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  • iOS 16

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    George KG
    Nice to (finally) have some widgets on the lock screen. OK, Apple, now let me have more than two.
  • Health Update

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    Doctor PhibesD
    Really glad to hear the majority of your health problems are behind you, Cats - I hope everything continues to be good. Rainman - sincere best wishes to you. I'm hoping you can make it back here from time to discuss Mr. Farage, if nothing else.
  • 200 years ago

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    George KG
    That's cool. "The sun gave birth to him." Years ago, I listened to a course on the Old Testament. The lecturer commented that "Moses" has the same root as Ramses. Also, according to the lecturer, it has relevance to being "out of the water" which fits with the birth story of Moses. Not sure if that's true, but I found it interesting nevertheless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses An Egyptian root msy ('child of') has been considered as a possible etymology, arguably an abbreviation of a theophoric name, as for example in Egyptian names like Thutmoses ('child of Thoth') and Ramesses ('child of Ra'), with the god's name omitted. Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines "water" or "seed" and "pond, expanse of water," thus yielding the sense of "child of the Nile" (mw-š). However, Kenneth Kitchen argued that an Egyptian origin for the name was unlikely, as the sounds in the Hebrew m-š-h do not correspond to the pronunciation of Egyptian msy in the relevant time period.[26] The biblical account of Moses' birth provides him with a folk etymology to explain the ostensible meaning of his name. He is said to have received it from the Pharaoh's daughter: "he became her son. She named him Moses [מֹשֶׁה, Mōše], saying, 'I drew him out [מְשִׁיתִֽהוּ, mǝšīṯīhū] of the water'."[28][29] This explanation links it to the Semitic root משׁה, m-š-h, meaning "to draw out". The eleventh-century Tosafist Isaac b. Asher haLevi noted that the princess names him the active participle 'drawer-out' (מֹשֶׁה, mōše), not the passive participle 'drawn-out' (נִמְשֶׁה, nīmše), in effect prophesying that Moses would draw others out (of Egypt); this has been accepted by some scholars.[
  • The Emmys

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    kluursK
    We record everything that has commercials - never watch live - even the news. We watch after a 12 minute delay to ensure we can zoom through the commercials. I'd say Ghosts is a decent show. It's not a "must see" - but worth watching.
  • Not bad for a guy with second-hand lungs

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    brendaB
    Holy cow, Jon! You are amazing ️
  • 10,000 guests drive-thru wedding under COVID-19 restrictions

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    taiwan_girlT
    And the authorities could not figure out why they could only find $1000 from all the money he took.
  • RIP Ken Starr

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    MikM
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  • A comment on Critical race

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    MikM
    He's so oppressed that he doesn't even know that he's oppressed.
  • External Storage?

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    RainmanR
    Ax, your knowledge about this kind of stuff is impressive.
  • In Oz

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    Aqua LetiferA
    @Mik said in In Oz: Probably like California. Lots of outdoor school facilities. Southern California + Georgian architecture + 1985 = Australia.
  • "My precious chatty bird."

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    taiwan_girlT
    Sounded like the robot from star wars in the middle of the clip. LOL
  • MAPs

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  • Life is made up of...

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    JollyJ
    Blame goes both ways. Many young people today want the experience to come to them, rather than being a part of the experience. They wish to hear 7/11 songs, comfortably ensconced in a darkened theater-like atmosphere and enjoy the light show. While you're absolutely right churches and leaders must change with the times, they should only change so much. Now, sit down, because I don't want you falling and hurting yourself...I was at mass last week. It was grandparent's day at my granddaughter's parochial school. Standing room only. Now, I've been there before and it wasn't that full, but the church there does a pretty nice job of mixing things up so all ages feel comfortable. Middle-class church, with a priest old enough to have a little wisdom, but young enough to do a good job working his church field, which is mostly white and blue collar middle class folks. Thought his sermon the other day was pretty good, all things considered. But...Catholics still can't sing.
  • Brave New World

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  • So, you want to build a Greek temple?

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    CopperC
    Yes, the technology was so much more advanced back then. Then they switched to green energy.
  • LOST

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    MikM
    A lot of live storytelling is being preserved. My FIL's experiences in the Korean War, along with many, many of his fellow veterans, are preserved in the Library of Congress Veterans' History Project. https://www.loc.gov/vets/
  • RIP Ramsey Lewis

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  • Bralettes

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    89th8
    To be fair, the market for underwear is much bigger (heh) for overweight people than really fit people. Then again, the market for mentally confused men with beards isn't very big, although George at least we have you!
  • Hay Cats! How deep is this dock, anyway?

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  • Gas 'im.

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    taiwan_girlT
    Nitrogen works. :eek You dont even know what it happening. I knew a guy who was working in a refinery and went into a vessel filled with nitrogen (he obivously did not know it). He said that one instant he was fine, and the next instant he woke up in the hospital. When he collapsed inside, another guy went after him and collapsed. Fortunately, the third guy was smart enough to stick an air hose in there, otherwise the two guys would be dead.