The case of the reappearing nephew is what I am experiencing the past few nights.

hankster comments on Jul 24, 2018:

I can't help but Wonder if concerns on the job site about subcontractors showing up and doing the work correctly it's what your nephew is a stand-in for in your dreams..... just a thought.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

I think that would have been a concern in the past but I retired 9 years ago.

I thought my son was having bad dreams last night.

hankster comments on Jul 24, 2018:

twas a monster fart.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

The sheets billowed like the sails of a tall ship in a gale. :D

I thought my son was having bad dreams last night.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Always a dilemma when one is half asleep and full of gas, do you just let it out and hope you don't shit the bed or do you wake yourself and cover all you bases. A rhyme from a bathroom stall presents itself: Here I sit all broken hearted, Paid a dime and only farted, Next time I'll take a ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

@Iam4MY Risk takers see every risk as a potential win and every loss as a potential lesson on how to win better in the future. It's in our blood, the kid must have got it from someone.

History repeats

KC1959 comments on Jul 24, 2018:

He is bigly enough to cleanse the vagina of a great blue whale.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

That's so unkind to an endangered species, better to cleanse the cauldera of a volcano instead, plenty of bigoted, racists and fascists around, nobody would miss a few million of them.

So something has been bothering me the past couple of days.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 24, 2018:

It makes complete sense to get to know a person and decide if you even like them before becoming physically intimate. How can this not be a no-brainer?

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

@jlynn37 Yes I get that, animal instincts and perfectly normal but then so is getting to know someone before sharing bodily fluids. To each their own.

If the zombie apocalypse ever happens, I'm moving to the south. Most of those people have no teeth.

SukiSue comments on Jul 24, 2018:

Don't forget a hit in the head with a really heavy Bible.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

Surprising when you consider how light weight the contents of that book are.

I've come up with my own theory on why we came to be called "mankind".

SukiSue comments on Jul 23, 2018:

You big baby! I'll show you mean!😝

Surfpirate replies on Jul 24, 2018:

Just wait until they find out that SukiSue thinks safewords are for sissies, she'll decide when you can't take anymore. :D

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@Athena Well sure but if we told people the truth then nobody would come. lol

Let's not think we are immune to being hacked by the Russians. We're next. [mtlblog.com]

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Nobody in government is trustworthy.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

So if I throw my hat in the ring for mayor of my local township that great power will corrupt me? The township budget is around 10% of the projects I used to build and the pay for the year is less than I used to make in a month, however will I resist the dark power of government. lol

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@Athena Boat would be the easiest because we live on an island but there is 24/7 ferry service to the island, the little one is a bit more of a thrill ride as it only takes a maximum of 3 small vehicles but the big ferry takes 15 cars and is only $6 round trip.

I had a woman come over yesterday to view a rental property I have on the market.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Good thing she got that out of the way for you right up front, it's annoying enough being a landlord with a decent tenant never mind a problem tenant. It could have been worse, she could have played nicey nice until after you had cashed her deposit cheque and signed a lease with her. On those ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@zorialoki I just followed the terms of the lease as required by law. It wasn't about being generous but about compliance with the legal terms of an agreement as required by the Landlord and Tenant Act. I used to deal in a lot of contracts as a master builder, this was really cut and dry but she thought she could pull a fast one on me. I hate it when people refer to the people who are renting their income property as 'my tenants' as though they were a chattel that can be used or disposed of at whim. I could have been punitive towards her, the fine is a minimum of $5,000 for the shit she tried to pull but I try not to wrestle with pigs because no matter how hard you try you will always wind up getting shit on you.

I had a woman come over yesterday to view a rental property I have on the market.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 23, 2018:

Good thing she got that out of the way for you right up front, it's annoying enough being a landlord with a decent tenant never mind a problem tenant. It could have been worse, she could have played nicey nice until after you had cashed her deposit cheque and signed a lease with her. On those ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@zorialoki I was renting an old farmhouse while building our new house, not a great place but rental housing is limited on the small island where I live. The rent was always paid in full and early, minor repairs I did myself and never charged for time or materials because I treat wherever I live as though it were my own. She had the house up for sale and we always accommodated the showings and made the place sparkle before the realtors showed up with clients and all I asked of her was some advanced notice before we had to vacate because our house was almost ready for occupancy and finding a short term rental for a few months would be expensive and very inconvenient. What does she do? She serves me with a letter demanding personal occupancy in the middle of winter with minimum notice, completely illegal under the lease as she is not occupying the property but just wants a few months to sort through her things that she has stored in the basement for years. I am in a property dispute over an illegal easement with a friend of hers, this is a petty attempt to get back at me for not caving in to her friend's demands. So I waited out the 2 months and then sent her a registered letter explaining that her request was denied because it was illegal, please serve proper forms with the required 120 day notice period for occupancy by the new owner and proof of sale to the new owner. She was incensed that I would stand up for my rights but she did comply and file the proper forms which I accepted and moved out early into my new house but paid all of the rent regardless.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@Athena Come to the Dark Side we have home made Baklava and Gelati. :)

