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The Elk County Catholic Crusader tennis team raised their record to 3-0 on the season as they edged the St. Marys Area Flying Dutchmen by a 5-4 score Thursday afternoon in a match played at the Benzinger and Memorial Park courts.
ŌĆ£That was a very competitive match today, to say the least,ŌĆØ said ECCHS coach Nick Caggiano. ŌĆ£It could have gone either way, easily. St. Marys has some good shot-makers on their team and very consistent hitters.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs been a wacky week in terms of weather, but I think we adapted well. Our competitiveness got us over the finish line today,ŌĆØ said Caggiano.
The Elk County Catholic Crusader baseball team picked up a 7-2 victory over the Ridgway Elkers in their home opener at Berwind Park on Thursday afternoon.
Ridgway put a run on the board in the top of the first inning to take an early lead, but the Crusaders immediately answered back with three runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a lead that they would never relinquish.
Elk County Catholic High School held its 2011-2012 Winter Athletic Awards Program on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the school's auditorium.
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader softball team was down 3-1 to the Brockway Lady Rovers and it looked like ECC might record their first loss of the young season. The team's only run had come from Jena Struble in the third inning, and they were not even in a position to tie the game with only a runner on second base.
The Elk County Catholic track and field teams opened their seasons Tuesday afternoon by traveling to Punxsutawney where they split with the Chuck squads.
The Lady Crusaders defeated the Lady Chucks 87-63 while the Chucks downed the Crusaders 105-45.
ŌĆ£We had a good outing at Punxsy today,ŌĆØ said ECCHS coach John Schneider.
ŌĆ£It was definitely a learning day as we found out things we are doing well and things we need to work on. We definitely had a positive opening to our season,ŌĆØ said the coach.
The St. Marys Area Lady Dutch softball team raised their record to 2-0 on the young season as they defeated the DuBois Area Lady Beavers by an 8-5 score Monday afternoon at the SMAHS softball field.
The Lady Dutch took the early 5-0 lead after two innings, with DuBois scoring three runs in the third inning to cut the Lady Dutch lead to 5-3. St. Marys came up with three insurance runs in the fourth inning as they held on for the 8-5 win.
RIDGWAY - St. Marys Area softball pitcher Rachel Ginther had a perfect start to her season.
Ginther threw a perfect game against the Lady Elkers in an 18-0, 5-inning win over Ridgway Friday afternoon at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School.
Ginther struck out 11 of the 15 batters she faced and had a stretch of five strikeouts in a row from the second until the fourth innings.
"With Rachel throwing a perfect game, you can't ask for much more," St. Marys Area coach Manny Gerarge said. "It's a good way to start the season."
The Elk County Catholic Lady Crusader softball team opened their season Friday by traveling to Bradford, where they defeated the Bradford Lady Owls 10-0 in a five-inning contest.
Taylor Schlimm threw a one-hitter for Elk Catholic while striking out 13 batters.
ŌĆ£Taylor was dominant today,ŌĆØ noted ECCHS coach Joe Coroso. ŌĆ£She struck out 13 of the 17 batters she faced.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£Our hitting was slow to start, but improved as the game progressed. It was also very balanced throughout the lineup,ŌĆØ said Coroso.
LEWISBURG ŌĆō┬ĀThe two days at BucknellŌĆÖs Kinney Natatorium were well-spent for the Dutch and Lady Dutch swimmers and divers when they competed at the PIAA AA State Championships this past wekeend. The team came home with a state medal, three school records, All-American honors and numerous best times as a result of their efforts.
Eleven members of the St. Marys Area High School Swim and Dive Team are at Bucknell University gearing up for the PIAA state meet, which begins today. Swimmers who qualified for the meet are Emma Daghir, Alex Renwick, Andrew Cotter, Corey Koss, Jeffrey Moore, Kylee Proudfit, Matt Hoffman, and Ryan Struble. Divers are Jake Burns, Kyle Pistner, and Tim Mosebarger.


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Winter Heat: NOT Your Grandmother's Quilt
Welborn Gallery
Modern quilters have many more tools and resources than our grandmothers did. Fabric designs range from very traditional to bright and bold and can be integrated into almost any home decor. Most quilts are made completely by machine today, but with the same love and spirit that the quilters of yesterday had for the art.An opening reception will be held January 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Willingham Theater Schedule
January 26 - Bottleshock - Plays at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and may be pre-purchased at the YARD gift shop or at the door.
February 8, Friday: Gala - for theater seat holders. By invitation. 6:30 pm.
Buffet dinner and performance of Carolina Music Way's Old Timey Radio Show- a high energy musical revue featuring the music of the north Piedmont featuring the Yadkin Valley Jammers.
February 9: Performance of the Old Timey Radio Show. 7:00 pm. $15.
Carolina Music Ways is the Old -Timey Radio Show's nonprofit art-education sponsor. For more information visit their website: www.carolinamusicways.com.
February 22-23: Movie series weekend (TBA)
February 23: Cle Thompson in Concert - Jazz - Tickets may be pre-purchased at the YARD gift shop or at the door.
March 8: Kruger Brothers in Concert at 7 p.m. Tickets $20 and may be pre-purchased at the YARD gift shop or at the door.
March 22-23: Movie series weekend
April - Dance production (TBA)
May - Theater production (TBA)
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{Guest} James Lyon
The Indiana Jones Moment and Dracula by James Lyon
Greetings from Sarajevo in the heart of the Balkans.
Whether you like them or not, you just can't seem to avoid vampires these days. There are comic vampires (Johnny Depp, George Hamilton, Leslie Nielsen), classic vampires (Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee), sparkly vampires (You-Know-Who), and Gothic romance vampires (Anne Rice, True Blood, romance novels). We lack only tap-dancing vampires with top hats, tuxedos and canes. I wanted to put tap-dancing vampires in my new novel, "Kiss of the Butterfly", but they refused to attend dance lessons. J
Here in the Balkans, vampires have an entirely different context than they do in the outside world. The reason is simple: this is where the creatures known as vampires originated. The word "vampire" entered western languages in the 1720s from what is today Serbia, from the Serbo-Croatian word "vampir". Today, throughout the lands of the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), one finds that vampire lore is still present, and that in the villages in particular, many people still fear or believe in vampires.
