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Re: When I first learned about the birds & bees, I was nearly struck dumb
Hm' I don't think the creator has much to do with the old man coming home sozzled and jumping his poor old wife Pat. I think as you surmise it is all rather random. If you had been brought up in a palace you would have been a princess.
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C_C_T
on January 7, 2015 at 6:46 AM
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When I first learned about the birds & bees, I was nearly struck dumb
by the possibilities of genetics, the couplings that had to take place from the time of Adam and Eve right down to the seemingly random courtship of my mother and father and the timing of my conception. What are the odds of me being me. I can still boggle my mind with debates about whether a particular individual is a genetic accident or some specific design of the creator...
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Pat_B
on January 7, 2015 at 4:43 AM
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Re: C C
Yes Justi, you and George have a sweet arrangement, we all have to learn to give and take. Life is amazing really to be born into a living environment just the right condition to survive, the right distance from the sun so many wonderful things really, yet so often just accepted as a penance.
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C_C_T
on January 7, 2015 at 12:09 AM
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I suppose tensions run high at Christmas FS . I expect if it was the same parents you might have been your sister's sister,
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C_C_T
on January 7, 2015 at 12:01 AM
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Well Jimmy I did say contented not happiest . My great Aunt said to me once we have never quarrelled once in all our 60 years of marriage and I thought I know because your husband always agreed with you. It is a delicate balance which you have perfected Cheers.
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C_C_T
on January 6, 2015 at 11:56 PM
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Re: CCT
I guess we have to accept we made it but thousands didn't Naut. We hit the jackpot.
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C_C_T
on January 6, 2015 at 11:45 PM
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Re: CCT
I guess so Bro you have got to compromise as I warn Archie,
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C_C_T
on January 6, 2015 at 11:43 PM
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Re: Kabu
Yes I suppose we start off like a little potato and then ideas and worm holes take over.
Stop-pit that was my non-existent brother saying that.
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C_C_T
on January 6, 2015 at 11:42 PM
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Re: Taps
Perhaps you would have been more like your sisters Taps a job to tell.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 6, 2015 at 11:38 PM
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The subject of that first part is a very interesting one. I've had thoughts like that before, like if Mom had married someone else instead of Dad, where would I be in the chain of things. LOL
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TAPS.
on January 6, 2015 at 10:58 PM
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Cheers old friend to you...and when you start to think about birth it really does seem to be an accident or a miracle that we are here and we should really make the most of all the time we have.
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Kabu
on January 6, 2015 at 8:00 PM
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CCT
"I suppose folk start off with
a feeling of admiration for a partner and then find out they
are human after all."
Terrific Bro, that's how things worked in my first marriage. I hope Archie get's his head on right before the caravan comes along.
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WileyJohn
on January 6, 2015 at 7:25 PM
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CCT
The chances of those who are born in just that configuration (such as anyone who has ever been born) to actually be born are so vanishingly small that it's almost a miracle...but then, someone always will be born...
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Nautikos
on January 6, 2015 at 6:58 PM
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No, I'd have to disagree with the contention of either partner assuming a 'submissive' role. My wife and I share everything equally, including our feelings and respect for one another. And trying to speculate about who could have been someone's parent will just drive you insane! Let it go . . . 
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JimmyA
on January 6, 2015 at 10:29 AM
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I have wondered that one, too, wondering who I would be if I was not me...I guess the spike in divorce applications in January has to do with people making that resolution...The theme of friendship is an interesting one.
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FormerStudentIntern
on January 6, 2015 at 10:17 AM
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C C
This was an excellent post. If both partners think first of the other's needs both will be nurtured and happy. I am with you if I didn't exist as I am then how would I know who was who and what about what. You see it is crazy to ponder who we could or might have been. We are all who God intended us to be. I loved the poem.
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Justi
on January 6, 2015 at 8:22 AM
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