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  • J jodi
    17 Dec 2020, 13:56

    You all have me laughing out loud this morning - chicken lips and paint strippers. 😁

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    Jolly
    wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 15:38 last edited by
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    @jodi said in The circular firing squad:

    You all have me laughing out loud this morning - chicken lips and paint strippers. 😁

    This doesn't happen most places. It takes old, passionate assholes that are utterly convinced they are right about whatever we are talking about.

    Except for Jon. Or maybe Klaus. They're not as old as the rest of us. They're just passionate assholes.

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      Aqua Letifer
      wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 15:50 last edited by
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      I blame you all for my lack of personability.

      Please love yourself.

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      • A Aqua Letifer
        17 Dec 2020, 15:50

        I blame you all for my lack of personability.

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        Loki
        wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 15:54 last edited by
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        @aqua-letifer said in The circular firing squad:

        I blame you all for my lack of personability.

        It’s been our gift.

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        • D Doctor Phibes
          17 Dec 2020, 11:44

          @klaus said in The circular firing squad:

          Which, by the way, is a reason why I don't understand why a few of us never want to meet or see anyone else from the forum. Makes me wonder whether they pretend to be something different from what they really are.

          It might surprise a few people here to learn that I am actually an MMA fighter. Particularly those who've met me.

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          Mik
          wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 15:54 last edited by
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          @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

          @klaus said in The circular firing squad:

          Which, by the way, is a reason why I don't understand why a few of us never want to meet or see anyone else from the forum. Makes me wonder whether they pretend to be something different from what they really are.

          It might surprise a few people here to learn that I am actually an MMA fighter. Particularly those who've met me.

          It's true and he's undefeated! . Of course, MMA stands for 'My Mom's Aunt'.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • D Doctor Phibes
            17 Dec 2020, 13:15

            You laugh, but anybody remember Angelique? (I think that was her name) A couple of posters were clearly considering marriage proposals before finding out she was actually a gentlemen in his late middle age.

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            Mik
            wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 15:58 last edited by Mik
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            @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

            You laugh, but anybody remember Angelique? (I think that was her name) A couple of posters were clearly considering marriage proposals before finding out she was actually a gentlemen in his late middle age.

            You know who I remember? The guy on PW that was always shilling for Perzina pianos. Don't remember his name, but I remember his awkward speech patterns and how Perzinas (nice piano that they are) were every bit as good as Faziolis. "Try! You will SEE!".

            This could be a great walk down memory lane if we quit beating on the absent.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • R Renauda
              17 Dec 2020, 15:28

              @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

              Not sure of the title, but I definitely want him to be played by Kenneth Williams or Charles Hawtrey.

              A deliciously hilarious casting.

              How should they cast Sid James? As a kid he reminded me of our neighbour two houses over. He was a true cockney, born and raised in east London before the war.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 16:23 last edited by
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              @renauda said in The circular firing squad:

              @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

              Not sure of the title, but I definitely want him to be played by Kenneth Williams or Charles Hawtrey.

              A deliciously hilarious casting.

              How should they cast Sid James? As a kid he reminded me of our neighbour two houses over. He was a true cockney, born and raised in east London before the war.

              Sid James would do a good Steve Bannon, or possibly Hillary. However, I think Hillary would be best played by the sadly very recently departed Barbara Windsor.

              I was only joking

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              • M Mik
                17 Dec 2020, 15:58

                @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

                You laugh, but anybody remember Angelique? (I think that was her name) A couple of posters were clearly considering marriage proposals before finding out she was actually a gentlemen in his late middle age.

                You know who I remember? The guy on PW that was always shilling for Perzina pianos. Don't remember his name, but I remember his awkward speech patterns and how Perzinas (nice piano that they are) were every bit as good as Faziolis. "Try! You will SEE!".

                This could be a great walk down memory lane if we quit beating on the absent.

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                Horace
                wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 17:26 last edited by
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                @mik said in The circular firing squad:

                @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

                You laugh, but anybody remember Angelique? (I think that was her name) A couple of posters were clearly considering marriage proposals before finding out she was actually a gentlemen in his late middle age.

