Forum: Et Cetera
07-13-2009, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 101
Views: 36,020
Hello From Tasmania Australia(Part 2)
Here is Part 2 of that simulated interview.-Ron Price, "Hello From Tasmania Australia(Part 2)"
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Good to be back among the gang. Looking forward to the...
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Forum: Et Cetera
07-13-2009, 10:49 AM
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Replies: 101
Views: 36,020
Hello From Tasmania Australia(Part 1)
It has been some time, perhaps a year or more since I dropped in here. I'll post an interview here since that seems what people are interested in on this thread.-Ron in Tasmania:cool:...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
06-20-2007, 01:38 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
Just Checking In....
After another 4 months this thread is still progressing....I'll be back. I am now 63 and, if I live to be a centenarian, you will have my posts here for another 37 years.-Ron Price, Tasmania,...
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Forum: CURRENT EVENTS
02-07-2007, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,964
1st Post in 2007
I have to go to bed; it is nearly 2:30 and I did not buy any gas in town; the nearest petrol station which is open is 3 hours away by car. "Gas" in Australia is called "petrol." See you all later for...
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Forum: GOOD READING
02-07-2007, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 958
2 Points in Response: 1st in 2007.
1. Reading a Book:
I count skimming or scanning as "reading a book." It's not speed reading; it's trying to get the gist of a book and once you have it you can leave the book for others.
2. reading...
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Forum: FAST CHAT
02-07-2007, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,086
1st Post in 2007
Time to say hello again. I thought you folks might like the following; it should fit into this space quite nicely. See you all again later.-Ron
DISCOVERIES OF THREE EPOCHS
One way to visualize the...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
02-07-2007, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
8 Months Later
2007 is bright with promise and in this my 1st posting I can say:
1. I have placed a quoto at this site and
2. I will see you all again for my 2nd posting in 2007.
oh yes, Baha'i apologetics is...
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Forum: GOOD READING
02-07-2007, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,305
Lost For Words
Even though I'm lost for words, I'll post 70 or 80 of them here:
Time to return with my first posting here in 2007. I'll just touch base and then run to 3rd. It's difficult to get a triple. In...
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Forum: GOOD READING
01-05-2007, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,705
A Bit of John Steinbeck Geneology
I first read a Steinbeck book back in 1961 at high school...I came across some information about his grandparents back in the 1850s and I post it here in the form of a...
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Forum: GOOD READING
12-08-2006, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,305
"Ham" For Lunch
I don't "let" it trouble me if I don't have "ham" for lunch, but I do take interest in the 15 different "Ron Price's" on the internet. there's wife beaters, evangelists, car dealers, a whole pile of...
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Forum: GOOD READING
10-06-2006, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 958
15 Months After My Last Post on 'Reading'
A RECORD OF BOOKS READ OR PARTLY READ FROM 1956 TO 2006
Perhaps how much one reads is as important as what one reads. Given the fact that we all have different tastes, perhaps the essential question...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
10-06-2006, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
If I Was Still A Teacher....
One of the most creative mixes of material I've seen in years in response to my "Apologetics Opener." I'd post your pages of quips, witticisms, plays-on-words, items that could be variously named,...
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Forum: FAST CHAT
10-06-2006, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,086
I'm Lost For Words
....but I may be back at Christmas, or New Years, or Easter, or I just may pop up when you lease expect it. Take care, you all!-Ron
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Forum: FAST CHAT
09-27-2006, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,086
Asta La Vista, Babies!
If I was a moderator I'd close this thread down at this point. There's been a good solid creative response of my initial posting, some succinct critiquing, some empty critiquing, good drawn and...
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Forum: FAST CHAT
05-18-2006, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,086
It's Amazing What Can Get Generated By 1 Comment!
At the risk of setting off another forest-fire of comments in 20 directions, burning the land, as they do in Australia to help things grow(BELIEVE IT OR NOT!) LET ME SAY:
1. You are a fast, furious...
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Forum: GOOD READING
05-18-2006, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,305
A Little Reading About Hamlet: Are You Kidding?
WHELLING UP
Hamlet's immediate need is to calm himself, to escape into solitude, there to recover self-mastery and come to a clear understanding of the altered state of things. Hamlet, like us, is...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
05-18-2006, 02:41 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
Frank Zappa at ZEFRANK.COM
For years, when in my early and middle adulthood, my studnets used to say I looked like Frank Zappa. I only mention this because of this site's obvious enthusiasm for my presence here. Now that I am...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
01-16-2006, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
3 Months Absense...Hunting Tassie Devils
I thought you would all appreciate some item of delectation, but for the life of me I can't think of one. So, I'll just bit you all adieu from this last stop on the way to Antarctica if you take the...
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Forum: CURRENT EVENTS
12-10-2005, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,964
I Must Say....!
This os one of the liveliest sites I've been at in several years. There is critique; there is humour; there is some of the good old Australian 'bash-your-friend' as a sign of friendship, mateship,...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
12-10-2005, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
I'm Back!
Do you remember in Hamlet there was the ghost of a dead king. I feel a little like him after being away for such a long time from this site--at which the response is so, so, what shall I say? ...when...
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Forum: FAST CHAT
12-10-2005, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,086
Ron Price's 2nd Thread of Welcoming Notes
At the risk of setting off another chain of events leading to a possible global or should I say site-warming, I shall post a little piece to introduce myself even more, win the heart of a lady or two...
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Forum: FAST CHAT
12-10-2005, 09:00 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 9,246
Good Golly Miss Molley: Look For A New Thread
It's been over 4 months since I've had the opportunity to get back to this site. And---low-and-behold---what can I say?? I'm speechless. I think I'll open another thread and we can stich another...
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Forum: DEBATE HALL
08-31-2005, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,925
Baha'i Apologetics and Debate
Apologetics is a branch of systematic theology, although some experience it’s thrust in religious studies or philosophy of religion courses. Some encounter it on the internet for the first time in a...
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Forum: CURRENT EVENTS
08-31-2005, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,964
7 REECE MEWS/6 REECE STREET
I think what caught my fancy about the story of Francis Bacon1, in addition to his works of art and some of the quite stimulating and provocative things he said about art and the creative process, ...
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Forum: GOOD READING
07-25-2005, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,169
Karl Shapiro's Book: 'To Abolish Children'
The two quotes will give you a taste for the book. The poem is a little too long; I apologize for this. Just leave it out. You will surivive without the poem. I felt like making an extended comment...
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