nothing important

[Serge from NYC]

just saying HI to my Aussie friends from NYC...

"I'll be back"

[Guest]

wasting bandwidth

[Guest]

Serge, ur 'nothing important' thread attracted more than 100 views.
Everyone must be bored

[Serge from New Jersey]

Serge, ur 'nothing important' thread attracted more than 100 views.
Everyone must be bored

this happens because everybody is tired of f--ing spam,
and nothing important doesn't sound spammy...

ok, I'll post something substantial:
after trying 7 French wines in New York we came to conclusion:
we have "napalese taste"....

live and learn....

[Don Coyote]

ok, I'll post something substantial:
after trying 7 French wines in New York we came to conclusion:
we have "napalese taste"....

What a surprise. Are you sure you don't have "Nepalese taste"?

[Chow Chow]

Napalese as in Nepalese Tantra

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE

1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

2. Memorize your favorite poem.

3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

4. When you say, "I love you", mean it.

5. When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.

6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. No fornication.

7. Believe in love at first sight.

8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

11. Don't judge people by their relatives.

12. Talk slowly but think quickly.

13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile andask, "Why do you want to know?"

14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

15. Call your mom.

16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

18. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.

19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

22. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

23. Spend some time alone.

24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

26. Read more books and watch less TV.

27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back,you'll get to enjoy it a second time.

28. Trust in God but lock your car.

29. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can tocreate a tranquil harmonious home.

30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

31. Read between the lines.

32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

33. Be gentle with the earth.

34. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.

35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.

36. Mind your own business.

37. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.

38. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

39. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.

40. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke ofluck.

41. Learn the rules then break some.

42. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.

43. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

44. Remember that your character is your destiny.

45. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

[TORB]

Napalese as in Nepalese Tantra

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE

Martin,

Two points.

1. I think you have got this Nepalese Tantra wrong; isn't it Hardys Tintarta.

2. Re instructions for life, as Rolf Binder would say - "First wine tragics have to 'find a life store' so they can buy one."

[Don Coyote]

Almost 300 views. Serge creates hits with gossamer. What a talent.

[cranky]

Napalese as in people from Naples?

Lambrusco?

[Serge Birbrair]

Almost 300 views. Serge creates hits with gossamer. What a talent.

yes,
it IS a talent....and I haven't "hid the light under the bushel",
chat boards on the internet turned me into a retiree at the age of 42...


I'm back in USA, BTW and will be putting LOTS of notes from this REMARKABLE, mind boggling trip to NYC and Paris soon,
I am only 3 hours off the plane.

I haven't found God, but I did find the answer to "French terroir" question in...
New York City Museum of Natural History and local Paris supermarket buying the local...mineral water!

go figure that they are connected directly to...wine!

but first things first:
sleep and pictures upload!

[Serge Birbrair]

Napalese as in people from Naples?

Lambrusco?

pardon me,
but...

1) I was mugged in Naples, which produces LOUSY local wines!

2) Lambrusco is BEST in...Sicily, not Naples

[Adair]

Napalese as in Nepalese Tantra

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

This is really annoying me at the moment. I sneeze and get a "bless you". Why?

Why do people feel the need to do this? I sometime ask and even they don't have any idea. They may as well say "I like today's weather". They have no feeling of goodwill, spiritual or otherwise.

Seriously,
Adair

[TORB]

This is really annoying me at the moment. I sneeze and get a "bless you". Why?
Seriously,
Adair

Adair,

Back in the old stone age, about the time I was a lad of your age , I read a book called Why Is It So by Dr R. Brash. The answer was contined in the book, I can't remember the exact reason, but it is an old tradition; from memory it had to do with a little part of the spirit leraving the body every time you sneezed and so that the devil would not get a hold of you; well meaning people said, God bless you.

[Adair]

This is really annoying me at the moment. I sneeze and get a "bless you". Why?
Seriously,
Adair

Adair,

Back in the old stone age, about the time I was a lad of your age , I read a book called Why Is It So by Dr R. Brash. The answer was contined in the book, I can't remember the exact reason, but it is an old tradition; from memory it had to do with a little part of the spirit leraving the body every time you sneezed and so that the devil would not get a hold of you; well meaning people said, God bless you.

Thank you for that. It confirms my point. No one remembers what it is for, and unless you are a spiritual person and you are saying it for some religious-focussed purpose, I see it no more than another superstition.

I believe I found the reason why this superstition started at http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgesundheit.html: The custom of saying "God bless you" after a sneeze was begun literally as a blessing. Pope Gregory the Great (540-604 AD) ascended to the Papacy just in time for the start of the plague (his successor succumbed to it). Gregory (who also invented the ever-popular Gregorian chant) called for litanies, processions and unceasing prayer for God's help and intercession. Columns marched through the streets chanting, "Kyrie Eleison" (Greek for "Lord have mercy"). When someone sneezed, they were immediately blessed ("God bless you!") in the hope that they would not subsequently develop the plague. All that prayer apparently worked, judging by how quickly the plague of 590 AD diminished.

And there we are.

Adair

[TORB]

Adair,

Fine! next time you sneeze when I am there, I will say, "a pox on you sir." Or how about "may the fleas of 1,000 camel infest your ar$ehole".

And then I will pour you another glass of wine.

[Baby Chickpea]

Napalese as in Nepalese Tantra

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

This is really annoying me at the moment. I sneeze and get a "bless you". Why?

Why do people feel the need to do this? I sometime ask and even they don't have any idea. The may as well say "I like today's weather". They have no feeling of goodwill, spiritual or otherwise.

Seriously,
Adair

Geez Adair, you REALLY didn't take to all those pee-NOTs the other nite!

[Baby Chickpea]

Napalese as in Nepalese Tantra

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

This is really annoying me at the moment. I sneeze and get a "bless you". Why?

Why do people feel the need to do this? I sometime ask and even they don't have any idea. The may as well say "I like today's weather". They have no feeling of goodwill, spiritual or otherwise.

Seriously,
Adair

Geez Adair, you REALLY didn't take to all those pee-NOTs the other nite!