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Mark Bluemel wrote:
On Feb 11, 5:25 pm, "Geoff Pearson" wrote: How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm currently assuming that he knows that a(nother) crisis is about to break and he wants some other lucky person to have to deal with it. Oo you cynic you. ;-). You could well be right though. Tim |
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On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:56:17 PM UTC, Tim+ wrote:
Mark Bluemel wrote: On Feb 11, 5:25 pm, "Geoff Pearson" wrote: How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm currently assuming that he knows that a(nother) crisis is about to break and he wants some other lucky person to have to deal with it. Oo you cynic you. ;-). You could well be right though. Maybe he wants to move on a do some thing like, I'm a celibate get me out of here. Tim |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:49:03 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave
wrote: that he wasn't up to the job and would rather just retire. That's religion for you. I thought popes were like old hoofers (Brucie, etc) - die in harness. |
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On 13/02/13 16:42, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:49:03 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: that he wasn't up to the job and would rather just retire. That's religion for you. I thought popes were like old hoofers (Brucie, etc) - die in harness. In the past they died in office; but in the past life expectancy for everyone was much shorter, so it was unlikely that an ailing pope would linger for long. Now, senility and general debilitation is likely to be a problem long before expiry. -- djc |
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"Grimly Curmudgeon" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:49:03 -0800 (PST), whisky-dave wrote: that he wasn't up to the job and would rather just retire. That's religion for you. I thought popes were like old hoofers (Brucie, etc) - die in harness. They mostly are, but like with the royals changing on that, this pope has too. |
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In message , at 17:49:16 on Wed, 13 Feb
2013, djc remarked: In the past they died in office; but in the past life expectancy for everyone was much shorter, so it was unlikely that an ailing pope would linger for long. Especially if there weren't doctors to stick in pacemakers (etc). -- Roland Perry |
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On 13/02/2013 18:36, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 17:49:16 on Wed, 13 Feb 2013, djc remarked: In the past they died in office; but in the past life expectancy for everyone was much shorter, so it was unlikely that an ailing pope would linger for long. Especially if there weren't doctors to stick in pacemakers (etc). Rubbish! They've had them forever. They had odd ways of referring to them, though, in those days: Blessed are the pacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. -- Rod |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:52:11 +0000, polygonum
wrote: Rubbish! They've had them forever. They had odd ways of referring to them, though, in those days: Blessed are the pacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. "Out of the way, Big Nose." |
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In message , Brian Gaff
writes No I don't think so. Why are there no female Popes? There prolly was but a star in the east came along and ... you guessed the rest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan -- geoff |
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In message om, brass
monkey writes "Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm extremely saddened by this bombshell event. However, I look forward to the white smoke, signifying that some other stupid ******* is prepared to "stand-in" for Jesus. What complete and utter ********. I had a bible puncher hit the front door this week, just a kid. WTF gets into these people? Anyway, I told him where to get. No, no, no you invite them in then lock the front door this can be real fun if you have a spare half an hour before sunday lunch -- geoff |
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whisky-dave writes On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:56:17 PM UTC, Tim+ wrote: Mark Bluemel wrote: On Feb 11, 5:25 pm, "Geoff Pearson" wrote: How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm currently assuming that he knows that a(nother) crisis is about to break and he wants some other lucky person to have to deal with it. Oo you cynic you. ;-). You could well be right though. Maybe he wants to move on a do some thing like, I'm a celibate get me out of here. Better offer from the other side ? -- geoff |
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On 12/02/2013 01:50, brass monkey wrote:
"brass monkey" wrote in message eb.com... "Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm extremely saddened by this bombshell event. However, I look forward to the white smoke, signifying that some other stupid ******* is prepared to "stand-in" for Jesus. What complete and utter ********. I had a bible puncher hit the front door this week, just a kid. WTF gets into these people? Anyway, I told him where to get. Me - what are you selling? Him - nothing, just trying to provide some information regarding our lord Me - No thanks, pal Him - You're not interested? Me - Not in the slightest. ******. We have a bunch of lunatic Jehovas Witnesses (SP, anyone give a ****?) living opposite. Our pooch went and piddled on their front garden (good boy), out she came spouting verbal garbage, I said sorry, what did you say? I got - YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID. She can now go **** herself, permanently. Stupid bint. As a child I lived opposite a couple where she was a JW and he wasn't. It was slightly odd, as the kids played out with us, but couldn't come to birthday parties. She used to have a group of JWs round for regular prayer meetings or whatever. We found it quite good living opposite them, as we almost never got random JWs knocking at the door. SteveW |
