What's the symbol of atheism

273kelvin comments on Nov 1, 2019:

You could try this "Because it's not there"

Christian TV host: Vegetarian hamburgers are a ‘Luciferian’ plot to change human DNA – ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 31, 2019:

Okay, so he is saying that it is possible to change a human's DNA. Would that not negate everything that creationists believe. In that species are immutable?

The 10 US cities with the worst crime rates.

273kelvin comments on Oct 31, 2019:

A classic case of false logic. The main cause of crime is poverty (Wall st and the white house notwithstanding). So even if your meme is correct (and it is disputable). It is quite understandable that poor cities with higher amounts of ethnic communities will be left-wing and vote for ethnic candidates. Did you really think that they would vote for the white billionaires of the GOP? Okay, lets put it another way. Suppose I point out "ATTRACTIVE WOMEN WITH BIG TITS MARRY SUCCESSFUL RICH GUYS" It sounds plausible. The head cheerleader and the quarterback are American dating cliches. Does that mean that going with poor guys makes women ugly and their tits shrink?

What is the purpose of this site?

273kelvin comments on Oct 30, 2019:

This is a broad-church (if you pardon the phrase). It can be a dating site but be prepared to travel, as distances between members can be large. It can be a place to vent your thoughts and feelings about religion. Many in the bible belt find this therapeutic It can also be a place to just hang-out. Without someone bringing up "Have you found Jesus?" and you saying "No, have tried looking down the back of the sofa?" Explore some of the many groups we have here. Singles/mingles/chat is a good one to start with.

Good Evening Everyone! Had a long day working and crashed around 5 and woke up after a short nap.

273kelvin comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I keep in touch with most of my exes. With 2 exceptions. my ex-wife who so poisoned my eldest daughter that she will have nothing to do with me. (I hear that she is not talking to her mom now too). I have absolutely no desire to see or hear from her again. The other is my last great love affair which left me so fucked up that she is like radioactive material to me. Any more contact would be liable to send me spiraling down. All the rest are great. I see J quite often and we get drunk and just sleep together without sex. R is my other daughter's mom and even though we tried to unsuccessfully rekindle it a few years back. We still can stay reasonably civil. I help out with the odd man chore. Some others are on my FB list but I won't out give clues.

Share a story about "What did you not know about sex until you had it story" Here let me start...

273kelvin comments on Oct 30, 2019:

I did not know that I had a restrictive frenulum. For those not used to uncircumcised men, this is a small strip of skin that connects the foreskin to the head at the apex of the vee. It can stop a guy pulling the skin all the way back. I had masturbated of course and could pull it back enough to clean, so I did not know it was supposed to go further back. My first time was with a lady 12 years older who loved a good romp. I made her cum 3 times but she found blood in her vagina afterward. It was only then that I confessed that she was my 1st and I showed her the rip. It must have been about 1cm of tear. It may have hurt at the time but I did not notice and looking at it now I cannot even see a trace of it left

I've noticed recently that I'm having difficulty maintaining my erection.

273kelvin comments on Oct 30, 2019:

It might be time for you to consider some pills. Viagra is the most common one but perhaps Cialis may be more appropriate. The former is good for several hours of hardness but the latter a whole weekend of off and on pleasure. Especially as it's not the getting there but the staying there that's the problem.

"How do you feel about uncertainty?

273kelvin comments on Oct 29, 2019:

I am not sure.

Good Evening Everyone! Long work day! Posting tonight.

273kelvin comments on Oct 28, 2019:

Sorry I showed up at half-past but maybe the clock change did something?

Suppose you were to try to convince someone of your non-belief in the existence of God, what (in ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Pictures say it best "Because it`s not there"

Seth Andrews used to have segment he called “head slapping” things theists have said to them.

273kelvin comments on Oct 26, 2019:

There was a radio quiz show in Liverpool called "Hold yer plumbs", noted for the dumbest contestants. One woman struggled for ages with the question "What was Hitler's 1st name?" Eventually, she came out with "Hiel"

I’ve been thinking about going to a brewery tonight that’s having a Halloween party.

