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eightpointbuck;1751335; said:
My next door neighbors house just burned to the ground today. Lightning strike at 3:30 PM. Four years ago, the neighbor located in back and to the left of us suffered an identical fate. How do I live in Ohio for 31 years, never see one house hit by lightning. Move to the deep south and it seems like Jeebus is sending me a message.

Walked around the house for an hour with several stiff drinks in hand to soothe the nerves tonight. Realized:

A) Thank God the family is safe. Sent them to stay with my parents.

B) There is nothing I own that can't be replaced with enough $$$.

C) I need to move the @#$% out of here and back to Ohio where @#$% doesn't constantly burn to the ground.:oh:
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Lighting is faster down here......





Sorry for your neighbors' loss and glad you are ok 8pt.
 
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Taosman;1743568; said:
Today is a good day to read John Hersey's "Hiroshima".
As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: "My God, what have we done?"?
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A professor at Ohio State who wrote extensively about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings said that the "My God, what have we done?" quote was pushed by the government, but that a recording was made of the flight, and the actual words were something along the lines of "Hot damn, look at that baby go!"

I have no idea if this is true.
 
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"God does not play dice with the universe."

Or, later.............

"The more a man is imbued with the ordered regularity of all events the firmer becomes his conviction that there is no room left by the side of this ordered regularity for causes of a different nature. For him neither the rule of human nor the rule of divine will exists as an independent cause of natural events. To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted [italics his], in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot."
 
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http://ascending.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/quotes-from-the-moon-and-sixpence/
Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by signs, and the signs have no common value, so that their sense is vague and uncertain. We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
 
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"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is."
? Charles Bukowski (Factotum)
 
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"I think life should be more like TV....I think we should all have powerful, high-paying jobs and everyone should drive fancy sports cars. All our desires should be instantly gratified. Women should always wear tight clothes, and men should carry powerful handguns. Life overall should be more glamorous, thrill-packed, and filled with applause, don't you think?"

Calvin of Calvin and Hobbs
 
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I just launched a blog over the weekend that contains speeches that I've written that are more of a philosophical/motivational/political take on current events and other things. It's not meant to be overtly political but examine things from a philosophical or personal growth and responsibility context. I've been a member of this site for years, and am just looking to share something that I've done with this community.

I'm not trying to flame, spam, or do whatever, but I thought that some of you might enjoy reading some of the things that I wrote. I appreciate this forum very much, and enjoy reading the posts on here, and I just wanted to post this to perhaps start discussion. I didn't want to start a new thread, I just thought it would be better to post it in this one. Enjoy your morning!

http://bonavacantiafreelance.wordpress.com
 
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kinch;1755806; said:
A professor at Ohio State who wrote extensively about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings said that the "My God, what have we done?" quote was pushed by the government, but that a recording was made of the flight, and the actual words were something along the lines of "Hot damn, look at that baby go!"

I have no idea if this is true.
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Saw a movie piece on WWII last night. The bomb was terrible but the first at Hiroshima did not change the mind of the Japanese government. Even after the second at Nagasaki there was a very strong fight until the last Japanese can fight no more.

The fact of the matter was the Japanese feared the Russian invasion that was impending more than the atomic bombs.

The "hari kiri" mentality was alive in many.

The United States feared an invasion of Japan. In fact more than 9 divisions move to the south section of the main Japanese island. After the struggle at Okinawa, they feared many more than the casualties there. By the way the marines suffered tremendously in that invasion. "Sugarloaf hill", took more than a week to capture. Some estimates gave the possible number between 500,000 and 1 million casualties.

Horrible weapon but I think history shows the decision by Harry Truman and his advisors was correct.

Even at the end, the Japanese tried the damnedest to avoid unconditional surrender.

The greatest generation taught us much and is still worthy of our admiration.
 
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