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@Athena Understood, it is easy to become distracted when you are trying to focus on eating delicious cake.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Deiter comments on Jul 22, 2018:

The scientific explanation is that without a substance or matter to carry a body's information, a ghost of a life can't exist. And if it's only energy, 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says that energy is in a constant state of loss so a *energy ghost* couldn't exist for long. So, there's no measurable ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@Deiter It's an interesting article but I fail to see how he has disproved the existence of a phenomena that we don't even understand, instead he has found a lack of evidence for what he assumes would be the cause of ghostly phenomena. I don't know what these phenomena are caused by anymore than the scientists at CERT but I do know that we have a long ways yet to go in our understanding of the natural world and some of the rather unnatural things that seem to inhabit it.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@Athena It sounds like you want to have your cake and eat it too. I have stated that I have experienced things that I can't explain that for want of a better word had a ghostly appearance and that's where I drew the line. I didn't make some quantum leap to imply that there must be life after death, a heaven or a hell or a god for that matter, just that I have seen some things that I can't explain and that no one else has been able to explain to me either. You yourself seem to had similar experiences and didn't feel the need to attach divine intervention to these experiences and yet a surprising number of people do take offense at anyone suggesting that they have experienced something outside of the ordinary, something paranormal, unexplained or just highly unusual. It's as though they feel the need to defend their world view and refute any evidence that conflicts with that safe little reality they have built for themselves where everything is safe and normal and has a ready explanation. This is the part that I find irksome. I have always maintained that there is no valid concrete evidence for the existence of a god or gods and therefore I don't believe in them although I realize that many people do but I have also always maintained that if an actual god or gods presented themselves to me and proved their divine power then I would be willing to change my opinion on the topic. I'm not saying that I would fall down on my knees and worship them, I don't think a truly divine being would even want that of me but I would have to rethink a lot of assumptions I have about reality, something I call being open minded.

Facial hair or No facial hair?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I got hit in the face with a piece of angle iron when I was in my 20's, split my upper lip open like the Joker. I have always had a mustache since that time and usually a goatee as well. My wife likes me furry and didn't even recognize me when I shaved everything off, she asked me to please never ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@LilAtheistLady I think that was taken in Patzcuaro, Mexico a few years ago, not a lot of pics of me - might have been in Jalisco or San Miguel de Allende for that matter but definitely Mexico.

The female Spy held by the US without bond!

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Well she's cute in a butchy commando kind of way.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@BettyColeman not interested, I have had my fill of crazy and dangerous redheads, a lot of fun but just not worth it in the long run.

Facial hair or No facial hair?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I got hit in the face with a piece of angle iron when I was in my 20's, split my upper lip open like the Joker. I have always had a mustache since that time and usually a goatee as well. My wife likes me furry and didn't even recognize me when I shaved everything off, she asked me to please never ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 23, 2018:

@LilAtheistLady I swapped out my profile pic, this is my normal look for the past couple of decades although occasionally I will get bored with it and shave everything off but the mustache.

The dog whistle is being heard in Canada as well.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Oh for fuck sake, can we not just round up these fuckwits and give them a one way ticket to Jesusland? Who let these racist cunts into my country? My ancestors stole it from the French and the Natives, fair and square, those pricks moved too far north for their sensibilities or should I say ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Captain747ex I've always viewed the Native peoples as equals because well they are. I used to hang out with a medicine woman and a shaman, they were nice and didn't hold my being white against me.

My parents had to do this trek in bare feet and it was uphill both ways but I was lucky and it was ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2018:

So the family is doing better than.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Jolanta It's not all bad, his misogyny made me a better feminist.

The dog whistle is being heard in Canada as well.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Oh for fuck sake, can we not just round up these fuckwits and give them a one way ticket to Jesusland? Who let these racist cunts into my country? My ancestors stole it from the French and the Natives, fair and square, those pricks moved too far north for their sensibilities or should I say ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Captain747ex A little payback wouldn't be such a hard thing to take though and make the sentiment seem more genuine or we can just let the Native owned Casinos take it all back one pull of the lever at a time. That's what the local chief said to me when I was building a hotel beside a casino so they could keep the big losers from walking away until they had bled them dry and the big winners so they could comp them a room, champagne and maybe some hookers to keep them playing so the odds would come back in the casinos favor.

I hate it when people post music videos of shit I’ve heard on the sorry fuckin’ radio my whole ...

GuyKeith comments on Jul 22, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@GuyKeith I haven't had any THC in my body for a lot of years but I will say that the CBD oil is very effective for the aches and pains associated with living a hard life and not having the common sense to die young and leave a good looking corpse.

My parents had to do this trek in bare feet and it was uphill both ways but I was lucky and it was ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2018:

So the family is doing better than.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Jolanta My Mom used to walk to and from the grocery store where she was the book keeper, it was over a mile each way and unless the weather was really bad she never took the bus. Eventually she saved up enough money to buy a car that my father found for her and sold to her for a small profit, that was the end of many things, including their marriage. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I hate it when people post music videos of shit I’ve heard on the sorry fuckin’ radio my whole ...

