Decades ago I remember the day.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

That is definitely a wtf moment, I had a similar experience in a Pentecostal church with the girl who would later become my wife. People flopping around on the floor, speaking gibberish while the rest of the folks chanted Amen or sang hymns, got my ass out of there Hasta Pronto and never went back. I was more of an Agnostic at that point but Atheism was waiting for me right around the corner. :D

On any Sunday.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

I squint a lot more than usual on Sundays and the worst part is that they are all so cheerful and full of religious zeal, content that they will be partying in heaven while everyone else suffers eternal damnation. That's not just Stupid, it's Twisted.

The perfect catch?

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Call me picky but I won't settle, I'm shallow. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrMFjcxkMo4

Why are the school shooters almost always young boys?

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

do young boys have access to automatic weapons in the first place? It's a mystery, sending thoughts and prayers until the solution is found.

Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Income Inequality is the greatest financial threat facing us, at least in my opinion. It always occurs throughout history and it never ends well for anybody, the rich included.

I am not a perfectly giving person, but why has this Country chosen to withdraw aid to Northwest ...

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

You would think that if you are going to bomb a place to rubble you would at least take in the survivors as refugees, that courtesy was even afforded to the Nazis. War is a business now, strictly profit oriented.

Something is terribly wrong with our country's leadership.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Just something? How about a lot of things? Things keep going in the current direction and Canada will be taking in more refugees from the US than any place else.

The Vatican......"It's The Devils Work"

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Swap out those pad locks for rat traps and you'd have a real deterrent. ;)

I must be strange because I became uncomfortable when going to the gym today and when i scanned my ...

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

You get a birthday every year until you die, it's standard for everyone - kinda like being a bit strange. :)

I just drank a bottle of smart water. And now, we wait..

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

I think you have to drink a whole case of the stuff before you start to notice any effect, that's what their marketing literature says. ;)

Any hotheads here?

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

My sister was making her chili con carne one afternoon and her husband came home and kept pushing her to add more chili flakes, this was back in the 70's so there wasn't a big selection of chilies on offer at the supermarkets in Canada. My sister makes a respectable chili con carne but my brother-inlaw was a guy who prided himself on being able to eat hot food. My sister became annoyed at his interference (she's a bit of a kitchen Nazi) but she added some more chili flakes just to appease him. Her husband goes upstairs to have a shower just as she is serving up the chili con carne which is really insulting to anyone who cooks but then there's a reason she later divorced him. :D As he is going up the stair he hollers back, make sure mine is good and hot, I don't like your weak chili. So my sister grabs the jar of chili flakes and gives it a good shake over his bowl of chili which is now cooling on the table and the top of the jar pops of emptying half a jar of chili flakes into his bowl of chili. My sister grabs the spoon to try and ladle out most of the chili flakes but then she gets that gleam in her eye that I know from growing up with her, pure deviltry and instead of scooping out the chili flakes she stirs them in. 10 minutes later my brother-inlaw bounces down the steps and starts to chow down as my sister and I are finishing our own bowls of chili, he manages to get a couple of spoonfuls down before he breaks into a profuse sweat and starts to drink his glass of milk. He looks up at my sister questioningly so I ask him 'Still not hot enough for you?' so he says it is fine and goes back to eating again but after a couple more spoonfuls he can't take it anymore. He sees that my sister and I are eating our bowls of chili with no adverse effects so he grabs my sister's bowl and takes a spoonful, my sister and I start laughing and then my sister runs to the bathroom and locks herself in while my brother-inlaw finishes a whole carton of milk. :D Served him right and he cool down once the milk went to work although I better her burned the toilet bowl the next morning.

Any hotheads here?

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

I like the heat but sometimes it can go too far. I used to poker with a group of guys in Bermuda and we took turns hosting the game, chili was usually on the menu and I would make two pots when I hosted the game - regular (a couple of jalapenos) and hot (several jalapenos and a scotch bonnet). One of the guys, Matt, really liked the hot chili so the next time he hosted the game he made regular, hot and volcanic. The regular and hot were the same as mine but the volcanic had 4 ghost chilies in it, on top of the hot recipe. I tried it out without knowing what the ingredients were and I thought the top of my head was going to come off as the big spoonful of chili exploded in my stomach. Ghost chilies are about 300 times hotter than jalapenos for those who have never tried them, I managed to keep it down with a glass of milk but my stomach was rumbling and I was sweating through the whole poker tournament.

