mhaze,

We need to keep in mind that the religiously-minded
modern person is not a" card-carrying" fundamentalist
or extremist. The latter are a tiny minority. Of
whatever faith, a psychologist would be likely to
declare them to be of unsound mind.

Enjoy your week-end.

Cheers.

Hi Foxy,

For political advantage Dutton is trying to link ALL Palestinians to Hamas, and in turn to terrorism. Are all Americans south of the Mason-Dixon Line card carrying members of the KKK, and therefore should be band from Australia as dangerous racists? Me thinks not, the dangerous racists are north of the line and post such rubbish on this forum!

Hi Paul,

Some people lack the ability to laugh at themselves.
That's where we come in.

I've been accused of giving advice. That doesn't mean
that I know more that anyone else. It just means
that I've done more stupid stuff.

I've also been accused of being childish. Well,
my maturity level depends on who I'm with. (smile).

Anyway, there are people who'll attack everything.
It's a diversion. But I think most of us enjoy sparring.
That's why we keep coming back.

Father's Day is just around the corner.

I suspect there's quite a few on this forum who are
giants - with the heart of a teddy.

Hi Foxy,

A good story; We ran a 'Jukebox Karaoke' afternoon a couple of Saturdays back 1pm to 4pm went to 5pm for disabled folk young and old and their carers, and others including family, people from all kinds of backgrounds. First time with 'Karaoke Music Man' running things, everything donated and a side table of food and soft drinks, big donation of pizza's from Pizza Hut, a real party atmosphere with the hall decorated by volunteers. Didn't know how it would go, but turned out a real success, have another one sometime in the future. Our total spend was less than a few hundred for about 80 people.

p/s Got to hear some real life stories, and people through no fault of their own ended up the way they are. To give you an idea, one lady in her 60's said she become progressively disabled, when at 4 years of age she fell out onto the road from the backseat of the family car while dad was driving, the car door came open, in the days before seat belts, and she fell out, lucky to survive, now she needing full time care and confined to a chair. BTW, ABBA got a real workout that afternoon.

Hi Paul,

So good to hear something positive. I've been feeling
a bit down lately. My daughter-in-law flew out today
so visit her family overseas. Her dad's not well.
Father's Day is coming up next Sunday. Looking forward
to more family time. A pizza afternoon. Yum!

Hi Paul,

Talking about celebrations.

I'm currently cooking up a storm - for the grand kids.
I'm going to be making the traditional dishes of- soups,
from pumpkin to borsch. Potato pancakes, to other
blini or pancakes. And of course - Russian salads and
desserts. And roasts. It should keep me busy for a couple
of days. But I want to spoil the kids a bit while their
mum's away.