oldiesman

Agree...

Agree.... and since this thread is about books of the '70s.. off topic as well... thanks. Happy Resurrection Sunday, one and all!

Would you trade places with him? From the Douay-Rheims Latin Vulgate: 39 And one of those robbers who were hanged, blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing thou art condemned under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this man hath done no evil. 42 And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in paradise. 44 And it was almost the sixth hour; and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. [43] COMMENTARY: "In paradise": That is, in the happy state of rest, joy, and peace everlasting. Christ was pleased, by a special privilege, to reward the faith and confession of the penitent thief, with a full discharge of all his sins, both as to the guilt and punishment; and to introduce him immediately after death into the happy society of the saints, whose limbo, that is, the place of their confinement, was now made a paradise by our Lord's going thither.

She didn't, but since she's the professional and I'm the student, I didn't argue and simply accepted what she said.

Welcome Joe. Your words "only to become a leader" hit home. That turned out to be my big mistake. I should have been contented with going out WOW then go home and be happy. But no, I had to go in the Corpse. And I became one.

A few years ago, I went to a hypnotist, deliberately. I wanted to find out how it worked, what she does to hypnotize people, and whether or not I could get hypnotized. The therapist says I was hypnotized. But, I was aware the whole time, and I had complete control of my thoughts at all times. While I was hypnotized, I kept thinking to myself "ok, when will I get hypnotized." I didn't lose my will or get forced into doing something and if she told me to do something that I objected to, I'd have said 'no'. My conclusion was that hypnotism was no big deal. Try it for yourself and let me know if your experience agrees with mine.

OK so, it's 3 years later from the start of this thread, so let's see where gold and silver are compared to then. All values are approximate. Silver value April 1, 2022: $22.81 oz Silver value April 1, 2025: $34.00 oz Gold value April 1, 2022: $1937.06 oz Gold value April 1, 2025: $3144.33 oz Interesting isn't it. So if you had 10 oz of .9999 gold back then, it be worth $19,370.60. Those same 10 gold coins on April 1, 2025 were worth $31,443.30. Over $10,000 profit in 3 years only for keeping those pieces in your safe!