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We ... filter water. This saves on weight.
i spent a good part of trip planning for big bend wishing we could filter water... no guaranteed water source. :(
I can't believe i forgot about a first aid kit in this thread, but then, I almost always have a half a tube of triple antibiotic and bandaids in my pocket...
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We needed a poll on how long it would be before you went there ;)
Bill
went where... to examine more facts? ;)
eta... kinda like *I* was wondering how long it would be till you popped in and started questioning scripture, lol.....
There's a lot of psychology in how people look at life and death -- the beginning and the end. It's not really that big a leap. :D
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But my ashes will be buried -- in my compost pile.
:)
...and ashes/ dust are still *your body*-- just in another form.
I guess I kinda look at the state of a dead body like I look at the state of a fertilized egg: They are still a human body, just not in a commonly recognizable form. One has life, one doesn't.
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I'm holding out on our landlines cuz if someone is choking/about to pass out, you can't give them your address. And they can't get an accurate address with cell phones where we are.
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too true.... playing with font is clever enough, yet one can still be clever *and* wise. They needn't exist at odds. ;-)
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Wrapping a body in linen is how Jews prepared dead bodies, it does not say Jesus was "buried" in the sense that we bury people 6 feet-under. The bible story is clear he was placed in a cave-like tomb.
Bill
it doesn't have to be the same.
That WAS their burial.
scripture elsewhere talks about His burial, and there's no evidence that this tomb wasn't in the earth.
might have even been under 6 feet of rock. ;)
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"My first thought was to say "on his arse!"
LOL! right?!??
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The Bible doesn't say he was buried. It says he was wrapped in linen and placed in a tomb (or sepulchre) cut out of rock, and sealed in with a rock.
Entombed yes, buried no.
Bill
John 19:40 specifically mentions in accordance with burial customs and other scripture specifically states BURIED. It's an easy search. I promise.
entombed. buried. burial practices. in a tomb.
now if you wanna talk about "under the earth" we can always look at
"And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed†(Matthew 27:57-60).
carved out of the earth itself. makes sense to me. ;)
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I thought we agreed that according to the bible stories he wasn't buried.
did I agree that's what the Bible stories say? :confused:
it says.... "according to Jewish burial customs"
[eta: John 19:40 ]
Sounds more "right" than offering up a match to someone who professes to like fire :D
Bill
LOL! i do like matches. ;)
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Well, if doing as Jesus did is the standard, who cares where you are located because you will only be there 3 days!
LOL!
and Spy Car, since scripture says buried, that's what we go with. Could have been an underground tomb..... ;)
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In Gen. 1:26-27, we are told that we are made in the image and likeness of God, (the whole human being). That our bodies were never intended for death is supported by Rom. 5:12 which says death came through sin. Because we were made in the image of God, we should treat the body with the utmost respect and that means even after death (I Cor. 6:19) After all, we are just sleeping (I Cor. 15: 20, 42-44). The fact that the body decays is just a natural process and by-product of death. That death was never intended should further emphasize the importance of respecting the body. Consider also, that Jesus was buried. He certainly could have told His disciples to cremate Him, and think of the magnitude of that kind of miracle. Not only back from the dead, but back from ashes!! But He chose burial; there must be something significant about it.
It seems logical to me that the issue is not so much dam*ation if you do cremate or eternal life without a body, but it is for the benefit of those still living. Having your body buried can be one last final witness that you give to those who are living. In essence you are proclaiming (or being a witness) that you believe the Bible: we were made in the image of God, our bodies should not be desecrated, our body was not intended for death, some day the dead in Christ shall rise, believers are just sleeping, and over-all as a follower of Christ you wanted to be like Him while living, in burial, and in resurrection from the dead.
Q:
not seeing Cor 6:19 as applying to after you are dead? appears to be discussing our actions of breaking a specific command while we are living...
18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.