I am going thru my late step-fathers tools.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

If you had some pics we could probably tell you what most of them are.

A conservative I know asked why is it that liberals hated the rich.

Surfpirate comments on May 19, 2018:

The social contract is broken and that is the rich are hated, they are addicted to the game of making without remembering we are in business in the first place. When that inequality and disconnect occurs then there is a breakdown in society, that's what we are seeing now.

What should you never try in life?

Surfpirate comments on May 19, 2018:

A three way with a donkey and a midget, probably a memorable experience but for none of the right reasons.

Insidious nature of the closet

Surfpirate comments on May 19, 2018:

Most things worth doing will be difficult and will cause friction with most of the population who never do much of anything or hold any real values of their own. Zero is the number of fucks given for what 'most' people think because most people barely think at all. Be true to yourself, it's a novel concept these days. :)

Guys, you do realize that we receive notifications EACH time you visit our profiles?

Surfpirate comments on May 19, 2018:

Naturally I had to check your profile after seeing this post. :D

Goals! Shoot for the Moon

Surfpirate comments on May 19, 2018:

I knew a guy who used to say. 'Better to shoot for a star and hit an eagle, than shoot for an eagle and hit a rock.'

New DNA.

Surfpirate comments on May 19, 2018:

Here's a thought, abolish the monarchy and fix the NHS with all the money that will be saved. That way nobody will care if they are screwing their cousins or some actress, not my dime, not my business.

The goal of any fundamentalist religion always has and always will be total control of females.

Surfpirate comments on May 18, 2018:

Stockholm Syndrome?

Why do intelligent people suddenly turn to a god in there darkest hours

Surfpirate comments on May 18, 2018:

Better a comforting lie than an inconvenient truth when it comes to ones own mortality.

Free will, Determined, or something else?

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

I believe I am in a virtual reality which is based upon a B Movie that plays on endless loop, sort of like Bill Murray in Groundhog day but not as funny. If you remember that movie it wasn't one of Bill's best works. ;)

Hebrews and American Indians - Land Claims

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

Did the Jewish people have a right to the lands of Israel after 2 millennium of absence, it's unlikely that such a claim would stand up in a normal court of law but the right of the Jewish people to buy a chunk of land from the British who had stolen it by force of arms is certainly legal. There are only a few ways to claim land, be born to it as a birth right, buy it from the current owner and seize it by force, these are the time honoured methods of claiming title to land. I would argue that the Jewish people bought the original tract of land from the British and have used it effectively as a beach head to seize more lands by force of arms and are continuing to expand to this very day. Some would argue that the Zionists who seem to be in charge in Israel will only be happy when they achieve the area of land known as Greater Israel but this would mean taking land from several Arab countries so expect a lot more blood shed. As to the native peoples' claim to land in North America, those can be settled in the courts because of their birth right or through purchase of ancestral lands. As the chief of one of the bands that owns a very successful casino that I built the hotel for once told me, 'Don't worry about us, we're getting our land back, one pull of the slot machine arm at a time.'

I am a big fan of Stevie Ray Vaughn! I think he is one of best Guitar players of all time! Love my ...

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

SRV is great and in the same genre I like John Lee Hooker and BB King.

California’s assisted-dying law blocked by judge

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

We all deserve to die with dignity, a right that has been reserved by the wealthy and the powerful for a long time. It's time that changed.

Why are people so desperate to be diagnosed with a mental health issue ?

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

I have to agree with you that there are plenty of assholes in the world but one of the main symptoms for most people suffering from mental illnesses is an inability to accept that they have a disease. Those who suffer from schizophrenia like my younger brother are classic examples of deniers of anything being wrong with their mental state, it's the world that is insane and not them. You can find out more about mental illness and how to deal with members of your family who have a mental illness at NAMI https://www.nami.org/. My wife and I took their course after my younger brother threatened to kill us during a particularly bad psychotic episode. The stigma around mental illness is still out there but it keeps getting better as more people become educated about the diseases and how they can be treated.

When someone sends you a private message, do you reply first or go to their profile to look at there...

