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Mick Strong
Coventry
151 of 240  Wed 22nd Jun 2022 9:41am  

On 22nd Jun 2022 9:40am, Rob Orland said:
Do you think we should have a Regrets topic?
It might be a good idea..... but would we come to regret it??? Wink Lol
Probably, if we are honest !!!
Mick Strong

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Helen F
Warrington
152 of 240  Wed 22nd Jun 2022 10:01am  

Regret is a hard thing to define. There are certainly a few things I'm eternally embarrassed by but without future knowledge I would always have done. I told my niece that you can tell when you're an adult when you do something knee tremblingly embarrassing and manage to shrug it off because you've done something more embarrassing in the past and know that you'll do something worse in the future and at no point does the earth open up and swallow you to protect you from shame. One thing that I seriously do regret was as a result of doing the 'right' thing.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
153 of 240  Wed 22nd Jun 2022 2:17pm  

I am all for it, so long as it will give us all a good laugh. I say 'bring it all on'. On the other hand it may become the Hysterical Forum instead. (Tread very carefully with this one).
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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154 of 240  Fri 24th Jun 2022 5:25pm  

Hi all, The problem with any topic on our forum is keeping it clean, readable, within the bounds of our forum decency & the general implications of being Coventry related. Some topics start near to the fringe of what is permissible, even without causing hurt or trespassing. Treading lightly, I suppose we could discuss nuclear disarmament. The topic that I'm typing on now is fraught with risk of causing offence, personal beliefs, whether Sunday School related or just our wellbeing. Things that I regret, there are so many. I could possibly incriminate myself. Sharing anything on a website is black & white. It can't be retracted. The genie, once out, won't go back into the bottle. Posts that have been deleted on our website, there's always the possibility that someone out there has recorded it. I love open discussion, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. I don't believe that Pam or I ever had important secrets, or Pam not knowing what was going on in my mind, or me hers. I love science, the word simply meaning knowledge. It doesn't have to be test tubes & Bunsen burners. Yet so much is contrary to my faith belief. I couldn't discuss that in any depth on our forum here, as it crosses so many boundaries & it could cause distress to someone. Some eat meat & some don't. I usually attend a local church coffee & cake morning on Saturdays. Not my own chapel, but a warm greeting is assured. Often, my first line when I enter the building is to ask "Is this the lonely hearts club?”. The warmth is so real anyway. I could have sought permission to start such a topic on here, Lonely hearts, but it's not needed. Most of us get the sense behind a post of how a member is in terms of wellbeing. Well, if that's not enough Friday evening dribble from me, what is?
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Mick Strong
155 of 240  Fri 24th Jun 2022 7:20pm  
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Mick Strong
Coventry
156 of 240  Sat 25th Jun 2022 10:52am  

Philip, great post and I have read it many times and pondered before responding. Having read a lot of topics, there are many that go off on a tangent or morph into general conversation or questions, the questions are then answered and the original topic is left in the past!! There are certainly no reasons why topics cannot be kept clean, readable and decent. I hope all members are able to express themselves without resorting to bad language or derogatory comments. But, I do not see why they cannot be controversial, after all, we all have our own opinions and the right to express them. I don't see why you consider this current topic is risky, they are your beliefs and I am sure that all members respect that. As I have said previously, I was made to go to Sunday School and never really enjoyed it whilst I was there. I do not consider myself to be that religious, but also I do not criticise or comment on people who are. It is their choice. Stick with your faith, Philip and keep posting, I enjoy reading them. ps, think the idea of a "Regrets" post is not needed?
Mick Strong

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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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157 of 240  Sat 25th Jun 2022 12:48pm  

Hi Mick, It's risky simply because it crosses beliefs, but also, me as part of the moderating team, I'm intent on being squeaky clean on whatever I post. Well, I've enjoyed my coffee & cake & back home. I wish you well for whatever you are up to.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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158 of 240  Fri 15th Jul 2022 1:12pm  

Hi all, An appeal from me. Just me. The unprecedented events worldwide are awful, whether it is warfare, turbulence, the lot. We are feeling some of this in Coventry, every time we pop out to buy groceries or put fuel in to our tanks. The coming immediate days, we face a temperature issue, passing a 40ºC benchmark, where I'm hoping that any steel structures in our homes hold together. The folk who do have to work, how are they going to cope, even if our civil infrastructure holds together? Even if it's only a couple of days. We are a community, yes our forum friends, all shapes & sizes. Without any religious taboo, I believe that My Father in Heaven listens to all of our prayers. He knows our hearts inside & out, without us doing anything. If you have time & are willing, please spare a moment in sombre silence before Him, asking Him to enable us to cope. That's all. Thank you. My own personal testimony. Twice since last June, I believe that my Father in Heaven has answered me, from my desperate prayers regards weather, where I believe he rolled back the clouds. My prayer now is for the reverse, but not storm cloudy. I'm really fearful for folks everywhere, but particularly our folks in Coventry. Love Phily.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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159 of 240  Tue 2nd Aug 2022 6:32pm  

