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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 12, 2023 8:30:43 GMT -5
I remember seeing a Guinness World Records video about a guy with the largest collection of Pepsi cans. Well, here’s a guy who is the world record holder for the most Coca-Cola cans:
I prefer Ann-Margret's "World's largest" collection of Heinz Baked Beans. I wonder if she kept all the cans too?
It looks like Mera found Aquaman’s caviar collection...
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 12, 2023 9:52:30 GMT -5
Oh, for Christ's sake! The home health care agency just called to tell me the caregiver who was supposed to start today broke his leg yesterday badly enough that he's having surgery this morning. They're trying to find a replacement but it looks like my family will have to step in AGAIN. I honestly don't know how much more of this I can take. I'm super stressed out!
Cei-U! I summon the tranquilizer!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2023 9:54:22 GMT -5
Oh, for Christ's sake! The home health care agency just called to tell me the caregiver who was supposed to start today broke his leg yesterday badly enough that he's having surgery this morning. They're trying to find a replacement but it looks like my family will have to step in AGAIN. I honestly don't know how much more of this I can take. I'm super stressed out!
Cei-U! I summon the tranquilizer!
You are SURELY deserving of a good turn soon, I hope.
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 13, 2023 9:18:05 GMT -5
I was going to post about some problems I am having with the website since I started using a VPN, but Kurt's post put things in perspective.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 13, 2023 10:15:20 GMT -5
I was going to post about some problems I am having with the website since I started using a VPN, but Kurt's post put things in perspective.
Are you using Nord? From experience, I believe there are several Nord IP addresses that are blocked. I just reload with a new address or from a different node and I'm good to go. Don't know if they were blocked by shaxper at some point due to some bad actor in the past, or what.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2023 13:22:13 GMT -5
I was going to post about some problems I am having with the website since I started using a VPN, but Kurt's post put things in perspective. Are you using Nord? From experience, I believe there are several Nord IP addresses that are blocked. I just reload with a new address or from a different node and I'm good to go. Don't know if they were blocked by shaxper at some point due to some bad actor in the past, or what. Hard to say. When we have a spammer, we do block the IP they use, but proboards itself has layers of protection from bad actors as well. While I'm not happy about the possibility that we may be inhibiting some good people utilizing the same VPN as a bad actor, we really don't have any other recourse for preventing their return. I guess it's the implied cost of using a VPN. Anyway, Kurt, I'm so sorry to hear about your continued ordeals. I sincerely hope you find a more permanent aid who can consistently be there for you.
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 13, 2023 14:22:53 GMT -5
I am using SurfShark. The weird thing is I get blocked on Firefox (my main browser) no matter what location I choose. I get the 1005 error. But when I switch over to Chrome, same server location, I have no trouble here.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 13, 2023 20:03:17 GMT -5
I am using SurfShark. The weird thing is I get blocked on Firefox (my main browser) no matter what location I choose. I get the 1005 error. But when I switch over to Chrome, same server location, I have no trouble here. Maybe the host isn't a Clint Eastwood fan.....
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2023 20:34:04 GMT -5
Tricky theological question: my wife and I visited a local mosque today to learn more about Islam for a class she is taking. The Imam was incredible, and we learned so much. After two and a half hours flew by like no time at all, he encouraged us to check out an English translation of the Quron, and I did. Immediately, I was drawn to the chapter in the index entitled "Israelites", but the passage I then read (chapter 17, versus 4-8) really disturbed me. I'm hoping I'm just misunderstanding the meaning behind the words.
Without getting into a tricky topic about the merits and flaws of a given organized religion (or religion as a whole) does anyone here feel qualified to explain this passage to me?
Thanks.
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Post by impulse on Jun 13, 2023 21:07:03 GMT -5
Sorry I've been absent. We've had a lot going on the last several weeks and still do for the next several, but we are closer to having our new status quo settled thankfully. A few highlights.
Kurt, good GOD man, I'm so sorry for all of that. You're statistically due for a stroke of at least less bad luck soon, and I hope you get it!
Really cool story. We were in NYC recently and our hotel was nearby the original Ghostbusters building. We went by at night to snap some photos. When we got back to our hotel, there was a note under our door saying the road next to the hotel would be closed the next day due to a moving filming. It's New York, right? No surprise.
Anyway, as we walked out the door of the hotel the very next morning, and I mean literally as right as we walk out the front doors and onto the pavement we see none other than the Ghostbusters car it self, Ecto 1, drive by. And that is how we learned they are filming a new Ghostbusters movie in NYC...well, now ish. We stuck around for a bit and got some really cool photos.
There were portables setup along the road and we saw an actor come out in his robe with a Ghostbusters jumpsuit underneath. We think it's more likely a stunt guy than a name actor, or at least we didn't recognize him, but that was a cool and unexpected experience!
