Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think [phys.

Triphid comments on May 23, 2020:

Where, exactly, is the logic and rationality in believing that a Supreme Entity that no-one has either seen nor heard from, etc, created absolutely everything out of absolutely nothing with just a mere word as it says in the bible? And yet Sciences, Geology,Cosmology, etc,etc, in particular, have ...

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd Ever bothered to read or watch the news reports, Fred, WE ARE destroying the very planet upon which we live.

Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think [phys.

Triphid comments on May 23, 2020:

Where, exactly, is the logic and rationality in believing that a Supreme Entity that no-one has either seen nor heard from, etc, created absolutely everything out of absolutely nothing with just a mere word as it says in the bible? And yet Sciences, Geology,Cosmology, etc,etc, in particular, have ...

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd IMHO, it would take more room on this site/group to give my opinion on the context of that article than either I or other members would care to read. Your 'reasoning,' for want of a better terminology, Fred-Snerd is imo, as convoluted as is a Water tank made from Corrugated Iron.

Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think [phys.

JohnnyQB comments on May 23, 2020:

I have to say one more thing.. You know Fred this is like joining an Apple Pie group and posting an article on why Apple Pie sucks... Ha ha ;)

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd So, in YOUR own words, making a "rational decision as to NOT believing in any God/Gods IS a rational decision and that one rational decision DOES NOT keep us rational, " then what does and what is the definition of rational and rationality?

Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think [phys.

Triphid comments on May 23, 2020:

Where, exactly, is the logic and rationality in believing that a Supreme Entity that no-one has either seen nor heard from, etc, created absolutely everything out of absolutely nothing with just a mere word as it says in the bible? And yet Sciences, Geology,Cosmology, etc,etc, in particular, have ...

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd Well, knock me down with a feather, @Fred-Snerd has AGREED with me here and YET his posted article claims differently, wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles. Don't get down off of your bicycle, Fred-Snerd, I'll pick up your pump for you, after all it IS the logical, rational and decent thing for any human to do for another is it not?

Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think [phys.

JohnnyQB comments on May 23, 2020:

I have to say one more thing.. You know Fred this is like joining an Apple Pie group and posting an article on why Apple Pie sucks... Ha ha ;)

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd There are inumerable response one could make here, many being deogatory, insulting and even downright rude and crude, however, being brought to be as decent a person as I can possible be in such an arduous circumstance as this is all I will say is this, "@Fred-Snerd PLEASE, PLEASE do yourself a favour, build a bridge and get over yourself."

Why Atheists Are Not as Rational as Some Like to Think [phys.

JohnnyQB comments on May 23, 2020:

I have to say one more thing.. You know Fred this is like joining an Apple Pie group and posting an article on why Apple Pie sucks... Ha ha ;)

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd IMHO, it was merely used by YOU to support YOU and your contentions, i.e. it was 100% bullshit and bunkum.

A very serious question here.

ZantiMisfit comments on May 23, 2020:

Maybe he was pulling a prank on you?

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

Nope, he has absolutely no sense of humour or fun of any kind.

Had a fun photobomb today.

Triphid comments on May 22, 2020:

It would seem you and I share a common trait here. I always stop to pat, chat and talk to any dog/s I meet no matter where I am or where I'm supposed to be going. In fact, come to think of it, I'll be doing a 'stop over' tomorrow morning at house with 2 lovely , friendly German Short-haired ...

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@UUNJ Oh, I forgot to add that there is also a 'bitsa' (cross-breed) who waits patiently in the front of the house near the Bus Stop I use every fortnight, opens the gate by herself, very quietly I might add, comes out and sits with me until she hears the bus approaching, then goes back in thru the gate and closes it again. I told her owner about my friend and how she sits with me, etc, and her owner merely smiled and said, " I know, I've seen her do it many times but only when you are the one sitting there."

A very serious question here.

Fred_Snerd comments on May 22, 2020:

You should probably be a bro.

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

@Fred_Snerd I did it because I wanted other opinions, etc, on both the matter and what I should or should not do in response to it, that is why.

A very serious question here.

Pralina1 comments on May 22, 2020:

I get that your neighbor is a pain in the ass and his beliefs are working on your nerves . But . I also have a feeling , for all your bitching and all your complains , a nursing heart won’t let any human jump over a cliff . I just know it . I support whatever u decide , Nurse ♥️

Triphid replies on May 23, 2020:

His beliefs are annoying everyone in the close neighbourhood to be 100% truthful, not just mine. Ionce tried to tell that a 'supposed' woman he was texting from Ghana and sending her money as well was just scamming him but his response was merely to say, " God and Jesus love me, they would NOT allow that to happen." About 5,500 dollars later he realised, finally, that he's led up the garden path but told everyone that God/Jesus were just ptting him to the test. What I post is not bitching so much as it is my kind of warning to others out there of what can and does on in this crazy world full of Religiotard Nut cases around us.

A very serious question here.

Fred_Snerd comments on May 22, 2020:

You should probably be a bro.

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

Not a snowballs' chance in Hell am I going near either of them, especially her with her well-known reputation, etc.

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AmyTheBruce comments on May 21, 2020:

I saw a video on the interwebs of a woman who fashioned a "car" out of cardboard so that she could go through the drive-through at McDonald's. Try it! Remember to take video!!! P.S. Any news on the Evangeloon?

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Cyklone Oh okay then the rules, etc, have changed but I won't tell that to Evangelidiot though....LOL.

Jesus loves you.

dahermit comments on May 21, 2020:

If Jesus loved me, he would have treated me better!

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Observer-Effect Yeah but yours usually comes from Mexico doesn't he, Mexico is bloody long way from where I live....LOL.

Jesus loves you.

BestWithoutGods comments on May 21, 2020:

If Jesus is real and wants me to follow him, he'll have to send me some evidence. Otherwise, the available evidence convinces me that his religion is a myth and a scam.

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Moravian I did but I marked it as a Phishing Scam and deleted it.

Jesus loves you.

