Thanks R0bert - you're quite right, I'd intended this thread as one of those irregular and slightly friviolous discussions where people can relax a bit and find some common ground. Unfortunately there's always one or two who take such opportunities to try and catch up on old scores - maybe that's their way of 'chilling out', who knows?

Because of the time of year I have to work today, but depending on the weather, once I'm done I'll probably slip up to our town dam later on with my togs, a 6-pack and maybe my fishing rod. Looks like it's going to be hot...

What's on for you today? Time-out in the shed, or something further afield?

CJ a visit to see my parents - which is somewhat overdue :(

Some quality time working in my partners garden yesterday and helping a child through the first steps of riding without training wheels seems to have been the major "heat" outs for the weekend. Both very satisfying but overly hot at this time of year.

R0bert

G'day R0bert; CJ and CF;

I have to take some responsibility too though for stirring a bit; I was just funnin' and I expected to get a bit back as I said.

The hugs bit was fair dinkum though. Lovely isn't it.

The thread has been really a very nice opportunity to get to know others a little and to reveal a little of myself too. Ty CJ.

Loved your Utubes too btw:

"F-off communism! We don't need your oppressive government telling us what to do - THAT's what religion's for."

HAR har! Great line :)

The hugs vid brought streaming tears to my eyes. Beautiful!

'F-off communism! We don't need your oppressive government telling us what to do - THAT's what religion's for.'

That was hilarious...for about two seconds...til I realised how true it is!! Huwaaaaaaw ( :>|

Ludwig - thanks for saying what you thought of the free hugs vids. They get to me like that too.

Did you notice the name of the fella that started it is Juan Mann (I think I got the spelling right). That would sound like, "One man" wouldn't it? (any linguists here to verify?)

I wonder if the name is fair dink. If so that's an amazing coincidence; his personal campaign impacted on about 10,000 and now at 57 million.

I couldn't help laughing at CJ's commie-religious clip even though I'm Christian myself - let's say Christianity is a broad school; I recognize exactly what the clip says. It's actually a clever clip on multiple levels, like - the logic. What government would decide to infiltrate via 'making' people into homosexuals. It's just too funny.

Cya later :)

This has been a most interesting thread. Nice one CJ.

Lots of goodwill has been expressed here.

The long-time good relationship between you and I, which then became very badly fractured, has been mended here, or at least from my perspective it has. I’ll certainly be striving to keep it that way.

Cheers