Giant Noah's Ark likely landing in Kentucky

[thesummerqueen]

That was an act of kindness, which would earn a blessing. Unless of course he knows you are anon-practising Jew, in which case he is a sanctimonious twat.

He sorta maybe discovered I'm one of the "lost" today. Apparently he hasn't noticed "humanistic" jew on my facebook. He asked about the bible and I said it was a collection of Aesop's fables and he said "[gasp] that's...almost...atheist!"

Tangent,from none-of-my-business-curiosity:

Ask all you like and I'll try to find and relay the answers. I've been asking some myself - with a widespread, but SMALL family, most of whom have died out, I don't have many answers. However, I'll ask mum about a small history and large family tree my great aunt did. It doesn't offend me in the slightest - history is something I enjoy, especially family histories, so you and I are holding two links in the same 'interest' chain.

You mentioned your family is from Eastern Europe. Does mean you are Ashkenazi ? From the Schetl or large city? When did your family leave? Did any of your extended family remain im Europe?.If so,did any survive The Holocaust?

Yes - if you saw a picture of my grandfather he looks like a stereotype, down to the ridiculous beard. Members of the family, on the rare occasions we get together, still say prayers with the "s" sound in place of the "t" (Kaddish, for example, saying "yiskadash" rather than "yitkadash"). Not sure where besides countries - it's been hard to get to talk to the people who know these things due to family squabbles (or, in my case, shunning because of my tatts). I'll figure that out soon, if you like. What I do know is that one major branch on my mom's maternal side came over in the 1800's - some of whom settled in England for a bit, so we supposedly have a smidge of British blood (according to her, but knowing that Jews tended to stick to their own kind up until fairly recently in historical terms, I doubt it). Her father's side came over *I think* around WWI. My dad's side, who is not Jewish, I will have to ask - they are not reliable, so other than being Romanian, I don't know.

[Justtristo]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40445249/ns/us_news-life/

This is so embarrassing, it makes me want to move out of my home state.

In other news NASA has announced they will hold a press conference today to discuss discoveries they have made concerning life on other planets.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-...18h0w.html

[orogenicman]

OGman, in strange coincidence:

I have no idea where my menorah is. I do not WANT to know where my menorah is. "Itty bitty shitty candles" are no fun. I don't care. I have to skype my mother tonight, nonetheless, because she's worrying herself sick that I will not be able to "celebrate Chanukah". Upon hearing my "predicament", a passing Jewish coworker took it upon himself to offer me his spare menorah. It's shape? Noah's Ark.

If you want, I could convince my ex-wife to send you hers. She hasn't used it in probably 16 years. lol

Noah's ark, huh. Too funny.

Personally, I do celebtrate the season, mostly out of old habit, and because my children and their children do. But to me it has nothing to do with the birth of Christ. I do think it is good for families to get together and exchange gifts regardless of the reason (well, that's not entirely true. I wouldn't want them to do so because Aunt Sally was run over by a bus).

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That was an act of kindness, which would earn a blessing. Unless of course he knows you are anon-practising Jew, in which case he is a sanctimonious twat.

He sorta maybe discovered I'm one of the "lost" today. Apparently he hasn't noticed "humanistic" jew on my facebook. He asked about the bible and I said it was a collection of Aesop's fables and he said "[gasp] that's...almost...atheist!"

Tangent,from none-of-my-business-curiosity:

Ask all you like and I'll try to find and relay the answers. I've been asking some myself - with a widespread, but SMALL family, most of whom have died out, I don't have many answers. However, I'll ask mum about a small history and large family tree my great aunt did. It doesn't offend me in the slightest - history is something I enjoy, especially family histories, so you and I are holding two links in the same 'interest' chain.

You mentioned your family is from Eastern Europe. Does mean you are Ashkenazi ? From the Schetl or large city? When did your family leave? Did any of your extended family remain im Europe?.If so,did any survive The Holocaust?

Yes - if you saw a picture of my grandfather he looks like a stereotype, down to the ridiculous beard. Members of the family, on the rare occasions we get together, still say prayers with the "s" sound in place of the "t" (Kaddish, for example, saying "yiskadash" rather than "yitkadash"). Not sure where besides countries - it's been hard to get to talk to the people who know these things due to family squabbles (or, in my case, shunning because of my tatts). I'll figure that out soon, if you like. What I do know is that one major branch on my mom's maternal side came over in the 1800's - some of whom settled in England for a bit, so we supposedly have a smidge of British blood (according to her, but knowing that Jews tended to stick to their own kind up until fairly recently in historical terms, I doubt it). Her father's side came over *I think* around WWI. My dad's side, who is not Jewish, I will have to ask - they are not reliable, so other than being Romanian, I don't know.

Hmm. Interesting. Now that I think about it, there is a certain familiar resemblence. What I mean is that my ex-wife's mother is originally from North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham, I think). Her family has a similar history, and I believe, also came out of Romania. They are a small family, but are spread out all over the country today. I know of one that is in Chicago, another in Boston or New York, while some are still in N.C. The Ex is from San Francisco. Her father was a converted Episcopalian, but is of Portugese ancestry. Her sister still lives in San Francisco. The are members of the Bnai Brith.