GuyKeith comments on Jul 22, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@GuyKeith What's in the vial on the far left? Hemp Oil? How about a Side Car or a Manhattan or a Dark'n Stormy?

My how times have changed. [youtube.com]

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Where did we go wrong?

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

I blame cell phones. Nobody bothers to put in the effort required to be a gentleman or a lady anymore. :( Well old fuckers like my wife and myself do but we are a dying breed. :D

The dog whistle is being heard in Canada as well.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Oh for fuck sake, can we not just round up these fuckwits and give them a one way ticket to Jesusland? Who let these racist cunts into my country? My ancestors stole it from the French and the Natives, fair and square, those pricks moved too far north for their sensibilities or should I say ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Captain747ex I recently found out through DNA testing that I have absolutely 0% Native DNA in my blood, mostly English and French but no Native DNA. This was a real surprise because half of my family have a distinctly dark aspect about them that has always suggested Native heritage, to the point where those who looked the most native tended to deny it and play it down. Let's be fair though, it's about rights of conquest and I will admit that my English ancestors cheated and did some really nasty shit to win out in the end. The competition also did nasty shit to win but apparently not quite nasty enough, still we need to put this behind us and settle up with the winners and the almost winners. No point in lying about it, the history is there for all to see, especially if we read between the lines because the winners write the history books and they never speak badly of themselves. ;)

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Captain747ex That's the very mindset that inhibits the quest for knowledge, scientific knowledge.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Deiter comments on Jul 22, 2018:

The scientific explanation is that without a substance or matter to carry a body's information, a ghost of a life can't exist. And if it's only energy, 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says that energy is in a constant state of loss so a *energy ghost* couldn't exist for long. So, there's no measurable ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Deiter I'm not looking for unicorns or leprechauns but rather I am trying to remain open minded about personal experiences I have encountered and others have too. Encounters that current science doesn't seem to have the apparatus to test for and quantify, that's all. As I stated previously, I don't really care if people believe me because it's my experience and not theirs, all good, no harm no foul. Still there are people that take offense to this position and scream out Science Can't Prove It So It Doesn't Exist. I get that Science is the new religion for some people and they tie their reality to it but Science is still in it's infancy and has a long way to grow, let's hope it does so in spite of the naysayers and the doubters who lack the inspiration and intestinal fortitude to reach for a star if only to catch an eagle instead of those who would only reach for an eagle and catch a rock.

Canadian news headlines [narcity.com]

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Those are some interesting headlines. So much better than the headlines here in the states. I love the one where the thief returns stolen goods and leaves 50 dollars for damages. I knew Canadians were apologetic, but I didn't think their thieves were. So much better headlines to read. Thanks for ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Captain747ex That's one of those competitions that Canada never wants to win with the USA. We'll settle for universal health care, a living minimum wage and a social safety net that actually saves you; oh yes and taking in refugees from the wars that we participated in because our last prime minister was just gaga about wanting us all to be Americans.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

LadyAlyxandrea comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I don't know. Science hasn't gotten far enough advanced to tell. All I do know is that there are plenty of scientific theories around spirits, and well, until I'm dead I probably won't have answers. Our brains are energy. Energy can be stored but never created or destroy. When we die where does ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

The cool people don't think you are crazy, they think you are interesting and outside the box. The nerds think you are crazy but I'll tell you a secret - All the Best People Are. ;)

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I believe ghost, for lack of a better word, exist because I know what I have seen. Even after this I am still kind of on the fence about it. I know what science says, that there is no evidence to support their existence, but I know what I have seen. Honestly, I am very curious about experiencing ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

I am on the fence with you but I think we both know what people say when they ask you what you think about ghosts and you tell them the truth about what you have experienced. Creepy Crazy Motherfucker! lol That's why I don't usually come out and say what I actually think on the topic because there are a lot of people that want to point the finger at you for admitting what you have actually experienced, oddly enough I have found some of them have also experienced ghosts or some similar phenomena and just don't have the guts to admit it in public.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

skye724 comments on Jul 22, 2018:

It's interesting to me - particularly since I embrace science - that one would ask why I "believe" in ghosts. The definition of ghost: an apparition of a dead person that is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image. Let's just start there. Science teaches...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@skye724 You are matter which is energy and you manifest visually but that said it doesn't mean that energy can't be 'seen' outside of the visual spectrum. I can tell you this though, put forward as your thesis for your PHD that you want to go ghost hunting and just see how fast that opportunity vanishes. :D

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

AMGT comments on Jul 22, 2018:

From the link.. “Argument from Ignorance ad ignorantiam (also known as: appeal to ignorance) Description: The assumption of a conclusion or fact based primarily on lack of evidence to the contrary. Usually best described by, “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”” ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

