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  1. JohnDB

    The Great Resignation

    This is a fairly new thing. Jobs are plentiful but there is a shortage of available talent to work them. Food service industries especially. Plenty of people wanting to eat at a restaurant but very few willing to work in one. And it's an issue I'm facing as soon I will have some jobs to...
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    Coerced Speech or Freedom of Speech

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-59882444 Well Christians finally won one. We don't have to congratulate homosexuals getting married anymore.
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    Saint Patrick's Day

    I'm thinking about doing something fun to celebrate this year... I'm bored. Want some fun and games. I did buy a whole fresh brisket yesterday.... maybe I'll make some corned beef out of it. Potatoes and cabbage and carrots and some horseradish sauce and rye bread.... yummy. Also maybe...
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    The Prostitute

    Now prostitutes are mentioned a lot in the Old Testament. And of course it means exactly that mostly. BUT This is done in the Hebrew language. Hebrew is a metaphoric language with multiple meanings in every instance. So let's look further for a fuller meaning. Prostitution itself is a...
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    Do You Follow a Schedule?

    Not growing up in a normal household that did normal budgeting... I've had to develop a schedule for non-recurring purchases that need to be made on an ongoing basis. Otherwise things don't get purchased and things get a bit rough. For example... In January we purchase new bed...
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    Visiting Israel

    Since I have visited Israel within the last ten years... People got questions... And I got answers from my personal experience. I didn't use a guided tour...we went as we seen fit and just bummed around. We used air b&b to make our reservations for hotels or homes and had a time of it. We...
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    Job Search

    I'm horribly bored... At the same time as the quarantines started I noticed a new pain in my knee and thought it would get better...it didn't and my wife made me go get it checked out. Okay so the results came back that I'm out of the climbing ladder business. Meaning I need a new career...
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    Christmas Traditions

    Everyone has some sort of normal unique Christmas traditions. For my family the best part of Christmas is the getting ready for Christmas...I bake. ALOT! Gingerbread house parties that create gingerbread subdivisions... Cookies and homemade truffles everywhere... Of course the requisite...
  9. JohnDB

    Facebook Church

    Watch this guy...tell me what you think. Granted I don't necessarily believe in all the things he does...but the subject he is discussing is pertinent to the future.
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    No Tax Exempt Status for Churches

    https://news.yahoo.com/irs-denies-tax-exempt-status-160500810.html The IRS is cutting off tax exempt status for Churches and religious organizations. It's not looking good for many Church organizations...
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    That Time of Year Again

    We regularly meet up with family at this time of year...which usually leads to a lot of fussing and fighting and hurt feelings... usually everyone trying to change the others to conform to what you or they consider to be "living right". How about accepting them for who they are this year...
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    Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

    Anybody besides me watching this? Today the Judge blasted...I mean red faced yelling at the prosecutor in the case. I've never seen him get this angry. Judges are kinda thick skinned...but he blasted the prosecutor hard for highjinxs. It appears to me...that the prosecutor is punishing...
  13. JohnDB

    Frank...The Gargoyle.

    Ok... A lady living in a house had a heavy gargoyle out on her porch...since she wanted to celebrate Christmas she put a Santa hat on it and called it a day...she didn't have the strength to move it nor a place to put it. So that was her choice... However... A neighbor complained in a letter...
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    The Bank of.....

    So who here goes to the bank of mom and dad? https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/30/nearly-1-in-3-adults-get-financial-help-from-their-parents-post-covid.html
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    Alcoholic Beverages

    Now we know what scripture says about it....and I know that someone will post the scriptures surrounding it. And the first two stories in the Bible involving alcoholic Beverages was Noah and Lot....(Noah got naked and Lot ended up sleeping with his daughters) Obviously not positive stories...
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    Taiwan and PRC Tensions

    https://news.yahoo.com/us-warns-china-taiwan-threats-195800413.html. Not really a huge fan of the article. But basically there's a very real likelihood of a very real conflict coming over this. Will it go nuclear? I don't know. Should we abandon our assets and friends and promises...
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    Pam Beasley?

    Why do people hate her? What did she do that deserves such ire?
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    Bread Experiment

    So today I made an experiment with bread and flours and liquids. Three batches. 1 C liquid 2½C flour 1T sugar 1t salt 1 envelope yeast. All three were the same as far as kneading in my mixer. But one had ½ C egg whites and ½ C warm water and used All Trumps high Gluten Bread Flour...
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    The Lottery

    Moral dilemma come along all the time. And I heard of a new one but in reality it's an old one. Very very old. You are walking along one day and come across a set of railroad tracks and a switch. You see a train coming down the tracks. On one set there are 5-20 people tied to the tracks and on...
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    Dunedin, New Zealand

    I have been reading reports about this group... And it's remarkable. Answers the age old question of Nature vs Nurture. By the time a child is 5 they already know your salary potential and whether you will be a hero or criminal...