My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

MARDUK comments on Jun 2, 2018:

My wife is Catholic! I am pure Atheist! She is superstitious! She smudged my house! Makes me laugh! When I see humans like this. I think you all are children! I have just accepted I lived with nutty humans! Sad little primates! But we are a team!

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

She smudged the house? I hope it didn't leave a stain, I don't think you can get that shit out once it sticks to something, it's like Smokey the Bear Shit, nothing will get it off.

I had to post this...had me laughing when I needed to

GuyKeith comments on Jun 2, 2018:

There has to be a central point in which to inflict guilt and collect money.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

It's a proven fact that god is a terrible money manager, he's always collecting no matter how much he takes in, he just can't seem to hang onto a dollar. Usually he blows it on hookers, cocaine and private jets, at least that's what the tabloids say. ;)

My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

GuyKeith comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Focused, Logical, Analytical, Straight-forward Expressive, Pondering, Dreaming, Adventurous

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

@GuyKeith That's what makes it such a glorious condition to be in and if you are clever you can make it pay very handsomely if you have that talent.

My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Crikey! I wasn't expecting that!

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

@Ellatynemouth Although I don't see it as convoluted, I see it as multiple straight lines and how they interact with each other. I see multiple options and multiple solutions and variable combinations where most people just see a tangled mess. Untangling projects was what I did for much of my career, sometimes untying knots and sometimes cutting them out completely until the project was running smoothly again, it paid very well but you had to be able to see the order in the chaos. ;) My wife decided on what is the right way and then just barrels ahead, I pity those that get in her way, not even skid marks in front of the spot where she ran them right over. :D

My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

RapidCityKelly comments on Jun 2, 2018:

I think the words 'husband' and 'wife' shoudl be changed to 'man' and 'woman'.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

Partner A and Partner B perhaps, man and woman might not work for some couples. It gets a little complicated but just a little.

My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Crikey! I wasn't expecting that!

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

Expecting what??

Conservative and Libertarian Athiests

Redcupcoffee comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I don't know why people call themselves "Libertarian" - to me, there is no such thing. They're called "Republican-light". We have two options in this country....chicken or fish. There is no in-between.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

@jeshuey Not the first time I've heard this and probably not the first time you have had your definition of Libertarianism questioned either, that's how it is with a bunch of idealistic freedom lovers. I'm a Canadian so there are definitely differences in what qualifies as being a Libertarian here compared to where you are in Florida. Add to it that I am a Lefty Libertarian and it gets even murkier. I do like much of what Ron Paul has to say on the topic , he walks the walk from what I can tell. We have a provincial election here next week, I will probably vote Green Party because that makes the most sense in our current political climate where everything is topsy turvy. Would Lincoln even recognize the present day Republican Party? Unlikely.

Does anybody else have a coffee in bed routine?

Sapiophile comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Sir, you are a genius and a gentleman.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

You are very kind to say so. I think it was my sister who suggested this to me many years ago when I was just a teenager. My sister is not a morning person so I used to bring her a coffee because I was usually up before 6 am and cheerful, she could have been an extra on the Walking Dead until 9 am. I've done it ever since and yes, I have never had a partner who didn't appreciate getting their morning cup of java in bed as soon as I heard them start to stir. ;)

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

GodlessFred comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Thanks for creating this group Skotland. My wife and I have been in the graphic design biz since 1984. I've retired but she is still going strong. Here's the tie-in to Agnostic. In all our years of business the only two clients that stiffed us were 1. a pastor 2. a politician. Hmmmm.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

Teachers and Preachers, I avoid them like the plague, they always try to stiff you. Now I can add politicians to the list. :D

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...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

@moNOtheist Thanks and yes it was the hardest thing that I have ever had to live through, still am actually, but the kids come first and this was the only option that would work. The stepdad seems to be a decent guy which was the only saving grace.

My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

GuyKeith comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Focused, Logical, Analytical, Straight-forward Expressive, Pondering, Dreaming, Adventurous

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

A perfect balance. (y)

My wife and I are the opposite of this pic.

