This is a true story.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 15, 2018:

The Japanese Air Force called the P-38's 'Fork Tailed Devils' because the P-38's wouldn't dog fight with the Zeros and Zekes but instead would use their superior firepower, speed and armor to do strafing runs on the Japanese pilots in mid air. The P-38's would cut swaths of destruction through the Japanese squadrons until there were only a few stragglers left to be picked of with the 20 mm cannons and the 50 cals. Nice story.

Ok, it's been a while since I've reached out to you all.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 15, 2018:

If he really believed in the Bible then he wouldn't be fucking without a license, would he? Perhaps your Atheism is convenient for him and provides a loophole for him to behave in a non-righteous manner by fornicating outside of the bounds of holy matrimony. If you do continue with him and get married he will want to perceive you as a chattel and bend you to his will as a fellow believer, does this sound acceptable to you? You would be best to start introducing him to your friends as your fuckbuddy and not your partner, it will make it less messy when he moves on to a permanent relationship with a 'good woman' - it's just how they are programmed from childhood and they can't seem to help it. I hope you find someone who is more worthwhile and complimentary to your growth as a person, so you can put this behind you as a fun and horny memory.

I am curious if anyone ever wonders how can this really smart person believe in God?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 15, 2018:

Human beings are intellectual beings but we are also emotional beings and just as our minds are hungry for knowledge so too are our hearts hungry for love. Science feeds our hunger for knowledge but does not sate the heart's need for love but religion does. Religion drives away the fear of our own mortality, it gives a sense of order to the world and our place in it, it gives meaning and purpose where there would otherwise be chaos and it gives eternal love from an omnipotent and omniscient creator being who loved us so much that he created us in his own image. Just because this is a completely delusional pile of horseshit doesn't mean that it isn't comforting in the same way that a security blanket comforts a child while not providing any real security, just the illusion of security. The very human need for a sense of security and order and purpose and love are what make people willing to set aside their logical mind and believe in religion to soothe their emotional hearts.

Trump meets with his European Fan Club.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

Maybe this trip across the pond isn't going as well as planned.

If you good live anywhere on the planet, where would it be and what attracts you about it?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

That's a Huge Question and hard for most people to answer because most people haven't traveled extensively enough to make a qualified decision. Bermuda is a beautiful island with a terrific climate but it is isolated, I lived there for 7 years but eventually felt the need to move on. Ecuador has 5 climatic regions in one tiny country and would be a terrific place to live for people with good Spanish language skills if the politics weren't always in a potential state of upheaval, I lived there for 2 years. I have to think that French Polynesia could be a sweetheart of a deal but I know from friends who have lived there that once again there is isolation and the cost of living is very high. At the moment I live on a medium sized island in the St. Lawrence River with a beautiful view and peaceful surroundings in a natural setting, it works for me at the moment.

Pay attention Puppets.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

I like the Aztec and Mayan influenced murals he did in Mexico, particularly the one he did on the front wall of the house he shared with Frida Khalo in Acapulco. Now there's a love story don't see every day.

Show me yours I'll show you mine!

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

Nice and tidy garden. (y)

I stole this from @ironwrangler. He is funny!

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

We could rename it the Trump Cap to make it sound more modern and current. :)

Donald Trump Kept the Queen Waiting for Tea | Vanity Fair

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

This is not the first time that the Queen has had to put up with scummy world leaders. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4178518/Is-Trump-worse-Assad-Unsavoury-leaders-Queen-met.html

Tomato Blight?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0febDi7iak

Tomato Blight?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 14, 2018:

Sounds like blossom end rot which is a calcium deficiency and can be treated with crushed limestone slurry.

My dojo has been asked to do a two hour personal defense class for between 40 - 50 girl scouts ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Girl Guides are like Boy Scouts, it's a lot like herding cats. A helpful hint from an old scouter, try to burn off some of their nervous energy before you get into showing them a few moves. Start them off with a brief talk and as they start to show the signs of boredom just transition right into some basic warm up moves before you show them 'the real stuff', 5 minutes of warming up (for safety so they don't pull any muscles) should get them pink in the face and refocused for the demonstration.

