What are ten things we do not know about you?

Originally posted by Thirtysilver
Natural selection is nautre's way of making sure genetic defectives do not get bred into animal populations. This is why you see contests for dominance in males of many animal species. The strongest one has the best genes, so he gets to mate -thus insuring offspring with strong genes. Lionesses will actually tend to choose a mate who has a long, black mane. Sometimes, when a lion gets hurt, its mane falls out. Then, it is effectively shuffled from the breeding pool. Big, dark manes mean good genes, so lionesses pick dark-maned lions in order to pass good genes on to their young. Also, if you watch the Discovery channel, you'll see predators culling the weak and the sick from herds of prey. Bad genes, strained from the gene pool.
Now, think about how we humans treat our sick and our weak. Think about how many genetic diseases there are floating around in our gene pool. We do not weed out genetic defectives because we, as moral animals, believe in the "value of life."
We are a very badly bred species!
Of course, there is good within us. There are intelligent, beautiful, and artistic people out there. We humans're not all bad.
-Ryan

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Say what??? I think I have a pretty sweet looking baby, and hubby didn't even have a long dark mane! :LOL: Maybe I should have chosen better!!!

Ryan,

Think about what you are saying. This the exact same sort of rhetoric that lead Hitler to exterminate races of people and sterilize others. Please research history and many people who made some of the greatest discoveries were not of noble birth or good breeding.
Careful, as some of us have people in our families without perfect genetics…and they make very important contributions to society and reproduced kids who are honor role students and all state athletes and who you might see playing college ball in the future.

And by the way we own a crippled cat that did survive to reproduce and produced some of the most beautiful healthy kittens you would want to cuddle.


A final thought, could your genetic background stand up to the standards you put forth?

Hopefully, I misunderstood the post and it was a joke of some sort…..

Nipperâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s Dad

Nippers.....VERY well worded, and I must say I agree with you 100%!!!!

I never said, "let's kill all the weaklings and build the master race." I am not putting forth any standards, and I am not -in any way- implying that we should eliminate the sick, the weak, or the gentically inferior. Hitler was a coward and he was insane.
Agan, my post was not meant to put forth standards for human breeding. We are all bred badly, we all having inbreeding in ourgenetic lines, but this does not mean hat we are all inferior and cannot achieve. Yes, many good thigs have come from the enormous mental capacity of man.
Did you not read my post all the way to the end?

I never said, "let's kill all the weaklings." I am not putting forth any "standards", and I am not -in any way- implying that we should eliminate the sick, the weak, or the gentically inferior. Hitler was a coward and he was insane.
Agan, my post was not meant to put forth standards for human breeding. We are all bred badly, we all having inbreeding in our genetic lines, but this does not mean hat we are all inferior and cannot achieve. Yes, many good things have come from the enormous mental capacity of man. But man also has enormous capacity to make a good idea and ram it into the ground.
Did you not read my post all the way to the end?

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Sorry if I came on strong. But, living in Germany makes me a little touchy about these sorts of statement. I have some Jewish heritage and have been treated poorly here in Germany by some of the people. I was also asked why I chose Jewish sounding names for my daughters and I ought to sensitive as some of the older Germans see it as a cultural jab at them. Actually they were just family names. Was actually asked if a Juden wouldnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t be better off back in America and why would I want to be in this country.
Anti-Semitism is still alive and well. I myself am Catholic but have an interest in my Jewish heritage. So strange that in this day and age that someone would even mention a name as having a particular origin. Go figure.

Actually, interbreeding is much better, for the species. Adding the best qualities of several different breeds, strengthens the species.

My 5' 1/4" grandmother married my 5' 7" grandfather and produced my 5' 4 1/2" mother. Mom married my 6' dad and produced three 6'+ sons. I'm the shortest, at 5' 6 1/2"

My sons are 6'+.

My family is of Western European stock. My sons have some Scandinavian and Slavic blood added, to the mix. All of this has created some big, strong, healthy people. (They're good-looking, too.)

My daughter-in-law is Hispanic, with some Indian blood. With Mark's large build and Sam's dark beauty - my grandchildren are going to be GORGEOUS!

I thought this thread was about 10 things we dont know about each other, not about the pros and cons of humankind? It is getting confusing here

Originally posted by okeefecl
3) I am afraid of flying and afraid of deep murky water (not being able to see what is below me).

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1. I am also afraid of swimming in murky water! I guess growing up in Florida with the alligators in all of the lakes turned me into a dark water phobic!

2. I met my husband on Valentines Day in a faculty meeting.

3. I have 2 sisters, a half-sister, a step-sister, a brother, and a step-brother.

4. I LOVE chocolate and ice cream.

5. I hate cleaning the bath tub more than just about anything.

6. I have dreams about the presidents of the USA...I have had dreams about Reagan, Nancy Reagan, both Bushs, and Clinton, but I've never had dreams about movie stars.