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 13, 2023 21:30:00 GMT -5
I am using SurfShark. The weird thing is I get blocked on Firefox (my main browser) no matter what location I choose. I get the 1005 error. But when I switch over to Chrome, same server location, I have no trouble here. Maybe the host isn't a Clint Eastwood fan..... Or I have to think in Russian.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 13, 2023 21:54:59 GMT -5
Tricky theological question: my wife and I visited a local mosque today to learn more about Islam for a class she is taking. The Imam was incredible, and we learned so much. After two and a half hours flew by like no time at all, he encouraged us to check out an English translation of the Quron, and I did. Immediately, I was drawn to the chapter in the index entitled "Israelites", but the passage I then read (chapter 17, versus 4-8) really disturbed me. I'm hoping I'm just misunderstanding the meaning behind the words. Without getting into a tricky topic about the merits and flaws of a given organized religion (or religion as a whole) does anyone here feel qualified to explain this passage to me? Thanks.
If you are referring primarily to verses 7 and 8, you need to understand that, like The Holy Bible, there are multiple English translations of the Quran.
In this case, you must also understand the historical context of verse 7 first. You can find a detailed explanation of it HERE, midway down the page (look under the section attributed to Ala-Maududi).
Regarding verse 8, it is generally accepted that chapter 17 serves as a universal admonishment for non-believers, not just Israelites. In the context of verse 8, the Israelites are used as an example, not as a specific.
Hope this helps.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2023 22:36:01 GMT -5
Tricky theological question: my wife and I visited a local mosque today to learn more about Islam for a class she is taking. The Imam was incredible, and we learned so much. After two and a half hours flew by like no time at all, he encouraged us to check out an English translation of the Quron, and I did. Immediately, I was drawn to the chapter in the index entitled "Israelites", but the passage I then read (chapter 17, versus 4-8) really disturbed me. I'm hoping I'm just misunderstanding the meaning behind the words. Without getting into a tricky topic about the merits and flaws of a given organized religion (or religion as a whole) does anyone here feel qualified to explain this passage to me? Thanks. If you are referring primarily to verses 7 and 8, you need to understand that, like The Holy Bible, there are multiple English translations of the Quran.
In this case, you must also understand the historical context of verse 7 first. You can find a detailed explanation of it HERE, midway down the page (look under the section attributed to Ala-Maududi). Regarding verse 8, it is generally accepted that chapter 17 serves as a universal admonishment for non-believers, not just Israelites. In the context of verse 8, the Israelites are used as an example, not as a specific.
Hope this helps.
It's even more the earlier portion that states, "We would send against you some of Our servants of great might, who would ravage your homes". The idea of advocating any kind of violence concerns me, but coupled with the naming of a specific group that it also deems as "arrogant" concerns me even more. I guess if "our servents of great might" refers to divine forces (i.e. God will do the punishing), it's not as upsetting as if it is suggesting practitioners of Islam need to ravage the homes of unbelievers to teach them a lesson.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 13, 2023 23:22:36 GMT -5
If you are referring primarily to verses 7 and 8, you need to understand that, like The Holy Bible, there are multiple English translations of the Quran.
In this case, you must also understand the historical context of verse 7 first. You can find a detailed explanation of it HERE, midway down the page (look under the section attributed to Ala-Maududi). Regarding verse 8, it is generally accepted that chapter 17 serves as a universal admonishment for non-believers, not just Israelites. In the context of verse 8, the Israelites are used as an example, not as a specific.
Hope this helps.
It's even more the earlier portion that states, "We would send against you some of Our servants of great might, who would ravage your homes". The idea of advocating any kind of violence concerns me, but coupled with the naming of a specific group that it also deems as "arrogant" concerns me even more.
And thus, you are beginning to comprehend the foundational pillars of the concept of Jihad.
However, this principle of the justification of violence as a holy charge is not limited to Islam. It has been used as a Cassius Belli by multiple religions throughout history-- Sikh, Zoroastrian, Hebrew (the Old Testament documents more than one account) Christians (see the crusades) as well as dozens of others, including tribal groups and civilizations throughout the pre-Columbian Western Hemisphere, just to name a few. Even several Eastern philosophies are complicit in such actions at one time or another.
I'm not saying that advocating violence as a means of theological subjugation is acceptable, I'm just saying that it is a strategy as old as civilization.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 13, 2023 23:32:01 GMT -5
It's even more the earlier portion that states, "We would send against you some of Our servants of great might, who would ravage your homes". The idea of advocating any kind of violence concerns me, but coupled with the naming of a specific group that it also deems as "arrogant" concerns me even more. And thus, you are beginning to comprehend the foundational pillars of the concept of Jihad.
However, this principle of the justification of violence as a holy charge is not limited to Islam. It has been used as a Cassius Belli by multiple religions throughout history-- Sikh, Zoroastrian, Hebrew (the Old Testament documents more than one account) Christians (see the crusades) as well as dozens of others, including tribal groups and civilizations throughout the pre-Columbian Western Hemisphere, just to name a few. Even several Eastern philosophies are complicit in such actions at one time or another.
I'm not saying that advocating violence as a means of theological subjugation is acceptable, I'm just saying that it is a strategy as old as civilization.
Thanks. I'd be curious to know more about where it appears in Torah and the Christian Bible. Understanding that it exists in all three doctrines would, on the one hand, disturb me more but, on the other, make me more comfortable with Islam.
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