I do agree that Jesus' burial was significant -- He had quite a few prophecies to fulfill. ;) I don't think most Christians are buried as He was though....
and I guess we'll have to disagree on 'desecration' of a dead body: since a lot of it is about what is personally contemptible, a typical funeral is seen as desecrating a body by quite a few. But that starts getting into "which courtesies will trump: the dead's wishes or the living's desires?"
If I knew you wanted a burial, I'd make sure you got one. :)
wait... :001_huh: that didn't sound right...... ;)
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If I remember my bible stories correctly, Jesus wasn't buried. He was placed in a cave-like tomb that was sealed with a rock. But he wasn't buried under earth, right?
Bill
for this discussion, "burial" doesn't have to be "under earth" -- just opposite of being cremated. ;) Some preservation of the body...
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for me...
I have yet to find a scriptural verse that points to the HS in our body after our body has died, and can find no DISrespect in the act of cremation [lots of good points about the positive attributes of fire], and no mandating of REspect via a traditional burial [man's wisdom vs God's wisdom], so I'm fine with going on gut instinct or personal convictions [tradition/ stumbling blocks/ personal ideas of sin/etc].
If I knew someone's faith recommended burial over cremation, I'd counsel them to stick w/ their faith.
I like fire.
The idea of cremation appeals to me.
The idea of being made up and wheeled out for a look-see doesn't sound very appealing or respectful *to me*. :)
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Oh my, I just got a crazy idea. lol For those of us that read the thread titles and think stuff we can't type, what if we put it here in this thread and just crack our sarcastic selves up?? Lord, they'd probably lock it down and throw away the key though.
Nevermind, probably a bad idea. lol
*Goes back to NOT typing what she is thinking.* :leaving: :D
just type it up and change the font color to white. :-)
it shows up when someone highlights it or quotes it [against the darker background]. It also shows up if a term whited out is searched for, lol.
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Last October we took all 5 kiddos [ages 3, 5, 8, 11, 14] up to Emory Peak at Big Bend. Camped overnight halfway up, hiked to peak and back all the way down the next day. camped at base that evening.
we did LOTS of smaller day hikes to prepare.
My oldest had already done Philmont, and he can pack some serious weight. He and Mr. Boo carried the heaviest packs [we had to take our own water up]. I had the 3d heaviest, and my 2d carried a lot of the lighter bulkier items.
each kid practiced with SOME sort of pack -- even my youngest carried his own water bottle and bag of snacks [including a lollipop!]. Learning to wear it was the hardest for him and my 4th i think. They did end up carrying a couple pounds or so in their final hiking packs.
we always hiked in 15 minute increments w/ 5 minute stops. We used a timer so they knew what to expect. I had certain snacks along the way that were pulled out at certain stops: caprisun at 3d stop, chocolate at 5th stop, etc.
we practiced at a nature preserve that had some very serious rocky terrain, not just stuff along the road.
when we got to big bend, I was pretty impressed at how well they did -- we didn't HAVE to carry either of the younger ones, even though Mr. Boo gave in and played around with them when were at the tail end of the hike [camp in sight].
we haven't been back since. :001_huh:
too many other things, lol......
we do want to take the dogs to enchanted rock....no dogs allowed in national parks and some other places. :(
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Ok, so after I started this thread I realized I had some foam padding from a 2" foam mattress topper that I had leftover from cutting a larger one. I got an older beach towel and sewed up the sides and cut the foam to fit in there and VOILA, I have a dog bed for my one dog that likes something softer.
similar here.
We have three dogs now:
our SPCA black lab mix: she sleeps on the floor and on the couch, but she's our patroller, so ends up in various places on the floor depending on what she feels needs guarding most at that particular time. ;)
16yo ds' GSD- sleeps on his bed with him. during the day she'll sleep on the floor in his room, floors elsewhere, or sometimes the couch.