That's quite true but what is also true is that people experience different phenomena and it is there experience and not subject to the scrutiny of others unless they insist that you have to believe what they experienced is true. People who get all wound up about people providing proof of something that was a personal experience and nobody else's business are usually just trying to reinforce their own world view. If you haven't experienced something weird then you probably won't understand it and that's fine, don't understand it, nobody cares but you.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

weeman comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Anyone who claims they believe in the scientific approach to solving problems questions etc cannot believe in ghosts the rest are idiots hopeful fools or trolls :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@weeman I guess we'll never know, let me know if you wake up dead from seeing something that conflicts with your accepted view of reality. That was rhetorical, I don't really care if you see something or don't, whether it kills you or wakes you up because it's none of my damn business.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I think you are going to get a pretty rocky response from some of the members who have never experienced such a thing and are highly skeptical as a result. They will trot out scientific method and demand physical proof of such an ethereal phenomena. I have personally experienced two 'ghosts' and I...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@JustLynnie I think you are right but until then we will have to deal with the science zealots who insist that we didn't see what we saw, hear what we heard or felt what we felt because they can't get their head around it. No Biggy, zero fucks given.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

exilesky comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Well, as an occupant of a "haunted house", I guess sometimes it just is what it is. I don't tell guests my house is haunted, they tell me. Some complain of footsteps in the hall when nobody else is home. Others talk about seeing a white cat that I don't have. Others hear voices when nobody is ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

Isn't it just great when people jump through all sorts of hoops to explain away ghosts in a scientific manner? I know what I have been through and I don't dwell on it but just for one moment state what you have actually experienced and the scientific community goes bat shit crazy. I don't care what they think but I do hope that someone will come up with an answer to explain some of the things I have experienced and others have too.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Deiter comments on Jul 22, 2018:

The scientific explanation is that without a substance or matter to carry a body's information, a ghost of a life can't exist. And if it's only energy, 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says that energy is in a constant state of loss so a *energy ghost* couldn't exist for long. So, there's no measurable ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

I suppose it comes down to having the experience and not having it. I know that I saw and felt something but I don't know what it is but I do know it happened and it has happened to others as well. Nothing to prove and nothing to gain from proving it or not proving it. What I do not accept is the stunted thinking of people who claim to hold up science as a standard but forget that all of the great scientific discoveries were not only methodical but they were also revolutionary and highly contested by the same people that argue that phenomena cannot exist because they can't imagine those phenomena to exist.

We've eaten all the tomato based salads and dishes we can tolerate for awhile.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Looks like the same way I do them, cut off the cap, blanche, chill and peel - then cook and can. or freeze.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@bigpawbullets I like dried, I am reconstituting tomatoes from two years ago and turning them into chili and tomato juice, they taste great. Canning is good but you really have to be careful with your sterilizing technique, if you screw up you can make yourself very sick.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

weeman comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Anyone who claims they believe in the scientific approach to solving problems questions etc cannot believe in ghosts the rest are idiots hopeful fools or trolls :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@weeman All of the really good shit was unlikely at one point in time, science is fluid and cannot remain stuck in the past if it is to advance. Einstein was a bit of a mathematics idiot apparently and yet what a pleasant surprise - nuclear weapons and space time theory.

I hate it when people post music videos of shit I’ve heard on the sorry fuckin’ radio my whole ...

GuyKeith comments on Jul 22, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@GuyKeith Gin is your answer, add some Tonic Water if it is of an inferior quality. ;)

Seems about right

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Finally the Evil Empire has an Emperor worthy of the title. :D I wonder if the US missiles will be locked out if Russia now launches a preemptive nuclear strike on the US? What a fascinating time to be alive. It reminds me of the fall of Rome.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Freedompath As a friend used to often say 'Anything can happen and probably will'. Hang onto your ass just in case you need to kiss it goodbye at a moments notice.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I think you are going to get a pretty rocky response from some of the members who have never experienced such a thing and are highly skeptical as a result. They will trot out scientific method and demand physical proof of such an ethereal phenomena. I have personally experienced two 'ghosts' and I...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@JustLynnie This is the thing that bothers me about some of my friends who are also scientifically trained, they shut down their minds to anything new that hasn't been peer reviewed a thousandfold. I don't know what I experienced and there were other experiences that were much weirder but what I do know is that I experienced them so if even only on a personal level they were real to me. If we close our minds to what we do not know and cannot explain then we close ourselves off from new discoveries of what it is to be human.

Isn't this a nicer way to dispose of our remains when our life comes to its inevitable end?

JenBeberstein comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I don't see any downside to this process. I will still likely choose cremation.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

I agree that cremation makes the most sense although this may have a lower carbon footprint.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Deiter comments on Jul 22, 2018:

The scientific explanation is that without a substance or matter to carry a body's information, a ghost of a life can't exist. And if it's only energy, 2nd Law of Thermodynamics says that energy is in a constant state of loss so a *energy ghost* couldn't exist for long. So, there's no measurable ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

We can make the leap to the 'religion argument' but that isn't really sound logic now is it? I think the Flying Spaghetti Monster makes for a lovely graphic image but I have never seen one and I have seen other things but do not diagnose with any mental illnesses to explain what I have seen. So what we have is anecdotal evidence from all over the planet that suggests that 'something' is out there and we should probably keep an open mind like good scientists.

