School session! Teach us what you know!
 

We all have different lives, and go through things that are also similar to what others been through.. I want this post to be about telling us things that have

- changed your life
- made you open your eyes
- wish you would've done after high school
- mottos you live by
- stories that you will always rememeber
- steps/products/wax on how you wash your car that shines like a diamond (post pics!)
- your specific way you grill the most perfect piece of steak that taste like money $$$ but really was made on your patio

BASICALLY LIFE HACKS THAT WE ALL CAN TAKE A PIECE OF AND LIVE LIFE BETTER OR HELP US! ANYTHING!!!!!! P.S. DONT JUST SAY "I CAN WAX MY CAR BETTER THAN ANYONE"

SHOW US HOW YOU DO IT!!! TEACH US TEACH TEACH WE WANT TO LEARN PERHAPS:tup::tup::tup::tup:

you mean like my DIY? :confused:

I'm probably going to get a lot of hate regarding this, but letting go of religion and any thoughts about the legitimacy of the supernatural was an amazing moment in my life.

It took a lot of time, and becoming an atheist/humanist was a process more than a single event... but learning to look at life with a skeptical eye, question everything, and only believe what there was sufficient evidence to believe has made me happier and more contented than I ever was when I still considered myself religious.

I try to live by a mantra that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and that person deserves respect... but that doesn't mean that their beliefs deserve that same respect. Quite frankly, some beliefs are just stupid, especially if they are held in spite of hard evidence to the contrary by willful ignorance.

On the other side of this, it has also made me disgusted by the hatred and bigotry that are espoused by much of this country in the name of religion and their respective god. It's painful to watch these people continue to try to force their religious beliefs into the government and laws of this country.

Not trying to start a debate with this one. If anyone wants to discuss it further, we can start a new thread, or they can PM me.

Peace to all. Praises to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. May you all be touched by his noodly appendage.

- changed your life
* Open heart surgery really changed my priorities. Very shortly after surgery I had a will drawn up, I adopted my daughter (which I had been meaning to do for several years but just "too busy"), and I divorced a wife that was dragging me down (plus got custody of the daughter I had just adopted).

- made you open your eyes
* Trip to MX. Made me realize that most of the world is in a lot worse shape than I am and just how lucky I am to be an American.

- wish you would've done after high school
* Chased a better class of wimmen.

- mottos you live by
* They'll never say "Yes" if you don't ask.

So how do you not start a debate with what you have just stated?

So ... your and my comments will probably get this locked, or me banned, because religion seems to be a topic that should not be discussed here ... that said here I go ...

I am a Christian in the greatest sense of the word. I go to a Baptist church but their rules and philosophy do not rule me. Christ rules me. A foundation of the Christian faith. I found freedom in my faith. I say this because I also used to spend significant time in my life worrying about why people hate so much and do such heinous things in the name of their religion. It was when I found out that Jesus identified this issue, and that, as you say, people are entitled to make decisions in their life, that my eyes were opened and the greatest freedom realized. People, through faith and repentance, are forgiven their errors in judgment. At the core of Christianity is love. The two greatest commandments are love God and love your neighbor as yourself. Once we understand that people are the ones making decisions (free will), good or bad, then we can separate it from the vision presented by Jesus.

People are! Just because they choose to do something that does not seem to ring true with Christianity does not make Christianity or any faith bad. This is the same argument used for gun control. People make poor choices about how to use their firearms. Does that make guns bad? No, it makes the people who use guns to murder bad. Yet, as a Christian, I am called to love everyone. Does that mean there are no repercussions for the one who murders? By no means. Rather than hate the one who murders, pray for them, that they see the error of their ways and accept the repercussions.

Further discussion can be done through PM's if you like.

Meeting my wife 25 years ago changed my life. I used to smoke like a chimney. She didn't particularly care for it. Stopped cold turkey.

When my son was about 2 months old, I was sitting on the couch giving him his evening bottle. He was all wrapped up drawing on that bottle like he was starving. I noticed five little dots of sweat formed on his forehead between his eyebrows. Same thing often happens to me when I eat. That was THE bonding moment. That's my kid.

Life:

I don't see this conversation getting either of us banned (though maybe I'm wrong). This is an off topic lounge and the OP simply asked an open ended question. As you and I both hinted at, though... there may be a better forum for it in general.