I am an historian, and I had an "Indiana Jones Moment" many years back. That is the point in the movie where Harrison Ford is thumbing through some dusty old book and he comes across an interesting tidbit of information that sends him scurrying off on an epic quest. Well, my "Indiana Jones Moment" occurred in an archive decades ago, where I found a dusty old book with a reference to Dracula's last military crusade in 1476, when he carried out a horrific massacre in the Bosnian mining town of Srebrenica. Then in 1995, Europe's worst massacre since World Ware II took place in Srebrenica, with the murder of 8,000 men and boys. I began to wonder if there was a metaphysical connection to Dracula.
My "Indiana Jones Moment" prompted me to do two things: 1) start studying local Balkan folklore about vampires; and 2) buy an Indiana Jones hat. My wife drew the line when I asked if I could buy a bullwhip. But now that she's read "50 Shades of Grey", perhaps she'll reconsider. But I digress.
Balkan folklore and history hold numerous mentions of vampires. Did you know there was a famous law passed in 1349 by the Serbian Emperor Tsar Dushan that forbade digging up graves and impaling the body? The penalty was the blood price in gold for killing a live person, and any priest who participated would be defrocked for 7 years. In the 1660s there was a Buffy the Vampire Slayer wannabee running around the Dalmatian coast in armor with a stake. In the 1730s, twelve people were put on trial for vampire related charges in the Adriatic coastal city of Dubrovnik – shades of the Salem Witch Trials!! Also in the 1730s, an Austrian army surgeon conducted autopsies of suspected vampires in Serbia. Even today, you will find reports of suspected vampires in Balkan media.
I tried to base the vampires in "Kiss of the Butterfly" entirely on characteristics
found in Balkan folklore and history. This means that they may be different from any of the vampires you have encountered up until now.
So to give you an idea of how they differ, I have put together a short 12 question quiz.
1) What shape and color are a vampire's eyes?
2) What are a vampire's teeth made of?
3) Where does a vampire's power reside?
4) Which side of the body do vampires feed from?
5) How does someone become a vampire?
6) How do you kill a vampire?
7) What time of year are vampires most active?
8) Where do vampires like to hang out? (not the blood bank)
9) Where can you always find vampires on Good Friday?
10) What are the most common professions for vampires? (telemarketers do not count)
11) Can vampires have sex?
12) What is the relationship between a vampire and a butterfly?
The answers to all of these questions (and more) are in "Kiss of the Butterfly". Although it would be unfair to give away all the answers (spoiler alert), let me note that vampires must always return to sleep in their graves on Good Friday. Therefore, if you must visit the grave of a loved one at Easter, make sure you take a sharpened Hawthorne wood stake (other types won't work), a hacksaw, as well as matches and copious quantities of lighter fluid. And avoid any butterflies you see hovering around the graves. Just in case.
Now, where I can find a bull whip for sale?
About the Author
James Lyon is an accidental Balkanologist, having spent the better part of 32 years studying and working with the lands of the former Yugoslavia. He has a Ph.D. in Modern Balkan History from UCLA and a B.A. in Russian from BYU. He has lived in Germany, Russia, England, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Utah, and California, and spent the better part of 18 years living in the lands of the former Yugoslavia, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, and has worked in Macedonia and Kosovo.
He has traveled widely, from Africa to Latin America to the Middle East, and all over Europe. He currently works in Sarajevo and bounces back and forth to Belgrade. In his spare time he likes sailing through the Dalmatian islands and eating Sachertorte in Vienna at the old Habsburg Imperial Court's Confectionary Bakery, Demel. He lost his cat in the forests of Bosnia and can't find it. If you see a black and white cat that ignores you when you call the name "Cile II", a reward is being offered…provided the cat hasn't turned into a vampire.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
After a two-week warning period the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division began a search for illegal gambling machines at locations in the county last week.
Deputies raided several places suspected of having the machines at their businesses and confiscated eight video poker machines that were declared illegal over a decade ago, according to a release from BCSO.
The crackdown is continuing throughout Berkeley County.
BCSO Sheriff Wayne DeWitt put these establishments on notice on March 5 that this action would be taking place.
"I'm giving a two-week notice as of today to anyone in Berkeley County who has these machines, whether stand-alone machines or networked systems, to remove them from your premises or face the risk of criminal and civil prosecution," DeWitt said.
All but one of the businesses where illegal machines found were in the Goose Creek area, according to the BCSO.
They are: Crazy D's on Redbank Road, Thirsty Turtle on College Park Road, Bruce's Lounge on North Goose Creek Boulevard, Steel Horse Saloon on Old U.S.-52, the Whistle Stop on U.S.-52 and the Fast Break Lounge on North Main Street in Summerville.
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By Geordy Richards
Imagine a perfectly fresh lake, its water pure enough to quench any thirst, pure enough to baptize, pure enough to clean any wound. You have to imagine this lake because it will never be seen by human eyes. But this lake is not imaginary, it exists.
It exists right here in our valley. The chances are as you read this you are sitting near this lake and can look from your patio at the unobstructed view (no high condos possible without a water system -- that's Malibu's secret) of the Green Mountains that sit above it.
But a select few -- 200 supposedly, though the list is miraculously non-existent, though I am sure they will step forward when the bill comes due to pay -- want to flush toilets with it. Mind you, where all this flushing is supposed to go is a mystery since the sewer system project was deep-sixed when the powers that be saw their water project as doomed with it attached. Hmmm, wonder when and from where that will re-emerge? From some septic system, I suppose.
Now these nameless 200, emboldened by the Supreme Court ruling in Kelo vs. New London making it lawful for town governments to seize property via eminent domain if it benefited the "public good," convinced the powers to, instead of paying for it in honest trade, just take it. But since tap water for 200 individuals isn't "public good" in anyone's book they got crafty and decided the town needed fire hydrants. What a lovely public serving and feel-good idea. Why pump firefighting water from the river that flows through town within 100 yards of any house (or the town pond for that matter) as done successfully for centuries when we can have suburbia-like fire hydrants?
And this reasoning was good enough for them and they started drilling. No debate, no check for fiscal responsibility, they started drilling. And surveying and drawing site diagrams and whatever else raised the amount already spent to $1.1 million. That's a lot of wells. I bet the town could drill one for every Irasville resident for 1.1 million unauthorized-by-town-vote-or-any-other-lawful-means dollars.
But now the leaders are in a tricky spot. The issue was voted down twice, but now the pot is too big to fold and pride too suddenly heavy to admit a mistake. (I thought only our federal leaders suffer from hubris? Guess not.) So they will reference some bond voting statute (as if this is really about some bond) and keep putting the issue to vote come hell or high water. And they add nice addendum, the town can save $25-grand using this system for the elementary school's water upgrade. Who doesn't want kids drinking good water? Hmmm, how many upgrade savings can be had for $1.1 million? (', I'm a math teacher when not farming.)