More pictures of my wife's handiwork in the back yard

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

That is one hard working woman! :O

The insanity of "hate speech" laws.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

You've been watching too much Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole was a great actor but the torture by Turkish muslims never happened in real life. Still if this is your fantasy then have at it, whatever floats your boat. ;) http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/dsbaldwin32/clips/lawrence-of-arabia-lean-1962-2014-torture/embed_view?width=350

What this idiot is doing to the U.S.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Canada signed new trade agreements with Europe ahead of the inauguration of the new Bozo in Chief and has also strengthened our Asian trade alliances because the US is no longer seen as a trustworthy trade partner. The latest round of illegal trade tariffs have only reinforced that opinion in Canada and a strong Don't Buy American campaign is gaining momentum even though the trade sanctions that Trump has illegally implemented will be off set by WTO approved countermeasures the impact on the US economy will be great.

What this idiot is doing to the U.S.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

MAGA :D

When is this going to stop?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I just read another post by someone on Agnostic.com that wants hate laws repealed so that every asshole who wants to behave this way can do so with impunity.

Heatwave reveals a hidden neolithic monument in Ireland

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

There is much about our history that is lost and buried, we need to keep searching our past if we are to reliably chart a way forward. Religion has definitely not helped in this regard, burying the old sites under their new sites. The churches and cathedrals I saw in South America were often built on top of the old Incan temples in a symbolic usurping of one god's power by another newer god.

Are you a woman who thinks or says that a man is more handsome, attractive, a better protector, the ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I get that there are a lot of women out there that list height as a qualifier for dating suitability but do you have to be so bitter about it? I've seen short guys with really tall model types, it happens but I have to say that those guys tend to come off as insecure short guys with a chip on their shoulder but it does happen. There are a lot of women who are really into tall, that's just how it is.

Do you feel a weird sort of kinship when you see others with the same car as you?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I usually have vehicles that are a bit different so if I see one I tend to give a wave and they tend to wave back, sometimes they wave before I do so I guess there is a bit of a kinship between people that are interested in the same kind of car. Definitely used to happen when we drove older Saabs and when I had a Land Rover and now with the Jaguar even though it's just a baby Jag Type X.

Fox 5 just compared Donald Trump to punk rock you may not like but the truth is in the messages ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Punk Rock Trump, that's a very strange image but Johnny Rotten did come on in defense of Donald Trump a year ago, called him a possible friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfK-WX2pa8c

I was born in 1971.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I remember when MTV came out and it was so primitive in the beginning but still ground breaking. Nobody had ever conceived of Music Videos as being anything more than a weird fandom thing that barely saw the light of day, suddenly if you didn't have a video your new song wasn't getting any air time on the radio. One from the early years 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUDcTLaWJuo

Trump Got From NATO Everything Obama Ever Asked For [nytimes.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

The NATO Allies have had enough of trying to talk some sense into the Orange Buffoon that currently inhabits the US White House so instead of trying to work out a deal with him they just let him have his victory lap, nodded when he made his pompous and insulting statements and then went back to business as usual. If you think that the NATO Allies are going to ramp up to 2% in the next few years and ultimately 4% in the next decade in order to support American Wars of Aggression then you are as delusional as Trump is. :D

Fight Capitalism, Fight Economic Slavery! No More Kings! Equality for all!

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Church and State, the twin pillars of suffering for the people.

Fight Capitalism, Fight Economic Slavery! No More Kings! Equality for all!

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

It's an endless cycle, the money gets shaken out of the weak hands and is collected in the strong hands to use a bit of economic jargon, until eventually most of the money is stagnant in strong hands, then there is hardship and eventually insurrection which destroys the value of money and the currencies all must be reset and then the system repeats. It's a really stupid system designed by a really stupid species.

How immensely satisfying is to find forgotten money in a jacket pocket

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I found this in the bottom of a tool box that I picked up for $10 at an estate sale, 1947 Sterling Silver Medal from one of Canada's oldest and most prestigious boys prep schools - melt value is around $10 but it is in mint condition and a little piece of Canadiana. The tool box was worth $10, the tools were worth double that but the silver medal was a real bonus. I'd be happy if I found a $20 in an old jacket but this was even better.

A little over 2 years ago my old Friend Cody and myself at the park.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

To get another dog or to live a dogless life, it is a question that all dog lovers have to ask themselves after they lose one of their most loyal and loving friends and at best it is going to happen every 10 to 15 years. We have been without a Bouvier in our lives now for 8 years and are on the fence about getting another one.

