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Is a Presidents' Cabinet anything like a Liquor Cabinet? Just wondering.

If you Google "slack key guitar" and then click on Wikipedia, you can find a whole bunch of "slack" tunings. Or, do like the guys from the delta, tune to open D or G and add capo as needed.

Tom Strange------The F1 (Dassault Mirage F1) is a fighter jet, so when you hear of a terrible accident involving an F1 you naturally assume---------

Nandon----I don't think you are alone in that thinking. That attitude was quite prevalent at the time of the Bicentennial(1976). Conspiracy theories were rampant. I even remember some teachings from the OT that would have "supported" that train of thought, misguided though they were. In Fellowlaborers, we even had a special work detail to destroy all the mimeograph plates for the mailing list of the state newsletter so that "they" would not have access to the names of believers in our state. Yep. The Illuminati, the U.N., the Catholic church, The Anti Defamation League, the boogie man in the closet. They're all out to get you and stop Da Verd from going over the world. Better to take our own lives like that record in the OT than to surrunder to "the enemy". Wish I could remember that section of scripture. It's the one where the people took their own lives and when the enemy finally gained access to the city they found no one left alive. It's hard to believe I bought all that crap. P.T Barnum would have been thrilled to make my acquaintaince.

Roger that.

I believe it was Nick Lowe who sang: "All men are liars-------and that's the truth."

I've been tossing this one around all day and still nothing. I'm going to "Gurgle" it and disqualify myself.

DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO Huh? Oh, sorry. Meant to post that on "Name That Tune".

Potato-------I think your post was quite relevant. Motivation is really the essence. The exact year is only secondary(though many who went corps at about the same time seem to share common aspects of motivation.) I never went corps. I went Fellowlaborer for two years and then went back for a third year. (That's a pretty wacky story all in itself.) The reasons seem to be very similar, though I had hopes of returning to my hometown after graduation to serve there. Life takes some crazy turns. Thirty two years later and 150 miles away, I'm probably as close to being "back home" as I'll ever get.

Omniscient--------Having infinate awareness,understanding and insight. The Merriam Webster Dictionary God is "all-knowing".

It sounds like yet another concept similar in nature to "Numbers In Scripture". It might be intersting to look at from the standpoint of seeing what methods he employed. (regardless of the conclussions he drew)

Why did Lincoln free the slaves? Because he clearly understood the profoundly devastating effect that doing so would have on the economy of The South. With no workforce to keep the economy afloat, submission was inevidable. It was military strategy at work, plain and simple. Just my opinion.

I'm pretty much "old school" so the cadence took me off guard. I did enjoy "To the Girl I Never Danced With" and "Oh---Such Memories".

Welcome to Grease Spot, Starbird.

We did all sorts of "stuff" during our tenure in "The Way". Much of it didn't really amount to a hill of beans. God told us to love one another. If the "stuff" we are doing doesn't have that at its core, we are really just fooling ourselves with delusions of self importance. ps---It's much more than just SAYING it.( though it certainly doesn't hurt to say so now and then)

I quit a 2 pack per day habit 23 years ago. Here is some advise that people gave me that helped: 1. decide on a " quit date" that coincides with a time when you are exposed to lower levels of stress and the freedom to partake of other activities. In other words, don't try to quit Monday morning at the start of the week when stress is high and you can't take a walk outside if you need to. 2. Don't tell yourself you are quitting FOREVER. In your mind, it will seem like an impossible task. Instead, just quit for one day. Not only is it easier to achieve a one day goal than a lifetime goal, but in the event you should not succeed, you have only missed the mark for one day. Tomorrow is a whole new ball game and a chance to give it a fresh try. 3. If one day seems too long, vow to yourself you will not have one before lunch. If you make it that far, vow that you won't have one until evening, and so on. If you fail to meet that goal there is always tomorrow. DON'T condemn yourself. You only failed to meet one small goal. The really extreme physical craving only lasted about 5 days for me and after that it seemed to be more of a mental craving. The mental cravings subside pretty quickly compared to the physical. I had mental cravings for about 5 years off and on but it becomes easier and easier to resist them. Nowadays it never even crosses my mind to have a cigarette and even discussions like this don't evoke any sort of desire to have one. Kudos, Linda. It does get easier. It just takes time.

