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| 12-29-06 (29 Decembre 2006)
| Sully777
Posted on 12/29/2006 12:09:39 AM PST by sully777
HAPPY FRIDAY
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
New Years Myth: KRONOS (or Cronus) was the Titan god of time and the ages, especially time where regarded as destructive and all-devouring.
He ruled the cosmos during the so-called Golden Age, after castrating and deposing his own father Ouranos (the Sky) from the throne. In fear of a prophecy that he would be in turn be overthrown by his own son, Kronos swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born. Rhea managed to save the youngest, Zeus, by hiding him away on the island of Krete, and fed Kronos a stone wrapped in the swaddling clothes of an infant. The god grew up, forced Kronos to disgorge his swallowed offspring, and led the Olympians in a ten year war against the Titanes, before driving them defeated into the pit of Tartaros.
Many human generations later, Zeus released Kronos and his brothers from this prison, and made the old Titan king of the Elysian Islands, home of the blessed dead."
New Years Ritual: In Ecuador, people celebrate Ano Viejo by making scarecrows from old clothe and newspapers. They fill the dummies with firecrackers and paper listing regrets, faults, problems, etc. from the past year. They light the scarecrow and watch it explode and burn, symbolizing an extinguishing of their past failures in the previous year.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Humor; UFO's
KEYWORDS: 20062007; hardtosmile; mundanemadness; newyear; ofst; tempusfugit
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To: Millee
Who could forget the redneck wedding pics
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posted on
12/29/2006 10:54:27 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: amxfan2002
My new keyboard.... mine...
142
posted on
12/29/2006 10:57:07 AM PST
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: JJR RNCH
I think it might be a good day to take down the Christmas decorations......
143
posted on
12/29/2006 11:00:54 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: amxfan2002; All
Ok... I'm outta here.
Happy New Year everybody!
144
posted on
12/29/2006 11:03:29 AM PST
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: r-q-tek86
Have a safe New Years Eve......
145
posted on
12/29/2006 11:08:21 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: JJR RNCH
Think I'll go for a swim later......
146
posted on
12/29/2006 11:10:45 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: YouPosting2Me
So... you're saying you're good with HTML?
147
posted on
12/29/2006 11:19:26 AM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
To: sully777
148
posted on
12/29/2006 11:21:56 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: amxfan2002
I prefer jacuzzi's.
149
posted on
12/29/2006 11:27:14 AM PST
by
JJR RNCH
(Your mother doesn't work here!! Clean up after YOURSELF.)
To: r-q-tek86
150
posted on
12/29/2006 11:28:55 AM PST
by
Feiny
(Save the Whales. Collect the whole set.)
To: amxfan2002
Could you imagine your kid coming home with one of these.
151
posted on
12/29/2006 11:29:50 AM PST
by
JJR RNCH
(Your mother doesn't work here!! Clean up after YOURSELF.)
To: r-q-tek86
HAY, hit that right button more often FireHead
152
posted on
12/29/2006 11:29:54 AM PST
by
Feiny
(Save the Whales. Collect the whole set.)
To: JJR RNCH
I think she already has a belly button....
153
posted on
12/29/2006 11:34:52 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: amxfan2002
154
posted on
12/29/2006 11:49:39 AM PST
by
JJR RNCH
(Your mother doesn't work here!! Clean up after YOURSELF.)
To: JJR RNCH
Oh !!! Sorry!!!! But the tat is kinda cool, you must admit that. Heck, it might even qualify her to work at Lowes....
155
posted on
12/29/2006 11:56:57 AM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: JJR RNCH
I just discovered that left over TaterTots don't do so well in the microwave.....
156
posted on
12/29/2006 12:01:01 PM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: amxfan2002
157
posted on
12/29/2006 12:06:10 PM PST
by
JJR RNCH
(Your mother doesn't work here!! Clean up after YOURSELF.)
To: JJR RNCH
Not yet...just really soft and soggy....Can't seem to firm them up...(Gosh, this sounds so crude)
158
posted on
12/29/2006 12:08:17 PM PST
by
amxfan2002
("Over, Macho Grande??....I'll never be over Macho Grande!!")
To: r-q-tek86
interesting graphic
you need to use the right button more often
159
posted on
12/29/2006 12:10:10 PM PST
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: amxfan2002
Left over tots? There are things called drive-thrus. Get off your butt and go to Sonic.
160
posted on
12/29/2006 12:10:26 PM PST
by
JJR RNCH
(Your mother doesn't work here!! Clean up after YOURSELF.)
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