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This guy calls my cellphone he states he is from direct tv.

ShadowAmicus comments on May 2, 2019:

In england we get too many unreqyited calls from India, etc and it is obvious they have a script to work. him - Sir I am calling you from... Me - and where in India do you live him - pauses I am in Mumbai me - aah it was Bombay when I last visited - a beautiful city - are the travesties (transvestites) still begging at traffic lights? him - ah sir too many beggars everywhere me there are good tailors around Bombay - used to get my suits made there - and do they still have the big clothes street market him - yes sir they do me - I miss Bombay - good memories - must visit again thank you for calling done he gets a chat and I get delisted from their database

Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies aged 89 - BBC News

ShadowAmicus comments on May 2, 2019:

he liked choc ice cream, but complained the chocolate melted in his fingers and sometimes got chocolate on his clothes - he asked the manufacturer if they could put the choc ice on a stick... they listened --- and that is how the magnum lolly came to be. he was Ivanhoe the knight in shining armour from my childhood, then the Saint who righted wrongs and always helped the beautiful maiden ... he was one of those who influenced kids toward a moral view of the world, where the good guy wins and the bad guy ends up in jail. He was an icon.

Anyone else roast their own coffee from green coffee beans?

ShadowAmicus comments on May 2, 2019:

There is a local tea and coffee specialist who will roast to order for regulars like me - but his regular stock is always over 200 choices of coffee types / blends / roasts. He does tastings with the same beans, or blend of beans roasted for different times at a range of temperatures and the feedback helps them develop some new products and us to get more involved in finding exactly the choice we want

Majority of Americans refuse to vote for Trump in 2020, poll suggests | The Independent

ShadowAmicus comments on May 2, 2019:

long way to go before then and plenty of time for the marketing guys to herd the sheep up into tight bunches

The perils of being an albino bear.

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

There are confirmed cases of polar-grizzly bear hybrids ... presumably around northern canada where they may meet up

Hello fellow free thinkers.

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

Welcome ... friendly lot on here for the most part... interesting too....have fun

For God so loved the world...

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

But the moralistic story is that god saved the goodies and drowned the baddies - so you have to be good because god is always watching and knows all the bad stuff you do. When you convince people of that you have control over social norms like the ten commandments against, killing, fucking your neighbours wife, theft, etc ... so there is some fundamental benefit in the general ideas of religion. Personally - I manage my adherence to morality without the oversight of a god ...... and my neighbours wife was in an unhappy marriage and needed cheering up ... quite often ... didn't turn out well

GOP lawmaker declares, 'Nobody goes to sleep wondering if they'll be able to feed their families'

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

It is the sort of question to keep you awake at night.

After three visits with each other last year, two in Michigan and one in Kentucky, @EllenDale and I ...

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

great news - have a long and happy life together

I hate to have to say this, but since friends have asked about my well-being, I am marking myself ...

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

Pleased to know you are safe...we did not even hear this story in the UK news,

I hate to have to say this, but since friends have asked about my well-being, I am marking myself ...

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

Just to raise a question - can anyone tell me about the shootings that were not senseless?

Who knew penis pasta was a thing?

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

You teaching them how to eat a penis!! which one is the precocious Ava?

Thought this was a clever idea to deal with the ever present problem of pot holes [boredpanda.com]

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

not the most realistic drawings, but a great idea

What specifically happened that made you turn into an atheist/ nonbeliever?

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

I was sent to church every Sunday as a child (so parents could have a few hours 'alone'). When I was 7 or 8 the vicar put out the usual plea for more money and I realised he was driving a big rover car, while most people walked, bicycled or caught a bus - that was when I started questioning morality of the church. Which led me to question war, poverty and so much more.

It'll be fun they said!

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

Poor kid - one more PTSD victim coming up

Given that life in itself is meaningless, what do we have in mind when we talk about the "meaning ...

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

Meaning - what meaning. This planet we call earth is just a dust speck in the universe and each and every one of us is just an assemblage of atoms that form a human. Whether you are rich or poor, find a cure for cancer, or do nothing more than exist as a beer and pizza processing plant is irrelevant to the rest of the universe. So each day find something to smile and laugh about, something to make the adrenalin pump, and enjoy whatever you can about being alive One day you will cease to function and become a lump of meat. Your atoms will begin to recycle into other forms of life and whatever you were is forgotten.

Seems accurate.

ShadowAmicus comments on May 1, 2019:

My library expands exponentially - while my time available to read continues to shrink

Thank you to everyone who supported me during my suspension.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 30, 2019:

There may be times I totally disagree with what you say - but I will defend to the death your right to sy it (non sic) welcome back

This bumper sticker raises so many questions. What would a 2000-year-old Jesus look like?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 30, 2019:

If jesus had the only gun - and never slept - and the gun was fully automatic - and had an endless supply of ammunition - and was on open ground with a good field of fire - and was a pretty good shot - just possible he could have survived - but there would be a hell of a stench from all those bodies

Single man, looking for life partner.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Women must be forming a queue to help this guy adjust to reality.

