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I can see that your “other important responsibilities other than typing on this forum” have been keeping you very busy this week. I’d hate to see the amount of time you would give to just “other responsibilities” (no need to repost your hectic schedule).

But, what can you expect from two old retired farts!
mrsmmrsmMember
I know this is long, but it is such a good and interesting story:

>
>
> Back in the 50's there was a well known radio
> host/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named
> Stuart Hamblin who was noted for his drinking,
> womanizing, partying, etc.
>
> One of his bigger hits at the time was
> "I won't go hunting with you Jake,
> but I'll go chasing women."
>
> One day, along came a young preacher holding
> a tent revival. Hamblin had him on his radio
> show
> presumably to poke fun at him.
>
> In order to gather more material for his show,
> Hamblin showed up at one of the revival
> meetings.
>
> Early in the service the preacher announced,
> "There is one man in this audience who is a big
> fake."There
> were probably others who thought the same thing,
> but Hamblin was convinced that he was the one
> the preacher
> was talking about (some would call that
> conviction)
> but he was having none of that.
>
> Still the words continued to haunt him until
> a couple
> of nights later he showed up drunk at the
> preacher's
> hotel door around 2AM demanding that the
> preacher
> pray for him!
>
> But the preacher refused, saying, "This is
> between you and God
> and I'm not going to get in the middle of it."
>
> But he did invite Stuart in and they talked
> until
> about 5 AM at which point Stuart dropped to his
> knees and with tears, cried o ut to God.
>
> But that is not the end of the story.
> Stuart quit drinking, quit chasing women,
> quit everything that was 'fun.' Soon he began
> to lose favor with the Hollywood crowd.
>
> He was ultimately fired by the radio station
> when
> he refused to accept a beer company as a
> sponsor.
>
> Hard times were upon him. He tried writing a
> couple
> of "Christian" songs but the only one that had
> much success was "This Old House",
> written for his friend Rosemary Clooney.
>
> As he continued to struggle, a long time
> friend
> named John took him aside and told him,
> "All your troub les started when you 'got
> religion,'
> Was it worth it all?"
> Stuart answered simply, "Yes."
>
> Then his friend asked, "You liked your booze so
> much,
> don't you ever miss it?" And his answer was,
> "No." John then said, "I don't understand how
> you could give it up so easily."
>
> And Stuart's response was, "It's no big secret.
> All things are possible with God."
> To this John said, "That's a catchy phrase.
> You should write a song about it."
>
> And as they say, "The rest is history."
>
> The song Stuart wrote was "It Is No Secret."
>
> "It is no secret what God can do.
> What He's done for others, He'll do for you.
rickrickMember
quote:
Originally posted by Serenity:
quote:
I’ve got a question for you. What’s your opinion on euthanasia (that’s not one of the continents)?


I think I knew that! What is your opinion?
I’m very opinionated on this subject, and not open to discussion, regardless of your political or religious beliefs – Euthanasia is NOT a continent!
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