                You know who I remember? The guy on PW that was always shilling for Perzina pianos. Don't remember his name, but I remember his awkward speech patterns and how Perzinas (nice piano that they are) were every bit as good as Faziolis. "Try! You will SEE!".

                This could be a great walk down memory lane if we quit beating on the absent.

                Was that Kassman? He went by "master88er" on PW.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • H Horace
                  17 Dec 2020, 17:26

                  @mik said in The circular firing squad:

                  @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

                  You laugh, but anybody remember Angelique? (I think that was her name) A couple of posters were clearly considering marriage proposals before finding out she was actually a gentlemen in his late middle age.

                  You know who I remember? The guy on PW that was always shilling for Perzina pianos. Don't remember his name, but I remember his awkward speech patterns and how Perzinas (nice piano that they are) were every bit as good as Faziolis. "Try! You will SEE!".

                  This could be a great walk down memory lane if we quit beating on the absent.

                  Was that Kassman? He went by "master88er" on PW.

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 17:33 last edited by
                  #146

                  @horace Might have been. Can't remember. He passed himself off as a retired professor as I recall.

                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  • M Mik
                    17 Dec 2020, 17:33

                    @horace Might have been. Can't remember. He passed himself off as a retired professor as I recall.

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 17:36 last edited by
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                    @mik Wouldn't have been Kassman then.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                    • A Aqua Letifer
                      17 Dec 2020, 15:50

                      I blame you all for my lack of personability.

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                      Jolly
                      wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 18:32 last edited by
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                      @aqua-letifer said in The circular firing squad:

                      I blame you all for my lack of personability.

                      That, or the time as a baby, you were dropped on your head.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        bachophile
                        wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 18:39 last edited by
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                        Just reading through this now.

                        Yea i was the reason he left.

                        But honestly the only thing I have a clear memory of is posting a shitload of barge images.

                        And now every time I see a picture, or for that matter, a real barge, I think of that incident.

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                        • K Klaus
                          17 Dec 2020, 10:40

                          @horace said in The circular firing squad:

                          @klaus said in The circular firing squad:

                          How the hell did a thread about Trump turn into a discussion of a 12 year old thread on this board? Amazing.

                          FWIW, I think Dewey rocks. Probably in contrast to many of you, I met him personally. It's amazing how many of you judge him based on a few bits of coarse-grained information, without knowing any of the details.

                          lol, "the details are in the personal meeting". You are a target.

                          Hu? No idea what you are talking about.

                          Meeting somebody personally gives a different and wider perspective on a person than merely chatting on a public internet forum. It gives a better approximation of that person's character.

                          Which, by the way, is a reason why I don't understand why a few of us never want to meet or see anyone else from the forum. Makes me wonder whether they pretend to be something different from what they really are.

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                          Horace
                          wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 19:57 last edited by
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                          @klaus said in The circular firing squad:

                          @horace said in The circular firing squad:

                          @klaus said in The circular firing squad:

                          How the hell did a thread about Trump turn into a discussion of a 12 year old thread on this board? Amazing.

                          FWIW, I think Dewey rocks. Probably in contrast to many of you, I met him personally. It's amazing how many of you judge him based on a few bits of coarse-grained information, without knowing any of the details.

                          lol, "the details are in the personal meeting". You are a target.

                          Hu? No idea what you are talking about.

                          Meeting somebody personally gives a different and wider perspective on a person than merely chatting on a public internet forum. It gives a better approximation of that person's character.

                          Which, by the way, is a reason why I don't understand why a few of us never want to meet or see anyone else from the forum. Makes me wonder whether they pretend to be something different from what they really are.

                          The salesmen thrive in such interractions. We all have real lives and I trust we report them responsibly.

                          Though in times of COVID, real lives are online mostly.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • B bachophile
                            17 Dec 2020, 18:39

                            Just reading through this now.

                            Yea i was the reason he left.

                            But honestly the only thing I have a clear memory of is posting a shitload of barge images.

                            And now every time I see a picture, or for that matter, a real barge, I think of that incident.

