[FairfieldLife] Re: Ethics and Driverless Cars

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
I'm worried about how cycle sensitive they are going to be. The world seems set up for motorists. I was out on my bike the other day and came up to some traffic lights which were red, so I stopped. After what seemed several lifetimes they were still red and then a car pulled up behind and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bobby Jindal and Exorcism

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
No, he'll do whatever his corprica bosses want him to do. On 06/25/2015 12:38 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: But can he exorcise the US national debt amounting to about $17 trillion? The story of Bobby Jindal and an apparent exorcism you probably haven’t heard

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I see. I'll hope you'll excuse me for asking a silly question. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : I think of them as metaphors too, so elaboration probably is not necessary. As cultures shift and language changes, metaphors used to describe the world change. Does't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Ethics and Driverless Cars

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
They haven't programmed in California stops. That's why they get read-ended around here. People expect the car in front of them to do a California stop not a full one. :-D Actually I haven't seen any of Google's test cars around here except possibly the fleet of similar cars in the lot

[FairfieldLife] Re: A nut-eating diet

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : A seemingly notorious Amazonian fish has been discovered thousands of miles from home in a lake in the US. The pacu, an omnivorous fish which has previously made news for its apparent peccadillo for men’s testicles, was found

[FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Curtis, have you spoken to Rick over the phone about this? You took a lot of effort to bring me back into the forum. You certainly can bring Barry back to the forum. Where is Dr. Pete when we need him? --- curtisdeltablues@... wrote : There is something slippery going on here. Judy,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
The deleted posts weren't critical of Doug. They were instructions for Barry on how to circumvent the ban and post on FFL the way Ravi does. Doug is a moderator, and Barry must respect his authoritah, so the posts were deleted. IMO, the deletions were not unreasonable, but they were deletions.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Shankarananda

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : How bout them gurus!?! No kidding. The kind of hierarchical set up that exists within these spiritual settings just begs for abuse of power to occur. When one person sets themselves up as more highly evolved and developed as a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification. I read too quickly, often. It does, however, make me feel better. I feel recharged some in an effort to keep the membership roll as it is at present. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote : The deleted posts

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT THE HELL? (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : From: awoelflebater@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 3:58 AM

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chinese spam translated

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote : It's very rare that spam mail to fairfieldlife-ow...@yahoogroups.com gets through Yahoo's filters to my Inbox, and when one came through overnight, I plunked it into Google Translation to see what it said. Yowza! Even

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
thanks Curtis. I'm still voting for the current status quo, though. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : There is something slippery going on here. Judy, who is the first to make a stink about the context of a quote when it serves her own purposes has

[FairfieldLife] Swami Shankarananda

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How bout them gurus!?! Hearts breaking at the ashram |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Hearts breaking at the ashramTALES of personal grief, heartbreak and broken relationships continue to emerge in the aftermath of admissions of secret sexual relations between the spiritual lead... | | | |

[FairfieldLife] Re: Atheism is no longer electoral poison in US!

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think people are moving in a more refined direction in terms of higher power concepts. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : Things are looking up for non-believers. A recent US poll has found a class of humans it considers less electable than people

[FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Shankarananda

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : How bout them gurus!?! Amazing. Are there any untarnished by dubious allegations? What this guy did in shagging all them babes using the excuse of getting them quicker enlightenment would cause me anguish if I was on a

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jason_green2@... wrote : Both, Barry and Judy are no longer posting here. I also losing my inclination to post here. Yo Jason. Judy is still here actually but not in such great posting numbers. You can be thankful or not for that as you

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I see what you are saying. I didn't realize that the deleting was done selectively. I was glad to see Ravi posting again, but I did not realize that the post which was deleted was the one critical of Doug, while the other ones were left standing. Yes, that is a little disturbing.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Anyone Else.....

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : find it hard to read these stories? Reading just a few lines of this, and/or similar stories and then just closing the link. I increasingly find myself in that situation. Maybe there battles you feel you can take on,

[FairfieldLife] Chinese spam translated

2015-06-25 Thread j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's very rare that spam mail to fairfieldlife-ow...@yahoogroups.com gets through Yahoo's filters to my Inbox, and when one came through overnight, I plunked it into Google Translation to see what it said. Yowza! Even translated into English, it's still all Chinese to me! Value

[FairfieldLife] Atheism is no longer electoral poison in US!

