09-09-2010, 21:47
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Communication
Because we've had some pretty windy weather here this week, I was in my back yard this afternoon trying to fly a kite I had made from two sticks, an old newspaper, glue, tape, and string.
I threw the kite up in the air, the wind would catch it for a few seconds, then it would come crashing back down to earth. I tried this a few more times with no success.
All the while, my wife was watching from the kitchen window, muttering to herself how men need to be told how to do everything.
She opened the window and yelled to me, "Honey...you need a piece of tail."
I turned towards her with a confused look on my face and yelled back, "Well make up your mind. Last night you told me to go fly a damn kite."
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09-09-2010, 21:49
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C'est vrais...
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""A man must know his destiny. if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.""- GEN George S. Patton
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09-09-2010, 21:50
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
Because we've had some pretty windy weather here this week, I was in my back yard this afternoon trying to fly a kite I had made from two sticks, an old newspaper, glue, tape, and string.
I threw the kite up in the air, the wind would catch it for a few seconds, then it would come crashing back down to earth. I tried this a few more times with no success.
All the while, my wife was watching from the kitchen window, muttering to herself how men need to be told how to do everything.
She opened the window and yelled to me, "Honey...you need a piece of tail."
I turned towards her with a confused look on my face and yelled back, "Well make up your mind. Last night you told me to go fly a damn kite."
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Now I can say: BTDT!
Pat
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09-10-2010, 07:12
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These keyboards are getting expensive!
That was good.
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09-10-2010, 11:43
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
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SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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