I agree with you that it often does come down to people and their individual choices. However, you can look in the news daily and find sad or disturbing events perpetuated by individuals/groups that use their faith (whether christian or other) to do awful things to other people/groups. In these cases, it is either their religion that has guided them to do this, or it has strengthened their predisposition to those acts by allowing them to believe that they have their god on their side.

If more religious people believed (and lived their life) as you describe you live yours, it probably wouldn't be a problem. However, since so many of them specifically use the teachings of their religion to guide their actions, religion must be held accountable to some degree. There is no mantra in guns to commit harm. They are inanimate objects. There is, however, plenty of specific, scripture based dogma across nearly every major religion (especially the judeo-christian ones) to create division and disdain for other groups or actions.

I agree with you. Love thy neighbor. Live and let live. I simply found that I didn't need the idea of a god or a faith to embrace that idea in my own life. And to me, that is an important distinction when there are so many instances of deities showing hatred and malice across the religious texts. I found their behaviour to be not in line with (what should be) the core concept of their respective religions.

Let me be clear. I have no hatred or ill will towards you or other religious people who only use their belief system to better their own lives and the community around them. My problem comes when people use their personal beliefs about religion to attempt to force others to conform to them, or when they are used to perpetuate violence and division.

peace.

Parents can have the same impact that you are attributing to religion. Many things influence our lives. Religion is a powerful one for many people in many parts of the world. But you cannot blame the idea of religion for people's actions. You have to blame the people.

I am not an atheist, but I'm not really religious either. I grew up in the church, but I have decided that we don't know jack about this life or this world. And we certainly have no clue what happens after this life. So I don't really like anyone telling me their way is the right way. Because I know they really don't know. So to worry about it as much as many people do just doesn't make sense to me. I just try to enjoy my life while respecting others around me.

Please discuss the religion views thru pm's and not here.

I don't need to remind folks that it's not allowed on the forum per rules.

I don't agree with it But I still have to enforce it.

Thank You.

Understood. I've shifted the conversation to PMs. Please feel free to delete my comments in this thread on that subject.

Thank you.

Before doing anything ask yourself if you will look back 10 years from now and regret your decision or think your decision was silly.

I started making my own beer about 2 yrs ago as a hobby. Since then I have not bought any beer other than craft beer. I have also worked my way to the point where I am thinking about getting a license to start selling it since my friends and family are always asking for more and telling me I could really make some money doing this.

Man.. I still have 5 beer kits in my workout room just sitting there. I just cant seem to get into the mood to make a batch and clean up the corny kegs. It's freeking hot and long process to brew the beer. I think if I had one of those cold water cooling coils, I would not mind but man.. I don't feel ling making one or buying one either. Plus my plast batch was sucky. Tasted like junk.

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one thing that's weird and ironic, to my way of thinking: it seems to me that we like the least in others that which reminds us the most of ourselves...

...also: i've always said, and passed it down to my son who inherited my love of the dee-troit tiggies an' lions as basically the only 2 pro sports we follow (from vegas, no less)---the last place team will ALWAYS beat the first place team...

Have some balance in your Life. Yes, your career is important ... but not as important as family, friends, and smelling the roses. I've never heard of anybody on their deathbed saying "I wish I'd have spent more time at work."

dont start something u cant finish.

losers do dat often with no plan.

(dont be like will's dad)

emoji ... correct pronunciation is 'eh moji'

If you chew gum and breathe through your mouth at the same time while pooping, your gum will taste like poo.

Take 100% responsibility and accountability for yourself - your actions, your words, and your deeds. Things work better when you point your finger at yourself, instead of others, regarding how you react to life's challenges that come your way.

Life is a journey an adventure only live once in this form...I try to embrace that by making all my decisions consciously. This lesson I learned from a very wise man who helped me through my divorce...18 years of marriage and two children that I admire beyond my own understanding. Consciousness is the the key to maturity and understanding and transcends all belief systems. My values are simple...live, learn, laugh and love...and when in doubt I just remember the to love. Love equals light and light always trumps darkness!!!

Out of the blue Mini Force (5 years old) pipes up at dinner and says "I know about life"

I'm interested to see where this is going to go so of course I say, "Ok, let's hear what you know about life".

