How would you handle a situation if you just met someone socially and they said something you found ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I have a pretty high threshold for rudeness and I am a pretty good judge of character in order to know where someone is coming from. If they are being a total asshole then I will gently ease them away from that behavior if possible and if not then Katey bar the door because they are getting both barrels. I haven't punched anyone in the face in absolute ages so I must be getting better with experience. :)

Are we heading into a mure puritanical time?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I find that people have become much more willing to self police each other when it comes to social norms and political correctness. This may be part of the reason why there is a backlash against political correctness as evidences by the Trumpsters constant outburst. The Puritans were well known for their zeal at outing each other for the most trivial offenses against the moral code they espoused.

New group for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs --- Feel free to join! A group for Entrepreneurs ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Hello, my background is in commercial construction mostly hotels. I've owned 3 companies over the years and I have been semi-retired since 2010 but I am thinking about starting a new company as I am getting a bit restless. Thanks for having me as a member.

The cucumbers have taken over the side of one raised garden and I have 7 little cucumbers so far.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I like to plant them on the edges of my garden and then spill the vines outside of the garden where they can get lots of sun and act as a perimeter defense against the deer that love to raid my garden. The deer don't like the prickly vines and tend to shy away, unless they smell beets, nothing keeps them from my beets except a chicken wire caging over top of the beets. :)

I cleared out this fence line of brush, honeysuckle, and dead ash trees last year.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

What ever you're feeding that bed, the plants really like it.

I came here to share info with other like-minded individuals.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Free to come and free to go. Bon Voyage.

Anyone ever stay in a marriage because of kids? Is it worth giving up your own happiness?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I lost my kids in a divorce from a highly dysfunctional marriage, she took the kids to a different country, changed their names and I didn't see them again for 25 years, the cheque still goes out every month, the kids seem happy enough and nobody had to die. It probably would have been me and yes I think the kids suffered but not as much as if I had stayed in that marriage. If you can't make it work and you have tried everything imaginable to make it work then get out for your own sake and for your kids.

Have just on finished expansion of our small community garden, I want to focus on herbs in the new ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Fennel makes for an attractive planting and the bulb is edible as well as the seeds. Borage is another herb that is both medicinal and pretty, also a great bee attractor.

Has anyone here read One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

The development or obedient workers, just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork but dumb enough not to realize how hard they are getting jammed up the ass by corporate america? Was that the book or am I thinking of George Carlin? :)

Its Saturday night, whats everybody up to?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Saturday Night is still 12 hours away for me but probably I will make a meal of Boullabaise for my wife and I, then we will listen to Randy Bachman's Vinyltap on the radio for a bit and probably watch an episode of Sons of Anarchy which we just discovered at our local library on DVD. In the meantime I have a trailer load of compost to shovel by hand onto the new flower beds, a little over a metric ton worth of compost from the local recycling plant, so I will probably be asleep before midnight after that little workout. Always nice to see a Kiwi on this site, a nice change from the usual Yanks, have a great Saturday night.

I know that we're all just a bunch of profile pics, posts, and comments, but there are a few people ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Most of my friends are interesting people who are scattered all over the world, people I have made a connection with over the years during our travels but most of the people who live physically close to me on the island are not very interesting at all. I stay in touch with my true friends via social media for the most part and meet up with them in person when we can find a way to make that happen. This group has more interesting people on it than I have found in the 3 years I have spent living on this island of 1,500 people and the surrounding area which adds another 150,000 people. Interesting people are like diamonds, precious and rare.

"Lost in time and lost in space and meaning', a quote from the 1975 movie "The Rocky Horror Picture ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Don't just dream it, Be it! I may have seen it a few times, say 14 or so, I may have been pretty high at the time. I don't think we are lost and in search of meaning, more likely we just want to know what's for dinner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3zneu5OOKc

Did you know that Joseph Stalin killed more people than Adolf Hitler?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Stalin had a lot longer run to stack up his body count. Given the same amount of time I would think Hitler would have been up to the task, definitely if he had been able to invaded North and South America, the losses on the Eastern Front nipped that in the bud.