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

I've been here less than a month so I have only received a few private messages but if I receive a comment that I find interesting then I will generally click on the icon of the person who posted it to see a bit more about them and get a better idea of where they may be coming from.

Anyone else here a fan of "The Sun" magazine?

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

The Canadian version or the British one?

History Is There To Remind Us.

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

Canada has an awful history of mistreatment of the Native Peoples in our country, everything from residential schools to racism to underfunding of reservations. We are finally making amends and our Prime Minister gave all of the Native Peoples of Canada a formal apology this year. Now we just have to keep putting our money where out mouths are.

Just how strange?

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

It's been said that if you have 2 true friends in your life then you have done well for yourself. That doesn't mean that they are with you from cradle to grave but that you shared their company no matter how briefly. There are plenty of ready made friends to be had in social groups, in particular you can find these people at churches but just be aware that when the chips are really down they won't be your friends, much like those deadbeat friends who help you get into trouble. Personally, I have found the easiest way to make friends is to be true to myself, that way I tend to attract people that I am compatible with into my life. I also find it is better to have a few solid friends than a hundred fair weather associates and if you are really lucky you might find a true friend along the way. There way a sign on a friends wall and it went something like this: True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare False friends are like autumn leaves, found everywhere.

Should religion be taught in schools?

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

Should crystal meth, heroin and cocaine be past around in social studies class and all the students given free samples? No hard drugs in class and that includes the opiate of the people.

Jehovah's Witness Repellent: There were two (They always come in pairs) who came to my door every ...

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

Foolproof solution, the next time you get a JW knocking on your door just politely but firmly explain to them that you are an Atheist or an Agnostic or Whatever and that you absolutely do not want them to knock on your door again so would they please put you on their Do Not Call List. The JW's are very organized now when it comes to canvasing for new members with assigned areas and streets that are distributed to their 'field service workers' and 'pioneers', most of them now carry tablets so the information is there and they check it in order to meet their productivity quotas, no point wasting time on a do not call door. They'll leave you alone and if they don't then a call to the Kingdom Hall and a message left to the Elders will work, Presto! no more Saturday morning disruptions.

I don't talk much about religion but here's a thought; If Jesus was a Jew in Israel and Israel was ...

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

With all the Jewish lawyers its a miracle that there was such a thing as a Jewish carpenter. ;)

The Religious worship gods; the unreligious worship demigods. Which causes more harm?

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

I don't know if it's Magic but that Mormon Underwear is improving over time.

History Is There To Remind Us.

Surfpirate comments on May 17, 2018:

The usual methods of dehumanizing the enemy/victims were employed extensively, you still hear the casual justification for this genocide centuries later. A crime against humanity that is covered over in our history books where it is said that the native peoples moved west to make room for the new European settlers when in fact they moved 6 feet down. :(

UH-OH North Korea Denounces Bolton, Threatens to Walk Away from Trump Summit

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

If you've ever done business with the Chinese then you already know that there is only a long game, the short game means almost nothing.

Why do BILLIONS of parents (and care givers of all ages.

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

It's quick and easy to pick up at the drive thru, has a good price point although not good food value, plus it is well marketed.

How off putting is it to learn someone has kids?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Yes, I have kids from my first marriage and dated a woman with two children, I remarried to a woman with no children and no desire to have them. It depends upon the situation but I don't see why kids would be a deal breaker although they definitely complicate matters.

Recently upon turning 40 it became clear that the people around me did not think about things that ...

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

In my experience most people are as good as dead by the time they hit 30 and are just putting in time until they are physically dead. Life becomes a series of routines that lack any sense of wonder for them. Kids keep them occupied until they leave the nest and then maybe a little spark when grandkids show up, then it's time for a dirt nap. Not how I have lived my life but it seems to be very common.

Ankle biters? What are they, Chihuahuas, the spawn of Satan?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Maybe he meant Pillow Biters?

Best way to combat antisemitism is by firing live rounds at unarmed kids, Israel confirms

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

://thinkprogress.org/nikki-haley-walks-out-of-the-un-3459a4ac3c2e/

A project today after washing the windows: Limoncello

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

I'll have to try that when I get my new pot still up and running, looks tasty.

My favorite idea site is doing a west coast road trip with NPR's All Things Considered.