EMERGENCY!! Hey everyone, Administration has suspended Sassygirl3869 (Lisa).

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 30, 2019:

before everyone gets too stroppy over this why not simply ask WHY? It may be an error, it may be claimed as an error, it may be a case of (metaphorically) shagging the owners son (or daughter - I shouldn't make assumptions) Find out the facts before becoming a mob

For all the caffeine addicts out there.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 30, 2019:

DAMN - I've only ever hit 5 with amphetamine additions - must change to a higher caffeinated blend

Police: 2-year-old girl tests positive for STD

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 30, 2019:

Just confirms my view that there are many humans not worthy of the air they use.

What scent triggers a memory for you?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 29, 2019:

The smell or taste of blood - memories I would expunge if I could

The 'c-word'- oh, naughty, naughty! I have often wondered how the f-word became the most foul ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Why not make it murderer, torturer, rapist, trophy hunter, or any number of other options. As to fuck - a pleasing enough way to pass an hour - but a weekend making love is so much better

Trump on abortion: After birth, baby is “wrapped in a blanket” and mother, doctor “decide ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 29, 2019:

Have you ever considered that Trump has designed and developed a well crafted public persona, with a honed marketing message that he pushes forward to the masses, no matter what...... I doubt it too - but maybe?

I guess there could be a bronze for a 3 way.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 29, 2019:

ooohhh that is viscious

Interesting thing when people attempt to date, at least as suggested by many posts here: Religion ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

25 years ago I lived in a cit, my neighbour to left was Yugoslavian, to right Pakistanu across the road Jewish and within 5 houses either way were Chinese, 3 different Africans, Turkish and there must have been others - everyone seemed to mahage their lives amicably.

Despite being atheist, im pretty sure I 100% believe in Tarot cards.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

yeah - and santa claus, the easter bunny, werewolves, dragons, and all the other fantasyies

TRIGGER WARNING : “Trans-talk” : TRANS-WOMEN ARE NOT WOMEN.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

I DON'T CARE - what transgender issues? I go back to the Trojans, who practised institutional bisexualism or the Sodomites - the clue is in the name - both groups feared as the greatest fighters of their era - so please don't try and tell us that homosexuals are not men, or that women are weak and feeble and need a man to care for them. If a man feels compelled to have his penis surgically remodelled into a vagina - Not a problem - the same goes for any women wanting her vagina turned inside out to make a penis - but surgery only changes external physical attributes, not the founding DNA or genetics. So I may be simplistic in the view that If you were born with a penis you are a man and if a vagina, you are a woman - and if transgender by surgical modification you must compete against the gender you were born - or accept that missing out on competitive sports is the additional cost of the operation.

Do you sing in the car?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

No - not something to inflict on an unsuspecting pedestrian

Is there anything in your life (besides religion) that you have completely changed your opinion ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

The aim of education should be teaching to use a brain, to assimilate and analyse information, to construct your own argument in support of an idea, and to dissect the arguments put forward by others, which allows someone to develop independent informed opinion - but as leaders of society need sheep to follow their alloted pathway through life the last thing they will allow the masses is informed independent thought. Far better to provide them with palliative tv, beer, and shiny baubles.

The problem with religion [youtu.be]

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

School sports teams, armed forces, religions are all manifestations of the same divisive dogms of tribalism. From the beginning of 'my school is better at **** than your school' through to 'my army is bigger better and badder than your army' or 'my god is all powerful and will destroy your god' - all are tribes that humans flock to join. The problems start with what is taught to children, that their tribe is different and better than other tribes. This teaching is only a block laid on a foundation stone of human evolution in that being part of a tribe gives an individual a greater chance of survival - useful when fending off sabre toothed tigers, less so when living alongside other tribes of humans.

Earth: A History (HD - 720P) - YouTube

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

I'm sure that the oldest and wisest leading dinosaurs would have stood around saying 'don't worry lad, it will never happen'

The good ole wholesome days of the 1980s. 😁

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 28, 2019:

Judge Dread put out a few explicit lyrics - banned by the BBC ensuring that everyone heard them

Anyone here from the Panama City, Florida area? What is it like to live there?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 27, 2019:

rent a place for a few month and see how it goes

A follow up to my earlier negative opinion about the stupidness of kissing.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Gazing deeply at the love lights - tense yourself for - that would be when her knee crushes your balls

Well, a well and happy Friday everyone. How is everyone doing?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 27, 2019:

Saturday am - already planted a few more bits and pieces in the garden and had a beef and horseradish toastie, washed down with a pint of good coffee for breakfast - I know - you don't do beef toasties for breakfast, but its leftovers that needed using. Now have to collect Buster, our of our doggie day boarders and at 11 have a vets trip for stitches being taken out of Pugsley (pugnacious border terrierorist) - not stitched on my watch. Apart from that - the day is young - see what shit life can try to drown me in or sunshine it can send to warm a smile.