Bierbasstard comments on May 21, 2020:

It's situations like this that were presented to me in grade school, around 3rd to my recollection, that I began my journey to agnosticism and atheism. When told that children in Africa were going to burn in hell because they weren't xian was the antithesis of this so called "all loving" god. ...

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@abyers1970 Nope, I disagree with you on that premise, Jeebus IS the Outright Universal Hide and Seek Champion, he's been hiding since he was, assumedly, around 33 years of age and has never been seen or found since then....LOL. And Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, did actually exist until January, 7th, 2001 when she sadly succumbed to cancer. Sasquatch/Bigfoot was the nickname I gave to my daughter Lorrae because at 14 years of age she stood at nice height of 6'3" and could only wear Men's sized 9 and a half boots/shoes because she was born with big feet. She loved that nickname btw.

Jesus loves you.

RussRAB comments on May 21, 2020:

Jesus forgives you for all your sins yo relieve you of guilt for all the mistakes and missteps you have ever made in life. But, you can be reminded at any time (and at regular intervals) of the excruiating pain you cause Jesus dying on the cross due to your sins both past and current. In effect, one...

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@JohnnyQB Yes and when I'm 'informed' that 'God gave his only son' I always say in return " But are we NOT also the Children of God and if so, why aren't we as important to our Heavenly Father as his 'only' son was ?" The moments, many long minutes in fact, of silence followed with countless 'Ummms, Ahhhs, Errrrs, buts, 'well it's like this' responses and the faces showing utter confusion make it all worth the words and effort.

Jesus loves you.

DenoPenno comments on May 21, 2020:

God was too arrogant and proud to change a rule that he made in the first place. That's why it came to this. You have to believe in him and know that he killed himself for you. In the real world this idea is insane.

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Observer-Effect Totally agree with the context of your meme thing.

Jesus loves you.

dahermit comments on May 21, 2020:

If Jesus loved me, he would have treated me better!

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

And IF Jesus truly loved me he'd come and mow my lawn, clean up the weeds, leaves, etc, and prune my fruit trees....LOL.

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AnneWimsey comments on May 21, 2020:

The car keeps your miasma contained. And in fact there Are laws about "drive-thrus", even for fast food places.

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@AnneWimsey Ding dong, you're wrong. Not 'bitching,' I much prefer to leave that little 'task' up to experts like yourself ( my opinion here of course).

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AmyTheBruce comments on May 21, 2020:

I saw a video on the interwebs of a woman who fashioned a "car" out of cardboard so that she could go through the drive-through at McDonald's. Try it! Remember to take video!!! P.S. Any news on the Evangeloon?

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Cyklone The laws on Schedule 8 may have changed since my time as a Psychiatric Nurse working at Parkside Mental Institution in 1976 and on the lengths of 'hospitalisation there since we admitted a patient we all nicknamed "Big Bertha" who, when being tranferred from the R.A.H. to Parkside managed to single-handedly literally destroy the inside of one those old Ford 'Paddywagons ' completely, put 3 Police Officers in hospital with fractured jaws, fractured cheek bones, 4 fractured ribs and badly bruised and very swollen genitals before someone managed, at great personal risk, to inject her with enough Morphine to knock her out completely. "Big Bertha" stood at approx. 6'5" weighed in at around 267 kilograms and was built like a brick shithouse. The reason she was 'restrained' and admitted was that she had been off her medications for well over 2 months and gone 'beserk' thrown her 5' 10," partner ( a Bricklayer and Builder) through a solid wooden front door and had then set about doing her very best to demolish a brick house that they rented from the Housing Commission with nothing more than her bare hands.

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AnneWimsey comments on May 21, 2020:

The car keeps your miasma contained. And in fact there Are laws about "drive-thrus", even for fast food places.

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@AnneWimsey When or IF ever have rented a car in Australia?

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AmyTheBruce comments on May 21, 2020:

I saw a video on the interwebs of a woman who fashioned a "car" out of cardboard so that she could go through the drive-through at McDonald's. Try it! Remember to take video!!! P.S. Any news on the Evangeloon?

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Cyklone Have actually seen or experienced a patient being put on a Schedule 8?

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

Triphid comments on May 20, 2020:

And another very good hint I gained years ago from a qualified Butcher, NEVER leave your sharp knives to soak in hot water because, 1) the hot water weakens the tempered edge of both the blade and the metal as well, 2) chances are high that you WILL dip your hands in to water water while washing ...

Triphid replies on May 22, 2020:

@Boxdoc I can only tell you what I was told by a Well Respected and qualified Butcher with many, many years of experience under his belt.

Oooops, there goes yet another "God did it" side of the Creation Myth it seems.

MsDemeanour comments on May 21, 2020:

Where's the video? I wanna see!

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

Sorry NO video available, only an article on my News feed, see MSN News.

Oooops, there goes yet another "God did it" side of the Creation Myth it seems.

indirect76 comments on May 21, 2020:

It’s not a competition. I know many theists that have no problem accepting science. It doesn’t really affect the fundamentals of their beliefs. My immediate reaction to news like this is usually profound interest and amazement. I would not be inclined to slam other people and givie out high ...

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

My reference to 'scores/scoring' was intended solely as a joke btw.

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

callmedubious comments on May 20, 2020:

i've always had a problem understanding how a cast iron pan can stay "seasoned" when every time it is used whatever is the seasoning melts. and then if it is never washed but just wiped wouldn't the grease become rancid?

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

I suppose it is because the Cast-Iron is actually not pressed into shape as with other pots, etc, such as steel or copper. It is actually cast in a mold or beatebn into shape whhile it is still red/white hot hence the the flavours, etc, can seep in between the upper layers of the pot and are sealed in from the heat.

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

Cyklone comments on May 21, 2020:

What about push bikes? 🤣🤣

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

A 'No Go' as well I suppose. Bloody minded Bureaucratic Up-starts those dip-shits are imo.

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AmyTheBruce comments on May 21, 2020:

I saw a video on the interwebs of a woman who fashioned a "car" out of cardboard so that she could go through the drive-through at McDonald's. Try it! Remember to take video!!! P.S. Any news on the Evangeloon?

