>  GP> Our guesses are based on reality, experience, & facts.

 >   Experience is the best teacher.

Is it? Experience kills everyone she teaches.  Everyone.

 >   The TV sets here haven't been plugged in or turned on in over 3 years.
 > The only "TV" I watch is if the local newscast is on, then I go to their
 > website, or view it on the smartphone.

When I lived alone, my tv was rately on, but now it is in the evenings, & I get
the remote to picjk sometghing I can stand (something thought-provoking & made
with talent, not just a hackjob)

 >   That's for sure. Or like the cartoon: "Welcome to H***. May I park your
 > handbasket??". Or the other one that has the character asking "Where Am I??
 > And, why am I in this handbasket??". :P

Does it say something about volumes of traffic that it's a highway to Hell, but
a staircase to Heaven?

 >    Fifty years ago, my Dad and I went to the Dade County Youth Fair in west
 > Miami. There was this heavy set comedian from Kentucky called "The Duke Of
 > Paducah". All I remember is that it was G-rated, and it was hilarious. As
 > I've said many times, people like Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George
 > Burns, Gracie Allen, Groucho Marx, etc. proved "you don't have to be dirty
 > to be funny".

Nobosy's saying otherwise, but that era is gone & past.  There are some funny
ones now, but not enough people watch them to make it a profitable
exercise/pursuit.  I miss John Pinette(RIP) -- a great storyteller & downright
funny guy! Look him up on YouTube. . .

 >   There was a book when I was majoring in Radio/TV/Film in college, called
 > "Subliminal Seduction". The sexiest thing in Playboy is NOT the
 > centerfold... it's some of these ads, especially for alcoholic beverages.

I usually enjoyed the articles & jokes more than the centrefolds.

Now I can't be bothered to open any. . . as the stories got dumber & more about
promoting the smut side of the business than being interesting insights into
the world we live in.

I was most impressed in first seeing the list of women who refused $1,000,000
(in the '70s & earlier) to appear in Playboy.

 >  GP> Some cultures consider a man & woman married if they are in solitude
 >  GP> in a closed room together.

 >   Common law marriage.

By what's common by their laws, yup.

Here it's 6-12 months or you file a tax return together as "equivalent to
married"

 >  GP> I'm waiting for one of these to hit the news. . .

 >   Or the tabloids.

I would not know then, as I dn't read that .

[autposts]
 >   With mine, it's like this:

 > 1) Today In History -- on various topics in the appropriate echoes, once a
 > year. This includes Burma Shave ads, Pun History, Weather History (partial
 > after 1990), Comedy/Bloopers, Random Quotes, QWK Mail Taglines, etc.

I'd prolly ask you to limit it to once a week in the Funny echo, until there's
enough contribution so your autoposts aren't all bunched up. . .

 >   While there are disabled folks who are in worse shape than I am, what
 > really gets me mad is vehicles that park in the handicapped spot, with
 > no indication of a hangtag, license plate, or disability. Basically, they
 > parked there, because they were lazy.

Our placards come with a letter to not use the spaces even if entitled, if
we're having a good day & don't fully need it, to leave it for those who really
have no choice.

Friends would want me to use my card to get us good spots, but I'd say no, &
ask them to drop me at the fronmt, then go park.

 >  GP> We, the disabled community here in BC, are pointing out that just
 >  GP> because a person stands or walks does not mean they shouldn't
 >  GP> necessarily be in a wheelchair--that's between them & their
 >  GP> doctor/OT/Physio. . .

 >   You have a valid point. Yet, I'm sane...just ask my psychiatrist. 

Well, it's an ongoing fight, to keep city hall remembering that we are people,
too, & equally deserving of fair treatment under the law as anyone else.

I'm waiting for a bright & feisty defense lawyer to plea his client as guilty &
demand he be given the Kennedy sentencing, as he's equal, under thge lawm to
any Kennedy.

 >  GP> Now if a girl is told to be careful it means "or you might get herpes,
 >  GP> AIDS, &/or pregnant" back then it meant "or you might get kissed"

 >   I don't think I kissed her. The poor thing had acne real bad, and a lot
 > of pitting on her face. They say "beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clear
 > to the bone"...yet to me, if they have an inner beauty, that more than
 > makes up for it.

Acne isn't contagious. If I liked her & she was looking for a kiss, I'd've
kissed her. If I was't ready to be serious with her for a commitment, I'd keep
my kiss basic & not long & French. 

Sometimes a girl just needs acknowledgement that she's good enough for a hug &
kiss. . .

 >  GP> & sleep during that 12-1 if they're Senators up here, who are appointed
 >  GP> for life.

 >   Like the US Supreme Court Justices.

Our SC, too. . .

 >   Nowadays, you could be taken to court for abuse. 

Yup, but I'd gho & I'df defend myself just fine, thankyouverymuch.

I was not "hitting" my child, I was "teaching an important lesson"; one is
punishment/revenge, the other is the carefullyl considered lesson that makes
the child a better human being & citizen in the long run.

My dad, when I did a crime worthy of a spanking (lying & stealing, as they were
in t he Ten Commandments) would send me to my room & join me in some time
later; I imagine after he communed with Godf about his responsibility & how to
do it righteously & not emnotionally.  So he'd arrive 20 minutes later, quite
calm, ready to teach to his class of one.


 > ... Error Failed. Press any key to resume error.

Sounds like Windows Vista.

i'd 'x' MSIE & it'd pop up a message, "Internet Exploder stopped.  Reloading. .
." WTHHHH???? 

I edited the name a little. . .

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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