tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post7762296410587357094..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A Melange Of Quasi-RelevanciesFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-34827676115925353542016-11-03T22:04:05.480-04:002016-11-03T22:04:05.480-04:00Re: Jehovah's Witnesses. We always hid and re...Re: Jehovah's Witnesses. We always hid and refused to answer the door when we saw them through the curtains - it was my Mom who taught us that. That didn't help, though, if you happened to encounter one on the street, which happened to Mom once or twice. So she told us to just put our heads down, refuse to make eye contact, and walk briskly past before the evangelist could get started.<br /><br />One day I was walking home from the bus in the rain, and saw approaching through the mist a well-dressed woman in a wool coat, carrying a satchel. Oh brother, I thought, so I put my head down and marched straight ahead, until the woman was right abreast of me. At which point she stopped and threw out her arms in a "Ta-da!" sort of gesture, so I had to look up. It was my Mom! I was on the point of walking right past her. I guess you can be a little TOO determined to keep your distance.Dr. Mabusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190706197508265132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-52806066174642496022016-11-03T20:38:46.659-04:002016-11-03T20:38:46.659-04:00Fran, I have several relatives who are JWs. Accor...Fran, I have several relatives who are JWs. According to them, if you tell the next one who visits you are happy with your religion and not interested in further contact, they are supposed to leave you alone after that. If they come back after that, call the local Kingdom Hall and complain.Rick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992428161064901136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-53461948144222574142016-11-03T12:35:29.276-04:002016-11-03T12:35:29.276-04:00" Just now, I’m coping with serious arthritis..." Just now, I’m coping with serious arthritis pain in my shoulders, extensive dental work in progress, massive unanticipated expenses from assorted broken and defective devices, a cleaning lady who habitually rearranges my house to suit herself, a prolonged inability to sleep, a Newf that drools solely on clean clothes – usually, the ones I’m wearing – and two cats that will steal anything that weighs less than they do and hasn’t been glued down. Moreover, all these things have hit more or less simultaneously."<br /><br />See, here's the thing. Before you retired, this stuff happened and you worked a full time job besides. This is the problem with retirement, too much time to fine-focus. To paraphrase: problems expand to fill the attention available. Ol' Remushttp://www.woodpilereport.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-89712188266104335742016-11-03T11:58:09.490-04:002016-11-03T11:58:09.490-04:00I've been thinking about James Comey's act...I've been thinking about James Comey's actions ... and I suspect that the Clinton's overplayed their hand. If they actually threatened Comey, he may have played along with the *intention* of reopening the investigation and making a big splash just before the election. <br /><br />In this scenario, he would have a cache of evidence already to hand, and Weiner's idiocy made Comey's backup evidence superfluous. If I'm right, there will be a bigger splash on Friday, and possibly a follow-up detonation on Monday.<br /><br />All this is predicated on the assumption that Ms. Clinton does not inspire loyalty in her subordinates - instead, she buys their temporary obeisance or strong-arms them into submission. With one spittle-laced sentence, she may have sunk her own ship. Michael Burrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07562494258815841881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-1289111366466619082016-11-03T10:43:36.883-04:002016-11-03T10:43:36.883-04:00Syd B.: I didn't know about their aversion to ...<b><i>Syd B.:</i></b> I didn't know about their aversion to Hallowe'en -- and this one came to my door <i>on Hallowe'en!</i> Thank you for that. It will come in handy next time, I'm sure.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-22777627648920411602016-11-03T10:40:06.086-04:002016-11-03T10:40:06.086-04:00A good way to get rid of the JW's is to polite...A good way to get rid of the JW's is to politely tell them that you got kicked out of the community many years ago. They'll avoid you like the plague.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-83581917886070843822016-11-03T10:38:17.058-04:002016-11-03T10:38:17.058-04:00Were you aware that Jehovah’s Witnesses detest Hal...Were you aware that Jehovah’s Witnesses detest Halloween?<br /><br />They can't stand it when strangers knock on their door.syd B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04536022701906707715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-63991163807594750312016-11-03T10:01:49.737-04:002016-11-03T10:01:49.737-04:00You are a patient man. I have no time of day for r...You are a patient man. I have no time of day for religious salesmen. I am quite terse with them when they show up on my door. "I will find my own way to Christ, thank you, have a pleasant day." *Door Close*.<br /><br />I understand what they are trying to do, but they are going about it wrong. Your "cold call" analogy is spot on. You need warm leads, people who are, in their own fashion, already seeking Christ even if they don't know it.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-18849200794983362952016-11-03T09:57:30.950-04:002016-11-03T09:57:30.950-04:00Okay, you asked for it... this is definitely ficti...Okay, you asked for it... this is definitely fiction, but I think writing sonnets is very rewarding for word play, and exercising that part of the brain that was created to create. And it's good arm chair reading and writing, since one really doesn't need all this electronic paraphernalia... just a handy pen and pad and a cat<br /><br />I only send this one because I was having trouble working on the punctuation for it before sending the whole thing off to a friend.<br />It is sonnet 127 of 185, comprising "The Fourth Journey of Lud the Stonebuilder"<br /><br /><br />**One Hundred Twenty-seven**<br />Elma and her troupe resembled muchly the bands<br /> Swelling within, not unlike the motley-est of mankind,<br />Which faded in and out of more civilized lands,<br /> Pagans who survived by cagey craft and calloused mind.<br />They blended in with others captured on the road,<br /> Strangers and stragglers whose ardor was increasing,<br />Who joined expecting food, wine, dance and a cozy abode<br /> (Most of those already drunk or soddenly unpleasing.)<br /> Haymordt dismounted and walked beside the cart;<br /> Elma led llumpaca, its frayed nerves to placate<br /> And in such manner they entered Nuestra’s great estate,<br /> Where Reo Gilvar, early-cold, crossed the city’s heart;<br />And thus beheld the stage where celebrants played their part,<br />To witness vows, as viewers must, else vowers couldn’t start.<br /><br />All the spelling is poetic license, but is the punctuation correct?<br /><br />As to all the disasters in the daily news events, I think you do an excellent work in sorting it all out... I enjoy your blogs and the comments you receive immensely. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795222563523474963noreply@blogger.com