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

Ah, Evangelidiot, my new name for him btw, well he has been TRYING to construct a hand-cart from timber so as to carry his supplies this last week or so but can't find anyone who can make actual wooden wheels with iron rims on them for him, he wants to do everything as per would have normal in those times. He has also struck a 'hinderance' from his Mother and siblings in that he told them of his 'hearing God and speaking with God, etc, etc, and they have threatened him with having him put on a Schedule 8 and admitted to a Mental Hospital for Treatment IF he continues with his " obvious insanity." So it seems we will all just have to sit back and wait to see what unflods. However, once someone is placed on a Schedule 8, they can be 'hospitalized' in an Institution for a period anywhere from 6 months to 4 years normally or the Schedule 8 can be extended on the recommendations of 3 Psychiatrists for as long as 15 to 20 years.

Well, so much for everyone here in Broken Hill getting and having easy access to being tested for ...

AnneWimsey comments on May 21, 2020:

The car keeps your miasma contained. And in fact there Are laws about "drive-thrus", even for fast food places.

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

Yes well, that's fine for those who own and drive cars, great idea only test and worry about them I suppose since they pay Road Taxes, Car Insurances, Vehicle Registration Fees, taxes on oil and petrol, etc, they help keep the 'snout trough' stocked up for the Governments to feed from. But what aboout we, the elderly, disabled, unemployed and the homeless? Are we just considered as 'fodder' for the virus?

Oooops, there goes yet another "God did it" side of the Creation Myth it seems.

p-nullifidian comments on May 20, 2020:

Bet you those 'gappers' are still gonna claim, 'Oh yeah, but you can't explain abiogenesis!'

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

Struth m8, most of them still probably think that the Sun orbits the Earth and the Earth is the centre of the Universe.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 20, 2020:

".........into his trailer." There's a key clue. Let me ask....does he have more than two teeth?

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

@LucyLoohoo No probs, none at all.

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

Lucy_Fehr comments on May 20, 2020:

I bought a rusty one at a yard sale but unsure what to do with it

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

@azzow2 "Dutch Oven" is an Aussie saying where one bed partner farts in bed and quickly pulls the covers over the persons head.

Read this on another board and thought I'd offer it up for discussion here.

Coffeo comments on May 19, 2020:

What is there to distinguish the fetus that is 'you' from any other fetus?

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

@Rodatheist You ARE preaching to Choir in case you were unaware.

Are people protecting the idea of religion or the power, privilege and social status that religion ...

BirdMan1 comments on May 19, 2020:

Religion acts like a tribal ID tag, provides comfort for people, "Relax, God is in control," although it is all fiction. Myths, like religious stories, and "Motherland" stories have enabled masses of people to organize and helped create the modern world, Yuval Noah Harari claims in his book ...

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

@Pedrohbds It seems to me that you still have not managed to grasp the TRUE differentiation between Trust and Faith.

Opinion piece published by RT re China/ Australia trade relations.

Triphid comments on May 20, 2020:

To my way of thinking Australia should just say to China, " Be like that, we can easily find a dozen other countries elsewhere that would be only too willing and happy to accept our grain, etc, and the same goes for our Iron Ore and other minerals as well, and in the words of your ancient, ...

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

@Cyklone, @powder Yep, it looks like the American dollar is going down faster that a diaorrea turd in a sewer atm.

Opinion piece published by RT re China/ Australia trade relations.

Triphid comments on May 20, 2020:

To my way of thinking Australia should just say to China, " Be like that, we can easily find a dozen other countries elsewhere that would be only too willing and happy to accept our grain, etc, and the same goes for our Iron Ore and other minerals as well, and in the words of your ancient, ...

Triphid replies on May 21, 2020:

@Cyklone Nice analysis BUT IF Australia wants to come out this pandemic as an accountable country and grow stronger IT NEEDS to cease completely relying upon China and the U.S., stand on its own feet, start manufacturing locally, recruiting and training local Australians, educating Australians better than they are these days, stop importing Skilled Workers from overseas, start producing products from own resources and not just sending stuff like iron-ore, etc, over to China and having them produce it and sell it back to us, set OUR prices on exported stuffs like grains, etc, etc, and STOP Foriegn Ownership of Australian Lands, Companies, etc, etc and that INCLUDES the U.S., England and every other country as well. No more pandering, arse-kissing, boot-licking and kowtowing to ANYONE, WE stand as 1 Nation, One Peoples and WE demand to be RESPECTED as Australians.

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

Marcie1974 comments on May 20, 2020:

I just bought my first one a couple months ago and I love it! It’s difficult resisting the temptation to scrub the hell out of it like I do a regular fry pan lol

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Marcie1974 LOL. That handle cover looks very much like what my maternal Grandmother once made for her husband and called it his " Peter Heater, " you can guess where he was MEANT to wear it btw.

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

t1nick comments on May 20, 2020:

I always heard wash with water, but not soap. I havent used my set in years.

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

When in the bush we always scrubbed our Camp Oven out by using a bit of sand and water, then just rinsing it out and letting it dry.

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

Lucy_Fehr comments on May 20, 2020:

I bought a rusty one at a yard sale but unsure what to do with it

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

Ahh, nothing tastes better than a good Aussie Bush Stew cooked in a good old Cast-Iron Camp Oven, aka, a BIG Cast Iron pot with a lid, placed in a heap of red hot coals and left to simmer away for a few hours. Hmm, my mouth is watering at the memories of those great, tasty meals we used have as children when we went camping and fishing.

The worst thing you can do to castiron frying pan is soaking it in water.

Triphid comments on May 20, 2020:

And another very good hint I gained years ago from a qualified Butcher, NEVER leave your sharp knives to soak in hot water because, 1) the hot water weakens the tempered edge of both the blade and the metal as well, 2) chances are high that you WILL dip your hands in to water water while washing ...

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@UUNJ Can't/don't want to remember the number of times I copped a verbal 'kick in the backside' from the Butcher for putting his knives into hot water, but ever since then it has stuck in my mind like glue though.

Are people protecting the idea of religion or the power, privilege and social status that religion ...