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On 13/02/2013 21:38, geoff wrote:
In message om, brass monkey writes "Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm extremely saddened by this bombshell event. However, I look forward to the white smoke, signifying that some other stupid ******* is prepared to "stand-in" for Jesus. What complete and utter ********. I had a bible puncher hit the front door this week, just a kid. WTF gets into these people? Anyway, I told him where to get. No, no, no you invite them in then lock the front door this can be real fun if you have a spare half an hour before sunday lunch My father-in-law (a staunch Roman Catholic) invited them in (they looked shocked that anyone would do so) and then spent half an hour or so asking them pertinent religious questions and leaving them very lost and confused. SteveW |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:23:57 +0000, SteveW wrote:
On 13/02/2013 21:38, geoff wrote: In message om, brass monkey writes "Geoff Pearson" wrote in message ... How can this be of any interest? A bloke who is 86 announces he is too tired, nae wunder, to carry on work. He was too old when he started the job. Shock? Very old bloke retires? Not much shock to me. I'm extremely saddened by this bombshell event. However, I look forward to the white smoke, signifying that some other stupid ******* is prepared to "stand-in" for Jesus. What complete and utter ********. I had a bible puncher hit the front door this week, just a kid. WTF gets into these people? Anyway, I told him where to get. No, no, no you invite them in then lock the front door this can be real fun if you have a spare half an hour before sunday lunch My father-in-law (a staunch Roman Catholic) invited them in (they looked shocked that anyone would do so) and then spent half an hour or so asking them pertinent religious questions and leaving them very lost and confused. SteveW I did a similar thing, but on the doorstep - not seen any since (in about 8 - 10 years), which is a pity 'cos one of them was a very lovely brown lass (pity about the 'religion'). -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:38:22 +0000, just as I was about to take a
herb, geoff disturbed my reverie and wrote: you invite them in then lock the front door this can be real fun if you have a spare half an hour before sunday lunch Some of their women folk are quite hot...it's not fair. -- Cheers DrT ______________________________ We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in our lives; but we can always choose whether or not to dance in the puddles (Jewish proverb). |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:47:52 +1100, just as I was about to take a
herb, "Rod Speed" disturbed my reverie and wrote: He had to have his arm twisted to accept the job in the first place and has recently had a heart pacemaker fitted. He has had one for years, the recent one was a replacement. -- Cheers DrT ______________________________ We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in our lives; but we can always choose whether or not to dance in the puddles (Jewish proverb). |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:57:18 +0000 (GMT), just as I was about to take
a herb, charles disturbed my reverie and wrote: and he's been forbidden to fly by his doctors Only long flights, like transatlantic ones. -- Cheers DrT ______________________________ We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in our lives; but we can always choose whether or not to dance in the puddles (Jewish proverb). |
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:05:55 +0000, just as I was about to take a
herb, geoff disturbed my reverie and wrote: Better offer from the other side ? Oy vey! After all these years he's realised he's been batting for the wrong side? -- Cheers DrT ______________________________ We may not be able to prevent the stormy times in our lives; but we can always choose whether or not to dance in the puddles (Jewish proverb). |
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In message , DrTeeth
writes On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:38:22 +0000, just as I was about to take a herb, geoff disturbed my reverie and wrote: you invite them in then lock the front door this can be real fun if you have a spare half an hour before sunday lunch Some of their women folk are quite hot...it's not fair. Yeah - Soul Survivor have a unit adjacent to mine They seem to attract them too .... why ??? -- geoff |
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geoff writes:
In message , DrTeeth writes On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:38:22 +0000, just as I was about to take a herb, geoff disturbed my reverie and wrote: you invite them in then lock the front door this can be real fun if you have a spare half an hour before sunday lunch Some of their women folk are quite hot...it's not fair. Yeah - Soul Survivor have a unit adjacent to mine They seem to attract them too ... why ??? Good-looking women are maybe especially likely to think "surely not in vain / My substance from the common earth was ta'en", and will be attracted to someone who tells them how to live forever? -- Windmill, Use t m i l l J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost |
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On 15/02/2013 22:21, DrTeeth wrote:
Some of their women folk are quite hot...it's not fair. We had a reasonably good looking JW working in our department once. After a couple of years we'd converted her away from the faith, and she married a gentile. Andy |
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