273kelvin comments on Oct 26, 2019:

Go out anyway. You will be bound to find some girls in a bunch that you can tag along with or even a mixed group. If you tell them your plight then I am sure that they will welcome you.

Why do people put pictures of their kids but not themselves in dating profiles?

273kelvin comments on Oct 26, 2019:

I don't know why anyone would just put pics of their kids up. But kids on dating sites, in general, are wrong. It is worse in my mind when a woman puts any pics of her kids up. If a guy does it? Well, he is showing he is caring (but still wrong). If a woman does it? Then let's face it most preditors are male and they will be the only ones seeing them.

I see posts here saying "are Atheists this?

273kelvin comments on Oct 25, 2019:

I`m not

So this is a poll... do atheists believe in capital in capital punishment?

273kelvin comments on Oct 25, 2019:

I am against it. Here is the best argument that I heard. If you lived in someplace like Rwanda that suffered massive genocide. With little or no resources to deal with a large prison population. Then it might be the only way to go. But we do not live in a place like that and we do not need it.

Personal responsibility?

273kelvin comments on Oct 24, 2019:

If there was a drugie in your street that was breaking into cars and holmes? You would warn your neighbors

Are you still in bed, sleepy head? GET UP! 🤣😂

273kelvin comments on Oct 24, 2019:

"Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow"

Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire. [youtu.be]

273kelvin comments on Oct 24, 2019:

"Hello this is 911 please state the nature of your emergency?" "Er well I think I might need an ambulance and possibly the fire dept. As it appears that my sex is on fire"

Are Atheists racist

273kelvin comments on Oct 22, 2019:

There are two red buses. Are all buses red? The trend going by this site and common sense would indicate that atheists are less racist and more left-leaning than most. Yes, we do have some republican and racist folks on here but they are small in propation to the vast majority.

Good evening everyone! Worked at home today while the Kia dealership replaced my remote and ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 22, 2019:

Finding a good mechanic is rather like finding a good doctor. Recommendations are best but failing that go to where the cab drivers go. Become on 1st name terms with the guy and try and develop mutual respect

Out of curiosity. What are your top 3-5 favorite songs of all time?

273kelvin comments on Oct 21, 2019:

I have not seen the biofilm but people tell me this is not in it. However, I did hear it in a radio doc. Long John Baldry had Reg Dwight as his pianist. Reg was all set to give up music and get married but John got him pissed one night. He told him what a huge mistake he was making and that life was not for him. Years later Reg (now with half of Johns name and the other half from his manager James Elton) tells Bernie about it and you get "Someone saved my life tonight" https://youtu.be/SVSgmUIlCz8

THE CONCEPT OF NOTHING.

273kelvin comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Nothing A long time ago my then gf was having her place renovated by the council landlords. She could have moved out but preferred to stay even without a full bathroom or kitchen. She also let someone use her address for bail. He went missing and the cops came round to try and find him. They came in and I could not resist saying "Dont look in the kitchen" "Why what's in there?" "Nothing" "What do you mean nothing?" "Nothing. There is nothing in there" He opened the kitchen door to find ... nothing. No cupboards, sink, washing machine, pots, pans, dishes. tiles plaster.... nothing

Ok.

273kelvin comments on Oct 20, 2019:

God? Holy Trinity? Virgin birth? Holy visions of the saints? The earth and universe is only 6,500 years old? Alien abductions? Faked moon landings? Flat earth? or how about the latest one I heard that Australia does not exist? At what point do you call foul and say "bullshit"?

I thought this was a friendship/dating site! I love the ‘difference’ of the site & that’s ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 20, 2019:

Welcome to the site. I came on here at first to use it as a dating site, just like yourself but as members are so widely spread. It has become more of a community FB type of thing for me.

I had a coffee with the woman I've chatting with for about three weeks.

273kelvin comments on Oct 18, 2019:

This is why early meets are best. Otherwise, both parties can waste time and optimism and let's face it you know either way after 20 mins of irl.

Hey, all.

273kelvin comments on Oct 18, 2019:

I know that it can work for some but I did try getting back with my daughter's mom some 15 years later. It was lovely to be spending time with my daughter but if the cracks that were there in a relationship are still there. Then there is no point in painting over them As for re-locating? Mmmm I would not leave my flat now for anyone. You cannot be on an equal footing if your home depends on whether they still want you around.