The insanity of "hate speech" laws.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Communications Act 2003, which makes it illegal to intentionally “cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another” They need to change the name of the law so racist bigots can more clearly understand it. How about they change the name to the Don't Be A Cunt Act?

Is it a strange omen that I made level 8 at almost noon on Friday the 13th?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Even odder if it had been 1300 hrs on the 13th but still not an omen, just a weird coincidence.

Good morning gardeners, And yes I know it's not morning, But it's my greeting.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Aquaponics, very cool and a lot of fun in my experience.

What do you think about cults vs. sects?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I like to define them as follows: Religion = Crazy Sect = A Special Kind of Crazy Cult = Bat Shit Crazy

When life hands you lemons...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

I don't want life to hand me lemons, I want it to hand me limes because I can use those to make a Margarita! :) INGREDIENTS 2 ounces tequila made from 100 percent agave, preferably reposado or blanco 1 ounce Cointreau 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice Salt for garnish

I am appalled! I woke up this morning without one bad thing to say about anybody! What the heck?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 13, 2018:

Trump is having tea with that old lizard, Queen Elizabeth so you will have plenty to comment on before long. ;)

Houston...we have okra! Now the picking happens every day. Why do I do this...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

I'm guessing that Okra is a 'Southern Thing' - I've never seen anyone grow it up here in Canada.

There is a ring of truth to this...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

Mom's are like that, they want to shield their babies from the realities of the world. lol

I am going back to visit my father soon and think I have decided not to tell him I am atheist.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

You can tell what people find more palatable.

The first harvest of garlic from this morning, about 175 bulbs were ready to be pulled, washed and ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

After an hour I moved the garlic to a well ventilated area in the back of my garage, too much sunlight will effect the flavour of the garlic but I needed to dry it fast after washing it to get the heavy clay soil off the roots. I left the clay on last year and it was a real pain to get off after it harden like rock.

Today in work a patient about to go to sleep for major surgery said I can't believe how calm I am.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

I expect we can see a faith healing and prayer department at the local hospital very soon, at least it will thin the herd of idiots.

I am going back to visit my father soon and think I have decided not to tell him I am atheist.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

Have you considered coming out to him as a Scientologist and then say you were just momentarily confused and you are just doubtful about the whole existence of the angry old man in the sky thing? He might just be relieved by your 2nd admission, sort of like easing him into the new you.

Storny Daniels: So a few cops were sitting around the Police Station and decided to go to a Strip ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

What are the charges for getting paid large sums of money to let that Viagra charged no dick wonder Trump stick his little, teeny weenie in all of Stormy Daniel's orifices and then having her urinate and defecate all over the disgusting slob of a man? Shouldn't their be charges also laid against the POSin Chief for paying to play?

Just following up on some recent posts.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

I've got a bunch of them that live on the island, they love to head off to Recycling so they can gossip like a bunch of old fishermen, spinning yarns full of bullshit to impress each other. The guy who runs the island recycling depot asks me why I always come late to recycling and I just look at him and smile. :)

A pair of Goldfinches are enjoying themselves eating up the pests on my sunflowers this morning.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

This pair have been around for about a month, a suitor was chased off a week or two ago, so I would guess they are already nesting by the way they are harvesting bugs from my garden.

Just bought my first home, very modest size but a nice comfortably sized yard to start a garden. ?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

I have heavy clay soil and I added a lot of sand to my beds and compost to them and rototilled it in, this has really improved the soil. Making a border with retaining wall stones as Cast 1es suggests would last as long as you're alive, stones or old bricks could also be utilized and can be had for free if one uses a bit of ingenuity and elbow grease. If you have even a little bit of slope a french drain can be installed from the raised beds to a low point to assist with drainage so your plants don't drown in the spring rains.

As I was raising my children, I used guilt as a tool to help them understand that some behaviors ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

Some parents think that the best way for their kids to develop is through free expression and there is a term for those sorts of children, spoiled rotten brats. They do whatever they want without the slightest concern for the consequences of their actions, until they meet the other kids at recess and come home with a black eye. How is that good parenting?