BirdMan1 comments on May 19, 2020:

Religion acts like a tribal ID tag, provides comfort for people, "Relax, God is in control," although it is all fiction. Myths, like religious stories, and "Motherland" stories have enabled masses of people to organize and helped create the modern world, Yuval Noah Harari claims in his book ...

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Pedrohbds A persons Trust in Science is a lot different to the 'Faith' that Believers in Gods have and hold on to. Even though there are those who choose toequate Faith and Trust as being one and the same, they conveniently forget about those differences and nuances. Also, speaking for myself here as is truly all anyone can do, I TRUST in Science because Science, unlike religion, WILL admit when it has gotten something wrong or a theory needs to amended/emended. Whereas religions RQUIRE unshakable and unquestioning/unquestionable FAITH in them being 100% CORRECT all of the time.

Are people protecting the idea of religion or the power, privilege and social status that religion ...

Triphid comments on May 19, 2020:

Any religion is a source of immense power to those who purvey it, a representative of ANY religion can gain almost immediate access to the Political Leaders of a country or a Nation simply because they can claim to represent this God or that God, etc. A vast number of the Faithfools spread religion...

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Pedrohbds And the so-called 'power' those Leaders get is solely derived, imo, from the following they achieve.

Read this on another board and thought I'd offer it up for discussion here.

Coffeo comments on May 19, 2020:

What is there to distinguish the fetus that is 'you' from any other fetus?

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Rodatheist IF you father children with 2 or more different mothers each child will ONLY get a combination of your DNA and that of its 'birth' mother, NOT the same combination as each child born from different 'birth mother.'

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

MsDemeanour comments on May 20, 2020:

Did you offer to dispose of the beer yourself?

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

Not much of Beer drinker myself, much prefer either a GOOD Scotch or a Vodka any day to beer.

Read this on another board and thought I'd offer it up for discussion here.

Coffeo comments on May 19, 2020:

What is there to distinguish the fetus that is 'you' from any other fetus?

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Coffeo The DNA in any foetus is a combination of that derived from BOTH parents, i.e. part from the paternal side and part from the maternal side, except in the case of multiple births where the foeti have formed from the one single fertilized ovum and even then there a slight, but noticable 'nuances/differences detectable in the DNA's of each. Not quite such a surprise since everyone carries the DNA of their 'birth' parents, the 'birth' Grandparents and so on and so forth. Your DNA can be traced back as far as your ancestral line can be traced and probably even further than that as well.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Apunzelle comments on May 19, 2020:

Are you making this neighbor up? He can’t be real! 😂

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Bierbasstard Can't, only had the loan of it from Whizz kid as a trila run of it unfortunately.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Apunzelle comments on May 19, 2020:

Are you making this neighbor up? He can’t be real! 😂

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

@Bierbasstard Out here in the Aussie Outback we call 'Toohey's Draught Beer' " Love on a Raft" because it is 'fucking near water,' i.e, it is weak, watery and disgusting just like Fosters Beer is.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

bingst comments on May 19, 2020:

You really should start getting us some video of this crazy shit! Your crazy neighbors! lmao :D

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

Not really a 'neighbour' in the true sense of the word, thankfully.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

LucyLoohoo comments on May 20, 2020:

".........into his trailer." There's a key clue. Let me ask....does he have more than two teeth?

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

Yeah, he has quite a few but his dental hygeine leaves a lot to be desired, when he opens his mouth it looks like a row of tombstones covered in green moss, etc. Perhaps I should explain the Aussie terminolgy regarding 'trailers' versus the American term 'trailers, 1) a Trailer in Australia is any box-shaped, open topped single or double axled vehicle that can be towed behind a car, Ute or truck that is used to haul loads in, they can range from 6' x 4' up to the big ones towed behind Prime Movers, 2) What Americans call a Trailer, i.e. a Mobile home, we call Caravans.

Q. Why do Police Officers always travel in pairs?

Cyklone comments on May 20, 2020:

I thought it was because one can read and one can write. A mate actually said this once when a copper was reading out his number plate while the other wrote it down. They defected his car as well after that.

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

Seen that happen plenty of times as well. 2 years ago, during winter, a friend and I were coming back to town with a load of firewood, still traveling on a dirt road btw, when we saw a Highway Patrol car stooped in the middle of the track. Doing what all outback Aussies nearly always do, we stopped and asked if the driver needed help, the reply was a bit of shock to say the least, " Yes, I'm trying to read this GPS thing so I can find the main road to Wilcannia and start my patrols, can you help me please?" Where he was stopped was right under the HUGE sign that showed clearly "Wilcannia, 245 kilometres" with an arrow pointing in the direction and under it was a sign showing " Broken Hill, 35 kilometres" with an arrow pointing in the opposite direction, he was less than 20 metres away from the very obvious sealed Highway.

Q. Why do Police Officers always travel in pairs?

MsDemeanour comments on May 20, 2020:

This is a bit cryptic for me. Perhaps I'm trying to figure out how to fold a GPS.

Triphid replies on May 20, 2020:

LOL, I reckon reading a GPS might just be a wee too technical for some Cops imho.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on May 19, 2020:

I've heard of several people doing this, & I just cannot fathom how absolutely idiotic people are!!!!! https://youtu.be/wZEJ622XZsY

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

@Lilac-Jade Ahhh, thanks, good to know. Any chance we can import a few hundred Squirrels into Australia?

Did you hear the one about the Spinister Oyster who decided to check the Sand Bar?

LetzGetReal comments on May 19, 2020:

,YEP

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Go for it.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Apunzelle comments on May 19, 2020:

Are you making this neighbor up? He can’t be real! 😂

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Oh, trust me his REAL and thankfully he lives about 2 kilometres away from my house. Just a wee sinister thought, I wonder what would happen if the local Looney and my Evangelidiot neighbour got together.

The more I think about this, the more I like it.

brentan comments on May 19, 2020:

I think the first obligation of the universe is social welfare.