This is how it went,

1. Love.

He through me for a loop with that one. I figured it would have been something about legos.

2. Have fun.

Again, not getting the type of responses I was expecting from a 5 year old.

3. Don't talk to strangers.

There we go, I had to laugh.

I asked him where he heard this stuff, his reply was he just knows it. Hopefully he doesn't forget.

He is and will be more going amazing than you can foresee...he has the stuff!!! My two were the same way when they were babes...wise beyond their years and they still are.

:iagree: 100%

IKR?

My kiddo, now a junior in college has all these traits from an early age. All ya'all should not sell yourself short. I would suggest your children know because you know and by example presented them with a life pattern that will carry them through. My wife and I are so very happy (and yes, dare I say it, proud) of the way our son is approaching life and dealing with issues that come up. We didn't teach him all he knows. Much has come from his own analysis and experimentation. And that is what we taught him by example. Trying stuff ... if it works great ... if it doesn't file it way and carry on trying something different. And as Memphis has pointed out ... take responsibility. You can manage yourself, let others manage themselves.

hey where did my lesson from last night go? :mad:


emoji's actual pronunciation is 'eh moji'

eh = picture
moji = letter or character

Right on...my son graduated from the University of Arizona as a double major, Japanese and Biomedical Science. Proud hell yeah! My daughter graduated last year from the University of Portland as a double major in German and Communications. She also off to Germany as she is a Fulbright Scholar. Yes, I'm blessed beyond measure.

One of the lesson that was drilled into me and my brothers was that it's all about our character and the challenge to us was to be better people than they are.

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I have a 22 inch weber BBQ.

Weber 22 inch Premium Grill

It smokes pork loins really well. You need these

Charcoal basket
Chimney starter
Aluminum drip pans

And you need some small untreated wood blocks, apple or cherry are the best but hickory works as well

1. If wood is very dry, soak in warm water for about one hour.
2. On one side of the grill place one of the charcoal baskets under the folding part of the grate.
3. Open the bottom of the grill all the way.
4. Start briquets in the chimney, about thirty of them. I usually put newspaper under them, pour a little vegetable oil on the paper and put briquets on top and light the paper.
5. When brickets are mostly grey, fold back the grate and pour them into the basket.
6. Place 3 to 4 pieces of wood on top of briquets.

If you bought a whole loin, cut it in half. Give it a rub or how ever you would like to prep it. I use fresh garlic, and pepper. If you have 24 hours, rub it with fresh smashed garlic, pepper and salt, wrap it tight and store it in the fridge. If you do not have 24 hours, just garlic and pepper. Place it in the foil pan and put it on the prepped bbq opposite the fire. Put the bbq lid on (the lid on this one has a thermometer). Open the vent on the lid all the way for about five minutes to get the heat raised up. Partially close (1/2 to 2/3 of the way) the vent in the lid to slow down the fire and keep smoke inside the bbq. Temperature should climb to about 300 degrees.

At this point you can run it for an hour or so. Watch to make sure smoke is seeping out, replenish charcoal and wood as required. The idea though is to leave the top on most of the time. After an hour take the temp of the loin with an instant read thermometer. It will not be done yet but you could remove it and finish it in an oven if you only want light smoke flavor. Either way, cook the loin until the center reaches 160 degrees. At that point, remove from heat and let rest, lightly covered for 1/2 hour. Serve 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices with corn on the cob and what ever other stuff goes with a bbq.

:yum:

oh wait, my post is not a lesson.. :ugh:

Technically the thread is titled "Teach us what you know". You "know" the proper pronunciation of the word Emoji. You shared what you know, and now I know. Thank you :tiphat:

Put nothing and NO ONE before me.
How can I love you without knowing how to love me first.

Never, ever say die ...

Lesson for today... if you drip hot glue on your hand, while it might burn like a mofo, don't pull it off until it hardens and cools completely.

Otherwise your skin will peel off with it and make a deep wound. :ugh:

Dude, I'm ffucking dying over here, LMFAOx10.

more like a lessons learned post, huh? :ugh:



:rofl2:

I love lamp

Another lesson for today.. after eating hot peppers, be sure to wash your hand BEFORE taking a leak.
unless you're talented and do the 'look ma, no-hands' technique. :ugh:

Is that like linux apache mysql and php ...

or do you just like light?