forgot the "e" on fest.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[awoelflebater]

 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 Oh man, and here I thought you had a brain in your head or, at least, a dab of 
objectivity. (By the way, I think I must have known you from when I went to 
MIU. From your description of your participation there I think I should have 
had interaction with you all those years ago. Of course, not knowing your real 
name I guess I'll never know. I still don't 'get' the anonymity thing with you 
guys.) 
 

 Just so you get it I'll explain what I was doing. I was not writing as if I 
was Share, I was writing as if I was me, which I am. I was trying a little 
experiment that entailed the following scenario:
 

 1) I had said what Share had initially said about having "forgotten" the 
interaction.
 2) Judy responded the way she did to that Share statement.
 3) Upon reflecting on the evidence of what had really happened and who said 
what I responded in the way I would have responded if it had really been me, 
and not Share, in this particular situation.
 

 This has nothing to do with what I think Share would have or could have said 
to Judy I was merely putting myself in her situation of having to address the 
overwhelming proof, in writing, of what really happened. Simple, see? So don't 
give me your misplaced, inappropriate enabling, holier-than-thou scolding about 
this. You completely missed the point. Think of this as having been an exercise 
for me in understanding something that, frankly, I can barely comprehend due to 
how different Share and I are as human beings.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might I remind 
Share before she falls for it how pissing contests tend to end?

 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJcCFbI/s400/oneup.jpg
 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/B4A/FMEPJJcCFbI/s400/oneup.jpg
 


 
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> OK, Share, let's see if you can both listen and reply to this post, which is 
> about some unfinished business from yesterday that we need to deal with. 
> 
>
> In a post to Barry, you wrote: 
> 
> 
> > Judy first ran her number on me on Sept 9, 2012. 
> 
> 
> As I've already noted, this is not true. We had clashed well before September 
> 9. 
> 
> 
> But this is what I want to discuss with you today, since you didn't respond 
> to what I told you yesterday. You wrote: 
> 
> 
> > She said that I did such and such in my post to RWC. She 
> > did not qualify with in my opinion or it sounds like or 
> > even I think. 
> 
> 
> In fact, I said: 
> 
> 
> "After all the lovely conversat

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[jr_esq]

Share and Bhairitu,
 

 I checked the Yahoo forecast for San Francisco, CA.  They predicted good 
weather for the entire week.  So, there's no need for snow here.  So, at worst, 
there would probably be a thin coat of frost in the garden early in the 
morning.  No sweat.
 

 By the way, I like bok choy as a vegetable.  It's easy to cook and can fit 
with any main dishes.  I have some in the fridge right now.  But tonight I 
might go to Tommy's Joynt to have their lamb shank dinner entree.  It's the 
best lamb dish I've ever tasted-- for those who have not tried it and are 
thinking of visiting San Francisco in the near future. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just around 
the corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant right across 
the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are so beautiful. Anyway, 
I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and baby bok choy. And then we shared 
a banana orange bread pudding. Yum! But I may have to do a light fast when I 
return to the land of the Domers (-:
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:13 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:
 
   
 I've never eaten at PF Chang's as it was always crowded located in Broadway 
Square in shi-shi Walnut Creek.  One nearby Chinese restaurant named the "Zen 
Restaurant" gives you lightly stir fried vegetables on every combination plate. 
 Rotating foods is a good idea I made a shrimp chow mien yesterday for my main 
meal.  Too much turkey! :-D 
 
 On 12/01/2013 02:22 PM, Share Long wrote:
 
   If I eat one more bite of chicken, I think I'm gonna sprout feathers! Mom 
and I went to PF Chang today and she got lettuce wrapped chicken.  Yum, but I'm 
yearning for my quinoa (-:
 
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:13 PM, Bhairitu  
mailto:noozguru@... wrote:
 
   According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area 
 on Tuesday. AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at 
 least around here). That could lead to snow and funny thing is the 
 other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle 
 gets). That would be a real mess. Fortunately the Weather Channel's 
 forecasts aren't alway that good.
 
 Much of the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of 
 arctic air. Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night 
 temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it 
 can warm up by late morning. In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the 
 waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.
 
 In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly 
 empty as was the farmer's market. Maybe buying food was the last thing 
 on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[Share Long]

Oy, last night at Steal A Gift party I ate a lot of shrimp. Gout just around 
the corner. Tonight my Dad and step Mom took me to a restaurant right across 
the water from the Naval Academy. Lights on the water are so beautiful. Anyway, 
I ordered salmon with mashed cauliflower and baby bok choy. And then we shared 
a banana orange bread pudding. Yum! But I may have to do a light fast when I 
return to the land of the Domers (-:





On Sunday, December 1, 2013 6:13 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:
 
  
I've never eaten at PF Chang's as it was always crowded located in Broadway 
Square in shi-shi Walnut Creek.  One nearby Chinese restaurant named the "Zen 
Restaurant" gives you lightly stir fried vegetables on every combination plate. 
 Rotating foods is a good idea I made a shrimp chow mien yesterday for my main 
meal.  Too much turkey! :-D 

On 12/01/2013 02:22 PM, Share Long wrote:

  
>If I eat one more bite of chicken, I think I'm gonna sprout feathers! Mom and 
>I went to PF Chang today and she got lettuce wrapped chicken.  Yum, but I'm 
>yearning for my quinoa (-:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>On Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:13 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:
> 
>  
>According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area 
>on Tuesday. AND temps are supposed to
  be in the high 20s overnight (at 
>least around here). That could lead to
  snow and funny thing is the 
>other night I had a dream about
  driving in SF in the snow (like
  Seattle 
>gets). That would be a real mess.
  Fortunately the Weather Channel's 
>forecasts aren't alway that good.
>
>Much of the US is getting record low
  temperatures due to the flow of 
>arctic air. Even in the Bay Area we
  are getting some low over night 
>temps which means that we are getting
  4 seasons in one day because it 
>can warm up by late morning. In fact I
  wore shorts and a t-shirt to the 
>waterfront park and skipped putting on
  a jacket.
>
>In spite of warming up the parking on
  the street downtown was fairly 
>empty as was the farmer's market.
  Maybe buying food was the last thing 
>on folks mind after the Thursday
  gorge.
>
>
>
>

[FairfieldLife] Re: Puns Can Be Fun

[Richard J. Williams]

King Ozymandias of Assyria was running low on cash after years of war
  with the Hittites.  His last great possession was the Star of the 
Euphrates,
  the most valuable diamond in the ancient world.  Desperate, he went to
  Croesus, the pawnbroker, to ask for a loan.

  Croesus said, "I'll give you 100,000 dinars for it".

  "But I paid a million dinars for it," the King protested. "Don't you know
  who I am?  I am the king!"

Croesus replied, "When you wish to pawn a  Star, makes no difference
who you are."

On 12/1/2013 3:46 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:
> Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid
> bowlers.  Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records were destroyed in a
> fire.  And, so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Country Chuckles

[Richard Williams]

Hayseed: This here bird dog is worth $1000.

Farmer: How do you know that?

Hayseed: Because I just traded two $500 cats for him!




On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> "What do you mean nepotism? He's my brother."
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> A man rushed into a busy doctor's office and shouted, "Doctor!  I think
>>  I'm shrinking!"  The doctor calmly responded, "Now, settle down.  You'll
>>  just have to be a little patient."
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Richard J. Williams <
>> pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Barack! This is NOT a conference call.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/27/2013 6:28 PM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>- War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Shotgun wedding: a matter of wife and death.
>>>
>>>  On 10/27/2013 9:03 AM, steve.sundur@... wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Funny, funny, funny!
>>>
>>>
>>> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  The only useful purpose for a child's middle name is so they  know
>>> when Mom is really angry  with them.
>>>
>>>  On 10/27/2013 8:09 AM, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>- You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute
>>>to skydive twice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Before you criticize others, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
>>> That way, you'll be 5,280 feet away from them and they'll be barefooted.
>>>
>>>  On 10/25/2013 5:58 PM, dhamiltony2k5@... wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>- To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever
>>>you hit the target.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  While it is true that the early bird gets the worm, it's the second
>>> mouse that gets the cheese.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught, allegedly holding the Pot.

[Richard J. Williams]

What I meant was, people usually pick an anonymous handle to post with, 
not somebody's real name that's still alive and well known.


On 12/1/2013 4:08 PM, Toby Walker wrote:
"Well, at least you could pick someone that's dead before you pick 
their name to post with. Go figure." What ? Richard?



On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Richard J. Williams 
mailto:pundits...@gmail.com>> wrote:


Well, at least you could pick someone that's dead before you pick
their name to post with. Go figure.


