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I think the general

Nathan Smutz — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:08:30 +0000

I think the general understanding is that 40 day was the period of rain and springs opening up. 150 days was the time it took the flood to recede.

Then the flood *came* upon the earth for forty days...

The water *prevailed* upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

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Peter Schwartz — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:38:28 +0000

In reply to ICYMI, I have joined in your

ICYMI, I have joined in your

jollyroger — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:41:48 +0000

In reply to I remember back when I was a

ICYMI, I have joined in your boycott....SOLIDARITY!

I remember back when I was a

Peter Schwartz — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:25:20 +0000

In reply to Yes, but why are you

I remember back when I was a waiter and got a job at a very trendy bar/restaurant. I really thought I'd hit it big.

Anyway, I was assigned to a section called The Jive Five. Why so named? Of all the sections, it had only five tables (and three were deuces) and was farthest away from the kitchen, and there was no place to put down your tray of drinks or food while serving your tables, and the only place to stand while you were serving was right in front of the main entrance to the establishment.

So you were always in the path of the entering hordes who were always threatening to topple your tray or ram your arm or run into your butt while you were leaning over a well-dressed couple setting down their very expensive drinks and entrees.

I had to learn to tie a real bow tie for that job and work the pre-checker. I was a dismal failure at both. Every day, after lunch, the very nice accounting lady would come down from her office and sit me down and ask me why my checks weren't reconciling. They NEVER reconciled and I never knew why. Honestly, I didn't really know what reconciliation was.

You were also supposed to arrange your drink glasses in a certain order at the service bar: rocks, high balls, wine, etc. Never could remember that either.

I was miserable and was fired. It hurt my pride, but honestly, I wanted out of there. Interestingly, the guy who hired and fired me said that he really thought I'd work out. I also thought/hoped so, because it was a step up for me in the waiting world, and I could-a made some real dough there.

Tyndale or whoever translated

EmmaZahn — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:45:13 +0000

In reply to But if you use base 12, as

Tyndale or whoever translated from Latin, Greek and Hebrew not Babylonian cuneiform The mistake or misunderstanding or whatever was likely already there and it is impressive to me that they got that close.