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GreatGrey · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 10:08 pm

ZekeB wrote:

majorbabs wrote:

I decided long ago that I didn't want to be buried, instead I would rather my body go to some place where it can be of use. I love this this guy's idea. Not only would my body helps nourish the earth, but also provide some fun and games for my friends and family -- I love, love games.

But.. but.. but.. Babs.. what's going to happen on Judgment Day? I was told in grade school that your body will come back together and be whole again. Even if cremated, the nun pointed out that the ashes will gather and rebuild my body. What if my fertilizer becomes parts of other's bodies? Oh the humanity!! :((

"Hey worm, those are my atoms, I want em back right now!"

majorbabs · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 10:31 pm

ZekeB wrote:

majorbabs wrote:

I decided long ago that I didn't want to be buried, instead I would rather my body go to some place where it can be of use. I love this this guy's idea. Not only would my body helps nourish the earth, but also provide some fun and games for my friends and family -- I love, love games.

But.. but.. but.. Babs.. what's going to happen on Judgment Day? I was told in grade school that your body will come back together and be whole again. Even if cremated, the nun pointed out that the ashes will gather and rebuild my body. What if my fertilizer becomes parts of other's bodies? Oh the humanity!! :((

Similar to what Carl Sagan said about humans -- that we are made of star stuff, doG knows how many of the atoms currently in our bodies once were part of some other individual's body. For all I know, I may have atoms in me that were once were a part of Da Vinci, Plato and a whole host of famous (or infamous) people. I figure it will tough enough for the angels to get that sorted out so I'm not too worried about my ashes.

Besides, it was a practice in Europe that when church graveyards became too crowded to allow any more burials, old graves were dug up and the bones burned. The ashes were then reburied in the graveyard. Supposedly, this is where the word "bon(e)fire came from. If burning old bones was OK with the church in the olden days, well I'm just following their lead, but just skipping the part where my body is eaten away over time, leaving just the bones. :mrgreen:

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 10:36 pm

ZekeB wrote:

majorbabs wrote:

I decided long ago that I didn't want to be buried, instead I would rather my body go to some place where it can be of use. I love this this guy's idea. Not only would my body helps nourish the earth, but also provide some fun and games for my friends and family -- I love, love games.

But.. but.. but.. Babs.. what's going to happen on Judgment Day? I was told in grade school that your body will come back together and be whole again. Even if cremated, the nun pointed out that the ashes will gather and rebuild my body. What if my fertilizer becomes parts of other's bodies? Oh the humanity!! :((

If the all-powerful creator can't work with what there is, all-powerful ain't what it used to be. [-(

majorbabs · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 10:44 pm

Whatever4 wrote:

If the all-powerful creator can't work with what there is, all-powerful ain't what it used to be. [-(

Your comment reminds me of one of those "billboards from God" that were a big deal a few years ago. The billboard read something to the effect that God had sent us a cure for cancer, but someone aborted the baby who God had planned to develop that cure. My thought was that if God is all knowing and all powerful, he would have known that the baby was going to be aborted and do something to stop. How weak is God if some mere mortal can easily derail his grand plans?

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 10:57 pm

God, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are all equally real. Or not. That most human beings deny this reality is a sad commentary on the human race.

ZekeB · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 11:13 pm

Awww Sterngard... but I liked the Easter candy. And the Christmas presents. My family did a lot of doing without when I was young, so I never saw the tooth fairy. Those holidays were real, doncha know.

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 11:20 pm

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

God, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are all equally real.

The Tooth Fairy doesn't visit me anymore, but I enjoy annual visits from the fat guy and the monotreme rabbit. Your point?

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2012 11:24 pm

Whatever4 wrote:

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

God, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are all equally real.

The Tooth Fairy doesn't visit me anymore, but I enjoy annual visits from the fat guy and the monotreme rabbit. Your point?

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10657

I have a friend who says when he dies, he wants a keg put on top of his casket, with a sign "The beer's on Steve". (Ok, this is Texas, but I still thought it was funny).