Depending on how I feel, I may do a naked bike ride tomorrow (June 2nd) in Portland, OR.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Don't forget the sunscreen on the delicate parts, a little sun goes a long way to making a short ride have lasting ill effects.

A big contingent of my wife's bible thumping family is coming to our house for the weekend.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I don't have a problem with religious people bowing their head and saying a personal but silent prayer while I go about eating my dinner. The god is in their head according to their book so he'll hear it just as well as if they were hollering it out from the mountain top while the food gets cold.

Tom Jones eat your heart out

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Consider that stolen.

Confessions of a mad punster.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Did the maitre' d even get it? I would have chuckled but I'm like that. :D

It’s round 12 in the boxing match between god and the devil. Who do you pick to be the winner?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

God of course because you just know that SOB will cheat in order to win. ;)

Busy day at the BnB.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I was thinking that a B&B might be something to do during the summer months while I was watering the flowers and the new grass seed this morning. I designed this new house as two seperate and self contained units so it would be a pretty straight forward matter for me to rent out the upstairs unit as a private hotel suite with a view out over the river and fresh flowers and veggies from the garden. How do you find it as a B&B operator?

In what situations, do you wish you could throw down a smoke bomb and disappear?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

So long as I get to come back I think anytime would be fun to do that. I have no need to escape anything but a big cloud of smoke with a vanishing act at the end just sounds like a lot of fun to me.

Crazy Americans, taking their jobs! They should build a wall! LOL!

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I always smile when Americans tell me how they will just move to my country if things get too bad in theirs. Why would I want people bringing that kind of shit into my country? It's bad enough that we accept far more refugees than they do on humanitarian grounds, most of them the result of American foreign wars for profit. Move to another state if you want a change of scenery, otherwise get in line and fill out the forms like everybody else in line in front of you did. Oh, and have a nice day, Eh.

“My brain? That's my second favorite organ.”

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Which one? The big one that does the day to day mundane functions or the little one that runs everything? :D

Poor People Often Don’t Survive To Become Seniors Who Vote

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

In the current corporatocracy that we live in, productivity and efficiency are the sacred cows that must never be questioned or infringed upon. The poor are at the bottom of the production line, they fill those positions that are menial but essential but once those workers reach old age they become not only nonproductive but a drain on the system. In the interests of maintaining profitability it only makes sense to cut this dead weight on the system, especially the poor because they bring no money to the table for investment or consumption in this system. That the survivors are more conservative is simply an added bonus as it helps to perpetuate this heartless system and it reinforces the notion that we all must be profitable and productive units in order to justify our existence within the system. I know this is madness but this is an asylum planet so what could be more natural?

Conservative and Libertarian Athiests

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

As a young man I identified as a Libertarian although never as an Ayn Rand sort of Libertarian by the time I reached my 30's it became obvious to me that the Social Contract between business and society had been broken and this to me was always a fundamental tenet of Libertarianism so I morphed into what I like to call a Lefty Libertarian. If the wealthy and big corporations do not want to meet their obligations as members of this society and enjoy the benefits of the infrastructure, human capital, education, quality of life and productivity that comes from a free and open democracy then they will have to be charged in a fair and reasonable manner for these benefits. Libertarianism doesn't work when people want to have their cake and eat it too. All you get are a bunch of selfish assholes spouting political dogma about free enterprise and smaller government to justify not paying their fair share; either way you pay because the very foundation of Libertarianism is that there is no free lunch.

Only now are the reports being revealed from what happened with israeli piracy and murder on the ...

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

The Zionist forces in Israel have done a remarkable job of crushing resistance to their expansionist plans, covered up and suppressed reporting of their crimes against humanity and brainwashed much of the world to into believing that they are the victims and not the aggressors. The propaganda campaign has been so effective that most people instinctively turn away from any suggestion that Israel could be in the wrong and that the world continues to owe a debt to Jews around the world for the horror of the Holocaust which wipes clean and sanitizes any crimes against humanity committed by this vile Zionist regime.

