Praying at work!

[OH MY WORLD!]

Don't need a chopper ipster, the forests are burning all over my province, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. You of course don't have that problem every summer being that you raped your island centuries ago.

[ippy]

Don't need a chopper ipster, the forests are burning all over my province, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. You of course don't have that problem every summer being that you raped your island centuries ago.

Not even to make a fire break?

ippy

[BashfulAnthony]

Well, we now see NO sense of apathy in BA towards others NOT like him !!!!! 

    I think you need to check the difference between "apathy," and "empathy!"  Unless you're trying to br clever  -  but that never works with you!

OOH DEAR Hit a sore point have we???
Trying to be clever isn't necessary. it comes so easily here due to lack of competition. 
ANYWAY - what was this post originally about?
They always tend to become showcases for some here making fools of themselves !?!?!?

You seem to have some sort of problem with upper and lower case letters:  or do you just have a trembling hand?

[trippymonkey]

It's thinking of YOU, darling. 

[Humph Warden Bennett]

Sort of reminds me of some of these Bible studies and prayer meetings that have sprung up on public transport and Christians from different places along the route meet up and discuss the Bible on their way to work.

It would be interesting to find out the reactions of their fellow-travellers to these meetings.

Fifteen years ago it was considered very rude to hold a conversation on a mobile telephone on a train. Now they are common place. I have known people talk about religion on the bus on the way to work, everybody else barring moi seems to be plugged into something or the other.

[Humph Warden Bennett]

Hi everyone,

Some people are beginning to pray at the workplace...in China too! They seem to be more devout than many traditional Christians in the West...!

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33405579

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Saying prayers with colleagues would feel a bit uncomfortable, too intimate an activity in the workplace for many people.

Yet at Chinese real estate giant Tentimes Group, that is exactly what they do in the boardroom before making important decisions.

Three-quarters of the firm's eight-strong senior management team are Christians and founder and chairman Wang Ruoxiong, who himself became a Christian seven years ago, says that when the company has to make difficult decisions, it turns to the Bible for guidance.

In fact, he goes as far to say that it's not him but God running the firm.

"He controls everything. I am merely a housekeeper of Jesus, assisting him in taking care of the company," he says.

While for many, "love" at work may seem equally inappropriate, Mr Robb believes that a softer approach from those at the top, emphasising that the firm is part of a larger world with wider responsibilities, can be very powerful.

He recalls recently holding his granddaughter for the first time, reminding him of holding his own children when they were young, as an explanation for the feeling.

"That depth of feeling in your heart, your capacity to bring that to your work as a leader, your capacity to develop that capability in the organisation and to celebrate it, to reward it, to acknowledge it, to model it.

"Those sorts of things are part of creating a wider vessel and not a narrower vessel. And to the extent that that's spiritual, then I think that's a good thing."

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A very novel approach...I think. I like it.  Better than the robotic mindset encouraged by western cultures...IMO

And atheists believe that religion is only for uneducated poor people!!!! 

Any views?

Cheers.

Sriram

NuLab made all the smoking rooms redundant, it's better that the space is used for the staff rather than being turned into more office space.

[BashfulAnthony]

It's thinking of YOU, darling. 

I have that effect on women(!!!)  Are you a woman?   

[trippymonkey]

WHAT ?!?!? Abject FEAR ?!!?!?!?

[BashfulAnthony]

WHAT ?!?!? Abject FEAR ?!!?!?!?

Just asking!

[trippymonkey]

Got piccies of yourself anywhere? At your best or a reasonable one?

[BashfulAnthony]

Got piccies of yourself anywhere? At your best or a reasonable one?

Not much of one for pics, unfortunately.  The only good picture of my Rusty was given to me by a neighbour, after he died.  Just think of Paul McCartney, and you're quite near...     

[trippymonkey]

Is 'my Rusty' a euphemism? LOL

[BashfulAnthony]

Is 'my Rusty' a euphemism? LOL

No, he was my precious dog, who died last August.

[trippymonkey]

AAH Was he 'old'?

