Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.

Tonight's menu.

Tossed salad
Garlic bread
Spaghetti marinara.

You?

Dimitri

On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.
>
> You?
>
> Dimitri

Carrot soup
Rolls

Simple and vegetarian to suit the day.

Kris

Dimitri wrote:

> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.
>
> You?
>
> Dimitri

I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from
telling the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got
something on your face".

On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.

New York strips
Pasta with butter/basil/garlic
Tossed salad

Cindy Hamilton
Atheist, married to a lapsed Catholic (also an atheist)

"Kathleen" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>
>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>
>> Tonight's menu.
>>
>> Tossed salad
>> Garlic bread
>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>
>> You?
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from telling
> the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got something
> on your face".
>


LOL

Dimitri

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:40:44 -0600, Kathleen
> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from
>telling the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got
>something on your face".

That's naughty ;-)b

--

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"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.
>
>
I'd love that meal! Not too much sacrifice there for me! :-)

Debbie

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:50:35 +1300, bob >
wrote:

>That's naughty ;-)b

That was about what I said first time in a Baptist church....gee, a
hot tub behind the pulput.

"Kathleen" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>
>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>
>> Tonight's menu.
>>
>> Tossed salad
>> Garlic bread
>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>
>> You?
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from telling
> the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got something
> on your face".
>

LOL I worked with someone who said that to her boss who had just come back
from (Catholic) church. I'm not religious but even I knew that was an
ooops!

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> "Kathleen" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Dimitri wrote:
>>
>>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>>
>>> Tonight's menu.
>>>
>>> Tossed salad
>>> Garlic bread
>>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>>
>>> You?
>>>
>>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>> I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from
>> telling the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got
>> something on your face".
>>
>
> LOL I worked with someone who said that to her boss who had just come
> back from (Catholic) church. I'm not religious but even I knew that was
> an ooops!

Yeah. I worked for an Episcopal Presbyterian Hospital, came in of a
Wednesday morning and told my boss, the VP of Finance (and a devout
Catholic), "Dude, you've got something on your forehead".

This is not the reason I am no longer employed by this organization.

In point of fact, said CFO used to routinely steal bubble gum out of my
desk, and at one point, spit a large wad of sour apple onto my post-it
pad when he had to return an urgent page from admin via my desk phone
(he couldn't speak coherently with a huge tangy quid lodged in his cheek).

I didn't hold it against him, he didn't hold it against me.

Dimitri wrote:
> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.
>
> You?
>
> Dimitri

We are not Christians. We ate green peppers stuffed with a mixture of
ground chuck and shredded carrots and Mexican calabeza squash. DH made a
wonderful salad to go with it. The peppers were cooked in the pressure
cooker.

Janet Wilder > wrote in news:009527be$0$30215$c3e8da3
@news.astraweb.com:


Ash Wednesday has a whole different meaning over here........

http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/hist..._wednesday.htm



Now we also have a 'Black Saturday'.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:08:06 -0600, Kathleen
> shouted from the highest rooftop:


>I didn't hold it against him, he didn't hold it against me.

A huge tangy quid? I should hope not!


--

una cerveza mas por favor ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:17:02 -0800, "Dimitri" >
shouted from the highest rooftop:

>You?

Someone who will have to book a couple of hours before I go in for my
next confession. Forgot it was Ash Wednesday entirely ...

Lapsed and loopy ...


--

una cerveza mas por favor ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:35:01 +1300, bob said:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:17:02 -0800, "Dimitri" >
> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>You?
>
> Someone who will have to book a couple of hours before I go in for my
> next confession. Forgot it was Ash Wednesday entirely ...
>
> Lapsed and loopy ...

bob. Is that an anagram for "Big 'Ol Bum-puncher"?

kjkcrfbhj > wrote in news:49a6041d$0$3339
:


From: kjkcrfbhj >
User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black)
Message-ID: >
Organization: CNNTP
X-Complaints-To:

From: ßevan Cleaveland >
User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black)
Message-ID: >
Organization: CNNTP
X-Complaints-To:


--
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Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

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http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On 26 Feb 2009 02:53:19 GMT, kjkcrfbhj > shouted
from the highest rooftop:

>bob. Is that an anagram for "Big 'Ol Bum-puncher"?

Is "kjkcrfbh" another name for a troll?

--

"The only difference between a troll and an asshole is
that an asshole knows when it's full of shit." - b

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

Dimitri wrote:

> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.
>
> You?


When I used to practice such things, I found that you can eat pretty darn
well cooking vegetarian Indian food. But that misses the point, of course.