Hi all, I'm an optimist by nature. I try to see the reality of situations, so to give encouragement, to myself as well as to those around me. The snag is, that outside of my faith, which I'm not going to propagate on our website here, I'm very downbeat. Not just the awful state of our world in conflict, but also the natural phenomena taking place at every corner of our globe. Until now, the only hiccup for Coventry was three days of high heat, which drifted away, almost as though nothing had happened. Even with the storm warnings, hardly a drop of rain. Other areas of our own land were not so fortunate, leave alone the weather catastrophes that are so widespread worldwide. I did ask on a previous post for anyone to share in prayer, in your own way, about that heat spell forecast, which I'm sure that was responded to. Thank you. I do believe that we are still all here, and that we were listened to. Incidentally, the weekend of the 14th of this month could see another very warm period, only a hint at present, but no sign of any substantial rain. Sharing this, I have to be mindful of the fact of how quickly global news travels, but even being mindful, I cannot remember such a depressing time as we have experienced during the last 5 years. I'm aware of me becoming a widower in that period, but I don't believe that is affecting my view. So I'm not being much good as an optimist, hey. The world has, for most of its history, coped with doom-mongers. I don't want to be one of those. At present, we do have our forum, we can at least communicate, share what we truly feel, within the bounds of decency and within our forum rules, so as not to cause offence to anyone. That is all I can bring that's positive just now within those bounds. Best wishes everyone. PS. Regards the European conflict just now, or whether the disapproved USA Far East visit brings about a complication, I'm watching to see if there's some massive compromise within the bounds of the world leaders. We will see.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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160 of 240  Wed 10th Aug 2022 7:30am  

Hi all, What for me is so prevalent just now, quite apart from warfare, everyone in the world, in our land, in our city is being touched by what we call natural events. (By my faith, I don't actually believe the word "natural" in that sense, but that's for me, & not for me to indoctrinate you or anyone else, that's your decision). Lack of rainfall, several UK canals have been closed to boat traffic. That's news this morning. That might not mean much if you are not a canal boater, but for the last thirty years it's been a major growth UK industry, both in boat holiday hire & boat ownership. There are more vessels on our canals than at any time in history. I hate being negative. More so, because I'm being so blessed. This isn't a ner ner ner ner ner ner! If I could make it right for everyone, certainly for my lovely friends on our forum (that's not flannel), it would already be done! I'm going to post a one line thought that I hope will help. Whatever gifts or skills that I may think that I have, one of them that I don't have for certain, I do not have the skill of preaching. Quite apart from our forum rules, which I heartily agree with. Anyway my one line for now, “God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey”. Love to you all.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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161 of 240  Sun 14th Aug 2022 1:41pm  

Hi all, Another Phily appeal. The hot spell of weather is ending, with forecasters issuing storm warnings. The warnings are for Ireland & the north today, but Coventry tomorrow & into Tuesday. Rain, I'm sure that we are all in agreement of our need for rain, but not the storms. The ground so dry & hard, storm rain will flood so easily, plus lightning is a constant ignition of fires. My prayer is that our Father in Heaven will hear our prayer, just as I believe He did at the end of the last hot spell in July. Not only heard, but blessed us as a consequence. I do honestly believe that. I wouldn't ask for such, if I wasn't really afraid. Thank you. Just a little ps. If any of you are in fix, please remember His or what we call the Lords prayer. I can't make promises, but He does. There's something so surprising about that prayer because it causes no offence to anyone. No matter what you believe or don't believe. What's amazing for me is that in that prayer, there's no mention of anyone else. Thank you all, again.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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162 of 240  Tue 16th Aug 2022 10:11pm  

Hi all, I do hope that I'm not premature regards my gratitude, as we are not out of the woods yet, but I'm very grateful for all who for a brief moment, stopped whatever, just to say a prayer for our weather scenario. A few claps of thunder outside of our city, but certainly no storms, instead much needed rain. The official storm warnings remain in force for tomorrow, but pressure is gently rising so lessening the storm risk. There may be some flooding with the ground being so hard, but river levels low, hopefully not a catastrophe here in Coventry. Just rain. Thank you. Quite a lot of flooding across the Midlands. Nottinghamshire badly hit. Communities in Cornwall are trying to clean up after flooding.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
Thread starter
163 of 240  Tue 30th Aug 2022 11:53am  

Hi all, Whilst our media is awash with warmongering issues, particularly the very Far East, my horror is still very much kindled by the devastation brought about by flooding. A quote stated that over two thirds of Pakistan's populated areas are under water. Coventry lies in a valley. Some folk have experienced flooding in Spon End & Radford during the last one hundred years, who might have stories to tell, as do folk from UK wide areas, but I've not seen anything like the pictures of misery coming from Pakistan. I'm so sad.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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164 of 240  Tue 30th Aug 2022 3:19pm  

Hi all, All of our UK current issues of politics & so on, I'm so fortunate living in Coventry. I'm not belittling these issues, which are real, particularly for the folks directly affected, but this map for me puts so much into perspective. As with most statistics, there are distortions, but note, even the USA has health care issues, so is represented by non-committal colour on the map. This is a health care chart, but I could have posted a world poverty map, where the shading is almost identical in intensity & position. I'm sure that most of us (members) are aware of this kind of thing, but I'm still brought to my conscience when I see these kind of charts. Good old Coventry.
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Helen F
Warrington
165 of 240  Tue 30th Aug 2022 3:42pm  

Civilisations have flourished through ingenuity and co-operation as much as anything else. Not sure how the current floods affect the figures but deaths from natural disasters was at an all time low. Not because there were fewer disasters but because people were better warned. Had options for safety etc. Global trade has meant that starvation had been much reduced. Poverty had dramatically declined. It bemuses me that China and Russia don't seem to have learnt that lesson.
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