speakeasy started a new discussion called Working on Thanksgiving - will you celebrate and if so - when? in people.
4 days ago
My husband and I are both shift workers and usually if one of us is working on Thanksgiving we just postpone the celebration a day or two and celebrate on Friday or Saturday. This year we were looking at our schedules and found that if we postponed it, we would not both have the same day off until Dec 7! At first we were thinking about just skipping celebrating this year; but, looking at the...

speakeasy responded to a discussion called Are all sins the same?.
4 days ago
Personally I think it depends on 2 things. 1) Degree/Intent - a person who lies to someone to make them feel better may be sinning but a person who lies in order to get a person to give away their possessions is harming someone else. One has a good motive the other does not. Just as a man who covets his neighbors wife but never takes action on those covetous faults only harms himself with th...

speakeasy responded to a discussion called Do You Have Just Turkey for Thanksgiving or Turkey and Ham or some other combo? in cooking.
4 days ago
We stick with turkey for Thanksgiving (Turkey Day!) and save the ham for New Years Day and Easter.

speakeasy responded to a discussion called Can human kind live without Internet?? in internet.
4 days ago
Just the opposite - without the Internet human kind has procreated a whole lot over the past several THOUSAND years. Too much time on the Internet and not enough time "procreating" would be more likely to cause human kind to die out.

speakeasy responded to a discussion called Overweight? Don't travel in Peru!.
5 hours ago
The companies/individuals who are buying this fat should just go straight to the plastic surgeons who literally have tons of human fat that needs to be disposed of each year. Especially since the fat was being sold to "companies in Europe" and Europe has a lot of plastic surgeons who could provide plenty of fat without any deaths occurring.

speakeasy commented in a discussion called 10 year old refuses to say pledge of allegence in politics.
4 days ago
kittenskysong - a pledge is nothing more than a promise. By refusing to "pledge" he is saying that he does not beleive in the things that he pledge says it stands for; so, he is saying that he does not beleive in "liberty and justice for all" when that is not the case. If he wants to bring this inequality to people's attention there are better ways of doing it than refusing to say the pledge...

speakeasy commented in a discussion called 10 year old refuses to say pledge of allegence in politics.
3 days ago
debrakcarey - I am sorry if you feel I took your response "negatively" - I did not. I was just pointing out to others that may read this discussion that there is more than one way to look at and "interpret" the Pledge of Allegiance. The Pledge of Allegiance, US Flag, Star Spangled Banner, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independance are all part of American heritage. But, th...

speakeasy commented in a discussion called Are all sins the same?.
4 days ago
Andy77 -[i]"Similarly, laws given to the Jews, apply to the Jews, not to everyone else."[/i]You do realize this includes the 10 Commandments - they were given to the Jews. So, you are saying it is OK for the rest of us to lie, cheat, steal, commit murder, etc, because these commandments were not given to us?If that is the case then homosexuality is[b]not[/b] a sin because it is in the...

speakeasy commented in a discussion called Working on Thanksgiving - will you celebrate and if so - when? in people.
3 days ago
A lot of things have been happening this past year; but, I think it is important to at least try to celebrate the Holidays if you can. We live too far away from our relatives to visit on the Holidays; so, it is just the three of us (my husband, my son, and myself). We usually just get a small turkey (or if that is not possible a prepackaged "turkey roast" with gravy. A couple of sides and a pie...

speakeasy received a best response in the discussion No Toilet, no Bride by bhanusb.
1 day ago
Not putting in a simple "outhouse" is just plain laziness. They do not need to have "indoor plumbing"; but, what they are requiring both the men and women to do is very unsanitary and potentially embarassing. Even the men are being exposed to stinging insects (and,[b]that[/b] is a very sensitive and embarassing area to be stung on). I grew up in the US; but, the area I lived in had little "...