The late and great Bill Hicks gives his take on reality.

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I watched a documentary on Bill Hicks and he was a very interesting person off the stage as well as on it. He did a lot of mushrooms and it definitely gave him a unique perspective for a comedian, cancer took him far too soon.

Will planet earth end by nuclear war or pollution?

Surfpirate comments on Jun 1, 2018:

Sol should turn into a red giant in about 5 billion years, that should pretty much do the job of ending Earth as a planet although it's mass will be absorbed into the red giant so it will carry on in a different form.

Are most Canadians Atheists?

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

I lived in the Comox Valley on the north end of the island back in the 1990's and I'm a 9th generation Canadian so I can tell you with a fair degree of confidence that most Canadians are not Atheists although it does vary by region and it's a very big country with a lot of regions, 2nd largest country in the world after Russia actually. Surveys show that on average the percentage of non-religiously affiliated Canadians is about the same as for Americans, about 1 in 4. What we don't seem to have as many of is religious fundamentalists and those we do have are naturally - More Polite- than some of the nut job fundamentalists in the US of A. The overwhelming, no holds barred, nobody else even comes close Religion in Canada is of course - HOCKEY! Hockey Night in Canada marks the beginning of the Sabbath on Saturday night and services are held throughout the week when one includes away games. Vancouver Island is probably not representative of Canada as a whole, Vancouver Islanders have been talking about separating from British Columbia for ages and barely qualify as Canadians, a bit like Puerto Rico for you Americans, only more polite, unless it's the play offs. :)

"In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

The Holy Ghost is all that was left after the Holy Moly died.

I spent some time trimming my garden plants today.

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

Always a good reason to do a happy dance in the garden. :)

What do you think is the difference between a religion and a cult?

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

Money, power and membership - the religion has more of all three than the cult but otherwise the same.

I was flirting with a girl in a bar last night when she told me to not waste my breath, I would need...

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

Whew, you escaped by the skin of your teeth on that one, some other lucky fella can take her home.

Can you prove the god of Abraham doesn't exist?

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

I've got something special in my hand but you can't see it, even if I open my hand in front of your nose but trust me it's there. Can you think of a way to prove it's not there ? Because I am telling you in no uncertain terms that it is definitely there, there's even a book written about.

Americans say Canada is America's hat but this is what I stumbled upon today... Is that Florida?

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

I guess every ass has a hat then. :D MAGA! ;)

A friend has a barn she is king of converting to a living space. The rafters are old (50's?

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

Pics would be helpful as it is hard to comment on structural issues without a visual inspection. Materials were often of higher quality back in the 50's and this lead to framing techniques that would not pass muster today but one shouldn't rely on that for safety's sake.

What do yall think about what happens after death?

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

I am in agreement with the majority here that there is no evidence to prove that there is anything after death, this can be depressing for some people and a motivator for others once they realize they have a finite existence and should make the most of that brief time here. On the other hand, what I would like to believe happens after death is another matter entirely and it looks a bit like this. :)

Angry Young Preacher: The Bible Says Gay People Should Be Executed (Humanely) – Friendly Atheist

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

Poor little man, he wouldn't last 5 minutes in a prison shower room before he'd be moaning 'Oh God! Oh God!!' Sounds like he's a bit repressed in the sexuality department.

The Bible - I find the lack of respect people in this room give to the Bible disturbing.

Surfpirate comments on May 31, 2018:

This post is not logical.

If you like this post?

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

I just spoke to my imaginary friend Lucifer and he is down with me sending you the 1 Million $$'s but I need your help in accessing the funds which are being held in escrow. If you could just send me a paltry $50k I could get a cheque for $1M sent out in the mail in no time flat. Please respond at your earliest convenience by writing me at : Mr. Scamsalot, Attorney at Law Dewey Screwem and Howe Law Partners Abuja, Nigeria

Sometimes I just feel exhausted from the constant onslaught of religious bullshit.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

That's what repressive, bigoted bullies do, they are just being true to their nature.