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

skye724 comments on Jul 22, 2018:

It's interesting to me - particularly since I embrace science - that one would ask why I "believe" in ghosts. The definition of ghost: an apparition of a dead person that is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image. Let's just start there. Science teaches...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

The first crucial step in the scientific method is to have a mind that is open to asking the question 'What is this?' There was a time when science thought that 'Spontaneous Generation' was a basic tenet of biology, what naive fools we were. :D

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

weeman comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Anyone who claims they believe in the scientific approach to solving problems questions etc cannot believe in ghosts the rest are idiots hopeful fools or trolls :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

Well you are certainly in good company, the closed minded scientist that thinks that makes him more certain of his reality. I hope you never experience anything that shakes you limited world view to its core, it would probably kill you. ;)

Ghosts: To those of you who DO believe in ghosts, I ask, how does that work in your opinion?

Rhetoric comments on Jul 22, 2018:

This never seemed to make much sense even when I was a Christian. If we went to heaven/hell when we died, how is it that so many people said their families/friends visited them as ghosts? The two ideas do seem very compatible: earth-located ghosts of past individuals vs. they should be in after-life...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

My Mom thinks that my brother's schizophrenia is 'demons' but it doesn't make it so. There are a lot of things that science has yet to discover and quantify but there is also a mindset that is stuck in tradition that will not allow for experimentation, the same mindset that poo pooed the ridiculous idea that such a thing as microbes existed because they could not be seen by the naked eye, viruses were even more fantastic beasts that were akin to unicorns. We move forward 3 steps and back 2 steps because most of us are unwilling to accept change.

We've eaten all the tomato based salads and dishes we can tolerate for awhile.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I just did a double take and I noticed that you didn't cut off the top. They peel a lot easier if you chop the top off or core it out with the tomatoes that aren't Romas.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@bigpawbullets Try knocking of the tops and bottoms plus a couple of lengthwise scorings with the paring knife before you put them in the boil water, the skin should be almost falling off before you ladle them out with a strainer.

We've eaten all the tomato based salads and dishes we can tolerate for awhile.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Looks like the same way I do them, cut off the cap, blanche, chill and peel - then cook and can. or freeze.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@bigpawbullets just remember not to mix the low acid tomatoes with the high acid tomatoes if you are canning, it's a surefire way to make yourself sick.

We've eaten all the tomato based salads and dishes we can tolerate for awhile.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I just did a double take and I noticed that you didn't cut off the top. They peel a lot easier if you chop the top off or core it out with the tomatoes that aren't Romas.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@bigpawbullets De nada y mucho gusto.

I hate it when people post music videos of shit I’ve heard on the sorry fuckin’ radio my whole ...

GuyKeith comments on Jul 22, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

That's just so Pre-School, Dude.

We've eaten all the tomato based salads and dishes we can tolerate for awhile.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Looks like the same way I do them, cut off the cap, blanche, chill and peel - then cook and can. or freeze.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@bigpawbullets Depends how many you are doing, little steps that save time and effort are rewarded with less lower back pain at the end of the task. I think I only have around 30 tomato plants this year and most of them are heirloom cherries that my wife puts in everything and a few variegated heirloom Romas that I will mostly turn into pasta sauce so I don't have to eat that red muck they sell at the store. If they are Romas it saves even more effort to nip off the bottom and the top, especially if you have a few bushel baskets to do. (y)

Time to educate the populace of how things work [youtu.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I have a couple of nieces like this, they were raised as JW's and barely finished high school because like Armageddon duh! Why get an education when Jesus is coming back.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@VAL3941 They are hardy and horny and will fuck you into a coma - best you stay home. ;)

Canadian news headlines [narcity.com]

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Those are some interesting headlines. So much better than the headlines here in the states. I love the one where the thief returns stolen goods and leaves 50 dollars for damages. I knew Canadians were apologetic, but I didn't think their thieves were. So much better headlines to read. Thanks for ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Lukian Pales in comparison is a bit of an understatement, 7 shootings in 43 years compared to this? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/oct/02/america-mass-shootings-gun-violence

Canadian news headlines [narcity.com]

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Those are some interesting headlines. So much better than the headlines here in the states. I love the one where the thief returns stolen goods and leaves 50 dollars for damages. I knew Canadians were apologetic, but I didn't think their thieves were. So much better headlines to read. Thanks for ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Captain747ex Actually, Canadians have about half as many guns per capita as our southern cousins in the US of A but most of them are rifles and we use them as the tools they are intended to be, varmint removal and hunting. When it comes to slaughtering each other with handguns the US is a world champion, Canada doesn't even try to compete.

Canadians.

SukiSue comments on Jul 22, 2018:

He's a Canadian wannabe....