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Since NPR (National Public Radio) and CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) seem to have formed a coalition and are sharing content, why not keep going and explore Cathedral Grove and Ucluelet on Vancouver Island as well? So many wonderful places to visit along the Pacific Coast, I fondly remember the Sea Lion Caves in Oregon.

Nobody is getting any younger and while I haven't had any cosmetic surgery done I know a lot of ...

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

So many members of my family have been patients at the Carlson Cosmetic Surgery Clinic that my aunt asked if we could get a family discount. :D I've only had cosmetic surgery done on my nose and that only because it had been broken 4 times and I could breathe properly anymore. It sure sucked having popsicle sticks up my nostrils for a few days but I could finally breathe properly. Note to self, don't reset your own broken nose, go to the hospital instead. Oh and the time I got hit in the face with a piece of angle iron and split my upper lip in half like the Joker. They did a good job but I still wear a mustache to this day to cover it over.

Does anyone want to share Jobsite Accident stories, or is that too depressing?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

They're not depressing if they are funny and nobody gets permanently injured, sometimes an accident is really a negligence and can be a lesson learned. I remember as a carpenter's apprentice I worked for a guy called 'The Black Irish' I can't even remember his real name anymore but he was a real character who had been in construction forever and a day, apparently Christ apprenticed under him. Anyway, the Black Irish had a teenage son who he decided to 'man up' by putting him to work at 14 for the summer, my foreman got the kid and was told to not let the kid anywhere near the power tools and specifically not the air nailer. Back in the day the safeties were disabled so you could bounce nail so for once the Black Irish made some sense and his kid was really green in any case. Sure enough, the kid is always pestering the foreman Chris to be able to use the air nailer but instead he gets all the joe jobs, sweeping up, coffee runs etc. So come lunch time we are surprised to here the air nailer go off as we are sitting out front of the job site eating our sandwiches POW, POW, POW ---OWW! We rush back into the partially framed house and there's the Black Irish's kid with his hand nailed to the sub floor, he had snuck off and tried to fire a couple of practice nails but the nailer had bounce nailed across the subfloor until it spiked his hand securely to the deck. To his credit the kid wasn't frantic or wailing like a baby, probably in shock and worried about what his old man was going to do to him when he found out. :D Just a little bead of blood around the nail head so it was a clean puncture wound but we had to cut away a square foot of subfloor in order to take him to the Emergency at the hospital. Screwed up the rest of the day for the whole crew and we didn't see the kid again until the following year but that's another story. ;)

A scenario. You can host dinner for people who are dead. Who would you invite?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

White Jesus, Black Jesus, Asian Jesus, Jewish Jesus, Mexican Jesus and all the lesser Jesuses because sometimes I just like to eat alone. :)

Looks or money?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

I'd rather not limit myself so I'd go for the brainy, super hot woman with her own career and great sense of humour. Life is short, why settle?

Public debaters refusing to debate?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Maybe they aren't really looking to debate at all, maybe they are just recruiting new members and hoping to pick some low hanging fruit? Religious types deal in distorted perceptions of reality so it would be typical for them to appear to be doing one thing when in fact they are doing something else entirely. Like missionaries saving souls but really committing genocide and stealing resources.

Inside the secretive religious cult in New Zealand where women are forced to submit to men for fear ...

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Canada is about to sentence two polygamists in a religious cult, one with 2 dozen wives and one with half a dozen. Religious freedom laws keep them from being subject to charges of abuse. It's the first time that criminal charges for polygamy have been pursued in over a century in Canada.

My new favorite shirt.....what's yours?

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

I like the signs that you see at some restaurants that address children's behavior. UNATTENDED CHILDREN WILL BE GIVEN AN ESPRESSO AND A FREE PUPPY or WELL BEHAVED CHILDREN WELCOME - THE REST WILL BE MADE INTO PIES If parents want to let the children run amok and be obnoxious pests then do so in the privacy of the family home. Don't inflict your ill mannered bejeezlers on the rest of us.

Steampunk

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Some of the gear is pretty amazing and I have a few older items that could fall in that genre. I just like old, cool gear.

I've had a couple of people ask me if I've read "Men Are from Mars Women Are from Venus".

Surfpirate comments on May 16, 2018:

Wasn't there a follow up book 'Assholes are from Uranus'?

As an atheist what do you want done with your remains when you die?