And they even have the gall to extort this unauthorized expenditure from the taxpayers by reminding us who pays the bill for their gross irresponsibility if the bond doesn't pass. Wow.
So it's a debacle. And I won't even go into the chlorination regulations that the immense holding tank needed to feed the hydrants will invariably require that will turn this perfect lake into a swimming pool. I like my lakes and rivers. And my view of the Green Mountains knowing the water will be there beneath them waiting patiently as it has for millennia until the entire town really needs it. Flush this man-made effluent issue and not our foresight and not nature's purest gift. And take a picnic in the field at the end of Reed Road -- just bring edibles, the water will be waiting.
Geordy Richards lives in Waitsfield.
Editor's Note: The water project will not be chlorinated. Waitsfield voters repeatedly approved budgets at Town Meeting which had water/sewer projects development costs identified by line item. The town has a legal obligation to act when citizens petition for a revote.


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I have to admit, I am one of those who dont post much in this forum! More so because I dont know what to say. I check it everyday, hoping that there is no new angel added! I read the stories just hoping it does not happen to me, fully understanding it can. I thank all of you for sharing your stories with us! Your strength is so encouraging to me and my husband! I think this very topic makes PE more 'real' and scary for us!
I am sorry for all of your losses. No words can take away the pain of loosing a child! May God be with all of you through the difficult times.
God Bless & Merry Christmas to all!!
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Clarification: By damaged emotions or physiological problems I am not referring to unusual things like the fear of the outdoors, but more common problems that many of us have including: excessive irritability, perfectionism, defensiveness, fear, guilt, worry, etc.
The phrase 'damaged emotions' is obviously not part of the vocabulary of Biblical times. Therefore, my question is 'What Bible references can be used to support the claim that healing for emotions can be obtained through God's word and what would that 'healing' therefore mean?
The question does not oppose modern day counseling or therapy techniques (secular or church endorsed) to help people. However I would like to consider that 'off-topic' to the question raised, as this is specifically asking for Biblical support.
This is what I would describe as an 'inter-faith' question, because although reverting to our own doctrinal rocking horse (which I often do) is acceptable for many answers, this question is with respect to the healing for damaged emotions that virtually any believer might experience through God's word regardless of denomination.*


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Dear Readers,
In writing this very personal story of abuse, I expected a very robust reader discussion on the many details contained within. I just hope some you won't fall into the trap of seizing upon one sentence in a 5,000-word story and then leap to the conclusion, "well, there you go. She deserved it."
In fact, this story was purposefully written as a 'warts and all portrayal.' This victim laid her life bare, held nothing back and put it all out there -- hoping to help others in similar situations. I hope you'll recognize how brave -- and rare -- this is.
Does that make her story messy? Sure. But it also gives it power, the undeniable truth of a reality that she lived. And it paints a picture of pain that is hard to look at, but which illustrates all those trends of a abuse that domestic violence workers see everyday.
In working with the experts at the YWCA of Greater Harrisburg, the one thing I learned is that we must take victims as we find them. They are not perfect. It may take them years and multiple attempts to break away from abusive situations. Yes, they do think about things like the mortgage, what the neighbors might think and what the relatives will say. And they make mistakes, often with drugs or alcohol. But far from diminishing their status as victims, these things and so many others confirm it.
This is the great value of the bravery exhibited by the victim in this story. By telling her story unvarnished and putting it out there as imperfect as it is, perhaps others in similar situations will see that no matter what, no one is to blame for violent or emotional abuse but the abuser himself.
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EPA Scientists Link Ozone to Cardiovascular Health
In an article recently published by the American Heart Association, EPA scientists link ozone to changes in the cardiovascular systems of healthy young adults.
A scientific journal article authored by EPA scientists was published on June 25 in the American Heart Association's (AHA) Journal, Circulation. The ozone and cardiovascular health paper links ozone to changes in both the cardiac and vascular systems in healthy young adults for the first time. AHA issued a press release on the paper. The controlled human exposure study was conducted by EPA researchers to characterize the effect of ozone on the cardiovascular system. Scientists found that ozone exposure caused inflammation of the vascular system and resulted in two risk factors that can lead to a heart attack: a change in heart rate variability and a reduction in ability to dissolve blood clots.
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Discussion in 'The GatorTail Pub' started by gatorknights, Dec 7, 2008.
Jag, what show is she in?
Alison Brie (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress best known for portraying Annie Edison on the NBC sitcom Community and Trudy Campbell on the AMC drama Mad Men. She has also starred in movies, including the 2011 slasher film Scream 4 and the 2012 comedy The Five-Year Engagement.
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For some reason (probably boredom), last week I got in the mood to do some live chat on theology again. I used to do this quite a bit when I first went online in 1996 (on the old Compuserve Religion Forum), but I haven't done it for years (nor do I frequent discussion forums anymore: having long since become fed up with all of them: even Catholic ones, due to the low level of both ethics and substance). I had gotten into some good discussions the night before, and so went back again and got into this rip-roarin' spontaneous discussion about one of the fundamental issues that divides Catholics and Protestants.
Diane S is the head moderator of all the CARM forums, and second in authority after the Big Cheese, Matt Slick. She is an evangelical of some sort. Thomas is a Presbyterian (PCA) seminarian and card-carrying Calvinist. Diane gave me permission to post this and even did some work to dig up the transcript and send it to me, at my request (many thanks).
I think this was an absolutely classic, textbook case of the shortcomings of the Protestant position on sola Scriptura, and illustrates how it is ultimately self-defeating. I won't summarize what happened here, but I will say that the general thrust of my argument is one that I have used in the past, especially in one exchange with two of the most zealous anti-Catholic Protestant apologists from way back in 1996, and a fictional dialogue of mine:
Dialogue on the Alleged "Perspicuous Apostolic Message" as a Proof of the Quasi-Protestantism of the Early Church (vs. Eric Svendsen and James White)
Fictional Dialogue on Sola Scriptura ("Bible Alone")
See also the highly related papers:
Why Sola Scriptura is Self-Defeating and False if it Isn't in the Bible (vs. Kevin Johnson)The Logical Circularity and Hidden Premises of Sola Scriptura and Private Judgment (with Brent Arias)Reply to a Protestant Who Claims That I Have Not Demonstrated That Protestant Authority Structures Are Ultimately Self-Defeating (vs. Kevin Davis)400 Million "Popes": Protestant First Principles on Authority Are Inevitably Arbitrary, Unbiblical, and Viciously Self-Contradictory (vs. Ken Temple)
MitchLeBlanc So Dave, what are you general opinions on sola Scriptura?
