Friday [11 to 15]

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15.  Consider these two tweets

First one … very telling point, Wyatt is “one of us” … but then he starts going on about billions of this or that and it undercuts his arguments.

Plus something I’d like to bring to the table. These boats have fore and aft, rolling yaw and pitching stabilisers, plus the bulbous bows for speed, economy and protection. They also have two sets of rudders. This means that with loss of power, there is sufficient steerage. 

Let’s say a hole in the hull altered the equation, overwhelmed the rudders … then that started at the explosions, not minutes before the sudden turn into the pylon. Black Swan.

14.  The three letter sites

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13.  Sorry … nothing Christian about this

Shan’t say who posted it, except that he’s a numerologist. That denomination above also uses a sun symbol icon, the receiving hall at church HQ has grotesque paintings and carvings, worse than Denver airport … the perversions going on there among clergy are a legendary nightmare, Mary is elevated to a position of borderline worship, this sort of KKK thing in the picture is straight pagan, given a “Christian” veneer but instead of me going on and on about the “abuses”, let’s look at so many from our own WASP side:

The idea of using the verses about the disciples plucking corn on the Sabbath and Jesus saying the Sabbath was designed for mankind is so … no argument … but the idea of seizing on that to justify a seventh day of work on the Sunday as well as the other six days … that simply does not logically follow … it is wrong … just because it suits us so to do.

I know why of course. If you work a working week of five days, even up to Saturday lunchtime … then when, in practical terms, are you going to get the home improvements, housework etc. done? It’s a thorny problem.

But scripture does say keep the seventh holy and at a minimum, that means no “unnecessary work”.  

What are the loopholes then? Well Sunday lunch for a start, the roast. An afternoon wander or dinghy trip … why not?  Having company over.

In that sense, the pharisee interpretation of Moses even down to the number of steps to be taken … well let’s look at what that seventh day is … a day of rest, right? Being sane about it … if you take a boat out for a Sunday jaunt … boats take work. Sunday drive?  That’s work. So yes, there has to be some sanity in this thing … of course there’s going to be necessary work, it cannot be avoided … which imho was the whole point of the ears of grain reference.

But what happens if you completely ignore the seventh day admonition? If you work full-on seven days straight, no break, no rest whatever? What then?

Just as I’m doing at N.O. these days? 

You have to have a break sometime, otherwise you burn out, you start being sick, the body packs up on you, cries out … all because you’re fanatically work work working non stop … it’s psychological fanaticism … I’ve been scheduling my work into the days, rest times scheduled too, then crashing early.  On Sundays? I definitely do no housework, repairs etc. … not for anyone human anyway. Is that enough though? Jury’s still out.

What of Good Friday, Easter Sunday? Well that leaves the “fallow” Saturday, does it not, to do the necessaries? And Monday.  Can’t see the issue there but am open to your arguments of course.

12.  IYE

11.  Ian J

a.  Good news - Our GDP is going up in leaps and bounds - Bad news - the reason why? :

"A record number of illegal migrants crossed the English Channel in the first three months of the year despite claims from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government of success in “stopping the boats”.

A further 338 foreigners were recorded reaching British shores on people smuggler-operated boats launched from the beaches of France on Tuesday, taking the total to 4,644 since the start of the year, according to an analysis of Home Office figures"

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/03/28/record-number-of-illegal-migrants-cross-english-channel-in-first-three-months-of-the-year/

b.  Thanks to David Craig (Snouts in the Trough) for this parody(?) of sunak:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQT-Ic4z9E4&t=113s