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                            Renauda
                            wrote on 17 Dec 2020, 23:12 last edited by
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                            @bachophile said in The circular firing squad:

                            But honestly the only thing I have a clear memory of is posting a shitload of barge images.

                            and you posted some beautiful barges at that. I recall a colourful scow or two as well.

                            Elbows up!

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                              taiwan_girl
                              wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 03:12 last edited by taiwan_girl
                              #152

                              This is a crazy forum thread, and reading the one from the other forum board is crazy as well. LOL I dont remember that one at all. Lots of names that dont post here anymore, which is unfortunate. Always good to a have a variety of opinions and points of view.

                              Regarding Dewey, I agree with those that like him. I have also never met him personally, but we did have some private message exchanges and well as public ones on the forum board. I always have nothing but the high respect for him.

                              Had to look up what the exact definition of apostate is:

                              noun
                              a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

                              Obviously, Dewey is accepted in the religion he is a preacher in. So, i am not sure that he is apostate. He may be by definition of other people on this forum board because their religion has different requirements , etc. Doesn't make him a bad person however. I believe that Ivanka Trump converted to Jewish. So, is she an apostate against Christian religion? Maybe by definition, but that does not make her a bad person.

                              Anyway, interesting and memories were brought back by this thread.

                              Never really had much interaction with David Burton, but do remember he had some interesting theories. But since I am not a conspiracy person at all, I did not really believe much of it.

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                                Doctor Phibes
                                wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 03:26 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                #153

                                Jesus and Paul of Tarsus were both apostate, at least according to some.

                                I was only joking

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                                • D Doctor Phibes
                                  18 Dec 2020, 03:26

                                  Jesus and Paul of Tarsus were both apostate, at least according to some.

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                                  bachophile
                                  wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 07:51 last edited by
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                                  @doctor-phibes maybe Paul. Jesus never left the fold. Lived and died one of ours. So there.

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                                  • B bachophile
                                    18 Dec 2020, 07:51

                                    @doctor-phibes maybe Paul. Jesus never left the fold. Lived and died one of ours. So there.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 10:36 last edited by Doctor Phibes
                                    #155

                                    @bachophile said in The circular firing squad:

                                    @doctor-phibes maybe Paul. Jesus never left the fold. Lived and died one of ours. So there.

                                    Well, that depends on the definition of 'apostate'. In this thread it has been used to define somebody who doesn't follow the rules, not one who has abandoned his faith or religion.

                                    I was only joking

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                                    • T taiwan_girl
                                      18 Dec 2020, 03:12

                                      This is a crazy forum thread, and reading the one from the other forum board is crazy as well. LOL I dont remember that one at all. Lots of names that dont post here anymore, which is unfortunate. Always good to a have a variety of opinions and points of view.

                                      Regarding Dewey, I agree with those that like him. I have also never met him personally, but we did have some private message exchanges and well as public ones on the forum board. I always have nothing but the high respect for him.

                                      Had to look up what the exact definition of apostate is:

                                      noun
                                      a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

                                      Obviously, Dewey is accepted in the religion he is a preacher in. So, i am not sure that he is apostate. He may be by definition of other people on this forum board because their religion has different requirements , etc. Doesn't make him a bad person however. I believe that Ivanka Trump converted to Jewish. So, is she an apostate against Christian religion? Maybe by definition, but that does not make her a bad person.

                                      Anyway, interesting and memories were brought back by this thread.

                                      Never really had much interaction with David Burton, but do remember he had some interesting theories. But since I am not a conspiracy person at all, I did not really believe much of it.

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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 14:28 last edited by
                                      #156

                                      @taiwan_girl said in The circular firing squad:

                                      This is a crazy forum thread, and reading the one from the other forum board is crazy as well. LOL I dont remember that one at all. Lots of names that dont post here anymore, which is unfortunate. Always good to a have a variety of opinions and points of view.

                                      Regarding Dewey, I agree with those that like him. I have also never met him personally, but we did have some private message exchanges and well as public ones on the forum board. I always have nothing but the high respect for him.

