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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: May 28, 2025, 2:21 pm
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I did a search to see if I could find us listed as a good forum
and came across a survey done by something called 'Reddit'.
it had a lot of responses, most of which were similar to the one
that I quoted.
"Reddit is a social news aggregation, forums, and news website
where users submit content like links, text posts, images, and
videos. These submissions are then voted up or down by other
users, with the most popular content rising to the top of
specific subreddits or even the site's front page".
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: May 28, 2025, 2:37 pm
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[quote author=Dave link=topic=28.msg1336#msg1336
date=1737416078]
Mike many years ago, at a gathering at my oldest daughters house
the saints had gathered and the time for the evening meal was
upon us, my son in law was to bless the food but the fellowship
was good and noisy, my son in law has a gentle spirit and a
couple of coughs didn't do the trick, but my grandson all of 7
years rose to the occasion and walked to the front and in a loud
voice declared, "Let the man speak"
As to Pres' Trump (loved writing that) but much to the chagrin
of many, but I say 'Let the man speak'
Now that's power, that so many countries are fearful of him,
what does that say about Mr Biden!!!! at his end he was handing
out 'free passes' like confetti.
My question is IF they were squeaky clean why do they need a
keep out of jail pass????
Some of my mates in England would like a Pres' Trump steering
their countries ship.
The Lord can make the 'proud' humble He is really good at that.
At the moment we have three potential nummies vying for the
'leadership' of the "Liberal" party.
This is my 'umble opinion of them at the moment, it is $350,000
up front to throw one's hat in, Two ladies and one man at the
moment,
did see our man Mr Trudeau having a laugh with Mr Trump at Mr
Carter's do, the first lady is Karina Gould who it seems is the
Liberal house leader, number two is Canada's answer to Kamala
Harris, Chrystia Freeland' she sank Mr Trudeau's ship and number
three coming out of the gate Mark Carney, 'former' governor of
the bank of Canada, 'former governor of the bank of England with
all the technocrat credentials of a global One Worlder.
There are a few other potentials but I think the $350,000 might
be enough to scare them off.
All of the three are anti Alberta but don't mind using our
resources to fly around the world, I think Mr Carney is aware
that the East is very dependent on our resources, the ladies
have a Greta T philosophy and fly a rainbow flag and foster an
Indigenous
flavour knowing that the natives are a main conduit for money
laundering and drugs.
I'm not sure when the starting gate opens, Canada has a very
convoluted voting thing for becoming leader of any party: our
premier was at Pres' Trumps do today.
What a day that will be, when ALL things working together for
God comes to pass, do I hear an Amen ;) ;) ;)
[/quote]
I just found this in Mike's Corner ;D ??? :-X ;)
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Helen Date: May 28, 2025, 3:03 pm
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=28.msg1582#msg1582
date=1748461070]
I just found this in Mike's Corner ;D ??? :-X ;)
[/quote]
January I see….
Did you ever answer….haha!
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Re: Mike's Corner
By: Mike Waters Date: May 28, 2025, 4:24 pm
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Has anyone wondered why we are listed as having so many Guests
online from time to time.
A moment or two ago there were 41 ... who could they all have
been?
I have a hunch they are mainly Search Engine Bots recording our
'progress' and noting things like our increasing post count.
Does that get us up in the Search Engine Rankings and if so is
that good or bad.
Even leading to us being bombarded with requests to join our
ranks, from those who join forums just to promote their
theological specialities.
That would really be 'Bad'.
I've mentioned it to Nicky, who is adept at straightening me
out. ;D ;)
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Padoa's Box
By: Mike Waters Date: May 30, 2025, 2:21 pm
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I reckon Kerry will have some thoughts on this.
In summary
Pandora's box's box is a metaphor for something that brings
about great troubles or misfortune, but also holds hope. In
Greek mythology, Pandora's box was a gift from the gods to
Pandora, the first woman on Earth. It contained all the evils of
the world, which were released when Pandora opened the box.
Mythological Context:
Pandora's Box is a central element in the Greek myth of Pandora,
where she is created by the gods as a punishment for humanity
after Prometheus steals fire from Olympus.
The Box and Its Contents:
The box is described as a jar or a casket, and it is given to
Pandora with strict instructions that it should never be opened.
Inside, the gods place all the evils they can conceive of, such
as disease, misery, and death.
Pandora's Curiosity:
Despite the warning, Pandora's curiosity gets the better of her,
and she opens the box, releasing the evils into the world.
The Remaining Hope:
As the evils escape, Pandora realizes her mistake and tries to
close the box. However, she is only able to trap Hope inside.
Modern Significance:
The phrase "Pandora's Box" has become a common idiom to describe
something that, when opened or triggered, releases a multitude
of unforeseen and often negative consequences.