Recently noticed in a fbuk discussion on the merits of Bob Dylan's recent Nobel prize - fbuk names ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 17, 2019:

I love Dylans songs, well most of them. As for his religious conversion? A man/artist can go where he likes as long as he remains true to himself and his art. The fact is, his gospel album was bad. His autobiography said nothing about his Jewish upbringing even though all his kids were mitzvahed. What does rile me is when people call him a poet. Sorry, but he is not. He is a great songwriter. One of the best 20th-century ones but a poet? no. The scene in "Annie Hall" where Woody Allen's new gf starts quoting "Just like a woman" like it was Keats. Brings it into hilarious perspective

Happy Birthday to Kelvin!

273kelvin comments on Oct 16, 2019:

Thank you xxx I spent the day in Manchester with my daughter and her mom. I had a great time and when for an Indian meal.

Are you planning on doing anything for Halloween?

273kelvin comments on Oct 16, 2019:

I may leave the giant cobweb hanging in my bathroom till afterward

Why Is Sex Like Riding A Bike?

273kelvin comments on Oct 15, 2019:

Or I can remember how it is done but I don't feel like making all that effort. Once you get really into it. You end up shaving places that you normally don't want to. Your hands will inevitably get covered in oil

Pastor Claims Gay People Are Possessed By “Fart Demons” That Can Drive Pigs To Suicide / Queerty

273kelvin comments on Oct 13, 2019:

I have to say this but "only in America". Not just this outrageous nitwit but all the christian-right. They would not last 5 minutes in the UK or Europe. The ridicule of the general public would eat them alive. Not only that but the religious establishment would treat them like a fart in a lift. Seriously, this is reminiscent of some African backwater not a 1st world educated nation.

Hot Mature Flies Waiting for Viagra Spiders! Sign-up Now! These ads showed up on my Facebook ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 13, 2019:

Technically this counts as a dating site. No great conspiracy needed. You age and single status would be enough to generate these adds. You can use the "hide add" feature if you get tired of the inspiration. But other adds will take their place. Be thankful that they are not for incontinence pants

William Barr: Our Less Christian Society Is To Blame For Mental Illness And Drug Abuse

273kelvin comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Yes I have heard the same argument put much better from Jordan Peterson. The thing is if they were correct then we would see a correlation between counties with high or low beliefs and crime rates in those countries. A brief look will show that its not the case. In fact many high crime rates come from very religious places. Ethiopia and Rwanda are both nearly top of both tables. Okay that might be due to poverty but the USA has an atheist % of just 4.6% but has one of the highest prison populations in the western world.

Guy texted me a duck pic today.

273kelvin comments on Oct 12, 2019:

Watch out, Mallards are notorious rapists

Do you background check online dates prior to meeting in person?

273kelvin comments on Oct 12, 2019:

I always invite any potential date to check out my FB page to show that I am legit

Hello everyone...Don't forget!!!

273kelvin comments on Oct 12, 2019:

This joke is 3 weeks too late

This is a good one 😛

273kelvin comments on Oct 11, 2019:

Napoleon was wandering through his entourage when casually asked one of them "Do you speak Spanish?" "No I am sorry I dont emperor" "Pity" said Napoleon and walked on. The courtier thinking that his emperor must have some very important business for him in Spain. Hired a tutor and spent 3 months learning Spanish. Returning to court to announce "I can now speak Spanish your excellency" Napoleon turned to him and said "Excellent, now you can read Don Quixote in its original"

This question showed up in a writers' group: "Tropes vs cliches; When does the first become the ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 11, 2019:

A Presbyterian minister, a Mormon and a Muslim walk into a bar. The minister asks "What are we doing in here?" The Mormon says "Yeah this is weird coz none of us drink" And the Muslim says "It must be some kind of a joke" No trope or cliche is so completely mined out that some nuggets may not be found within

I have this wonder perhaps someone knows the answer. Do people that dye their get brain damage?