Sticks48 comments on Jun 2, 2018:

Mine does both. School was definitely a challenge.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 2, 2018:

High School was a real horror show for me too, transferred to an Independent Study Alternative School and everything sorted itself out. Nonconformists do not do well in the conformist high school system, I would never have gone to university if I had stayed in the regular school system.

"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

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@webbew1 nobody I know

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...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@Kojaksmom a Libertarian would not be in favour of child labour because the opportunity cost of having a child do a menial task instead of getting an education would be a long term net loss to society. My home country of Canada has child labour laws, affordable post secondary education that may be going back to free depending upon who wins the next election, universal health care and potentially a no user pay drug plan. The reason Canadians are in favour of these government services is because it maximizes the potential earning power of Canadians and that means it maximizes the tax base to provide these services, it's all quite pragmatic although the government spins it as altruism. As a Lefty Libertarian I support these initiatives because business no longer wants to pay it's fair share to provide the roads, health care and education initiatives that are necessary to promote a free and open society. Libertarianism is about Liberty and can anyone be free when others are in chains, history shows us that it is not the case. If you want to be free then you have to work towards making everyone else free as well or it becomes a game of crabs in the bucket. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSzpKiARrI

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...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@Adamct who said more government was a good idea? Not me but I do think that government has to step in where business and elites have stepped away from their responsibilities and refused to pay their fair share. Government and Corporate America have merged to a great extent, just look at who is being appointed to head the regulatory agencies and the depraved level of corporate welfare. Not fascist yet but give it a little more time and who knows.

Conservative and Libertarian Athiests

Redcupcoffee comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I don't know why people call themselves "Libertarian" - to me, there is no such thing. They're called "Republican-light". We have two options in this country....chicken or fish. There is no in-between.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

Libertarians are further to the right than Republitards, how would that make them the lite version? I don't understand what you are trying to say. The two party system in the US is the 2nd dumbest democratic system on the planet, the first being a dictatorship masquerading as a democracy.

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 ...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye Thanks, I would like to think that I will be done in another month but since my work crew consists only of me, myself and I it is unlikely that I will be ready until the fall when the leaves change colour. I will take you up on that offer.

The whole point of the Trump Presidency is to distract people from the destruction of everything ...

Varn comments on Jun 1, 2018:

The elites did not put trump in charge, they set the stage ..and had no idea such an anomaly would win the contest… They’re getting what they want, tax gift & supreme court picks.. but he’s tarnishing their brand. I’d listened/ wasted hours ..maybe months listening to *Chomsky.* No ...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

Does anyone get to be in the White House without the Elites seal of approval anymore? Who was the last sitting president who wasn't completely bought and paid for? Eisenhower? JFK? certainly nobody more recent than that.

The whole point of the Trump Presidency is to distract people from the destruction of everything ...

Ellatynemouth comments on Jun 1, 2018:

I have no time for Chomsky. His is a voice sanctioned by the elites because he offers no practical solutions. He is no threat to the establishment. This is why he has a platform and communists/socialists/trade unionists don't.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

I usually can't find the time of day for Chomsky either but in this instance he made sense, although he did wander around a bit trying to get his message across, he's getting a bit long in the tooth and seems to want to drift back to his core program.

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.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

OOPS! Wrong group, I thought this was Dyslexics Untie.

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...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@Kojaksmom Libertarianism works when those with the largest amount of the wealth reinvest it into the economy in ways that benefit society as a whole. The current system takes the money out of the economy and puts it into useless things like the casino stockmarket that treats the amassing of wealth as a game of who's got the bigger bank account, mega yacht, mansion, etc.

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 ...

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@MARDUK Aww, of course all Canadians are nice. It just doesn't mean that we won't punch somebody in the face if they annoy us is all. Canadian etiquette dictates that we say we're sorry after we punch somebody in the face, sometimes we even buy them a beer afterwards. :D

A new conspiracy theory perhaps?

LetzGetReal comments on May 31, 2018:

Bring it on baby... Nothing like NY for a real challenge, ahahahahah.

Surfpirate replies on Jun 1, 2018:

@LetzGetReal I just want to say that you have one of the coolest, straight up, no bullshit bios that I have seen. Mr. Right will be lucky to find you.

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@gater, @skado No, that's a pretty clear interpretation of what you said, maybe you just don't understand the gravity of what you said.