DaveArmstrong I think sola Scriptura is unbiblical, unworkable, and self-contradictory
Diane_S oh brother, here they go. Yawn
MitchLeBlanc Interesting =)
DaveArmstrong hey, I was asked! I didn't start the Protestant-Catholic disputes!!!
MitchLeBlanc And Diane, what are your thoughts on sola scriptura?
Diane_S as for your sola Scriptura statement, yawn again. I think you know already my thoughts: the exact opposite of the Roman Catholic. Big surprise!
MitchLeBlanc Had I known, I'd not have asked. =(
DaveArmstrong He is a rather direct fellow, ain't he? He knows what one key dispute is, though. I think it is central to everything.
MitchLeBlanc Perhaps you and Dave should dialogue on this?
Diane_S of course it is authority; the only real debate; the rest is just gravy
DaveArmstrong I've written a book about it, and more papers about it than anything else, and I have over 2500 online
Diane_S Diane is not going to debate sola Scriptura in a chat room at 1 AM
DaveArmstrong LOL And I ain't gonna beat up a woman in a chat room at 1 AM LOL
MitchLeBlanc Because Dave is here?
Diane_S but I do invite Dave to call the radio station, number to the left. Matt [Slick] will correct all of Dave's errors :)
MitchLeBlanc Diane, Dave just implied that he could beat you up. I think that means theologically. Thoughts?
Diane_S I taught Matt everything I know, I think Matt can handle that for me, :)
DaveArmstrong I don't call [in] where a "debate" is controlled by one party. Debates have to take place in neutral territory.
Diane_S after all, I have more important work to do, like dealing with trolls, moderating forums, and chatrooms and on and on
MitchLeBlanc Dealing with trolls is more important than talking to Dave? =(
Diane_S I leave the easy stuff, like debating Catholics to Matt :)
MitchLeBlanc You've spent four lines of text being snarky to Dave, those lines could have contained arguments!
DaveArmstrong Mitch is quite the provocative one.
Diane_S Dave does not want to debate Diane; he has been there and done that, years back
MitchLeBlanc Did you refer to yourself in the third-person?
Diane_S he is afraid to debate me, :) hehehehe
DaveArmstrong what's your belief, Mitch?
MitchLeBlanc I am an agnostic, good sir.
DaveArmstrong I am kind to nice ladies, and slaughtering them in a debate is ungentlemanly. I would never do that.
Diane_S Dave, seriously, you should call the station, has been a while, you and Matt could talk. I'll bet people will enjoy the debate or discussion, not formal debate
DaveArmstrong I don't do that, never have. I did the one Paltalk with Matt. I tried to get him to do a live chat afterwards, and he declined.
Diane_S no, he didn't decline; the two of you could not agree to the terms
DaveArmstrong I don't debate anti-Catholics anymore, anyway, as a matter of principle and policy and stewardship.
Diane_S already then. Well we were prepared to give an answer, but not typing in chat at 1 AM. You should visit earlier evening
DaveArmstrong I'll have to come in earlier. Usually [I am] watching TV with the family. Tonight I was at a late Easter / birthday party
Diane_S well, this room is just starting to get people, we had another chat, moved to this room and not many here yet
MitchLeBlanc Dave are you a Catholic apologist in that you defend Catholicism against critics or are you also a theistic apologist?
DaveArmstrong I do both Mitch. I have lots of posted dialogues and debates with atheists.
MitchLeBlanc What are your favored arguments?
DaveArmstrong for theism?
MitchLeBlanc Yes sir.
DaveArmstrong I like cosmological, teleological [theistic arguments] the best, I think; I've even explored the ontological argument a bit.
MitchLeBlanc Cool. Any particular version of the Cosmological argument Dave?
DaveArmstrong Kalam is cool. I like William Lane Craig a lot. But I also like how Alvin Plantinga argues (and he doesn't even think that the cosmological argument succeeds).
MitchLeBlanc Righty-o
DaveArmstrong I haven't done much of that in the last few years, but I really wanna do some critiques of deconversion stories again. When I did that with John Loftus' deconversion I thought the man would explode, he got so angry.
MitchLeBlanc Haha!
DaveArmstrong That is fun: take apart these stories that atheists think are so compelling. I've yet to find one that is that, by a long shot . . .
Diane_S you wanna see angry; visit our forum atheism section
DaveArmstrong I can imagine. I've seen it all with the atheists.
Diane_S there are 50 at a time viewing that forum and talk about angry; keep me busy
MitchLeBlanc Dealing with atheist arguments would surely be more fruitful of an endeavor.
DaveArmstrong But on the other hand I've had some of my most fun and challenging debates with atheists. You gotta find the friendly, respectful ones.
thomasjg did it demonstrate that deconversion is a myth? :)
Diane_S liberals and their politics and the atheists; such fun :)
DaveArmstrong you should shut it down if they are acting like jerks. Hats off to you though.
Diane_S well we moved them all to their own forums, so Christians not forced to post on those boards
DaveArmstrong I do the philosophical discussion off and on, time-permitting.
MitchLeBlanc Diane, have you engaged with atheist arguments of substance at all?
Diane_S our politics section and atheism section [are] busy; didn't used to be that way
DaveArmstrong Deconversion would be a myth for a Calvinist, yes . . . it shows that these people were almost always ignorant of basic things in Christianity. That was certainly true for Loftus.
Diane_S it is not a "myth" -- it is Scripture Dave, 1 John 2:19
thomasjg deconversion would be untrue for a consistent biblicist...:) Regeneration is not reversible .. we can't be unborn
Diane_S Amen thomas :)
DaveArmstrong there is plenty in Scripture about falling away from the faith
Diane_S "if they had been of us, they would have remained" or, "they'll be back" :)
thomasjg Dave there is covenantal language used in scripture that demonstrates the dual aspects of the Covenant of Grace. Those are usually misread by those that are not covenantal :)
DaveArmstrong Galatians 5:1,4 . . . stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery . . . You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
1 Corinthians 9:27 but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
Diane_S um Dave, you are posting verses that are evidence of the RCC being off; yoke of slavery
DaveArmstrong 1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.
1 Timothy 5:15 For some have already strayed after Satan.
Hebrews 3:12-14 Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day . . . that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Diane_S come on Dave, you know the answers to that
DaveArmstrong what answers?
thomasjg I graduate RTS next year and am pastoral intern for the next year here local
Diane_S to those verses; if they fall away
DaveArmstrong I'm glad to be "off" if by that you mean following what Scripture teaches. May I be off the planet to do that!