My husky-- the darn dog isn't keen on housetraining, so she spends a lot of time tethered to one of us or in her crate. She's a couch potato, so that's usually where she is. Once we decided that she'd be crated a bit more than the others [when we leave/ at night/when we're too busy to watch her] Mr. Boo built her a nice crate that's a bit roomier than most huskies would need. We used a 1" foam pad doubled up that someone was tossing out for the cushion and just wrap a sheet around it [her fur doesn't stick to the sheet like it does blankets/ towels...]. She's got the best spot in the house, lol.
No dogs on OUR bed- Mr. Boo would flip. ;) Took him long enough to get over letting them inside, then on the couch....
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Ppl think I'm sarcastic here. I don't post anywhere NEAR what all is in my head. I'd get banned.
I spent the last year perfecting my sarcasm....... ;-)
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Elks? American Legion? VFW? We use the basement of our Catholic church, though we're charted by the Elks. I'd love to have a hsed troop, but we simply don't have enough boys to do that.
I think I asked just about everyone in our rural-ish county; been trying to keep our options local, but I think i'm going to have to look into Dallas County....
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Not really. The number one safety factor is better medical care. It has done more than all interventions combined.
And doing dangerous things safer is of course a factor.
Just sitting in the car is not dangerous. Putting it on par with dangerous activities like the military and violent situations is flat out ridiculous.
There is minimizing risk and there is reacting to a risk far out of proportion.
Out of the millions of people in America, it's so unlikely that a child will light the vehicle on fire, crush their windpipe in a window, be abducted, start the car, or whatever that it is outside of reasonable proportion to the likelihood of the scenario to be fearful of such things happening without another factor to justify it, much less make laws against it. At least in my opinion.
I do believe there is a difference between acting merely out of fear vs exercising prudent steps to minimize risks.
most of the scenarios out there were before the person ever made it to the hospital: it was those safety factors that i was addressing.
I was mostly referring to all the general awareness campaigns out there -- abductions and assaults literally saw seriously reduced numbers after people started being pro-active about taking more precautions. Even 'just sitting in the car' is rarely a matter of 'just sitting'-- it usually involves kids NOT sitting, lol. Thus the safety features that are many times mandated.
The key phrase is "without another factor to justify it" ....enter the presence of a minor child that [as much as we want to believe otherwise] is likely [not guaranteed] to be unpredictable. PLUS the other variables about other people around the vehicle and the condition of the vehicle itself. variable, variable, variable.
everytime people contribute just a tiny bit to legitimately minimizing risks, the safety numbers go UP. Relaxing when we should be keeping our guard up [as opposed to just 'fearful'] will only see a rise in those numbers again....
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The posters who pointed out that there is a far greater risk of an accident while driving reminded me of an article in the New York Times, "Keeping Kids Safe from the Wrong Dangers." Excerpt:
....despite the fact that the British writer Warwick Cairns, author of “How to Live Dangerously,†has calculated that if you wanted to guarantee that your child would be snatched off the street, he or she would have to stand outside alone for 750,000 hours. And while we are busy inflating some risks,
back to my post above [quoting Martha]. There's a reason those risks are getting lower. ;)
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They might be safer, which is debatable IMO, but they aren't getting to really live and enjoy exploring the world around them and are missing out on so many learning and maturing opportunities. .......
But living is a scary terminal condition.
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And the sad thing is, life in America has never been safer or more informed, so if ever there was a time to relax - this is it. That we are far more paranoid and restrictive than our grandparents or great grandparents or those who live in 2nd and 3rd world countries is just irrational and a disservice to our children.
I agree with the first part, but we have some pretty solid statistics to point out WHY things "have never been safer...." and a lot of it is because of the increased steps parents and our gvt have taken to KEEP children safe. Relaxing does away with exactly what makes it so safe.