My parents made tons of friends who remained true friends long after they all left TWI. I think their generation had/has a deep understanding of what friendship is all about. I suppose living through The Great Depression and WWII provided many unsolicated lessons that most of us(including myself) will never fully comprehend. Life is short. This ain't no dress rehearsal.

Is it "Row,Row,Row Your Boat"?

Hmmmmm? Was that"ahead of your time" or " a 'head' of your time"? Well, it WAS the dawning of the age of Aquarius, dontcha know!

In the absense of electronics, here's a cool little tuning "trick" that works for bass. 1. Tune the "a" string to a known constant such as the keyboard 2. Chime a harmonic on the 5th fret of the "a" string and let it ring 3. While that string is ringing, chime a harmonic on the 7th fret of "d" string At this point note any oscillation between the two and eliminate it by correcting the "d" sting (since you already know the "a" string is your constant) 4. Next, do the same with the 7th fret of the "d" string and the 14th fret of the "g" string 5. Lastly, repeat using the 5th fret of the "e" string and the7th fret of the "a" string The idea is not to compare the sound of the notes but to eliminate any "oscillation".

Soggie-----------What part of Ohio?( I'm smack dab in the middle)

I kept thinking I had left something out and then it hit me: Leather soled shoes. When I was 13, all I wanted for Christmas was a pair of leather soled "engineer boots". There under the tree that year was a Red Ryder BB gun. No! Wait! I'm confusing movie fantasy with real life. There under the tree was a brand spankin' new pair of Engineer boots. It was one of those Christmases that lives forever in your memory. If my folks had any idea I needed them to skitch, I doubt they would have bought them. Since skitchin' was best done under the cover of darkness, we needed a daytime activity as well. Thus, "cannonballing" was invented. To cannonball, one needed only to find a sledding hill that had become too icy from overuse. Starting from as far back as we could, we would run full speed to the crest of the hill. At that point we would leap into the air and land on the downward slope just as we tucked tightly into the "cannonball" position. There were no manhole covers or dry spots but usually plenty of ruts and rocks. And to think that all you really needed was a good pair of Engineer boots and a bit of a daredevil attitude.

NP-------It seems you may have misunderstood the essence of my post. My point was that if a person is fond of a particular section of the PFAL class such as "four crucified" or "figures of speech" and so on, why not simply look at the sources from which these portions were gleaned? References to direct interested parties toward the originating sources are abundant here at the Cafe. My apologies for not stating this in a clearer fashion originally.

What puzzles me is this: Why,if people are fond of the "academic" aspects of PFAL, they don't simply go to the sources from which VPW conveniently lifted them? Those sources can be found right here at GSC if one is so inclined to do a little research. Food for thought.

"Skitching is-----" Oh, wait. Are all the youngsters out of the room?( Wouldn't want to plant any ideas) All clear? Good. Let's begin. The year is 1962. It's been snowing off and on for weeks. The snow plows have long since stopped trying to expose the bare pavement and are content to leave the streets with a thin layer of ice. It's way past sunset and the street light at the corner is burned out. We wait anxiously in the bushes beside Mrs. Finklefarkles' front porch. Suddenly, a lone car approaches the stop sign at the corner and dutifully comes to a halt. As it resumes its journey , we slip stealthfully from the bushes and squat down out of view and grab hold of the bumper. We "skitch" behind for as long as we are able.( though as mstar1 pointed out, one must always be on the lookout for manhole covers and dry spots. )It became somewhat of a skill,actually, to be able to feel the dry spots and simultaneously stretch out and let go. As we became of driving age ourselves, the game escaladed considerably but there may be young 'uns lurking about so you will have to just imagine how it evolved. O.K.----With that out of the way, it's safe once again for the youngsters to come back into the room.