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Imo, the 'Universe,' i.e. the Cosmos, has no obligations, etc, to anything or anyone what-so-ever since it merely does as the Universe always has and will keeping on doing it whether we are here or not.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on May 19, 2020:

I've heard of several people doing this, & I just cannot fathom how absolutely idiotic people are!!!!! https://youtu.be/wZEJ622XZsY

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Oh shit, and here's me thinking we had the only one in the world...LOL.

Well, I suppose it HAD to happen some time.

Omnedon comments on May 19, 2020:

Truly? Wow...

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Yep, 100% truly, the very same 'Looney' that walks around town yelling at Lamp post, Garbage Bins, talks to himself loudly enough to disturb the Dead, refuses to walk any other way except clock-wise around the streets and tells everyone that pigeons are specially bred Communist Spies.

Read this on another board and thought I'd offer it up for discussion here.

Coffeo comments on May 19, 2020:

What is there to distinguish the fetus that is 'you' from any other fetus?

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Only your actual DNA I suppose.

G'day there fellow aussie sceptics, let's raise3 up a BIG Welcome for our new member 'pamela 35' who...

FrayedBear comments on May 19, 2020:

That's not Pamela Tony but @Palmela from Paris Kentucky. She's a new chum arrived via the Humanist site. G'day P.

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

@FrayedBear Well, IF you reckon you can do a better job then feel free to take over.

Did you hear the one about the Spinister Oyster who decided to check the Sand Bar?

FrayedBear comments on May 19, 2020:

Love your new word "Spinister". I'm sharing this post.

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

Sorry typo, meant to type Spinster, not Spinister.

G'day there fellow aussie sceptics, let's raise3 up a BIG Welcome for our new member 'pamela 35' who...

FrayedBear comments on May 19, 2020:

That's not Pamela Tony but @Palmela from Paris Kentucky. She's a new chum arrived via the Humanist site. G'day P.

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

@FrayedBear Fair enough, Welcome to @Pamela, hope you enjoy our company, get stuck in with the chin waggiing whenever you want to.

Is it just me or do other find it kind of strange/odd that we have heard very little from the ...

David1955 comments on May 18, 2020:

They are too busy being locked down with their boyfriends. I did read that it is causing havoc with their finances. They are down on their dough. Poor dears. They will have to tap into the billions they have locked away. Alternatively, Frank might bring back his Enforcer -- Cardinal George ...

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

@David1955 Yep, and just like all the others, he too has conveniently forgotten about the Commandment, " Thou shalt NOT bear false witness."

G'day there fellow aussie sceptics, let's raise3 up a BIG Welcome for our new member 'pamela 35' who...

FrayedBear comments on May 19, 2020:

That's not Pamela Tony but @Palmela from Paris Kentucky. She's a new chum arrived via the Humanist site. G'day P.

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

@Pamela or pamela, whatever she has joined us and is most welcome.

Guns - such an inflamatory subject for Americans and when I read the events that @literatehiker ...

Corvislover comments on May 18, 2020:

As an vegetarian American with a gun I understand the perception of other countries of our liberal gun laws. Although I personally have never killed anything with my guns I value the security it gives me as I live alone. So that makes me pro choice and pro gun?

Triphid replies on May 19, 2020:

@Paul4747 As the old adage has always gone, "It is NOT guns that kill, it is the person using the gun that does the killing." Me, for safety at home, there's nothing better than a good solid pick-handle, silent, less messy and makes its point very clearly. Plus, as an Police Officer once told me, IF you wallop an intruder with a pick-handle no-one, absolutely no-one can dispute that the intruder surprised you while you were making it ready to fit on to a new pick-head.

Guns - such an inflamatory subject for Americans and when I read the events that @literatehiker ...

Corvislover comments on May 18, 2020:

As an vegetarian American with a gun I understand the perception of other countries of our liberal gun laws. Although I personally have never killed anything with my guns I value the security it gives me as I live alone. So that makes me pro choice and pro gun?

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@Paul4747 What, only 11 minutes? Geez Louise, we often have a lapse of anything up to 30 minutes to an hour or more around here, from report something to local 'bobbies' and them actually turning up you're lucky. But at least and very thankfully WE don't have gun-toting idiots shooting up schools full of students, etc, etc.

The new dog! She reminds me of Anubis, the Egyptian god.....those ears!

KKGator comments on May 18, 2020:

She's precious! I've been thinking about getting another, myself.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@KKGator Kind of just like Charlie, I reckon he had a clock built in, would always be at the door precisely at 5pm every day ( Meal time), by no later than 8.30am waiting for his 'breakfast of 2 slices of toast with butter, promite and a slice of cheese to be followed up with either his black tea with 1 sugar or his white coffee with 1 sugar. I trained him to sit patiently at his bowl and wait to be told he could eat his evening meal, we got him, rescued more likely, when he about 5 months old, had been chained to a fence continuously, never house-trained but as son we got him home he immediately settled on ONLY using one specific corner of the backyard to do his 'business' in, when in the house, most of the time every day, he'd give me a nudge to inform me he needed to go do his business, then he'd do his regular 'dog patrol' of the yard and scrap on the door to be let back in. In summer he'd give an odd look if he found that the Air Cooler wasn't switched and in winter he'd standing in front of wood fire and pretend to shiver if it wasn't already burning. Once I discovered that he had devoured a whole crop of Garlic that I was growing and could not understand why I refused to allow him inside the house for 3 days afterwards.

Guns - such an inflamatory subject for Americans and when I read the events that @literatehiker ...

PondartIncbendog comments on May 18, 2020:

Ever since I was thirty, when I bought a 22, two magazines and wrote a check for it, I thought it was stupid. So, we can still buy a AR, some magazines, and ammo and walk out of the store the same day. Only trained people should be able to purchase such weapons. All service members remember the ...

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Blimey, I have NEVER forgotten even a single word that my father drilled into me when he was teaching me about guns, how to handle one, how to carry one, etc, etc. We ONLY ever used a rifle to hunt for fresh meat/food when on our bush-trips, me with his .22 bolt action rifle, him with his trusty .33 Enfield rifle, always with an empty breach chamber while walking and the rifles carried pointing down at the ground, six shot only magazines and always staying in line with each other and about 20 feet apart.