On 12/1/2013 1:50 PM, Toby Walker wrote:

End the War on Drugs! http://www.leap.cc/ Check it out finker :)
@Richard J. williamspundits...@gmail.com



On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Richard J. Williams
mailto:pundits...@gmail.com>> wrote:

It's one thing to fink on your friends; it another thing to
fink on total strangers. Go figure.


On 11/22/2013 7:58 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:


God you're an idiot! What friends are you referring to? Sir
Paul? Never met him. The guys who were doing dope at MIU
when I was there were not friends of mine. Satisfied?

On Fri, 11/22/13, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:

Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught,
allegedly holding the Pot.
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 8:42 PM





























Never let an
opportunity go by to fink
on your old friends.



On 11/22/2013 1:41 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:






Bucky, while I agree with your sentiments,
the facts are
that drug use on campus itself has been there
as long as
MIU/MUM has been there. There were drugs used
and sold on
campus in the 80's when I was there, and
if you can
believe some of the post on the FB page MUM
Secrets, the
passing years have seen an upsurge in dope
sales and use
on campus and I bet in town too.



Now, one could point the finger of blame at
the townies,
but one cannot fault the meditators of
Fairfield if they
take dope, and sell it too.



I mean after all, the have the fine example of
Sir Paul
McCartney to look up to.



You know, Sir Paul, musician, former Beatle,
main-most
famouser than the other TM celebs since he
hung out with
the Great and Might Oz (I mean Marshy),
current TM booster
and 40 some year daily doper.



On Fri, 11/22/13, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com

 
wrote:



Subject: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids
caught,
allegedly holding the Pot.

To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com


Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 3:54 PM





















































Thank you for

not selling

drugs or supplying alcohol to our FF
spiritual

children..-Buck










http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/fairfield-police-sieze-100-pounds-of-marijuana/1083665

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Yeah, it was emptybill's demands that were unkind. But Emily has been on FFL 
for two or three years, never made any secret of not being a TMer. It was just 
quite odd that all of a sudden you both jumped on her wanting to know what she 
was doing here.
 

 As far as "what chat groups are about" is concerned, probably best that you 
speak for yourself. They are many things to many people. But "significant 
contributions" doesn't imply a competition.

 

 (Why do I suspect you have rarely read any of Emily's posts?)
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 I'm not asking this to make her feel unwelcome.  I'm not going to bother to 
search and she just replied she's been wondering that herself.  Hardly anyone 
else has ever stuck around very long who didn't practice TM.  Most of those 
have been "drive by".
 
 "Significant contributions" are not what chat groups are about either.  Chat 
groups are not a competition.
 
 On 12/01/2013 03:28 PM, authfriend@... mailto:authfriend@... wrote:
 
   You know, you guys, it's not as if Emily has never given us an account of 
why she's here. She has done so, in some detail, in her early posts and in 
subsequent updates. That you don't remember or never read them is not something 
for which you can blame her.
 
 
 Having learned TM is not a requirement for participation on FFL, BTW. And 
Emily has made very significant contributions here, more so than many of the 
TMers, former or current. Why are you trying to make her feel unwelcome now, 
when she's been here for several years already? That's pretty low, it seems to 
me. 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:emptybill@... wrote:
 
 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 
 
 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 
 
 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 
 
 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?
 
 
 
 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:noozguru@... wrote:
 
 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

empty bill wrote:
 

 > I addressed Emily rather than you.
 

 Yes, and...?

> Perhaps you believe you now speak for her and can now answer questions posed 
> to her.
 

 Did I even remotely suggest such a thing, or did you make it up?
 

 > However, I am interested in Emily's response. I have faith that she is 
 > capable of responding directly with 
 > some intelligence
 

 I'm sure she is, and I'll be interested as well. My point, of course, was the 
unkindness with which you demanded an accounting from her, as if she had snuck 
in where she didn't belong and remained under false pretenses. She's as much a 
part of this community as anybody else.
 

 

  - unencombered by your personal likes and dislikes. 

 
BTW ... since she is critiquing posters here, I am interested in the basis of 
her questions and claims.  
  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 You know, you guys, it's not as if Emily has never given us an account of why 
she's here. She has done so, in some detail, in her early posts and in 
subsequent updates. That you don't remember or never read them is not something 
for which you can blame her.
 

 Having learned TM is not a requirement for participation on FFL, BTW. And 
Emily has made very significant contributions here, more so than many of the 
TMers, former or current. Why are you trying to make her feel unwelcome now, 
when she's been here for several years already? That's pretty low, it seems to 
me. 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 28 emilymaenot
 19 Bhairitu 
 18 s3raphita
 18 emptybill
 16 TurquoiseB 
 15 dhamiltony2k5
 14 Share Long 
 13 feste37 
 11 awoelflebater
  8 jr_esq
  5 doctordumbass
  4 salyavin808 
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  4 Richard Williams 
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Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[Bhairitu]

I've never eaten at PF Chang's as it was always crowded located in 
Broadway Square in shi-shi Walnut Creek.  One nearby Chinese restaurant 
named the "Zen Restaurant" gives you lightly stir fried vegetables on 
every combination plate.  Rotating foods is a good idea I made a shrimp 
chow mien yesterday for my main meal.  Too much turkey! :-D


On 12/01/2013 02:22 PM, Share Long wrote:
If I eat one more bite of chicken, I think I'm gonna sprout feathers! 
Mom and I went to PF Chang today and she got lettuce wrapped chicken.  
Yum, but I'm yearning for my quinoa (-:




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:13 PM, Bhairitu  
wrote:

According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area
on Tuesday. AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at
least around here). That could lead to snow and funny thing is the
other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle
gets). That would be a real mess. Fortunately the Weather Channel's
forecasts aren't alway that good.

Much of the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of
arctic air. Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night
temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it
can warm up by late morning. In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the
waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.

In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly
empty as was the farmer's market. Maybe buying food was the last thing
on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.

[FairfieldLife] RE: JR, Got Snowshoes?

[doctordumbass]

Still walking on the beach without a jacket - wouldn't mind rain, or snow, 
though.  

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area 
 on Tuesday. AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at 
 least around here). That could lead to snow and funny thing is the 
 other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle 
 gets). That would be a real mess. Fortunately the Weather Channel's 
 forecasts aren't alway that good.
 
 Much of the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of 
 arctic air. Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night 
 temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it 
 can warm up by late morning. In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the 
 waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.
 
 In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly 
 empty as was the farmer's market. Maybe buying food was the last thing 
 on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Bhairitu]

I'm not asking this to make her feel unwelcome.  I'm not going to bother 
to search and she just replied she's been wondering that herself.  
Hardly anyone else has ever stuck around very long who didn't practice 
TM.  Most of those have been "drive by".


"Significant contributions" are not what chat groups are about either.  
Chat groups are not a competition.


On 12/01/2013 03:28 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


You know, you guys, it's not as if Emily has never given us an account 
of why she's here. She has done so, in some detail, in her early posts 
and in subsequent updates. That you don't remember or never read them 
is not something for which you can blame her.



Having learned TM is not a requirement for participation on FFL, BTW. 
And Emily has made very significant contributions here, more so than 
many of the TMers, former or current. Why are you trying to make her 
feel unwelcome now, when she's been here for several years already? 
That's pretty low, it seems to me.




---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.


So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum?

Is this your little gossip parlor?


Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray 
to anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an 
It? Maybe a GenderQueer?



What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and 
critique the inhabitants?





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in
TM?  I would think you'd feel like a fish out of water.

On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@...
 wrote:


O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is
that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts..."


Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting?



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
, 
 wrote:

Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!


On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..."
 
 wrote:
Conversation between Share and Emily:

Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining
this winter."
Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and
specifically outside your door."
Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her,
and btw, STFU, you are causing all this."
Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon
Grayweather, who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says
that having sex in the rain is good for pitta types."
Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good
for pitta types."
Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be
going next week."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard
in a mean and spiteful way."
Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just
wanted to know if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically
outside your door."
Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical
and negative and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of
Judy's minions and I hate her so I hate you too.  I will stand up
for myself."





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
, 
 wrote:

What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting
posts but once she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort
of repetitive.


On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."
  
wrote:
Authfriend's modus operandi: *A falsis principiis proficisci.
(Marcus Tullius Cicero)*

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Bhairitu]

You don't listen to his podcasts?  He used the "absolute enlightenment" 
phrase on his show today (which is still running into overdrive at the 
moment).  You can download the podcasts on the site.


On 12/01/2013 03:41 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:


After searching "Absolute Enlightenment" on the Inforwars site, not 
much came up other than the usual paranoia. Seems more of a diatribe 
type phrase used against the "enlightened elites" who rule over us - 
their cattle.




