The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Progress.City]

I hope these doors open for you, You clearly want to be back where your ancients originated from. Best wishes to you. Don't worry about corresponding, I have a Strong's Concordance, it should answer my questions.

Looks like I'm staying in tonight. I can reflect now on the past week and share stories and talk about ancient history, too.

Here's the history of Hezekiah's tunnel. A few hundred years before King Hezekiah, King David conquered Jerusalem from the Jebusites. Jerusalem was built near a water well that was outside the city walls. A shaft brought the water from the well to inside the city. King David's army strategized that if he could conquer the well, they could conquer the city by crawling through the shaft and into the city. Well, that's exactly what they did.

Fast forward 500 years later (2800 years ago), the Assyrian army was on the foothills of Jerusalem and there was fear that the Assyrians were going to advance. To avoid a situation where the Assyrians would do what King David did with the Jebusites to Jerusalem, King Hezakiah ordered the construction of a tunnel to divert the water source from outside the city walls to inside the city walls. The tunnel is the oldest known of its kind. It was chiseled out of hard bedrock and is a third of a mile long.

I'll write about my personal adventures maybe later tonight. I'll going to go on Craig's List and see what's available as far as rooms for rent now...

 

[betty rose]

Yummy! I'll buy, if you make!

 

[betty rose]

At the top of Notre Dame
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In the belfry (When we were out by the gargoyles, the bells rang for about 5 minutes. It was so cool!)
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Part of the 400+ stairs to the top, it was twisty all the way.
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You got quite a work out.
In the center of Paris.
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The public toilets on the street, they were free and self cleaning
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I want one of those for my house!
A treat of chocolate mousse cake to reward ourselves for the climb up.
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You and hubby definitely deserve a treat! Thanks for more pictures. My DD is so excited about saving for a trip to Paris, it will take her about 10 years, it's one of her life's goals. She loves your pictures too!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Thank you, still a long way to go.
Theres 2 guys who are now at 55,000 clicks and 90,000 clicks respectively.
I have no idea if they are cheating ( I know you can rent "zombie bots" online to get things done quickly)

I remember watching an episode of Henry Danger and a character bought 10,000 views to fool her friend into thinking he had more visitors than he did. I didn't think that was possible.

 

[betty rose]

More food pictures....lunch at a café:
More beer for me.
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Sausage stuffed tomatoes (so good)
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steak for hubby
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Awesome Ice Cream again for dessert
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Then we visited Saint Chapelle, it was a church with gorgeous stained glass.
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Then we went to the Concegerie, it was used as a prison during the Revolution and we saw what Marie Antoinette's cell might have looked like.
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Then dinner at Les Deux Maggot, on of Hemmingway's hangouts.
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You are having the greatest trip ever, I know you are savoring every moment. I especially love all of your church pictures, they are magnificent!

 

[betty rose]

Yes!

 

[betty rose]

Looks like I'm staying in tonight. I can reflect now on the past week and share stories and talk about ancient history, too.

Here's the history of Hezekiah's tunnel. A few hundred years before King Hezekiah, King David conquered Jerusalem from the Jebusites. Jerusalem was built near a water well that was outside the city walls. A shaft brought the water from the well to inside the city. King David's army strategized that if that could conquer the well, they could conquer the city by crawling through the shaft and into the city. Well, that's exactly what they did.

Fast forward 500 years later (2800 years ago), the Assyrian army was on the foothills of Jerusalem and there was fear that the Assyrians were going to advance. To avoid a situation where the Assyrians would do what King David did with the Jebusites to Jerusalem, King Hezakiah ordered the construction of a tunnel to divert the water source from outside the city walls to inside the city walls. The tunnel is the oldest known of its kind. It was chiseled out of hard bedrock and is a third of a mile long.

I'll write about my personal adventures maybe later tonight. I'll going to go on Craig's List and see what's available as far as rooms for rent now...

Thank you so much for sharing "your" history. We are all tied to our past, especially in our hearts. Shalom, peace to you.

 

[betty rose]

The one time we ate there, all but DWifey enjoyed all of their meal.
DWifey didn't like the amount of oil with her fish entrée, so I traded her for my beef kabob, which I ended up finishing anyway, 'cause she couldn't eat it all...!

That's a win win. I love having those!

 

[betty rose]

Looks like I'm staying in tonight. I can reflect now on the past week and share stories and talk about ancient history, too.

Here's the history of Hezekiah's tunnel. A few hundred years before King Hezekiah, King David conquered Jerusalem from the Jebusites. Jerusalem was built near a water well that was outside the city walls. A shaft brought the water from the well to inside the city. King David's army strategized that if that could conquer the well, they could conquer the city by crawling through the shaft and into the city. Well, that's exactly what they did.

