Ray Turner

@TGRWorzel (47)

United Kingdom

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Testing the Central Nervous System

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (94093) • Daytona Beach, Florida 8 Nov 15

I’m not sure but at least I think it must be some kind of test of my nervous system. Those of you who perhaps know better can inform me otherwise. My hubby was away for September and most of October on a business trip to Australia...

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Ray Turner I think you've just had a taste of what my life is like, as a single person, though I don't have a cat. Hope things settle down into a new routine soon.

8 Nov 15

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Have you ever tried to write a poem?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Oct 15

If so, do you think you succeeded? And was it a formal poem - rhyming or otherwise - or was it what is sometimes termed "free verse"? If you have tried both, which did you find easier and/or more satisfying to write?

poems

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Ray Turner Yes, I have. But they usually evolve into a Limerick...

3 Oct 15

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What would count as climate change catastrophe?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Oct 15

The climate change deniers seem constantly to complain that climate science is always warning about impending catastrophe, but it never arrives! This strikes me as a strange argument in itself - a bit like a teacher warning a...

climate change

catastrophe

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Ray Turner The catastrophe occurs when the mechanisms that keep our planet at a fairly stable temperature stop working and the temperature spirals rapidly upwards, meaning that life as we know it can no longer survive.... But with all that water around which will...

3 Oct 15

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If you were the leader of a nuclear-armed nation, do you think you would ever be willing to push the button?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Oct 15

This question arose when the new leader of Britain's Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, stated that - were he to become Prime Minister - nothing would induce him to launch a nuclear attack, whatever the provocation. This has been...

nuclear weapons

pressing the button

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Ray Turner Yes I would, if the situation demanded it. But I wouldn't do it lightly and I wouldn't discuss the exact circumstances beforehand.

3 Oct 15

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Which has a better claim to be an Olympic sport - cricket or baseball?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 1 Oct 15

Baseball has been in the Olympics and is due to make a return in 2020 in Tokyo, but doesn't cricket have a better claim? Cricket is played in at least as many countries as baseball and is hugely popular in many of them. It is...

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Ray Turner I don't think either should qualify as an Olympic sport. In fact, I'd remove all ball games and team games from the Olympics. I would prefer the Olympics to be about the athletic ability of the individual

1 Oct 15

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Was God a worse genocidal maniac than Adolf Hitler?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 28 Sep 15

Everyone knows that Adolf Hitler was one of the most evil people ever to have existed, but he pales into insignificance when compared to God! At least when Hitler invaded a country he did not insist on every man, woman and child...

god

genocide

old testament

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Ray Turner I'd certainly say that Heinrich Himmler was a bigger genocidal maniac than Hitler. As for God... Well the question doesn't arise, not in my mind anyway, as God doesn't exist. The Bible is a work of fiction, admittedly with some good teachings that we would be...

28 Sep 15

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Would you leave flowers at the scene of a fatal crash?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 28 Sep 15

It seems to be the modern custom for people to leave flowers and other tributes at the place where a relative or friend has died in a road accident. As in the scene pictured (which I passed on my walk this morning) some sites turn...

fatal accidents

shrines

flowers

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Ray Turner No, I wouldn't leave flowers by the roadside. Whether for relatives or anybody else. It might make the bereaved feel better I suppose, but I can't see any other benefit in doing it and I don't think I would need that kind of comfort.

28 Sep 15

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Do You Still Play With Colouring Books?

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44976) • Preston, England 21 Sep 15

A radio talk show is making a big deal about the number of adults who are buying and using colouring books, for themselves, and not for children. This is putting some such books on the best-seller lists. Why not? I wouldn’t buy a...

colouring books

nostalgia

best seller lists

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Ray Turner I imagine that colouring can be very relaxing and therapeutic for adults, though I don't do it myself.Yet. Perhaps when I am older. I understand that it is most effective when your tongue is poking out of the corner of your mouth...

23 Sep 15

What superpower would you most like to have?

Flippish @flippish2014 (870) • Quezon City, Philippines 22 Sep 15

I want to have a travel time power that I can visit any timeline. It's cool that I can see the past and the future on my own eyes. What kind of superpower that you would like to have?

superpower

hero

power

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Ray Turner Time travel would be good, I'd like that too, but as we saw in Back to The Future the side-effects are tricky...

22 Sep 15

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When do you want to have a kid?

Solongo Munkhbaatar @ko31024 (492) • Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 21 Sep 15

When do you want to have a kid? some people became parent too early some people are became parent when they get older, i think i will have a kid at 24 or 25 .

children

child kid

interesting topics

interesting questions

health

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Ray Turner When I'm 90, perhaps... I can be Dad, Grandad and Great Grandad all at the same time...

