Thank you for the tip, summer. I never would have thought of it! Very muchly appreciated!
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According to the various news sources, we might have some tough days ahead of us. You need to stock up on emergency supplies which will take you through the projected period of the incoming storm(s)--which in turn will depend on where you live in the state. This means: fill-up all of your cars, etc. with gasoline be certain you have enough drinking water on hand to get everyone in yo
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I am sorry for the multitude of angst and difficulties you've had to deal with today...and VERY happy you're back up... ...and that your various energies (electronic/mechanical/human) have synchronized, and are all working--in their expected order--again! Yorkshire tea and an English detective story sound like a proper, post-trauma, response to me! In any case: Good Work, Nightin
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elderolddog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What do I do if I’m unable to check in?! Bundle up to the max--and, for food, locate the dozens of Mason jars your Mom (or possibly your Grandma) filled with canned fruit all those years ago, and stored in the basement for a future "rainy day." It may take awhile, but someday fairly soon (a week;
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If you are able, it would be good if you could let us know your situation. If you need help, tell us your location (including what county you are in!), what your immediate needs are, and we can inform the relevant authorities. Some of you may still have Internet access, even if everything else seems impossible right now. We are thinking about you!
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Tahoe Girl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, Tevai. Snow in Topanga Canyon, mid-1960s. I > remember playing in it. The only time we had snow > until we moved to Lake Tahoe. Then, more than > enough snow! > > Cheers to you! > > TG Hi, TG! I actually lived in Topanga Canyon (on the very tippy-top of a mountain there) when
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Stay safe...stay warm...stay dry!!! What we are all going through right now reminds me so much of when I was growing up in Woodland Hills, in the western SFV. Back then, it snowed every few years, which meant that every few years I could go tobogganing down the hillside directly outside of our top-of-the-hill house, which I (born in L.A.) always thought was such an exotically amazing adve
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Nightingale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're most welcome, Tevai. I'm glad you enjoyed > it. > > Interesting that you've visited Canada. I hope it > was a great adventure for you. If you ever come to > B.C. I sure would love to meet you. I'll bring one > of each colour bill. :) Yes, I would very much like to meet you too!
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Thank you for this beautiful explanation, Nightingale! For different reasons (a film shoot, etc.) I've been to Canada several times in my life, and I've never before known ANY of this. Thank you!! :)
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I, personally, consider it genuinely of concern that this is (evidently) such a problem for Putin. There are huge problems on his plate right now (most specifically: an ongoing war with Ukraine), and for him to concentrate his attention on whatever the Church of England does (or does not), is (in my opinion) insane. Which may actually be an affirming, but totally unexpected, indicator of wh
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I put my reply to you in the wrong place! See the post which I THINK will be above. :D
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Thank you, Lot's Wife :), and... Thank you, Done Done :). Your caring, and your affirmative words, are very muchly appreciated by me. :)
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My VERY deeply loved by me, paternal, grandparents had two offspring, both of them sons. I don't know most of the specifics, but my biological father is the son who was NOT married to my mother when I was conceived. It was fairly early WWII back then and Americans (males most especially) were suddenly coming and going to distant places in ways confusing to understand, certainly now--but als
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Thank you Elder Berry and Lot's Wife! Your kind words are very muchly appreciated. :)
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Done. :)
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Oh, Nightingale--I am so sorry for everyone involved, and as well, for all Canadians everywhere. These are the really tough situations for law enforcement and medical personnel. (My first, post-high school, job was working for the City of Los Angeles--largely in the Police Department, so I have some idea of just how rough these situations can be for those involved.) My very best wishes for
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Lev Tahor is a Jewish cult, with an extremely bad reputation for doing extremely bad things to their members. This is the extent of my knowledge about this group, but I have no interest at all in becoming better informed about the scope, and the details, of their "dirty deeds." If you go to YouTube and do a search for "Lev Tahor," you will be able to observe at least som
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Phantom Shadow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My Jewish FIL, a convert, was assigned to the > Tribe of Judah in his patriarchal blessing. Years > later, when DH started tracing his genealogy, he > learned that his father was actually a Levite. > DH's blessing said he would be blessed in > Ephraim--something like that. Didn't give his >
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Oh, dear ;) --where to begin, where to begin??? Just on a purely pragmatic level, I am amazed that the Mormons would want us. Argument (think "debate") is one of the things Jews do best, and while Jews can--if called for--be illogical, they are also immensely logical...to the point where non-Jewish opponents usually, eventually, give up. I was not aware that Jews in ancient time
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Oh, MG, I am sorry. You truly do not deserve this, and most especially at this point in your personal life. I don't have any wise words of wisdom (I wish I did have some words of wisdom to share), but I feel so much for what you are going through right now. We are feeling for you. I know it doesn't help much, but we do care.
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps some of those Jews were trying to survive. I agree that this could be one possible explanation, but the Germans (so far as I am aware) are, and have been since at least medieval times, among the world's greatest record keepers. It is difficult to try to imagine how, in that time and in that place, this
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I did not know any of this. Thank you, very much, for the information.
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Lot's Wife Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you, Tevai. You are welcome. :)
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bradley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it too late for forced assimilation? > > Every day, the border looks like the ending of > "Born in East LA". At least you speak Spanish. > More new friends. But I think they will be > America's new underclass. Business wanted cheap > labor so Biden opened the border. Maybe they &g
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I am so very sorry for your loss. I wish I had the words to adequately express how I am really feeling right now, but I don't. I am just so sorry.
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anonynon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Reform Judaism doesn't take a literalist approach. True. > "There is no focus on daily prayer": ... ..."observance of halacha rules is minimal" ... ..."eschatological beliefs are more figurative" ... ..."and the emphasis is on ethics, morals, universalist and enlight
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anonynon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Passover and sukkot aren't observed totally at > home. Only people in very secular denominations, > like Reform/Liberal, do that. Technically, you are correct. Certain prayers are supposed to be said only in a minyan: a group which consists of either ten Jewish men (this is for those who are Orthodox), or
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016342778 I don't understand this at all. Is this some kind of Mormon thing I haven't heard of before?
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Fascinated in the Midwest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apparently, the opportunity to shop on a Sunday > takes butts out of pews...and so white > working-class folks die...it's a theory TSCC could > use (without referencing it?) to drive greater > attendance. For Jews, that would most likely be Friday sundown through Saturday sundown (w
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I'm Jewish (although I was raised both Vedanta/Hindu, and also Unity School of Christianity), so I have no opinion about the New Testament. What is generally referred to the Old Testament, though, has generated an entire country chockfull of eager archeologists, both university-trained professionals, as well as relative amateurs who are either Israelis or they are Jewish tourists from all ov
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