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hehe, want the shoes!!!
the last line is a bit hmm these days but yeah, i can relate!!
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Every time I fear that your brain has been captured by a speak-your-weight Leftist orthodoxy dispenser, you come out with something reasoned and open-minded, like this.
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Perhaps the definition of a backhanded compliment. |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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David
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 gotta pay that (I don’t think I will ever feel comfortable with – nor be accepted by the proponents of – any such orthodoxy, though).
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Mugwump
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| David wrote: | | gotta pay that (I don’t think I will ever feel comfortable with – nor be accepted by the proponents of – any such orthodoxy, though). |
Yeah, pay it too. I think David knows that I rate his intellect very highly, and that I thought it was probably a more curious and open-minded instrument when he was about 18, rather than the crusty old age he is now... There are people whose opinions on virtually any issue can be reliably predicted once you know their opinion on any one issue. I don't think he's anywhere near that stage of terminal decline yet, fortunately !
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David
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I think there may be a lot of truth to that, sadly! I distinctly remember, when I was a teenager, being afraid of becoming an adult with stagnant, fortified views, to which too much pride and identity would be bound up in to change. It's something that I still think about now, although I can tell that I've become less flexible that I once was. These tendencies towards enquiry always seem to ossify somehow or other, although I like to think that we always have the ability to engage in self-questioning and seek out opinions that challenge us.
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Mugwump
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| David wrote: | | I think there may be a lot of truth to that, sadly! I distinctly remember, when I was a teenager, being afraid of becoming an adult with stagnant, fortified views, to which too much pride and identity would be bound up in to change. It's something that I still think about now, although I can tell that I've become less flexible that I once was. These tendencies towards enquiry always seem to ossify somehow or other, although I like to think that we always have the ability to engage in self-questioning and seek out opinions that challenge us. |
Anyone with a good mind struggles with this. It's a kind of dialectic. At one extreme, you entertain every alternative possibility so comfortably and fluently that you become just an umpire, believing in nothing that's important. At the other, you know who you are, it's just that you're a jigsaw puzzle being assembled over and over again,
The only defence, I think, is to try to understand and articulate what values are inevitably in tension, and which one prefers in a clash; to try to respect both facts and ideas before assigning a value to them ; and to try, however hard, to think within principles rather than stale ideological categories. These things are all very rare at every level of society. Most of us, self very much included, fail often.
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stui magpie
dum nei, sakte ja
Joined: 03 May 2005
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Shit, I've now got an extra 3 coming for Christmas Lunch in the space of an hour.
First the son messages me, asking if it was OK if he bought his younger half brother. I said yeah ( I like the kid, fed him plenty of times) but asked how come? Apparently he was going to be spending Christmas alone at his Dad's place and when he told my daughter, she said 'Fck that, you're coming with us"
The the cuz messages me. His GF usually spends Xmas day with her mum, so Stoom asks if it's OK if he brings her mum over here. Fck, never met the woman but WTF, why not.
Considering I planned for 7, now I've got 10, I'm going to have to load up the snacks tray pre lunch more than originally anticipated.
I love it.
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| stui magpie wrote: | Shit, I've now got an extra 3 coming for Christmas Lunch in the space of an hour.
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Considering I planned for 7, now I've got 10, I'm going to have to load up the snacks tray pre lunch more than originally anticipated.
I love it. |
Have fun, Stui. You could also consider asking them to bring a side dish or two. |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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| So do a lot of other people. |
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ronrat
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| K wrote: | | stui magpie wrote: | Shit, I've now got an extra 3 coming for Christmas Lunch in the space of an hour.
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Considering I planned for 7, now I've got 10, I'm going to have to load up the snacks tray pre lunch more than originally anticipated.
I love it. |
Have fun, Stui. You could also consider asking them to bring a side dish or two. |
My nephew invited his outlaws plus his BIL to Christmas dinner at my Mums house without asking. Mum was 78 then. She said we are pensioners and can't afford all these extra people so she charged them . They lobbed about 11,00 and 5 adults and a child turned up and did not bring a thing. His FIL asked Dad where he kept his beer as he wanted one. He then proceeded the grab a 6 pack of MY beer. Told him he didn't have the forethought to bring any he wasn't having mine. Thought the 20 bucks they threw in would include all beer and then made a beeline for Dads single malt. Wrong answer. None helped, not even serving. Pissed off about 5,00 pm having drunk the punch and then asked if Mum could make them sandwiches for the trip up the coast. Not even a box of chocolates for Mum. Needless to say they will not be coming back.
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| ronrat wrote: | | K wrote: | | stui magpie wrote: | Shit, I've now got an extra 3 coming for Christmas Lunch in the space of an hour.
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Considering I planned for 7, now I've got 10, I'm going to have to load up the snacks tray pre lunch more than originally anticipated.
I love it. |
Have fun, Stui. You could also consider asking them to bring a side dish or two. |
My nephew invited his outlaws plus his BIL to Christmas dinner at my Mums house without asking. Mum was 78 then. She said we are pensioners and can't afford all these extra people so she charged them . They lobbed about 11,00 and 5 adults and a child turned up and did not bring a thing. His FIL asked Dad where he kept his beer as he wanted one. He then proceeded the grab a 6 pack of MY beer. Told him he didn't have the forethought to bring any he wasn't having mine. Thought the 20 bucks they threw in would include all beer and then made a beeline for Dads single malt. Wrong answer. None helped, not even serving. Pissed off about 5,00 pm having drunk the punch and then asked if Mum could make them sandwiches for the trip up the coast. Not even a box of chocolates for Mum. Needless to say they will not be coming back. |
oh my god what pigs! so selfish!
ive got 21 and a brand new baby coming! ive actually precooked the roast potatoes and vegies etc, so all i have to do is chuck them in a hot oven! and i pointed the families in the right direction of what to bring on a plate!! good suggestion K!!
enjoy peoples!!
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stui magpie
dum nei, sakte ja
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That sucks, no such issues here, I was worried there would't be enough tucker but no issues.
Invites bring their own booze although I have beer and wine, and uncle left some stubbies for me from his stash
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David
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I just received this email through the Nick’s BB moderator account. We get spam all the time, but this one takes the cake:
| Quote: | Hi there,
I just read Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board :: View topic - Internet Scams, I've shown it to some colleagues and we think a collaboration between us could work well. I represent a digital marketing agency currently working with a leading auto retailer. We would like to feature a unique piece of content on your site on behalf of our client. For the privilege, we'd be happy to pay you somewhere in the region of $75.
Let me know your thoughts.
Best wishes,
Elisa |
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That’s is bizarre
None of that adds up on any way shape or form, even bots come up with better than that! And chuck in a million or two from a Siamese twin uncle from India!
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