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    Thread: Queen Elizabeth's Health
Post: RE: Queen Elizabeth's Health

"Doctors are concerned about her health". That means it's pretty serious. This is exactly the kind of situation in which understatement will come into play. The frankness of the doctors of Geroge V ...
DISRAELI Breaking News 19 3,070 09-08-2022, 06:14 PM
    Thread: Road Trips
Post: RE: Road Trips

DuckforcoveR Wrote: (06-29-2022, 02:02 AM) -- As some of you may or may not know, we are a Road Trip/ Food family. Never had experiences as a kid with this stuff, so decided one day to start a new tr...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 24 7,587 07-02-2022, 12:08 AM
    Thread: Shakespeare and driving on the right
Post: Shakespeare and driving on the right

Why is most of the world driving on the right-hand side of the road, with only a few exceptions?   The history of the issue is obscure, because people were taking one side or the other by natural te...
DISRAELI World History 1 838 05-21-2022, 02:39 PM
    Thread: Ukraine developments
Post: RE: Ukraine developments

NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: (05-13-2022, 12:39 PM) -- 727Sky Wrote: (05-13-2022, 12:08 PM) -- I think I understand Russia's reasons for invading Ukraine but what a piss poor execution of their plans not ...
DISRAELI Military Matters and Misteps 14 4,655 05-13-2022, 01:12 PM
    Thread: Russell Brand - Who in the Hell IS this Guy?
Post: RE: Russell Brand - Who in the Hell IS this Guy?

OmegaLogos Wrote: (05-05-2022, 05:03 AM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (05-04-2022, 09:56 PM) -- Ninurta Wrote: (05-03-2022, 07:13 AM) -- Being an American, I have not the foggiest notion of what Russell Bran...
DISRAELI Political News and more 15 2,861 05-05-2022, 08:14 AM
    Thread: Russell Brand - Who in the Hell IS this Guy?
Post: RE: Russell Brand - Who in the Hell IS this Guy?

Ninurta Wrote: (05-03-2022, 07:13 AM) -- Being an American, I have not the foggiest notion of what Russell Brand is famous for in the UK. Over here, the only thing I know him from is his marriage to ...
DISRAELI Political News and more 15 2,861 05-04-2022, 09:56 PM
    Thread: The Unseen Husband
Post: The Unseen Husband

The Song of Solomon is a love-dialogue between a distressed wife, grieving over an apparently lost husband, and the faithful, persevering husband himself. Christian understanding of this book has b...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 0 1,011 05-01-2022, 04:11 PM
    Thread: Silence in Heaven
Post: Silence in Heaven

The book of Revelation is “a call for the endurance and faith of the saints”. That is, the book is addressing the fears of a church experiencing intense persecution. That church needs to stay foc...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 0 733 05-01-2022, 04:10 PM
    Thread: Boxing Harry and the mythology of the Full English Breakfast
Post: RE: Boxing Harry and the mythology of the Full Eng...

Ninurta Wrote: (04-23-2022, 06:02 PM) -- I think I experienced a degree of culture shock just reading that. In my neck of the woods, "fried bread" didn't come in slices. Ma used to make it, but s...
DISRAELI A Rogue's Rations 14 2,899 04-23-2022, 06:30 PM
    Thread: Boxing Harry and the mythology of the Full English Breakfast
Post: RE: Boxing Harry and the mythology of the Full Eng...

ABNARTY Wrote: (04-23-2022, 04:56 PM) -- Thank the Good Lord above for American heart-stopping full breakfast. At Waffle House or someplace similar.  Eggs, toast, pancakes, hash browns, bacon, ste...
DISRAELI A Rogue's Rations 14 2,899 04-23-2022, 05:37 PM
    Thread: Boxing Harry and the mythology of the Full English Breakfast
Post: Boxing Harry and the mythology of the Full English...