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

I'm thinking an old fridge box and a trip to the landfill.

Destination Addiction

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

The location of happiness is inside each of us, you can share it with others and enjoy it in different places but if you don't grow it inside you then it will wither and fade.

Bible Twister

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

You could keep that by the front door in case missionaries come calling. :D

I was walking past the mental hospital the other day, and all the patients were shouting ...

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

Old but Gold. :D

Black Garlic

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

I have over 500 bulbs of various organic garlic in my garden this year, will have to see about turning some of it into Black Garlic by heat curing it.

Willie Nelson and Farm Aid

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

For health and nutrition and food security, nothing beats having your own garden and family farmers you can buy directly from.

Some Lewis Black fun.... [youtube.com]

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

Lewis Black is awesome, good Atheist humour.

I have never hated women but for a fact,women, a bigger percentage of them but not all do hate me, ...

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

I don't know what others people's problems are but I do know what mine are and the biggest factor in how I feel inside is how I address those problems internally. If my self talk is negative or bitter or destructive then it reflects poorly on how I feel and how others ultimately perceive me as a person. If I maintain a positive, realistic and creative self talk then it reflects well on my inner happiness and by extension how others can perceive me in a more positive way. Some people are going to hate, be negative or distrustful of me and that's their problem, how I deal with me is my choice so I try to choose the positive route as much as possible. It doesn't always work but it makes thing better in a general way and it opens me to positive people that I would otherwise overlook. Focus on your own happiness and the rest may sort itself out.

Just finished the belgariad and the mallorean.

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

I recently came across Swords against Sorcery in a used book store. Always good fun to read anything by Fritz Leiber but his Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser series is particularly good.

This is how trump got elected.

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

So stupid that it's enough to make the angels weep, those same angels that 77% of Americans believe are real. https://www.salon.com/2014/12/20/7_things_americans_think_are_more_plausible_than_global_warming_partner/

My friend really changed after becoming a vegetarian. It's like I've never known herbivore.

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

That's salad a veggies.

Felony charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens abruptly dropped days before trial set to begin.

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

The Halls of Justice is a misnomer, it's a Court of Law which has little if anything to do with Justice. Meanwhile, Julian Assange is in his 6th year of house arrest in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Millions being spent to try and arrest him on trumped up charges that have never been formally brought against him and now dropped altogether but he did something far worse than Gov. Greitens, Julian made a bunch of powerful people look bad and that is not allowed to go unpunished.

Bastards

Surfpirate comments on May 15, 2018:

I can't be kind to these idiots, they do so much harm.

Basic survival skills

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

Master Builder so fixing things is what I do when I didn't build it in the first place, it doesn't need to be fixed if it is built right.

Struggle is a critical component and necessary ingredient for achieving any kind of success, in any ...

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

I'm so done with struggle as an end in itself, I'll take the easy win when I can get it, plenty of struggle the rest of the time.

My boss bought me dinner for my birthday and I am laughing and crying

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

When you're good, you're good. (y)

My friend said something that i couldn't get off my mind.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

WTF? This is your friend? Take another look at the numbers and see who's doing all the killing and who's doing most of the dying.

[lgbtqnation.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

I don't see how we can avoid discussing politics when we discuss religion because the two have always been joined at the hip to one degree or another.

God bless America?

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

If Americans are going to keep going gaga for god then they need to get a better god, one that gets results.

Hello everyone.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

Positive mental attitude is important when facing any health challenge, as for the religious assholes at least you know who has your back and who doesn't because they aren't helping. Be Well and ignore the haters with their hateful imaginary friend.

Hello everyone.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

Positive mental attitude is important when facing any health challenge, as for the religious assholes at least you know who has your back and who doesn't because they aren't helping. Be Well and ignore the haters with their hateful imaginary friend.

Should public nudity be legal?

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

Going topless in public has been legal in Ontario, where I live, for a couple of decades now. You don't see a lot of it but it happens, usually at beaches that are out of the way. I'm not a big fan of clothes around the house, especially when it is warm, then I will be wearing the minimum but full public nudity seems problematic for me. Sun protection for starters, dealing with the bull shit that comes from the ignoramuses of the world and especially the holy rollers with all of their pent up guilt and hatred. When I start seeing most women walking around Toronto with no tops on in the summer then I'll happily change my mind.

