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Well.... I'm thinking if I have an idea, or an onion, I'd give it to you. Then we'd have an onion each. Or we'd be onions...yes we can. Now there's an idea. I really should applogize to you. Thats a totally opposite position, because nearly all great men in history got multiple benefits by refusing to give apologies, fascinatingly. Right now.....I'm regretting it. Because when I burn, I burn hard, sure do. Awww shucks... You old silver tonged charmer you

Tea party!!?? Where, where??? I do so love tea parties, I'm getting a warm feeling inside just thinking about it. Which/witch? I'm not a witch, and I feel no compelling desire to deny it. have I lost my mind?..... I've been going over this question for the last ten minutes and have not been able to resolve this in my mind...It's strangely fascinating... it seems so open ended.... I think I'm gonna go buy a copy of 'Catcher in the Rye tomorrow'. I have 12 copies already, doesn't seem like enough if you ask me.

I remember reading that book some years ago now. I think the idea of the scamp is a great one. It's somewhat become a deep part of Chinese culture... unfortunately it translates into Chinese doing many things in a slipshod manner and totally un-professionally, so they can wag off and have a sleep or go for a long lunch...leaving someone else to do the job that they then pass off to someone else if they can. Hence buildings falling down and loss of life due to gross incompetence. I remember elsewhere in that book lin yutang mentions how much Chinese people like to sleep... how right he is. Still, I've learnt a lot about avoidance from them! Create a rule, any rule, and someone Chinese will find a way to circumvent it, they are truly brilliant at it. They are at their best when finding the method of getting the most results with the least effort. God bless the scamps...but not the construction worker scamps.

Not for the other person

It's very useful if you wanna' become president of the united states or pick up girls. Some might call that mind rape(as might I). Very nice to use on yourself.... but steer clear of using it on others without consent. Obamas_Use_of_Hidden_Hypnosis_techniques_in_His_Speeches.pdf

You dirty ****** I replied to the other split test! I didn't create a new thread! You moved me!! Abuse of power! That's what it is...... You split me didn't ya!!!???? By the way, you stole my line, 'fight the power', that was my next one, honestly, it's a waste of time dealing with people from my own generation. There's no surprises! I've got two red clicks on a post upstairs... mysteriously my former red click has been moved.... or relocated, like a gypsy caravan peddling slovenly women! I'm launching an all out attack tomorrow... well, not tomorrow..I'm a bit busy...the day after I reckon, I'm gonna' go 'thermal global nuclear war'(war games...you know you loved it). Anyway, it's gonna' be a surprise attack. You won't know when it's coming!

That sounds like a plan Neichuan! But it would only be fair for me to take other peoples recommendations into account too. So I'm off to drink some redbull and then do some Tai-Chi. And that my friend, is called 'balance'.

That's a damning argument!! I have absolutely no come back, you tied me up like a politician at a bondage festival! I therefore have no other recourse except to say: Yes!

I've given you a red click Mal, cos I don't think you've added anything to the topic at hand Sorry, I just couldn't resist, the heady feeling of power is now searing through my very blood... one, one red click...ahhaha, two, two red clicks ahhaha

No.

I got a red click for going back onto the topic!??? My oh my. I think someone is trying to tell me to stay off topic all of the time. I'm kind of wondering if there are any benefits to giving red clicks. Personally I think a free armband should be given to everyone who hits a hundred red clicks. A red one, with a white circle and possibly a black symbol in the middle... like...eh...hmmm, I dunno, a Buddhist symbol reversed. Or something. It's a fair point Neichuan, although to me it kind of sounds like 'borrowing from Peter in order to pay Paul'. And what about this: lets say that in fact you are destined for a short life span, lets say 30 years old, and you spend a large amount of your youth running around or doing some form of strenuous exercise. I mean your never gonna' hit old age anyway and now all you are doing is reducing your already short lifespan. Unless we can all know, roughly, what age we are gonna' die it's not a great method to follow. Again, I'm not sure I believe in the whole pre-programmed heartbeats thing, but it's something to think about.

That's what I thought!! The spell check told me I was wrong.... Many is the time I have been foiled by by an Americanized spell checker! Darn and tarnations(apparently I'm wrong with tarnations too, that might well be the case not ever having written that word before.) Edit/ps: I'm gonna give you a red click for wantonly going off topic. Your reputation will be as mud now. You'll never live it down.