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@gater the book is the instruction manual for the religion, you can interpret it anyway you want but it is still the same toxic message

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 ...

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@Funeralgirl Vancouver Island was my first time living on an island, I am now on my 5th island, the lifestyle is addictive.

A new conspiracy theory perhaps?

LetzGetReal comments on May 31, 2018:

Bring it on baby... Nothing like NY for a real challenge, ahahahahah.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

Well she is French, had to think she was a babe under all those robes.

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@gater, @skado So did I just hear you correctly? Did you just say that the oppression of religious dogma has kept people from committing crimes they might otherwise have committed out of fear of hellfire and damnation and you think this is a good thing? Furthermore, did you just say that the empty comfort people derived from this massive lie against human potential and growth as a species is also a good thing? I would suggest that freedom and democracy came about in spite of religion and that the power of kings and other despots is legitimized by religion. One has to wonder how much humans might have advanced as a species without the oppression of religious dogma. Religion is not a positive force in society, it has been shown that Atheists are at least as moral as Theists and they do so without the fear of a sky daddy raining down hellfire on them it they don't act morally. How can Theists even claim to have the moral high ground when they have to be coerced by threat of eternal damnation to behave in a civilized manner?

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@gater I said that the bible shouldn't be burnt but instead kept as a warning to future generations. Did someone else suggest a book burning? That's a terrible idea.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@Millerski25 Free country, doubt anybody is going to lend you a knife though.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

The Abrahamic god could exist as much as what may or may not be in my hand could exist. Pick your faerie tale and stick with it, none of them are substantiated by hard evidence, in fact all that backs up any of these divine claims is a pile of socially approved bullshit.

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@skado I'm sure Hitler liked kittens and rainbows as well, doesn't change what he was or bring back the millions that died because of him. In comparison with the bible and the church, Hitler was a rank amateur.

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...

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@nvrnuff Oh that's not how I think personally, that's just my evil twin Lucifer who thinks like that, I'm an angel and absolve myself of all guilt. At least I think that's how it's suppose to work, the money spends the same either way. ;)

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@skado Historic observation, everywhere that religion has gone in the world it has brought pain and suffering and death. The observations bear out the hypothesis.

Does this Group cover mainly temperate zones?

WalterWhite comments on May 30, 2018:

I live in the Far East... of Canada! And while in a temperate zone (hardiness 5 - 6 ) it is much cooler here with a shorter growing season than most people posting. I get envious of people already picking tomatoes, when mine are still inside under lights waiting for nighttime temps outside to move...

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@Silverwhisper I must have been too tired to be posting last night, should have said south and west of you as I am at the other end of the St. Lawrence from where you are. Small changes can have large cumulative effects it is true. A Newfie gal from my Bermuda days flew home from Florida earlier this month and last week they had a foot of fresh snow at her house near Gros Morne National Park, too cold for her to be planting some potatoes but she'll plant them this week for sure. I installed glass garage doors when I built the new house, they face SW and I use one bay in the spring as my hot house to get my seedlings started from seed, electricity is expensive but the sun is free. ;)

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

gater comments on May 31, 2018:

Of course there is alot of BS in the Bible, but there is good advice also. The book is deeply rooted in our culture and has given many comfort. Life can be cold and cruel, and if the Bible helps people deal with their pain it does deserve respect.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

There are many good books that have been banned for the sake of a single sentence or paragraph, books that are great literature and the bible by comparison is a homicidal, genocidal, misogynistic and barbaric train wreck of a cobbled together collection of myths and fables. The bible does not deserve respect as a literary work or as a moral guidebook. That our western culture is deeply rooted in this book is no defense of it, our culture was deeply rooted in slavery until a little over a century ago, should slavery be respected? Your position that the bible is full of comforting lies that give people false comfort is equally indefensible as it does more harm than good and in fact encourages people to put off living today for an imaginary heaven that will never come. It robs people of their real life, the only one they can be proven to have for the sake of a pipe dream. No sir, this book of yours does not deserve respect, it shouldn't be burned but it should be kept as an example of deceit and superstition and ignorance, to be a warning against such beliefs.

Who else loves Star Trek and the Atheist message it promoted?