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
Things are looking up for non-believers. A recent US poll has found a class of humans it considers less electable than people who don't go for the old- man-in-the-sky routine. OK, so it's only socialists we've beaten into last place, but it's a start. But how long before the old

[FairfieldLife] Re: Does Anyone Else.....

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
yes, I agree. if we can move past these initial period, I think the fruits will become manifest. (I guess that could have multiple meanings) (-: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : find it

[FairfieldLife] Does Anyone Else.....

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
find it hard to read these stories? Reading just a few lines of this, and/or similar stories and then just closing the link. I increasingly find myself in that situation. Maybe there battles you feel you can take on, and others you can't. I've been fighting a little battle here,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Chinese spam translated

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
Surreal. I'd send them some money just to be on the safe side... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, j_alexander_stanley@... wrote : It's very rare that spam mail to fairfieldlife-ow...@yahoogroups.com gets through Yahoo's filters to my Inbox, and when one came through overnight, I plunked

[FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread jason_gre...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Both, Barry and Judy are no longer posting here. I also losing my inclination to post here. Is it time for Rick to shut down FFL? Nothing lasts forever. All things must end. If Barry were around he would have quoted Nietzsche. Not only the wisdom of centuries --- also their madness

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: WHAT THE HELL? (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You are really on to something. FFL #1 Barrry is bad and keeps me from having interesting discussions here. FFL #2 OK Barry is gone now, what do you want to say? FFL #1 That Barry is bad. FFL#2 Feel better now? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, no_re...@yahoogroups.com wrote : ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
There is something slippery going on here. Judy, who is the first to make a stink about the context of a quote when it serves her own purposes has clipped out this paragraph of Barry's from the thread context, dishonestly making it look like Barry said this in a vacuum. The context was Buck

Re: And talk about Turq's personality too Re: [FairfieldLife] Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Thank you Ravi. And yes, I am happy. I do not feel all that dissonant. I do not feel obsessive, it just kind of oozes out. It is hard to philosophise when you are insane, but guys like Charles Manson made interesting attempts. Keep trying. I hope your grandmother's passing was an easy one.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ah. The master projector oracle speaks. I know, she says, exactly what everyone is really thinking and why. From: authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re:

[FairfieldLife] Re: Appearances

2015-06-25 Thread j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
On the FFL website, in the photos section, in the FFL Members album, there's a picture of Doug in what looks to me like a Civil War uniform. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartax...@yahoo.com wrote : I don't know what our moderator looks like. I know what Rick looks like. I typed

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : My first send hasn't shown up. Maybe Doug has decided to hold my posts for approval. Let's see if this second try makes it... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In

[FairfieldLife] Re: A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : How do you distinguish an imaginary god from a real one? Ask for them to perform a miracle and the one that's real will levitate or something. But then if you are imagining the other one you might still see a miracle. so

[FairfieldLife] Bobby Jindal and Exorcism

2015-06-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
But can he exorcise the US national debt amounting to about $17 trillion? The story of Bobby Jindal and an apparent exorcism you probably haven’t heard http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/06/25/a-presidential-candidate-first-jindals-witness-to-an-apparent-exorcism/

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Let's face it, the books that have made the deepest impressions on me have been the accounts of the (supposedly) enlightened figures from the Eastern (Indian) tradition. I was particularly impressed with the Ramakrishna/Vivekenanda connection. Ramakrishna's enlightenment was heavy on the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
My first send hasn't shown up. Maybe Doug has decided to hold my posts for approval. Let's see if this second try makes it... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Sure. Your accusation today that

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : On 06/25/2015 09:52 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... mailto:anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: How do you distinguish an imaginary god from a real one? All gods are metaphors so they are all imaginary.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Software development would come to a halt. These days a programmer's right hand man is the Internet. Instead of books you look up how to solve a programming problem by looking it up online. Of course we'd have to go back to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
--In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jason_green2@... wrote : Curtis, have you spoken to Rick over the phone about this? You took a lot of effort to bring me back into the forum. You certainly can bring Barry back to the forum. Where is Dr. Pete when we need him? Me: Hey Jason, I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sure, an interesting question. I believe Edg provided an answer to this yesterday, and my thinking is somewhat aligned with that. But, get this. What we are seeing, is that the tone of place is changing. So, for whatever reason, people are feeling more comfortable posting. I