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Duke That was perfect for the dialect in Jesusland, I thought we were still speaking of Merika. :)

Time to educate the populace of how things work [youtu.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I have a couple of nieces like this, they were raised as JW's and barely finished high school because like Armageddon duh! Why get an education when Jesus is coming back.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@VAL3941 Not to worry, they aren't so hot that it would be worth the airfare for you and you probably wouldn't survive the encounter in any case. Be Well.

Half of America Doesn't Know That Auschwitz Was a Concentration Camp - Being Liberal

Knitfreak comments on Jul 5, 2018:

The ongoing genocide being committed by Israel against Palestine is something also not well known by Americans who for the most part think that Israel is not only Jewish but a democracy. As a Jew, it is important to me to remember all peoples who have been persecuted. Yes the holocaust should be ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

It is refreshing to see this, especially coming from a person who is a Jew. We can try to make amends for the genocides of the past and we need to stop the genocides of the present and prevent further genocides in the future. Banning all religions would be a good step in the right direction because they are usually at the heart of the matter or at least aiding and abetting these crimes against humanity.

Half of America Doesn't Know That Auschwitz Was a Concentration Camp - Being Liberal

Nevermind345 comments on Jul 5, 2018:

The other Half still believes that Columbus Discovered America.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

Funny because the native peoples knew that it was here all along. :D

Canadian news headlines [narcity.com]

Captain747ex comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Those are some interesting headlines. So much better than the headlines here in the states. I love the one where the thief returns stolen goods and leaves 50 dollars for damages. I knew Canadians were apologetic, but I didn't think their thieves were. So much better headlines to read. Thanks for ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

If there is a shooting it gets major headlines in Canada, doesn't even have to be a murder, it could just be an accident while cleaning a gun. Mass shootings are unheard of.

Canadians.

escapetypist comments on Jul 22, 2018:

Fake. Canadians don't vandalize bathroom walls. :p

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

We do actually but we outgrow it in high school.

Canadians.

SukiSue comments on Jul 22, 2018:

He's a Canadian wannabe....

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Duke There you go, everyone who speaks English knows that it is spelled 'Merikan. :D

Canadians.

SukiSue comments on Jul 22, 2018:

He's a Canadian wannabe....

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@Duke I suppose that's why we refer to it as speaking American and not English.

Time to educate the populace of how things work [youtu.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 22, 2018:

I have a couple of nieces like this, they were raised as JW's and barely finished high school because like Armageddon duh! Why get an education when Jesus is coming back.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@VAL3941 Probably just as well, I doubt you could afford them, they don't play unless you are ready to pay.

Canadians.

SukiSue comments on Jul 22, 2018:

He's a Canadian wannabe....

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

It could be a real Canadian and not an American pretender because all of the spelling is correct. ;)

Abracadabra and Alakazam!

bleurowz comments on Jul 22, 2018:

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

At least the guy in the movie had the common decency to be ashamed of himself when he got caught.

Wildlife in the garden this morning, a doe with spotted fawn was wandering through the front flower ...

HeathenFarmer comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Raccoons proving that if you snooze you loose, glad those little buggers are not found around here.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

@HeathenFarmer Nothing to prosecute, I'm just going to set them loose inside a semi heading West, so they are migrating naturally, where they decide to get off is their business.

Wildlife in the garden this morning, a doe with spotted fawn was wandering through the front flower ...

HeathenFarmer comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Raccoons proving that if you snooze you loose, glad those little buggers are not found around here.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

I was thinking of live trapping some of the raccoons and releasing them off the island but I could send you a couple if you like, they make very interesting pets. ;)

My parents had to do this trek in bare feet and it was uphill both ways but I was lucky and it was ...

Jolanta comments on Jul 22, 2018:

So the family is doing better than.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 22, 2018:

About the same really, with the older generation they were more frugal and wouldn't be wasting money on luxuries like socks just because of a few feet of snow. :D

I really hate people that act like they are super geniuses and if people say something slightly ...

OlderMusicGeek comments on Jul 21, 2018:

That transphobe is annoying, isn't he? I blocked him!

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea I'd suggest that he's a useless twat but all twats are useful so perhaps 'waste of skin' would be a better description of that useless twat that goes by Booby 9. People who think they know everything are particularly annoying to those of use who know enough to know better. I've given up on him so I just send him hugs whenever he sends me a reply that it ridiculously stupid, aka all his replies. I think he could use a hug, he seems to have been bottle fed in a cage.

My daughter woke me up this morning to tell me she had a nightmare.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 21, 2018:

How old did you say on a previous post your daughter is? 11? Pretty damned insightful for an 11 year old but the level of indoctrination and programming is much greater than it was when we were that age.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@Iam4MY That darned phone. lol

Wildlife in the garden this morning, a doe with spotted fawn was wandering through the front flower ...

