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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose #160051 07/05/06 12:30 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Quote: Quote: I want to be interesting, and learning new things, and changing, right up to the day I die... Hear, hear! (And where's that jumping-up-and-down-clapping-e when you want it?) Did you two ever read the short story by Ray Bradbury entitled (I think) "The Last Day of Earth"? Given only a 24 hours notice that an errant giant astroid was going to collide with Earth with such force as to evaporate all oceans and end all life on the planet, what would you do that last day? Take up hang gliding? Join a book-of-the-month club? No, what you would do is put out the dog and let in the cat and lock the door and then go to bed early that last night. Change for change's sake is sport for developing children. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose #160052 07/05/06 02:40 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park IMPOSED change (like getting fired) having an asteroid hit, is not a change one choses! but chosing to change, chosing to do new thing, to learn new things, to read new idea, to try new ways of doing things because you can--that is fun. chosing to travel is different than being evicted from your home. one is a pleasure, the other a sorrow. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Old #160053 07/05/06 04:19 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Dear Milum ~ A photo driver's license and a copy of one's birth certificate are all that is required at the moment. I use a passport, instead, anyway, as it is less hassle than carrying my silly-ass birth certificate around with me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Old #160054 07/05/06 06:22 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Padre were you a breech birth then? ("silly-ass birth certificate") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Old #160055 07/07/06 07:13 PM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... T themilum veteran themilum veteran T Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Quote: Dear Milum ~ A photo driver's license and a copy of one's birth certificate are all that is required at the moment. I use a passport, instead, anyway, as it is less hassle than carrying my silly-ass birth certificate around with me. Thanks Padre, I think I'll opt for the birth certificate and the drivers license scam. Down here in Aladamnbama we are prudes and don't put buttprints on our certificates of birth, instead we still use old fashion handprints and footprints for identification. And hey, Padre, I'll bet that your birth certificate buttprint isn't silly at all, I'll bet if truth be known your buttprint is quite cute. Thanks again. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Old #160056 07/10/06 04:35 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA I'll bet if truth be known your buttprint is quite cute Only my proctologist knows for sure. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: collecting undiagrammable sentences #160057 08/22/06 03:41 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 36 K Kupatchka newbie Kupatchka newbie K Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 36 My all time favorite is in the 1940 edition of the "Britinnica". Under the heading Apache, after explaining who these Native Americans are, the writer concudes with this one sentence paragraph describing this group known as Apaches: "In Paris, the name Apache is given to a class of criminals to describe whom in America the name thug was borrowed from India." !!!! Anyone my age or older would know who he is talking about, but diagamming would be a challenge, to say the least. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: collecting undiagrammable sentences #160058 08/27/06 06:26 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Commas would help. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: collecting undiagrammable sentences #160059 08/27/06 02:11 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: "In Paris, the name Apache is given to a class of criminals to describe whom in America the name thug was borrowed from India." !!!! Anyone my age or older would know who he is talking about, but diagamming would be a challenge, to say the least. Part of the challenge stems from the fact that there is something missing from the sentence. 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