---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

Empty, been noticing Alex Jones using phrases like "absolute 
enlightenment" these days?


On 12/01/2013 02:58 PM, emptybill@...  wrote:


Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.


So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum?

Is this your little gossip parlor?


Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you 
pray to anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She 
or an It? Maybe a GenderQueer?



What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and 
critique the inhabitants?





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
,  
 wrote:


So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I 
would think you'd feel like a fish out of water.


On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... 
wrote:

O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is 
that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts..."



Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting?



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
,  
 wrote:


Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!


On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." 
   
wrote:

Conversation between Share and Emily:

Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining 
this winter."
Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and 
specifically outside your door."
Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and 
btw, STFU, you are causing all this."

Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon 
Grayweather, who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says 
that having sex in the rain is good for pitta types."

Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for 
pitta types."

Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going 
next week."

Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in 
a mean and spiteful way."
Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just 
wanted to know if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical 
and negative and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of 
Judy's minions and I hate her so I hate you too.  I will stand up 
for myself."






---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
,  
 wrote:


What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting 
posts but once she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of 
repetitive.



On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." 
   wrote:
Authfriend's modus operandi: *A falsis principiis proficisci. 
(Marcus Tullius Cicero)*

RE: RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emptybill]

I addressed Emily rather than you. 

Perhaps you believe you now speak for her and can now answer questions posed to 
her. However, I am interested in Emily's response. I have faith that she is 
capable of responding directly with some intelligence - unencombered by your 
personal likes and dislikes. 

BTW ... since she is critiquing posters here, I am interested in the basis of 
her questions and claims.  
  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 You know, you guys, it's not as if Emily has never given us an account of why 
she's here. She has done so, in some detail, in her early posts and in 
subsequent updates. That you don't remember or never read them is not something 
for which you can blame her.
 

 Having learned TM is not a requirement for participation on FFL, BTW. And 
Emily has made very significant contributions here, more so than many of the 
TMers, former or current. Why are you trying to make her feel unwelcome now, 
when she's been here for several years already? That's pretty low, it seems to 
me. 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emptybill]

After searching "Absolute Enlightenment" on the Inforwars site, not much came 
up other than the usual paranoia. Seems more of a diatribe type phrase used 
against the "enlightened elites" who rule over us - their cattle.

  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Empty, been noticing Alex Jones using phrases like "absolute enlightenment" 
these days?
 
 On 12/01/2013 02:58 PM, emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@... wrote:
 
   Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 
 
 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 
 
 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 
 
 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?
 
 
 
 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:noozguru@... wrote:
 
 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RE: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

You know, you guys, it's not as if Emily has never given us an account of why 
she's here. She has done so, in some detail, in her early posts and in 
subsequent updates. That you don't remember or never read them is not something 
for which you can blame her.
 

 Having learned TM is not a requirement for participation on FFL, BTW. And 
Emily has made very significant contributions here, more so than many of the 
TMers, former or current. Why are you trying to make her feel unwelcome now, 
when she's been here for several years already? That's pretty low, it seems to 
me. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] Senate and House Intelligence Committees Defend Destruction of Constitution

[emptybill]

http://www.infowars.com/senate-and-house-intelligence-committees-defend-destruction-of-constitution/
 
http://www.infowars.com/senate-and-house-intelligence-committees-defend-destruction-of-constitution/

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Bhairitu]

Empty, been noticing Alex Jones using phrases like "absolute 
enlightenment" these days?


On 12/01/2013 02:58 PM, emptyb...@yahoo.com wrote:


Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.


So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum?

Is this your little gossip parlor?


Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray 
to anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an 
It? Maybe a GenderQueer?



What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and 
critique the inhabitants?





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I 
would think you'd feel like a fish out of water.


On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... 
wrote:

O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is 
that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts..."



Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting?



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
,  
 wrote:


Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!


On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." 
   
wrote:

Conversation between Share and Emily:

Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this 
winter."
Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and 
specifically outside your door."
Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and 
btw, STFU, you are causing all this."

Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon 
Grayweather, who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says 
that having sex in the rain is good for pitta types."

Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for 
pitta types."

Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going 
next week."

Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in 
a mean and spiteful way."
Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just 
wanted to know if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and 
negative and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's 
minions and I hate her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."






---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
,  
 wrote:


What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts 
but once she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.



On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." 
   wrote:
Authfriend's modus operandi: *A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus 
Tullius Cicero)*

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emptybill]

Yep Bhari2, that has become my question also.
 

 So Emily, since you never learned TM, why are you here on this forum? 

 Is this your little gossip parlor?
 

 Maybe instead this is this your prayer hut. So which deity do you pray to 
anyway? Yhvh? Jesus? Christos Pantocrator? Is it a He, a She or an It? Maybe a 
GenderQueer?

 

 What caused you to choose a barroom like FFL to wander around in and critique 
the inhabitants?
 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[Share Long]

If I eat one more bite of chicken, I think I'm gonna sprout feathers! Mom and I 
went to PF Chang today and she got lettuce wrapped chicken.  Yum, but I'm 
yearning for my quinoa (-:





On Sunday, December 1, 2013 3:13 PM, Bhairitu  wrote:
 
  
According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area 
on Tuesday.  AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at 
least around here).  That could lead to snow and funny thing is the 
other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle 
gets).  That would be a real mess.  Fortunately the Weather Channel's 
forecasts aren't alway that good.

Much of  the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of 
arctic air.  Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night 
temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it 
can warm up by late morning.  In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the 
waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.

In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly 
empty as was the farmer's market.  Maybe buying food was the last thing 
on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.

Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught, allegedly holding the Pot.

[Toby Walker]

"Well, at least you could pick someone that's dead before you pick their
name to post with. Go figure." What ? Richard?


On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Richard J. Williams wrote:

>
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> Well, at least you could pick someone that's dead before you pick their
> name to post with. Go figure.
>
>
> On 12/1/2013 1:50 PM, Toby Walker wrote:
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> End the War on Drugs! http://www.leap.cc/ Check it out finker :) @Richard
> J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Richard J. Williams  > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  It's one thing to fink on your friends; it another thing to fink on
>> total strangers. Go figure.
>>
>>
>> On 11/22/2013 7:58 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
>>
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>>
>> God you're an idiot! What friends are you referring to? Sir Paul? Never
>> met him. The guys who were doing dope at MIU when I was there were not
>> friends of mine. Satisfied?
>> 
>> On Fri, 11/22/13, Richard J. Williams 
>> wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught, allegedly holding
>> the Pot.
>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 8:42 PM
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>> On 11/22/2013 1:41 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:
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>>
>> Bucky, while I agree with your sentiments,
>> the facts are
>> that drug use on campus itself has been there
>> as long as
>> MIU/MUM has been there. There were drugs used
>> and sold on
>> campus in the 80's when I was there, and
>> if you can
>> believe some of the post on the FB page MUM
>> Secrets, the
>> passing years have seen an upsurge in dope
>> sales and use
>> on campus and I bet in town too.
>>
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>>
>> Now, one could point the finger of blame at
>> the townies,
>> but one cannot fault the meditators of
>> Fairfield if they
>> take dope, and sell it too.
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>>
>> I mean after all, the have the fine example of
>> Sir Paul
>> McCartney to look up to.
>>
>>
>>
>> You know, Sir Paul, musician, former Beatle,
>> main-most
>> famouser than the other TM celebs since he
>> hung out with
>> the Great and Might Oz (I mean Marshy),
>> current TM booster
>> and 40 some year daily doper.
>>
>> 
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>> On Fri, 11/22/13, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com
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>> Subject: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids
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>> allegedly holding the Pot.
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>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
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>> spiritual
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>> children..-Buck
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RE: RE: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Emily, if you'll forgive me, I can't figure out what this question means; I 
wouldn't blame Share if she couldn't either: 
 

 Emily wrote:
 > Here is a second question for you:  "How to you remember the posts that Judy 
 > wrote differently than she 
 > wrote them?"  No, this is not a setup.  I am genuinely curious and will take 
 > what you say at face value.

[FairfieldLife] Puns Can Be Fun

[Richard J. Williams]

Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid
bowlers.  Unfortunately, all the Swiss league records were destroyed in a
fire.  And, so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught, allegedly holding the Pot.

[Richard J. Williams]

Well, at least you could pick someone that's dead before you pick their 
name to post with. Go figure.


On 12/1/2013 1:50 PM, Toby Walker wrote:
End the War on Drugs! http://www.leap.cc/ Check it out finker :) 
@Richard J. williamspundits...@gmail.com 



On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Richard J. Williams 
mailto:pundits...@gmail.com>> wrote:


It's one thing to fink on your friends; it another thing to fink
on total strangers. Go figure.