Nobody in England eats a “Full English Breakfast”, when they’re catering for themselves. They just make breakfast.   Just as Cornish housewives would send their men down the tin-mine with a pasty, r...
DISRAELI A Rogue's Rations 14 2,899 04-23-2022, 02:19 PM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

purplemer Wrote: (04-18-2022, 08:13 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-18-2022, 05:55 PM) -- purplemer Wrote: (04-18-2022, 03:45 PM) -- Ninurta Wrote: (04-16-2022, 08:11 PM) -- purplemer Wrote: (04-16-20...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-18-2022, 08:33 PM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

purplemer Wrote: (04-18-2022, 03:45 PM) -- Ninurta Wrote: (04-16-2022, 08:11 PM) -- purplemer Wrote: (04-16-2022, 07:14 PM) -- I have a fairly firm grounding in the history of the Bible, and can fi...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-18-2022, 05:55 PM
    Thread: Sir John Glubb's "The Fate of Empires"
Post: RE: Sir John Glubb's "The Fate of Empires"

I prefer Toynbee myself. His explanation of the growth and fall of civilisations is too complex for an impromptu reply, but the problem is basically its ability to live at peace within itself. The st...
DISRAELI Daily Chit Chat 5 804 04-10-2022, 06:49 PM
    Thread: What happened to "soccer"?
Post: RE: What happened to "soccer"?

EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: (04-10-2022, 04:51 AM) -- https://i.imgur.com/39HypJi.jpg Soccer/Football Etymology (https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=soccer) Across the pond, here in the states the canc...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 11 3,396 04-10-2022, 06:18 AM
    Thread: What happened to "soccer"?
Post: RE: What happened to "soccer"?

Freeborn Wrote: (04-09-2022, 06:55 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-09-2022, 12:48 PM) -- I don’t mean the sport. I mean the word itself. Why did the native British word “soccer” go into exile, wandering ...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 11 3,396 04-09-2022, 07:12 PM
    Thread: What happened to "soccer"?
Post: RE: What happened to "soccer"?

FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-09-2022, 02:28 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-09-2022, 02:12 PM) -- FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-09-2022, 02:06 PM) -- It's all because of cellular phones, texting and french fri...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 11 3,396 04-09-2022, 02:40 PM
    Thread: What happened to "soccer"?
Post: RE: What happened to "soccer"?

FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-09-2022, 02:06 PM) -- It's all because of cellular phones, texting and french fries stuck between the seats. Personally, I blame it all on Chrysler Motors and Lee Iaccoca...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 11 3,396 04-09-2022, 02:12 PM
    Thread: What happened to "soccer"?
Post: RE: What happened to "soccer"?

kdog Wrote: (04-09-2022, 01:33 PM) -- I always thought it was called football through out the world other then the US. You would be surprised that it has gained more interest here and they are buildi...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 11 3,396 04-09-2022, 01:43 PM
    Thread: What happened to "soccer"?
Post: What happened to "soccer"?

I don’t mean the sport. I mean the word itself. Why did the native British word “soccer” go into exile, wandering through the other countries of the world, and getting mocked as an alien when it retur...
DISRAELI The Sports and Travel Zone 11 3,396 04-09-2022, 12:48 PM
    Thread: I don't know what to say here.... ATS seems to be down
Post: RE: I don't know what to say here.... ATS seems t...

winofiend Wrote: (04-06-2022, 11:00 PM) -- Yep, though when I reload a page, it will sort of come back, vaguely. Was reading the duckduckgo thread, and replied to another, so I'm betting if / when it...
DISRAELI Off Topic 150 26,079 04-06-2022, 11:03 PM
    Thread: Anyone do the Ancestry Thing?
Post: RE: Anyone do the Ancestry Thing?