Listening to "The Way of the World" by Ron Suskind.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

Say it ain't so, Joe.

It is amazing to me how all the major religions were based on love and tolerance and are twisted by ...

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

No money to be made through love and tolerance.

Can atheist have a place where they can meet up and talk?

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

It's been tried in my town and it didn't seem to catch on, apparently after everyone agreed that the very idea of god(s) was a crock of shit, the conversation faded. This would make a great sign for you to use if you decide to set up such a space.

God and the Easter bunny having a drink, Sittin' there smoking' the weed.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), :)

When traveling, my daughter and I have some pretty wonky conversations.

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

For more than 50 years I have just assumed that chickens were curious but now I find out they are suicidal too. Should have realized this when I was living in Bermuda which has thousands of feral chickens running around the island. These feral chickens were notorious for sitting on the low stone walls that border most of the island roads and then for no apparent reason they would just fly out into traffic, smashing windshields which are triple the cost to replace because it's a remote island or knocking motorcyclists off their ride. Kamikaze chickens is more like it. :D

Is any information unknowable?

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

String Theory tends to make my brain hemorrhage but I don't know if it is unknowable to some people, I would suggest that there are some ideas that it is impossible for most people to get their heads around. I wish there were a few things that I could unsee but once viewed it cannot be unseen. ;)

Did the latest I.S. stabbings in Paris make the news in your country?

Surfpirate comments on May 14, 2018:

I heard about it on CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) but we get a lot of shared content with the Brits and the Yanks.

Dynamic 2-phase fluid heat pump insulation using a geometric trick to absorb ejection losses.

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

I think there is a guy on this site from White Horse who might be able to help you out with your question. It looks like you are using an ICF wall system which is what I used in my new home that is also passive solar. You might want to go to an 8" wall if you are going to pour the coil in place.

Just sharing some of what our forefathers thought.

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

How is it that there are people that aren't aware of this?

If a stranger approached you to have a friendly chat about your god position, what would go on in ...

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

A lot would depend upon my mood at the time, if I was busy with something important I would blow them off, politely at first but quickly escalating to get the fuck off my property if they were persistent, I'm just not disposed to suffering fools. If I had a free moment I would probably hear them out and then test the courage of their convictions and if I was feeling a bit of mischief then I would probably mess with them and leave them questioning their silly beliefs. If I was younger and single then I might try to work things to my advantage because there is something sexy about a true believer, all that pent up guilt and sin can make for a wild time even if it isn't for a long time.

Where’s your monsters?

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

For classic monsters I would have to say that I find Lycanthropes the most interesting, vampires seem a bit depressing and the undead are just dullards. Human beings are the real monsters in this world, left to their own devises they are capable of incredible depravity and often that behavior is brought on by their treatment by other lesser, human monsters.

How would you replace religion?

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

I don't understand why I would want to replace religion with anything, would I replace heroin with crystal meth? I can see that getting rid of religion completely would be a good thing, destroy all signs of it ever having existed would be good and in a few generations people would be free of that oppressive institution, get rid of monarchies as well while we're at it and any other outdated, backward and repressive groups.

So for Mothers Day your Mom wants you to go to church with her.....aaaahgh. Whadda ya say.. do?

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

My mother would never want me to go to her church with her because she knows I would talk to people and they don't need more empty pews than they already have. ;)

Were you happier as a believer or non-believer?

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

I suppose belief is a bit like buying life insurance from a fraudulent online insurance scammer, you feel that you have a weight taken off your shoulders and that your future is secure but in reality you are out the premiums and have no real coverage.

I have been thinking a lot about what is not talked about a lot by those of us expressing resistance...

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

The top 1% have more wealth than the bottom 90% of the US population and the 3 richest Americans, just 3 people, control more wealth than the bottom 50% of Americans. When wealth inequality becomes this great then there will be injustice and if there is no justice then there is no democracy. This cycle continues to destroy the very foundation of democracy and will ultimately lead to dictatorship or revolution, it always has in the past.

Here for the community and make friends.

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

Can freshwater Newfies in Ontario join or do you have to be born and raised on the Rock? Grandparents were from Battle Harbour, Labrador but moved to Toronto for the work.