Who here is intelligent?

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

Get the fuck out, that's no measure of fucking intelligence.

All powerful God!

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

Hard to find logic in the illogical.

God is good.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

Ironic isn't it, that the same people who think 'God is Good' when a mass shooting occurs are completely appalled when someone darker skinned than they are posts the words 'Allahu Akbar' (god is great). Same ridiculous and ignorant notion that a sky daddy is slaying with one hand and sparing with the other. Religious people are insane to varying degrees, the more fundamental they get the more crazy they become.

Today I lost a follower.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

Maybe you were being too nice, time to break out your evil twin. :)

What's a small thing someone has said to you that made you feel good?

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

'Thanks for sticking up for us, Bossman' from some of my guys on a job where the architect decided to play high and mighty with them when they said what he wanted couldn't be built from his drawings. I found out and tore him into little pieces, probably should have fired him but it was late in the job and too late to switch horses. Nobody messes with my people but me and only if they have earned it. The drawings were a mess and the architect was too arrogant to know it, my men were only trying to offer a practical solution to the problem the architect created through his incompetence.

Does this Group cover mainly temperate zones?

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

If you are in Wales then you would be in a zone that is similar to Zones 7 or 8 in North America because of the warming effects you get from the Gulf Steam.

'The lord in his wisdom made the fly, then forgot to tell us why.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

Beelzebub had to have something to rule over, every demon needs a job. ;)

What's a small thing someone has said to you that made you feel good?

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

So you do know that everyone is going to check out your profile pics to try and figure out what your actual age is. It's true, you don't look your age.

A friend gave us 2 Everglades Tomato cuttings.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

Do you know if they will continue to fruit once the temps get up into the 90's, most tomatoes seem to shut down when the temps get to high but this tomato plant seems to have adapted to the Florida climate.

Sometimes I want to sound so smart truly then Socrates reminds me how fricking stupid I can be.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

The more we learn the more we realize how much more there is to learn, you open a door and a dozen more doors are waiting for you and a dozen more beyond each of those doors, the doors are infinite.

Is having kids a luxury or a necessity?

Surfpirate comments on May 29, 2018:

I would say that the majority of children are an accident, often a happy accident but usually an accident nonetheless. Fucking with the sole purpose of procreating is a monotonous exercise that takes the joy out of the whole process, reminds me of when I used to put my show dog out to stud except that I collected a fee for that. Thanks for the reminder to mail out another check to my 3 kids who are all in their 30's now. ;)

Do Blind People Understand Transparent, Translucent, and Reflective Things? - YouTube

Surfpirate comments on May 29, 2018:

If I have a Mexican landscaper does that mean I understand Spanish? If I put a spoonful of ice cream in my ear will I be able to tell if it is vanilla or chocolate flavoured? Sorry, but I just fail to understand the logic behind these studies.

I find that this website, abounds with intelligent reasonable individuals.

Surfpirate comments on May 29, 2018:

I think that the government and the power elites realized after the upheaval of the 60's that mass education of the population was problematic and policy changed to discourage education that would lead to free thinking. Religion jumped on the bandwagon because this is right up their alley as they've been condemning free thinkers as heretics for centuries. Now we have people who are only smart when they have a smart phone in their hand because they no longer know how to think for themselves or why that might even be necessary.

I feel this is true for most people who finally open their eyes to reality.

Surfpirate comments on May 29, 2018:

Religion is a very old magic show, plenty of tricks to uncover so it takes a while to see through them all but it happens if you look hard enough.

My family were once extremely prominent members in English history and owned many estates.

Surfpirate comments on May 29, 2018:

It couldn't hurt to fire off an email asking if the family has any castles lying about that they don't need although they may send you an outstanding tax bill along with the title to a ruin in some English backwater. Be careful of what you ask for, you just might get it. ;)

Thought this was a dating site? No?