MissKathleen comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Darn Raccoons! You’re going to have to get more creative to get any of the younger corn. Watch out for mama and the twins, too...they’ll eat your flowers. When I lived in SoCal, they were always doing that in my neighborhood.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

I haven't made any explosives since high school science club but I may have to go back to the work shop and fix up a surprise for the masked bandits. lol

That Fuckin Wall

Surfpirate comments on Jul 21, 2018:

I'll pay for that fucking wall, I want it built 30' high and 3' thick or reinforced concrete and covering the 100 sq.ft. around Mien Dumpf.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@AdorkableMe The fat fuck is so filled with hot air he would float to the top and get free, better to fill it with water and pour in 500 lbs. worth of leeches, let the bloodsucker get bloodsucked.

I have received hundreds of messages requesting a recent picture.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 21, 2018:

ONLY HUNDREDS? ;) Keep those cards and letters coming, Folks. :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@GuyKeith Sorry about that, apologies. :)

Johnathon Livingstone Seagull - 2018

BufftonBeotch comments on Jul 21, 2018:

I had a seagull steal a fry That was partially in my mouth. Actual lip ick beak contact. shudder.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

They are a protected species in my home city of Toronto.

Wildlife in the garden this morning, a doe with spotted fawn was wandering through the front flower ...

bigpawbullets comments on Jul 21, 2018:

We tried sweet corn the second year we lived here. My gentle, "live & let live" wife went out to pick HER sweet corn, and found that those cute racoons had devoured all of it. That evening, Linda''s out on the patio, dressed in black.... subsonic ammo in a 22 rifle with scope..... I adjourned to ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

I'm thinking about rigging a few homemade claymores with trip wires. That'll learn'em. ;)

Wildlife in the garden this morning, a doe with spotted fawn was wandering through the front flower ...

Sheannutt comments on Jul 21, 2018:

Oh wow must have been a herd of raccoons.???

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

There have been a lot of young raccoons on the island this year, twice as many as last year and the same applies to young foxes. I'm hoping that hungry foxes results in fewer young raccoons in the near future.

Wildlife in the garden this morning, a doe with spotted fawn was wandering through the front flower ...

Akfishlady comments on Jul 21, 2018:

When I lived in Alaska we had a moose problem. My brother built a 15 ft high fence which they just leaned on to clean out his garden. But most years were good, lots of cold weather crops made it just fine. I had more issues with slugs than moose. But everywhere here you need high deer proof ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

Deer proof fencing would be unsightly or so my wife tells me so I am undertaking other measures that are less invasive and also accepting that I'm going to lose a few rounds now and then. This latest hit by the raccoons was the worst one so far this year but I have a cunning plan. ;)

This likely would have avoided the shit storm we're in.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 20, 2018:

So really just Bernie and Stein to choose from. :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@William_Mary a) I advocated that only Bernie and Jill would pass the test, I made no mention of Gary, others did b) I am well aware of the disgusting and criminal actions that your government engages in and that the citizenry large supports or doesn't care about so long as the price of gas doesn't go up 5 cents c) the US government needs to stop involving itself in corporate wars of opportunity and profit for its' corporate sponsors and it is up to the citizenry to do something about it before they wind up in a corporate dictatorship they cannot undo

I have received hundreds of messages requesting a recent picture.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 21, 2018:

ONLY HUNDREDS? ;) Keep those cards and letters coming, Folks. :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@GuyKeith I would have believed scores of loyal fans but hundreds had me doing the math in my head and questioning the Trumpian number. ;)

This likely would have avoided the shit storm we're in.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 20, 2018:

So really just Bernie and Stein to choose from. :)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 21, 2018:

@William_Mary Seriously

A few days ago while servicing me baling tractor, I discovered a nest of garden bees had set up shop...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 20, 2018:

I fired up my roto tiller two days ago to prep a section of my garden for replanting and hornets came out of the hollow frame piece. I got out of there in a hurry and was lucky not to get stung. Since they were hornets and not bees I came back with a can of foaming hornet spray and eliminated the ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 20, 2018:

@HeathenFarmer 6 x 160 acres is 960 acres which a lot of dirt. I used to hunt Hungarian Partridge out near Brookes with a buddy who's pal owned 6 sections. I asked him what was within bounds so we didn't trespass and he just said if you go beyond the horizon then you may have gone too far.

Okay.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 20, 2018:

Only 4 Canucks, we are highly under represented. Good thing we are so wonderful and witty that we count as 3 regular members. :D

Surfpirate replies on Jul 20, 2018:

@SukiSue Yes, you and the rest of the world, we are so amazing and so self effacing. ROFL :D

Just ran across this one.

KKGator comments on Jul 20, 2018:

Who are the "snowflakes" again??

Surfpirate replies on Jul 20, 2018:

Snowflake is a compliment wouldn't you think, brain dead boob tube addict is more like it.

A few days ago while servicing me baling tractor, I discovered a nest of garden bees had set up shop...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 20, 2018:

I fired up my roto tiller two days ago to prep a section of my garden for replanting and hornets came out of the hollow frame piece. I got out of there in a hurry and was lucky not to get stung. Since they were hornets and not bees I came back with a can of foaming hornet spray and eliminated the ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 20, 2018:

@MikeInBatonRouge The horseflies and the deerflies are out in force lately and I can tell when the dragonflies are out too, it makes the difference between constantly checking to make sure that I don't have some blood sucking fly landing on me and no flies. The dragonflies are like my miniature air force flying top over me and swooping down to devour any flies that want to loll around my head looking for a place to bite.