[lilyannerose]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/us/06a...c_ev=click

Among other issues, what I really don't like is the idea that they will be placing juvenile giraffes and who knows what other animals into pens on this display. What happens to these animals as they mature and at what point in their growth will it be determined they need to be replaced.

[Minimalist]

"[gasp] that's...almost...atheist!"

Almost? Whatever will it take to convince him?

[thesummerqueen]

Hmm. Interesting. Now that I think about it, there is a certain familiar resemblence. What I mean is that my ex-wife's mother is originally from North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham, I think). Her family has a similar history, and I believe, also came out of Romania. They are a small family, but are spread out all over the country today. I know of one that is in Chicago, another in Boston or New York, while some are still in N.C. The Ex is from San Francisco. Her father was a converted Episcopalian, but is of Portugese ancestry. Her sister still lives in San Francisco. The are members of the Bnai Brith.

Somehow I totally missed this.

As far as I know, my dad's side (the Romanian one) - we have no clue what's going on there. His mother is Romanian. His father was part Austrian, I think (we've been trying to figure out where our last name came from - if it was changed during immigration, we might be SOL). There is no information coming from that quarter - what I do know is they all live in the woods of Ohio and half of them still speak Romanian. My grandmother is less than unreliable when it comes to telling stories. I think the last thing I heard before my parents got divorced was that the men used to run shine up there back in the day. Classy. (Could be why the last name has no record past the 30's that I've dug up...yet...)

On my mom's side, I think both parents' families came through Ellis Island. I'm not sure where the Berensteins (maternal) went off to after that, but the Cohens (paternal) settled in NY and Louisville, where my great grandfather lived to be 97-98. My great-uncle still lives there. I think that's where my grandfather met my grandmother and combined the two families - they eventually moved to Columbus, OH, where my mom was born, and when she was 16 they moved to Los Angelos, where her two siblings still are. It was on a trip back to Ohio for something that my mom met my dad in (of all places) a backgammon bar. Since he was in the military, I was actually born outside of the Panama Canal and we hopped up to Fort Knox and then Charlottesville, and finally Manassas when I was 5 and that's where we stayed. I ended up in Charlotte because I hated Northern VA and my ex was originally from NC (albeit the slightly more "Deliverance" side of it) and we moved here when he got a job with Weyerhauser. After I left him, I stayed. North Carolina is really a beautiful state, and Charlotte's a wonderful city for a young person to be in.

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Min: he thinks I let myself get corrupted by Spinoza and I let him believe it because I don't feel like fighting about it in the workplace.

[leo-rcc]

Can't they just take the Dutch one? Then I don't have to look at it every week.

[orogenicman]

Hmm. Interesting. Now that I think about it, there is a certain familiar resemblence. What I mean is that my ex-wife's mother is originally from North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham, I think). Her family has a similar history, and I believe, also came out of Romania. They are a small family, but are spread out all over the country today. I know of one that is in Chicago, another in Boston or New York, while some are still in N.C. The Ex is from San Francisco. Her father was a converted Episcopalian, but is of Portugese ancestry. Her sister still lives in San Francisco. The are members of the Bnai Brith.

Somehow I totally missed this.

As far as I know, my dad's side (the Romanian one) - we have no clue what's going on there. His mother is Romanian. His father was part Austrian, I think (we've been trying to figure out where our last name came from - if it was changed during immigration, we might be SOL). There is no information coming from that quarter - what I do know is they all live in the woods of Ohio and half of them still speak Romanian. My grandmother is less than unreliable when it comes to telling stories. I think the last thing I heard before my parents got divorced was that the men used to run shine up there back in the day. Classy. (Could be why the last name has no record past the 30's that I've dug up...yet...)

On my mom's side, I think both parents' families came through Ellis Island. I'm not sure where the Berensteins (maternal) went off to after that, but the Cohens (paternal) settled in NY and Louisville, where my great grandfather lived to be 97-98. My great-uncle still lives there. I think that's where my grandfather met my grandmother and combined the two families - they eventually moved to Columbus, OH, where my mom was born, and when she was 16 they moved to Los Angelos, where her two siblings still are. It was on a trip back to Ohio for something that my mom met my dad in (of all places) a backgammon bar. Since he was in the military, I was actually born outside of the Panama Canal and we hopped up to Fort Knox and then Charlottesville, and finally Manassas when I was 5 and that's where we stayed. I ended up in Charlotte because I hated Northern VA and my ex was originally from NC (albeit the slightly more "Deliverance" side of it) and we moved here when he got a job with Weyerhauser. After I left him, I stayed. North Carolina is really a beautiful state, and Charlotte's a wonderful city for a young person to be in.

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Min: he thinks I let myself get corrupted by Spinoza and I let him believe it because I don't feel like fighting about it in the workplace.

That sounds a bit like my ex-wife's family as far as their early gypsie-like roaming around is concerned. Her mother's father was a rabbi, and they travelled a lot, and ended up in San Francisco. You were born in Panama, eh. Well, at least you can still run for president! Yes NC is very beautiful. My sister and her daughter live in Charlotte.

[Justtristo]

I am wondering if you are going to use this design proposal which has been touring Australia for some time now. I have seen this model for real when the "Ark Van" came into my town around the middle of this year.

[Minimalist]

People who believe in a literal ark with 2 ( or 7) of every animal are the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet.

This thing belongs in Kentucky if it belongs anywhere.