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I am sure the little ones would be delighted .... but I dont want to frighten the kids . Beside , I am busy working on my costume for 'Lovefest' .... " Hey baby . " or maybe a 'forest wizard ' ? ' The Three-horn Forest Wizard.' ( I still cant decide if I should go for the 'chest hair bun' or not ? )

Yep ... martial arts 'experience' from internet gaming . Hey Lois ..... you ever actually done any in 'real life' ?

Unpopular opinion ; I didnt call extinct hominids humans and I didnt call elephants and fictional characters people ... and I virtually got modded for that on my history site . has political correctness gone this far now ? I mean , it isnt even 'daobums' ... thats supposed to be 'academia ' WOW ! Silly me , I thought this might be interesting in the world of academia ? https://www.sciencealert.com/evidence-of-a-wooden-structure-that-predates-our-species-uncovered is this a wooden structure that predates humans ? they doth protest to much methinks : " And I point out again that many experts use the word "human" to describe members of all species in the genus Homo, not merely Homo sapiens. And the group of beings who can be described as "people" is in theory possibly much larger than the group of "humans". It is possible that members of some or all of the species of apes, elephants, and cetaceans are intelligent enough that they should be classified as intelligent beings and thus "people". And of course if there are intelligent beings on other worlds they are "people" even though they may be far less "human" than any beings on Earth. " here I was thinking 'people' where ; " people Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers. Often treated as a plural of person, especially in compounds. The mass of ordinary persons; the populace. Used with the. A body of persons living in the same country under one national government; a nationality. No, because ..... wait for it .... " As a long time reader of science fiction I know that humans, whether restricted to Homo sapiens or including all members of genus Homo, are a small subset of all the species of people existing in fiction. Even people who don't read science fiction must be aware of many alien characters in science fiction movies and tv shows. In ET: The Extraterrestrial ET is not depicted as being a human, but he is depicted as being a person. In Star Trek there are species like Vulcans, Andorians, Klingons, Cardassians, etc. who are not depicted as being humans, but who are depicted as being people. In Star Wars Chewbacca, Jabba the Hut, Yoda, Ashoka, Jar Jar Binks, etc. are not depicted as being humans but are depicted as being people. And in fantasy there are species which may be more or less similar to humans but are people. In The Lord of the Rings they include Elves, Hobbits, Dwarves, Ents, and Orcs. Dragons are not depicted as being human in The Reluctant Dragon, Pete's Dragon, The Never Ending Story, or The Hobbit, but they are depicted as being people. So a dictionary definition of "people" that restricts it to Homo sapiens, or to humans more broadly, is hidebound, reactionary, and out of touch with even popular culture which is always behind the most advanced thought. . And if Earthlings ever make contact with a civilized extraterrestrial species which will probably be thousands or millions of years more technologically advanced, the survival of Homo sapiens may depend on having a definition of people which is not restricted to Homo sapiens or to humans. And some people might consider that a very important consideration. " So .... I am being against what 'some might consider a very important consideration ' that Chewbacca, dragons orcs hobbits etc being fictional characters , are also now 'people' . Its very unfair and politically incorrect to deny fictional characters their right to be people , like us . AND I am being 'hidebound' and 'reactionary' in not considering fictional characters as people I am gonna have to get rid of my old school definitions and stop offending those poor fictional characters and embrace them into the world of people .... maybe soon they get their own toilets ? Mens , Womens , disabled , fictional characters . ?

