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mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:06 pm


Originally Posted by icurhere2 (Post 13007729)
At least I only have five days of spending Euro this year (26-30 Dec).

I guess that's a consolation -- although who knows where it'll be by then!:rolleyes::eek:

Trustguy Dec 17, 2009 2:07 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13007725)
5,000th post

Very big congratulations mnmag :-::-::D

Scott6067 Dec 17, 2009 2:07 pm

Today is the 106th anniversary of the first manned flight!! Also the DC-3 shares this day as its birthday. Perhaps Boeing should have waited two days to fly the Dreamliner on the anniversary of flight!

GTITAN Dec 17, 2009 2:08 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13007725)
For my 5,000th post, I share this beautifully written thought w/my fellow B:rolleyes:Xizens:
(It was written in 1513, by the way).

I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep.
There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much,
very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can
come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven!
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.
Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within
our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in darkness, could we but see.
And to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look!

Life is so generous a giver. But we, judging its gifts by their covering,
cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you
will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love by wisdom, with power.
Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you.
Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there. The gift is there and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Your joys, too, be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering,
that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage then to claim it; that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, wending through unknown country home.

And so, at this time, I greet you, not quite as the world sends greetings,
but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you, now and
forever, the day breaks and shadows flee away.
~ Fra Giovanni ~

Well this is an easy one today, and it does not even come close to doing it justice, but we stand on ceremony nonetheless, I humbly offer the above the good ol' ^^

mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:11 pm


Originally Posted by Trustguy (Post 13007744)
Very big congratulations mnmag :-::-::D

Thank you, Trustguy!;) I'm rather amazed at my posting propensity as I only joined FT at the end of March!:eek::p:-:

mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:12 pm


Originally Posted by Scott6067 (Post 13007749)
Today is the 106th anniversary of the first manned flight!! Also the DC-3 shares this day as its birthday. Perhaps Boeing should have waited two days to fly the Dreamliner on the anniversary of flight!

Maybe they were only looking at the weather forecasts when they scheduled the first flight!:rolleyes:

mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:14 pm


Originally Posted by GTITAN (Post 13007751)
Well this is an easy one today, and it does not even close to doing it justice, but we stand on ceremony nonetheless, I humbly offer the above the good ol' ^^

Why...thank you (takes a bow) -- it's too funny how we B:rolleyes:Xizens must celebrate each & every milestone -- of any sort, here!;):D:-:

Anglo Large Clawed Otter Dec 17, 2009 2:14 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13007725)
For my 5,000th post, I share this beautifully written thought w/my fellow B:rolleyes:Xizens:
(It was written in 1513, by the way).

I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep.
There is nothing I can give you which you have not. But there is much,
very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take. No heaven can
come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven!
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.
Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within
our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in darkness, could we but see.
And to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look!

Life is so generous a giver. But we, judging its gifts by their covering,
cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you
will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love by wisdom, with power.
Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you.
Everything we call a trial, a sorrow or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there. The gift is there and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Your joys, too, be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering,
that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage then to claim it; that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, wending through unknown country home.

And so, at this time, I greet you, not quite as the world sends greetings,
but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you, now and
forever, the day breaks and shadows flee away.
~ Fra Giovanni ~

Yay! :-: ^

GTITAN Dec 17, 2009 2:16 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13007796)
Why...thank you (takes a bow) -- it's too funny how we B:rolleyes:Xizens must celebrate each & every milestone -- of any sort, here!;):D:-:

To quote Disturbed, perhaps it is just a case of being "Down with the Sickness":-:

N965VJ Dec 17, 2009 2:17 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13007725)
5,000th post

Congrats! :)^

belynch Dec 17, 2009 2:18 pm


Originally Posted by mnmag (Post 13007725)
For my 5,000th post

It's only befitting that I reserve my congrats for your milestone until next week. ;):p:cool::D


:rolleyes:


Just kidding. Congrats.

mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:18 pm


Originally Posted by Anglo Large Clawed Otter (Post 13007800)
Yay! :-: ^

Yep -- finally caught up & present, here & now!;):D:-:

mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:19 pm


Originally Posted by GTITAN (Post 13007816)
To quote Disturbed, perhaps it is just a case of being "Down with the Sickness":-:

I would say it's some 'viral' syndrome here!:D;)

N965VJ Dec 17, 2009 2:21 pm


Originally Posted by WBurcham (Post 13007508)
Don't hate on Taco Bell. Many a hangover was cured in college by their bean burritos.

The closest I’ll admit to eating at Taco Bell is the Alamo in SAN. It’s in an old 1970s style TB. :D

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...h28fh48dr5.jpg

mnmag Dec 17, 2009 2:21 pm


Originally Posted by belynch (Post 13007823)
It's only befitting that I reserve my congrats for your milestone until next week. ;):p:cool::D


:rolleyes:


Just kidding. Congrats.

Thanks!:p Not my fault that there has been 'mad' viral PWPing going on here!:D:rolleyes: I'm only doing my duty of keeping up with the B:rolleyes:X -- as best as I can!:rolleyes:


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