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    Gift Giving

    in Internet Cafe

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    Often you go in stores where they have a coin jar for a family looking to raise money for a surgery or something....and if you give, you assume it is going for that purpose...however, you really don't know what the money is being used for.

     

    And, in regards to the gift card, I ask that because you are limiting the person as to their choices by buying a gift card.  For instance, I got a gift card to ROSS at Christmas because I asked for some jeans that I had seen at ROSS.  Well, the purchaser could not find the jeans, so they bought me a gift card.  It limited me.  I went to the store and I couldn't find the jeans either.  I don't normally shop at ROSS so I was not sure what to do.  I didn't see anything else I wanted.  So, I finally sold the gift card to a person in line.  Was I wrong?  Maybe.  I didn't tell the purchaser that I did that, although I don't think that the person would have been mad at me for doing it....but I think a gift card is on some level a "strings attached" gift because.....let's say that I know family X doesn't have food for their children...but I think if I give them money they will use it to feed a habit they might have....so I give them a gift card to Kroger.  Is it a gift with strings attached?  Absolutely it is.  They can still misuse it, but it makes it a little harder for them to misuse it.  Do I think I am wrong for doing it that way?  No, I don't.  But, I still think it can be construed as a strings attached gift....although it isn't normally thought of in that manner.

    I have sit back and read these topics, about the so called gift, that most are upset about. I have heard several say if pubby truly didnt need help, that he should have found a needy family to give it too. Well my question to you would be, if you couldnt find the pants you wanted, why sell the card... Why didnt you pay it forward like some suggested. You could have gave the card to a family that really needed clothing... Because it was given to you to do with as you saw fit. I imagine pubby felt the same way...Im sure if he knew how strongly some felt about where the money should be spent.... he would have spent it that way... To my opinion it was just a major misunderstanding on both sides [ giving and recieving ]. BY THE WAY PUBBY I LIKE THE RANCHERO :lol:

    Closed minded people of Paulding

    in BOP Paulding.com posts

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    I have been reading, and trying to understand some of the religions talked about in this topic, and wanted to add my 2 cents. I am of Baptist faith, and accept Jesus Christ as my savoir. But i feel everyone has a right to make their own judgment as to what religion they choose to follow. No one deserves to be treated differnt or any harm brought to them for their beleifs. Im very sorry for what happened to your family, and hope you all the best in the world.. God bless...

    The Truth

    in Internet Cafe

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    What is a Tragedy? Children just tell it like it is with no sugar coating.

     

     

    Jesse Jackson, while visiting a primary school class, found himself in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the Rev. Jackson if he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy." So the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a "tragedy."

    One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field and a runaway tractor comes along and knocks him dead, that would be a tragedy.?

     

    "No," says the Great Jesse Jackson, "that would be an accident."

     

    A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy."

     

    "I'm afraid not," explains the exalted spiritual leader. "That's what we would call a great loss."

     

    The room goes silent. No other children volunteer. Rev. Jackson searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"

     

    Finally at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says: "If a plane carrying the Rev. Jackson were struck by a missile and blown to smithereens that would be a tragedy."

     

    "Fantastic!" exclaims Jackson, "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"

     

    "Well," says the boy, "because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident

    THE TRUTH

    in Internet Cafe

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    You gotta love Robin Williams......

    Even if he's nuts! Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan.

    What we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.

     

    Robin Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!)

     

    "I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here's one plan."

     

    1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past & present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good ole boys', we will never "interfere" again.

     

    2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence.

     

    3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are. They're illegal!!! France will welcome them.

     

    4) All future visitors will be tho-roughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!! No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.

     

    5) No foreign "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.

     

    6) The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.

     

    7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)

     

    8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them are stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.

     

    9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place. We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.

     

    10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer. The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan?

     

    "The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a piece of me?' "

    why terrorists commit suicide

    in Internet Cafe

    Posted

    Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to

     

    commit suicide. Let's see now:

     

     

     

    No Jesus.

     

     

     

    No Wal-Mart.

     

     

     

    No television.

     

     

     

    No cheerleaders.

     

     

     

    No baseball.

     

     

     

    No football.

     

     

     

    No basketball.

     

     

     

    No hockey.

     

     

     

    No golf.

     

     

     

    No tailgate parties.

     

     

     

    No Home Depot.

     

     

     

    No pork BBQ.

     

     

     

    No hot dogs.

     

     

     

    No burgers.

     

     

     

    No lobster.

     

     

     

    No shellfish, or even frozen fish sticks.

     

     

     

    No gumbo.

     

     

     

    No jambalaya.

     

     

     

    More than one wife. (HELLO, ARE YOU CRAZY?)

     

     

     

    Rags for clothes and towels for hats.

     

     

     

    Constant wailing from the guy next-door because he's sick and there are no doctors.

     

     

     

    Constant wailing from the guy in the tower.

     

     

     

    No chocolate chip cookies.

     

     

     

    No Girl Scout cookies.

     

     

     

    No Christmas.

     

     

     

    You can't shave.

     

     

     

    Your wives can't shave.

     

     

     

    You can't shower to wash off the smell of donkey cooked over burning camel dung.

     

     

     

    The women have to wear baggy dresses and veils at all times.

     

     

     

    Your bride is picked by someone else.

     

     

     

    She smells just like your donkey, but your donkey has a better disposition.

     

     

     

    Then they tell you that when you die it all gets better!

     

     

     

    I mean, really. IS THERE ANY MYSTERY HERE?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    God Bless Our Troops

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