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Some of us wonder Judy what you do with your time when you are not reviling folks on FFL. From: authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I do not say this. But sometimes it's obvious what state of mind a poster is in. salyavin was just demanding that Ann quit what he called her dumb harassment of Xeno. How about you quit your dumb harassment of me and other TM supporters? Or is the idea to make up for Barry's absence by

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Is this an obituary? I'm trying hard to shed a tear, but it's just not happening. (-: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : This place may just fade into the woodwork. It does get tiresome. I am pretty sure Barry was feeling wearisome about it. He did post many

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Is this an obituary? I'm trying hard to shed a tear, but it's just not happening. (-: I was pretty positive half of FFL was going to leave as soon as they found out Doug was going to be the moderator and I said so to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : yes, and as we continue to move past the event things will continue to get better. I'm down for calling it a higher power event. (-: Yuppers, I'm moving on. You won't see me talking about 'he who must not be named' here

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Maybe you should get her to do a reading for you. From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
This place may just fade into the woodwork. It does get tiresome. I am pretty sure Barry was feeling wearisome about it. He did post many marvellous things. His not being here seems the result of a personal vendetta at the hands of the moderator. The problem with power is it reveals one's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread jamesalan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Hard to really get a feel of where you're coming from James, as you post so infrequently. I'd be inclined to put your comments in the category of sour grapes. Perhaps you can reveal more of yourself here, so we can get a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Oh, blow it out your I/O port, Curtis. Me: Buck please deal with this violation of the kindness yahoo guideline. Judy: I note that you don't mention the context of *my* post, because it's embarrassing to one of your compatriots in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Then lemme have a go at it. David Lynch is a lying hypocritical mentally screwed up individual who has made it his personal agenda to rook as many people as possible into getting on board with a meditation that has limited good effects and is backed by poor to dubious so-called science. His

[FairfieldLife] Flag stuff 2 [3 Attachments]

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Again not that it matters, but here is the first original official Confederate Flag, the Stars and Bars. This was unsatisfactory because it looked too much like the American flag flown by the Union forces. So they changed it into the second one called the Stainless Banner which features a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Oh, blow it out your I/O port, Curtis. I note that you don't mention the context of *my* post, because it's embarrassing to one of your compatriots in trying to make up in nastiness for Barry's absence. And you didn't complain when I quoted Barry's post to you without the accompanying quote

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You are a bit over the top in your reaction I think J, I don't think he's harassing you, but that would be in the mind of the receiver of the comments wouldn't it? Anartax certainly can't be accused of harassing TM'ers. He is pretty balanced in most of his posts actually. From:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
And (continuation of post #417750), the authfriend clone is the other one who always knows what others are thinking and why. From: awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 4:48 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Shankarananda

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
You are f-ing hilarious! From: salyavin808 no_re...@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:06 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Swami Shankarananda   ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote :   How bout them gurus!?!

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I've always favored people being self-sufficient in filtering their own online experience over external censorship. In stepping out of my bubble of Clever Swissness, I will admit that Barry was a mixed bag, to be sure. But, I don't buy the argument that his abusive stuff was some kind of

[FairfieldLife] Flag stuff [1 Attachment]

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Not that it matters, but I wonder what the flag protestors would say if all the southern states currently flying the old Confederate battle flag were to swap them out for what was the official Confederate States flag, the Stars and Bars as they apparently did in one Baton Rouge court house?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
yes, and as we continue to move past the event things will continue to get better. I'm down for calling it a higher power event. (-: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Is this an obituary?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It's none of your business what I'm doing these days. But I'll be back at it very shortly. I've just been taking a break here. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : Some of us wonder Judy what you do with your time when you are not reviling folks on FFL.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : I do not say this. But sometimes it's obvious what state of mind a poster is in. salyavin was just demanding that Ann quit what he called her dumb harassment of Xeno. How about you quit your dumb harassment of me and other TM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : (snippo) J: Obviously he'd taken exception to something Doug had said, and everybody knows Barry was hassling Doug about his David Lynch mistake. And both times

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Of course you did not say it. I was pretending I know what your are thinking and what you are feeling when you post something. Now when you post, what do you do? From: authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I like this answer. From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?  All gods are

[FairfieldLife] Appearances

2015-06-25 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I don't know what our moderator looks like. I know what Rick looks like. I typed 'Doug' into an image search, and the following image came up; perhaps one could think of it as a metaphor for something:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Software development would come to a halt. These days a programmer's right hand man is the Internet. Instead of books you look up how to solve a programming problem by looking it up online. Of course we'd have to go back to selling software in boxes at stores and mailing out discs with

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think you could have saved some time by saying, I respectfully decline to answer that question on the grounds that it may incriminate me, or, even shorter, I take the 5th No biggie. You can slink back into the shadows now. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
All gods are metaphors so they are all imaginary. On 06/25/2015 09:52 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: How do you distinguish an imaginary god from a real one?