[BashfulAnthony]

AAH Was he 'old'?

He was eight, and his kidneys failed, and the vet didn't spot his condition, though he had been under their care for some time.  He was a 54 kilo, gentle giant, and I miss him like nothing on earth.

[trippymonkey]

Anyone who's ever had a cat or a dog knows EXACTLY how you feel. 
Best Wishes.

[BashfulAnthony]

Anyone who's ever had a cat or a dog knows EXACTLY how you feel. 
Best Wishes.

Thanks for that, tm:  I'm blubbering right now.

[OH MY WORLD!]

ippster,
Why would i need a fire break? Duh. Please google Calgary and get an education. I live on the edge of the plains. Any forest fire would fizzle out before it got within 10 miles of our city. Grass fires we get, cause it's the PLAINS. Still don't need a chopper for that. A tractor and cultivator I can drive, a chopper, I can't fly nor have I ever chopped a tree.

[Owlswing]

Maybe someone should explain to our trans-atlantic cousin exactly what a "chopper" is in British slang.

[Owlswing]

ippster,
Why would i need a fire break? Duh. Please google Calgary and get an education. I live on the edge of the plains. Any forest fire would fizzle out before it got within 10 miles of our city. Grass fires we get, cause it's the PLAINS. Still don't need a chopper for that. A tractor and cultivator I can drive, a chopper, I can't fly nor have I ever chopped a tree.

Chopper is slang for helicopter.

😀

In one incarnation - yes, not in the way that it appies in the instance that I was talking about.

[BashfulAnthony]

Is 'my Rusty' a euphemism? LOL

No, he was my precious dog, who died last August.

Sorry to hear about your Dog, BA.

Thank you for that, Rose.  It's a year in August, but it's still very raw.

[ippy]

ippster,
Why would i need a fire break? Duh. Please google Calgary and get an education. I live on the edge of the plains. Any forest fire would fizzle out before it got within 10 miles of our city. Grass fires we get, cause it's the PLAINS. Still don't need a chopper for that. A tractor and cultivator I can drive, a chopper, I can't fly nor have I ever chopped a tree.

"nor have I ever chopped a tree".

And you've got the cheek to call yourself a Canadian.

ippy

[ippy]

ippster,
Why would i need a fire break? Duh. Please google Calgary and get an education. I live on the edge of the plains. Any forest fire would fizzle out before it got within 10 miles of our city. Grass fires we get, cause it's the PLAINS. Still don't need a chopper for that. A tractor and cultivator I can drive, a chopper, I can't fly nor have I ever chopped a tree.

Chopper is slang for helicopter.

😀

It's also another name for an axe or an adze.

Rose have you seen any of the "Carry On" films?

ippy

PS Just a thought did you hear about the chap that got engaged to a contortionist; she broke it off. Carry On films?

[Owlswing]

ippster,
Why would i need a fire break? Duh. Please google Calgary and get an education. I live on the edge of the plains. Any forest fire would fizzle out before it got within 10 miles of our city. Grass fires we get, cause it's the PLAINS. Still don't need a chopper for that. A tractor and cultivator I can drive, a chopper, I can't fly nor have I ever chopped a tree.

Chopper is slang for helicopter.

😀

It's also another name for an axe or an adze.

Rose have you seen any of the "Carry On" films?

ippy

PS Just a thought did you hear about the chap that got engaged to a contortionist; she broke it off. Carry On films?

Your last is the connection that applies when referring to JC - coming a cropper with his chopper and ruining his chances of fatherhood!

[OH MY WORLD!]

You are so slow today Matty. I used chopper in both senses. Why? Because I can and I enjoyed it.  And just to educate you Matty, here be another chopper. Too funny you.

http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32500000/TRUMP-CUSTOM-CHOPPER-motorcycles-32567497-686-457.jpg

Now a fire around my city would look like this one south of my city. Chopper as in an axe won't work, you will notice no trees to chop. But the good news is choppers for water bombing the fire does work. Do you get it yet Matty or do you need a cookie and a nap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wSQAzR978c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkQNIND19ao