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

If you like the person as a friend it stands to reason they would be great on a date.

What would happen if all the parents of this world raised their children godlessly?

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

I agree that some children who were raised godlessly in a godless world would invent imaginary friends as many children do until they are 6 years old, then they put those things away with their security blanket. Granted the mentally deficient children and the retarded kids might keep up their delusion into adulthood but normal people would have no religion that spontaneously generated in their brains. As Joe Rogan points out, even the retarded kids would have issues with Noah's Ark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etCRX5nXLf8

My Wildflower seeds are making an effort . I only recognise the nasturtiums so far .

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

That looks pretty good to me, I have never had any luck with growing wildflowers from seeds.

Only in America?

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

I have visited and lived in many countries, America was one of the nicest and most friendly but at the same time also one of the most dangerous and unwelcoming, it all depended upon who you met. I'm pretty sure the country is bi-polar. I started paying extra in order to not have to fly through the States to my final destination, it's just too much of a hassle so it's worth it for me not to deal with TSA and US Customs which generally treat everyone as suspected terrorists. I haven't visited the States since Trump got into power and doubt that I will, my tourist dollars will be going elsewhere.

An interesting viewpoint of the American lawn. [blogs.scientificamerican.com]

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

The original lawns were in France and England, they were developed by the aristocracy making a land grab on the public commons, a communal grazing area that had existed since Medieval times, the aristocrats fenced this area off and stole the ancestral land rights, then they planted it only in grass which was a sign of opulence because this was arable land that no longer produced crops or livestock for the citizenry. By prominently wasting the production of these lands which were central to all of the estates, the aristocracy were flaunting their wealth, the larger the lawn the larger the acreage taken out of production and the greater the status as the aristocrats were flaunting the idea that they didn't need the production from their lands. The ultimate expression of class division because not only were the aristocrats flaunting their wealth and social status but they were doing it at the expense of their subject. Little wonder the lawn is associated with status.

Is contentment a mini-death?

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

I tend to be content within myself and my life has always had a good deal of chaos and change in it. I am always busy doing something but never doing a thing just for the sake of doing something, that would be a rut which I would think is a mini-death, just following a routine and not living.

Do you split the bill when you go on a date?

Surfpirate comments on May 28, 2018:

I always paid and generally do with my wife to this day, it's how a gentleman should behave, just how I was raised. If a woman insisted on paying for whatever reason I would naturally concede to her wishes but I always offer to pay.

Machine guns have never worked in ANY Godzilla movie. Ever. Why do the keep trying?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

The guys who tried to use machine guns in the last movie all got stomped or fried or eaten so the new guys in the new movie don't know that the machine gun isn't going to work on Godzilla.

The Pacific ocean has 3.9 stars out of 5 on Google maps. Who the effin fuck is downvoting the ocean?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Maybe the giant plastic dump in the middle and the radiation leaking into it from Fukashima are responsible for the low rating, not the fault of the ocean but that's how it goes.

I am feeling euphorically happy about today, and I'm all about spreading positivity and ...

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Livin' the Dream, Baby - Livin' the Dream (y)

Hormel just announced they're recalling 20000 pounds of spam. Do you like spam?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Hell No! That is not the sort of thing that will ever pass my lips.

Flat Earthers. Seriuosly?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

It's the age of the Selfie where everyone is the center of their own personal universe, no reason the same mindset wouldn't believe that the planet is the center of the universe too. Except Galileo! :D

Mistakes, I've almost made them

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Could have been worse, could have been spray on glue. :O

HOLY WORLD DOMINATION, I HAVE 23 FOLLOWERS!! I'll have to order more Kool-aid....

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

You have 23 Followers? What did that cost you?

How do you feel when someone gives you sympathy?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

I'm guessing the rhyming tick is only temporary and as for the sympathy I think it can be thoughtful and kind, everybody has a bad day now and then - nice that someone took the time to even notice let alone express their concern. :)

Trump: Date and location for Kim summit 'hasn't changed' - CNN

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

I find myself torn between the idea that the world is being run by a bunch of idiots and the idea that it is run by a bunch of diabolical masterminds bent upon its destruction.