Somerset · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 2:14 am

Highlands wrote:

Also Known As: First World Problems

We have a version of that here.

Quote:

Saw an Indonesian maid heading to Vivo by bus with caucasian baby in her arms

Looked Indonesian. Might have been Filipino. Not sure.

She got on at Pasir Panjang rd opposite Redwood serviced apartment, and was on the way to Vivo city holding the baby at about 11.30am today.

Baby looked about 9-12mths old. No pram, no carrier, no snug-a-bug type wrap thing to hold it safely. Maid was carrying nothing except the baby. Bus driver sped off before maid could take a seat safely at the back end of the bus. Baby could have been hurt had maid lost her balance. Maid really should have grabbed first available seat at the front of the bus - you know, the ones that say "Reserved for Elderly/Disabled/Parents with Children".

I wondered whether the parents knew that baby was "travelling" in such a way.

There was no bag with the maid, so I wondered if the baby had anything to sustain it whilst at Vivo (spare nappy, something to drink, tissues to give baby a wipe down). Definitely no bag; checked carefully.

Baby looked cheerful for half the distance but then got grumpy and cried a bit before maid got off opposite Vivo/Harbourfront. VERY hot day. baby thankfully was wearing a little cap with those tail things to protect back of neck too.

Not sure I would want my child getting around like this with a maid - no pram to sleep in, just getting hoisted about town. Baby was touching the metal railings on the bus seats and then sucking it's arms/hands.

I imagine that the journey home would have been even more precarious, with maid not only having to manage baby but also the grocery shopping....

Just sayin'

The funniest part isn't the posting, it's the replies. Some snarky, but quite a few commiserating right along with the original poster.

Life is so difficult for some of the trailing spouses here in the outstation

Foggy · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 7:14 am

Why do they name terrible things after cats?

When are we gonna see some dogastrophes?

What if people became dogatonic in the hospital?

What if you got dogaracts in your eyes?

Actually, that last one happened to me. I'm all set for dogaract surgery. May 23 (right eye) July 11 (left eye).

Can't wait. $\:D/$

Sugar Magnolia · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 7:20 am

Litlebritdifrnt2 wrote:

I would most likely want to be buried in my garden with my dogs, chances are the damn government will not allow that, so whatever eco friendly burial they can figure for me will do. If nothing else I want to feed the worms. I like the idea that I can nourish plants with my remains.

Move to MS! We discovered a while back that burying someone in the back yard apparently isn't illegal here, when a woman bought a house a couple of blocks over and uncovered 2 graves (with headstones!) in an overgrown area of the back yard. After researching the issue, it was decided there was no law against it.

Somerset · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 8:41 am

Foggy wrote:

Why do they name terrible things after cats?

When are we gonna see some dogastrophes?

What if people became dogatonic in the hospital?

What if you got dogaracts in your eyes?

Actually, that last one happened to me. I'm all set for dogaract surgery. May 23 (right eye) July 11 (left eye).

Can't wait. $\:D/$

I blame it on chemistry. There are cations, but no dogions. For some reason they decided that stuff on the right side of the periodic table should be called "anions" instead.

Lame

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Plutodog · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 11:10 am

Emma wrote:

ice cream vs sleep

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esseff44 · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 11:57 am

Foggy, hope your cataract procedures go smoothly. A lot of people no longer need glasses to read afterward.

As for being named after cats......not really. All those words come from the Greek prefix 'kata-' which means 'down.' Oddly, 'cataract' originally meant 'waterfall' but during it Latin phase came to mean 'gate' or 'obstruction.'

Here's a useful 'kate-' word:

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catachresis Look up catachresis at Dictionary.com
1580s, from L. catachresis, from Gk. katakhresis "misuse" (of a word), from katakhresthai "to misuse," from kata- "down" (here with a sense of "perversion") + khresthai "to use" (see hortatory). Related: Catachrestic.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?all ... hmode=none

majorbabs · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 12:10 pm

esseff44 wrote:

Foggy, hope your cataract procedures go smoothly. A lot of people no longer need glasses to read afterward.

