On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:25:41 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>In article >, says...
>>
>> On 2017-03-20 8:27 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > It's simply amazing to me what some of these folks ask to borrow/use.
>> > This morning someone on Dataw asked about borrowing a potty chair for a
>> > visiting toddler grandchild. They frequently ask for things like car
>> > seats, cribs, air mattresses, bedding. Gee, I thought you knew you had
>> > grandchildren or guests coming to visit. Heh.
>> >
>> > Jill
>>
>> A useful piece of advice I had from a friend as I was about to go to Uni
>> many years ago was: "Neither a borrower nor lender be."
>> He was right (he's a retired RC priest now)
>
> The miserable tightarse.
>
> "1 John 3:17 - But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
>brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him,
>how dwelleth the love of God in him?"
>
> Janet UK
I like that verse also and 17
1 John 3:17-18 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother
or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be
in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech
but with actions and in truth.
koko
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becomes clear; to make people happy, That's what cooking is all about
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