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  International Surfing Day, June 20th, Sponsor Surfrider Foundation

  by designs in

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  international surfing day was begun in 1984, today there are 200 events in 30 countries participating in isd.. part of the excellent work surfrider does in communities throughout the world is draw attention to clean water for our oceans, lakes, and rivers.. come and join a local festival http://isd.surfrider.org.

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  doofdaddy

  Yes the ocean has a feminine nature. Tranquil one moment then wham heaving the next, warm one day, freezing the next. Bright bluegreen, then grey and ominous. Playful then deadly.Ultimately though nurturing and a sustainer of life. This obviously plays into the scenario of being reborn when spat out of a tube. There is nothing like setting up a barrell, being covered by the lip watching it curve and thunder but seeing the way out and finally being released back in to the "real" world.

  I have surfed many times with dolphins, sometimes in the wall of the wave, sometimes flipping and spinning around me and on a few occassions I have released my board and swum with them and even patted them. They are very curious and appear to have an affinity with humans. Science has claimed that their sonar can see a placenta in a pregnant woman, so that could be a link.
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  International Surfing Day, June 20th, Sponsor Surfrider Foundation

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  international surfing day was begun in 1984, today there are 200 events in 30 countries participating in isd.. part of the excellent work surfrider does in communities throughout the world is draw attention to clean water for our oceans, lakes, and rivers.. come and join a local festival http://isd.surfrider.org.

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  doofdaddy

  My life was the ocean for as far back as I remember. My father bought my elder brothers an okanui hollow board in the 50's and I was in the surf before I could swim at 6. Without giving too much away, my brother became very famous as a surfer, shaper and writer and still is. I made surfboards for years and surfed nearly daily until I had two accidents. One in 10 to 12 foot cyclone swell where I got hammered by the lip and broke two ribs, tore my stomach muscles and had a night in hospital with a bruised heart. Second was a ruptured disc which is a common surfers injury from long term paddling with an arched back. I have met many famous surfers and as a child met the Duke (Kahanmoku), surfed and partied with Michael Petersen and generally lived the surfer's life. I now bodysurf as my father first taught me but sometimes use fins (like in Bali!).

  The ocean revives me when life's tests arrive and I will be scattered in it when I die....
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  Do Animals Have Souls?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know most jehovah's witnesses believe in the soul sleeping doctrine.

  by this, given that neither man nor beast has a spirit, but that they do possess souls (or "intelligences" unique to themselves).

  where this intelligence resides between death and resurrection is more than a passing interest, but again, assuming that yehweh can recreate one's distict soul, does the society believe that animals have souls?

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  doofdaddy

  I think this is quite apt..

  My Karma ran over my Dogma
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  I don't get it ... 80% of people in Oklahoma DON'T have a Tornado Shelter. Are they nuts ????

  by RubaDub in

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  i really don't understand.

  how can any homeowner in his right mind, not have a tornado shelter ???

  i understand that some people live in apartments and condos, but someone with any size yard (even a driveway) could have a shelter.. to me it's a no-brainer.

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  Gnat. My neighbour has three on his property. I have helped him deconstruct them. They are not on any form of concrete footing or even tied together but withstood 140mph gusts this year without any issues and two are stacked on each other. As Rubadub said, the idea is to lock them down and cover with soil. They would not be affected by any wind.
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  I don't get it ... 80% of people in Oklahoma DON'T have a Tornado Shelter. Are they nuts ????

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
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  i really don't understand.

  how can any homeowner in his right mind, not have a tornado shelter ???

  i understand that some people live in apartments and condos, but someone with any size yard (even a driveway) could have a shelter.. to me it's a no-brainer.