On 11/22/2013 7:58 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:


God you're an idiot! What friends are you referring to? Sir Paul?
Never met him. The guys who were doing dope at MIU when I was
there were not friends of mine. Satisfied?

On Fri, 11/22/13, Richard J. Williams 
 wrote:

Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught, allegedly
holding the Pot.
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 8:42 PM





























Never let an
opportunity go by to fink
on your old friends.



On 11/22/2013 1:41 PM, Michael Jackson wrote:






Bucky, while I agree with your sentiments,
the facts are
that drug use on campus itself has been there
as long as
MIU/MUM has been there. There were drugs used
and sold on
campus in the 80's when I was there, and
if you can
believe some of the post on the FB page MUM
Secrets, the
passing years have seen an upsurge in dope
sales and use
on campus and I bet in town too.



Now, one could point the finger of blame at
the townies,
but one cannot fault the meditators of
Fairfield if they
take dope, and sell it too.



I mean after all, the have the fine example of
Sir Paul
McCartney to look up to.



You know, Sir Paul, musician, former Beatle,
main-most
famouser than the other TM celebs since he
hung out with
the Great and Might Oz (I mean Marshy),
current TM booster
and 40 some year daily doper.



On Fri, 11/22/13, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com

 
wrote:



Subject: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids
caught,
allegedly holding the Pot.

To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com


Date: Friday, November 22, 2013, 3:54 PM





















































Thank you for

not selling

drugs or supplying alcohol to our FF
spiritual

children..-Buck










http://fairfield-ia.villagesoup.com/p/fairfield-police-sieze-100-pounds-of-marijuana/1083665

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Richard J. Williams]

The problem boils down to one of moral turpitude, or the lack of it.

1. Taking part in a conspiracy (or attempting to take part in a 
conspiracy) to commit a crime involving moral turpitude where the 
attempted crime would not itself constitute moral turpitude. Go figure.


Fraud:

Making false representation
Knowledge of such false representation by the perpetrator
Reliance on the false representation by the person defrauded
An intent to defraud
The actual act of committing fraud

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_turpitude

On 12/1/2013 1:29 PM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


Actually it's just been a single discussion concerning Share's mean, 
gratuitous, and deeply untruthful post to you, Barry, about a post of 
mine to her from last year.



It's so interesting how a Get Judy, Ann, and Emily Fest is entirely 
acceptable to you and your band of Mean Girls (Xeno and Share and 
Richard), but the four of you are Untouchable, especially Share, 
totally innocent and high-minded and honest to a fault, would never, 
no never, insult or attack anyone or say anything about anybody that 
wasn't totally fair and irreproachably accurate and true.



(I threw up a little in my mouth when I wrote that.)


Too bad you can't recruit Feste to your band of thugs, but he thinks 
you're an S.O.B. (otherwise known as Son. Of. A. Bitch).





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
, "Richard J. Williams" wrote:


>
> Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to
remind
> us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
> without her?


Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?

It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.

Re: [FairfieldLife] What I Did Today

[Richard Williams]

Today we went by this place:

[image: Inline image 2]




On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Richard Williams wrote:

> Today we went to this place:
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
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> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
>> Today I went to this place:
>>
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
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>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Richard Williams 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yesterday we also went to Whole Foods and had a nice salad. They have
>>> got to have the very best salad bar in the whole town!
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Share Long wrote:
>>>


 Richard, yesterday I went to Coldwater Creek in Annapolis Town Center.
 I got my Mom a tunic length blouse for her birthday. It's a beautiful
 paisley print in black on white. But it's a little too small so we'll take
 it back today after lunch. I'm taking her and my sister to Brio's for
 lunch, also in Annapolis Town Center. People are calling my Mom this
 morning to wish her Happy Birthday. She's 83 and still zips around pretty
 well. Actually her foot can be a little heavy on the pedal but I just close
 my eyes LOL!




   On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:47 PM, Richard Williams <
 pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:

  Today we went back to this place:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

 My Whole Foods has lots of dried fruit and nuts:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Share Long wrote:


  Soon, Richard, I'll be going to the Whole Foods in Annapolis. They
 have TWO kinds of quinoa concoctions at the salad bar. How many different
 kinds of quinoa salad does your Whole Foods have?
 PS I LOVE these photos of the different places you visit or drive by!




   On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 9:25 PM, Richard Williams <
 pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:

  Tonight we went to this place:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

 Today I drove by this place:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Richard Williams <
 pundits...@gmail.com> wrote:

 This morning I went to this place:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

 On  the way home from the store I visited this place:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

 There;s a rock and roll running marathon here today and there having a
 Formula Grand Prix race up in Austin.

 But, I went to this place today:

 [image: Inline image 1]



 On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 6:07 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

 Today I went by this place. What are those people all lined up for,
 waiting for days?

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Richard Williams >>> > wrote:

 Later today I drove past this place:

 [image: Inline image 1]


 On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Bhairitu wrote:


   There's an app for this:
 https://twitter.com/

 I'm sure everyone on FFL will sign up for your tweets.


 On 11/15/2013 12:07 PM, Richard Williams wrote:


 Alright, I'm back on the discussion board; sorry for the delay but I
 had to go here::

  [image: Inline image 1]

















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Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
>
> I am glad you enjoyed those Share.  Curtis has been gone a long time
now though, although I am curious about what he thinks of Robbie
Robertson.  Here is a second question for you:  "How to you remember the
posts that Judy wrote differently than she wrote them?"  No, this is not
a setup.  I am genuinely curious and will take what you say at face
value.


Share, don't be a dunce and fall for this shit. Feste already warned you
what Emily's game is, and she's trying to run it on you. It's to ask
seemingly non-hostile questions of you to suck you into interacting with
her, at which point she'll switch over to dumping on you again.

You've been starting to fall for Judy doing the same thing, by replying
to her posts, too.

STOP be a codependent in all of this. YOU can stop it all by just
cutting them out of your life.

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

You know, I've been asking myself this and I have an answer.  I'll get back to 
you later as I have no more time today to write it out.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I would 
think you'd feel like a fish out of water.
 
 On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymaenot@... mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 
 
 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." mailto:emilymaenot@... 
 mailto:emilymaenot@... wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 
 
 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
 mailto:sharelong60@... wrote:
 
 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." mailto:anartaxius@... 
 mailto:anartaxius@... wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

RE: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

I am glad you enjoyed those Share.  Curtis has been gone a long time now 
though, although I am curious about what he thinks of Robbie Robertson.  Here 
is a second question for you:  "How to you remember the posts that Judy wrote 
differently than she wrote them?"  No, this is not a setup.  I am genuinely 
curious and will take what you say at face value.   
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 For example, Emily, you used to have some interesting exchanges with Curtis, I 
think about music.
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:45 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
   O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 

 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 




 
 
 
 



 
 

 




 
 
 
 



 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

[FairfieldLife] JR, Got Snowshoes?

[Bhairitu]

According to the Weather Channel it's supposed to rain in the Bay Area 
on Tuesday.  AND temps are supposed to be in the high 20s overnight (at 
least around here).  That could lead to snow and funny thing is the 
other night I had a dream about driving in SF in the snow (like Seattle 
gets).  That would be a real mess.  Fortunately the Weather Channel's 
forecasts aren't alway that good.

Much of  the US is getting record low temperatures due to the flow of 
arctic air.  Even in the Bay Area we are getting some low over night 
temps which means that we are getting 4 seasons in one day because it 
can warm up by late morning.  In fact I wore shorts and a t-shirt to the 
waterfront park and skipped putting on a jacket.

In spite of warming up the parking on the street downtown was fairly 
empty as was the farmer's market.  Maybe buying food was the last thing 
on folks mind after the Thursday gorge.

RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Er, Share, she's parodying you (and Barry). And very aptly, too. Can you laugh 
at yourself? No, of course not. Neither can Barry.
 
Share upchucks:

 > Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 




 
 
 
 



 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Share, you're already in very deep shit; your poor, frantic defenders are 
trying to save you from drowning in your own excreta. Don't make it tougher on 
them with idiotic remarks like this.
 

 

 Share retched:
 
 > One of Judy's main tactics is to define the context and or parameters of an 
 > argument. IOW, 
 > it's about what she says it's about. Of course, that only works if one is 
 > talking only to one's 
 > self (-:  
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 1:29 PM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Actually it's just been a single discussion concerning Share's mean, 
gratuitous, and deeply untruthful post to you, Barry, about a post of mine to 
her from last year.
 