Diane_S they were never of us to begin with and Christians do sin........obviously
thomasjg Dave: your answer to that lies in a proper exegesis of Galatians 4:8-11
Diane_S I am talking about the verses to obeying law
DaveArmstrong that ain't what it sez. Gal 5:4: they fell away from grace. You say they never had it. I'll follow Paul, thank you.
thomasjg Dave: again... I would risk presupposing that you are not covenantal
DaveArmstrong Heb 3:12-13, "fall away from the living God." You and Calvinists say they never were with God in the first place. I'll follow the Bible, not false traditions of men.
Diane_S thomas, Dave is Roman Catholic apologist
thomasjg ahh, then he is inconsistent in his covenantalism; no disrespect
DaveArmstrong Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God, and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy . . .
thomasjg Dave Jesus loses not one...
DaveArmstrong of course He doesn't. They lose themselves.
thomasjg well that would be impossible for then Jesus would not be doing the will of the Father
DaveArmstrong 2 Peter 2:15,20-21 Forsaking the right way they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam, . . . For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them
thomasjg for it is the Father's will that he lose not one. Remember, all given will come.. and of those that come He loses not one. Again, covenant inclusion is on two levels.. those that profess and those that actually are; the two not being mutually exclusive. Ask Ishmael :)
DaveArmstrong I know the Calvinist arguments pretty well, I think. I just spent the last eight months critiquing Calvin's Book IV of his Institutes and then writing a 388-page book about Calvin. I'm in a debate right now on my blog about TULIP.
thomasjg then explain to me the dual aspects of the Covenant of Grace as it now sits with Christ as a second Adam having fulfilled the Covenant of Works
DaveArmstrong could you rephrase that in English, Thomas?
thomasjg Dave: I am sorry I thought you were familiar with the Calvinist arguments :)
DaveArmstrong but they mean different things by the same thing oftentimes. I was just writing about this yesterday in my latest blog post.
thomasjg I would say anthopocentric autonomy would be more apt to fit that branding :)
DaveArmstrong what is your denomination, thomas?
thomasjg I am Presbyterian (PCA); Confessional...Westminster [Confession]; Covenantal and Calvinist
DaveArmstrong Okay. Are Arminians Christians?
thomasjg sure many are
DaveArmstrong doctrinally?
thomasjg psst... there are some Calvinists that are not...
DaveArmstrong can one reject all five points of TULIP and still be a Christian?
thomasjg qualify the rejection..
DaveArmstrong as in the Remonstrants at Dort in 1619?
thomasjg I would say the remonstrants of Dort were more in line with heretical teaching
DaveArmstrong so they aren't Christians?
thomasjg as was stated by the Synod; I would say that a willful rejection of biblical truth is a mark of an unbeliever..
DaveArmstrong who determines what biblical truth is?
Diane_S um thomas that was great
thomasjg now an unknowing rejection of doctrine can be debated
Diane_S that was good too; glad thomas is here
DaveArmstrong see how Calvinism bores folks and they leave? :-)
Diane_S no, it is late; that is why they are leaving. Me toooooooooo. Night folks
thomasjg Dave do you know what the perspicuity of scripture is ?
DaveArmstrong who determines what biblical truth is?
Diane_S God Bless, say hello to your family Dave
DaveArmstrong nitey nite; will do; you too
thomasjg Scripture does... it is self attesting :) Remember Sola Scriptura :)
DaveArmstrong why couldn't Luther and Calvin agree on baptism, then? Why did they both have Anabaptists killed for beliving in adult baptism?
thomasjg ohh wait... you are sola ecclesia :)
DaveArmstrong no, I am "three-legged stool"
thomasjg and clarity does not necessitate agreement
DaveArmstrong third time now: who determines biblical truth; biblical orthodox doctrine?
Diane_S I have to answer; supposed to be gone
DaveArmstrong LOL. Couldn't sleep huh?
thomasjg Scripture does for the third time now, not fallible man :)
Diane_S this question gets on my last nerves; wakes me up. Dave, when You stand before God who will be with you?
DaveArmstrong Scripture does not. Protestants disagreed on baptism from their very beginning, and never have been able to resolve their differences. Scripture Alone is not enough. They can't do it.
thomasjg so who is right.... Orange or Trent?
Diane_S hello; when you stand before God, who is with you?
DaveArmstrong I ain't gonna change the topic because you guys have no answers to my hard questions.
Diane_S I am answering
thomasjg Actually Scripture is enough... according to scripture..?
Diane_S the reason it is the Word of God is because that is what you will be judged by; you are fallible, so are we; God's word is not. That is your answer
thomasjg Who determines when the church is lacking truth?
DaveArmstrong Scripture is materially sufficient. It does not, however, bring folks to agreement simply because it is inspired and infallible. History has shown this. What does Scripture teach about baptism then?
Diane_S who said we all have to agree on everything?
DaveArmstrong Paul: "one faith, one baptism, one Lord"
Diane_S wrong; he praised the church for their disagreements, because why?
thomasjg Dave for the second time... Who determines when the church is lacking truth?
DaveArmstrong he [Paul] repeatedly refers to "the truth" and "the doctrine" and "tradition", etc.
Diane_S he sure does
thomasjg Dave the perfect has come and it is not the RCC :)
Diane_S and I answered you about 6 years ago on this
DaveArmstrong I asked who is it that determines what is biblical truth. People disagree. How do we know what the truth is?
thomasjg It is Scripture alone
Diane_S "if even "we" or an angel give you a different gospel, let them be eternally condemned
thomasjg Dave lets go for three times... Who determines when the church is lacking truth?
Diane_S the apostles were subject to the Word of God
DaveArmstrong Luther sez this, Calvin sez that. Zwingli sez a third thing. They anathematize each other. Luther and Calvin have Anabaptists drowned for believing what every Baptist believes today (adult baptism).
Diane_S the "we" are the apostles
DaveArmstrong I asked the question, that has not yet been answered. I don't go down rabbit trails.
Diane_S it is your answer
thomasjg this pope said that... this pope issued a papal bull.. this pope later recognized it as greed...
Diane_S men are not going to agree. They are not; period
thomasjg you cannot appeal to agreement
DaveArmstrong exactly, my point [Diane], but men have to interpret Scripture.
thomasjg so let's go for four
Diane_S individuals stand before God
DaveArmstrong they can't agree; therefore, the common man doesn't know which school to follow
thomasjg Who determines when the church is lacking truth... can you please answer?
