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« on: March 10, 2025, 10:59:46 AM »
Had some fun breaking a kitchen. Having taken out the chimney stack I mentioned a few weeks back I got the kitchen units disassembled. I had hoped to preserve the countertop but it proved to be a piece of nasty chipboard that was water damaged, and it broke when I tried to move it around.
With the units pulled away from the wall I could rip the drywall out and remove the featherboards, and then I found a few more places that the cold air was coming in. Cue the deployment of another can of spray foam to fill the gaps. Then I figured where another draft must have been coming in, but to get at that required removing another baseboard, which was behind a cast iron radiator that weighs a lot more than I do. Moving something six feet wide that weighs somewhere around 3-400lb was an experience, but I got it far enough away from the wall that I could rip out everything behind it and find the hole, exactly as I expected to find it. It is now also filled with foam and the room is definitely warmer. There's still something not right and I'm not sure whether it's as simple as an old door that doesn't fill the door frame completely, or if there are still more surprises awaiting me.
But for now I have a bunch of gaps in the wall cemented up, a load of spray foam filling the holes that used to be there, less money going out in heating to fight the cold air rushing in, and hopefully I also closed the portal used by the occasional mouse that found its way into my pantry. I could never figure out how they got from outside to a space with no exterior walls but in pulling stuff apart I can see the route they may have taken. But now the entryways are sealed up and the route is sufficiently exposed it seems unlikely they'll be coming in any more. I'll leave the mousetraps in place for a while, because you never know with those things. Apparently the smell of cat in the house isn't enough to deter them.
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« on: March 10, 2025, 10:40:35 AM »
If I recall Democrats were saying that George W Bush was going to suspend elections and install himself as permanent dictator. Republicans said much the same about Obama.
I suspect if any president current or future were to try and do away with elections they'd do it more surreptitiously than this.
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« on: February 08, 2025, 05:53:12 PM »
My suggested workout today was "rest". I can do that tomorrow when the weather is supposed to be nasty, so today I ran a little over 10k on a local route. Surprisingly my legs don't hate me at the moment, although that might change in the morning.
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« on: February 05, 2025, 04:57:47 PM »
A bunch of running lately. With the cold weather I haven't been able to get out as much as I wanted so when I got a few warm days I went out.
Now my calf muscles hate me. I hate my calf muscles. Tomorrow we're supposed to get a wintry mix so no running for me tomorrow, I'll probably just bundle up and walk.
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« on: February 05, 2025, 04:06:38 PM »
We got a few frozen patterns on the outside of our windows. Not much, they were confined to a very small area and were very small. I remember as a child, before double glazing was a thing, waking to see frozen leaf shapes all over the outside of the windows.
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« on: January 28, 2025, 12:43:53 AM »
I guess most here have experienced the effects of the "Siberian Express". Fortunately, its caboose is in sight, and I won't miss it when it's gone. I like cooler weather, but am not fond of temperatures that require me to remember to leave a fast drip on the faucets to avoid pipe freeze. The snow and ice brought on by precipitation and temps in the 20's and teens are rare here in SC -- even in the winter months. Like Florida, we don't normally have a discernible winter season, but more like a series of cold snaps before becoming moderate again. Looking forward to the "Goldilocks" temps of the mid 60's before summer brings back the typical 90's.
For a couple of days it got cold enough for me to wear long pants when out for my daily walk.
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« on: January 27, 2025, 10:53:10 AM »
In season 1 of the series Prison Break the fate of the gun allegedly used by Lincoln Burrows in the murder he may or may not have committed is unclear. One comment refers to his prints being found on the gun but in a meeting with lawyers he says he dumped the gun, and one of them notes the murder weapon was never found.
I didn't notice these myself, but apparently in the movie Titanic some of the pipework shown in the movie was cast using a method not invented at the time the Titanic sailed, and also apparently during the scenes when everyone is in the ocean the lights of a commercial airliner pass overhead. Oops.
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« on: January 27, 2025, 10:28:09 AM »
Just realised I inadvertently closed down my tab for this forum and haven't been here in what seems like forever.
Aside from Christmas it's been the usual clutch of running, walking (not enjoying the Arctic winds much), and breaking my house. I took down the rest of the chimney stack I started to remove some time ago - now it's all the way down to the base slightly below floor level downstairs. That meant another 300lb or so of drywall to smash up and put in bags, and something in the region of a ton of concrete blocks and scraps. The blocks are gone, the drywall is in bags slowly being fed out with the regular trash.
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« on: December 11, 2024, 01:25:33 PM »
Just for the record I see a difference between divorce and remarriage. Sometimes divorce could be necessary, but the command of being single or be reconciled stays put imo.
"Hey Brenda, sorry your husband sexually abused your children, and it's fine if you divorce him, but please don't get re-married unless it's to the child molester I allowed you to divorce."
Said Jesus, never.
Situations like this certainly muddy the water but did Jesus provide exceptions? He might not have literally phrased it the way you did but if he said remarriage is adultery without offering exceptions then remarriage is adultery.
It's one thing to make a case that something doesn't apply today because it was a cultural call rather than an eternal call but if we start to throw stuff away because it's inconvenient there are all sorts of other things that are more inconvenient to more people.