 It's so interesting how a Get Judy, Ann, and Emily Fest is entirely acceptable 
to you and your band of Mean Girls (Xeno and Share and Richard), but the four 
of you are Untouchable, especially Share, totally innocent and high-minded and 
honest to a fault, would never, no never, insult or attack anyone or say 
anything about anybody that wasn't totally fair and irreproachably accurate and 
true.
 

 (I threw up a little in my mouth when I wrote that.)
 

 Too bad you can't recruit Feste to your band of thugs, but he thinks you're an 
S.O.B. (otherwise known as Son. Of. A. Bitch).
 





 
 
 
 

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Share, you're already in way deep shit. Don't make it any deeper, and don't 
make of yourself an even bigger target with idiotic, senseless observations 
like this.
 
Share puked:

 > One of Judy's main tactics is to define the context and or parameters of an 
 > argument. IOW, 
 > it's about what she says it's about. Of course, that only works if one is 
 > talking only to one's 
 > self (-:  
 

 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 1:29 PM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Actually it's just been a single discussion concerning Share's mean, 
gratuitous, and deeply untruthful post to you, Barry, about a post of mine to 
her from last year.
 

 It's so interesting how a Get Judy, Ann, and Emily Fest is entirely acceptable 
to you and your band of Mean Girls (Xeno and Share and Richard), but the four 
of you are Untouchable, especially Share, totally innocent and high-minded and 
honest to a fault, would never, no never, insult or attack anyone or say 
anything about anybody that wasn't totally fair and irreproachably accurate and 
true.
 

 (I threw up a little in my mouth when I wrote that.)
 

 Too bad you can't recruit Feste to your band of thugs, but he thinks you're an 
S.O.B. (otherwise known as Son. Of. A. Bitch).
 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
"Richard J. Williams" wrote:
 >
 > Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind
 > us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
 > without her?
 
 
 Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?
 
 It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
 drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.


 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Bhairitu]

So Emily, tell us why you are on FFL and have no background in TM?  I 
would think you'd feel like a fish out of water.


On 12/01/2013 12:45 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote:


O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that 
Emily used to wrote some interesting posts..."



Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting?



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!


On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..." 
 wrote:

Conversation between Share and Emily:

Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this 
winter."
Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and 
specifically outside your door."
Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and 
btw, STFU, you are causing all this."

Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon 
Grayweather, who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that 
having sex in the rain is good for pitta types."

Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for 
pitta types."

Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going 
next week."

Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a 
mean and spiteful way."
Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted 
to know if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your 
door."
Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and 
negative and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's 
minions and I hate her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."






---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts 
but once she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.



On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..." 
 wrote:
Authfriend's modus operandi: *A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus 
Tullius Cicero)*

RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Good lord, somebody get her some Valium before she goes completely off the 
rails.
 

 I don't have a "bandwagon," and if I did, Emily would be about the last to get 
on it. She runs her own show, always has.
 

 See, Share is using Barry's incredibly cowardly tactic. She's so hard up it 
isn't surprising she'd be groping around for something, anything, to use 
against her critics, and she's too dense to realize how foolish it makes her 
look.
 

 Share, listen up: The people who criticize you do so on their own hook, 
independently of each other. Same with Barry's critics. Each of them has his or 
her negative opinions of you and of Barry because your behavior engenders such 
opinions. It isn't the case that only one of us perceives you negatively and 
the others just go blindly along for the ride. Believing that may make you feel 
better, but it's false comfort.
 

 Share spewed:

 
 > What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but 
 > once she got on 
 > Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Share Long]

For example, Emily, you used to have some interesting exchanges with Curtis, I 
think about music.





On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:45 PM, "emilymae...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."

Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 


---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
  
Conversation between Share and Emily:

Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter."  
Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, STFU, 
you are causing all this."
Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, who 
is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the rain is 
good for pitta types."
Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next week."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean and 
spiteful way."
Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
  
Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)

RE: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

O.K.  Share, let's try one more time.  Re: "What's unfortunate is that Emily 
used to wrote some interesting posts..."
 

 Share:  What posts of mine did you used to find interesting? 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!
 
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymaenot@..."  wrote:
 
   Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 




 
 
 
 



 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[feste37]

You misunderstand. I meant that Ann is not involved in the situation, not you.  
 

 By kind of nuts, I mean your relentless obsession with small, unimportant 
details, your inability to let go of anything in the way that a normal person 
would. Quite frankly, you often sound like a patient in a mental hospital -- a 
kind of maniac who lacks a proper sense of balance in her interactions with 
others and who therefore stands out in a crowd as, well, kind of nuts. I'm 
sorry I can't deliver a kinder verdict because, as I have said before, I 
actually like you, although I'm glad I am not married to you. That would be 
hard. Have a wonderful day, auth, and remember, it's only a chat forum.   

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Feste sputtered: 
 
 > Oh, auth, you want to control everyone's responses so they say exactly what 
 > you think they ought to say. 
 > You seem to demand it as a kind of self-validation: you are right and 
 > everyone must acknowledge how 
 > right you are and how wrong your dishonest opponents are. They are 
 > disreputable human beings and 
 > must be denounced by the entire community.
 
 

 Is this you trying to write as if you were me?
 

 If by "say exactly what you think they ought to say" you mean "try their best 
to be honest and accurate," you're quite correct. I gather you don't agree that 
folks ought to strive to be be honest and accurate, right?
 

 > You're kind of nuts, really. Has anyone ever pointed that out to you?
 
 

 You know, in all the other groups I've ever been a part of (not just on the 
Web but in "real life" as well), it was taken as a given that people should be 
as honest and accurate as they could be. I guess if I'm really kind of nuts, 
all those people have been as well. Imagine anyone holding honesty as a value! 
Just insane.
 

 > Regarding Ann's post, I gave it the reply it deserved. It's very easy to 
 > smugly decide what you think others 
 > should say when you are not yourself involved in the situation.
 
 

 I'm involved in the situation, and I thought Ann put it perfectly. In fact, I 
think Ann gave Share an idea of how she could manage to worm her way out of the 
very bad spot she'd gotten herself in. She's not quite there yet, but she's 
taken (I think) a first step in that direction. It was a very compassionate 
comment on Ann's part.
 

 At any rate, I sure was correct in my prediction below, wasn't I?
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 You know, Feste, Share just loved it when you said a few days back that you 
hadn't been happy with her attack on Ann. She told you so herself; remember?
 

 Today you have a chance to give Share an even bigger thrill by making it clear 
you don't approve of the way she's trying to wiggle out of all the errors of 
fact she made yesterday about my September 9 post of last year.
 

 I have the sneaking suspicion you're going to say anything you can think of to 
avoid doing that, though. Saving face (yours and Share's) is much more 
important to you (and her) than being truthful and taking responsibility. So 
you dumped on Ann instead.
 

 But it's still early; maybe you'll prove me wrong yet.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've 

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Share Long]

Jeez! Now Emily has gone bonkers too!





On Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:33 PM, "emilymae...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
Conversation between Share and Emily:

Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter."  
Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, STFU, 
you are causing all this."
Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, who 
is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the rain is 
good for pitta types."
Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next week."
Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean and 
spiteful way."
Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."





---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
  
Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)

RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

Conversation between Share and Emily:
 

 Share: "It's raining in Iowa."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Fairfield?"
 Share:  "Emily, I heard it on the news today that it's raining."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining outside your door?"
 Share: "Emily, the Farmer's Almanac says that it will be raining this winter." 
 
 Emily:  "Share, I'm asking you if it is raining in Fairfield and specifically 
outside your door."
 Barry:  "Share, Emily is one of Ravi's minions so disregard her, and btw, 
STFU, you are causing all this."
 Emily:  "Share, does it upset you that Barry just told you to STFU?"
 Share:  "Emily, Barry is like a half-brother to me.  Also, Jon Grayweather, 
who is an expert on what women want out of sex, says that having sex in the 
rain is good for pitta types."
 Emily:  "Share, are you a pitta type?"
 Bhairitu:  "Share, have you tried juicing grass?  It's very good for pitta 
types."
 Richard:  "Share, I went to Whole Foods today and bought spinach."
 Share:  "Richard, there is a Whole Foods in Iowa and I will be going next 
week."
 Emily:  "Share, is it raining in Iowa today?
 Share:  "Emily, you are honing in on my conversation with Richard in a mean 
and spiteful way."
 Emily:  "Share, *you* said it was raining in Iowa today, I just wanted to know 
if it was raining in Fairfield and specifically outside your door."  
 Share:  "Emily, you are being repetitive and vicious and critical and negative 
and I am only responding "in-kind".  You are one of Judy's minions and I hate 
her so I hate you too.  I will stand up for myself."
 

