On 07/03/2013 2:53 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:30:35 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 07/03/2013 11:16 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:48:14 -0500, Dave Smith
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I had a JH for a boss for a while
>>>
>>> Here's how little I know... why use JH for Jehovah's Witness? I'd use
>>> JW.
>>>
>> Because I make a lot of typos ;-)
>
> Oh, okay... I didn't think of that because the two letters are so far
> apart. LOL
>


Okay then.... it was a brain fart type JeHovah ;-)

On 07/03/2013 5:52 PM, graham wrote:

>>>
>>
>> I have mixed feelings on the tax issue. IMO, they are public
>> organizations and often working for community good. However, there does
>> seem to be some abuses. There are a number of churches that I think are a
>> lot more of a business than a religion.
>>
> I don't see why I should have to support their tax-free buildings. Note that
> a christian school just got slammed by the taxman for operating a fiddle
> over their fees.


They are community buildings, built for and by members of the community.
Basically, the members are being taxed by the church, and taxing the
church just puts more financial responsibility on its members.

On 3/7/2013 1:07 PM, James Silverton wrote:
> On 3/7/2013 1:02 PM, Gary wrote:
>> George Leppla wrote:
>>>
>>> It is a shame that we as a society have become so
>>> cynical that we can't even accept good wishes from a stranger (no matter
>>> what their motivation).
>>
>> A good comment is a good comment. I don't look behind the lines.
>> I often stop at a convenience store on the way home.
>> Most times I get, "Thank you and have a nice day."
>> I usually respond, "Thanks. It'll a nice day now - I'm on the way home."
>>
>
> I find it normal to respond to good wishes and if a shop assistant says,
> "Have a nice day" I'll say "And you" or "You too". They sometimes seem a
> little surprised to receive anything other than a grunt.
>
>
It's nice to hear. Most of the people in stores where I shop sound like
they actually mean it. And they also appreciate a smile and a "you
too!". There is nothing wrong with a little common civility. It's not
like you just invited them home for dinner. LOL

Jill

On 3/7/2013 12:20 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/7/2013 7:08 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> So many people who purport to be such "good Christians" are hypocrites.
>> Many years ago I had a friend who was a school teacher. She got a job
>> in a private Baptist academy. (She was a lapsed Catholic.) They made
>> her sign a statement saying she would not drink or dance. Dance! She
>> was 24 and single, of course she went to clubs. And yes, she ran into a
>> lot of these alleged "good" Baptists out drinking and dancing on Friday
>> or Saturday nights.
>
> Made me laugh, I thought you were going to say something about
> the "good (whatever religion)" who commit murder, adultery,
> etc. Not that there are so many that do, proportionally, but you
> see it all the time if you watch true crime.
>
> Dancing, what the heck, that's a good rule to break.
>
> nancy
>
But, but, but... *dancing* might lead to impure thoughts!

Jill

On 3/7/2013 2:20 PM, Ema Nymton wrote:
> On 3/7/2013 11:47 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> I'm tolerant of the various religions as long as they keep it in the
>> church.
>> Sadly many don't do that these days....they want to tell us all how to
>> live.
>>
>> G.
>
>
> Just when they find Jesus, they want to give him to you.
>
> Becca
>
>
LOL Becca! Best reply to a Bible-thumper who knocked on a door I ever
heard: "Hello! Have you found Jesus?" "Oh, I didn't know he was lost."

Jill

On 3/7/2013 12:20 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/7/2013 7:08 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> So many people who purport to be such "good Christians" are hypocrites.
>> Many years ago I had a friend who was a school teacher. She got a job
>> in a private Baptist academy. (She was a lapsed Catholic.) They made
>> her sign a statement saying she would not drink or dance. Dance! She
>> was 24 and single, of course she went to clubs. And yes, she ran into a
>> lot of these alleged "good" Baptists out drinking and dancing on Friday
>> or Saturday nights.
>
> Made me laugh, I thought you were going to say something about
> the "good (whatever religion)" who commit murder, adultery,
> etc. Not that there are so many that do, proportionally, but you
> see it all the time if you watch true crime.
>
> Dancing, what the heck, that's a good rule to break.
>
> nancy
>

Yup, right out of Footloose. I thought that movie was entertaining, but
the premise was ridiculous. No dancing?

On Mar 5, 12:54*pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
> On 3/4/20139:31 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> > I had to look it up. *I'd never considered it as a growing plant
> > before. *After looking at the pictures, I know that I have never seen
> > it grown in any fields that I have passed. *What an interesting plant..
> > I had no idea that it could be used as a grain and a flour.
> > Janet US
>
> You can seesorghumgrowing on farms in south Texas, Louisiana, Alabama,
> Mississippi, Florida. *It resembles corn in appearance, until you look
> at the top, then you know it is not corn.
>
> My mother lovessorghum, so that was all we had; it reminds me of honey
> and molasses. I didn't taste Mrs. Butterworth's until I was at a slumber
> party and we had French toast for breakfast. I did not taste real maple
> syrup until was an adult, as far as I can remember.
>
> Becca

There used to be a sorghum "mill" just down the road from our farm
here in Iowa; there are still local sorghum cane growers here. It
isn't just in the south.