As time goes by ..... I realize its the equinox a few days before . years back we would be not just be aware weeks before but be in preparation for the event , celebration, ritual . Now , they seem to pass without realization . I got asked on a date by the lovely Miss Honey .... to go into town tonight for the Spring Equinox ..... ( wait for it ) ...... Fairy Ball . Oh geeze ... I'm gonna have to pass on that . " Why .... you are a 'wizard ' ( wince ) .... you could dress up as one and have fun ." " I dont like 'dress ups' ." " They will have costumes there and someone there is doing face painting , so you could get made up . " Oh my God ..... ME ... at some New Age Fairy version of our poor old ,near lost, battered and corrupted sacred traditions ? Wow . Things are very different today . - gettin closer to being ' a Grandpa Simpson ' ..... day by day . But hey ... have a good equinox to you all, dont get ripped apart by the forces

Yes, black holes have always been an unpopular opinion with me . if 'nothing can escape from them ' ..... why they got those 'beams' of (whatever type of ) energy coming outa them ?

.. Hmmm .... they doint seem to mind those guys on the Gold Coast beaches that go around offering to spray you with suntan lotion (how old school is that ? ... you would think they would be offering sun block lotion ) anyway , I might try the sandy belly button thing and go around the beach with a back pack pump sprayer .... " Flush your belly button Ma'am ? Two dollars ? " .

damn page break !

Oh yeah .... thats gonna do a you a WORLD OF GOOD !

Do you want me to become a lurker yet, old3bob ?

I miss a lot of your posts because ... I'm not quick enough .

Wow . man .... now I really dont know whats going on here . What the hell is that ? My mind is going .... ' Its about when you lie face down and get sandy nipples and its the ethics of brushing it off .... nah , maybe its about , is it okay to brush the sand off your friends nipples ( like - Oh, you have sand on your nipples, allow me ... ) ... nah . Maybe its about inadvertently brushing against someone else's nipples ? , But why would you be so close ? Is it a very crowded Brazilian nude beach ? or perhaps it is some 'weird' SM thing that goes on with a stiff brush ... ( I would not know about things like that ... I cant even imagine them ! ) ( I cant find the 'confused' emoticon , so some of you please click on it in the like box for me , thanks . )

Gerald ! Where you been ???? I haven't heard from you in ages !

They could split off and make yet another new forum ..... where there are no posts at all ... they can even ban posters if they want ! ... actually, i am gonna send them a message ; Hey ! All you lurkers out there ... listen up ! So, you joined up only for special privileges walkins dont get ?

... and here I was assuming it was about your 'style' , at times .

Down here, 'lurkers' dont go up ladders ... thats beyond lurking . A priest put in a complaint to the building superintendent next door, " That man in your apartment 23 is immoral ! He walks around nude with the curtains open , you should put a stop to that in the name of common decency ! The super replied " I didnt think you would be able to see into apartment 23 from yours ?" Priest : " Well, no .... but if you go half way down the fire escape .... "

Mine shrunk and got small ! But thats okay , I didnt go bald down there . I still got .... small fur .

Yes.

I got permabanned from a forum because , in a PM with another member he asked me ; " Do you think Mods ever read our PMs ? " I said " Yeah probably, there is probably one reading this right now ." Then I got a warning about telling lies about the moderators , so I asked " if it was a lie and you where not reading our PMs how did you know I said it in the first place ? " Answer ? ..... permaban for 'telling lies about the site '

nah, because he said they where actually " new age physic's " .... imagine tripped out chanellers running the Hadron Collider ... that sorta stuff

Now I am left wondering what secrets the architecture of a land locked seaport might be ? ...... a really really looooong slipway ?

Does that mean that Lao tsu's concept of 'spirit' changes according to specific case ? Or ( I am still asking this ) is the English word 'spirit' is a bad translation ?

probably its inevitable ... it cant be avoided . What we can offer through , is help in 'getting back up' .

Oh sure . But still the english word spirit is used in translation . For those of us that cannot read or interpret the original language ... we stuck with it . But , how do you think my comments on English word 'spirit' relate ( if at all ) to what the term means in the TTC ? - thats the crux of it .

Indeed , but the OP asks about the English translation into the English word 'spirit' . Either there was no better fit , or the translator was considering an 'extended' understanding of the English term 'spirit' . ... or maybe didnt understand the Daoist concept ?