Fast forward 500 years later (2800 years ago), the Assyrian army was on the foothills of Jerusalem and there was fear that the Assyrians were going to advance. To avoid a situation where the Assyrians would do what King David did with the Jebusites to Jerusalem, King Hezakiah ordered the construction of a tunnel to divert the water source from outside the city walls to inside the city walls. The tunnel is the oldest known of its kind. It was chiseled out of hard bedrock and is a third of a mile long.

I'll write about my personal adventures maybe later tonight. I'll going to go on Craig's List and see what's available as far as rooms for rent now...

Thank you, I hope you find a nice place.

 

[Cesar R M]

^^^^^^^ This and MTV no longer showing music videos!

kinda sad that the "music channel" no longer shows ANY music. Just boring and annoying realities.

 

[Cesar R M]

I don't believe in forced detox. I believe that you wash out a whole lot of good and needed with the bad. I feel that anytime I go against what my body was designed to do, I feel I am messing with nature. My body was designed to run on proteins, carbs and other essential things, all in balance. For many years I just ate way to much of all that balance and gained a lot of weight. I was designed with teeth to chew with so having nothing but liquid is messing with nature to me. I do consume a lot of liquids but not exclusively. I do not carry around 55 gallon jugs of water to cross the street. Our ancestors used to work in the fields all day and not consume anymore water then we do between breakfast and mid-morning and they worked hard and long and where we sit on chairs most of the day and almost never work up any sweat. That is what clears a lot of the toxins out of our bodies. Instead, we are constantly sipping liquids that we are only expelling through our kidneys and not flushing out the rest of the body. Where does all that water go, well, in my opinion, the body stores it. It also creates additional cells to store it in and then we wonder how come I'm not eating anything and still gaining weight. To me, that might be the answer. To many liquids.

Anyway, sorry for the ramble, and I am not being judgmental concerned everyone individual decisions on what to do to stay healthy. Seriously, I don't want that responsibility, however, I do have my own theory's.

BTW, If anyone wants to really flush out their system, I recommend scheduling a Colonoscopy. Believe me that every bad thing you ever put in your body comes out including that candy bar you ate when you were 12. PLUS, you will lose anywhere between 5 to 8 pounds in one day. I like to call it "time management".

you're correct on the water thing.

As a matter of fact, drinking too much water is as bad as not drinking water at all.
You dilute your blood and fluids and can cause very similar symptoms as someone who needs water urgently.

 

[betty rose]

kinda sad that the "music channel" no longer shows ANY music. Just boring and annoying realities.

I used to watch the music channel, no more. I agree with boring!

 

[Cesar R M]

I took a wilderness survival class. The instructor asked "why is it important to know who the slowest member of your group is?" My response was "because that's the one that the bear is going to get." We had to take a break after that....

did he headshake? or laugh? lol
I bet the classic fat kid was the one getting scared.

anyway, you're not supposed to run from a bear or a wolf as far I know.
It will only trigger their hunting instincts and attack you.

 

[Wrangler-Rick]

did he headshake? or laugh? lol
I bet the classic fat kid was the one getting scared.

He lost control of the class - everyone was laughing and so was he, so we had to break so he could get it back together.

 

[Cesar R M]

What's going on with the computer systems? United Airlines, Wall Street Journal and NYSE all down this morning. And I thought it was terrible when WDWMagic went down.

theres some nice chat about that on the spirited thread.
I suspect its either a massive cyber attack (related to China's tanking stocks)
or there was a major network failure, when one of the main hubs glitch (has happened before)

 

[betty rose]

you're correct on the water thing.

As a matter of fact, drinking too much water is as bad as not drinking water at all.
You dilute your blood and fluids and can cause very similar symptoms as someone who needs water urgently.

Doctor recommends the old 8 glasses of any fluid, be it coffee, tea, water, just no soda, for most people. I just have what I can tolerate. Works for me.

 

[betty rose]

He lost control of the class - everyone was laughing and so was he, so we had to break so he could get it back together.

That happened in art class, when we worked with rubber cement. The art teacher had to go back to the supply room, for about 10 minutes, to compose himself. I loved art class!

 

[Cesar R M]

Me too...!

me in your office..

 

[Cesar R M]

Day Three of Paris: Notre Dame was the focus of the day. We went right away in the morning and walked around inside, then got breakfast at a café, and then got in line to climb the 400+ stairs to the top of Notre Dame.
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At the café I thought I was ordering a mocha, I guess I just ordered a hot chocolate. It was tasty thought. Then I had a crepe with nutella and hubby had an omelet.
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its funny that the Disney movie made the Notre Dame to look monstrously big!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Lovely pictures she shared! Please, next time, ask her if she'd enjoy taking a bunch of her pals here with her!

We were there yesterday but no pictures this time.