Why is this true? Why?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

They call it free speech - I disagree with both sides but acknowledge their right to that view and will always defend their right to speak ... many disagree with their viewpoints..., few bother to put forward a reasoned argument against them. Until the fundamental reasoning behind their cause is subjected to opposing argument and exposed to all as fraudulent their views will flourish

Grand Canyon Deaths: After latest fatal fall, tourists still drawn to the edge

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Only when balanced at the edge of death are we truly alive....that time has mostly passed for me, but I crave that feeling.... but risking life for something of worth, not a selfie

I'm home sick. Regale me with your favorite home remedies!

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

sip at whisky, cheap whisky if you want to pollute it with diluents, but good sipping liquor to gently massage away the pain

Are you impressed?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Not so much impressed as pleased to admire excellence in any activity, be it art, music, drama, architecture, physical ability in sport or endurance, mental capacity to create new drugs, new engineering wonders, etc, oh - and physical beauty

One must start out as friends before they can move on to be anything else.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Or meet as lovers and move on to anonymity

Tommy Can't Sleep - a short (and NSFW) film by Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord [youtube.com]

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

wierd shit - interesting, but wierd shit

Everyone’s a fan, until it comes down to where do you put them, then it’s ‘Not in my ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

There are quite a few turbines sited around where I live; I can't see them, but am not a fan purely on the grounds of the financial cost. A local farmer was paid for a 50 year lease on his land and bought himself a new Porsche 4x4 on the first years payment - far more cash than would have been the profit on crops. Not a problem if the energy company is paying, but the whole project is heavily subsidised by the government with mine and other taxpayers money. Since the wind in this area is unpredictable the turbines often stand idle due to no, or too strong a wind, and a similar argument can be applied to solar power, as the sun often refuses to shine. The turbines have a relatively short lifespan, as does any new technology, and I question what happens when the end of their useful life comes. My bet is that each site will be owned by a small independent company which will be bankrupted at the start of decommissioning, again leaving the costs with the taxpayers. Hydroelectric schemes are much more reliable systems, well proven and one installation can provide vastly more power than several acres f wind turbines, while also acting as water reservoirs and public amenities

Not even food is safe from religiosity.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

clever word play - am sure it will be popular with some

What does everyone think of the Satanic Temple being granted tax exemption as a church recently?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

They are as valid a church as any other so should get the same tax relief - but all churches should pay tax, making the debate irrelevant

this is the defininate sign of spring in Québec. [youtu.be]

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 26, 2019:

Awesome power.... that would strip the paint off a ship.

Some noise generators for those who don't sleep: The full catalog of sounds available: ...

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 25, 2019:

The noise generator site is great - thank you

Ex-Pope Benedict XVI blames 1960s revolution for sex abuse - BBC News

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I can only assume he has never been taught any history. Popes and the upper heirarchy of the catholic church were noted for sexual liaisons, including incest along with a predilection for torture - sexual and pire pain.... long bfore our recent incursions into sexual and psychological abuse of children. As to sexual activity and deviancy across society - he should read a little more social history. Every century has its stories.

Most political punditry is saying Trump will likely win reelection in 2020.

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I would put trump at odds on winner... every democrat I speak with says Trump is horrible, despicable, etc and I fully agree with the assessment - but not one has actually disected his policies or told me how bad a job he is doing. He tweets, or stands up and says, what he thinks in undiplomatic language and it seems to work for him across a large section of voters. He has made inroads on the 3 problem areas mentioned, and a start with North Korea - which few previous presidents have effectively tackled. In the past I have worked with and for a lot of leaders - those who could drive projects forward were absolute bastards - but very effective at getting results. Trump is like them. Any President may or may not be liked, but his job is to get things done - preferably the things he said he would do once elected. Trump seems to be accomplishing this.

Have you ever been overcome by emotion in a professional setting?

ShadowAmicus comments on Apr 25, 2019:

I run a boarding kennels, and many of the dogs and cats that stay here are as much personal friends as some owners, so it does get emotional quite often Tuesday 8.15am I had to say goodbye to a GSD patrol dog, who has been a favoutite, but with age had developed spinal and hip problems that were causing him pain - he was put to sleep in the arms of his handler later that day. Tuesday 4pm had to take two little terriers home to see their mum, who I have known for years, and was in bed with pneumonia. She wanted to see the dogs, and me, before the ambulance took her to hospital. The dogs jumped onto the bed and cuddled, I gave her a hug and told her not to worry about the dogs and to call me when she got home - she smiled and I think she knew that wasn't going to happen. She died the following morning. That is just a day, not normal, not exceptional - and yes it does get very emotional sometimes

Call me crazy but i think getting upset about another sex/nude scene in an HBO series is like ...