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Re: Pandora's Box
By: Mike Waters Date: May 30, 2025, 11:06 pm
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It's a mystery to me that the entire voluminous Old and New
Testament scriptures could have been written with no relevance
to the myth of Pandora, witch continued to be central to Greek
religion and belief until the 9th century AD.
Especially as it presents an alternative to the Genesis 'Adam
and Eve creation story'.
Am I thinking and talking nonsense?
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Re: Pandora's Box
By: Kerry Date: May 31, 2025, 1:06 am
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=28.msg1627#msg1627
date=1748664388]
It's a mystery to me that the entire voluminous Old and New
Testament scriptures could have been written with no relevance
to the myth of Pandora, witch continued to be central to Greek
religion and belief until the 9th century AD.
Especially as it presents an alternative to the Genesis 'Adam
and Eve creation story'.
Am I thinking and talking nonsense?
[/quote]The Greeks had various ideas about Pandora. I think they
started off with an element of truth which does correspond with
Genesis: How woman opened a door or box. There is a paradox
(or contradiction) in how they added to the truth -- as
reflected in your post. Prometheus "stole" fire, angering the
gods. Was that "evil" of him to steal it? Then out of
retribution, the gods created Pandora who released "all the
evils" into the world.
I find it confusing too that hope" would have been in a box of
evils. Is hope a bad thing?
I also view Eve as a gift from God that made Love possible.
Woman was not made as a punishment for man. To see the woman as
punishment would make God a troublemaker out for revenge over
the theft of fire. I see this as contradicting the idea that God
is Good and only Good. Some pagan concepts strike me as
resembling children who misinterpret the loving discipline of
their parents for malice. A child may scream, "You hate me"
when a parent is really trying to steer the child into a happy
life.
Note too that the Greek idea imagines both man and woman as
inferior creations. This contradicts Genesis which tells us man
and woman were made and created in the image and likeness of
God. To quote Paul who says a Greek poet got something right:
Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might
feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every
one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain
also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not
to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
stone, graven by art and man's device.
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My current preoccupation
By: Mike Waters Date: June 10, 2025, 5:11 am
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When the forum dropped back to only 3 posts in one day I logged
out and looked for something else to preoccupy me.
So I decided to tackle a problem that had arisen due to yet
another collapse from suppliers of my standard set of picture
frames.
So I started looking for options for producing pictures that
could be attractively hung without using frames.
Eventually I decided to try to format pictures which could be
printed on 5mm plastic blocks which included a simulated picture
frame as part of each picture.
After lots of experimentation I finally settled on the following
attachment which I tried out on folks with whom I shared a
weekly community lunch and eureka, I immediately got 5 orders.
If that continues then I no longer have to rely on the changing
vagrancies that plagued my sources of frames.
[attachimg=2]
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Re: My current preoccupation
By: Pat Date: June 10, 2025, 9:37 am
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=28.msg1753#msg1753
date=1749550287]
When the forum dropped back to only 3 posts in one day I logged
out and looked for something else to preoccupy me.
So I decided to tackle a problem that had arisen due to yet
another collapse from suppliers of my standard set of picture
frames.
So I started looking for options for producing pictures that
could be attractively hung without using frames.
Eventually I decided to try to format pictures which could be
printed on 5mm plastic blocks which included a simulated picture
frame as part of each picture.
After lots of experimentation I finally settled on the following
attachment which I tried out on folks with whom I shared a
weekly community lunch and eureka, I immediately got 5 orders.
If that continues then I no longer have to rely on the changing
vagrancies that plagued my sources of frames.
[attachimg=2]
[/quote]
Lovely picture Mike and the 'frame looks real. It's always
worth thinking outside the box -or in this instant frame.
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Re: My current preoccupation
By: Helen Date: June 10, 2025, 10:11 am
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=28.msg1753#msg1753
date=1749550287]
When the forum dropped back to only 3 posts in one day I logged
out and looked for something else to preoccupy me.
So I decided to tackle a problem that had arisen due to yet
another collapse from suppliers of my standard set of picture
frames.
So I started looking for options for producing pictures that
could be attractively hung without using frames.
Eventually I decided to try to format pictures which could be
printed on 5mm plastic blocks which included a simulated picture
frame as part of each picture.
After lots of experimentation I finally settled on the following
attachment which I tried out on folks with whom I shared a
weekly community lunch and eureka, I immediately got 5 orders.
If that continues then I no longer have to rely on the changing
vagrancies that plagued my sources of frames.
[attachimg=2]
[/quote]
What a great idea …and it finishes it off perfectly!
Well done to the inventor :)
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