Diane_S the answer I gave you above that you rejected last time
DaveArmstrong not until I am answered [will I answer your question].
Diane_S individual names written in the book of life; God gave His word to us
thomasjg hehe.. you mean you cannot answer without supporting sola Scriptura. It is a classic failing in the RCC view :) When the church errs the word of God has the final say
Diane_S the RCC uses "development" of doctrine as their excuse for disagreement; beliefs changing
thomasjg hence Sola Scriptura :)
Diane_S we gave you the answer: men are going to disagree till the day they die; and you know that Catholics also disagree
thomasjg But the word of God never changes :)
DaveArmstrong so the Scripture determines what is the biblical doctrine?
thomasjg Actually yes... it is the only rule of faith and life
Diane_S Jesus did say "all things will pass away, but my Words will never pass away"
DaveArmstrong then why can't Protestants agree?
thomasjg Why can't Catholics agree?
DaveArmstrong where does Scripture say it is the only rule?
thomasjg and by Catholics I mean RCC
Diane_S same place it says the RCC is the only rule, :)
thomasjg err Catholics
Diane_S you can paste it here :)
DaveArmstrong another unanswered question? You guys are walking caricatures of evasiveness
thomasjg there was no RCC, not even a bishop in Rome when early councils of elders were called.
Dave: you have Yet to answer the question.
DaveArmstrong is there a way to cut-and-paste this dialogue to my blog? This is classic
Diane_S Dave for pete's sake, if the Bible said there was final authority in the RCC, we would all be there :)
thomasjg and seek to use your falure to accept our answers as an excuse..
Diane_S and not arguing
thomasjg Dave: 5th time now.. Who determines when the RCC is lacking truth?
Diane_S do you think a Christian seeking to follow Christ, should go against what they read in God's word?
DaveArmstrong and what does that word say about the Eucharist and baptism? You tell me, since you claim to know
thomasjg rabbit trail. Come on Dave. Man up my friend. Say it.
DaveArmstrong You say follow the Word, I say, okay, tell me what that Word teaches about a, b, c. You evade
Diane_S we can tell you what we believe that God has revealed in His word
DaveArmstrong okay, please do
thomasjg Dave: we are on the topic of what is our final authority..
DaveArmstrong . . . about baptism
Diane_S that you should believe and be baptized and we do and are
thomasjg and you cannot answer simply
DaveArmstrong infants?
thomasjg Dave: strawman; rabbit trail; lets ask again shall we?
DaveArmstrong no it's not. If the Bible is so clear, then we will know this. I'm only following your method.
thomasjg Who determines when the RCC is lacking truth?
DaveArmstrong I won't be led astray from the conversation.
Diane_S well, show me the verse that says infants were baptized?
thomasjg The Bible is clear.
DaveArmstrong Diane is at least answering some things
Diane_S if you go to the family verses, doesn't do it for me
DaveArmstrong so you say the Bible rules out infant baptism?
Diane_S however, it is a non issue Dave, for me
thomasjg Diane: that is a rabbit trail meant to divide.. and not answer
DaveArmstrong even Thomas disagrees with you. You two can't even agree, and you're here telling me the Bible determines all these things for the honest seeker?
thomasjg The Bible states exactly what we are to believe converning baptism
Diane_S since a RC doesn't believe it will ultimately save the child anyway, I didn't baptize my infants
thomasjg Diane: he should answer the question at hand
DaveArmstrong there are verses where families are baptized; almost certainly including children. Calvin makes an elaborate argument from the analogy of circumcision, that I think is excellent
thomasjg Dave: rabbit trail.
Diane_S but I have no problem with those that do :) . That is my answer
thomasjg we are talking about authority
DaveArmstrong the Bible says that baptism saves; it is certainly a hugely important issue to understand biblical truth on that
thomasjg Dave lets go for 7 times I have asked..
Diane_S nah; you don't even really believe that Dave
thomasjg Who determines when the RCC is lacking truth? 7 times and no answer.. I can tell you.. Scripture does
Diane_S since a Catholic is not guaranteed heaven if they are baptized or are you? :)
DaveArmstrong what does it state about baptism, Thomas? Good, now we're getting somewhere
Diane_S answer Thomas
thomasjg The Bible states exactly what God has revealed we are to believe concerning Baptism... There.. Now.. who determines when the Rcc is lacking truth?
Diane_S please answer Thomas, Dave
DaveArmstrong Yes, of course, all Catholic beliefs must be consistent with Scripture. They are. One of the major themes in my apologetics is demonstrating that.
thomasjg so then where they are Not the church is in error?
DaveArmstrong and what is that Thomas? What does it state [about baptism]?
thomasjg and that would mean that the church is only as true as it conforms to the Word of God.. and that the Scipture is the ultimate authority.. Sola Scriptura. Thanks Dave
[later note: this is not sola Scriptura at all. To say that Catholic doctrine must agree with Scripture and to hold that Scripture is the only infallible ("ultimate") authority are two completely different things. Thomas absurdly collapses them into one, and so he thinks that to assert one is automatically to assert the other, which is utterly false]
DaveArmstrong I'm not talking about the RCC. The topic has been from the beginning the Bible as the standard of truth. I am only following your own presuppositions.
thomasjg now to answer regarding Baptism...
DaveArmstrong infant, non-regenerative? (Calvin). Infant, regenerative (Luther)? Adult, non-regenerative (Baptist)? Adult regenerative (Churches of Christ)? No baptism (Quakers, Salvation Army)?
thomasjg Specifically.. The Bible states that Baptism is a sign and seal of the new covenant... it replaces circumsicion and as a sign represents an outward act signifying an inward reality... as a seal it represents the covenantal promises of God and is not ties therefore to the time of the application.. as a sacrament is for the Church and since the new birth is an act of the Spirit alone it cannot be regenerative. There you go :) short answer
DaveArmstrong that's simply what Calvin thinks. Even Diane doesn't agree with that. Yet you two tell me the Bible is so clear, including on baptism. Luther disagrees. He thinks it is a sacrament of regeneration. The Anabaptists disagreed (which is why Luther and Calvin had them killed).
thomasjg Calvin's thought are only as good as the Scripture :) The Westminster Confession is worth nothing if it does not accuratly summarize what Scripture teaches..
DaveArmstrong so this illustrates my point perfectly. You merely give me one interpretation from one Protestant school. Others disagree. And that goes back to my question: how do we determine which interpreter to choose? Why should Calvin be superior to Luther?
thomasjg and again the perspicuity of scripture does not necessitate agreement..
