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From: Robert Bannister on 28 Feb 2010 17:50 Evan Kirshenbaum wrote: > Robert Bannister <robban1(a)bigpond.com> writes: > >> 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. > > Well, they *are* in a different time zone. > Very good, but you knew I was referring to Russian aristocrats. -- Rob Bannister
From: Hatunen on 28 Feb 2010 17:57 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:12:37 -0800, "Skitt" <skitt99(a)comcast.net> wrote: >Evan Kirshenbaum wrote: >> "Skitt" writes: >>> Peter T. Daniels wrote: >>> Not to use, but there was some sort of commitment that had to be >>> expressed to join the Y. >> >> If so, they changed their policy by the time I started taking swimming >> lessons there in the '60s. My family were members, but we wouldn't >> have made any statement that expressed an affiliation with >> Christianity. > >I was referring to the 1949-1953 period. Things may have changed since >then. Their Web site still mentions: > >Our Mission: >To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build >healthy spirit, mind and body for all. That can be done without requiring a commitment to the recipient of the use of those principles. Even atheists can fit into that. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 28 Feb 2010 17:59 On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:57:10 -0500, "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott(a)csuohio.edu> 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�, and really good weather starts at about >30�. And 5:30 or 6:15 is a nice time to go to bed. I do hope you mean celsius degrees. (And to think so many people claim it's Americans who don't realize TWIAVBP.) -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Nick on 28 Feb 2010 18:11 Peter Moylan <gro.nalyomp(a)retep> writes: > Skitt wrote: >> Hatunen wrote: >>> "Peter T. Daniels" wrote: >> >>>> I wonder whether sjedvnull would be satisfied with, If you're >>>> baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, then >>>> you're a Christian. >>> >>> There are those who claim so. >> >> Just to provide some data -- I was so baptized (at the age of 16), but >> it didn't make me a Christian, at least, not in my beliefs. I mean, >> even if I do or say certain things, maybe my fingers are crossed behind >> my back. <g> >> > At my confirmation my fingers definitely were crossed. In addition, I > was muttering under my breath "a promise made under duress is not > legally binding". > > Nobody asked me whether I wanted to be baptised or confirmed, and in any > case I was too young to make an informed decision. Especially in the > case of the baptism. Seems a bit pointless to me. You might as well go through it wholeheartedly. After all, if it's rubbish then it's harmless - and if it's not you probably wanted to do it. -- Online waterways route planner | http://canalplan.eu Plan trips, see photos, check facilities | http://canalplan.org.uk
From: Brian M. Scott on 28 Feb 2010 18:14
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:59:23 -0700, Hatunen <hatunen(a)cox.net> wrote in <news:68tlo51lbskir5ingugspogfsu33pcguo9(a)4ax.com> in sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: > On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:57:10 -0500, "Brian M. Scott" > <b.scott(a)csuohio.edu> wrote: [...] >>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. > I do hope you mean celsius degrees. I do indeed; Rob's posting from Oz. [...] Brian |