I saw this:
 

"Probably the hardest thing for us to accept is that life owes us nothing. Not wealth, not a soulmate, not comfort of any kind. It provides us the raw material for anything we wish to create though, and this is gift enough."

What do you think?

Sounds very profound and very deep.

Also, sounds as if we have a similar propensity for survival reality TV shows.

I believe that Alan Kay of History channel's "Alone" said something very similar in the fourth or fifth episode in the series premier year.

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Probably the hardest thing for us to accept is that life owes us nothing

True! We owe everything to the United States of America, the font of all knowledge and the benefactor of the world.

Finally, there must be cold day in hell! Batffink's reached an epiphany. Hallelujah!

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Sarcasm, HRH, which probably washed your unsubtle mind out, like the rains of a hurricane washes out a Grand Prix session in a Texan field.... You're just not cut out for understanding.

How is that you understand Batffink's sarcasm and mine zips past you like a rifle round? It must be that we are indeed separated by a common language.

Grand Prix? Quite frankly I had not heard of the planned race in Austin. Here, if a Grand Prix race or a soccer game gets rained out, it most probably will not make the evening news or the newspaper. Now, if Jeff Gordon has a headache before a NASCAR race or Tony Romo has indigestion before a game, there will be a moment of silent prayer before the morning service at every church in the state. As far as Texas weather, it's the only place where you can have a no burn warning in the morning and a no wake zone in the evening.

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Unlike NASCAR, or American Egg Chuck, Formula 1 is a global sport. Which is probably uncomfortable for you lot to stomach, because the rest of the world actually enjoys it, so there is no opportunity for you to force it on us!

Very few Americans even know someone who knows someone that owns a Ferrari or a Maserati. We find it difficult to imagine ourselves behind the wheel of a Formula One car. We find it difficult to imagine where we would use a Formula One car. NASCAR starts with factory fresh cars and modifies them for racing. They do not tax the American imagination. Personally, I subscribe to the old MASH line, ”Cock roach races are like auto races, people just go to them to see the crashes”. Professional soccer, professional football and auto races bore the living hell out of me.

Your sentence, "Which is probably uncomfortable for you lot to stomach, because the rest of the world actually enjoys it, so there is no opportunity for you to force it on us!" just doesn't make sense. Did that mean old Minnie Mouse threaten you again?

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While that was true in the NASCAR of old, it sadly no longer is. All teams use the same NASCAR designed tubular steel frame, to which they attach sheet metal to make the cars loosely resemble certain Fords, Chevys and Toyotas. The engines are all identical. The teams are allowed to fine-tune the engines, suspensions, and body aerodynamics within very narrow NASCAR-designed parameters. Supposedly, this places the emphasis on the skills of the drivers more than the mechanics and builders. It's also supposed to make the cars much safer than they were in the old days. It ain't your father's NASCAR anymore.

Finally! Someone that can write an intelligent sentence in English!

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I can seriously sympathise with you, because the Texan lack of imagination led them to attempting to hold a race in a hurricane zone, in the middle of the hurricane season! What a bunch of fuck wits!

I wonder if Mexico will have more luck next week?

Even though hurricane season varies somewhat from region to region, it usually starts around June 1 and ends around Nov. 30 and a hurricane this late in the season it fairly rare. I always say that God loves doves. Opening day of dove season is Sept. 1. The last hurricane of the season usually impacts Texas around Sept 1 and the resulting rain scatters the dove flight patterns. A Pacific hurricane that brings flooding to Texas is unheard of.

The Category 5 Pacific hurricane “Patricia” made landfall in southern Mexico. It was the strongest hurricane ever recorded. At least 6 people died as a result. Vast numbers of good people lost everything and they had very little to begin with. Moisture from the hurricane caused wide spread flooding in and around Austin, Texas and as far as north Texas. Landfall was 830 miles or 1,336 kilometers from Austin.

On a side note, few Americans and even less Texans noticed or gave a rat’s ass that a Formula 1 race scheduled close to Austin, Texas was postponed until October 25th. However, the delay apparently devastated Fucking Rotter to the point of absolute distraction and caused him to make more than his usual number of incoherent babbling posts. By the way, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes won the race

In comparison to helping with relief supplies for the victims of Patricia, a Formula 1 race in Mexico ranks low on my importance scale. As far as the Mexico Formula 1 race, “Quite frankly Scarlet”.

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Thanks for the compliment, but be careful. A few more of them and I might start having delusions of adequacy! ;)

I'm glad you joined in. I was beginning to understand how William B. Harrison felt in March of 1836. Nothing quite like being outnumbered but not out gunned.

Thanks for the NASCAR information. I'm not a real fan and haven't kept up with the sport for decades. You made reference to your father's NASCAR. At my age, it is more accurate to use the term grand father's NASCAR. Hell, I was a fan when Richard Petty was on top.

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HRH, is it beyond the Texan imagination that but for the worrying military and cultural influence, the rest of the world doesn't care what America does, because it really has littke going for it? We'll enjoy our football, our rugby, our motor racing and our cricket. Leaving you to imagine that what you have is somehowbigger and better just because it is, well, your own pathetic adaptation!

Joined in? I merely wanted to clarify a minor point of misinformation. I'm afraid I have little of value to contribute to your long-running battle of words with Rotter, though I've found it quite entertaining! I definitely don't want to take sides. Rotter doesn't need, and almost certainly doesn't want, any help from me. You also seem quite able to hold your own without assistance. So I hope you don't expect me to ride in and save The Alamo! I'll leave that to a Native Texan such as yourself. I may live in Austin, but I'm a transplant who was born and raised in Washington, DC. Please don't hold that against me! :D

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I apologize for this tardy post. One of my very best friends and his son were very recently killed in an auto accident. Luckily, the intoxicated illegal Mexican alien that hit and killed them was also killed. I taught the son and his father how to make long range rifle shots. With a lot of work, I taught the son to be a great wing shot. Unfortunately, his father was hopeless. Bless his heart, he couldn't overcome the basic instinct to shoot directly at the bird.

It all seemed like a good reason to fall off the wagon and crawl back into the bottle. A few truly great glasses of bourbon make everything better until the following afternoon.

So, you moved from the liberal capital of the world to the liberal capital of Texas. I hope you subscribe to the motto, "American by birth, Texan by the grace of God!"

I do not require your help with the likes of Fucking Rotter and Batffink.

The Alamo reference was apparently too subtle.

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"Legends in their own lunchtimes"? How can otherwise articulate people invariably screw up the simplest of expressions. The Scots are "legends in their own minds!" I should know, I'm 25% Scottish. By the way, exactly when did Scotland gain independence from Rotter's mob? The Scots haven't lost a war in centuries, but Rotter's mob has taken credit each and every time. And, exactly what is your address?

In 1834, Texas was claimed by Mexico, but it was owned by the Indians. There were roughly 30,000 Anglos here, about 7,800 untermenschen Mexicans and about 10,000 unteruntermenschen mostly nomadic Indians. The Texans kicked out the Mexican government and then proceeded to indiscriminately kill off as many Indians and Mexican Indian peasants as was possible. In reality, we stole Texas from the Indians. Unfortunately, with the help of the bleeding heart politically correct idiotic American liberals, the Mexicans are in a the process of reclaiming Texas.

In closing, I find your casual use of a word coined by the Nazis and your belief in Scottish racial superiority to be quite enlightening. Did the Scots trim a swastika in order to make St. Andrew's Cross?

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