ShuMei2018 comments on May 30, 2018:

I am a Trekkie and proud to say it!

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@ShuMei2018 If I should some day move to Klingon, then I would learn the language.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@michaelinlivonia exactly

This is what the daily commute looks like when you live on an island in the middle of the St.

nicknotes comments on May 30, 2018:

The commute must be expensive. Can you work from home?

Surfpirate replies on May 31, 2018:

@nicknotes Nope, don't read the paper but it is delivered daily for those who imbibe that stuff. 500 or so year round residents and in the summer it swells to 3 times that number. Islanders are a different breed, if I am out of something then I just call around until I find someone who is on the mainland and ask them to pick it up for me or I borrow it from another islander who has it and then replace it, the same applies if someone calls me or asks to borrow something, whatever it might be. This is my 5th island so it becomes a bit of a lifestyle choice, everybody waves to each other, even if you don't know or even like that person because in the end, they are an islander and islanders stick together.

Who else loves Star Trek and the Atheist message it promoted?

ShuMei2018 comments on May 30, 2018:

I am a Trekkie and proud to say it!

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

Of course, given the ideals and virtues that are the foundation of the program, who wouldn't be proud to be a Trekkie? I'm not so sure about learning to speak Klingon as a second language but the average Trekkie is a cut above the rest of the population in my experience.

This case was brought by a JW family that didn't want their kids to be forced to stand for the ...

BucketlistBob comments on May 30, 2018:

My brother... you really dont have to do anything you dont want to. I'm just wondering what your point is? Are you trying to educate us on our rights or are you telling me you support those kneeling because they think the white people are persecuting the blacks and causing all their hardship, ...

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@BucketlistBob I hear where you are coming from and I get the importance of respect. I didn't go through all those years of school yard fights for the national anthem or the lord's prayer, saw through the religious BS early, but I did it because my parents insisted I do so and because it was my right as a free person to do so. About the only thing I learned from religion was that a person has to stick to their convictions if they are honorable, no matter how many shit kickings you get for doing so. I won my fair share but nobody wins every fight, 4 broken noses and too many black eyes to count but the point is that eventually most of the idiots backed off and a few of the good guys actually backed me up when it was two on one which happened a lot. Not because the good guys shared my point of view but because they respected my standing up against the odds. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything is something my dad always used to say - of course he also said fake for the smaller guy and then punch the bigger guy in the throat. :D

Does this Group cover mainly temperate zones?

WalterWhite comments on May 30, 2018:

I live in the Far East... of Canada! And while in a temperate zone (hardiness 5 - 6 ) it is much cooler here with a shorter growing season than most people posting. I get envious of people already picking tomatoes, when mine are still inside under lights waiting for nighttime temps outside to move...

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@Silverwhisper I'm west and east of you by quite a bit but I am in the same climate hardiness zone. I've managed to pick up quite a few good tips to extend my season from Coleman, even adding a few weeks onto either end of the season is a big help for us Canucks. I hope the weather is kind to you this summer and your harvest bountiful. (my family routes are in Battle Harbour, Labrador so a bit of a freshwater Newfie, Eh?)

This case was brought by a JW family that didn't want their kids to be forced to stand for the ...

BucketlistBob comments on May 30, 2018:

My brother... you really dont have to do anything you dont want to. I'm just wondering what your point is? Are you trying to educate us on our rights or are you telling me you support those kneeling because they think the white people are persecuting the blacks and causing all their hardship, ...

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

I spent the first 10 minutes of every school day either sitting my my chair at my desk quietly while the other kids sang the National Anthem and recited the Lord's Prayer or standing out in the hallway until this forced travesty was over. Come recess, I usually got to fight some idiot who thought I was fair game because I was different because I didn't do what he did every morning. I know how hard it is to stick by what you believe in and fight for it when the other guy doesn't understand that you are just the same as he is, only different. Trump telling the citizens he represents that they are criminals when the Supreme Court clearly says they aren't is a travesty, Trump works for the people and not the other way around. The same goes for the team owners who are trying to strong arm the players. Most importantly the same goes for anyone who wants to force blind obedience upon others because that's the road to fascism as the Supreme Court rightly pointed out back in 1943 when people were fighting and dying to stamp that shit out, not praise it.