22 Sep 15

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Do you think there are animals in heaven? Why or why not?

Jo Ann @akalinus (44339) • United States 21 Sep 15

I think we will find our pets in heaven. The Bible talks about horses. I think there will be the dogs and cats and other animals. What do you think?

animals

heaven

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Ray Turner I have never really thought about this before, but it's been interesting to contemplate your question. I think I'd rather descend permanently into unconsciousness rather than meet up with everybody again, whether in Heaven or the other place. Not just the...

21 Sep 15

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What do you think about facebook?

Martin Menev @martinbm (44) • Bulgaria 21 Sep 15

Do you use facebook every day? Is is usefull for you, since you see all activities with your friends or you don't have privacy with facebook?

social network

facebook

posting

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Ray Turner I do still to look at Facebook every day, but I don't do much with it now. I don't find it very helpful any more. It seems to have too many restrictions and is effectively blocking what I want to do, rather than facilitating it...

21 Sep 15

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Even worse news on the VW Beetle

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74757) • United States 21 Sep 15

I dropped the Volkswagen Beetle off at the garage on Wednesday. The owner of the garage just called me about an hour ago to let me know what they found. I got some really crappy news. He said that they ran it through the...

minivan

volkswagen

transmission

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Ray Turner That's the problem with modern cars. They are far too complicated and very expensive to repair when things go wrong. Not like the original VW Beetle, which a Blacksmith could probably repair...

21 Sep 15

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What is wrong with this generation of kids?

Dustin McAlpin @MrZ0mbiesFanatic (168) • Shreveport, Louisiana 19 Sep 15

When I was growing up, and I did something bad I would always get the belt and get grounded depending on the severity of it. Now a days, I see kids controlling their parents, back talking their parents, telling them what to do,...

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Ray Turner My observation is that standards slip a little with every generation that passes, as parents have the attitude that "I didn't like that when I was a kid so am not going to do it with mine"...

20 Sep 15

Childhood Sundays

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (94093) • Daytona Beach, Florida 18 Sep 15

Do let me know if you think that poetry is not right for discussions but I added this poem because it tells of Sundays when they were not just ordinary days. Do you remember a time when Sundays were special and every store was...

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Ray Turner Sunday was the worst day of the week when I was a child. I was packed off to Sunday School very unwillingly, whilst Mum & Dad had a lie in. Sunday lunch was OK, but of bit of a ritual and very inflexible. We could not have Shepherds Pie on a Sunday as it was...

18 Sep 15

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What is KIM KARDASHIAN actually?

MANISH K RAO @mkrnex (785) • Bangalore, India 17 Sep 15

At first I thought this was a girl band group.After reading I got to know she was girl who became popular !!But why I couldn't know.She has n 't done any movies.No real achievements.But her name rings around more than other...

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Ray Turner I don't know @mrkmex and to be honest I don't particularly care who she is. She's just somebody else living on the same planet as we do. Nobody special...

18 Sep 15

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Do you own a dishwasher?

Lady_Justice @Lady_Justice (969) • United States 17 Sep 15

Do you have a dishwasher in your kitchen? If so, do you use it regularly, or do you still frequently end up washing dishes by hand? How well does your appliance work? Does it get dishes clean or do you practically have to wash...

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Ray Turner My dishwasher failed earlier this year. I haven't replaced it yet and don't intend to. My small kitchen is better without that extra appliance and although it required some adjustment to my lifestyle, I have now established a new routine for the washing up. I...

17 Sep 15

I hate the thought of facebook having a dislike button soon

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74757) • United States 17 Sep 15

I guess for real this time facebook is going to have a dislike button that they are adding. I absolutely hate the thought of this. I think facebook bullies will use this as a way to hurt others feelings. I will be confused by it...

facebook

dislike

bullying

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Ray Turner I think you are right about this. Mind you, I've largely given up with Facebook. I post very little there at the moment, so the addition of the new dislike button will not affect me too much.

17 Sep 15

If you won a million dollars in lottery, what would you do with it?

Flippish @flippish2014 (870) • Quezon City, Philippines 17 Sep 15

I would buy my own house, make several businesses that are popular in our country, and buy some of the things I want. If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?

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Ray Turner Bank it and live a normal lifestyle off the interest, but without working too hard if at all. As I get older, it would pay for any care that I needed...

17 Sep 15

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What was the last picture you took with your phone?

Flippish @flippish2014 (870) • Quezon City, Philippines 16 Sep 15

A lot of people love to take selfies and I am one of them. This morning, I took picture of me when I woke up. It is my last picture I took. How about you?

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Ray Turner I honestly don't remember. It was such a long time ago I've just looked in the picture gallery and there's nothing there. Looking through the archives on my PC, I think it was probably this one.

16 Sep 15

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