A typical "fasting" meal from those days:

Onion-Broccoli Samosas
Mango/Papaya Chutney
Basmati Rice
Garlic Naan
Yogurt-Cucumber Raita
Mattar Paneer (homemade cheese with peas in a spicy tomato sauce)
Curried Hard-Boiled Eggs


Being a fast, of course, we wouldn't have any dessert. :-)


Bob

Aroundabouts Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:07:34 +0000, PeterLucas reckoned:

> X-Complaints-To:

Thanks Peter, I too have forwarded my objections to this Usenet message.

Aroundabouts Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:30:03 +1300, bob (bloated old *******)
reckoned:

> On 26 Feb 2009 02:53:19 GMT, kjkcrfbhj > shouted
> from the highest rooftop:
>
>>bob. Is that an anagram for "Big 'Ol Bum-puncher"?
>
> Is "kjkcrfbh" another name for a troll?

I see no reason why such a name could not be utilised for such a task.

However, having known kjkcrfbh on Usenet for 37 years this month, I have
been aware of the reasoning behind such a choice of psuedonym: to make
the stupid ask questions.

Hope this helps & God Bless.

bob wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:08:06 -0600, Kathleen
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>
>
>>I didn't hold it against him, he didn't hold it against me.
>
>
> A huge tangy quid? I should hope not!

That would have definitely been grounds for a decking. His wife would
have held my jacket. She'd already gone to the mat with him over the
whole, "Don't eat other people's pizza crusts at work functions, not
even if they say it's okay" thing.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:43:21 -0600, Kathleen
> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>bob wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:08:06 -0600, Kathleen
>> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I didn't hold it against him, he didn't hold it against me.
>>
>>
>> A huge tangy quid? I should hope not!
>
>That would have definitely been grounds for a decking. His wife would
>have held my jacket. She'd already gone to the mat with him over the
>whole, "Don't eat other people's pizza crusts at work functions, not
>even if they say it's okay" thing.

LOL ...

--

una cerveza mas por favor ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

On 26 Feb 2009 03:39:42 GMT, ßevan Cleaveland_ >
shouted from the highest rooftop:

>Aroundabouts Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:30:03 +1300, bob (bloated old *******)
>reckoned:
>
>> On 26 Feb 2009 02:53:19 GMT, kjkcrfbhj > shouted
>> from the highest rooftop:
>>
>>>bob. Is that an anagram for "Big 'Ol Bum-puncher"?
>>
>> Is "kjkcrfbh" another name for a troll?
>
>I see no reason why such a name could not be utilised for such a task.
>
>However, having known kjkcrfbh on Usenet for 37 years this month, I have
>been aware of the reasoning behind such a choice of psuedonym: to make
>the stupid ask questions.
>
>Hope this helps & God Bless.

Ever notice how troll rhymes with asshole? I'm sure you have, "Bevan."

--

"The only difference between a troll and an asshole is
that an asshole knows when it's full of shit." - b

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

bob > wrote in
:

> On 26 Feb 2009 03:39:42 GMT, ßevan Cleaveland_ >
> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>

>
> Ever notice how troll rhymes with asshole? I'm sure you have, "Bevan."
>


Nahhhh, the little ****ant your replying to is the lebo-boi 'hey-zues'.

It's all talk, no action. And what talk does come out, is shit and lies
anyway.


It shows how *really* sad it is, when it uses the names of the other two
mental retards as it's own name.

bevan 'the Vietnam POW fraud' kirkland..... and phil 'the dill' cleaver
(aka phil-c, pits, spamlister, tired-pits, pits09).

As it's little 'mate' kirkland would say...... what a looser(tm).


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

Killfile all Google Groups posters.........

http://improve-usenet.org/

http://improve-usenet.org/filters_bg.html

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:30:23 +0000, PeterLucas wrote:

> Janet Wilder > wrote in
> news:009527be$0$30215$c3e8da3 @news.astraweb.com:
>
> Ash Wednesday has a whole different meaning over here........
>
> http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/about/hist..._wednesday.htm
>
> Now we also have a 'Black Saturday'.
>
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574...-29277,00.html

And?!?

(besides the fact that you're just another generic, non-thinking
consumer, that is)

> --
> Peter Lucas
> Brisbane
> Australia
>
> I support the Greens, and I hope you do too:
> http://greens.org.au
> www.qld.greens.org.au
> www.greenpeace.org.au

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:35:29 +0000, ßevan Cleaveland_ wrote:

> Aroundabouts Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:07:34 +0000, PeterLucas reckoned:
>
>> X-Complaints-To:
>
> Thanks Peter, I too have forwarded my objections to this Usenet message.