So really we're just a bunch of thought provokers.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 12, 2018:

I'd rather have people say some shit now and then instead of not saying shit even though they have a mouth full. That sort of repressive behavior just leads to a build up of shit in the mouth until it fills the nasal cavity and then the brain, of course this leads to all manner of shitty thinking and because the nose is full of shit everything they see just stinks.

Could you go back to religion?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

If GOD (that's DOG spelled backwards) were to 'make himself known as they say' then I would have a real quandary on my hands because if he is anything like that homicidal maniac in the book then I couldn't bend a knee. That said I must say that my evil twin has toyed with the idea of going back to church just to seriously fuck with them and their totally stupid shit. It would take a fairly big commitment in time and energy and the point would be lost on most of them but it would be fun to see the looks on the faces of some of the more sanctimonious ones as I outed them for the shams that they are.

My dinner Tonight. I'm eating healthy, that and a beer.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

I don't need to plant zucchini, I get to see enough of it on the Gardening Group. Looks delicious but I find it repeats on me.

Some say Trump is a puppet. If so, who's pulling the strings?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

An All of the Above option would have worked.

Think i have finally found the one.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.

Why would anyone want to be anything but a Pirate? Who wouldn't want to be a pirate? anyone?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

I've always had good luck with pirates and bikers and mobsters, etc. I just take the good from the bad. We were touring around Mexico a few years ago and needed a place to camp for the night on the peninsula south of Mahahual down by the Belizean border. I found a little spot that let us stay there for a few days for about $10, gorgeous beach but no facilities and super tranquilo. Time to leave and a rear tire slipped off the hardpan and into the soft sand, immediately stuck axle deep in the sand. I talked to the fishermen next door and they agreed to haul me out with their 4x4 after lunch, great guys and I wouldn't have got out of there without their help, they refused money but accepted a bottle of tequila I had stashed and waved goodbye to us with big smiles. I get back to Mahahual and my friends freak out when I told them where we had spent the past couple of days because the fisherman are pirates in the slow season and loot the resorts and gringo villas. What can I say, they were good to me and perfect gentlemen towards my wife.

Hey! Fuck you guys. I heard yall like Nickelback and diet soda

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

Nickelback is from Alberta, Canada and the only soda we have in Canada is Club Soda which is by definition Diet and usually Canada Dry. Get your facts straight when you decide to post on this Group. We have no sense of humour (correct Canadian spelling) because we spent too much time listening to Nickelback and can no longer smile.

Canadians are not nice. [youtu.be]

Surfpirate comments on Jul 11, 2018:

Piss me off and I'll kick you in the ass with a frozen mukluk.

I need some unique travel ideas

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Iceland, the sun doesn't set this time of year and it is home to some of the most attractive people on the planet, hot springs, nature, glaciers and wild parties.

What untethered sounds like.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

This guy has got a good point.

What untethered sounds like.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Insult your military allies, have a cup of tea with the old bitch in the palace and then off for some Golden Showers in Russia. Sounds like he has it all sorted out.

Right, who does that?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Guys in weird clothes that usually have a weird hat.

Right, who does that?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Sociopathic behavior.

On July 10th, 1856 Nicola Tesla was born ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

If Only. :(

Canadian is Canadian, is Canadian , is ..

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Those are the promises you like to see kept, not the dismantling of green energy programs like the Ontario Premier is doing. We have a decent man in Parliament but a mini Trump in Queens Park.

Congratulations @germangirl90439! I see you are now a level8! One of our own goes the distance! ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

All Hail the Great and Glorious Germangirl! (y)

We had a new employee work 4 hours and quit by text today.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

That's a pretty short text - I QUIT

Not this topic but does anyone know of a good place to go hiking in Canada.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Depending upon how ambitious you are there are several provincial parks that offer places to day hike Bon Echo Provincial Park with ancient hieroglyphs on the rocks or Sandbanks Provincial Park offers moderate trails and a huge sandy beach right in wine country near Picton. For the more ambitious who want a multi day hike there is the 387 km Rideau Trail that runs between Kingston and Ottawa. Take the boat tour of the Thousand Islands and you will sail right past my house. http://www.rideautrail.org/discover-the-trail/

When Trump Realizes Kim Isn't Giving Up His Nukes It Won't Be Pretty

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Trump must be deluded if he thinks that North Korea is ever going to give up its Nukes unless the US gives up theirs. lol

I've seen it too many times!!! Can we fine any members who make an atheist/non-prophet joke?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Stop reading things that offend you and you'll be offended less often. That bit of advice will cost you a quarter. ;)

Behind the scenes at Sesame Street

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Being a Muppet is like most jobs, it entails having to deal with the boss trying to micromanage you to the point that he might as well have his hand up your ass.

