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Acadia
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:15 am |
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Joined: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:45 am Posts: 1073
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_________________ The blazing evidence of immortality is our dissatisfaction with any other solution. -- Emerson
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JoanA
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 4:31 pm |
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Joined: Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:25 pm Posts: 1916 Location: Pembrokeshire, South Wales, UK
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That was fascinating Acadia, I didn't go right to the end, don't have enough time just at the moment, but I'll go back and finish looking at those great facts thanks for the link.
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jaylach
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Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 6:57 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:09 am Posts: 9435 Location: The state of confusion; I just use Wyoming for mail.
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Interesting Acadia, thanks.
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Acadia
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 6:18 am |
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Looks like we should all become football coaches. Acadia
_________________ The blazing evidence of immortality is our dissatisfaction with any other solution. -- Emerson
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DRam11
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:09 pm |
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Cool. I came for assistance and will leave with a new bookmark. It's kind of sad that the most valued public employees are sports coaches. But all in all, entertainment seems to be the most desired commodity in the U.S.
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Acadia
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:10 pm |
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DRam11 wrote: But all in all, entertainment seems to be the most desired commodity in the U.S. Says a bunch about our future, don't it.
_________________ The blazing evidence of immortality is our dissatisfaction with any other solution. -- Emerson
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 4:40 pm |
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My only question is what does it have to do with dogs
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:38 pm |
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Peter2150 wrote: My only question is what does it have to do with dogs Good question, Pete. The blog stated that "The underlying theme of Learning from Dogs is about truth, integrity, honesty and trust in every way. We use the life of dogs as a metaphor." So this blog about maps is obviously still trying to sell the author's book on dogs. Sorta reminds me of the book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, which was more about values than motorcycles.
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Acadia
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:07 pm |
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I don't believe this, I posted this in Ten Forward for pure fun and education. It has nothing to do with dogs, and the above mentioned book was PURE PHILOSOPHY. I majored in Philosophy in college, and that book was required reading. It was pure philosophy and the author was only using motorcycles to tell a story. I challenge anyone to read that book and tell me otherwise, trust me, you will not get past the first couple chapters; I had no choice. Acadia
_________________ The blazing evidence of immortality is our dissatisfaction with any other solution. -- Emerson
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Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 1:29 pm |
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Acadia wrote: I don't believe this, I posted this in Ten Forward for pure fun and education. It has nothing to do with dogs, and the above mentioned book was PURE PHILOSOPHY. I majored in Philosophy in college, and that book was required reading. It was pure philosophy and the author was only using motorcycles to tell a story. I challenge anyone to read that book and tell me otherwise, trust me, you will not get past the first couple chapters; I had no choice. Acadia Well, I'm not going to argue with you. As a physics major, I learned not to argue with philosophers, lol. But the book cover I remember said it was a book about values (see photo below). I read the book twice and, like you, had trouble understanding most of it. I read someplace where Pirsig had an IQ of 170. Attachment:
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