Only in the old-fashioned way. Two lines of my ancestry have been traced back by different people, and I have inherited personal material which helps in other lines (e.g. the "birthday book" given to ...
DISRAELI Daily Chit Chat 30 3,555 04-06-2022, 01:48 PM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

beez Wrote: (04-06-2022, 01:33 AM) -- @"DISRAELI"  I'm only questioning the difference between trust versus faith. -- I will only add that in common speech the word "faith" is also applied to re...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-06-2022, 07:34 AM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

beez Wrote: (04-06-2022, 12:49 AM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-05-2022, 11:30 PM) -- beez Wrote: (04-05-2022, 11:24 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-05-2022, 10:03 PM) -- beez Wrote: (04-05-2022, 08:13 PM) ...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-06-2022, 01:09 AM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

beez Wrote: (04-05-2022, 11:24 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-05-2022, 10:03 PM) -- beez Wrote: (04-05-2022, 08:13 PM) -- @"DISRAELI"  What's the difference between trust and faith? -- I'm not dis...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-05-2022, 11:30 PM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

beez Wrote: (04-05-2022, 08:13 PM) -- @"DISRAELI"  What's the difference between trust and faith? -- I'm not distinguishing. I regard "trust" as the real meaning of "faith". John's gospel talk...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-05-2022, 10:03 PM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

purplemer Wrote: (04-05-2022, 08:10 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-03-2022, 04:33 PM) -- The death of Jesus on the Cross is the central fact of the Christian faith. -- Hello to you.. Do you see any link...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-05-2022, 10:00 PM
    Thread: American Healthcare In Crisis
Post: RE: American Healthcare In Crisis

NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: (04-04-2022, 11:01 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 10:51 PM) -- [quote pid='82345' dateline='1649108630'] The other half of my previous answer was that the populations li...
DISRAELI Man Made Disasters 41 7,298 04-04-2022, 11:19 PM
    Thread: American Healthcare In Crisis
Post: RE: American Healthcare In Crisis

FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-04-2022, 10:43 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 10:07 PM) -- FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:46 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:43 PM) -- FlyingClayDisk ...
DISRAELI Man Made Disasters 41 7,298 04-04-2022, 10:51 PM
    Thread: American Healthcare In Crisis
Post: RE: American Healthcare In Crisis

FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:46 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:43 PM) -- FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:36 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:03 PM) -- I know patriotic...
DISRAELI Man Made Disasters 41 7,298 04-04-2022, 10:07 PM
    Thread: American Healthcare In Crisis
Post: RE: American Healthcare In Crisis

FlyingClayDisk Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:36 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:03 PM) -- I know patriotic Americans will hate this answer, but a fully government managed healthcare system could exp...
DISRAELI Man Made Disasters 41 7,298 04-04-2022, 09:43 PM
    Thread: American Healthcare In Crisis
Post: RE: American Healthcare In Crisis

NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:18 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (04-04-2022, 09:03 PM) -- I know patriotic Americans will hate this answer, but a fully government managed healthcare system could ex...
DISRAELI Man Made Disasters 41 7,298 04-04-2022, 09:30 PM
    Thread: American Healthcare In Crisis
Post: RE: American Healthcare In Crisis

I know patriotic Americans will hate this answer, but a fully government managed healthcare system could expel the profit motive. It might even be possible to have medical care "free at the point of t...
DISRAELI Man Made Disasters 41 7,298 04-04-2022, 09:03 PM
    Thread: I don't know what to say here.... ATS seems to be down
Post: RE: I don't know what to say here.... ATS seems t...

Never mind ATS. AOL is down. This is serious- I can't get into my e-mails.
DISRAELI Off Topic 150 26,079 04-04-2022, 08:17 PM
    Thread: American Culture
Post: RE: American Culture

Anogther factor is that emigrants, like exiles, are historically prone to try to preserve as much as they can of the culture they have left, even after some aspects of it have since changed in the hom...
DISRAELI Daily Chit Chat 10 1,671 04-04-2022, 10:12 AM
    Thread: I don't know what to say here.... ATS seems to be down
Post: RE: I don't know what to say here.... ATS seems t...

