billybob Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Well well well, what do we have here? Sounds like what my dad said when he found my brothers Daisy BB gun. Took it and with his hand bent the barrel and handed it back to him. Said, to my brother who was half in tears, "Now you can shoot around corners..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 39 minutes ago, Dave A said: Don't know why you hold up for these guys. Anyway I never said it was today I said it was a policy of theirs which it was for many years. I dont , Dave , the friends I have ,in China can practice their faith , 30 years ago , it was impossible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 19 minutes ago, billybob said: Well well well, what do we have here? Sounds like what my dad said when he found my brothers Daisy BB gun. Took it and with his hand bent the barrel and handed it back to him. Said, to my brother who was half in tears, "Now you can shoot around corners..." i wonder who bought him the BB ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 minute ago, 000 said: I dont , Dave , the friends I have ,in China can practice their faith , 30 years ago , we used to meet in basements - I have heard stories of Christians hiding even their shoes from the front step so officials would not see evidence of gatherings. People would trickle in so they would not be spotted. Today they are tearing down churches again or telling them what flavor they can believe in. They are an oppressed society. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 minute ago, 000 said: i wonder who bought him the BB ? Black market, trades for switchblades, etc...lunch money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dave A said: they are tearing down churches WE are paying for these Buildings -the more they tear , the more we rebuild them even bigger - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, billybob said: Black market, trades for switchblades, etc...lunch money. was your Dad ---LEA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Just now, 000 said: was your Dad ---LEA Sorry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 minute ago, billybob said: Sorry? Law Enforcement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 minute ago, 000 said: Law Enforcement Lol, no but yes, around the house he was the final arbiter. Justice sometimes was quick, and when you least expected it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, 000 said: WE are paying for these Buildings -the more they tear , the more we rebuild them even bigger - Got to hear a Pentecostal Chinese preacher Evangelist speaker talk about these things. He says Christian faith is growing there but the govt goes after those who don't amend the Bible accordingly to party desires. In the mean time miracles happen behind closed doors and the evidence speaks for itself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 A century or so ago there were over 18k Catholic priests in China. I knew a priest who went there to teach, after Nixon helped open the doors. He expected it to change, but when I talked with him ten yrs ago, he said things never really opened up. Now the doors are closing again with the current president, Xi Jinping. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedcrankcammer Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 The CDC has adjusted their Covid19 deaths from 64,000 to 37,000. What do you think about that? Still scared? Angry yet?😷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 As of 5/3/2020, COVID-19 deaths at 65,735. https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Pneumonia is typically the thing that an elderly person succumbs to when they pass (natural causes). So, no surprise that the number is as high as it is. You are cherry picking the data. You were wrong about the flu comparison, and you are wrong about this too. You also continue to ignore the obvious. Numbers are comparatively down because the whole country was sent home to wait it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Marvel said: A centtury or so ago there were over 18k Catholic priests in China. I knew a priest who went there to teach, after Nixon heled open the doors. He expected it to change, but when I talked with him ten yrs ago, he said things never really opened up. Now the doors are closing again with the current president, Xi Jinping. You are correct there are no smiley faces for Christians over there. 4 minutes ago, Deang said: Pneumonia is typically the thing that an elderly person succumbs to when they pass (natural causes). So, no surprise that the number is as high as it is. You are cherry picking the data. You were wrong about the flu comparison, and you are wrong about this too. You also continue to ignore the obvious. Numbers are comparatively down because the whole country was sent home to wait it out. Sorry Dean I did not make the numbers I did however find a current government agency that just amended their number from 60,000+ to these you read on the charts. I expect the others will soon too. Please explain how I cherry picked? How authoritative a source should I have above the one quoted? The seriously low flu numbers though do pose an interesting question to me. How long has this really been around and is this wuhan thing part of flu numbers last year? Strange to have such a shift in the flu numbers and I wonder if these wuhan tests were available last year what they would have found. Way to many things do not add up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 2 hours ago, billybob said: Black market, trades for switchblades, etc...lunch money. Remember the goodies we had to play with as kids? Give me M-80's and slingshots and bicycles any day over video games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 It relates to how the deaths were coded. You need to add COVID-19 and COVID-19 + Pneumonia. That number is 53,872. The numbers are also limited to 2/1 - 4/25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dave A said: Give me M-80's Circa 1980 ... Fourth of July ... Pismo Beach -- shooting off some bottle rockets and this car pulls up. Guy rolls down his window and asks if want some “real” fireworks. For $20, he sells me a grocery bag partially filled with M-80s. Man, did i have fun with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Did you know a M-80 is the same as a 1/4 stick of dynamite? I didn’t. Tossed one into my ex girlfriend’s mailbox back in 9th grade. It lit up the whole neighborhood and blew half of the siding off that side of the house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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