Today I lost a follower.

Surfpirate comments on May 30, 2018:

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

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@SonderOpia I think I may have responded to one or two. Maybe you haven't read any of my post to judge what I think an evil twin might be.

Does this Group cover mainly temperate zones?

WalterWhite comments on May 30, 2018:

I live in the Far East... of Canada! And while in a temperate zone (hardiness 5 - 6 ) it is much cooler here with a shorter growing season than most people posting. I get envious of people already picking tomatoes, when mine are still inside under lights waiting for nighttime temps outside to move...

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

Have you read any of Eliot Coleman's books on 4 season gardening, he's from Maine and has been an organic, market gardener for a long time. Good info and your library should have a copy of his books.

The Rage of the Incels | The New Yorker

Coldo comments on May 30, 2018:

Gas Them!?

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@Coldo Toss them in the Women's Prison and see what is left of them in the morning? ;)

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

IamNobody comments on May 30, 2018:

Are the Morans the owner's of the Cardinals and he is asking them to scout a player called Brain? :)

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@IamNobody Nah, not shooting at you Mate, just figure he can't spell Brian any better than he can spell Moron. :D

This is what the daily commute looks like when you live on an island in the middle of the St.

tymtravler comments on May 30, 2018:

OK in the summer but even then, don't the mosquitos eat you up?

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

The river does freeze over but because the water is always moving it usually only gets thick for about a month or so. This pic was taken on March 1st this year, a long winter but not too bitter, the swans even stuck around for the whole winter, they usually go to open water in February.

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

GuyKeith comments on May 30, 2018:

Perhaps my most read article is the one on Redneck Culture. http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/20501/abcs-redneck-culture/

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

Great piece and clearly written before the Redneck Messiah showed up and took back the White House from that Knee Grow. :D

This is what the daily commute looks like when you live on an island in the middle of the St.

tymtravler comments on May 30, 2018:

OK in the summer but even then, don't the mosquitos eat you up?

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

Very few mosquitoes on the island, there is usually a breeze as this is one of the best freshwater sailing areas in North America and except for that reedy section in the background of the pic it is all flowing water from the Great Lakes heading to the Atlantic. In the winter there is a bubbler system that keeps the ferry lanes open, they are both cable ferries so the route is constant.

This is what the daily commute looks like when you live on an island in the middle of the St.

nicknotes comments on May 30, 2018:

The commute must be expensive. Can you work from home?

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

I'm semi retired so I am flexible as to what I do and when I do it. Islanders get a special yearly pass for a couple hundred bucks per vehicle and I buy a book of 'friends and family' tickets for guests. Regular fare is $6 round trip.

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

LiterateHiker comments on May 30, 2018:

What an asinine sign. He should have an arrow pointing to himself.

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

:D

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

PickledRick comments on May 30, 2018:

USA public education system. Betsy Devos is going to fix it though, just you wait and see and wait...and wait.......and wait.....

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

All of those kids will know how to spell Jeebus, that's for sure.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@Donto101 True I lived in Bermuda for many years and we were on the same latitude as Washington DC but never saw any snow because we were right in the middle of that warm current. Mangoes and Papayas grew like weeds but any of the colder veggies were a problem and even tomatoes could be tricky to grow. Buying them in the grocers after a 750 mile sea journey on a cargo container made for expensive tomatoes that didn't taste very good.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@pepperjones You didn't list your age but I was guessing you were 42 to 45 and looking a lot younger. I better not apply for that Guess Your Age job at the circus, I'd be giving you money for a bad guess.

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

Mooolah comments on May 30, 2018:

Oh yes.. A protester in my cheesebrain state of Wisconsin held up a sign regarding the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan's critique of Trump. I quote. "TRADER"

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

You couldn't make this shit up with a room full of Hollywood writers. :D

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

IamNobody comments on May 30, 2018:

Are the Morans the owner's of the Cardinals and he is asking them to scout a player called Brain? :)

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

I think the player to be named later is Brian not Brain. ;)

Always good fun to read the protest signs at a redneck protest. :D

danh2os comments on May 30, 2018:

It's spelled M O R M O N S. Sheesh!