rickymouse Wrote: (04-04-2022, 06:00 AM) -- I missed all the turmoil I guess.  Oh well, maybe next time I will try to get on when it is down again. -- That reminds me of something which occurred, a...
DISRAELI Off Topic 150 26,079 04-04-2022, 08:35 AM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: RE: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

kdog Wrote: (04-04-2022, 02:36 AM) -- This is going to be a lack luster response to your awesome thread, but I denounced all religion in my early teens. I was brought up mostly Methodist and some Bap...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-04-2022, 08:18 AM
    Thread: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."
Post: "Silly boy, it's all about trust."

[A word of explanation. What follows below comes from the Foreword of a manuscript waiting to be snapped up by some enterprising publisher. It can be taken as a Religion thread or as an Introduction t...
DISRAELI Religion and Matters of Faith 30 6,670 04-03-2022, 04:33 PM
    Thread: The Loch Ness Monster
Post: RE: The Loch Ness Monster

When our family first visited Scotland, my younger brother was very anxious to see "the Loch Ness lobster". But we didn't even manage that.
DISRAELI Cryptozoology 47 16,671 04-01-2022, 12:10 PM
    Thread: The mysteries of Tweet Activity analytics
Post: RE: The mysteries of Tweet Activity analytics

EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: (03-28-2022, 08:14 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (03-28-2022, 06:36 PM) -- So my question is this; Does anyone understand the workings of Twitter enough to be able to explain how th...
DISRAELI Computers, Internet and the Digital World 4 1,269 03-28-2022, 08:34 PM
    Thread: The mysteries of Tweet Activity analytics
Post: RE: The mysteries of Tweet Activity analytics

Snarl Wrote: (03-28-2022, 06:42 PM) -- DISRAELI Wrote: (03-28-2022, 06:36 PM) -- So my question is this; Does anyone understand the workings of Twitter enough to be able to explain how these statist...
DISRAELI Computers, Internet and the Digital World 4 1,269 03-28-2022, 06:47 PM
    Thread: The mysteries of Tweet Activity analytics
Post: The mysteries of Tweet Activity analytics

At least I'm not on Facebook. For one thing, I rather like being pseudonymous, and I understand that Facebook insists on knowing your real identity. But I knew that I would need to find some internet...
DISRAELI Computers, Internet and the Digital World 4 1,269 03-28-2022, 06:36 PM
    Thread: Happy Mother's Day to all the UK Mum's!
Post: RE: Happy Mother's Day to all the UK Mum's!

Grace Wrote: (03-27-2022, 12:14 PM) -- https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/96/37/09963782c916f3770368fc42b80d7c1d.jpg https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR5WzOyIMQ0XjqAvuJazbtnMQFx...
DISRAELI Daily Chit Chat 8 1,246 03-27-2022, 12:18 PM
    Thread: Would you like to see a return to the use of castrated Eunuch's to act as our politic
Post: RE: Would you like to see a return to the use of c...

Not advisable. The history of Constantinople and Peking shows that eunuchs are competitive, manipulative and viciously unscrupulous in their approach to government. Perhaps not being able to have hei...
DISRAELI Political News and more 13 4,154 03-23-2022, 07:26 PM
    Thread: New members and Sockpuppets
Post: RE: New members and Sockpuppets

Another notorious sock-puppet. Usually calls himself Sooty. Has partners. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqz28fRxRQU
DISRAELI Humor, Jokes & Pranks 57 8,257 03-21-2022, 04:38 PM
    Thread: Welcome to R-N 3 DISRAELI
Post: RE: Welcome to R-N 3 DISRAELI

guohua Wrote: (03-20-2022, 07:17 PM) -- @"DISRAELI"  Nice to see you again. Come on in and  :mediumcouchpotato: I hope you and "the smoking-gun" site worked out Ok. You say you have another Pr...
DISRAELI Rogue's Lobby 6 1,412 03-20-2022, 07:51 PM