Guns - such an inflamatory subject for Americans and when I read the events that @literatehiker ...

Corvislover comments on May 18, 2020:

As an vegetarian American with a gun I understand the perception of other countries of our liberal gun laws. Although I personally have never killed anything with my guns I value the security it gives me as I live alone. So that makes me pro choice and pro gun?

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

To my way of thinking, IF one lives always in such a fear that one needs a gun to feel safe then there MUST be something desperately wrong with both the country and its laws.

The new dog! She reminds me of Anubis, the Egyptian god.....those ears!

KKGator comments on May 18, 2020:

She's precious! I've been thinking about getting another, myself.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Yep, me too it's been many years since my best mate, Charlie the Blue Heeler, died and I miss his company every single day, especially his very regular reminders that he thinks its time for 'smoko' when I'm working outside but ONLY because HE always expected to get his own bowl of coffee or tea and a share of any biscuits on offer as well....LOL. Haven't got another dog though because, in my mind, NO other dog could ever fill his paw prints unfortunately. Especially considering his attitude of " I'll tolerate having a bath BUT ONLY if I get towel dried and brushed all over AFTER it."

I wonder how many churches will close for good due to covid-19.

RussRAB comments on May 17, 2020:

There may be fewer than we might think since they are eligible for government stimulus loans. https://www.guidestone.org/NewsRoom/NewsReleases/2020/2020_03_27-COVID-Pandemic-Phase-III-Stimulus-Package

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Where the fuck can any government get off with giving Tax-Payers money to Churches, etc, that rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars and even MILLIONS of dollars year after year but NEVER pay taxes? It IS a well known and documented fact that the Catholic Church IS the Wealthiest Organization in the whole world with only the LDS Church running a very close second and Organised Crime coming very very close behind.

I wonder how many churches will close for good due to covid-19.

linxminx comments on May 17, 2020:

I listen to the Vox Recode podcasts. One titled Pivot with Kara Swisher and Steve Galloway will make predictions post-pandemic. Galloway predicts that businesses that were barely making it before Covid-19 will close for good. That includes churches, which have to run like a business if they are ...

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Yep, and we here in Australia just had some Evangelidiot running rampant through Aboriginal Communities making them destroy literally everything associated with their ancient cultural ways and ALL in the name of their mythical Jesus and their Invisible, Imaginary God.

Is it just me or do other find it kind of strange/odd that we have heard very little from the ...

David1955 comments on May 18, 2020:

They are too busy being locked down with their boyfriends. I did read that it is causing havoc with their finances. They are down on their dough. Poor dears. They will have to tap into the billions they have locked away. Alternatively, Frank might bring back his Enforcer -- Cardinal George ...

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

And, in my opinion, a Master at tell lies, covering up the wrong-doings of fellow Predatory 'Paedo-Priests, etc, etc.

Is it just me or do other find it kind of strange/odd that we have heard very little from the ...

CarolinaGirl60 comments on May 17, 2020:

Well, not so surprising, since Italy was hard hit by covid19 with a much stricter lockdown than many other countries.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

That may be so, but isn't the Vatican a 'city' under its own rights and rules separate to the rest of Italy?

Is this all there is?

LisaBostlund comments on May 2, 2020:

Well yes I have noticed that hardly anyone talks here.. and no one seems interested in meeting anyone..

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@LisaBostlund That's sad, maybe you should try a few of us Aussie blokes instead when the Covid thing is over, most Aussies around our age group are pretty laid-back types it kind of goes with the territory.

I wonder how many churches will close for good due to covid-19.

linxminx comments on May 17, 2020:

I listen to the Vox Recode podcasts. One titled Pivot with Kara Swisher and Steve Galloway will make predictions post-pandemic. Galloway predicts that businesses that were barely making it before Covid-19 will close for good. That includes churches, which have to run like a business if they are ...

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Christianity ALWAYS built churches anywhere there were old Pagan sites of worship etc, etc, and mostly, according to old records kept by the Christian Churches it was done solely to eradicate any traces of non-Christian activities mainly.

Australian Rights Safeguarded or Abrogated?

Triphid comments on May 18, 2020:

Petition signed and sent.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@FrayedBear Trust me when I tell A.S.I.O. are as much use as is a teapot made from chocolate. They'd be hard pressed to find a dog turd in an R.S.P.C.A. Dog Pound, the organisation known as A.S.I.S. and the Signal Corps are the REAL brains behind the ASIO facade.

Australian Rights Safeguarded or Abrogated?

Triphid comments on May 18, 2020:

Petition signed and sent.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

@FrayedBear Been there done that. Was 'investigated' when I was 16 for receiving magazines, etc, from the U.S.S.R, and lots of other countries all over the world because my hobby at the time was Short-wave Radio Listening and submitting Signal Strength reports back to them, it was called QSLing. Was followed everywhere for over a fortnight by a very 'inconspicious' (LOL) Black car with 2 men dressed in suits and ties until my Dad went out to their car one afternoon and ask.ed them if they'd like their cups of tea black or white and with sugar or without. I don't think I'd ever seen anyone slink away like those two did after that.

So I've recently been looking at the Bible again, and I found a lot of things that contradict, and a...

Sofabeast comments on Oct 17, 2019:

To play 'gods' advocate. My client states that the laws of physics are his laws, and obey him, not the other way around. He should like remind the court that if wants a tree, he will have a tree of whatever type and purpose and will place it where he desires. The bible was written by people, and ...

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Very well done and written, I applaud your efforts.

So I've recently been looking at the Bible again, and I found a lot of things that contradict, and a...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 17, 2019:

Rest assured that the bible was written by people. So were all of the other so called "holy books."

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

After it was proclaimed as a recognised religion in the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine, he then called for and assembled the first Council of Nicaea to decide and determine exactly what WAS to Written in the bible including both the Old and the New Testaments plus should contain copious references, etc, to a Divine Messenger/Saviour based upon a melding of Hermes, Mercury and Horus, hence they CREATED the Jesus myth.

So I've recently been looking at the Bible again, and I found a lot of things that contradict, and a...

