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Keep it going for you guys. Let's keep the politics limited this time.

A young woman visits her parents and brings her fiancée to meet them. After an elaborate dinner, the mother tells her husband to find out about the young man.

The father invites the fiancée to his library for a drink. "So what are your plans?" the father asks the young man.

"I am a Torah scholar," he says. "A Torah scholar? Hmmm," the father says.

"Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in, as she is accustomed to?"

"I will study," the young man said, "and God will provide for us."

"And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as she deserves?" asks the father.

"I will concentrate on my studies," the young man replies. "God will provide for us."

"And children?" asks the father. "How will you support children?"

"Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replies the fiancée.

The conversation continues like this, and each time the father questions, the young idealist insist that God will provide.

Later, the mother asks: "How did it go, Honey?"

The father answers: "He has no job and no plans, but the good news is he thinks I'm God."
 
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... Once done I will be able to store 24 1 gal paint size cans, and 28 1 qt size cans. Should be enough, can always swap out as needed. I realize the extra capacity for 1 gal seems excessive….
- woodbutcherbynight

You ll be in the ******************** if Joe decides Yankeeland should go metric… you ll have to rebuild to accomodate Litres….
though the thought of a few bare gals in the workshop sound appealing to this metricated old codger.

- LittleBlackDuck
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i wouldn't worry about that,they told us when i was in school 50 years ago we need to learn metric because thats where we were going.im still waiting?
 
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#4,229 · (Edited by Moderator)
i wouldn t worry about that,they told us when i was in school 50 years ago we need to learn metric because thats where we were going.im still waiting?
- pottz
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We went metric in 1971… should be happening for you this year (50 years according to my cordless adding machine)... and you thought C19 caused chaos in 2020…
 
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... ive got stuff in the works…
- pottz

WOT?! Don t tell me another pottzy jnr.?

- LittleBlackDuck

bite your beak ducks!!!!!

- pottz

Don t tell me your not trying or at least going through the "motion"... I am… according to the missus, very trying!

- LittleBlackDuck
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as yoda said,do or do not,there is no try!
 
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Knock the waste loose with a chisel….then…run a router around to clean things up

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A cordless one, of course….

- bandit571
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cordless? Where is the battery?

Teriyaki chicken, rice, and salad out here tonight ;-)
 

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This talk of deaths reminds me of mom's tough winter. Her youngest brother with cancer committed suicide about the 1st of December. 2 weeks later her next-door neighbor closed the garage door and started the car. Totally surprised everyone. His wife had no idea he was depressed or suicidal. A month later a grandson died of a seizure. He started to text his mom, but never finished it. If her phone would have rung she would have checked on him, they were chronic. He donated organs and now several years later his sister has a new heart.

Having Alzheimer's and being 94, she doesn't know she is the only one of her generation on either side of the family left now.
 
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#4,240 · (Edited by Moderator)
Morning Gents.

Geez, Topa, that is a terrible story, but "Mom´s Tough Winter," is an excellent title for a book.

LBD made a post above wherein he used the words Monk and Monkey in the same sentence, and I immediately thought, oh goody, now I have something to do while drinking morning coffee - instead of reading the News. I wondered, how can the words "Monk" and Monkey" be related?

But first, a comment about LBD. I find it very curious and interesting that LBD makes puzzles, and also, his fashion of writing is often like a puzzle that needs to be deciphered.

So, is there a direct correlation of these two words, Monk and Monkey?

Short answer is No. The root word is MON, or MONA, and that is a huge rabbit hole that will be fun to explore, for me, as in - Money = Moon.

The word MONK originates from Ancient Greek word MONOS, which means Single.

Some possible words of origin for Monkey may be:
Old French - Monequin, as in Mannequin, or fake person.
Old Spanish - Mamona, an interesting correlation with Mammon of Bible lore.
Arabic - Maimun - their word for Baboon today, and meaning auspicious, which is peculiar because Arabs of old considered it an unlucky event to see a monkey.

But consesus agrees that the origin for the word Monkey in English is from a Dutch fable, Middle Low German - the name of a character - Moneke.
Moneke was a shortening of Simoneke, a form of Simon, which was a pun on the Latin noun Simia - meaning ape or monkey.

Simias is Ancient Greek nickname for a snub-nosed man. Likely, the term applied first to an ape or monkey, and was later used derogatorily to describe men.

At any rate, both words derive from Ancient Greek.

I know most of you probably wont find all this much interesting, at the least, it is something to read which you didnt know before.

Now I have to cut firewood, and aim to keep all my bits connected to all the other bits, as it can be problematic to have missing bits.

Have a great day.
 
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Thank brothers, for prayers and vibes…good stuff

My dad is being taken off the ventilator. My mom called at 6:17. My dad did visit me in a dream this morning clock said 2:18. He kissed me and we hugged.

Will look for a flight up to NJ on Monday.

This forum is a pretty good distraction for me. Keep things exactly the same here guys.

On a lighter note we won our flight low net. I also won two raffle prizes (again)

I will spend the day here as normal as possible.
 
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Yes, it is that time in America- the Super Bowl LV…

I'll be out at the fire pit should anyone want to join us for our first Super Bowl tailgate party- bring some food and share- I'll be bringing some of my best- "Walking Tacos"

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Pottz- there was a rumor last year that you and Corelz were running an off-site betting operation, but the phone number that I have says that it has been disconnected…
 

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Do yo wear Green, or Orange..for St Paddy s Day?

- bandit571
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Most def Green! in spirit! Family roots is Orange.

I almost always wear white, with a splash of camo.

Some poorly-thought-out EU policy going on in Northern Ireland right now.

I just made an apple pie with vanilla creme, so I bring that to the party. Cookies are nice and all, but PIE is mo mo betta betta.
 
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Yes, it is that time in America- the Super Bowl LV…

I ll be out at the fire pit should anyone want to join us for our first Super Bowl tailgate party- bring some food and share- I ll be bringing some of my best- "Walking Tacos"

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Pottz- there was a rumor last year that you and Corelz were running an off-site betting operation, but the phone number that I have says that it has been disconnected…

- Desert_Woodworker
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no idea what your talking about dw,we had foundation that raised money for orphans,maybe thats what your talking about.corelz bar & grill is totally law abiding!
 

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#4,247 ·
Morning Gents.

Geez, Topa, that is a terrible story, but "Mom´s Tough Winter," is an excellent title for a book.

LBD made a post above wherein he used the words Monk and Monkey in the same sentence, and I immediately thought, oh goody, now I have something to do while drinking morning coffee - instead of reading the News. I wondered, how can the words "Monk" and Monkey" be related?

- wildwoodbybrianjohns
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Fortunately, things weren't bad enough to fill a book!

Not sure how this fits in but psychological research shows monkeys have higher cognitive versatility.
 
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Big pot of shrimp gumbo simmering on the stove enough for all. Shrimp fresh off Capt. Prosser's boat. A good German beer, say Flensburger Pilsner or a Franzishauer Weissbier. Both go good with gumbo. Heck might even watch the game. Then again may just sit on the patio by the firepit and watch Grandfather Sun set.
 
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Ron sounds good to me… I haven't watched a complete game in years but I'll check-in once and a while heck I have seen or been alive since the super bowl started- and yes I still admire Coach Vince Lombardi and was stunned when Joe Namath upset the Baltimore Colts in 1969- Namath also starts a trend by wearing White shoes instead of the traditional black…

Is this the site where you get the shrimp, for it looks good to me…

https://www.yelp.com/biz/prossers-seafood-brooklet
 
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