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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9342893)
Then again, 13% of Americans still don't believe Elvis is dead, and my friend's mum is convinced the US faked the moon landing :lol:
Your friend's mum wasn't the only one. My dear departed hubby was another 'believer' that the US moon landing was a fakery. He believed that from the day we watched that event on TV, way back when...right up to the end. I have to admit...I surely did believe this was the real deal way back when...but as the years went by....:confused: And l'm still an Alien! :eek: masquerading as an American! :lol: Na-noo-na-noo... |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by chriswinter
(Post 9343961)
Whoa! Hang on there pardner...are you telling me that Elvis is actually dead? I could have swore to all the Gods & Goddesses that I saw him in a HEB grocery store parking lot in Houston a few years back. I think he was incognito.. He had on a cowboy hat, sunglasses, walking shorts and cowboy boots:eek:...but! the hair was a dead giveaway!!
Your friend's mum wasn't the only one. My dear departed hubby was another 'believer' that the US moon landing was a fakery. He believed that from the day we watched that event on TV, way back when...right up to the end. I have to admit...I surely did believe this was the real deal way back when...but as the years went by....:confused: And l'm still an Alien! :eek: masquerading as an American! :lol: Na-noo-na-noo... |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Marie Osmond remarries husband #1 today in Las Vegas.
So you know. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Tesco losing money on their US stores.
So you know. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
[QUOTE=jasper123;9343787]Me Mums going to the library to vote tomorrow ---- Local council elections in England, ----- /QUOTE]
Why aren't you going to vote? Just curious. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by jasper123
(Post 9343787)
Me Mums going to the library to vote tomorrow ---- Local council elections in England, ----- CANADIANS know theres an election in there country cause they live there, --- I wonder how many people knew that it was voting time in England.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by chriswinter
(Post 9343961)
I have to admit...I surely did believe this was the real deal way back when...but as the years went by....:confused:
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 9343515)
Well, it depends largely on whether you read the Sun or the NY Times.
- and as implied by a previous poster, neither extreme (believing everything, and believing nothing) is tenable. All I was trying to say in a humorous way was that my interpretation of the situation was reiterated (after the fact) by a reputable newspaper. I spend much of my career critically evaluating (and teaching others to do the same) the published word, so I'm not daft enough to think that everything that the papers say is true ... it's a case of weighing up the preponderance of the evidence and trying to be objective. Anyone can be cynical and shoot holes in what is reported. It takes a little more nous to critically read and evaluate (and accept that we may be wrong) rather than discount everything that doesn't jibe with one's own opinion. I wouldn't exactly call myself cynical or refer to myself as a conspiracy theorist but as I said before if something doesn't feel right it probably isn't. Perhaps you recall the very widely reported "hidden Weapons of Mass Destruction" in Iraq, you know when the US invaded that country followed closely by the UK, Australia et al. it was in all the newspapers, yes even the reputable ones, on every TV channel, etc., that was in 2003, now all these years later after many civilians and military personnel have lost their lives, we find out what? There weren't any Weapons of Mass Destruction........... Believe everything I read? I think not. I believe what I choose to believe, just as you do. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9344071)
See this is how it starts! Someone sows the seeds (in this day and age, usually Fox News) and before you know it, otherwise sane people are seeing black helicopters!
BTW...did I ever tell you ..... I see dead people!! :rofl::p Just kidding around..is all. I read lot's of stuff and I certainly don't take everything at face value. I read this, that, here, there, right, left and mix it all with a few scrapings from my own brain cells...and wah-lah...form my own opinions. I believe Time usually outs the truth, one way or another. And I'm all for space-travel, is why I was deeply interested in the moon landing...as I am a great Syfy fan and of documentaries on space and beyond! Once upon a time, when young...I wanted to be an astronomer. OK! Now when is the price of gas and food coming down?!? And since the 2 supposed greatest threats to world peace on this planet have now been erased...can we please bring home the troops from Iraq and Afghanistan? One now has to wonder if Bin Laden is now room-mates with SpongeBob and/or working for Mr. Crabby. :confused: |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
[quote=jasper123;9343772]Well I certainly believe in Aliens --- I used to be one myself ---- they called me a Resident Alien,
There Rodney - I even made the lettering green for your Green Card! By the way, I have my grandfathers original Green Card, and they really were green in colour. Rosie - an ex-Resident Alien.:rofl: |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by Pistolpete2
(Post 9342379)
I found out that Harper's crew got re-elected from the thread on BBC World
on the bottom of picture. Those nasty things? Well today, 2 days after the election they are saying that they are scrapping the long gun registry, implementing stiffer sentences for criminals and planning to build more prisons. Bunch of cowboys. This is why they are so well-liked in Alberta. :lol: I think I'd better duck. :sneaky: When I emailed an old Enlgish friend of mine in Kelowna that I was planning on going back to the UK, he said that he felt that Canada was becoming more and more of a police state. I've seen lots of signs of this. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 9343515)
Well, it depends largely on whether you read the Sun or the NY Times.
- and as implied by a previous poster, neither extreme (believing everything, and believing nothing) is tenable. All I was trying to say in a humorous way was that my interpretation of the situation was reiterated (after the fact) by a reputable newspaper. I spend much of my career critically evaluating (and teaching others to do the same) the published word, so I'm not daft enough to think that everything that the papers say is true ... it's a case of weighing up the preponderance of the evidence and trying to be objective. Anyone can be cynical and shoot holes in what is reported. It takes a little more nous to critically read and evaluate (and accept that we may be wrong) rather than discount everything that doesn't jibe with one's own opinion. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9342912)
But it's a bit like the birth certificate issue - for some people no amount of proof will be enough.
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Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by sallysimmons
(Post 9343529)
Well said. I'm a news junkie and know way too much for my own good about politics in both America and Britain. Nothing is more frustrating than people who either believe everything they're told or disbelieve everything they're told. It's simply lazy when there are so many sources of information available.
But this is what I mean. Produce a newspaper article and someone will say 'oh so you believe whatever you read in the paper.' Explain your reasoning and people will say 'well,everyone is entitled to their opinion' without offering similar reasoning for their viewpoint. Release a photo and someone will say it was doctored. Release video and people will claim it's fake. There is quite literally no proof that will satisfy the doubters. That's why people still believe in UFOs and the Loch Ness Monster. And now here in the US, Sarah Palin has begun to try and perpetuate these doubts - which really tells you all you need to know. Newspapers generally relate the views of their ownership as many good journalists know to their chagrin. It's not a matter of believing or not believing everything. Some things have a ring of truth and some don't as history of the news media will support. I am not a fan of Sarah Palin but that, nor anything I have heard here, changes my opinion of this. There are some good sources of information but they are few and far between and not many dailys are among them. I can't see any relationship of this to UFOs or the Loch Ness Monster :confused:. Or is it an all or nothing idea? :confused: My sense.. and I will be happy to be wrong on this... is that this will be used to justify a heavy US (or ally) presence in Pakistan. |
Re: OVER 50's & 60's Chit-Chat & Daily Catch-Up Thread
Originally Posted by islandwoman120
(Post 9343631)
Canadian news on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13271083 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13259484 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13264580 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13246863 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13138666 Good enough? Quite a lot to read. |
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