N.

On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:11:43 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 07/03/2013 2:53 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:30:35 -0500, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/03/2013 11:16 AM, sf wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:48:14 -0500, Dave Smith
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I had a JH for a boss for a while
> >>>
> >>> Here's how little I know... why use JH for Jehovah's Witness? I'd use
> >>> JW.
> >>>
> >> Because I make a lot of typos ;-)
> >
> > Oh, okay... I didn't think of that because the two letters are so far
> > apart. LOL
> >
>
>
> Okay then.... it was a brain fart type JeHovah ;-)

Okay... that makes sense!

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:05:17 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:



>
>Around that same time one of my brothers dated a woman who was a
>Jehovah's Witness. She told him over and over again, they don't "do"
>birthday or Christmas presents. He took her at her word. Whew, I don't
>have to buy her a gift! Then she got ****ed off because he didn't.
>
>Jill

We had a JW at work. He did not attend the Christmas Party, but he
did take the bonus check though.

On 3/7/2013 11:29 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 07/03/2013 10:58 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> The reason she gave me was, in reviewing the requests, "This guy has
>> kids, you don't. He might prefr Christmas." (Man, did that tick my
>> father off when I told him about it!) She made it sound like Kevin had
>> complained about the vacation schedule.
>>
>> He and I were friends. I said hey, if you want your vacation over
>> Christmas off I have no problem switching. He said no! He'd scheduled
>> his vacation around a family camping trip in July. We didn't know why
>> she was trying to micro-manage our time off.
>
> That's part of the problem with the corporate world. There are a lot of
> middle management jobs that don't really need to be there. They don't do
> much for productivity and in many cases they actually interfere with it.
> Many of the people in those positions are filled by people who really
> don't know that much about the job. They just want to be in charge.
>
With the exception of two mid-level managers (at this same company),
none of them could have done my job. I'm a firm believer the person you
report to should be able to step in and take up the slack if necessary.

Mostly what they were good for was scheduling useless meetings which
definitely interfered with productivity. How could we work on software
issues when we were stuck in a conference room? I'd volunteer to take
the pager and pray we'd get beeped. Uh oh, the database went down in
Tempe, sorry. Please continue bloviating while I do something useful.

> I was lucky in my career with the government. Most of my bosses were
> pretty good. I worked hard for them and most of them appreciated it and
> recommended me for promotion. A couple were jerks. When I first
> transferred to enforcement the local supervisor was a jerk. Pick pick
> pick pick pick all the time. He was always looking for the negative. It
> was a good thing for me that I had access to the district productivity
> stats because the year he tried to give me a negative appraisal I stood
> up to him and pointed out that I was the top producer in the district by
> far. He ended up having to re-write my appraisal before I would sign it.
> What a weasel to give negative that he could not defend.
>
Yeah, I've run into a few of those, too. I kept track of department
stats for just that reason. (I don't think the manager at the time even
knew we could do that.)

Jill

On 3/8/2013 6:50 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:05:17 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>> Around that same time one of my brothers dated a woman who was a
>> Jehovah's Witness. She told him over and over again, they don't "do"
>> birthday or Christmas presents. He took her at her word. Whew, I don't
>> have to buy her a gift! Then she got ****ed off because he didn't.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We had a JW at work. He did not attend the Christmas Party, but he
> did take the bonus check though.
>
Properly tithed, of course.

Jill

On 3/7/2013 10:43 PM, Nancy2 wrote:

>> You can seesorghumgrowing on farms in south Texas, Louisiana, Alabama,
>> Mississippi, Florida. It resembles corn in appearance, until you look
>> at the top, then you know it is not corn.
>>
>> My mother lovessorghum, so that was all we had; it reminds me of honey
>> and molasses. I didn't taste Mrs. Butterworth's until I was at a slumber
>> party and we had French toast for breakfast. I did not taste real maple
>> syrup until was an adult, as far as I can remember.
>>
>> Becca
>
> There used to be a sorghum "mill" just down the road from our farm
> here in Iowa; there are still local sorghum cane growers here. It
> isn't just in the south.
>
> N.

Someone said they had never seen sorghum growing, so I only mentioned
the states where I have seen it growing. I have never been to Iowa,
although I would love to visit. One of my late friends was born and
raised in Iowa.

Becca

On 3/7/2013 12:51 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 07/03/2013 12:47 PM, Gary wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I'm tolerant of the various religions as long as they keep it in the
>> church.
>> Sadly many don't do that these days....they want to tell us all how to
>> live.
>>
>
>
> I am getting fed up with their whining about freedom of religion and an
> alleged assault on Christianity and school and other public prayers.
> They are free to pray and I am free not too.

In the 1970's, in Public school, my HS Spanish teacher started off every
class with a prayer. First in English, then in Spanish. She couched it
in terms of us learning the English/Spanish translation. Ha! It was her
way of getting around the prayer in schools issue. I (along with
several other students) opted to sit outside the classroom until the
actual class started.

Jill