Just got back from being a witness to my daughters civil marriage in red country.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

A happy couple, you would think that this should be so obvious to everyone. Congrats on the new daughter-in-law.

The Book Of Genesis is the best?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

The priest didn't nintendo you to read that book of genesis.

This has got to be the absolute biggest hypochritical act I've ever seen by Trump.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

C'mon he just threatened Ecuador for trying to promote breast milk at the UN instead of baby formula. The creep is anti-mother's milk, how much worse can he get? Much!

The epitome of solipsism...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

I think it is symbolic that the only life that he created in the whole of the universe he stuck on an unimpressive mudball circling a smallish star in the spiral arm of a run of the mill galaxy.

Good morning gardeners, day trip 15 to the garden.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Do them up as spears and definitely use the Panko. https://www.spendwithpennies.com/crispy-fried-dill-pickles/

I'm going to try this later.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Looks like that wheelbarrow has never been used, mine always have something in them and are coated in dirt and old concrete scale.

They're kidding... Right? :)

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Good price and a nice desert, too bad the waitress has a nasty overbite and some chipped teeth.

I'll never understand why marriage didn't work out for me.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

Apparently it was, some people are just too demanding.

"Writers block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol' ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 10, 2018:

When did a writer ever need an excuse to drink alcohol?

Would you date someone who is a self-proclaimed psychic/intuitive?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Just one qualifier before I answer the question - Does she look like this? :)

Read this today.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

You forgot Nazi. :)

It might be hoarding.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Not if you own a restaurant/

In the interest of sparking some lively debate I have to ask the question: What is the BEST BBQ you...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

What's the best BBQ pit in Arizona? I'm trying to find some place good so that MissKathleen can have her first taste of real BBQ and I'm not having any luck in the Yuma area. Surely there has to be at least one decent BBQ shack in Arizona.

Anyone else hate being the only one who doesn’t bow their heads and/or close their eyes when some ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Just look at the food cooling on the table and think how much better it would taste if some moron wasn't rambling on about nothing while doing a disservice to the person who cooked the meal.

I'm not really sure who caught who and who got duped.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

This looks like a french kiss gone horribly wrong.

I just realized I posted something in another group today that was meant for this group.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Nice Oak Cabinets and don't worry about the clutter, just do what everybody else does and move it all to the kitchen table before you take the pic. ;)

Life Expectancy in US Declines First Time in 23 Years

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Universal Healthcare doesn't work, just look at Canada. That's where I live and if you are sick the ambulance comes and gets you if you are too ill to make it into the hospital in an emergency and you could get stuck with a bill for a hundred dollars are more. Better to be like the States and just lie there on the floor bleeding out and hoping you get better by praying to Jebus because you sure as hell can't afford to go to the hospital, they wouldn't let you in anyway.

I'm not really sure who caught who and who got duped.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I was thinking that the puppy had a hold of that Koi from the inside and was about to haul it out of the water. The koi won't realize what's up until it is far too late. ;)

I wanted to always do my herb garden this way.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

My wife wants me to build her a custom shelving unit that is tiered for her herb garden in the solarium. I'm not supposed to touch the herbs because I already have the main gardening to myself. I do my best not to interfere. That looks very cool though and I do have a wagon wheel hoop that I dug up while excavating the foundation of our new house.

MEN: What would your reason be for asking a woman what she does for a living, upon meeting her?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I think people learn from an early age to put labels on everything and they like to lump similar things together, most kids will remember the Sesame Street game, 1 of these things is not like the others for example. So it is only normal for people to want to put a label on somebody they just met by finding out what they do for work because most people define themselves by what they do and by DO I mean work. This gives a whole pile of information about a person with just a few words because what we do often is an indication of how we think, what our income levels are, are we intellectually biased or more physically driven, are we extroverted or introverted, etc. etc. These are just superficial guesstimates because I have known structural engineers who are highly artistic and creative and artists who are very concerned with science and structure in their work or accountants who are extremely extroverted, etc. When people ask me what I do for a living I now answer them in a way that is truthful but which suits me best based upon my superficial sense of what kind of person they are based upon looks, dress, handshake and how they present themselves. I might just say that I am early retired, or that I am a master builder, or a real estate developer, or a carpenter, or a writer, or a microbiologist, or a politician - all of the above are true but what I tell someone will depend upon who and what I take them for, what I might possibly want from them and just how I am feeling at the moment because I know that they will modify their opinion of me based upon which answer I give them.

