Posts by restrangled

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If you could play any instrument what would it be?

by restrangled in

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i have played the piano my entire life and never learned another....i so wish i could play the guitar.

i would trade my piano in a minute for a good guitar and lessons.. how about you?.

restrangled

Cameod...this is my experience and others may tell you differently.

I started playing when I was 5 years old. I learned by my love of music from my heart, and picked my favorites. I memorized my favorite music. Chopin, Debussy, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Satie, Lizt, etc. I hated Bach, Handel, etc.

I still listen to the masters and try to mimic what they have played....I learn more listening than I ever did from teachers.

I am a horrible sight reader....infact I can't do it. I memorize, and then play not so much by memory but by feeling. It's like typing.

There is never a quick way to learn piano. It is imperitive that you learn the scales first, if you are going to play the masters, your fingers have to be limber and fly over the keys. I use to practice 5 hours a day.

There is no "quick" way, but if you have the drive, and love of music....it will eventually click in. Follow your heart and your favorite music.

Chords, are for rock, military marches etx.

Fluid break ups of these chords from the masters are beautiful on the piano. Get your fingers flying on the keys...you can do anything.....and always play with your heart.

Hope this helps.

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Yes ANOTHER song thread. What song best describes you?

by awildflower in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlptb6qgflk.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxiq-qvaseo.

restrangled

Love it...Think about it!!!!!

r.

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If you could play any instrument what would it be?

by restrangled in

jw
friends

i have played the piano my entire life and never learned another....i so wish i could play the guitar.

i would trade my piano in a minute for a good guitar and lessons.. how about you?.

restrangled

I have played the piano my entire life and never learned another....I so wish I could play the guitar. I would trade my piano in a minute for a good guitar and lessons.

How about you?

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Yes ANOTHER song thread. What song best describes you?

by awildflower in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlptb6qgflk.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxiq-qvaseo.

restrangled

I'm .......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmC1zrpwfQ

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Unitarian Universalist Church, does anyone here have any experiences?

by cyberjesus in

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i found a dvd about evolution and great ways to teach it to children, i discovered that is promoted at uuc, it seems that the group is oriented towards acceptance and not totalitarianism.

since i like to associate with others who think the same way i would like to know what do you think about them?.

restrangled

My MIL is Unitarian. I have attended services with her several times.

The Minister was a Lesbian, and gave a great opening "talk"....I don't know what other word to use,

The music was fantastic and everyone was extremely friendly.

The only trouble I found is they are open to any latest thing. At a certain time, they were hearing that Jesus's birth was because of a rape of Mary, which I found extremely objectionable. My MIL bought it big time.

Also in the 60's their entire church was into wife swapping....at which time my MIL left for a while.

Her own father, a devout Protestant called it a social club, and the old saying comes to mind: If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.

It is very open, and it's a catch all for all those who feel the need to worship......who ever, what ever, or no one at all.

I would try it and see what you think.

r.

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How long before you stopped believing armageddon was on your doorstep?

by bubba flavel in

i was born into "the truth" back in 1964. i made the big mistake of getting baptised when i was about 14 or so, purely to please my father as i saw how proud he was when my brothers were baptised....didn't work.. we moved to a new congregation when i was about 8, he introduced all my brothers to the congregation by name, a short bio of thier endearing qualities and how proud he was of them, when he introduced me it was "and this is our black sheep of the family, steve".. i remember living in fear at the fast approaching 1975....actually, living in terror is probably a more apt desciption.

all of you will full well know how it was instilled into us at every meeting and assembly how we are living in the last days.. as a 15 year old, a brother dobbed me in for kissing a worldly girl at school.

went through the marked process, judicial committy, disfellowshipped and the shunning which continues to this day by what's left of my family.

restrangled

Welcome Bubba!

For me personally, born in (1959), that little tick of, (is this it? with every disaster, proclamation of world peace and security, etc. never seeming to leave my brain.)

As time has gone by, that tick has become weaker and weaker. I think the latest Generation teaching may have knocked it out for good. I now find myself snickering instead of worrying.

r.

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Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

by The Berean in

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millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

restrangled

Pffft...I was a happy Wamu customer...and it went to Chase....as far as I am concerned they are absolute crooks.

Never had a late payment or missed payment, but they had the nerve to jack me up to 29 percent interest before the new rules went into effect.

I was at 9 percent. Not pretty but tolerable.

Assholex, after they got bailed out by my tax dollars,..... dammit.

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Should I walk away from my "underwater" home?

by The Berean in

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friends

millions are now facing the dilemma of making house payments on a property that is not worth what is being paid.

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after originally promising to repay the bank, is there a "moral" obligation to continue in a dwelling, even at a loss ... or is it best to exercise the "legal" right of foreclosure and pay the consequences ?.

restrangled

Berean, You may want to start negotiating...and that they will!

I have a Girl Friend that had a 500,000 plus house at the time, she took out a 330,000 mortgage and couldn't keep up after several years. It is now worth about 200K.

She had to quit making payments because she lost her job and can't get another.

...quess what....no one has come after her, The bank can't afford to do it. She hasn't made a payment since June of 2009. She is just holding her breath....but she has heard absoluting nothing.

She is not in debt to any other creditors,......the courts are just too backed up and the greedy banks can't catch up.

Just an fyi.

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Does anybody else feel relieved that they won't be tortured during the great tribulation?

by doublelife in

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i grew up hearing about different ways people have been tortured in the past and was always scared of going through that during the gt.

it was always an unhealthy obsession of mine.

i always thought that i was more worried about it than other jws and that i would end up renouncing my faith to get out of it.

restrangled

Yeah, like OUtlaw said, many of us have been tortured to death for many years......see you on the otherside!

r.

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A honest question to all creationists

by bohm in

hey!.

i have a question regarding creation thats burning me.

i dont have any clever arguments depending on what is answered, i am just curious.. first off i want to say that i think people are free to believe whatever they want.

restrangled

Hey Frankie, just as I suspected...nothing proven.

r.