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28387. robertjayb - 1/11/2015 6:27:27 PM An unsolicited sermon from Col. Pat Lang...
1-Duck Rule: If it walks like a duck, squawks like a duck and has feathers, it probably is a duck.
2 – Sherlock’s Rule: When considering a problem, remove everything from consideration which seems untrue. What is left is probably the truth.
3-Occam’s Razor: In considering a complex phenomenon with many factors and a variety of explanations, remember that the simplest explanation that accounts for the factors is probably correct.
4- Description is not advocacy.
5 - Objectivity is an absolute necessity for clear thought. Leave your political or other "baggage" behind when you seek truth.
5- Always consider items of information separately from their source. Even the worst source may produce information that is true. pl
1, 2, and 3, sure.
4, Wish more people realized this.
5, Difficult. My baggage includes experience and a pretty fair BS detector.
(5)6, Yes. Lesson learned from an ill-advised stint as a teaching assistant. 28388. judithathome - 1/13/2015 11:33:32 PM Jeez, the things we do when bored...I just searched my name on Google and up came posts from many, many years ago authored by CalGal...all about me and how awful I was and how she was vowing to find every forum I was posting on and going to them to trash me because I was such a dumb bitch.
Good times, good times...HA!!! 28389. arkymalarky - 1/14/2015 4:01:51 AM Yeah back in the day when some people thought this was everything and that everybody they interacted with thought so as well. 28390. iiibbb - 1/14/2015 5:23:03 PM CalGal was always okay with me until one time we got into an argument and she became unhinged over something I said and was ranting about something that happened to her (and a false equivalency to the point that I was making)... she was starting to get a little acerbic, so as is my way when people are getting nasty with me I pointed out to her that given her present demeanor perhaps she brought it on herself and maybe even had deserved it...
she got very mad at me.
28391. arkymalarky - 1/15/2015 3:10:25 AM Trivia crack: @cmoonrise 28392. arkymalarky - 1/15/2015 3:35:33 AM Love that poster. People are so blind to how the come off. Funny and sad. Me too, I know. My I D's keep me aware of that. 28393. arkymalarky - 1/15/2015 3:35:45 AM My kids.... 28394. judithathome - 1/15/2015 8:02:52 PM That was a cute Freudian auto-correct....ha! (And yes, I know that's not what caused it but I don't know what that 'feature' on your phone is called...Freudian "trip-up"?) 28395. arkymalarky - 1/15/2015 8:23:41 PM yep, autocorrect. mine is not as bad as an iPhone, but you oughta look that up on Google. They're hilarious to read. 28396. arkymalarky - 1/16/2015 4:30:06 AM time.com/3059445/snoop-dogg-narrates-planet-earth/
Hilarious. 28397. arkymalarky - 1/16/2015 4:30:44 AM Jimmy Kimmel the one about the flamingo is lol. 28398. robertjayb - 1/22/2015 7:16:57 PM What a country...
...where so much ink and airtime can be devoted to the inflation of a football...Didn't watch (Packer blues) but from the score I agree with the losing player who said they could have beat us with soapballs. 28399. judithathome - 1/24/2015 8:16:22 PM Bob Costas said they "coulda used bricks"...ha! 28400. judithathome - 1/24/2015 8:17:19 PM Ooooh....#400! Centennial! 28401. wabbit - 1/26/2015 2:00:36 AM 5" of wet snow on the ground now and at least another foot forecast for Tuesday. Hope t'ful will post photos! 28402. arkymalarky - 1/26/2015 3:07:34 AM My lands! 28403. wabbit - 1/27/2015 7:16:04 PM 18-20" as of 2 hours ago, maybe another 2" since then and still coming down. Light and fluffy, easy to shovel, and so far haven't lost power! 28404. arkymalarky - 1/27/2015 8:12:28 PM That's good! One of the best times I had was a foot+ snow where we never lost power but school was out. Hope it stays on! 28405. judithathome - 1/27/2015 9:21:48 PM Northern Maine...waaaay northern...two story townhouse. Entire first story picture window in living room: blocked by snow.
Said to be the worst storm of the CENTURY in Maine. 28406. wabbit - 1/28/2015 12:27:02 AM Just shoveled again, about 24" of snow so far...the company paid to plow let the truck run out of diesel, then broke something, and who knows where the bobcat is. What a world.
Here's a question. You live in New England. You see snow every winter, you have to shovel snow every winter. Why are there always long lines to buy shovels right before every storm? Do people throw them out every year?
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