We like hyacinth vines as ornamentals, and pollenator/humming bird attractors.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I wonder if you could grind up those seeds and use them as a pesticide.

I'm writing on behalf of the Monarch Butterfly.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

How about moveable panels that are 12' tall that can be put in the flight path of the monarchs on the edge of the highway, designed to deflect the monarchs up and over the hazard? A bit awkward but more likely to be approved than to stop traffic. Even people who drove right through the butterflies and felt horrible about it while doing so, they didn't stop their cars and walk or get off the road and take back roads. Americans drive everywhere and they will fight any attempt to stop them from doing so.

Does anyone else enjoy balancing their checkbook as much as I do? :s

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I have money that I spend, when that gets low I put more money in, the other money sits in safe investments.

A lot of mixed signals out there: Heinz ketchup takes a hit If you're looking for made-in-Canada...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I think I will stick with French's, I find it tastes the same as Heinz. I remember as a kid being on a family trip to Leamington, Ontario and seeing the flat bed trailers piled high with rotten tomatoes at the Heinz plant, I still eat ketchup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiGb31e5ydo

HI all.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Move to another apartment or get a garden plot if they have community garden plots where you live.

I'm working on a novel and sidelined reading Lord of the Flies last week.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

Painting with words is a very tricky business indeed.

After making the comment to @surfpirate about pigs flying, I got to wondering, If pigs could fly ...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 9, 2018:

I think the prohibition would still apply because of the cloven hoof but not chewing their cud rule.

What devices and/or services do use to watch tv?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I have a Roku TV but I only use it to play DVD's I get from the library, other than that I don't bother with it, I'd rather read or do other things.

What made you athiest?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

By incredibly intelligent I would think you mean the top 2 percentile or would you narrow it down to the top 1%, 2% being exceptional but 1% being incredible? I think it is harder to be religious if you are intelligent because religion is full of illogical contradictions but the critical deciding factor in believing in a religion is the amount of gullibility and delusional tendencies a person has but certainly being stupid would be a real asset for being a believer. I'm not gullible or delusional and I am in the top 2 percentile so being an Atheist was a simple matter of rejecting the religious dogma my parents and society had tried to program me with since birth, I did that at 13 years of age because the holy book my family used said I could freely choose at that age. As for my feelings towards religious people, it's about the same as I feel towards any stupid person who is clearly delusional, about the same way I feel towards a rabid animal in the woods.

I know this is not a treehouse but I think it's pretty cool.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Years ago I used to build 990 sq ft starter homes in Calgary that we called grain silos because they were 2 stories tall with a 445 sq ft foundation but that is a real grain silo house. Love it.

Surviving in this economy with only one job better start praying.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Just a thought.

A friend in Ecuador sent me this pic of his garden and I thought I would share it with you.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

This is what the Valley looks like as you approach it from the north, beautiful. The water that flows through the valley is loaded with minerals that are supposed to account for the large numbers of people who reportedly live past 100 years old. There are lots of 'interesting' people who have come to this place from all over the world, something for everyone and supposedly a hot bed of UFO activity as well, like I said 'interesting'.

Would you be interested in a PAID affiliate program for Agnostic.com?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I expected this site to go mainstream eventually so no harm, no foul as far as I am concerned.

Any wrecker drivers in here?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

I used to dive when I lived in Bermuda, next door to Teddy Tucker. I used a Fischer CZ-21 and an Excal 1000 to locate metallic objects underwater. On the down low as they are a bit fussy about wreck divers in Bermuda, my finds were mostly recent jewellery, silver and gold but I did find a lead sounding weight and a few cannon balls and victoria era coins.

Kids are expensive!

Surfpirate comments on Jul 8, 2018:

Sell one or two of the least attractive ones and that should pay for the others and the alcohol with a small profit. (Hint: the Arabs seem to pay the most) ;)