 

 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.
 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartaxius@..."  wrote:
 
   Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)
 
 

 
 



 
 
 
 

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Share Long]

One of Judy's main tactics is to define the context and or parameters of an 
argument. IOW, it's about what she says it's about. Of course, that only works 
if one is talking only to one's self (-:  





On Sunday, December 1, 2013 1:29 PM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
Actually it's just been a single discussion concerning Share's mean, 
gratuitous, and deeply untruthful post to you, Barry, about a post of mine to 
her from last year.

It's so interesting how a Get Judy, Ann, and Emily Fest is entirely acceptable 
to you and your band of Mean Girls (Xeno and Share and Richard), but the four 
of you are Untouchable, especially Share, totally innocent and high-minded and 
honest to a fault, would never, no never, insult or attack anyone or say 
anything about anybody that wasn't totally fair and irreproachably accurate and 
true.

(I threw up a little in my mouth when I wrote that.)

Too bad you can't recruit Feste to your band of thugs, but he thinks you're an 
S.O.B. (otherwise known as Son. Of. A. Bitch).



---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams"  wrote:

>
>> Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind
>> us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
>> without her?
>
>
>Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?

It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: RE: RE: Jesuit Trained Pope Trashes Capitalism in Call for Worldwide Socialism

[Bhairitu]

That is "revisionist history", Mike. The original founding fathers had a 
bad taste in their mouth from capitalism in the form of the British East 
India Company.  The founding fathers believed in a "commons."  You 
maintain the commons with government.  That's what government is for. 
It's for the things we all share.  And if we don't want homeless living 
in our commons then were need to do things to keep people from becoming 
homeless.  A lot of today's homeless are not there because they don't 
want to work but because there is no work or means of income for them.


I have a revision of that Luke 19 thang you referenced.  The third guy 
didn't spend the money his boss gave him because  the other two guys 
invested in derivatives and were about to lose all that profit.  He 
would still have money. :-D


On 12/01/2013 05:53 AM, Mike Dixon wrote:
Yet *trickle down*  capitalism has been the story of America since 
it's inception. American capitalism has created more wealth than any 
other economic system and with that wealth has lifted more people out 
of poverty than any other system and come to the aid of those in dire 
straights to lift them up as well. Would the middle -east, China or 
India be in the economic situation they are in today had it not been 
for Americans spending their wealth, investing in and buying their 
goods and services ?  Capitalism creates wealth, socialism just 
divides it up.  You can't be charitable if you have nothing to give. 
The Pope may be compassionate, but he's down right ignorant.

Re: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Share Long]

What's unfortunate is that Emily used to wrote some interesting posts but once 
she got on Judy's bandwagon she's become imo sort of repetitive.




On Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:22 AM, "anartax...@yahoo.com" 
 wrote:
 
  
Authfriend's modus operandi: A falsis principiis proficisci. (Marcus Tullius 
Cicero)

Re: [FairfieldLife] FF Meditator Kids caught, allegedly holding the Pot.

[Toby Walker]

End the War on Drugs! http://www.leap.cc/ Check it out finker :) @Richard
J. Williams pundits...@gmail.com


On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Richard J. Williams
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> strangers. Go figure.
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> God you're an idiot! What friends are you referring to? Sir Paul? Never
> met him. The guys who were doing dope at MIU when I was there were not
> friends of mine. Satisfied?
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[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[jr_esq]

 S3,
 

 When a writer wants to address both or all genders, it is recommended to use a 
generic term such as the spectator or meditator.   If the writer wants to be 
more specific, then the gender specific pronouns. like he and she, can be used. 
 But the accepted authority in the USA for the American English usage is 
contained in "Elements of Style" by Strunk and White.  Also, for specific 
organizations, there are several style manuals that are used.  
 

 http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm 
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Re "I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.":
 

 Yes, I was wondering if legal documents have strict rules on this to avoid 
dangerous ambiguity.
 

 Don't many US colleges encourage students to use "she" as the singular 
(instead of "he") or is that just a myth put about by right-wingers? Is there a 
house style at universities where they insist students stick to one preferred 
solution?
 

 Another alternative is to use "she" and "he" more-or-less alternately in an 
article. In some contexts that can work fine - it even adds variety to a piece 
- but in many cases it just makes me pause and wonder if indeed a woman or a 
man is actually being discussed rather than a generic human.
 

 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy,
 

 I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John, as Seraphita points out, "they" as a singular pronoun has been in 
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch writers. It was 
declared a solecism in the 18th century by overly persnickety grammarians, but 
that didn't succeed in stamping it out; and it's currently undergoing a revival.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  I would agree that the use of the person's given name sounds better and would 
be grammatically correct.  It would take a long time for "they" to be accepted 
as a singular pronoun.  As it is, American English is probably evolving quite 
differently from British English.  For example, foreign words have become 
acceptable over here, such as tacos, chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and 
tandoori chicken.
 

 Or, sometimes existential verbs are inferred in a sentence, such as "He the 
man", which could refer to the past, present and future.  The use of this 
sentence could also show that you're "hep" to the street language in big cities.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but "they" has distinguished precedent as 
a singular pronoun.  It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane 
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
 

 And "they" is definitely preferable to "he or she" and "him and her" both of 
which kill natural rhythm in English. And that ghastly 1970s attempt to foist 
"s/he" on us has mercifully fallen by the wayside.
 

 Rather than a *personal* gender pronoun why not just use someone's name?

 

 As a bonus here's how to end a sentence with five prepositions:
 Mother, what did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up 
for?





 

 

[FairfieldLife] Another Yahoo Groups Note

[Richard J. Williams]

Please note that Yahoo Groups does not support 7.0 or earlier versions 
of Internet Explorer. I recommend upgrading to the latest Internet 
Explorer, Google Chrome, or Firefox. If you are using IE 9 or later, 
make sure you turn off Compatibility View.

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Herbalife?

[Toby Walker]

Seems like anything that packaged and processed would have low prana.


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:23 AM,  wrote:

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> You can certainly take this all with a large grain of salt. I am sure
> there are many other sites that recommend it and many that do not.
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> http://enlita.com/blog/herbalife-review-herbalife-scam
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> ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
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> Card, I don't recommend Herbalife either. But I think it's good to go by
> your own intuition. You could try it and see how you feel.
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>   On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 9:28 AM, Richard J. Williams
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>   There's nothing wrong with taking a few vitamins and an occasional
> laxative, as long as you don't overdo it. But, who knows what's in those
> pills? Most of them, so I've read, are manufactured over in China, so take
> most vitamins at your own risk. There are lots of natural diet foods to eat
> that will be a lot easier on your bowels too. Really, if you eat four
> square meals a day, and get some exercise four times a week, you'll be
> plenty healthy naturally.
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> The real problem with Herbalife products is that it's based on a pyramid
> scheme, just like Amway.
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>  My TM-instructor has  for several years been a fairly
> successful distributor, belonging to the International President's Team.
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Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Al Gore debates Global Warming

[Toby Walker]

Fuckin scam artist


On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 10:49 AM,  wrote:

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> ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:
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> Maybe you forgot to mention the bovine flatulence in Iowa and farming in
> general which produces more CO2 that auto emissions. And, don't forget
> sheep, chickens, pigs and goats. Face it, Buck, you're screwed on the farm.
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> "Livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that
> cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of
> transport put together."
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/cow-emissions
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> check, we need to phase out 80 percent of all oil, coal and natural gas by
> mid-century. President Obama has set a nonbinding target to do precisely
> that.”
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[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

Actually it's just been a single discussion concerning Share's mean, 
gratuitous, and deeply untruthful post to you, Barry, about a post of mine to 
her from last year.
 

 It's so interesting how a Get Judy, Ann, and Emily Fest is entirely acceptable 
to you and your band of Mean Girls (Xeno and Share and Richard), but the four 
of you are Untouchable, especially Share, totally innocent and high-minded and 
honest to a fault, would never, no never, insult or attack anyone or say 
anything about anybody that wasn't totally fair and irreproachably accurate and 
true.
 

 (I threw up a little in my mouth when I wrote that.)
 

 Too bad you can't recruit Feste to your band of thugs, but he thinks you're an 
S.O.B. (otherwise known as Son. Of. A. Bitch).
 

 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
"Richard J. Williams" wrote:
 >
 > Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind
 > us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
 > without her?
 
 
 Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?
 
 It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
 drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.

[FairfieldLife] RE: Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

You stooge.  Nobody is "getting" Share.  Share has the opportunity to stand up 
to the plate and be honest and acknowledge the reality of her words. I doubt 
either Ann or Judy has, and I certainly don't, have any expectations that this 
will occur.  It's very simple, really.  But, fear is one of the strongest 
motivators and Share is afraid of herself, imho.  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
"Richard J. Williams" wrote:
 >
 > Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind
 > us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
 > without her?
 