We shouldn't necessarily get caught up creating all sorts of requirements that don't exist but we should be equally careful not to expect to walk a path that doesn't become inconvenient at times.
The extreme example is specifically to highlight the difficulties of holding to positions that seem "easy" when all is well. We would be wrong to use such an instance to justify divorce and remarriage in every other circumstance, but I think it would also be wrong for us to do the reverse.
We certainly need to be careful. It's easy to say what someone else should do when you're not the one having to do it (much the same applies to Paul's call to stay with a spouse, with no provision made there for abusive spouses), but at the same time we need to be careful not to simply disregard things that are very clear because they are inconvenient to us.
If we pick and choose which bits to follow based on what we want to do we might as well just throw the Bible in the trash and accept we're going our own way. The idea isn't to have some tool to beat other people over the head - "Bad Brenda. Naughty Brenda. Go back to your abusive husband right now or you get no support from us, and we don't care if he is going to beat you literally to within an inch of your life, the Bible is clear what you have to do. Don't forget to take your kids with you, and teach them to forgive him." - but I don't see how we can avoid things ultimately boiling down to the simple duality that either we follow what Jesus said or we don't.
A consideration as above is not a simple disregard. The issue is, of course, one of understanding what Scripture actually does say, and what it doesn't, and avoiding the temptation of confusing an accusation of "picking and choosing" for proper exegesis.
If Jesus said that remarriage after divorce is adultery, how do you argue the exact opposite without disregarding what Jesus said?
By pointing out, the following verse (Matthew 19:9) permits divorce on the grounds of sexual immorality. In the case of my example, is Jesus going to say, "Sorry, paedophilia is a funny way of spelling 'adultery'"? I think that would be absurd. Do you?
Do we think that it is God's desire for a boy or a girl to be raised in a single-parent home because their mother was taught it was a sin for her to remarry because she blew her first marriage on a man who sexually abused her children?
Let's keep in mind my example in no way softens the "exception" clause. No one is going to view molestation as lesser-than adultery.
Sure, if the idea of adultery is sleeping with someone else then it doesn't matter whether that someone else is adult or child, consenting or non-consenting, it's covered. The issue is whether remarriage is permitted. Whatever we might think about God's will for the children, did Jesus make exceptions for remarriage? If not, on what basis do we decide we know better than Jesus? If God wanted to provide exceptions we might expect Jesus to have mentioned it. There are two issues here - the first is whether the mother should leave the abusive father and the second is whether she's allowed to marry someone else if she does so.
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« on: December 11, 2024, 09:08:37 AM »
Just for the record I see a difference between divorce and remarriage. Sometimes divorce could be necessary, but the command of being single or be reconciled stays put imo.
"Hey Brenda, sorry your husband sexually abused your children, and it's fine if you divorce him, but please don't get re-married unless it's to the child molester I allowed you to divorce."
Said Jesus, never.
Situations like this certainly muddy the water but did Jesus provide exceptions? He might not have literally phrased it the way you did but if he said remarriage is adultery without offering exceptions then remarriage is adultery.
It's one thing to make a case that something doesn't apply today because it was a cultural call rather than an eternal call but if we start to throw stuff away because it's inconvenient there are all sorts of other things that are more inconvenient to more people.
We shouldn't necessarily get caught up creating all sorts of requirements that don't exist but we should be equally careful not to expect to walk a path that doesn't become inconvenient at times.
The extreme example is specifically to highlight the difficulties of holding to positions that seem "easy" when all is well. We would be wrong to use such an instance to justify divorce and remarriage in every other circumstance, but I think it would also be wrong for us to do the reverse.
We certainly need to be careful. It's easy to say what someone else should do when you're not the one having to do it (much the same applies to Paul's call to stay with a spouse, with no provision made there for abusive spouses), but at the same time we need to be careful not to simply disregard things that are very clear because they are inconvenient to us.
If we pick and choose which bits to follow based on what we want to do we might as well just throw the Bible in the trash and accept we're going our own way. The idea isn't to have some tool to beat other people over the head - "Bad Brenda. Naughty Brenda. Go back to your abusive husband right now or you get no support from us, and we don't care if he is going to beat you literally to within an inch of your life, the Bible is clear what you have to do. Don't forget to take your kids with you, and teach them to forgive him." - but I don't see how we can avoid things ultimately boiling down to the simple duality that either we follow what Jesus said or we don't.
A consideration as above is not a simple disregard. The issue is, of course, one of understanding what Scripture actually does say, and what it doesn't, and avoiding the temptation of confusing an accusation of "picking and choosing" for proper exegesis.
If Jesus said that remarriage after divorce is adultery, how do you argue the exact opposite without disregarding what Jesus said? I agree it's important to interpret accurately and not get hung up on one thing out of context (e.g. the people who are happy for women in church to wear jewelry and not cover their heads but demand that they stay silent) but I don't think I've ever come across a rational explanation for why people believe passages like the one about remarriage don't say what they appear to say. All I've ever seen is some variation of "we don't do that any more", even as the very same people demand that other passages mean exactly what they say. From what I've personally seen it usually turns into a remarkably convenient matter that if it's something we want to do then Scripture is cultural and those sections don't apply today, and if it's something we don't care about then Scripture says what it says and it's clear.