273kelvin comments on Oct 11, 2019:

I remember a cartoon (which I cannot find) that has a dog about to be bathed and shampooed. the caption reads "If it is all the same to you? I would prefer one that has been tested on animals"

Another Illiterate Religious Moron Him: Hi, how are you today?

273kelvin comments on Oct 9, 2019:

You need to change your profile pic to one of you spit roasting a baby. As obviously these Christians cannot read, only be read to.

My Bday is Tomorrow, that makes today manhatten Wednesday! Cheers y'all!

273kelvin comments on Oct 9, 2019:

Happy birthday and keep some Angostura bitters for the next day

Many people today are angry - whether they are politically left or right.

273kelvin comments on Oct 9, 2019:

A great post. Would you mind if I re-posted it on FB? I will leave your ID out of it if you wish?

is the New Cold War in the Making?

273kelvin comments on Oct 9, 2019:

If it does then the USA had better watch out, as China hold a huge amount of its debt

"The Cure for Toxic Positivity -- ‘Hang in there!’ can do more harm than good" ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 8, 2019:

A man falls down a deep hole and is unable to get out when he sees his priest walk by up above. The man calls to him and his priest prays for him then walks on. Next the mans doctor walks by and again he calls out but the doctor just writes him a note and walks on. Then the mans friend walk by so he calls out but this time his friend jumps down into the hole beside him. The man says to his friend "Well that was stupid. Now there is two of us stuck in this hole" He friend replies "Yeah but I've been down this hole before and I know the way out"

Quick survey question of the day Before you answer the survey question, please do this mental ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 8, 2019:

This far too much a blanket statement. The use of the word "the" rather than "a" or perhaps the preface of "on average". I may 100% sure that in some jobs they are payed 75% less but 0% on all jobs

Just wanted to acknowledge the passing of the legend, Ginger Baker.

273kelvin comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Great musician - shit person

Imagine my shock when I learned there is a Hell, Michigan.

273kelvin comments on Oct 6, 2019:

Early in this site, we had a member from there. I thought that she was joking till I googled it

Genetically speaking, could Adam and Eve have existed?

273kelvin comments on Oct 6, 2019:

No, because men (and all other male mammals) have nipples. Let me explain; I had a right-hand drive Volvo car with the bonnet/hood release on the left-hand side. This is because whilst they had to move all the essential controls over for the UK and other sensible counties markets. it was not cost-effective to shift the release catch as well. Genetically, females are the blueprint model and males the specialist ones. So Eve would have come 1st.

Confederate Flag ::: A comment about those who revere the Confederacy, and the Confederate Flag ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 6, 2019:

As a brit here is how I view this. The South seceded, it attacked 1st. Should the USA apologize to Japan? Should the USA and the UK say sorry to Germany? No, at the time the former was enslaving vast areas of Asia and the latter throwing people into cattle trucks. With we all know what end. Furthermore, I have never heard any of the confederate flag waivers apologize to the African-American community for treating them as property. On the contrary, they have been intent on disenfranchising them ever since. So fuck you.

Hypocrisy level, mankind

273kelvin comments on Oct 5, 2019:

"I think that I will never see. A billboard lovely as a tree. I fear unless the billboards fall I`ll never see a tree at all" - Ogden Nash

ARE YOU ANNOYED AT TV EVANAGLISTS AND DOOR KNOCKING BIBLE THUMPERS?

273kelvin comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Cont.....Me---It gets better. Following your previous msgs I looked up Jack Horner and he is a very respected paleontologist. I also looked up Otis Kline and his Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum. Here is what Jack Horner is quoted in Wikipedia saying about it "It's not a science museum at all...it's not a pseudo-science museum…There's nothing scientific about it." Healy, Donna (October 18, 2009). "Dinosaur museum presents biblical view of origins". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 28 May 2017.

From an atheist perspective (and I am an atheist), is there a difference between religion and a ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Size. If a film is a massive blockbuster then it is no longer a cult film. Similarly, if a small religion takes young people and secludes them away, denying them access to their families until they are totally emersed, devoted and focused on only the ideology. Then it is called a cult. When the catholic church does it, it is called an established religion. I remember my dad (an atheist too) showing me round the places he grew up. He pointed out the corner where once a month young girls would wait for the bus to take them off to a convent. Describing the heartfelt tears from their families that often would never see them again. If that ain't a cult I don't know what is?