DaveArmstrong granted. How does one choose who to believe?
Diane_S and why should the RCC be superior to Luther or Calvin? That is the point. Christians disagree
thomasjg since we see the RCC in error and disagreement throughout history
DaveArmstrong the problem is competing schools all appealing to a perspicuous Scripture.
Diane_S and so?
thomasjg but scripture is the same..
Diane_S right thomas
thomasjg it never changes that what truth is..
DaveArmstrong back to the RCC again. I'm not talking about "RCC." I'm disputing your opinions. The old, tired techniques don't work with me.
thomasjg that which corresponds to reality..
Diane_S and I am telling you it is supposed to be that way Dave. We are each to study on our own
thomasjg the RCC would not have liked the Bereans :)
Diane_S love the Lord your God with heart, soul and mind; we are to use our mind
DaveArmstrong I use more Scripture in defending my beliefs than any Protestant I have ever come across.
Diane_S the Holy Spirit teaches us
thomasjg Dave: then you must not have come across many
Diane_S have you ever changed your mind on what you believe? Of course you have. That is how He made us
DaveArmstrong I have a 445-page book of virtually all Scripture, showing that Catholicism is biblical and true.
Diane_S yes in your opinion right now. That could change
thomasjg Dave and I have 66 books that are 100% scripture that disagree :)
DaveArmstrong so why am I to believe Calvin's take on baptism over Luther's and the Anabaptists? Did I miss an answer to that?
Diane_S you have to be convinced in your mind Dave. You are no different than Thomas or I. You simply agree with whoever you agree with. Since I am not permitted to say the Rcc, I won't. hehehe
thomasjg and what [sic] should I believe the RCC in light of 1054
DaveArmstrong so the Bible is crystal clear but it is okay to disagree, which demonstrates precisely that the clearness of the Bible is not sufficient in and of itself to resolve the disputes; yet you cling to that anyway, despite the vicious self-contradiction.
thomasjg and in light of Orange / Trent
Diane_S wrong
DaveArmstrong right
Diane_S the Scripture is clear; we are not. We are fallible. How can the fallible know the infallible? Takes time, study, prayer
thomasjg only by the Spirit
DaveArmstrong but we can disagree; that is fine. It's the new Protestant "quest for uncertainty" that is presently quite fashionable.
Diane_S spiritual growth
thomasjg There is uncertainty in the RCC
DaveArmstrong Luther and Calvin said those who disagreed with them were damned. You guys say, "ah, who cares? We can't reach an agreement anyway; that is the human condition."
Diane_S so, who cares what they said? What does the Bible say? I started it with the bottom line Dave
thomasjg Dave you would have to actually qualify that
DaveArmstrong they can know the infallible by being led by the Holy Spirit, just as the Jerusalem Council was (acts 15:28).
Diane_S it wasn't a rabbit trail
thomasjg that blanket statement is dishonest :)
Diane_S I am not going to place my eternal soul in the hands of other men
thomasjg It is ok.. since Dave agrees.. Dave said and I paraphrase... the Bible gets the last word
Diane_S we have to study ourselves; we are judged as individuals. I believe you believe your church is right
thomasjg It is the Scripture alone that will ultimately determine a lack of truth in the RCC.
DaveArmstrong The Bible is materially sufficient. Every true doctrine must be in harmony with it. That is not the same as saying that every doctrine must have explicit biblical proof.
Diane_S but you could be wrong, :)
thomasjg it is ok ... I am now content since Dave ultimately agrees with us
Diane_S it is God's opinion that matters
[ . . . deleted off-topic diversion about the term "Roman Catholic"]
DaveArmstrong can I post this on my site? But I haven't figured out how to copy it.
thomasjg but Dave all in love it has been a pleasure :)
DaveArmstrong the pleasure was mine . . .
thomasjg night guys and gals
Diane_S if you people are going, I will log out
DaveArmstrong Nitey; can I paste this?
Diane_S to copy Dave, highlight and use ctrl c
thomasjg God's blessings in all!
DaveArmstrong this is classic: one for the ages.
Diane_S doesn't seem that interesting


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This was fine, and Tiny was able to work around it, changing the channels through which oQueue operates. Then a change was introduced to remove notes from battle.net invitations -- an attempt to remove a way for spammers to advertise their gold and other services. However, this completely broke oQueue's capacity to let people join groups.
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EAST BEND - Forbush head coach Kenan James shook his head, laughed, and said "you don't expect to do that against Wilkes Central."
James and his Lady Falcons dominated Wilkes Central in all facets of the game Thursday night en route to a convincing, and somewhat surprising, 9-0 victory in a meeting between the top two teams in the Mountain Valley Conference.
"I'm just floored," James continued. "I think we shot 60 percent in the first half. They were pushing pretty hard there at the end and we had two counter-attack goals. So four goals on set pieces and two counter-attack goals when they're pushing, that accounts for six of the nine goals.
"I'm very pleased. I thought we had the right attitude and frame of mind heading into a big game. I'm proud of them," he added.
Looking for revenge from a humbling 5-1 defeat at home to the Eagles a year ago, Haley Lindsay and Forbush came out trying to make a statement early on.
Less than two minutes into the game, that statement was heard loud and clear.
Lindsay dribbled through the Central defense and found the back of the net in the second minute (1:20 mark) that started an offensive onslaught in the first half that the Eagles never recovered from.
Two minutes later, Jennifer Baity found Tiffany Kennedy open in the box on a short corner kick, who fired it past the keeper for a 2-0 advantage.
Maddi Morsch pushed the lead out to 3-0 when she headed home a goal on a perfectly placed corner kick by Baity at the 21-minute mark. Madison York followed when she fired a shot off an Eagle defender that rolled past the goalie.
Victoria Cohn picked up a loose ball in the box and found the back of the net to give Forbush its fifth goal of the opening 30 minutes of play.
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Sitting three goals shy of another mercy-rule victory, Baity and Lindsay took control.
After setting up her teammates on three goals, Baity finally added her name on the score sheet. The Pfeiffer-bound senior headed a throw-in past the keeper 58 seconds into the second half to push the cushion to 7-0.
With the goal, Baity became the seventh Falcon to find the back of the net in the game in a deep, balanced attack, which James points at as a strong suit for the team.
"I think that is the way this team is - we are deep and well-balanced. I told them that teams won't be able to man-mark us because somebody else will step up. It's a good situation to have," he said.
Central finally showed some signs of life early in the second, nearly ending Jessica Funk's five-game shutout streak.