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

I just watched a show called The Expanse that is set in the future, one of the subplots saw the Mormons launching a giant space ship/temple into deep space in their search for the promised land. Best idea ever. :D

Tesla 'Autopilot' implicated in emergency-vehicle crash

Holysocks comments on May 30, 2018:

For the same reason gun control is forgotten when an armed citizen takes down a shooter.

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

@Holysocks I found it so hypocritical for a past president of GM to be quoted as saying that Tesla would be out of business by 2019 because Elon Musk didn't know how to run a business. This coming from a man who begged for bail out money and spent decades undermining any attempts to get the auto industry away from fossil fuels. No doubt the Koch brothers sent him a cheque for services rendered.

The Rage of the Incels | The New Yorker

Coldo comments on May 30, 2018:

Gas Them!?

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

Laughing gas perhaps? These guys seem to personify miserable assholes.

Tesla 'Autopilot' implicated in emergency-vehicle crash

Holysocks comments on May 30, 2018:

For the same reason gun control is forgotten when an armed citizen takes down a shooter.

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

Happens about as often too. I could understand if Teslas were crashing everyday while the Autopilot was on and the driver's hands were on the wheel, you know, like mass shootings in the US.

I'm wrapping up the build of our new house and have turned my attention to the landscaping as it is ...

Ellatynemouth comments on May 30, 2018:

I'm obsessed with lavender.. I don't suppose that would grow there?

Surfpirate replies on May 30, 2018:

I have some lavender growing elsewhere on the property but that spot only gets afternoon sun from 2 until 6 so the lavender wouldn't do very well there I think.

Christian author: Trump is under attack from ‘multidimensional Luciferian advanced beings’ – ...

GeorgeRocheleau comments on May 29, 2018:

And I thought we were just heathen scum.

Surfpirate replies on May 29, 2018:

I've always like the monicker 'Heathen Scum', it has a nice ring to it.

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

DaleWesolowski comments on May 29, 2018:

But is it losing one's faith or is it giving in to fact and logic?

Surfpirate replies on May 29, 2018:

Isn't that the same thing? ;)

Greek Orthodox Church: Don’t Blame Us for That Viral (and Violent) Baby Baptism – Friendly ...

chucklesIII comments on May 28, 2018:

I'm surprised they didn't dry him off with a good shaking.

Surfpirate replies on May 29, 2018:

Oh No, let's not give these idiots any ideas. :O

I've been watching birds since my mom and nan introduced me to bird watching as a kid.

springlover comments on May 29, 2018:

Me! my apt is full of owl items

Surfpirate replies on May 29, 2018:

I may have a few Owl items around my house as well. :) Our new home is named Owls Perch as well.

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...

Surfpirate replies on May 28, 2018:

@PeppermintDreads It's definitely more good than bad but when it's bad it can be horrid.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 28, 2018:

@Hebert54 Water! I knew there was something I forgot to do? ;) To be honest the seeds I have used have usually been old or I didn't tend to them well enough. I guess I just feel that if they are wild they should be able to fend for themselves, clearly not the case.

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 ...

Surfpirate replies on May 28, 2018:

@Marine True but the ego wants more than that. Guess the ego is SOL. :D

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

Trod comments on May 27, 2018:

I use to hate spam, cause the Army would feed you it whenever they wanted. One time in Equador, we were fed it three times a day for a couple of weeks. I have sinced started to eat it again but eating the same crap every day was a pain.

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

Guess you were at the base in Manta, EC - spam 3 times a day would have had me eating from the street vendors instead. Have some Cuey instead (guinea pig) roast on a stick it is delicious.

I just received an email informing me that my Ordination as a Dudeist Minister is expiring, torn ...

BucketlistBob comments on May 27, 2018:

Is he standing at a toilet ... pissing?

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

Have you seen the movie? because he does wind up with his head in a toilet at one point. :D

I just received an email informing me that my Ordination as a Dudeist Minister is expiring, torn ...

Julie808 comments on May 27, 2018:

Get a free or inexpensive ordination with a ministry that makes you a clergy member for life? Or renew your ordination with the Dudeistry if it tickles your fancy and goes along with your persona. Do what feels right to you! I'm a member of the Church of Spiritual Humanism, and have performed ...

