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Re: “Sheriff deputy arrested for prostitution deal”
Maybe he didn't want to risk running into his selected home-town partner at church.
Re: “Friday line”
Footnotes on the phone thingie:
1. I don't have caller I.D., so can't identify callers by number; if you don't have it, you understand.
2. Even if I had caller I.D., it wouldn't help. I'm involved in volunteer projects which involve calls from people I don't know, but need to talk to. Thus, I set my answering machine to answer on second ring, put on a message that I'll answer if I can, and wait to hear who speaks.
3. Unlisted numbers won't stop robo calls. Some telemarketers use computer-generated phone numbers; they don't get them from a phone book. If a computer generates your ten-digit phone number, you can get a call from someone anywhere in the world.
4. We occasionally get a computer-generated or recorded voice message on our answering machine, but most of the time when the machine answers and it's not a human calling, their computer will hang up before my answering message completes.
5. Where we live, I need land line for DSL and cell service is limited or undependable, so cancelling land line and going 100% cell is no option.
Hope this gives an insight or two for people plagued with telemarketing and/or scam calls. My system doesn't stop all unwanted calls, but I don't have to run to answer the phone just to find out who's calling. If it's not someone I want or need to talk with, I'm relieved from having to answer.
Re: “Friday line”
MG & others: One way to avoid scams is to let your answering machine answer every call. Don't answer unless it's a human to whom you want to talk.
This also blocks most robo calls; but even robo calls that come through last only 30 seconds (or whatever you set your length for).
This works for land lines. Not sure about cell phones--you're on your own.
Re: “4 no votes for women from Arkansas delegation”
BWC: Do you assume that women in Biblical times were taught to read and write?
What is the status of women's education in Middle-eastern countries today?
Re: “Friday line”
Mountaingirl: The more hoops we have to jump through to get justice, the less justice we get.
IMHO
Re: “4 no votes for women from Arkansas delegation”
Why would any woman ever want to serve in the military forces of a country that treats its service women the way ours does?!
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Re: “Father's day line”
Ms Sister: About Southern Baptists and "what they're taught about us."
No argument, justification, or denial from me. You're absolutely right with one regrettably tiny exception: there is a very small minority that doesn't do that. As for perhaps 90% or more, you've characterized them accurately.
In my own defense: When I was associated with the SBC, I certainly didn't teach my children or my students to have any animosity toward same-gendered people. But of course, the majority of people in my immediate church-related circle did not agree with me, or approve of my stance. Which may be one reason I'm no longer connected.
This is not intended to be a defense of the beach activity of the group you described, but just a thought for consideration: If you're responsible for 600 "other people's" children, you better have some organization (read "regimentation") in mind. And especially if there is water involved. Nobody wants to have to explain a beach-front tragedy to the parents, church family, or newspapers back home.
I doubt if the facility could have provided an indoor chapel for the group's morning and evening's meditations. And if it is, after all, a church group, morning and evening meditations should not be completely unexpected.
Nevertheless, it's too bad such a large group imposed on the freedom and relaxation of individual vacationers who had paid their good money for a quiet, restful, get-away.
Yet glad it didn't completely ruin your time with WIES, family, and friends.
And thanks for your interesting report. Always good to hear from you.