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HouTex

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  1. I went to the Country Music Hall of Fame a few years ago and there is an excellent exhibit on her. They have one of her old dresses on display and she was very petite. I always imagined she was on the taller side with that voice. She had a great life. RIP.
  2. I doubt it. Here is the official Catholic teaching from the Catechism and this is where I stand. So, just to be clear, I don't disrespect or hate people that are homosexual-I have several friends that are homosexual, and I believe it's simply wrong that I must somehow reject the Church teaching and declare that homosexual sex (or extramarital heterosexual sex for that matter) as not sinful, or be labeled as a hater or just a bad guy. As far as sin (according to the Church) goes, it really doesn't matter if you are an unmarried heterosexual or homosexual, sex outside of marriage is sinful. Chastity and homosexuality 2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,140 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."141 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. 2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. 2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.
  3. This. It’s largely the meddling wealthy donors that are fucking up our football program.
  4. Whatever your views of the LIV tour are, I think it’s chicken shit if Augusta National (Ridley) doesn’t invite all past champions, including Reed.
  5. RT is an aggressive little minx. Someone raised the idea that she might not drink the day after potion. How would having an illegitimate child help her? I would think VT would then have to make his new son the heir and RT’s options would be limited.
  6. HouTex

    Tennis Thread

    You’ll need those prayers. Especially if you string it with poly. Sounds like you are in your 50’s. Tennis elbow can be a serious thing as you get older. I developed it about 7 years ago (I’m now 60) and it took 20 months before I could play again. The Volkl racquets are known for being arm friendly. I now play with an old frame I found online-the Prince EXO3–it was recommended on the Tennis Warehouse forum. It makes a huge difference. I can hit a few balls with some Wilson or Babolat racquets and my elbow immediately starts to hurt. And use a multi string no matter which racquet you choose.
  7. Yes, I forgot about the stress angle. Who isn’t under stress?
  8. If you had chicken pox as a kid there's a 1/3 chance of developing shingles later in life. I don't think it's related to any underlying health condition. Until the chicken pox vaccine was developed in the 90's, something like 90% of Americans had chicken pox as kids. The virus that causes (or develops into?) shingles lays dormant in your body until it somehow emerges as shingles. You can't predict where shingles will appear. If it's in or near your eyes you can permanently lose your vision. I have a friend who still can't see well out of one eye after shingles appeared on his face. For me, the Shingrex shots were well worth it. A day of slight fever and chills after each shot is nothing compared to possibly losing your vision.
  9. Golf? What’s golf? Too much fucking rain in 77057 for golf. This is getting old.
  10. Yep. But having had shingles a year before Shingrix was available, the Shingrix shots were well worth it. I don’t want shingles again. I’ve had Covid and it’s nothing compared to shingles. YMMV.
  11. It's so much fun to judge history and historical figures by modern standards.
  12. Not sure it's really changing his name. Just because he goes by Charles doesn't mean his name as king must stay Charles. Edward VIII was known as David, but decided on Edward VIII. George VI's name was Albert but it was considered too Germanic in 1936 England.
  13. Ok, you just lost me there.
  14. He should have gone with George VII.
  15. That she is a commoner doesn't matter. She's not the sovereign. Charles is the sovereign. QEII was Queen Regnat as was QEI and Queen Victoria. A queen regnant possesses and exercises sovereign powers, whereas a queen consort or queen regent shares her spouse's and/or child's rank and titles, but does not share the sovereignty of her spouse or child. https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/queen-regnant/m03lvy5?hl=en#:~:text=A queen regnant possesses and,of her spouse or child. edit: So, basically what you said.
  16. And had Baldwin, Chamberlain, and France listed to him in the mid 30's WWII might never have happened and Hitler would likely been a footnote in history.
  17. I'm pretty sure Charles is now the king. The coronation is the ceremony. Edward VIII was king until he abdicated and he was never coronated. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1283823/Royal-shock-King-Edward-VIII-coronation "While many people believe someone cannot become King or Queen until their coronation, the process is actually automatic. King Edward became Edward VIII when his father, King George V, died on January 20, 1936."
  18. The Queen is dead. Long live the King.
  19. I did say "mostly". But as far as the Indians and Pakistanis, the Brits (mostly my avatar) kept them as peace for decades via British rule. When the split happened, of course, it was a disaster. Up to 2 million died. During one of Churchill's visits to the White House during WWII, at a dinner with the president, Eleanor and one of Eleanor's NY newspaper publisher friends, the friend meant to put Churchill on the spot about the UK's Indian policy. She, the publisher, asked what Churchill intended to do about those pesky Indians. Churchill replied "Which ones? The ones in Asia that have thrived under British rule, or the ones in America that are almost extinct." She was speechless.
  20. I felt the same way about British royalty in general until I was in my early 30's. Now that I've read every biography on my avatar (who was 1/2 American) and many of the books he wrote, including the History of the English Speaking Peoples, and several other books about English and European history, I've become an Anglophile in most things. I'm Swiss if the issue is whether to abolish the British monarchy as royal and sovereign, but at least from Queen Victoria on the Brits have mostly been a force for good in the world.
  21. If you believe The King's Speech, Mrs. Simpson acquired certain skills from an establishment in Shanghai. The look on Churchill's face after that line was perfect. I took it to mean that she gave an incredible blow job.
  22. Didn't they drug them so they wouldn't freak out. Or was it to make their O2 last?
  23. Yep. I have issues with an MRI machine.
  24. Exactly. That’s what a good bath can do.
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