" I'm just not sure either one of us was relating to what the other was saying despite the similarities of our points. So, maybe I am the one who owes the apology."
There have some months since I was posted here. I have not been following all that has been stated and therefore have not been aware of intellectual territory staked out and settled.
There could be no arguement without me doing my part.
It is my pleasure to meet a scholar and a gentleman.
it is also my distinct honor and a priviledge to read from and speak to betty boop and Alamo-Girl.
May the Life in me live In you all also.
I really don't have a great deal of time for this. I do however like Discourse.
When we have made our comments back and forth, I have probably taken my side a little more seriously than I ought.
The day your Doctor asks you, "Are you afraid to die?" may cause you to be a little bit more serious about showing you recognize, on Earth, the One you will meet in a shorter time span than you thought.
Since I know this to be true in my life, it may hold true in the life of others. In that case, start dealing with Him in the way the song goes.
"Live like you were Dieing."
I am not being maudlin. These are just the facts, ma'am.
Have a good day. Gold is at 639/oz.
That probably means some people are looking at a war around Iran and Israel.
I don't like war, but I hope our country is on God's side.
Be Prepared, to answer the question.
I am glad you freepers are awake!!
Since I know this to be true in my life, it may hold true in the life of others. In that case, start dealing with Him in the way the song goes.
"Live like you were Dieing."
If by that you mean moi, then that's quite the step up for an old ex nozzle-jockey like me.
"it is also my distinct honor and a priviledge to read from and speak to betty boop and Alamo-Girl."
Indeed, as it is for I. We must not let them know this, however.
"When we have made our comments back and forth, I have probably taken my side a little more seriously than I ought."
'Tis always a delicate balance, is it not? I'm sure I've misjudged many a time. But, we've accomplished a few positive things, or at least made our contribution. We've gained a few examples of 'closed systems' and learned that the totality of all that there is is one of those examples. We've learned that a wok is an example of an open system (and here all along I thought a wok was what you thwow at a wabbit). :^)
And we've confirmed what you were sure of all along; that there is no good definition of energy or of matter (mass). As a grade-schooler, some sixty years ago, I seem to recall that we were told that energy was 'the ability to do work' or something along those lines. But I wasn't going to offer something as feeble as that to stand as a definition. And who knows? We may yet have someone checking in to inform us just how terribly wrong we are.
"The day your Doctor asks you, "Are you afraid to die?" may cause you to be a little bit more serious . . . "
Doctors ask that question? My doctor has not yet, although not long ago he might well have. Much to my astonishment, I feel no difference.
"Gold is at 639/oz. That probably means some people are looking at a war around Iran and Israel."
They perceive the near-certainty of an unpredictable, but high level of danger. That's for sure.
"I don't like war . . . "
Hardly no one but Islamic lunatics and ChiCom warlords do.
"I hope our country is on God's side."
You have that sentiment in the right order. Some have it backwards.