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I've seen my wife do without the internet at home for an hour. God save the queen. Honey do you want me to out and fix the gutter that's been loose for the last two years. Now seems like a good time to do it ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Nah, just shut

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Can you elaborate on that some? What would be an example? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : All gods are metaphors so they are all imaginary. On 06/25/2015 09:52 AM, Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@... mailto:anartaxius@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: How do

[FairfieldLife] The USA goes down the tubes

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Well fellow serfs here we go! No, this is not about the Supremes saving Obamacare. It was certainly logical that after some folks getting health care for the first time that they didn't dare take it away from them but also more importantly that they not piss off the healthcare industrial

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Nah, just shut down the Internet. That should make everyone happy or not! Image what you'd do without the Internet. On 06/25/2015 08:14 AM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: yes, and as we continue to move past the event things will continue to get better. I'm down

[FairfieldLife] So androids actually *do* dream of electric sheep...

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
Watch an android dream of electric sheep (and other weird things) – live http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/25/watch-android-dream-electric-sheep-live#comment-54445234 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/25/watch-android-dream-electric-sheep-live#comment-54445234

[FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How do you distinguish an imaginary god from a real one? 

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread curtisdeltabl...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Sure. Your accusation today that it was dishonest of me to post the last paragraph of Barry's post in which he declares he's going to ignore Doug completely. That was harassment, for the reasons I've already stated. C: I said it was

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : You are a bit over the top in your reaction I think J, I don't think he's harassing you, but that would be in the mind of the receiver of the comments wouldn't it? Anartax certainly can't be accused of harassing TM'ers. He is

[FairfieldLife] Ethics and Driverless Cars

2015-06-25 Thread Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies? 'Right now, ethicists have more questions than answers. Should rules governing autonomous vehicles emphasize the greater good -- the number of lives saved -- and put no value on the individuals involved?' Should a Driverless Car Decide Who

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread Michael Jackson mjackso...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Ahhh, the dulcet, mellifluous tones of a Judy post. How refreshing compared to the rest of the plebeians, and how sattvic! From: authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 11:45 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sure. Your accusation today that it was dishonest of me to post the last paragraph of Barry's post in which he declares he's going to ignore Doug completely. That was harassment, for the reasons I've already stated. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread salyavin808
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Nah, just shut down the Internet. That should make everyone happy or not! Image what you'd do without the Internet. Can't imagine life without it. But it would probably be like when I used to go travelling and I'd

[FairfieldLife] Whole Foods Overcharging?

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Really? Who wudda thunk it? I haven't been to Whole Foods in several years. The closest one is in Walnut Creek which is a screwed up town with poor parking and ill thought out streets. WF is at the edge of the Broadway Plaza which is an upscale shopping area catering to the yuppies of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
He's been harassing me on a regular basis, and harassing others over on The Peak. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : You are a bit over the top in your reaction I think J, I don't think he's harassing you, but that would be in the mind of the receiver of the comments

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I like it too. What's your take on it, Xeno? Can you elaborate some on it? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anartaxius@... wrote : I like this answer. From: Bhairitu noozguru@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Try explaining the absolute and relative to uneducated village people. It won't work so they made up metaphors for those. Think about that picture of Kali standing on Shiva which is the active and the passive. People may worship them devotionally (Bhakti) as gods like they are real beings

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
I think of them as metaphors too, so elaboration probably is not necessary. As cultures shift and language changes, metaphors used to describe the world change. Does't give much hope to find truth in what we say about the world. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote :

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Okay, that's about what I figured. I know we've covered this ground before, but sometimes revisiting, brings some new insights. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Try explaining the absolute and relative to uneducated village people. It won't work so they made up

Re: [FairfieldLife] A Query, not the first line of a joke, or maybe it is?