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  A simple cheap solution is to get a few neighbors together and buy an old shipping container. Some decent concrete footings, a bunch of dyna bolts to keep it from flying and there you go. If you want to get extra protection, doze a few yards of soil around and on top. Grow a garden if you like!
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  Nothing worst than a Thief!

  by Jomavrick in

  1. jw
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  i had an expensive pen i carried with me at work, it had sentamental value because i purchased it with my wife in venice after a tortuous attempt to find a store that carried fine pens.

  last year it went missing, i was mortified that it just dissapeared and painstakingly retraced everything i did the previous day.

  i concluded it got left on the table at a business lunch i had the day before.

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  I had a similar experience. I bought my own pens at work despite pens being provided. I lost so many, I raised it as a staff meeting and then had to resort to taping my name on them. This worked for a while until I paid $30 for a pen. It disappearsed... My flakey manager came in one day and I noticed my pen WITH THE NAME POORLY REMOVED! I didn't have to say a word as she realised her mistake of having it with her and she went into a blather about "someone" finding it in a drawer where I must have put it........As is human nature, she had a set on me after that embarrassing situation and drove me out of the job. I can thank her now for that.
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  Men...what do you look for in a woman?

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so we had the woman version.

  let it rip guys - what type of woman makes you just want to get her know her better - the one that makes you take that risk and walk on over to start a conversation?.

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  doofdaddy

  How my tastes have changed. Joie de vivre is probably at the forefront as so many women I meet are weighed down with the cares of life (understandable but should it rule a person's outlook?). Contentment, intelligence, inquisitiveness.

  Physically? Clear sparkling eyes, fit (that doesn't mean a greyhound or a body builder just active) a ready (wide) smile, good teeth. Body shape or height isn't a priority as I have dated all varieties. Oh of course someone who loves kissing, cuddling and playful sex. Hey I'm Taurean!

  Oh and MUST love dancing!
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  marrying younger spouses

  by ssn587 in

  1. jw
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  my wife passed away 2 years ago we had been married over 30 years, i have since remarried and my new wife is younger than 3 of my children from my first marriage.

  i just wondering if there are any more like me out there.

  i stay in excellent shape for my age, work out almost daily eat good and have absolutely no medical problems or at least none i can do anything about, bad knees, but my vitals are excellent, and i am known as the teenage because of them when i have my yearly medical checkup.. so was wondering if there are others out there like me, and what some may think about it, just for the record i am extremely happy once again, and we have a 18 month boy who delights me, have a whole new outlook on fatherhood and child raising.

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  doofdaddy

  Well done and good luck!
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  marrying younger spouses

  by ssn587 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife passed away 2 years ago we had been married over 30 years, i have since remarried and my new wife is younger than 3 of my children from my first marriage.

  i just wondering if there are any more like me out there.

  i stay in excellent shape for my age, work out almost daily eat good and have absolutely no medical problems or at least none i can do anything about, bad knees, but my vitals are excellent, and i am known as the teenage because of them when i have my yearly medical checkup.. so was wondering if there are others out there like me, and what some may think about it, just for the record i am extremely happy once again, and we have a 18 month boy who delights me, have a whole new outlook on fatherhood and child raising.

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  doofdaddy

  I travel a lot to Indonesia and where I hang out there are far more (some late) middle aged white women with young local guys then white men and young local women. The funny thing is the reaction of other similar aged white women. The vaste majority say "Good on them , life is short!" But if it's a white man it's "Oh how sad and desperate he is. Or she is just a gold digger!"

  I agree with the first group. I have numerous friends of both genders with young partners over there and all look and seem extremely content and in love.
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  Do You Fear Death?

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whether you're a former jw, or active jw, or some other religion, or atheist, what do you say?

  do you fear death and, whether yes, no, or i don't know, why?

  have changed religious views changed your view of death?

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  doofdaddy

  The rational part of my brain says nothing to fear, everything dies but the emotional side says imagine saying my last goodbye to my children and grandchildren. I have faced death numerous times and on each occasion my children and how much I love them was my final thought.

  I can't believe anyone who has truly faced death hasn't tasted fear. Sadly I have known people who were in denial of their imminent death due to illness. They died badly....