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« on: December 10, 2024, 07:57:50 PM »
Jesus didn't say everything we need to know, and Paul didn't write everything we need to know.
That's why Jesus said that when he ascended, He would send the Holy Spirit, who would teach all things.
Yes, scripture is of paramount importance, but wisdom cries in the streets while we worship a book instead of the Author is we are not careful. Applying truth requires a relationship with the Truth that transcends the ink on the page.
True, although we also need to be careful that we're not too quick to throw it all away because we've decided on a new standard. There's certainly a degree of merit in the idea that the Holy Spirit will convict people of their sins and, unless I got a promotion and missed the memo, I'm not the one who convicts people. At the same time if the words of Jesus himself can be disregarded because we've moved on from that sort of thing, where does it stop? Do we just figure a path that works for us, even if it flies in the face of Scripture? Do we slavishly follow every single word of Scripture even if some of it appears totally irrelevant in today's culture? How should we strike a balance?
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« on: December 10, 2024, 08:30:18 AM »
Just for the record I see a difference between divorce and remarriage. Sometimes divorce could be necessary, but the command of being single or be reconciled stays put imo.
"Hey Brenda, sorry your husband sexually abused your children, and it's fine if you divorce him, but please don't get re-married unless it's to the child molester I allowed you to divorce."
Said Jesus, never.
Situations like this certainly muddy the water but did Jesus provide exceptions? He might not have literally phrased it the way you did but if he said remarriage is adultery without offering exceptions then remarriage is adultery.
It's one thing to make a case that something doesn't apply today because it was a cultural call rather than an eternal call but if we start to throw stuff away because it's inconvenient there are all sorts of other things that are more inconvenient to more people.
We shouldn't necessarily get caught up creating all sorts of requirements that don't exist but we should be equally careful not to expect to walk a path that doesn't become inconvenient at times.
The extreme example is specifically to highlight the difficulties of holding to positions that seem "easy" when all is well. We would be wrong to use such an instance to justify divorce and remarriage in every other circumstance, but I think it would also be wrong for us to do the reverse.
We certainly need to be careful. It's easy to say what someone else should do when you're not the one having to do it (much the same applies to Paul's call to stay with a spouse, with no provision made there for abusive spouses), but at the same time we need to be careful not to simply disregard things that are very clear because they are inconvenient to us. If we pick and choose which bits to follow based on what we want to do we might as well just throw the Bible in the trash and accept we're going our own way. The idea isn't to have some tool to beat other people over the head - "Bad Brenda. Naughty Brenda. Go back to your abusive husband right now or you get no support from us, and we don't care if he is going to beat you literally to within an inch of your life, the Bible is clear what you have to do. Don't forget to take your kids with you, and teach them to forgive him." - but I don't see how we can avoid things ultimately boiling down to the simple duality that either we follow what Jesus said or we don't.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 03:03:21 PM »
Spent some time yesterday rejigging my home network.
My laptop is elderly - it dates back to the time when having 802.11g on a laptop was considered bleeding edge, but the wireless router was in a distant part of the house so I sometimes got a bit of lag when video streaming. Now I have three routers, one of which is six inches from my laptop and connected with a wire. Although my laptop is old it supports gigabit ethernet (also bleeding edge for a laptop, when mine was new).
I ran a speed test and even through my VPN it was clocking 460Mbps download speed. I'll take it, given I pay for a 500M internet connection. I'd never really considered my laptop's wireless being such a choke point but I just uploaded a few dozen megabytes of files and didn't need to wait for it at all.
At some point I'm going to need a new computer but this one has done me well for so long I don't feel like buying something new that's built to fail.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 02:59:04 PM »
Would appreciate your prayers for Mrs. RK’s mom. Mom (who finally moved in with us this summer) will be 92 in February. In great health and very active… was blowing leaves in the yard last week.
Well, she fell in her bedroom Saturday night and broke her hip. Surgery later today and then probably a week at a rehab facility which will be worse for her than going to jail
appreciate your prayers
Her name is Nancy .
Thanks
Can do.
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« on: December 09, 2024, 02:58:24 PM »
Just for the record I see a difference between divorce and remarriage. Sometimes divorce could be necessary, but the command of being single or be reconciled stays put imo.
"Hey Brenda, sorry your husband sexually abused your children, and it's fine if you divorce him, but please don't get re-married unless it's to the child molester I allowed you to divorce."
Said Jesus, never.
Situations like this certainly muddy the water but did Jesus provide exceptions? He might not have literally phrased it the way you did but if he said remarriage is adultery without offering exceptions then remarriage is adultery. It's one thing to make a case that something doesn't apply today because it was a cultural call rather than an eternal call but if we start to throw stuff away because it's inconvenient there are all sorts of other things that are more inconvenient to more people. We shouldn't necessarily get caught up creating all sorts of requirements that don't exist but we should be equally careful not to expect to walk a path that doesn't become inconvenient at times.
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