Me too. Cheers.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:19 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>
>> Tonight's menu.
>>
>> Tossed salad
>> Garlic bread
>> Spaghetti marinara.
>
> New York strips
> Pasta with butter/basil/garlic
> Tossed salad
>
> Cindy Hamilton
> Atheist, married to a lapsed Catholic (also an atheist)

in my experience, the catholic church is an excellent training ground for
atheists.

your pal,
blake

"Dimitri" > wrote in news:sJhpl.21114$Ws1.7742
@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com:

> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>
> Tonight's menu.
>
> Tossed salad
> Garlic bread
> Spaghetti marinara.
>
> You?
>
> Dimitri

Vegetarian lasagna. I had chicken stew in the crock pot and almost had
that instead but remembered in time. Will have stew tonight instead.

Ken

--
"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:19 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> >> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
> >>
> >> Tonight's menu.
> >>
> >> Tossed salad
> >> Garlic bread
> >> Spaghetti marinara.
> >
> > New York strips
> > Pasta with butter/basil/garlic
> > Tossed salad
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> > Atheist, married to a lapsed Catholic (also an atheist)
>
> in my experience, the catholic church is an excellent training ground for
> atheists.
>
> your pal,
> blake

And Pagans..
--
Peace! Om

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. -- Dalai Lama

On Feb 25, 4:50*pm, bob > wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:40:44 -0600, Kathleen
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
> >I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from
> >telling the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got
> >something on your face".
>
> That's naughty ;-)b

Nope, that's non-RC. My daughter had a similar reaction until she
rememberd what day it was.

maxine in ri

"KenK" > wrote in message
...
> "Dimitri" > wrote in news:sJhpl.21114$Ws1.7742
> @nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>
>> Tonight's menu.
>>
>> Tossed salad
>> Garlic bread
>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>
>> You?
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> Vegetarian lasagna. I had chicken stew in the crock pot and almost had
> that instead but remembered in time. Will have stew tonight instead.
>

Isn't Ash Wednesday just day 1 and you are supposed to deny yourself for 40
days?

I'm obviously not denying myself anything I'm still capable of doing. As I
age, my body tends to take enough away involuntarily!

Debbie

In article >, blake murphy > wrote:
>On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:19 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>>
>>> Tonight's menu.
>>>
>>> Tossed salad
>>> Garlic bread
>>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>
>> New York strips
>> Pasta with butter/basil/garlic
>> Tossed salad
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>> Atheist, married to a lapsed Catholic (also an atheist)
>
>in my experience, the catholic church is an excellent training ground for
>atheists.

High church C of E doesn't do a bad job either. :-)

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

In article >, maxine > wrote:
>On Feb 25, 4:50=A0pm, bob > wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:40:44 -0600, Kathleen
>> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>
>> >I managed to remember that it was Ash Wednesday and refrained from
>> >telling the first person I saw with an ash-smudged brow, "Hey, you got
>> >something on your face".
>>
>> That's naughty ;-)b
>
>Nope, that's non-RC. My daughter had a similar reaction until she
>rememberd what day it was.

"It was"? Hmm... sounds like I missed it again.

Cheers, Phred.

--
LID

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:01:14 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:19 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>>>
>>>> Tonight's menu.
>>>>
>>>> Tossed salad
>>>> Garlic bread
>>>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>>
>>> New York strips
>>> Pasta with butter/basil/garlic
>>> Tossed salad
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>> Atheist, married to a lapsed Catholic (also an atheist)
>>
>> in my experience, the catholic church is an excellent training ground for
>> atheists.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> And Pagans..

yeah, the pagans can learn all about ritual there.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:00:13 GMT, Phred wrote:

> In article >, blake murphy > wrote:
>>On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:48:19 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 25, 3:17*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
>>>> Is considered a day of fast and abstinence for those who practice.
>>>>
>>>> Tonight's menu.
>>>>
>>>> Tossed salad
>>>> Garlic bread
>>>> Spaghetti marinara.
>>>
>>> New York strips
>>> Pasta with butter/basil/garlic
>>> Tossed salad
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>> Atheist, married to a lapsed Catholic (also an atheist)
>>
>>in my experience, the catholic church is an excellent training ground for
>>atheists.
>
> High church C of E doesn't do a bad job either. :-)
>
> Cheers, Phred.

don't know for sure, but it sounds much the same except for some of the
nitty-gritty.

your pal,
blake