 
 Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?
 
 It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
 drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.

RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[authfriend]

 

 Poor Barry.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
feste37 wrote:
 >
 > Oh, auth, you want to control everyone's responses so they say exactly
 what you think they ought to say. You seem to demand it as a kind of
 self-validation: you are right and everyone must acknowledge how right
 you are and how wrong your dishonest opponents are. They are
 disreputable human beings and must be denounced by the entire community.
 You're kind of nuts, really. Has anyone ever pointed that out to you?
 
 
 "Kind of" nuts?
 
 The only people who have appeared on this forum who are even in the same
 ballpark of crazy as Judy Stein were Ravi and Robin Carlsen. I think she
 glommed onto them and co-opted them as minions so they'd stick around
 and divert attention from how insane she really is.

RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

Barry, that is by far the craziest thing you've said in a long time. It really 
is crazy; do you believe what you write?   
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 
feste37 wrote:
 >
 > Oh, auth, you want to control everyone's responses so they say exactly
 what you think they ought to say. You seem to demand it as a kind of
 self-validation: you are right and everyone must acknowledge how right
 you are and how wrong your dishonest opponents are. They are
 disreputable human beings and must be denounced by the entire community.
 You're kind of nuts, really. Has anyone ever pointed that out to you?
 
 
 "Kind of" nuts?
 
 The only people who have appeared on this forum who are even in the same
 ballpark of crazy as Judy Stein were Ravi and Robin Carlsen. I think she
 glommed onto them and co-opted them as minions so they'd stick around
 and divert attention from how insane she really is.

RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[emilymaenot]

Correction:  "To ask her to do that is a waste of my time currently. Maybe 
later."  
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 As demonstrated on this forum, at least, Share's makeup prevents her from 
taking personal accountability for her words or actions.  This isn't a 
criticism, it is simply a  fact based on hundreds of examples she has provided 
in black and white.  To ask her to do that is a waste of time. It has *never* 
happened; doesn't matter if the proof is right in front of her.  I do believe 
that if Share said "It is raining" and I said "Did you say it was raining, 
Share?", she wouldn't be able to answer with "yes."  Don't worry Share, I won't 
ask. I will stop interacting with you, as I understand how you perceive me.  I 
am responsible for asking you to be "accountable" and giving you feedback on 
that front.  Maybe we define the word differently.  How do you define it?  
Wait, there I go again, criticizing you.  My bad.  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Oh, auth, you want to control everyone's responses so they say exactly what 
you think they ought to say. You seem to demand it as a kind of 
self-validation: you are right and everyone must acknowledge how right you are 
and how wrong your dishonest opponents are. They are disreputable human beings 
and must be denounced by the entire community. You're kind of nuts, really. Has 
anyone ever pointed that out to you?

 

 Regarding Ann's post, I gave it the reply it deserved. It's very easy to 
smugly decide what you think others should say when you are not yourself 
involved in the situation. 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 You know, Feste, Share just loved it when you said a few days back that you 
hadn't been happy with her attack on Ann. She told you so herself; remember?
 

 Today you have a chance to give Share an even bigger thrill by making it clear 
you don't approve of the way she's trying to wiggle out of all the errors of 
fact she made yesterday about my September 9 post of last year.
 

 I have the sneaking suspicion you're going to say anything you can think of to 
avoid doing that, though. Saving face (yours and Share's) is much more 
important to you (and her) than being truthful and taking responsibility. So 
you dumped on Ann instead.
 

 But it's still early; maybe you'll prove me wrong yet.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 That's a great idea, Ann! Why don't we all write as if we are someone else -- 
then we can show how much wiser and better we are in every respect than the 
individual we are impersonating!  

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy, we remember it differently. That's all there is to it imo. 
 

 I read this and, just as an experiment, I thought about what I would write if 
I were you (but really me) in this situation. Here is what, to the best of my 
ability putting myself in this situation, I would have written, as Ann:
 

 Judy, I obviously remembered this differently which is an interesting fact in 
and of itself since I would have to question myself why that would/could be. 
However, putting that aside for the moment and based on your clear 
documentation of exactly how our conversation went down back in September I 
would have to say that I was wrong in accusing you of what I did. Now, when 
reading that post that you dissected above I was able to see that, in fact, you 
did account for the fact that you were postulating and wondering, not, in fact, 
passing a big judgment on me. You were seeming to explore the situation and 
wondering about it. I mean, it is written right there in front of me so I would 
have to ask myself why I did not remember it that way. Figuring that out could 
take more time. I'm sorry if (and it appears I did) misrepresent the 
interaction we had back then.
 
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:47 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Barry, of course, is actually encouraging a "pissing contest" by advising 
Share to refrain from acknowledging reality. (Although goodness knows, she 
doesn't need any help doing that.)
 

 And good grief, I've "let lie" far more than I've ever taken up on this forum, 
as Barry well knows.
 
I'm not going to let this one lie, though. Share can either acknowledge her 
(Barry-inspired, gratuitous, thoroughly mean) untruthfulness now, or continue 
to be confronted with it over and over until she does.
 

 Note to Barry: This is about the misrepresentation of facts. Nothing to do 
with opinions per se, sorry.
 

 

 
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Ah. Demonstrating once again that she can't let *anything* lie, and feels 
compelled to start it back up again and try to turn it into one of her endless 
tarbaby arguments, Judy challenges Share to a pissing contest. Might I remind 
Share before she falls for it how pissing contests tend to end?

 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Hb2h_XAIKp8/TTEOb-lcvLI/AA

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[authfriend]

I always thought it would make sense for writers to use the pronoun appropriate 
to their sex. A man would always use "he" and a woman "she." If that became the 
consistent standard convention, it would make things so much simpler. (Only 
problem would be if an author's name wasn't gender-specific, but there are 
plenty of ways to clue the reader in on that.)
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Re "I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.":
 

 Yes, I was wondering if legal documents have strict rules on this to avoid 
dangerous ambiguity.
 

 Don't many US colleges encourage students to use "she" as the singular 
(instead of "he") or is that just a myth put about by right-wingers? Is there a 
house style at universities where they insist students stick to one preferred 
solution?
 

 Another alternative is to use "she" and "he" more-or-less alternately in an 
article. In some contexts that can work fine - it even adds variety to a piece 
- but in many cases it just makes me pause and wonder if indeed a woman or a 
man is actually being discussed rather than a generic human.
 

 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy,
 

 I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John, as Seraphita points out, "they" as a singular pronoun has been in 
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch writers. It was 
declared a solecism in the 18th century by overly persnickety grammarians, but 
that didn't succeed in stamping it out; and it's currently undergoing a revival.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  I would agree that the use of the person's given name sounds better and would 
be grammatically correct.  It would take a long time for "they" to be accepted 
as a singular pronoun.  As it is, American English is probably evolving quite 
differently from British English.  For example, foreign words have become 
acceptable over here, such as tacos, chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and 
tandoori chicken.
 

 Or, sometimes existential verbs are inferred in a sentence, such as "He the 
man", which could refer to the past, present and future.  The use of this 
sentence could also show that you're "hep" to the street language in big cities.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but "they" has distinguished precedent as 
a singular pronoun.  It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane 
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
 

 And "they" is definitely preferable to "he or she" and "him and her" both of 
which kill natural rhythm in English. And that ghastly 1970s attempt to foist 
"s/he" on us has mercifully fallen by the wayside.
 

 Rather than a *personal* gender pronoun why not just use someone's name?

 

 As a bonus here's how to end a sentence with five prepositions:
 Mother, what did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up 
for?





 

 

RE: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, feste37  wrote:
>
> Oh, auth, you want to control everyone's responses so they say exactly
what you think they ought to say. You seem to demand it as a kind of
self-validation: you are right and everyone must acknowledge how right
you are and how wrong your dishonest opponents are. They are
disreputable human beings and must be denounced by the entire community.
You're kind of nuts, really. Has anyone ever pointed that out to you?


"Kind of" nuts?

The only people who have appeared on this forum who are even in the same
ballpark of crazy as Judy Stein were Ravi and Robin Carlsen. I think she
glommed onto them and co-opted them as minions so they'd stick around
and divert attention from how insane she really is.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[TurquoiseB]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams"  wrote:
>
> Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind
> us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do
> without her?


Uh, maybe talk about the things this forum was created to talk about?

It's Judy and her minions Ann and Emily who have been trying all day to
drag any discussion down to the level of a Mean Girl Get Share Fest.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Why FFL isn't more interesting, in one graphic

[Richard J. Williams]

Just speaking for myself, I sure am glad we have Judy around to remind 
us of our ethical duties on this discussion group. What would we do 
without her? Go figure.