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maybe neither.... that pioneer of running jim fixx died possibly due to running. I think I'll stick to walking at a fairly brisk pace! Isn't it the Daoists who believe the human heart is pre-programmed for a certain amount of heartbeats so therefore any form of strenuous exercise that increases the heart rate is a bad thing as it shortens lifespan? Not sure I believe that one mind you, especially as that would suggest sex might be a bad thing. There might be a form of tai-chi sex for all I know. It would take all day surely. "did the earth move for you....all be it slowly?"

Sounds like Russian roulette to me Hardyg Some years ago I decided to do whatever I pleased, using the rationale that whatever karma backlash I would experience I could use as a kind of furnace for burning away whatever parts of my character held on to attachments and ego. My God was that a big mistake! Sometimes you think you know what the worst thing that can happen would be and then decide before the fact you could deal with that karma backlash.... but lady karma is a most cunning mistress with intimate knowledge of all humans' personal weaknesses...even when they don't know themselves. She'll go straight for the balls and get them too... lady karma will always find that ever so special situation to present to you on a cold plate that you just can't resist. There is no getting used to her cuisine. You up your stakes and she'll up hers... and she'll call you when you've got the worst hand possible. That cow. Still, if you do nice stuff she's a pretty girl in a skimpy dress whispering sweet nothings in your ear on a hot summers day.... or was that the beginning of 'bad' karma.... one never does quite know with her. I gave up toying with karma a long time ago, she won!

As to the above quote(I couldn't quote your quote)about 'whist' dying out in 'American English' one might assume it was for the same reason as you lost the 'u', as in labour/labor... the generally accepted reason being that a majority of settlers where illiterate...saves time writing mind you! My windows word is highly illiterate. I think we're going on our own grammar tangent Rainbow... and frankly the specter of getting a 'red click' for adding nothing to the topic at hand is filling me with dread! (that's the closest smiley face I could find for the feeling of dread) So I should add something about the topic at hand I guess. I suggest that people should steer clear of running on concrete.... it really can mess the knees up after a long period of time... and slightly connected, be careful of sitting in 'seiza' as the western musculature doesn't seem very suited for it. And seiza and running in my view is an absolute 'no no'.... obviously don't try running whilst/while in seiza

Actually it would be whilst running. 'While' would be used as in: 'eating while you are running.' Sorry, I'm feeling rather pedantic today

could it be....is it...is it......possible!!! My God, you've only gone and bloody cracked it! I think you may get the pulitzer prize with that one, come to think of it, I think the pulitzer is for writing, but hot damn it, what the hell, you're crossing dimensions with that photo anyway! Bravo!!!

Fair enough...it sounds all good to me. Bag the standards, and bag the goals....and say bye bye failure! And you just reminded me to bag the expectation that anyone will ever conform to my expectations. Heroically I have saved the day yet again! Now I gotta' go do some grocery shopping. Peace out Sloppy

That's a good point Sloppy! Agreed! So, I have a question for 'ya sloppy.... do you practice something? I'm not sure you do or don't, as I can't clearly remember you mentioning it before, but that just might be my failing memory. If you don't maintain some form of qi-gong/meditation/yoga or occult practice then why not? I seem to feel you're always searching for a system but can't quite make up your mind which one to choose. I may be wrong in that.... as I said, my memory may be failing me. It seems to me that it doesn't make too much difference where one starts, just as long as they start... they may end up in a completely different place/system at some point...but still, they started. If you keep up any practice at some point you will begin to experience things... these things will prove themselves to you. So, let's say for example you're interested in telepathically speaking with someone, even without too much knowledge or practice you can send a simple message.... but you wouldn't necessarily pick up the reply unless you had through some form or meditation stilled the mind. Come on Sloppy, let's stop window shopping and make a choice

I realize I've misunderstood the point of this thread. I thought it was about eating and running at the same time. I was simply gonna' advise you to never try it with a big mac, it gets very messy.

So far what I've got from reading the last couple of pages is a lot of apologies and thinly veiled insults and a Bob Marley song. "I shot the sheriff....but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no oh no.." Bob Marley had special powers with the ladeeez. That's provable. I think his systematic system was playing the guitar and singing. Which doesn't help me much, as I can't sing for s*it and can barely play the guitar. Back to the drawing board....

...and that's why masters develop 'golden mug red phoenix coffee' skills in tandem with the above.

Definitely true, and when you then come out of your body they are waiting. Not very pleasant.