This is what an economy based upon weapons of war looks like. [vimeo.com]

ProudMary comments on Jul 20, 2018:

Holy hell! The only thing I like about that graphic is the colors...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 20, 2018:

Most of the military equipment that is shown going to Canada is transhipped on to other nations that America can't be seen to be selling arms to so Canada acts as a cover, as do some of the European countries.

A few days ago while servicing me baling tractor, I discovered a nest of garden bees had set up shop...

Surfpirate comments on Jul 20, 2018:

I fired up my roto tiller two days ago to prep a section of my garden for replanting and hornets came out of the hollow frame piece. I got out of there in a hurry and was lucky not to get stung. Since they were hornets and not bees I came back with a can of foaming hornet spray and eliminated the ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 20, 2018:

@Countrywoman I have an over abundance of wasps and hornets, not enough honey bees or wild bees. One of the insects that wasps and hornets prey upon are bees.

I said ‘grab them NOT by the pussy’, clarifies Trump

nicknotes comments on Jul 18, 2018:

The Media and Mueller are closing in......SOON it will be over.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@nicknotes Me too but it's a private clinic that I call my family. :)

Protestors ouside WH demand impeachment. [politicususa.com]

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

You're going to need about 50,000 more people if you are going to storm the gates of the White House and expect the Secret Service to put up a fight with military weapons. Americans always expect gun fire when other countries storm their presidential palace in a coup d'etat but it rarely happens, ...

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@BettyColeman Perhaps it's because the people who took out those other guys are the same guys that Trump works for?

Good morning gardeners, day 22 trip to the garden, zucchini still giving ans a few yellow squash.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

You are the Zucchini King! (y)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@kenriley Thanks, a true gentleman - that's why you're the Zucchini King. :)

Should there be more women in politics ?

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

As our Canadian Prime Minister responded when asked why he had composed his Cabinet of 50/50 men/women - 'Because it's the 21st Century'

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@SukiSue We Canadians like your Bernie Sanders, well the right of center types do, he's very close to their political views. Think about that. ;)

Do you ever have surreal dreams where everything is brighter than normal, the sounds and the ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I once had a dream I was talking to a ghost on a bench on a bridge over a river. In the dream, the side of the screen that was the ghost was in black and white, and the side of the screen I was on was in color, but not overtly bright colors.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@Benthoven Good, the ghosts I have seen have large eyes that are like black holes that go to nowhere, you don't want to remember them.

Good morning gardeners, day 22 trip to the garden, zucchini still giving ans a few yellow squash.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

You are the Zucchini King! (y)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@kenriley We've been dry here for almost a month now and I am getting sick of holding the kingdom together with watering constantly, putting a strain on my well. A week or two of rain is promised next week so I am tearing out old sections of the garden for replanting this weekend.

For those who have experienced Flying Dreams, how do you fly in your dreams?

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I'm not sure how I fly, but it's much the way a fish swims in water. I move around usually by directing myself. Sometimes I know I'm flying and I take full advantage of it, and sometimes I'm sure I can fly, but I can't get my feet off the ground.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

Sounds like levitation flying but occasionally there is a failure to launch. You might try doing the slide like you are on a skateboard a few inches off the ground but without the skateboard - I did that last night when I had to go from one house to another and they were a block apart and it was hot - slide on! :)

Attending another protest this evening in regards to Russian election interference.

egyptrican comments on Jul 19, 2018:

Indeed, apathy is as bad as evil.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@Diogenes Ontarians just elected Doug Ford or as I think of him Mini Trump, how has anything been brought to a halt in Ontario. I just don't understand where you are coming from.

Do you ever have surreal dreams where everything is brighter than normal, the sounds and the ...

Benthoven comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I once had a dream I was talking to a ghost on a bench on a bridge over a river. In the dream, the side of the screen that was the ghost was in black and white, and the side of the screen I was on was in color, but not overtly bright colors.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

Both ghosts I've seen were in black and white, what did the ghost's eyes look like?

So.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

I like the spray that shoots 25', stand well back and spray away until the can is empty - $10 at the hardware store.

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@Alvinsmama you definitely want to do them when all of them are at home for the night, otherwise you only kill half the nest and the rest have a habit of jumping you from behind as they are returning home to find you spraying their pals with poison. :D

Hi guys I just joined, I'll try to be a good Offender.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

Is that a zucchini in your pocket or are you just happy to see us? ;)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@Bierbasstard No can do, strictly a pitcher and not a catcher, plus Ken and I play for the same team, we're both lesbians.

Hi guys I just joined, I'll try to be a good Offender.

Surfpirate comments on Jul 19, 2018:

Is that a zucchini in your pocket or are you just happy to see us? ;)

Surfpirate replies on Jul 19, 2018:

@Bierbasstard Don't blame me, he was looking at you when it popped up in conversation.