2015-06-25 Thread anartax...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
But what it means is something like God consciousness is not really about the consciousness of any God because the word 'God' is a metaphor, even though there is a conscious experience that has certain characteristics. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, steve.sundur@... wrote : Okay,

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
Preppers UK style. Bone up, Sal! https://youtu.be/v1sPg0zY4wg On 06/25/2015 02:27 PM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Software development would come to a halt. These days a programmer's right hand man is the Internet. Instead of books you

[FairfieldLife] Re: John Steed R.I.P.

2015-06-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
It didn't seem a long time ago when I saw a few episodes of that show. But I remember well the Secret Agent show starring Patrick McGoohan, who also starred in the strange show called, The Prisoner. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Patrick Macnee has dropped the

[FairfieldLife] Re: John Steed R.I.P.

2015-06-25 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
If I lived in the USA I might well buy a handgun to keep at home for self-defence as there are just too many firearms floating around for my liking. (Yes, I'd be adding to the total but you see where I'm coming from.) Emma Peel's golden revolver could be the one I'd choose. Sexy, no? Does

[FairfieldLife] Re: A modest proposal

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Re this new FFL regime where members are banned after posting offensive messages. There's a division between those, like me, to whom an insult on a topical website simply makes me shrug my shoulders - like water off a duck's back,

[FairfieldLife] What colour is your partner?

2015-06-25 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Three London teenagers have invented a condom that changes colour if the wearer has a sexually transmitted disease. http://tinyurl.com/ob5urtx http://tinyurl.com/ob5urtx

[FairfieldLife] Ahhhh, just a note .....

2015-06-25 Thread Duveyoung
Although I'm posting more, because the two trolls are gone, I gotta mention that it seems almost everyone here is still dissin' on each other for various infractions. This includes my beloved sacred hero, Curtishee hee.not that he's wrong or illogical about Doug. Geeze you guys.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rick, Time to shut down FFL (Great Beyond Dispatch #2)

2015-06-25 Thread Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]
IOW, Doomsday Preppers will get the last laugh. ;-) https://youtu.be/xembQvHGNUM On 06/25/2015 02:27 PM, salyavin808 wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Software development would come to a halt. These days a programmer's right hand man is the Internet.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Bobby Jindal and Exorcism

2015-06-25 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
But that would be considered giving in to the devil himself. In any case, Jindal needs a miracle to win the GOP nomination for president. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : No, he'll do whatever his corprica bosses want him to do. On 06/25/2015 12:38 PM, jr_esq@...

[FairfieldLife] Re: John Steed R.I.P.

2015-06-25 Thread awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, s3raphita@... wrote : Patrick Macnee has dropped the body. Those opening credits for The Avengers were sixties' bravura style at its best. The theme music is a corker also - it still makes me tingle. The Avengers Series 5 Opening Titles and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]

[FairfieldLife] John Steed R.I.P.

2015-06-25 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Patrick Macnee has dropped the body. Those opening credits for The Avengers were sixties' bravura style at its best. The theme music is a corker also - it still makes me tingle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeK3Lkd_XL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeK3Lkd_XL4

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues@... wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : My first send hasn't shown up. Maybe Doug has decided to hold my posts for approval. Let's see if this second try makes it... ---In

[FairfieldLife] A modest proposal

2015-06-25 Thread s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Re this new FFL regime where members are banned after posting offensive messages. There's a division between those, like me, to whom an insult on a topical website simply makes me shrug my shoulders - like water off a duck's back, to mix my metaphors; and those to whom FFL is a spiritual site

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Time to come clean Doug

2015-06-25 Thread authfri...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Gimme a break. You were wondering what I was talking about. You were confused. I unconfused you. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : i was talking to Sal not u From: authfriend@... [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ahhhh, just a note .....

2015-06-25 Thread Duveyoung
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote : Hey Edg, That was an interesting video. How far can that machine go before recharging it? That looks better than the Sedgway machines I see here at the Golden Gate Park in SF. 150 lb rider, no wind, flat and smooth surface,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Ahhhh, just a note .....

2015-06-25 Thread steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Just for purposes of discussion, (if you are so inclined), (or anyone else), do you buy into the idea that there are individuals, known, or unknown who by their spiritual development, help keep the world on track. Maybe they are active, maybe they are silent, but they have this effect, even

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