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"Jon Skinner" |
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02 Oct 2005 08:33:59 AM |
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Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
Hi gang
I've just spent a tense couple of hours waiting to hear from my dad
who's been holidaying in Bali. I got an email from him a few minutes ago
confirming that he's OK, and was nowhere near the blasts, so that's a
relief. For me and my family anyway.
My thoughts go out to those who were not so lucky. How would I be
feeling right now if my dad had been among the victims? Like burning
down a mosque, probably.
For some reason my train of thought turned to this newsgroup (prompted
perhaps, by the idea of screaming abuse at religious extremists?), and
it occured to me that I haven't been here for years. In the past, my ISP
has had such a crap usenet feed that I couldn't participate, but that
seems to be fixed now - judging by the thousands of posts that came down
when I logged on.
So anyway, just thought I'd stick my nose in and say Hi.
--
Jon
a.a.#277
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
03 Oct 2005 12:02:58 AM |
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"Jon Skinner" <jskinner@senet.com.au> wrote in message
news:1h3tnt7.1pzefcy94mhgiN%jskinner@senet.com.au...
Hi gang
I've just spent a tense couple of hours waiting to hear from my dad
who's been holidaying in Bali. I got an email from him a few minutes ago
confirming that he's OK, and was nowhere near the blasts, so that's a
relief. For me and my family anyway.
My thoughts go out to those who were not so lucky. How would I be
feeling right now if my dad had been among the victims? Like burning
down a mosque, probably.
For some reason my train of thought turned to this newsgroup (prompted
perhaps, by the idea of screaming abuse at religious extremists?), and
it occured to me that I haven't been here for years. In the past, my ISP
has had such a crap usenet feed that I couldn't participate, but that
seems to be fixed now - judging by the thousands of posts that came down
when I logged on.
So anyway, just thought I'd stick my nose in and say Hi.
Welcome back, Jon, and I'm glad your dad is okay. That
kind of thing is definitely frightening.
--
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Michelle Malkin (Mickey) aa list#1
BAAWA Knight & Bible Thumper Thumper
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
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Jon
a.a.#277
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| User: "Jon Skinner" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
03 Oct 2005 08:02:36 AM |
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Michelle Malkin <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
Welcome back, Jon, and I'm glad your dad is okay. That
kind of thing is definitely frightening.
Hi Mickey.
Is that a candle in the window for me, or are you just warming up your
flamethrower for Boaty? (I can't believe he's still here!)
--
Jon
a.a.#277
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
03 Oct 2005 09:04:29 AM |
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 22:32:36 +0930, (Jon Skinner)
wrote:
Michelle Malkin <hypatiab7@comcast.net> wrote:
Welcome back, Jon, and I'm glad your dad is okay. That
kind of thing is definitely frightening.
Hi Mickey.
Is that a candle in the window for me, or are you just warming up your
flamethrower for Boaty? (I can't believe he's still here!)
I'm not sure that he actually knows quite where he is, to tell the
truth.
Boatwright, et al, seem to exist in a unnatural semi-conscious
dream-world, that you and I have to pay good money to achieve...
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
03 Oct 2005 08:43:25 PM |
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(Jon Skinner) wrote in
news:1h3tnt7.1pzefcy94mhgiN%:
So anyway, just thought I'd stick my nose in and say Hi.
Welcome back!
--
Dr. Smartass -- BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Brought to you by...
The Catholic Church. No, we don't like gays.
But if you're a pedo, you're a PRIEST!
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| User: "wbarwell" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
02 Oct 2005 07:37:35 PM |
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Jon Skinner wrote:
Hi gang
I've just spent a tense couple of hours waiting to hear from my
dad who's been holidaying in Bali. I got an email from him a
few minutes ago confirming that he's OK, and was nowhere near
the blasts, so that's a relief. For me and my family anyway.
My thoughts go out to those who were not so lucky. How would I
be feeling right now if my dad had been among the victims? Like
burning down a mosque, probably.
For some reason my train of thought turned to this newsgroup
(prompted perhaps, by the idea of screaming abuse at religious
extremists?), and it occured to me that I haven't been here for
years. In the past, my ISP has had such a crap usenet feed that
I couldn't participate, but that seems to be fixed now -
judging by the thousands of posts that came down when I logged
on.
So anyway, just thought I'd stick my nose in and say Hi.
Welcome back #277. Glad your father was unharmed.
We have a few extremists here to scream at but most
of them are so stupid and lame its hardly satisfying.
--
The official spokesman of the Foxes said
today that investigation into what happened
to the henhouse may be needed.
Cheerful Charlie
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| User: "Meteorite Debris" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
02 Oct 2005 10:40:27 PM |
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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 23:03:59 +0930 the ET form known as Jon
Skinner<jskinner@senet.com.au> sent a radio signal across the vast
expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.
Hi gang
I've just spent a tense couple of hours waiting to hear from my dad
who's been holidaying in Bali. I got an email from him a few minutes ago
confirming that he's OK, and was nowhere near the blasts, so that's a
relief. For me and my family anyway.
My thoughts go out to those who were not so lucky. How would I be
feeling right now if my dad had been among the victims? Like burning
down a mosque, probably.
For some reason my train of thought turned to this newsgroup (prompted
perhaps, by the idea of screaming abuse at religious extremists?), and
it occured to me that I haven't been here for years. In the past, my ISP
has had such a crap usenet feed that I couldn't participate, but that
seems to be fixed now - judging by the thousands of posts that came down
when I logged on.
So anyway, just thought I'd stick my nose in and say Hi.
Hi Jon, Glad to see your father is OK. BTW I used to be with Senet and
I agree that their usenet feed sucked. I left them partly for that
reason.
--
Remove YOUR_SHOES before replying
apatriot #1, atheist #1417,
Chief EAC prophet
Jason Gastrich is praying for me on 8 January 2009
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~pk1956/
Apatriotism Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apatriotism
Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves
were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in
Hell.
-Mencken
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| User: "Jon Skinner" |
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| Title: Re: Late night thoughts of a relieved non-believer |
03 Oct 2005 08:02:34 AM |
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Meteorite Debris <epicurus1@YOUR_SHOESoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
Hi Jon, Glad to see your father is OK.
The bastards put ball bearings in their bombs this time to maximise the
number of casualties. This is what comes of having The One True Faith.
BTW I used to be with Senet and
I agree that their usenet feed sucked. I left them partly for that
reason.
Being swallowed up by iiNet seems to have improved their news feed, if
nothing else.
--
Jon
a.a.#277
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