Heraclitus comments on Oct 18, 2019:

The Bible, which is a collection of different books written at different times by different people, is full of contractions. https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/biblical-contradictions/

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Read the article but it was a bit short on the sum total of bible contradictions. My last intense count came out 3,000+ contradictions, not to mention ALL the errors inlude Chronological, Geographical, Geoloical ,etc, etc.

Is it just me or do other find it kind of strange/odd that we have heard very little from the ...

Doubting comments on May 18, 2020:

I've noticed the same thing. I'm personally glad for the silence. His comments are nearly always unhelpful.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Yep, about as useful as a One-legged man in an Arse-kicking contest.

Is it just me or do other find it kind of strange/odd that we have heard very little from the ...

Fernapple comments on May 18, 2020:

Maybe he is not well. Or they are waiting to see what happens in the long term, so that they can seem wise after the event.

Triphid replies on May 18, 2020:

Yeah, probably waiting until it is all over and then they come out and loudly Proclaim that they prayed the whole thing away.

How should Australia run from now on? Has globalisation & so called free trade gone too far?

Triphid comments on May 17, 2020:

Hear, Hear, Jacqui, I'm with you all the way

Triphid replies on May 17, 2020:

@FrayedBear An amnesia of convenience more likely in my opinion.

I wonder how many churches will close for good due to covid-19.

JackPedigo comments on May 17, 2020:

Maybe without their weekly drug dose they will start to see some reason and join the club of the sane.

Triphid replies on May 17, 2020:

We can only Hope and Hope always springs eternal.

How should Australia run from now on? Has globalisation & so called free trade gone too far?

Triphid comments on May 17, 2020:

Hear, Hear, Jacqui, I'm with you all the way

Triphid replies on May 17, 2020:

@FrayedBear WE are the people of Australia, we ARE those who richly deserve to have the FINAL say in how OUR country is run are we not? Politicians and Governments ARE supposed to be there to SERVE and Follow the WILL of the Peoples,NOT have the People serve their will.

How should Australia run from now on? Has globalisation & so called free trade gone too far?

Triphid comments on May 17, 2020:

Hear, Hear, Jacqui, I'm with you all the way

Triphid replies on May 17, 2020:

@FrayedBear Weel, here in Broken Hill we do have one very progressive Cab Company and I am a regular user of it. The owner has introduced, some time ago btw, the FIRST hybrid Taxi, i.e. Electric and Petrol driven, it is almost always run on Electric power and the petrol engine IS only used when the batteries get low and then only long enough for them to re-charge. It IS exactly the same size as any Family Sedan, Australian made, extremely comfortable, silent and does not lack the 'pick-up' acceleration found in only petrol cars. AS Jacqui Lambie said, We need to think Australian, be Australian, be self-reliant Australians and look to Australia First and foremost and I agre with her ideas 110%. The time to initiate the very NECESSARY changes is HERE and NOW, no more dithering, pondering and farting around, Change NOW and Change for the betterment of Australia and ALL Australian Peoples.

Believers advise me that if I require evidence for God, I must first trust in God by accepting his ...

Triphid comments on May 13, 2020:

Hey, I HAVE an actual NAIL from the Ark Noah built. With it, and it alone, I can now prove conclusively that the Ark came to rest where my house now stands because I found it while turning the soil for my gardens. IS that enough Evidence to prove God exists?

Triphid replies on May 17, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Very much like the one I have here. Though I think any watercraft needing such nails would a bit of an oddity around here since I live about 100+ kms from the nearest, large source of fresh water and over 500kms from the body of sea water.

My Grandma is Racist. She Hates Exactly Half of Me- the Latina Half.

Triphid comments on May 16, 2020:

Nothing wrong with Claire as far as I can see, I'd give her a 10 out of 10 on all counts and hey, whippets are great dogs, fit, healthy, loyal and very easy going as well.

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

@p-nullifidian Arab Gazelle Hound, aka, Saluki. Once either those or Whippets shift into 'High gear, there is very little any other breed can do to keep up with them. Russian Wolfhounds, aka, Borzois, another breed of the Sight-Hound group that I also once owned are just a fast as their Arab cousins also. The word 'Borzoi' translated into English simply mean " Swift of Foot," which kind of says it all. I used to 'train' both breeds by getting them to run along as I drove a car at between 40 and 60 kilometres per hour are around a 3 kilometre dirt circuit track. Both the Saluki and the Borzoi had no trouble staying level with the car at speeds of 40 -48 kilometres per hour for between 3 and 5 complete circuits but increase the speed above the 50 kph level and they'd drop behind but still keep at relatively same distance from the rear of the car.

Facinating information .

HippieChick58 comments on May 16, 2020:

Wow, the American medical system is just alll fucked up.

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

Imo, I'd doubt there aren't all that many things in the U.S. that aren't 'fucked up' these days.

My Grandma is Racist. She Hates Exactly Half of Me- the Latina Half.

Triphid comments on May 16, 2020:

Nothing wrong with Claire as far as I can see, I'd give her a 10 out of 10 on all counts and hey, whippets are great dogs, fit, healthy, loyal and very easy going as well.

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

@p-nullifidian Oh yeah they are very, very fast, but not quite as fast as the Arab Gazelle Hounds that I also had along with the Whippet I owned. My Arab Gazelle Hound, Shah, was once clocked, officially, at doing a steady speed of 42.35 kilometres per hour around the local Greyhound Racing Track, he could also, and regularly, run down a full grown adult Kangaroo, catch it and kill by merely snapping its neck in mid-run often over distances in excess of 2 kilometres.

Religion isn't the bane of humanity.

Allamanda comments on May 13, 2020:

we could as well argue, and some do, that absent the problem of terrible gut-flora causing mental anguish, we'd all be happy and peaceful like the San and Khoi...

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Sadly the 'old style methods of Shearing' have gone by the wayside and now they used mechanical shears. I once had the great opportunity to watch as an Old Style Shearer did 'battle' against a 'modern Shearer' the Old Styler' actually won hands down with a far greater tally of sheep shorn, less wastage of fleece and no cuts/nicks to the sheep in comparison to the the Shearer using the mechanical devices. Somewhere amongst my rather odd collection of bits and pieces I still havve the hand shears that the Old Timer gave after the 'battle.'