Have any of you 'extreme' gardeners, especially those in England, ever tried growing Triffids from ...

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Best of luck with that. :D

What type of tomatoes does everyone like to plant?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

This year I decided to plant a bunch of tomato seedling that I grew from left over dehydrated tomatoes that I grew over the past couple of years, I'm curious to see what I have when they start fruiting. I'm guessing the heritage varieties will do the best, cherry toms, variegated Romas, Beefsteak and Bonnie Best plus some plum tomatoes.

Hosta transplanting put on hold at this spot until fall.

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

The deer are playing havoc with my Hostas, transplanted a bunch and within a week the deer had nibbled them down to stubs.

Do you believe in life after death of any kind?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

I think we would all like to believe in our existence continuing on in some form after our physical death but there really isn't any solid evidence to substantiate the idea, regardless of how attractive the concept is to our ego. If such a state exists then I can only hope that there is no angry old man in the sky controlling the process because you just know that it will be a foul up.

I did my good deed for the summer.

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

I think he found that much more meaningful than a standard 'Thank you for your service'. (y) Probably a pretty good work out for you as well.

A wireless public alerting system was tested across Canada earlier this week.

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Love It! That public alert was a bit of a foul up, I got my alert 2 days late.

One of my favourite scenes from a Western movie.

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Just a great movie, one of my all time favourite westerns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSjvgSHK0f0

Hundreds Of Swastikas Spray-Painted In Illinois Cemetery | HuffPost

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

What's an SJW and why would they paint the Swastikas going in a positive direction if it was a hate crime?

The difference between intelligence and wisdom

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

I know nothing, I see nothing. Sgt. Schultz ;)

What has agnostic.com provided for you?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

In a sea of religious dullards it is nice to share ideas and a laugh with more interesting people, like the membership here at Agnostic.com. Any online group tends to give back as much as you put into it. I hope we get to share your comments as well.

Would put me off!

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

My folks owned a company that built substation transformers and you had to test fire them up to 150% of their rated capacity, a young delivery driver came through the test area while we were testing one and electrocuted himself with the high voltage feed from the main transmission lines out behind the factory. He died of course, left a greasy smudge in the concrete where he got fried and fell to the floor. I'm guessing it was pretty painful.

My 8-year-old knows my opinions on religion.

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Since you are in Brighton you could always threaten to baptize her if she keeps it up, just remember to let he come up for air once she stops flailing her arms about. ;) Little Bejeezler. :D

My 8-year-old knows my opinions on religion.

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

Since you are in Brighton you could always threaten to baptize her if she keeps it up, just remember to let he come up for air once

Can someone tell me why is America so religious?

Surfpirate comments on May 27, 2018:

The United States of America was the first country founded largely on the Protestant religion which from the Roman Catholic point of view was heresy. The Roman Catholics had been in control for a thousand years in Europe so this was a major break from the control of the Pope and many Protestants fled Europe in order to escape religious persecution from the Catholic majority. This may have lead to the deep religious roots in America as it was founded by various sects of what would have been viewed as religious extremists. Plenty of historic evidence of the extreme nature of some of these 'new' religions.

One of my favourite scenes from a Western movie.

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Rough translation Doc - In wine there is truth (so he is speaking his mind because he is drunk) Ringo - Do what you do best (calls Doc a drunk) Doc - I don't believe that's what I do best (implied threat that he is a gunfighter first) Ringo - Fools learn by experience (basically inviting Doc to draw) Doc - It's your funeral (at this point common sense prevails and the fight is broken up before gun play ensues)

What are your thoughts on suicide?

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

I'm all for it in other people but not for myself at the moment. The problem is the fallout on other people, that's the real issue because the person who commits suicide successfully is now dead and it is the survivors who are left with the mess.

So what is your most hated song of alltime?