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

That's a lot of weddings, it must be very rewarding to be a part of the special day of so many. (y)

I've been watching birds since my mom and nan introduced me to bird watching as a kid.

birdingnut comments on May 27, 2018:

Where did you photograph the snowy owl?

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

Not my pic, friends who know I really like Snowies will send me pics, this is one of them. This is the last pic I took of a Snowy Owl back in 2015.

I just received an email informing me that my Ordination as a Dudeist Minister is expiring, torn ...

pixiedust comments on May 27, 2018:

Is it expensive? Is it fun?

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

It's free but I don't know if I could use it marry or bury anybody. ;)

How many others are 'Owl People' ?

Ellatynemouth comments on May 27, 2018:

Owls are super cute. And beautiful too. I'm reminded of the speed camera photo of a snowy owl in Quebec that went viral a few years ago.

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

I think you mean this pretty girl. Female snowy owls have black banding and the males are almost solid white. ://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=783844

One of my favourite scenes from a Western movie.

BookDeath comments on May 27, 2018:

Aaargh, it wouldn't play. I REALLY wanted to hear this. Two gunslingers dueling it out in LATIN? I'm gonna have to find this on YouTube.

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@BookDeath my Latin prof was from Dublin, Ireland so I always hear Latin with a thick Irish Brogue when I read it.

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@pixiedust I actually thought about getting a couple of French Geese, they are supposed to make excellent guard animals.

One of my favourite scenes from a Western movie.

GipsyOfNewSpain comments on May 27, 2018:

So non west and is your favorite... hey, to each its own. The chances that johnny ringo spoke latin are dimner than of him knowing to read and write english.

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

What an interesting statement and you base all of this on what? Latin was taught more generally during that period of history than during our current time and even now you can take classes as I did as a supplement to my science courses. I fail to understand your point.

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?

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@pixiedust Thanks

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 ...

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@pixiedust It smelled like roast pork in the factory for a couple of days. A grim reminder and we were shutdown for a day while the Health and Safety people did their assessment. We were found not to be at fault as we had taken all the safety precautions but the young delivery driver was in a rush and bypassed everything to get into that restricted area, just to make a bit more delivering a box of stainless steel bolts.

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

repubatheists comments on May 26, 2018:

What about the children who have been saved by "good" people with guns? There are plenty of examples.

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@repubatheists where did these 'migrants' come from? Oh yes, the countries that are being bombed to secure corporate power and profits. Are these people who have been uprooted from their homes poor and even desperate enough to commit crimes in order to survive? Probably so. Blowback is a factor in any war for profit, so if we don't want the 'migrants' then we have to stop making more of them by bombing the crap out of their home countries. Hand guns are only good for one thing, killing people. You can't hunt with them and they aren't even much use for target practice but they sure make a small person feel big about themselves. As Bruce Lee famously said 'Any Fool can pull a trigger'.

It was a long winter in my part of Canada and a spring that never seemed to get here but summer is ...

Ellatynemouth comments on May 26, 2018:

I love garlic!

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@Ellatynemouth garlic grows just fine in a planter, even an old bucket with some decent soil will do and it requires very little attention, just plant it early and it will be ready by fall when the bottom leaves turn brown. It is also an effective deterrent against many garden pests like deer, squirrels and rabbits, even some insect pests. I plant a garlic perimeter around my main vegetable garden as a barrier to pests that want to forage on my veggies. :)

It was a long winter in my part of Canada and a spring that never seemed to get here but summer is ...

Ellatynemouth comments on May 26, 2018:

I love garlic!

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

@Ellatynemouth The nice thing is that if you have a bit too much and the last of it starts to sprout the following spring, just take it out into your garden and plant it. ;)

One of my favourite scenes from a Western movie.

BucketlistBob comments on May 27, 2018:

Italian?

Surfpirate replies on May 27, 2018:

Close, the precursor to Italian is Latin.

The Irish People may a smart move and threw out the 8th Amendment, better late than never.

birdingnut comments on May 26, 2018:

Thumbs up to the Irish for moving out of the Dark Ages of church control. Birth control, more secular schools, gay marriage, and now abortion rights. Not as many months allowed before an abortion as in the U.K., but it's a start.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

It's all about control, if health and well being were the issues then the 8th amendment would have been repealed decades ago.