My son took me to see Joker today as a birthday treat.

273kelvin comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Not my type of thing but I noticed in the trailer a joke stolen from the late great UK comic Bob Monkhouse. "They all laughed when I said that I was going to be a comedian Well they`re not laughing now"

Would people ever talk to each other if there were not sporting events or political scandals to ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 5, 2019:

Dad was an NCO and the rules of the mess were, no talk about sport, politics or other NCOs wives. So what does that leave? the weather? A camping trip and 3 of us were there, alcohol and pot imbibed. After what was in my gfs opinion a much too lengthy discussion about the campfire itself. My gf exclaimed, "WILL YOU ALL STOP GOING ON ABOUT THE BLOODY FIRE!". A stunned silence ensued and my mate said with an innocent face that would not melt butter "There are a million things that you can talk about around a campfire and one of them is...... the fire"

Sometimes I'm confused on what to call myself.

273kelvin comments on Oct 4, 2019:

A few years ago a guy put a £5 bet on with the bookmakers William Hill that Elvis would come back riding Shergar through London and win Wimbledon. They gave him odds of 10.000.000/1 but later had to call him up and get him to reduce his stake to 5p as they did not have sufficient funds to cover the bet if he won. My agnosticism is slightly higher than that as.... Elvis did exist. Shergar`s body has never been found and someone does win Wimbledon every year.

America’s Founders Wanted Church And State To Be Separate And So Should You

273kelvin comments on Oct 3, 2019:

To view the constitution on this matter, you have to look at it in context. Most of the founding fathers were of British descent so I will concentrate on the problems that England had with an established religion up to that point. Europe was Catholic until Martin Luther and religious divisions began. Henry viii latched onto the idea to facilitate his divorce and appropriate church funds. That made him de facto pope of England. Monasteries are dissolved, priests, nuns, and monks marry. England is protestant and Catholics are persecuted. After Henry viii and Edward vi, Mary comes along and its all change. Priests, nuns, and monks come out of retirement, leave their spouses and Protestants have to hide now. A reign of terror gives her the name of "Bloody Mary" Then Elizabeth i and all change again. After that James i of Scotland who although Catholic keeps the county stable by outwardly converting and doing what he is told so he can secretly carry on being gay. (the king James bible is commissioned) Not so his son Charles i who wants to push towards Catholicism again. A civil war ensues. Charles is executed and the UK becomes a protestant republic. Life is drear, sport, theatre, and Christmas along with many other things are banned. The monarchy is invited back under Charles ii. All religions are tolerated but Charles has no legitimate heir. His brother James ii is very Catholic but as he has no heir too, so no worries. Then James' wife gets pregnant and the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-by baby" speaks to people's fears. Parliament fires James ii and invites William of orange and Mary over to take the throne. Mary has a dubious claim and William is a fat German with no English but they are not Catholic and that will do. James lands in Ireland from France and he and Billy duke it out in the Battle of the Boyne. James loses and apart from a failed coup by his son in Scotland, the UK is under the protestant Hanoverian rule. Not that life all sweetness and light and many choose a life in the new world to get away from all this madness. By the time we get to George iii (who was actually mad), it is no wonder that the establishment of a state religion would be the very last can of worms that the new USA would want to open. Btw the UK monarch is still de facto pope. His/her prime minister was still in charge of choosing bishops right up until Tony Blair who abdicated the role due to him being a closet Catholic. Converting after he left the office.

Rogue State: Sanctions on the US?

273kelvin comments on Oct 3, 2019:

What if the more likely scenario of individuals boycotting US goods were to occur. Such many do with Israel?

I just got into a debate with someone about Jesus' crucifixion being God's Will, hypothetically.

273kelvin comments on Oct 3, 2019:

If you had to choose someone to betray you. who better than your best friend https://youtu.be/DQdDmL9SgQs

I often find it extremely mind-boggling just how many "Christians" have never read the Bible.

