Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 1:15 pmWhat about FUUUUCK !
There are no words...
He described his teaching persona as “a mixture of Boris with the charisma, and Jacob Rees-Mogg - a stiff-upper lip British type with a no-nonsense approach to expectations”.
I already know personally of one example where the Queen, after death, made a difference. My cousin, Tom Oliver, has long suffered from exceptional anxiety about catching illnesses. He worked hard, usually successfully, in managing this, and leads an active, fruitful life; but his worry was worsened by Covid, particularly because he is diabetic and because he was engaged in major commitments which would burden his wife if he died or was incapacitated. Until this week, Tom had had almost no direct human contact, except with immediate family, for more than 29 months. He decided, however, that he really should witness the lying-in-state. He travelled up from rural Herefordshire, and queued among the crowds of thousands, for 15 hours, never sitting down. He reached Westminster Hall well after night had fallen, and viewed the coffin. Behold, he tells me, the wonderful experience of grace cast out his fear. He is left with its rational aspects, but finds that what he calls ‘the sense of irrational jeopardy’ has gone. He quotes the line from the hymn, ‘The prisoner leaps to loose his chains’.
Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:25 am The criteria for miracles seems to have gone from "caused an otherwise impossible thing to occur" to "was a bit inspiring".I was feeling a bit stressed out the other night so I had a walk down to a local pub. A couple of pints later I felt much better; perhaps I should ask the pope to beatify the owner?
We're going to hell in a handcart, you couldn't make it up.
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