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The senior dribbled through the Eagle defense and poked it past the goalkeeper on back-to-back possessions to complete the hat trick and give Forbush the dominating 9-0 triumph.
"The past couple practices we've been practicing on finishing. And I think we did a real good job at that tonight," James said. "We were basically thrashed by them last year here, so they wanted to come out and play well. I'm really pleased.
"Haley was motivated tonight," he continued. "They were open at times in the middle and they couldn't stop her with her speed. And she had some really good finishes. I'm hoping she can be that highly motivated for the rest of the games."
The Falcons improved to 10-0 on the season and 7-0 in league play with the win, continuing their strong start to the season.
The shutout victory was Funk's sixth in a row and her ninth clean-sheet this year. Forbush has out-scored its opponents 74-1 over the first 10 games.
Forbush looks to continue its roll Tuesday night against East Wilkes at home.
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A bit of background
I have been working up to writing this long series of transcribed letters for some time. It is to be an emotional journey, revisiting these stories once again. I hope you will enjoy them, and think of your family as you read.
Joseph Henry Thompson was born in June 1925. He was my Uncle, though I never knew him. The eldest of 4 children, and brother of my father (dad being the youngest).
He was born in Birmingham, England's second largest city, in a relatively poor neighbourhood. His father had died in 1941, leaving his Mother a widow and WWII raging.
Joe 'joined up', along with thousands of other young men, in 1943 at the tender age of 18. The RAF was his chosen destination, and he said goodbye to his family and left for training in December, which is where these letters begin. Joe is in the 131st Intake of recruits at the Air Crew Receiving Centre in Regent's Park, London, where he is commencing basic training. It seems clear that the toughness of the task ahead is becoming apparent (transcript of letter below original).
Letter transcript:
"Dear Mom and Kids,
Well, things aren't so bad so far, but we have been warned, (although we knew) that the ITW (Initial Training Wing) we get posted to from here, will be very tough indeed. The discipline here is very strict, they'll put you on a charge if you don't leave the cork out of your water bottle at Kit Inspection!
The places we may get posted to are Bridlington or Whitley Bay. I'm writing this against a wall so excuse the writing. We all got a late pass out tonight so me and about 5 others went to a Cinema, quite a posh place, then we went to the YMCA.
We are going to the Nuffield Club on Sat night, it's in Piccadilly and a darned good place too, so we've been told! We've got to be woke at 5.20 in the morning!
By the way, can I have 7/6 of that money by about next Monday or Tuesday as we don't get each week but every 2 weeks. I applied for your allowance and I am having 1/6 per day paid to you out of my 3-, the 6d being compulsory. If I find that I can manage on less myself I'll send more on to you by post.
We've had a full pack parade today with our overcoats done up at the neck and our canvas belt done up as tight as possible, and after half an hour we were feeling well and truly cooked!
There's a lot of mixing up in our room as 5 out of the 11 are named Joe!! We've got to send our cases home at the week-end and I'll try and slip a letter somewhere, probably in the inside pocket of my jacket. You see, they look through your stuff to see what you're pinchin'!!
We get a 'Night Vision' test on Friday and I believe it's very stiff. I only hope I get through. When you send me a parcel will you try and get a box to hold my shaving kit in, something about 5″ long and 1.5″ deep. I've got to go on Dental Parade shortly, 1 out and 6 filled!!
I shall probably send my new brushes back if possible as there are no locks on the doors. By the way after square bashing this morning we had a 20 min break which took 50 mins. We were cussed in no uncertain terms! There's always a queue at the NAAFI canteen about a hundred yards long and only 2 girls serving! The Corporal in his speech said that if you can't get up to the counter in the time, "you've 'ad it!"
There are all Nationalities around here:- Indians, French Sailors and Airmen, British Honduras, Canadians, New Zealanders and all the pick of the Infantry.
Must finish now, got to clean my Brasses!
P.S. Can I have some Lifebuoy Toilet?
Joe's full story is beautiful and tragic. He was our family hero. He IS our family hero. If I knew how to complete an effective RAF salute, I would salute you now, Joe. Long may your memory live in our family stories.
I hope to post a new letter from Joe's correspondence with his Mother here every Friday until they're done. It will be a turbulent and heart-wrenching journey. Subscribe to the Blog to make sure you don't miss any of it.
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I have often wondered this same thing. Especially the women who had to wear those long sleeved, high necked dresses way back before there were even fans! At least we can get away with minimal clothing on a hot day or just hang out inside in the air conditioning. As much as I often say I would like to go back just once and see how they lived, I could do without that!ReplyDelete
I've been thinking about my ancestors and the heat, too. I notice in your photos that everyone is leisurely staying cool, but some of my ancestors were farmer, and I still wonder how they managed.... Hot, hot, hot!ReplyDelete
I can remember when I was in college, I worked part-time as a cashier in a grocery store. We didn't have air conditioning in our house. There were many days that I looked forward to going to work so I could be cool.ReplyDelete
Really enjoyed your photos and what you wrote. Sure hope we don't have to experience that again any time soon.ReplyDelete


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Mr. Raymond Gray Miller, 75, passed away on Friday, January 18, 2013 at Forsyth Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born January 22, 1937 in Surry County to the late William Henry and Clara Law Miller.
Preceding him in death were two brothers, Sanford Paris Miller and William Hanzel Miller and a sister, Lena Mae Miller Inman.
Raymond graduated from Copeland High School in 1955. He retired from RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company on August 1, 1990 after nearly 33 years of service. Upon retiring from RJR, Raymond worked for the State of North Carolina DMV. We don't think Raymond ever retired from farming which he did from the time he could crawl until the time he could no longer sit atop one of his prize tractors. We know he never retired from loving and supporting and caring for his family. His family, what an easy term to say, but with Raymond, the volume of people he considered family is hard for most people to comprehend. Raymond enjoyed spending time at his farm and shop in Surry, was a diehard Wood Brothers fan, and loved life! Raymond was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Carol Jean Brown Miller; children, Reno Miller and wife, Tammy, Raleigh Miller, Will Miller and wife, Wendy; grandchildren, Cody Miller, Jake Miller, Luke Miller, Wesley Miller and Brady Miller. He is also survived by two sisters, Eva Miller Gough and Janie (Billy Joe) McHone. Also surviving is a special brother-in-law, Ronda Lee (Kay) Brown and a sister-in-law, Catherine (Phil) Shaw. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Bonnie M. Brown. He is survived by several wonderful nieces, exceptional nephews and special friends.
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