As for being named after cats......not really. All those words come from the Greek prefix 'kata-' which means 'down.' Oddly, 'cataract' originally meant 'waterfall' but during it Latin phase came to mean 'gate' or 'obstruction.'

Here's a useful 'kate-' word:

Quote:

catachresis Look up catachresis at Dictionary.com
1580s, from L. catachresis, from Gk. katakhresis "misuse" (of a word), from katakhresthai "to misuse," from kata- "down" (here with a sense of "perversion") + khresthai "to use" (see hortatory). Related: Catachrestic.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?all ... hmode=none

I had cataract surgery two years ago. My friends all said that it was a piece of cake, but I didn't quite believe them since I've had a number of surgeries over the years and they always seem to be worse than I expected. This time my friends were right. I got a light sedative that basically relaxed me. It seemed that the surgery was done in a flash. The one thing they either didn't tell me about (or I simply forgot it) was that in 50% of folks who have cataracts removed develop a film-like covering on the back of the lens. It's removed with a few laser bursts. It took me a long time to realize that this film developed in my left eye because when the cedar trees do their thing, I'm continually putting in eye drops to get rid of the film substances that develops in my eyes when they are exposed to ceder. It wasn't until I had my annual eye exam that I found out the it wasn't allergies that was causing the film.

In both the cataract surgery and the removeal of the film, I was back to normal (OK, at least normal for me :mrgreen:

) the next day.

Esseff, thanks for sharing the derivation of the "cat" in the words Foggy mentioned. I recall that the "cat" was related to something other than a feline, but I couldn't remember what it was. I love learning how words develop -- and change over time.

kate520 · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 2:35 pm

Quote:

Here's a useful 'kate-' word:

Love.

TollandRCR · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 2:44 pm

My cataract surgery had the effect that colors became very much brighter. I did not miss the Xmas-tree colored streetlights.

TollandRCR · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 4:03 pm

Who knew that there are dirty-minded loonz in Canada of all places? I knew about loons and the loonie coin, but the ability (and eagerness) to see semi-naked women on a monument to 10,000 Canadian soldiers who died in France? Or to see the Twin Towers in a World War I monument?

majorbabs · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 4:15 pm

TollandRCR wrote:

My cataract surgery had the effect that colors became very much brighter. I did not miss the Xmas-tree colored streetlights.

I never realized how much the cataracts affected colors -- everything had a yellowish tinge to it -- until I had my first eye done and could compare the before and after effects of cataracts. Before I had the surgery, I firmly believed that I had little or no gray in my hair. Because I am a blond and the cataracts gave everything that yellowish tinge, the gray in my hair looked blond instead of gray. It was a shock to find out just how much gray I did have.

Emma · **Joined:** Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:25 am **Posts:** 2883

Plutodog wrote:

NoScript filtered a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempt from [http://news.yahoo.com].

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Plutodog · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 5:20 pm

Emma wrote:

Plutodog wrote:

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Well, that's what my puter tells me when I click on the link. :-?

Emma · **Joined:** Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:25 am **Posts:** 2883

Plutodog wrote:

Emma wrote:

Plutodog wrote:

NoScript filtered a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attempt from [http://news.yahoo.com].

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Well, that's what my puter tells me when I click on the link. :-?

Oh

I don't know what that means (I'm computer-stupid) but the link works for me. Nothing important, just kinda cute.

Plutodog · **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2012 6:07 pm

Emma wrote:

Plutodog wrote:

Well, that's what my puter tells me when I click on the link. :-?

Oh

I don't know what that means (I'm computer-stupid) but the link works for me. Nothing important, just kinda cute.

I don't know a lot either...Luckily I gots noscript on firefox so I guess I'm okay. Here's some FAQ on it that didn't make my eyes cross for a few paragraphs.

http://www.cgisecurity.com/xss-faq.html

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

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