273kelvin comments on Oct 3, 2019:

I once had a catholic try and argue that christianity predated the Romans. So I asked her if she had heard of Pontius Pilate? When she said no I said that I wash my hands of you

We all know the song, there are lots of different covers of The First Cut Is The Deepest, but do...

273kelvin comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Yes I knew that but I was surprised when someone on here did not know that his "Another Saturday night" was originally a Sam Cooke song

Dating religious people

273kelvin comments on Oct 2, 2019:

Firstly, you did exactly the right thing by calling him out. I don`t know precisely what happened to turn him. Either he expected some kind of divine light to fall on you after his statement about god bringing you two together or his church cronies went to work on him. Possibly a combination of both. The thing about these hypocrites is that they talk the talk but don`t walk the walk. "Thou shalt not bear false witness". "Do not attempt to remove the straw from your neighbors eye.." "Let he who is without sin". Seem to hold no meaning to the bigotry of tribal religions.

i’ve been thinking about the theist idea (specifically christian because i know that religion ...

273kelvin comments on Oct 2, 2019:

This guy sums it up best https://youtu.be/os3rn8NOrFs

Sometimes when I try to write a longish post, a large part of what I am writing suddenly disappears.

273kelvin comments on Oct 1, 2019:

If it keeps happening? Try copying half way though. at least you will have some back up

I like how it will light your way.

273kelvin comments on Oct 1, 2019:

All our yesterdays that light the way of fools the road to dusty death

Ok.

273kelvin comments on Sep 30, 2019:

It does depend on the woman and sometimes the state of the relationship. Making baby sex was mind-blowing the amount of initiative she showed and we have a lovely daughter to show for it. She who dares wins. Later on I find that older women are less afraid to make the first move. Either that or I am finding ladies more in tune with my sexuality.

What have you done to lower your sex drive?

273kelvin comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Women say that men think with their dicks. I say that it that just has voting rights. As time passes it loses some of its majority in the house

I just read an article from Saturday 's WaPo about a woman who's been suffering headaches and memory...

273kelvin comments on Sep 30, 2019:

Wow! you need a lover like that like you want a hole in the head.

Well.

273kelvin comments on Sep 30, 2019:

I kinda figured that would happen after your previous post. Sorry that you have to go through this but it will be best in the long run. The guy seems like a jerk, sorry but he does. You had an agreement to keep religion out of the relationship and he tried to impose his views onto you. You will be much better off without him. It may seem hard at first. It might be difficult to find a nice secular guy but at least you will be you and not someone elses version of you.

Hugh Laurie - Saint James Infirmary I remember how surprised I was when I first became aware that...

273kelvin comments on Sep 29, 2019:

The other way round for us brits. He was a double act with his Cambridge chum Stephen Fry. Did the best Jeeves and Wooster I have seen

It's going to be an awkward day for me today.

273kelvin comments on Sep 29, 2019:

It is just a bunch of words. If it means nothing to you, then it is no biggie. Plus sides: It keeps Frankies parents sweet A damn good excuse for a party - Meet all the family. Extra presents for baby J off its godparents. (for life) Baby J might might want it later in life. You never know when something like that can come in handy. Ten years back my gfs grandkids needed to be baptized to attend the local Catholic school (it was the best one in the area). Not many relatives/friends had been baptized so I got the job of being godfather as I had been. In the end, it will be you and Frankie who decides on religious upbringing, not a bit of water.

I have a real hatred for blanket statement.

273kelvin comments on Sep 28, 2019:

The problem with women making blanket statements is that they always pull it over so it only covers them

Politics should require a test to enter, something like a gladiator up against a wild animal and a ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 28, 2019:

The ancient Greeks who invented democracy, never had elections. They would round up the requisite number of citizens each year at random off the street and then force them to sit in the assembly (a bit like jury service). Often I think that it might be a better way of doing it.

Not politically correct, but funny. 😂😂

273kelvin comments on Sep 27, 2019:

My ex was African and whilst we were ... I thought she was saying "Sorry". I said What for?" but it turned out she was saying "Slowly"

I have a real hatred for blanket statement.

273kelvin comments on Sep 27, 2019:

What gets my goat is "Women ...." followed by some all-encompassing blanket statement by a woman speaking on behalf of her entire sex.

