Lent. See you on Easter.
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1. I gave up DU for Lent once.
A rough 40 days I tell you.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:07 PM
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3. Try it again. You might need to go for 180 days, though.
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Tue Feb-24-09 05:04 PM
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19. Hell, I can do 180 days in my sleep.
Actually, I couldn't. I once tried to give up the Lounge voluntarily under no religious obligations and it lasted less than a month.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:00 PM
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2. Excellent. Now I can talk about you behind your back for 40 days.
:thumbsup: Take care of yourself, JVS. See you, soon. :hug:
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:08 PM
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:wtf: or whatever the appropriate greeting is for that. :eyes: :pals:
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:12 PM
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5. Yeah, I think I'll also try to start going to church for lent.
I live a 40 minute walk from the parish and its been so much of a hassle that I only went once. Sunday morning is no time for a walk across the city.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:18 PM
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6. Hey, the traffic would be light!
Not sucking too much car exhaust on your walk.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:28 PM
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11. JVS doesn't go to church?!!
Wow. I'm feelin' some cognitive dissonance. I need to sit down. :crazy: I think you should do some penance during Lent. Maybe read some Schleiermacher. Have a good Lent! See you after Easter! :hi:
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:41 PM
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16. walk a hilly 2.5 km on the other side of a big town on sunday morning?
Edited on Tue Feb-24-09 04:52 PM by JVS
I don't know. I think that time might be better spent in meditative slumber.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:23 PM
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7. I was going to say it's not Lent yet, but where you are, it probably is...
I can't remember the last time I gave something up for Lent. Probably about 30 years ago when I was still a practicing Catholic! :rofl:
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:25 PM
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8. Not quite yet, but I'm still around for a bit to respond to people
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:27 PM
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10. bon ton roulez for the time that is left!
:hi: See ya when! How are things going, anyway?
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:26 PM
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I'm impressed. I really am.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:35 PM
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12. Why not give up lent for lent?
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:36 PM
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13. Yeah, I've done that the last 20 lents in a row! n/t
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:37 PM
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14. I've often said that's what Reformed Protestants should do.
In this, as in so many things, no one listens.
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:42 PM
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17. Because that's not in keeping with the true spirit of Lent
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Tue Feb-24-09 04:49 PM
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18. If you complete the implied word with the root "lent", you get "lenticular".
Definitions of lenticular on the Web: biconvex: convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Obviously, you need only give up lentils for lent.
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