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

AviatorJim comments on May 26, 2018:

Hmm not that I know of. I didn’t get the memo. My day has been yard work, car work, and tacos

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

Tacos - YUM!

Platitudes kind of piss me off. I'm not sure why. They always seem false and devoid of action.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

'Get fucked you cunt.' That's one of my favourites, never seems false or devoid of action. :)

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

@McVinegar I would have suggested that we're a pair of cunts, albeit with pricks but whatever works. :D

Some people just don't Science. :D

BBeberstein comments on May 26, 2018:

Common sense is so uncommon anymore...

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

We used to say that Common Sense was a Gift, rare and seldom seen anymore.

Listening to Randy Bachman's Vinyltap radio show on CBC and hearing oldies like this, brings me back...

BucketlistBob comments on May 26, 2018:

Space cowboy..... cool.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

See what I mean, working my ass off. :D

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.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

@AmiSue It's pretty straightforward if you use a simple pond pump system and bell siphons that you can make yourself with stock plumbing parts.

It was a long winter in my part of Canada and a spring that never seemed to get here but summer is ...

Ellatynemouth comments on May 26, 2018:

I love garlic!

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

@Ellatynemouth Keep your garlic in a cool, dark place and it should last 4 to 6 months. If you are going to freeze it then I would dice it up first and put it in an air tight container or a ziploc bag to keep the flavour intact.

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. ;)

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

@SkotlandSkye Texass! That's a bloody long way from Skye. My stepdad is from the Orkney Islands, basically a Scottish Viking, those Scots do love to travel.

Climate Change Denier Logic.

jab60 comments on May 26, 2018:

What I hear from people is it’s too expensive. So destroying the planet and everyone dying is the smarter move. It is really hard to fix stupid

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

Think of the dividends and share price increases, when it all goes to shit then we can eat the money because there will be nothing left to eat. ;)

We have 4 nuclear powers lined up against each other on either side of the Syrian Conflict - US and ...

MollyBell comments on May 26, 2018:

Israel is a puppet of the United States. Or... perhaps it's the other way around.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

Probably a bit of both, it's and incestuous little group.

It was a long winter in my part of Canada and a spring that never seemed to get here but summer is ...

Ellatynemouth comments on May 26, 2018:

I love garlic!

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

Me too but I may have overdone it this year, planted 300 last year and it wasn't enough so I doubled it thinking the winter might take a third, over 95% survived.

Climate Change Denier Logic.

NotConvinced comments on May 26, 2018:

I don't know of any CC deniers. I do know of ACC deniers and fewer that believe we are heading for a mini Ice Age. There is a huge difference.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

As a Canadian I am just tickled pink at the thought of a mini ice age, think of all the weather related topics I'll have to discuss with my fellow Canucks as we slowly freeze to death at Timmy's. :D

The secret racist history of square dancing - YouTube

BucketlistBob comments on May 26, 2018:

Hmmmm....it amazes me where we came from.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

You have no idea how much effort I put into finding this stuff for you Bob. :)

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

repubatheists comments on May 26, 2018:

What about the children who have been saved by "good" people with guns? There are plenty of examples.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

@repubatheists it shows the value of being armed in a chaotic society with extreme poverty and the resulting extreme crime, combined with a police force that is largely corrupt so citizens must arm themselves in that sort of environment where civilization is always on the verge of breaking. So come to think of it you make a good point, this is a completely relevant video for Amerika under Trump. It was bad before but this taking bad to the next level, how low will it go? Anybody's guess but I'd put my money on much, much lower.

It was a long winter in my part of Canada and a spring that never seemed to get here but summer is ...

Akfishlady comments on May 26, 2018:

Many we have a gardening group here. You should join us.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

joined, thank you

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

repubatheists comments on May 26, 2018:

What about the children who have been saved by "good" people with guns? There are plenty of examples.

Surfpirate replies on May 26, 2018:

@repubatheists That was in Brazil which has a murder rate that is 5 times higher than the US, if you ever visit there you would realize why there are so many shoot deaths.