Two frogs in a shipyard workers garden pond, one says rivet rivet rivet, the other says, stop taking...

273kelvin comments on Sep 27, 2019:

I was listening to a radio doc on shipyard workers of the Northeast of England. It seems that back in the day there was not enough time for workers to visit the bathroom. You could be down a hold or keel and it could take a good 20 mins to get to a toilet. As you were also paid on piece work that meant that you went near to job. Not just #1s but #2s as well. So they had a guy whose job it was to clean up the turds. He was also paid "per item" @ 6d or half a shilling, but to increase his wage he would cut the big ones in half. Consequently, he was known as "Half a bob a jobby Bobby".

Hi, I'm new.

273kelvin comments on Sep 27, 2019:

Ask for equal time. Be respectful of his beliefs and open to whatever teachings etc. that he tries but with the proviso that he does the same. So if he wants you to watch a video for 20 mins then he has to watch 20 mins of Richard Dawkins or similar. He will soon get tired of quid pro quo or see your side.

Today is my maternal biological grandpas birthday, and I was thinking about him a lot.

273kelvin comments on Sep 26, 2019:

A Zen priest and friend of a family was asked to give the family a blessing. This is what he wrote: Grandfather dies Father dies Son dies The family was as you can imagine a little perplexed at this rather macabre blessing and so they asked him to explain. He said "Take a good look at it and its sequence. Grandfather dies. Father dies. Son dies. All in order, there is no tragedy there. Only the natural way things should go"

I can't even count the number of times I've said "Oh my god!" when I actually meant "Holy Shit!"

273kelvin comments on Sep 25, 2019:

I am English so it does not apply. Not that we all say things like "Cricky" or "Oh dear how frightfully awful", mostly I would just say "Fuck" or in extremes, "Cunt hooks". My Jewish ex has a good one that is neither blasphemous to the religious or atheist "Shitty death"

Who would have thunk it?????

273kelvin comments on Sep 25, 2019:

Subdivided into 4. Those that say "Math" and those that say "Maths" (short for mathematics - plural)

Who’s your favorite scientist and why?

273kelvin comments on Sep 24, 2019:

It would have to be my namesake, Lord Kelvin. Although he was a bit of a religious nut and he never got the hang of nuclear physics. He was the last of the great 19th century scientists. Publishing over 200 papers before the age of 21, some under assumed names in order not to embarrass his tutors. His early work on superconductivity earned his name on the SI unit of temperature. His work on underwater communications (he helped design the 1st trans-Atlantic phone cable) led to my dad who was a radio guy in a submarine in WW2 naming me after him.

After reading a very recent News article it definitely confirms that Catholic Priest have been ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 23, 2019:

I was born in Malta and from what heard the tradition was that if a couple was having trouble conceiving a child? Then the priest would "visit" and hang his umbrella on the door knocker. So the husband would know to stay away till he was done.

Good Morning Everyone! Waiting for a call from my new boss this am, packing for Arizona on ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Meanwhile on this side of the pond we had https://youtu.be/gi_6SaqVQSw

At what point are things assumed to be exclusive?

273kelvin comments on Sep 23, 2019:

Here is how it works. I know that this is complex so please pay attention. When you are seeing other people you tell each one of them "I see other people" and when you`re exclusive you say "I am not seeing anyone else"

Good morning all

273kelvin comments on Sep 23, 2019:

This left the photographer with a dilemma. Does he toss himself off or block her passage

I'm in mourning for an almost perfect man that I just blocked online.

273kelvin comments on Sep 22, 2019:

Oww, my heart goes out to you. If distance were not insurmountable I would offer to console you. "I'll even wear these old lorel leaves, that he`s shaken from his hair"

Muslim in a yoga class.