Low-Carb Alcohol – Visual Guide to the Best and the Worst Drinks – Diet Doctor

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

Who knew that a Screwdriver/Vodka and Orange Juice had so many carbs?

Was there a particularly pivotal year for you?

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

THE GOOD - 2009 - At 48 I said enough, retired extra early, went travelling around the world with my wife for 5 years, no regrets at all. THE BAD - 1989 - I went from being a millionaire at 28 to half a million in the hole and bankrupt, my first wife saw that as grounds for divorce, she arranged to have the house burned down for insurance money, I moved 2,000 miles west for work, lost the kids when she moved to the US and remarried - the doctor who did the stress test on me couldn't believe I hadn't had a heart attack when he checked my data sheet

Holy communion

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

Consuming human blood and flesh in the symbolic form of wine and wafer is just a step away from Cannibalism. Tell her to leave off on consuming the blood and flesh of this Zombie God.

Don't forget to thank your mother for expelling you from her vagina today HappyMothersDay

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

Birth weight 10 lbs. 2 oz. - I already sent 3 dozen tulips (her favourite) and we spoke on the phone yesterday for an hour. Anyone woman who can push out the equivalent of a sack of potatoes deserves my gratitude, not to mention all the good things she taught me in life. Happy Mother's Day to all.

Does anyone else find it a bit condescending that some people can have no interest in you because ...

Surfpirate comments on May 13, 2018:

I'm an intellectual snob myself but I never base my snobbery upon degrees - degrees have little to do with intelligence in my experience. I'm reminded of one professor's take on degrees. BS = Bull Shit MS = More Shit PHD = Piled Higher and Deeper The Learning Process is not a process that has an end to it but many people who finish their baccalaureate degree never pick up a book again or seek out further knowledge even though a degree is just a foot in the door to the halls of knowledge. I'm often reminded of the movie The Paper Chase wherein Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. states: 'You teach yourselves the law, but I train your minds. You come in here with a skull full of mush; you leave thinking like a lawyer.'

I was having a discussion today with a female friend and she said she knew two married men who were...

Surfpirate comments on May 12, 2018:

In all honesty it's none of my fucking business what people do in their bedrooms. I do what I like and they can do what they like, keeping children and animals out of it of course.

Who's your favorite sexy male/female old Hollywood siren?

Surfpirate comments on May 12, 2018:

Jamie Lee Curtis is super hot and Lauren Bacall just knocks my socks off. For suave it is hard to top Peter O'Toole.

As an atheist who wants to travel the world, does anyone have tips on countries to avoid (atheism is...

Surfpirate comments on May 12, 2018:

You know how you don't put an 8' x 4' sign on your front lawn that proudly proclaims: 'I'M AN ATHEIST'. Well for most of the world it's like that too. I have travelled and lived extensively in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, these are areas that have a strong Christian following, mainly Catholic. While many of these Catholic are lapsed and jaded they still don't take kindly to people being Atheist, even Brujas are more accepted, but if you just keep it low key then you should have no problems. There are parts of Africa you should really stay away from, those countries that lump Atheism in with Homosexuality and make it punishable by hard labour, imprisonment or death. Here's a link. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/12/13-countries-where-atheism-punishable-death/355961/

People Over 40 Should Only Work 3 Days a Week, Experts Say

Surfpirate comments on May 12, 2018:

I'm working everyday and I retired back in 2009, I only do those things I love to do now so work may be a bit of a misnomer.

Language is corrupted

Surfpirate comments on May 12, 2018:

Since your question is posed in English, the bastard lingua franca of the world, I would have to say that the English language is a corruption of many languages including itself. English adopts/steals words and expressions from all other languages as it sees fit and is in a constant state of change, that's why Shakespeare would have a very hard time understanding anything by Andrew Lloyd Webber if he should somehow be transported into our present era. Words like Kamikaze, Aloha, Weiner, Vino, Tsunami, Wallaby, Skol, Poutine, Amigo, Geshundeit, etc. etc. are readily recognized by English speakers as English words even though they originated in other languages. Little wonder that English is one of the hardest languages to master, everything about it is butchered, from the words themselves and their spelling (there, their, they're or your, you're and yore- don't worry just memorizes them) to how the sentences are structured. It's a bitch of a language although tonal Mandarin is supposed to be a bit harder to master, that's what my oldest son says and he's a translator for businesses in China.