"The rudeness, the arrogance, the insulting manner of my approach was to 
deliver perhaps enough of a shock to make her utter something other than 
her daily New Age affirmations." - Robin Carlsen,  Monday, October 1, 
2012 6:38 PM


cavil:

1. To make petty or unnecessary objections.
2. An objection seen as petty or unnecessary.
3. To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections.
4. To quibble about; detect petty flaws in.
5. A carping or trivial objection.

"Judy caviled about her dialog with Robin."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cavil

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cavil

On 12/1/2013 9:14 AM, authfri...@yahoo.com wrote:


OK, Share, let's see if you can both listen and reply to this post, 
which is about some unfinished business from yesterday that we need to 
deal with.



In a post to Barry, you wrote:


> Judy first ran her number on me on Sept 9, 2012.


As I've already noted, this is not true. We had clashed well before 
September 9.



But this is what I want to discuss with you today, since you didn't 
respond to what I told you yesterday. You wrote:



> She said that I did such and such in my post to RWC. She

>did not qualify with in my opinion or it sounds like or

>even I think.


In fact, I said:


"After all the lovely conversations you'd had with

him, covering a wide range of themes, that you had

decided you were going to "suspend communications"

altogether because of a single remark sure sounded

like you had felt seriously insulted."


AND:


"Because this post sure doesn't sound to me as

though you want to do anything but beat up on Robin,

even after he's taken the blame on himself for *your*

misunderstanding and apologized at length."


Then you wrote:


> Of course she didn't ask me if I was doing such and such. She just

> declared that I did such and such as if she could see inside my

> head and know, without error, what I had been thinking and feeling.


In fact, I said:


"And now you seem to feel even more seriously

insulted that he's left you a public apology."


AND:


"I couldn't figure out either what your problem

was with what he had said."


AND:


"For the life of me, I can't seewhy you're being so

snarky."


Now, let's see if you can bring yourself to acknowledge that what you 
claimed yesterday about my September 9 post was not true. (Let's just 
look at what you said about it yesterday, and not try to avoid that 
issue by shifting attention to the merits of the arguments back then, OK?)



For your convenience, here's the link to my September 9 post so you 
can check to make sure I haven't misquoted either you or myself:



http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FairfieldLife/conversations/messages/319521


It was crammed with qualifiers and expressions of uncertainty, 
entirely contrary to your characterization of it yesterday. And it 
wasn't even a nasty post!



I'm betting you can't do it, Share. I don't think you have the 
intestinal fortitude to confess to your untruthfulness, even with the 
evidence right in front of your eyes, even knowing it's in front of 
everyone else's eyes here as well.



Goodness knows this wasn't the first or the only time you've 
misrepresented what someone else has said in an attempt to make them 
look bad and yourself appear to be a blameless victim. It's just such 
a clear-cut case, and you brought it on yourself. Your post yesterday 
was an entirely gratuitous slam, piling on to a long list of dishonest 
statements of Barry's about me.



I "ran my number" on you? No, babe, you ran your number on me.


As Ann pointed out to you:


"Share, take a moment and have a care. You are moving into some 
dangerous territory for yourself as an individual and as a human 
being. Be careful that you do not use the mistaken and erroneous 
notions of your faux friend Barry and your well-intentioned but 
not-really-helping-you associate Feste to launch into this head space 
of yours. I don't think it is a healthy one or somewhere that is 
characterized by what is real or what is true."





Share wrote, oblivious to the irony:

Nice, turq, and I'd add: we often listen with the intention to reply 
and by replying, *improve* our fellow humans any way we can, whether 
they want to be *improved* or not! Of course this doesn't apply much 
to the Funny Farm Lounge (-:

[FairfieldLife] RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[s3raphita]

Re "I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.":
 

 Yes, I was wondering if legal documents have strict rules on this to avoid 
dangerous ambiguity.
 

 Don't many US colleges encourage students to use "she" as the singular 
(instead of "he") or is that just a myth put about by right-wingers? Is there a 
house style at universities where they insist students stick to one preferred 
solution?
 

 Another alternative is to use "she" and "he" more-or-less alternately in an 
article. In some contexts that can work fine - it even adds variety to a piece 
- but in many cases it just makes me pause and wonder if indeed a woman or a 
man is actually being discussed rather than a generic human.
 

 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy,
 

 I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John, as Seraphita points out, "they" as a singular pronoun has been in 
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch writers. It was 
declared a solecism in the 18th century by overly persnickety grammarians, but 
that didn't succeed in stamping it out; and it's currently undergoing a revival.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  I would agree that the use of the person's given name sounds better and would 
be grammatically correct.  It would take a long time for "they" to be accepted 
as a singular pronoun.  As it is, American English is probably evolving quite 
differently from British English.  For example, foreign words have become 
acceptable over here, such as tacos, chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and 
tandoori chicken.
 

 Or, sometimes existential verbs are inferred in a sentence, such as "He the 
man", which could refer to the past, present and future.  The use of this 
sentence could also show that you're "hep" to the street language in big cities.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but "they" has distinguished precedent as 
a singular pronoun.  It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane 
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
 

 And "they" is definitely preferable to "he or she" and "him and her" both of 
which kill natural rhythm in English. And that ghastly 1970s attempt to foist 
"s/he" on us has mercifully fallen by the wayside.
 

 Rather than a *personal* gender pronoun why not just use someone's name?

 

 As a bonus here's how to end a sentence with five prepositions:
 Mother, what did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up 
for?





 

 

[FairfieldLife] RE: RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[emilymaenot]

Thanks John.  I haven't found that "success" in terms of promotion or better 
pay depends much on good writing as a criteria in general, but depends on the 
position.  "Success" is a subjective term and certainly to enjoy one's work is 
to have succeeded.
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Emily,
 

 It means one gets promoted to a better position that requires good writing, 
job security, and better pay.  If one can't achieve this in one organization, 
there will be others who will gladly take him or her.  Above all, you should be 
enjoying the work itself to be successful at it. 
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 JR, how do you define "success" in the context of your comment?  
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Share,
 

 That is a good reason why a person who can write well will be successful in 
any big organization like the government and universities. 
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John and Judy, I have been shocked by the grammar and spelling mistakes I have 
seen in so called formal documents, such as business memos. So nothing would 
surprise me in that regard. Like how many people get it's and its wrong; don't 
use possessive before a gerund; get there, their and they're wrong.
 

 
 
 On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:32 AM, "authfriend@..."  wrote:
 
   Probably not, at least right now, but it's becoming increasingly accepted in 
less-formal contexts, as I say. 
 

---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 Judy,
 

 I don't  believe "they" as a single pronoun would pass muster in a formal 
report to Congress.
 

 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 John, as Seraphita points out, "they" as a singular pronoun has been in 
popular use for a long time, including by some top-notch writers. It was 
declared a solecism in the 18th century by overly persnickety grammarians, but 
that didn't succeed in stamping it out; and it's currently undergoing a revival.
 

 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

  I would agree that the use of the person's given name sounds better and would 
be grammatically correct.  It would take a long time for "they" to be accepted 
as a singular pronoun.  As it is, American English is probably evolving quite 
differently from British English.  For example, foreign words have become 
acceptable over here, such as tacos, chow mein, sushi, shish-kabob, and 
tandoori chicken.
 

 Or, sometimes existential verbs are inferred in a sentence, such as "He the 
man", which could refer to the past, present and future.  The use of this 
sentence could also show that you're "hep" to the street language in big cities.
 

 ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 It's not a *personal* gender pronoun but "they" has distinguished precedent as 
a singular pronoun.  It grates a little bit but if even Shakespeare and Jane 
Austen used it I can feel relaxed about following suit.
 

 And "they" is definitely preferable to "he or she" and "him and her" both of 
which kill natural rhythm in English. And that ghastly 1970s attempt to foist 
"s/he" on us has mercifully fallen by the wayside.
 

 Rather than a *personal* gender pronoun why not just use someone's name?

 

 As a bonus here's how to end a sentence with five prepositions:
 Mother, what did you bring that book that I don't like to be read to out of up 
for?





 



 
 

 
 




 
 
 
 







 

[FairfieldLife] RE: Personal Gender Pronouns

[jr_esq]

Barry,
 

 Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. 
 

---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com,  wrote:

 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote:
 >
> It's a grammar jungle out there imho (-:

 http://www.buzzfeed.com/aj8/19-jokes-only-grammar-nerds-will-understand-cfe3 
http://www.buzzfeed.com/aj8/19-jokes-only-grammar-nerds-will-understand-cfe3