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Years ago when I was just a small contractor building custom homes I got fed up with my crew constantly changing the channel on the job site radio back and forth from Country to Rock to Country to Rock. I realized that not only was the constant bickering bad for morale it was costing me as the guy who had to make payroll each week, doh ray me - money. So I decided to ban radios from the job site to stop the constant bickering, this had a unifying effect on my crew who now banded together against their evil overlord - that would be me. After a bunch of complaining about the right of workers to have music on the job (not true) I told the men that if they wanted music on the job then I had no problem with that, just with the radios, so if they wanted music they could sing and I would have no problem with that. Pretty clever for a young, boss man - never underestimate a construction crew. They got together at the bar that night and hatched up a plan to get even with me. They took me up on my offer and rehearsed several Las Vega show tunes, the favourite being Tom Jones' It's Not Unusual which they serenaded me with for the next few days. I almost always have a song running in the back of my head because I am a singer myself but this endless loop got into my brain like a worm and it wouldn't come out, it was even in my dreams. I eventually capitulated when I couldn't take it anymore, morale improved because of the unifying force I presented and the Country and Rock guys took turns on alternate days with the radio so it was a win overall BUT I still can't bear the sound of 'It's Not Unusual'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGRZBa4cKWA

Did people unfollow me, or they're all ignoring me now for some unknown reason?

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Some days are just slow, not for you but for everyone. We are all ego centric but that doesn't mean that the world revolves around us. Relax, kick back and enjoy the ride.

This post is for @farmboy2017 ?

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Those troughs would make awesome aquaponic grow beds.

Ok Donto I have a pineapple top. What do I have to do to get this thing to grow?

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

I picked up a couple of pineapples at the grocery store back in March because they were on sale, decide to try and plant the tops just for shits and giggles. One of them made it and one of them wound up in the compost pile. I put mine in a container just a bit bigger than the base of the pineapple top, tossed in a bit of potting soil and kept it very wet. I think having enough of the pineapple attached to the top is important, the one that died didn't have much of the pineapple fruit to work with and it only last a couple of weeks.

Caught 7 fishes, emptied, scrubbed, refilled, cleaned pre-filter and DONE! The annual cleaning of my...

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Since you already have a pond have you considered an aquaponic garden to go with it? I've done it myself and it is a win win.

I’ll have squash ready by Monday!!! Zucchini coming too.

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

I'm guessing you aren't in Scotland and definitely not in Canada. ;)

Something good found in the garden this morning, Maybe an old spear head or some kind of scraping ...

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Looks like a small scraper, very nice find. (y)

Here's to all you laboring in your gardens this weekend.

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

You are what you eat and having an organic vegetable garden with heritage varieties is one way to make sure that you're good and wholesome. :)

Until people get tired of people, including children, being killed or wounded, they will not take ...

Surfpirate comments on May 26, 2018:

Until Americans (I say Americans instead of people because this really is an American problem, nobody else in the 1st world does this shit to the extent that Americans do) get tired of always living under the threat of being shot, the carnage will continue. Why can't the US be more like Canada? You have a problem with someone? You talk it out and if that doesn't work then you just punch them in the face a couple of times until you feel better, then you apologize, offer them a hand up off of the floor and buy them a beer. If the guy's nose is broken, no big deal, a trip to the emergency room is free and they'll reset it in no time. All of this guns, guns, guns mentality is just silly - it's much easier to fix a broken nose than it is to patch up a sucking chest wound - stop it.

when someone ask "what if i'm wrong about god ?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

An eternity on your knees, singing praises to a psychopath of a supreme being, if it exists then I don't ever want to go there because that really would be hell.

Let's all help the USPS get out of the red and screw with junk-mailers.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I thought it was the completely unreasonable pension payments that the government was requiring of the USPS that was the problem. Isn't that the real problem?

Getting Ready When "Brexit" Fails.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

Brexit in a nutshell.

What women want on a first date.. Is it true?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I think most people like to be liked for themselves, whether or not we get that depends upon who we are and who we are with. I really don't miss dating.