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From: Robert Bannister on 27 Feb 2010 18:07 Jerry Friedman wrote: > On Feb 26, 5:31 pm, Robert Bannister <robb...(a)bigpond.com> wrote: >> Evan Kirshenbaum wrote: >>> Robert Bannister <robb...(a)bigpond.com> writes: >>>> Ant�nio Marques wrote: >>>>> It's not what you think. Either the Church's message is universal >>>>> and Christ did found one Church, or it isn't. >>>> Now there's a new one: the first I've heard that Jesus founded or even >>>> wanted a church. >>> And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock >>> I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail >>> against it. [Matt. 16:18, KJV] >> As I said in another post, what word is used for "church" and what did >> it mean at the time? I somehow doubt it meant bricks and mortar and >> costly raiment. > > I don't understand statements such as "Christ founded one Church," but > I'm pretty sure it's not about bricks or mortar or ever gargoyles. > > -- > Jerry Friedman Although the "gates of hell" bit takes the reader straight back to buildings and possibly even gargoyles. I have difficulties anyway in understanding the image of gates prevailing. -- Rob Bannister
From: Robert Bannister on 27 Feb 2010 18:39 jmfbahciv wrote: > Robert Bannister wrote: >> J. Clarke wrote: >> >>> Dunno about the rest of the world, but in the US court-ordered busing >>> has most kids riding the bus to school anyway, so what difference >>> does it make? >> >> They have to walk to and from the place where the bus stops and often >> have to wait. > > They still have to do that in the dark no matter which leaps we make > the clocks go. > > /BAH But not for so much of the year. That's what bugs me personally about the the change: I am a morning person; I get up at 5:30 and try to arrive at the gym before 6:15. I know that for quite a few months of the year, I will have to do this in the dark, but it is so refreshing when (without daylight saving) we get those few months of light, plus at that time of the morning, it's usually still pleasantly cool before the thermometer goes soaring up. I'm sure light has a beneficial effect on children too, but that sitting in a school bus in the afternoon during the hottest part of the day is not a good thing. -- Rob Bannister
From: Robert Bannister on 27 Feb 2010 18:41 Brian M. Scott wrote: > On 23 Feb 2010 17:41:22 -0800, R H Draney > <dadoctah(a)spamcop.net> wrote in > <news:hm204201q19(a)drn.newsguy.com> in > sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > >> Robert Bannister filted: > >>> The eternal rift between morning and evening people. I >>> get very ratty when politicians force me to get up in >>> the dark more often than need be, whereas I think >>> dinner is best eaten when it is dark outside. > >> Quite right...I had breakfast yesterday at noon, and >> dinner at midnight....r > > That sounds about right, though my dinner might well be > later than that. This reminds me of difficulties I had in reading some Russian novels: "breakfast" was 2-4 pm, supper at midnight and dinner in the early hours of the morning. -- Rob Bannister
From: Brian M. Scott on 27 Feb 2010 18:57 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:39:18 +0800, Robert Bannister <robban1(a)bigpond.com> wrote in <news:7utop8F9fbU1(a)mid.individual.net> in sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: [...] > But not for so much of the year. That's what bugs me > personally about the the change: I am a morning person; > I get up at 5:30 and try to arrive at the gym before > 6:15. I know that for quite a few months of the year, I > will have to do this in the dark, but it is so refreshing > when (without daylight saving) we get those few months > of light, plus at that time of the morning, it's usually > still pleasantly cool before the thermometer goes > soaring up. [...] That may be another point of contention: pleasantly cool means about 25�, and really good weather starts at about 30�. And 5:30 or 6:15 is a nice time to go to bed. Brian
From: Robert Bannister on 27 Feb 2010 19:47
Brian M. Scott wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:39:18 +0800, Robert Bannister > <robban1(a)bigpond.com> wrote in > <news:7utop8F9fbU1(a)mid.individual.net> in > sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > > [...] > >> But not for so much of the year. That's what bugs me >> personally about the the change: I am a morning person; >> I get up at 5:30 and try to arrive at the gym before >> 6:15. I know that for quite a few months of the year, I >> will have to do this in the dark, but it is so refreshing >> when (without daylight saving) we get those few months >> of light, plus at that time of the morning, it's usually >> still pleasantly cool before the thermometer goes >> soaring up. [...] > > That may be another point of contention: pleasantly cool > means about 25�, Precisely. I don't know what the official number was for last night, but the previous night's minimum was 26� at about 6 am. and really good weather starts at about > 30�. And 5:30 or 6:15 is a nice time to go to bed. > > Brian -- Rob Bannister |