273kelvin comments on Sep 20, 2019:

Where I live borders on Toxteth. People may remember the name from the riots in the 80s. After that, Granby Street and environs really did become a no-go area. The cops stayed away and the dealers moved in. With them came the prostitutes and muggers, it was not a nice place to live. Property prices fell through the floor and Muslims bought in cheap. Some from the Indian sub-continent but quite a few from Somalia. It was they that helped clean up the area. They got rid of the street dealers and hookers (not always by legit means). Okay, it is not the burbs and there is still crime. But it is no way as bad as before. Once a month in summer there is a street market and kids can play there without used needles everywhere. Plus we have one of the best vegetable stores you have ever seen. I was there a few months ago. One of my regular customers, an Asian family. large and hierarchical. Grandma at the top and grandad.. well he spends a lot of time at the local cricket club. Giving kids something else to do in the summer other than just hanging around on mountain bikes.

I get this sick feeling inside that the only reason Trump isn't going full nuts on Iran is that he ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 20, 2019:

If being at war was enough to suspend elections? You would not have had any since 1942

One of my Evangelical classmates calls himself "a justified sinner" to excuse his homophobia, self ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 20, 2019:

The kindest thing you can do for him is to tell him that he needs to be more selfish. Now that might seem an odd thing to say but it is not. When I went to a career/ training seminar the lecturer said something very profound. "You have to play to your weaknesses as much as your strengths. For example. if you are a thief and light-fingered? Ffs do not go for a job that puts you in strangers' homes. You will get caught and lose your job or more. If you cant get up in the morning don't become a mailman etc." Tell him that he is not only wasting other people's time but his own as well. As it is quite obvious that he will be crap at the job and make not only theirs but his life worse.

Does anyone else find the phrase "making love" too hokey?

273kelvin comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Well, what phrase would you use?

Dating advice.

273kelvin comments on Sep 18, 2019:

Okay, you have a guy that fancies you, thinks that you look good together and would obviously like to explore things. Yes, he has been a little forward but you`re not 18 anymore. I can understand you being careful but I think that you might be seeing flags that are not there. In which case it is more about you than him.

There could be worse things than Hell: 🤔

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Bad dog

Talking Heads - Radio Head World's easiest music trivia: What band named themselves after this ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2019:

Joint 1st and 2nd possibly 3rd. Same question https://youtu.be/VT9k5NHCdvQ https://youtu.be/7RvR3j535qc

Calvin does a woman good.....

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2019:

So can this Kelvin

In my head... [youtube.com] It was an honor to have seen this man in concert years ago.

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2019:

A lot of people don't know that when he opened Woodstock. He was finishing his usual set and was told to "carry on". All the roads were blocked and no other artists could get in. So he did a 4 1/2 hours impromptu performance

Good afternoon all.

273kelvin comments on Sep 16, 2019:

You can plan and thats good but oft it is the little or spontaneous things. Like the new years eve outside the bar when she shouted at the top of her lungs "I LOVE KELVIN MATCHETT" https://youtu.be/GE3tOrr0hrg

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273kelvin comments on Sep 16, 2019:

Famous grammar sins; "To boldly go where no man has been before" - Should read, to go boldly... It is like saying "to quicky run". "To take arms against a sea of troubles" - Is a mixed metaphor. One cannot take arms against a sea, King Canute tried it and was less than successful

Why does the beauty of the world, the order (and chaos) we discovered that underlies the universe, ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 14, 2019:

We naturally look for reasons behind things. (You only have to look at this site of non-believers to find conspiracy theorists). Let me put it another way: Imagine the scene on the Serengeti. You are foraging for food and you hear a rustle in the long grass. Now it could be just the wind or a lion. Do you run or stay? We are descended from the ones that ran

Is your reality mine?

273kelvin comments on Sep 14, 2019:

My ex was from Malawi and told me about an amusing incident that proves that racism is not confined to whites. Robert Mugabe to the tobacco growers of Zimbabwe ; "I must congratulate you on an excellent harvest. This year you have grown 10% more tobacco than last year. This is good for you and this is good for Zimbabwe. Not only will this bring in more much-needed foreign currency into our nation but it will also kill much more white fuckers"

Wow what a night it was.

273kelvin comments on Sep 14, 2019:

You don't want to end up in some nursing home with oatmeal dribbling down your chin thinking "What if..."

Dear English; Why does christian have to be capitalized and atheist doesn't? Naughty, naughty!

273kelvin comments on Sep 13, 2019:

It is a useful argument against the idiots that claim that atheism is a religion