Believers advise me that if I require evidence for God, I must first trust in God by accepting his ...

Triphid comments on May 13, 2020:

Hey, I HAVE an actual NAIL from the Ark Noah built. With it, and it alone, I can now prove conclusively that the Ark came to rest where my house now stands because I found it while turning the soil for my gardens. IS that enough Evidence to prove God exists?

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles Actually I gave in to temptation and cleaned it as best I could, now it shows it is 100% copper.

Australian misgovernment

David1955 comments on May 16, 2020:

Don't worry, the gallant ALP will be there to hold them to account! (It is April 1st, isn't it?) :-)

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

@David1955 The 'Seppo' system, imo, is little more than sick joke but I firmly believe Australia needs to shed ALL semblances of 'Mother (????) England', become a True Republic with its own system of Government, Elections, rid itself copletely of the Bi-partisan ideology of having ONLY 2 major Political Parties that can barter votes between them and, especially, rid itself of ANY and ALL political parties forming coallitions as per the Liberal-National Coallition ever occurring again. I.e. ANY Political Party seeking election MUST stand by itself, on its own platform and on its own merits alone. A few of my ideas are, A) NO candidate over the Age of 60 years can run for Election, B) NO Party can hold Government for longer than 2 consecitive Terms, C) NO Lobbying of Government/Politicians by Big Businesses/Corpoations, etc, INCLUDING ALL Religions/Religious Groups is permitted, D) ONLY Community Service based Groups/Organisations, etc, are permitted to lobby Governments, etc, E) ALL retiring Politicians ARE only entitled to claim the STANDARD rate of the Pension as per paid to every other citizen, F) ALL politicians, State, Federal or Local are to paid on a sliding scale of Income based solely upon their Individual Productivity for the WHOLE Populace, NOT just their Electorate, i.e. they ALL start out on a BASE Rate Income and either it increases with proven productivity or remains as a Base Income, G) Australians as a WHOLE elect the Leader of the Country NO matter which Party gains Government, H) ALL Candidates MUST show Australian Citizenship only, must relinquish any and ALL ties/interests, etc, to or with Business concerns and incomes from such BEFORE, during and AFTER becomng elected and during their entire Tenure in Office, Those are the basic ideas I have for a better system of Government, please feel free to add/subtract any you wish.

Australian misgovernment

David1955 comments on May 16, 2020:

Don't worry, the gallant ALP will be there to hold them to account! (It is April 1st, isn't it?) :-)

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

In my honest opinion we need to tear down the Westminster system of Government that was FORCED upon us, rip it to shred and then throw it in the nearest garbage bin, then start anew from scratch.

here's a tale of an enterprising Indiana boy, or bowel movement type .

Triphid comments on May 14, 2020:

Would like to read about your posting BUT all I got was " Forbidden, you have no permission to view this article."

Triphid replies on May 16, 2020:

@Philip21 Hey, ever since I was a baby my Dad used call me his "Little 3 a day Fella," I asked him why when I was about 10 years old why he called me that all the time and his reply was, " M8, you can set your watch by your bum, you'd always drop one withi half an hour of waking up in the morning, another around 4-4.30 in the afternoon and your last just before you'd go to bed and it's stayed that right to even now, 3 shits a day as regular as clockwork."

When did you join and why do you stay?

Triphid comments on May 15, 2020:

I think I joined back in either 2017 or 2018 and have stayed ever since. Yep, there can often be some people here who tend to be 'problematic' so to speak,there are also 'Trolls' who pop up from time to time as well but on the whole this is a truly GREAT Site and, imo, far far better than sites ...

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@paul1967 Fair enough, thanks for that bit of info.

When did you join and why do you stay?

Ms_McSteven comments on May 15, 2020:

Dec. 2018. I think I stay just because I like to talk, and I'm alone quite often. In person, it's usually about work or TV. On Facebook, it's almost always politics and current events. Here, it started with religion, but I quickly got bored with that topic. I tried to discuss ...

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@paul1967 Hey, friend, we are mostly all friends here any way, so count me in amongst you friends as well if you like.

Believers advise me that if I require evidence for God, I must first trust in God by accepting his ...

Triphid comments on May 13, 2020:

Hey, I HAVE an actual NAIL from the Ark Noah built. With it, and it alone, I can now prove conclusively that the Ark came to rest where my house now stands because I found it while turning the soil for my gardens. IS that enough Evidence to prove God exists?

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@girlwithsmiles There you are, it is definitely copper because I've scraped off the years of dirt and the patina that was on it and it is copper in colour, tested it with a number of magnets, the shank of the nail is square, the tip is tapered similat to an Egyptian style Obelisk and it has a round, flat head that is broader than the body of the nail. Given that we know pretty much when the Iron Age began and that Noah built his Ark long before humans started smelting iron then it is only reasonable that he would have used copper nails to fasten the timbers of the Ark, hence IT must have come from Noah's Tool KIt....LOL. ( Religious Sarcasm intended here)

here's a tale of an enterprising Indiana boy, or bowel movement type .

Triphid comments on May 14, 2020:

Would like to read about your posting BUT all I got was " Forbidden, you have no permission to view this article."

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@Philip21 Oh yeah, the 'Old Snake-oil Salesmen,' sell you anything and tell you it is good for you. Geez, my 'mother' would have fitted in nicely with them, EVERY friday evening, without fail, out came the spoon, the bottles of Castor Oil, Cascara and Oil of Figs, a spoonful of each of them and you'd be linging up at the toilet within a couple of hours and making repeat trips for the next 24 hours " BUT it is good for you" is what she say every time though.

If you have ever seen a tarantula wasp you know they could handle a murder hornet.

Triphid comments on May 14, 2020:

Anything that kills or eats spiders is a friend of mine.

Triphid replies on May 15, 2020:

@motrubl4u Indeed a 100% FACT.