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florduh

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As someone who was born into Catholicism, I've long been creeped out by adult converts. I don't mean for marriage. There are mixed Catholic/Jewish marriages on both sides of my family. I mean weirdos who feel drawn to Catholicism in their 30's.

Now that the only good Pope we've ever had has been murdered by an adult who converted in their 30's...complete and total vindication :shrug:
 

cybrguy

Putin is a War Criminal
Happy Earth Day

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Octavia

No thoughts, head empty
I buy lipton green tea for the bottle and to use a bit as sweetener for my own sun teas, re-use the bottles dozens of times, more durable than most water bottles.
We do something similar, but with Trader Joe’s ginger beer (glass) bottles. They work great for syrups and storing home brewed alcohol!

I’ve been replacing my current plastic bottles with insulated steel ones as the plastic ones wear out. They’re a little heavy but having fridge cold water always on hand has helped me pretty much entirely cut out single use plastic bottles.
 

Radwin Bodnic

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Accessory Maker
Kleen Kanteen on the go.
Glass swing-top bottle for water at home (I have the chance to live in a place where tap water is cleaner than bottled water).
And most of wine and beer bottles that I like are returnable to be washed and reused.

Honestly it's been years I haven't bought a plastic bottle. Even organic orange juice comes in 5L Cubitainer nowadays...
 

cybrguy

Putin is a War Criminal

It ain't America any more folks. It is rapidly becoming something unrecognizable. Well, not actually unrecognizable, but not as America...
 

Rodney

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In spite of my 50+ years on this planet, I just can't help hitting that whippet at the end of the whipped cream can.....

I never tried this yet :D - sounds wonderful :p

would you use this one to make cream with ?

 
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Vitolo

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Pope Francis wrote this in the Hospital.
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“The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches...
They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports...
It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.
A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar...
In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist...
A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care...
A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor...
It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.
The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss.
A hospital is a place where human beings remove their masks and show themselves as they truly are, in their purest essence.
This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it fighting with people.
Do not criticize your body too much.
Do not complain excessively.
Do not lose sleep over bills.
Make sure to hug your loved ones.
Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless.
Material goods must be earned by each person—do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance.
You are waiting for too much: Christmas, Friday, next year, when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect...
Listen, perfection does not exist.
A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled here.
Here, we are given an opportunity to learn.
So, make the most of this trial of life—and do it now.
Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path, and let go of the path others have chosen for you.
Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely!
And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
—Pope Francis
 
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