Purpose of this Board

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:45 pm

OnTheMoor wrote:
Blackwood wrote:
You try to get some sleep too, Jack & Blackwood
you're not implying that Jack and I are a couple?
Seems like Amar and Denny were the ones who went to bed together... just an observation.

certainly gets confusing, doesn't it!

Seattle, Switzerland...yeah, I like it.

jGilder · Post by **jGilder** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:48 pm

Bloomfield wrote:Blackwood: you were fast with the "quote" button, there. I deleted the bulk of my post right after I posted it. Not because I disagree with myself (that does happen occasionally), but because I am trying to give it a rest already.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:57 pm

jGilder wrote:I didn't mean to imply that you ever called me a troll or said you hate my topics either...

I surely didn't think you were implying anything unpleasant about me. I know people are feeling very sensitive right now so it is better to be safe than sorry---thank you for checking.

I like your floating yogi very much---your serenity is quite convincing

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I cannot float unfortunately, but I will try to be this serene cat:

Along with the cat picture I found this passage, which seems rather nice and floaty and appropriate for tired minds:
"This morning I discovered a passage from Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Ayya Khema, a Theravadan nun. Here it is:
""The greatest support we can have is mindfulness, which means being totally present in each moment. If the mind remains centered, it cannot make up stories about the injustice of the world or one's friends, or about one's desires or sorrows. All these stories could fill many volumes, but when we are mindful such verbalizations stop. Being mindful means being fully absorbed in the moment, leaving no room for anything else. We are filled with the momentary happening, whatever it is--standing or sitting or lying down, feeling pleasure or pain--and we maintain a nonjudgmental awareness, a "just knowing.""http://meditationmatters.blogspot.com/

jGilder · Post by **jGilder** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:08 pm

Cynth wrote:I cannot float unfortunately, but I will try to be this serene cat:

A serene cat? It looks more like a ceramic cat.

Post by **Dale** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:09 pm

jsluder wrote:
DaleWisely wrote:seven.
Fourteen. (After playing for about two minutes.)

This falsehood is as foul and noxious as the sputum of a camel!

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:10 pm

izzy wrote:Hey Steve, did you notice the fan that likes to blow the darn wad of paper off course? I'm only asking because I couldn't get any either until I noticed it there

This sure made a difference for me

. I was looking for it and I still had trouble finding it. And then those numbers on the wastebasket! But I finally got up to 6. I can live with that.

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:31 pm

Cynth wrote:
Along with the cat picture I found this passage, which seems rather nice and floaty and appropriate for tired minds:
"This morning I discovered a passage from Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Ayya Khema, a Theravadan nun. Here it is:
""The greatest support we can have is mindfulness, which means being totally present in each moment. If the mind remains centered, it cannot make up stories about the injustice of the world or one's friends, or about one's desires or sorrows. All these stories could fill many volumes, but when we are mindful such verbalizations stop. Being mindful means being fully absorbed in the moment, leaving no room for anything else. We are filled with the momentary happening, whatever it is--standing or sitting or lying down, feeling pleasure or pain--and we maintain a nonjudgmental awareness, a "just knowing.""http://meditationmatters.blogspot.com/

Beautiful, Cynth... just beautiful.

/takes a deep breath, and sits in the moment

Thank you-- I truly needed that reminder, not for anything here per se, but just because!!

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:42 pm

I'm not usually one to respond to things like that, but it just sort of hit the spot. Glad it hit your spot too.

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:15 pm

Will O'B wrote:So, in the spirit of friendship, I call upon all Chiffsters within the sound of my voice to raise your glass high and join me in a toast to that which brought us together on this board:

------------- TO THE MUSIC------------

Saol fada chugat !!!

Will O'Ban

Or . . . I guess we could all quietly sit here . . . and possibly play a game . . . or read . . . or . . . something. Ok . . . yeah . . . that's the ticket . . . I suppose that could work. . . Let's see . . . my best score was 2

. -- I think maybe I could use that drink now. -- Could you pass a couple of those pints my way, Blackwood, ol' buddy. I'll gladly repay you on Tuesday.

Thank God my bed is in the next room so that I don't have far to drive.

Will O'Ban

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:27 pm

SteveShaw wrote:
DaleWisely wrote:
Bloomfield wrote: I got 11 once.
I got 4. I am ashamed.

Edit: 5 now.
You're all fibbing. I tried for twenty minutes and couldn't get more than two. What's going on here?

Steve

Obviously you guys never put much efort into figuring trajectory with wind velocity... but then... I've only gotten to 7 ..

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:28 pm

jGilder wrote:

Hey!!! It's C&F's very own Cowtime. I think I caught your act at Sea World. You're really very good with that thing that you do. By the way, Cowtime, what is that thing that you do?

Will O'Ban

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:37 pm

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:05 am

What Dale said!

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:58 am

DaleWisely wrote:
jsluder wrote:
DaleWisely wrote:seven.
Fourteen. (After playing for about two minutes.)
This falsehood is as foul and noxious as the sputum of a camel!

Hey, I'm an engineer. I did the math.

I probably could've eventually gotten a higher score, but I got bored with it. Wanderer seems to have it "owned", though, with a score of 24.

Post by **Dale** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:58 am