7. I love to bake but hate to cook dinner.

8. I used to be a social phobic and could not speak in public without my throat closing up and choking me. But now I regularly speak to huge groups (hundreds at a time), I do live radio and TV, and I teach.

9. I hate entertaining, but love to go to other people's houses.

10. I am pigeon-toed.

yeah, but Kiwideus, now we're talking about gorgeous children! . I am 1/4 Scandinavian and 3/4 Heinz 57. I have never met my real father so I don't know what he is. I've heard he might be french... I don't know but I'm really white with freckles and burn very easily.

11~ I have two half brothers, both from mom.
12~ I also have a fear of murky water, for the sam reasons.
13~ I was once dared, in grade 3, to stare in a mirror in the dark, then spin around three times saying "bloody Mary" three times. Apparently this is supposed to bring her into the mirror, well I didn't see anything, and then all my friends were gone, laughing.
14~ I only like to play strategy video games cause I think it increases my intelligence somehow, functional games I guess. (ie; builders block, tetris.)
15~ I have a shoe fetish. I have 43 pairs.
16~ I WILL own a Gucci dress one day.
17~ I have a spider phobia but I don't mind other smaller bugs.(bleck cockroaches!)

sorry for the diversion people. got a little outta hand there. let me assert for the record that i am not an anti-semite, nor am I anti-human, nor do I condone nazi-ism or racism of any kind.
again,
sorry.
-Ryan

Hey, Tamme, I've got you beat, on the shoes - I'm up to around 75 pairs!

One of the things that I love about this house - I have a whole closet - just for shoes!

Tamme,

Do they have consignment or resale shops where you live? Might be a good place to find a Gucci at an affordable price. Some rich lady probably only wore it once or twice.

11. I love crossword puzzles. I can finish the Sunday New York Times puzzle, but it sometimes takes me the whole week to do it.

12. I have never seen any of the Friday the 13th movies.

13. Of all the actors around, I would most like to meet Kevin Spacey (Ok Viggo Mortensen is a close second, but I'm not sure if it's him or Aragorn I want to meet!) He seems very funny and intelligent.

14. The Ref is one of my favorite movies. I have large sections of it memorized.

15. I love football, especially my Nittany Lions.

16. My dream job would be teaching high school academic track students who actually care about what they are learning. I know, keep dreaming.

17. I have thought about going to law school, my friends think I would make a good lawyer. I don't know if that's a good thing.

18. I never participated in any on-line forum like this one before.

19. My favorite computer games are Civilization and Age of Empires.

20. My horse is still alive, at 35 years of age, and living at my parents' house.

11 My favorate ice cream is white choloate raseberry.
12 I read most books in 2 days.
13 I have been married for 29 years to a man I only knew 2 months.
14 I have lived in Gremary,Texas,KY LA.
15 I do not know how to swim.
16 I only listern to country music
17 CSI is my favorite TV show
18 My favorite car is a Lumia
19 My whole house is Southwestern
20 I buy a lot of stuff on e-bay

4) I love bargain shopping also, particularly at Goodwill and the Salvation Army.

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Kittycuz,

You have to come to Ohio and go shopping with me. When I was a teenager, my Mom and I found this great second hand store in Baltimore. I got a pair of Guess jeans (very hot in the mid 1980's) with a ripped fly for $10. Mom sewed them up, and they were as good as new. I also got my sophmore/senior year homecoming dress there. I haven't had as much luck here in Ohio. Either it's crud, or it's so overpriced I'd rather shop at the regular stores!

14. The Ref is one of my favorite movies. I have large sections of it memorized.

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bren.1,

I LOVE the Ref. I saw it with an ex-boyfriend...I complained that I didn't want to waste my time, and ended up liking it more than he did! I don't have it memorized, however

Christy

Kitycuz and Christy, you'd love 4th Ave. It is 4 blocks, lined with thrift and vintage clothing stores. Tucson Thrift specializes in '60s and '70s stuff; How Sweet IT Was has things from the 1880s to the present and Loose Change is my connection for wonderful hats. To my chagrin, their best Victorian and Edwardian ones are marked "not for sale".

Hey Renae! I'm pigeon toed too!!! Not real bad, but I have to constantly remind myself to walk with my toes pointed ahead or slightly out, or else I tend to walk with them slightly turned in. My mom made a big deal out of it when I was little and made me wear some sort of special shoes and the kids at school made fun of me and said I was wearing baby shoes, so I threw a fit and quit wearing them!

Okee,I'm ready to come to Cleveland to shop!

Katl8e, that would be so neat to see the Victorian and Edwardian clothing. I love anything Victorian with a passion.

Debby, I was also born pigeon toed, but my mom made me make a concerted effort to walk straight when I was about 9 and it went away. I guess it strengthened some muscles. We tried those dippy shoes for awhile too-they mostly were just ugly and accomplished nothing.

Bren, I belong to two other forums and have been dividing my time between the three forums. I am a moderator on one of them. It is a lot of fun.