                                      Had to look up what the exact definition of apostate is:

                                      noun
                                      a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

                                      Obviously, Dewey is accepted in the religion he is a preacher in. So, i am not sure that he is apostate. He may be by definition of other people on this forum board because their religion has different requirements , etc. Doesn't make him a bad person however. I believe that Ivanka Trump converted to Jewish. So, is she an apostate against Christian religion? Maybe by definition, but that does not make her a bad person.

                                      Anyway, interesting and memories were brought back by this thread.

                                      Never really had much interaction with David Burton, but do remember he had some interesting theories. But since I am not a conspiracy person at all, I did not really believe much of it.

                                      The Presbyterians have gone down a rabbit hole in the U.S., which is why they are a dying church. This is what happens when you view the Bible as a book of suggestions and not as Truth. Even then, there are many Presby churches that would never allow Dewey in a pulpit. Pew, yes. Pulpit, no.

                                      BTW, apostate also means "abandoning a religious or political belief or principle". I've already cited Timothy, one of the Pastoral Epistles. I invite you to read it and compare Dewey's actions against the standards given us. I think the conclusions are very clear.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        Larry
                                        wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 15:34 last edited by
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                                        @doctor-phibes said in The circular firing squad:

                                        @bachophile said in The circular firing squad:

                                        @doctor-phibes maybe Paul. Jesus never left the fold. Lived and died one of ours. So there.

                                        Well, that depends on the definition of 'apostate'. In this thread it has been used to define somebody who doesn't follow the rules, not one who has abandoned his faith or religion.

                                        You don't get to write your own religion. The Bible is the written record that sets out the tenets of Christianity, and it is the Bible that spells out who is and who is not apostate. No offense, but if you are not schooled in the teachings of scripture, you can't understand it, and you'll base your opinion on your own opinions. Sure, Dewey is a nice guy. His church congregation is, I'm sure, a nice group of people. But that has nothing to do with apostasy.

                                        "Not one who has abandoned his faith or religion".... no, that's exactly why he IS apostate, as is his entire denomination part of thevapostate church. Both he and his church HAVE abandoned their faith and religion in favor of a version of it that is not biblical. They don't agree, and think they are just fine. For a social club, they are. As Christians, they are not.

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                                        • J Jolly
                                          18 Dec 2020, 14:28

                                          @taiwan_girl said in The circular firing squad:

                                          This is a crazy forum thread, and reading the one from the other forum board is crazy as well. LOL I dont remember that one at all. Lots of names that dont post here anymore, which is unfortunate. Always good to a have a variety of opinions and points of view.

                                          Regarding Dewey, I agree with those that like him. I have also never met him personally, but we did have some private message exchanges and well as public ones on the forum board. I always have nothing but the high respect for him.

                                          Had to look up what the exact definition of apostate is:

                                          noun
                                          a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

                                          Obviously, Dewey is accepted in the religion he is a preacher in. So, i am not sure that he is apostate. He may be by definition of other people on this forum board because their religion has different requirements , etc. Doesn't make him a bad person however. I believe that Ivanka Trump converted to Jewish. So, is she an apostate against Christian religion? Maybe by definition, but that does not make her a bad person.

                                          Anyway, interesting and memories were brought back by this thread.

                                          Never really had much interaction with David Burton, but do remember he had some interesting theories. But since I am not a conspiracy person at all, I did not really believe much of it.

                                          The Presbyterians have gone down a rabbit hole in the U.S., which is why they are a dying church. This is what happens when you view the Bible as a book of suggestions and not as Truth. Even then, there are many Presby churches that would never allow Dewey in a pulpit. Pew, yes. Pulpit, no.

                                          BTW, apostate also means "abandoning a religious or political belief or principle". I've already cited Timothy, one of the Pastoral Epistles. I invite you to read it and compare Dewey's actions against the standards given us. I think the conclusions are very clear.

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                                          Klaus
                                          wrote on 18 Dec 2020, 15:41 last edited by
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                                          @jolly said in The circular firing squad:

                                          The Presbyterians have gone down a rabbit hole in the U.S., which is why they are a dying church.

                                          Have their numbers gone down more than those of other denominations?

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