Told by spirit not to consume meat

Oddly, that's the only stanza of The Walrus and the Carpenter that I've memorized. Not only that, I've seen a fair number of references to it, not least of which were from O. Henry.

Reminds me of a poem I wrote way back in my young working days.

The time has come the worker said
To speak on many things
Of managements and boss’s
Of governments and kings
Of men who take their places
Of superiority
They’re there because the worker
Sees fit that they should be
For like the mighty trees they stand
To feed and shelter all
The meek, the mild, the humble ones
The workers of the soil
And if a tree no longer bears
Nor shelters from the storm
Then to the axe and bring it down
Its fires will keep us warm.

So, the moral of this story is
If you’re up there on top
Then take your job seriously Mate
Or you might just get the chop....... The Anointed.

If something inside you is telling 'YOU' not to eat meat, then for your sake, listen to it. your body knows what it needs and what it does not.

I hadda look it up.Its also called a "bed" or a "reef", (in the natural ettiing)

A collective for a bunch of oystersserved up with horseradis is a "PLATE"

A group of Maryland DNR workers and volunteers patiently attach the spats (baby oysters) to certain suitable spots in the Chesapeake Bay to bolster the supply. The Oysters are essential for the Bay, they filter and clean the Bay which has been terribly unhealthy for years. Unfortunately the bay has been over fished, we have too many poachers who set massive traps and abandon so that tons of live marine life simply rot in the nets.

Oysters do filter and clean the ocean waters, that's why Tributyltin ( TBT) being tributyltin oxide. Which, for some 40 years TBT was used as a biocide in anti-fouling paint, which was applied to the hulls of ocean going vessels, Yachts and small recreational boats, was banned, as with other dangerous antifouling Paints, because they were killing off all the commercial oyster beds.

I'm discussing the Chesapeake Bay, I live 10 minutes from the bay and about an hour from the Atlantic Ocean. Im not that far from all the harbors in Baltimore so what I'm saying is as a life long resident of a State that prides itself in crabbing, oyster harvesting, Bay and River clean up efforts and other environmental concerns. From the Bay to the rivers moving westward, seafood is a symbol of Maryland pride and safety of our food and water has been a big concern. We don't always win, but we keep at it.

I guess what I should say is, Thank you but most of us are keenly aware of the substances and poor land practices that are ruining our waterways and way of life. Massive Tyson chicken farms are dumping chicken waste in the water, and the nitrogen kills both fish and underwater plants. We grow sea grasses and have oyster nurseries and try to fight back against the destruction.......but we can't keep up. But once again, thank you Captain Obvious......I fear I'm keeping you from your mission of insulting others and accusing them of being Godless and atheists. You've already spent too much time educating me about poisons and polution, so I really think you should refocus your talents on insulting the others and accusing them of being Godless or evil atheists......or whatever the current crop of crazies likes to hurl at others to prove they are better than thou.

God Bless

If you would care to observe, you would soon discover that the atheists who haunt this forum began by attacking me from my first post, and continue to follow me around like the trolls that they are, with nothing to contribute to the subject of the thread in question.

Look to my most recent thread, THE STONE. You will see that they come into that thread with no other intentions except to dribble their verbal dysentery over anything that I have to say.

But I don't mind the fact that you have now also joined that flock of screeching seagulls who fly in and crap all over my posts then fly away, because your sarcasm and personal insults will never stop me from writing that which I choose to write.

And like I have said before, by hurling you sarcastic insults at me, you are merely pissing into the wind, because you are going to wear it yourself.

youve never started any conversation by proposing debate. You only recite your beliefs and act as if they need to be accepted out of hand.
Sorry, thats not open debate, thats merely indoctrination attempts upon our younger members .

No mate I don't expect that my beliefs be accepted out of hand, nor do I expect clowns to invade the thread that I have started, and fly in and start spewing their verbal dysentery all over my posts, while having nothing constructive to add to the topic except their personal insults.

So ping off you little troll.

Hey...I enjoy your humorous blind guesses about the REALITY. You've got dozens of 'em.

You're a funny guy.

I see you have managed to get another of your threads locked.

You are an ace at that. Keep up the good work.

From your vapid and insulting tone, I just assume that you are afraid of any rreal meaningful debate. All you do is call me names when I clearly stated what I consider one of your "debate" shortcomings. AS Frank has said, its not a "belief" thing, its a "drag out your evidence" thing

ID just LLOOOOOVE to discuss the S Myers book "Return of th God Hypothesis". This book is replete with all the old and tired arguments made by IDers and has failed to provide ANY (repeat ANY) evidence. Ive responded to Leadfoot and hes just gone away, Yet he was the one who suggested that I read the book, (Ubeknownst toLeadfoot I own a signed copy that was sent me by his publisher nd Ive read it extensively)

OK mate, let's debate on what existed at the moment of the BIG BANG?

Please give your scientific evidence as to whether there was any physical matter at that precise moment or not?

And what is that other thread 'OF MINE' that you believe has been locked.

I await your answer to the question.

I do not do "believing."

The other thread was locked. Now, apparently it is not.



Okay. I approve of you awaiting.

Oh, it isn't locked, is it not? And whose thread was it ? Shot yourself in the foot once again old mate, what a pity it wasn't in your mouth at the time, as it usually is.

You'll never learn, will you? Piss into the wind and you're going to wear it.

Stop following me around you little troll.

YOUR thread was locked for a while. ANOTHER of your threads was also locked for a while.

YOU are participating in the destruction of several of YOUR threads.

And really, "Oh, it hasn't been locked, has it not?"

C'mon. Even a moron should be able to construct a better sentence.

Were they though, is that fair dinkum? And those two threads that were locked and are now not locked, whose were they, and why were they locked.