Subject: Family History Blog
Posted by: mpkitty
Date: Jun 17 18
I believe all should keep their family history alive, if you know it. If you don't, your experiences are important to keep alive. Can we share some?
I'll start...
Posted by: mpkitty
Date: Jun 17 18
I believe all should keep their family history alive, if you know it. If you don't, your experiences are important to keep alive. Can we share some?
I'll start...
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MiraJane 
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Aries the best? Pfffft. Lions, aka Leos, view all other horoscope symbols, except those silly, useless scales, as dinner. Reply #161. Sep 14 18, 7:25 PM |
sadwings
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But what do lions and the rest of the zodiac animals depend on for survival above everything else - water. :-p Reply #162. Sep 14 18, 7:31 PM |
daver852
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Aries people ARE modest. The problem is that even when they tone down their natural superiority by 90%, they still outshine the other signs. The Chinese recognise this, as the Dragon is their equivalent to Aries, and it is universally acknowledged as the luckiest sign under which a person can be born. Reply #163. Sep 14 18, 8:13 PM |
| sadwings
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Here's what gets me about the whole thing. Common sense will tell you that you can have a very intelligent person, a very slow-witted, uneducated person, a very assertive, outspoken person, a very shy, introverted person, a very attractive person, a very homely person, a very athletic person, a very uncoordinated klutz, a very loving, giving person, and a very stingy, hateful miser, and all 10 of them are Aries. The exact same thing can be said about every sign of the zodiac, and you don't have to look far at all. By the same token, lets say one lists the most outstanding qualities of an Aries. There are hundreds of thousands of people with those exact same qualities who are Scorpio or Virgo or Libra, and on down the line. Once again, the exact same thing can be said about every sign of the zodiac. There are people all over the world of every sign with the qualities and characteristics of every other sign. However, for the true astrology enthusiast, these are all facts that somehow manage to find a mysterious way of getting conveniently swept right under the carpet and totally ignored. It's all quite amusing, actually. Reply #164. Sep 14 18, 9:08 PM |
brm50diboll
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The power of the human mind to ignore evidence to the contrary and believe whatever one wants to believe should never be underestimated. Not just astrology, but all pseudoscience, quackery, Ponzi schemes, superstitions are based on the power of wishful thinking. It takes tremendous mental discipline to force oneself to maintain critical thinking and ignore the temptation of wishful thinking and few people have that sort of internal mental discipline. Reply #165. Sep 14 18, 9:19 PM |
| brm50diboll
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From the Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel", a line from Amanda, Spock's mother: You don't understand the Vulcan way, Captain. It's logical. It's a better way than ours. But it is not easy. Reply #166. Sep 14 18, 9:31 PM |
| sadwings
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That's an interesting observation, brm, but I never looked at it as "mental discipline," as for the thing with astrology, I have never looked at it as anything more than simple, common sense. Reply #167. Sep 14 18, 10:02 PM |
C30
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Unfortunately, throughout the human race, "common sense" is not "common", in fact whilst not as rare as "hen's teeth" it's heading that way! Reply #168. Sep 15 18, 1:59 AM |
| C30
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Another aspect of logic btw..........is that if you know any named opponent will ALWAYS follow the logical course, then their actions can easily be predicted..........those governed by instinct and/or impulse, cannot. Then again, the logical answer is not necessarily the correct answer, though that may be the way to bet. Reply #169. Sep 15 18, 2:04 AM |
| sadwings
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When in doubt, good old fashioned logic and reasoning, along with the possible use of that handy dandy deductive reasoning, have never failed me personally. Of course, I'm not talking about when I'm taking a Fun Trivia quiz, unfortunately. :-p Reply #170. Sep 15 18, 6:35 AM |
| brm50diboll
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On several occasions, Captain Kirk showed Spock the deficiency of purely logical thinking by deliberately employing illogic to solve a problem. On one occasion, Kirk responded to Spock's claim that he had been "checkmated" by saying: "Not chess, poker!" and proceeding to bluff his way out of a problem. So responding to the valid criticism that pure logic is predictable, I say that it is logical to introduce a "random element" from time to time to overcome that. Flipping a coin, say, a la Two Face from Batman. Or the mysterious X factor in Duels. Reply #171. Sep 15 18, 9:20 AM |
| sadwings
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Holy illogical solution, Batman! Once again, another fine observation, brm, and you are right. I suppose there are indeed those times in life where the solutions to certain problems or dilemmas are the ones that are the most unexpected, or at least not the ones that would be our first choices. Most logical, Captain. :-p Reply #172. Sep 15 18, 9:59 AM |
| C30
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Yep I'll buy that.........it is often logical to apply illogical answers to a problem.............baffles the opposition and as we all know "Bull**** baffles brains". Lol Reply #173. Sep 15 18, 10:37 AM |
terraorca
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To use a baseball analogy if I may be permitted. Many MLB teams now use a, infield shift or to a lesser extent an outfield shift for a great efficiency of defense. They are tracking tendencies, not absolutes. There are always going to be exceptions. My point is that logic/statistics isn't/aren't perfect, but it works the majority of the time. Reply #174. Sep 15 18, 2:11 PM |
KittyKatey
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brm50diboll mentioned the power of the human mind. Has anyone seen Sacha Baron Cohen's show called "Who is America"? It blew my mind how gullible some people really are. Reply #175. Sep 15 18, 2:47 PM |
| KittyKatey
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Sorry Stephanie we seem to have gone off the topic of this thread. Reply #176. Sep 15 18, 2:50 PM |
| sadwings
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Yeah, thread-hijacking is just rampant around here. I saw a report on 20/20 about it not too long ago. I guess the world is just out of control or something. :-( Saw another report recently that will really blow your mind - Animals on Steroids, more specifically, the animals that are in the Path of the Mammals here on the Duel game. They have been discovering steroids in the food supply of all these different animals and they don't know where it's coming from. The latest discovery is the steroids that have been turning up in eagle food, and I am just daze away from transforming into an eagle! :-( Reply #177. Sep 15 18, 5:36 PM |
| KittyKatey
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Kev I love you but come on let us get back to what Stephanie vision of this blog was supposed to be. Okay, I have three grown children. My youngest is an executive chef who has been on national television. Now you may say this is still not the core of this thread but I am getting to it. My son was employed to cook for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip the last time they were in Canada. Now I know that lots of chefs have done this but the difference in my story is that I lived next door to a widower and his three children. Their name was Peebles. His oldest child was Catherine (my name) and she was Prince Charles and Princess Anne's governess. How cool is that? Reply #178. Sep 15 18, 5:52 PM |
| sadwings
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I know them and I am angry with them because they owe me money. A LOT of money. Just kidding. Yeah, Katey, that is very cool. I have never been anywhere near people of royalty or even associated with royalty, at least not that I know of. I know a lot of people - like spoiled, egotistical Americans and anarchists for example - couldn't care less about people of that kind of status, but I am not like that. I may not necessarily have a great deal of respect for the person one way or another, but I do have a great deal of respect for long-standing traditions and for what people like that represent. As long as they are friends of my country, I would treat them with just as much respect as I would my own president, which is a lot, so yeah, I think that is very cool. Reply #179. Sep 15 18, 8:28 PM |
| terraorca
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I find it interesting that no one has commented on post #159, even though there were requests for the information contained therein. Reply #180. Sep 15 18, 8:35 PM |
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