I am all for letting my kids do "dangerous" things, but even then it is prudent to minimize risks, and their life growing up is about learning to do dangerous things repeatedly by minimizing risks....which many times involves "don't do that!" [whatever 'that' is....]. There are ways that EVERYONE minimizes risks: on the job, in recreational areas, with various tools, in daycares, etc. Even in the military and in other violent situations we teach how to do dangerous things as safely as possible - not to relax. There's time and a place for relaxing, and if you haven't created a safe situation, you can't really relax. ;) So....learning to create a safe situation becomes pretty important.
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Remember your Chartering Organization is responsible to provide/find a place to meet--put the onus on them--that's where it belongs!
yeah.. but that's exactly why we haven't found someone willing to charter a Family Scout Troop.... ;)
If we can find a location willing to let us meet, we'll be able to find a chartering organization.:tongue_smilie:
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just put so many other things in there that the taste of the browned meat is overpowered, lol. Maybe a nice looooong slow simmer so the juices can penetrate the meat?
wait-- i don't cook. that's a total guess on my part. good luck!
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No fundraising. It's out-of-pocket. For us in an investment because DS goes to state every year in Entomology and we are hoping for internships and scholarships as a result of his experiences.
if you can, you might want to look into it. mine goes to State for Roundup competitions and the club fundraising helps cover some of the travel expenses. Been nice with his dog project this year too, lol. Those scholarships sound great, but in TX they have to fill out the FAFSA to apply for the scholarship....and we aren't doing that on principle. He'll have to utilize his experiences for scholarships that won't require the FAFSA, so we've been making a list of those. :)
good luck!
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One of those Wise Old Owls back in Cub Leader Training told me what the Boy Scout Parent Salute was...hands in pockets.
LOL! Amen....
At the beginning of our getting-a-dog journey... questions
in General Education Discussion Board
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before getting a dog i did a read-aloud of the 'Dummies Guide to Dog Training.' there was a lot I had forgotten and a lot that EVERYONE learned.
training to stay on your property really isn't that tough. Tether the dog to your side pretty much 24/7 except for monitored play sessions, and do a LOT of perimeter walks. We have 3 dogs on just over an acre w/ dogs all around us. Perimeter training and obedience training are essential.
SPAY or NEUTER your dog.
There's a nifty little trick about shaking a metal can w/ a few coins in tandem w/ teaching them to come. It is a LOT easier to listen to a can shaking than a neighbor hollering for their dog to return, lol.... and it works wonderfully.
That being said, our GSD took off across the creek once and was bleeding a bit [back hip] when she finally got back-- looked like someone had shot her w/ a pellet gun. Can't blame them-- she wasn't on our property. Be prepared to deal w/ neighbors in an honest fashion: if your dog DOES get off your property they can do a lot of damage in manymanymany ways, and you would be legally liable.
ID: tags, collars, and microchip, oh my.....tags, collar, and microchip, oh my.... [faster!]
Gotta agree w/ the intuitive difference between shepherds/ retrievers, but a lot of that can be nipped in the bud with some really good training. If it is *at all* in your budget, get your dog and family professionally trained. Not just a PetSmart / 8week course, but find someone that can come to your home and help you set up a good pack lifestyle. which reminds me...
PACK.
Read up about being a pack leader. It will make a LOT of difference. submissive urination. when to seek/deflect attention. eating food in front of the dog, etc.
If you have a pretty good handle on your own little ones then a puppy shouldn't be that big a deal, especially if you've taken the time to read up on dog stuff. But do remember that if you get a puppy w/ a small child, EVRYTHING will be YOUR fault as the smarter species, not the dog's, so be ready to take responsibility for that too.... ;)
We got our older dog from the SPCA... I will never again sign a contract for a MUTT. Our other two were rescued for practically free off craigslist. a pretty husky and a nice looking german shepherd. all three have conformation flaws that a trained eye can see in a heartbeat, but the general public tends to wonder when we're gonna breed them.... but unless you're buying a show-quality pup...
SPAY or NEUTER your dog.