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Over half a day now... Michael Bulatovich 01-28-2008
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Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 28, 2008, 8:16 am
...without anyone cussing out anybody else.
Very nice. I could get used to that.

I was once walking with my wife in a huge crush of people on St. Catherine's
in Montreal one summer evening. Cars were at a stand still in every
direction, engines idling and throwing heat, and one guy, in typical
Montreal fashion stood up in his convertible, started waving his arms back
and forth from the shoulders shouting, "Walk people! Walk!" He had a smile
on his face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he wasn't getting
anywhere soon. He was joyed to be a part of it.
--


MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca



Posted by thisbeit on January 28, 2008, 8:38 am

> ...without anyone cussing out anybody else.
> Very nice. I could get used to that.
>
> I was once walking with my wife in a huge crush of people on St.
> Catherine's in Montreal one summer evening. Cars were at a stand still in
> every direction, engines idling and throwing heat, and one guy, in typical
> Montreal fashion stood up in his convertible, started waving his arms back
> and forth from the shoulders shouting, "Walk people! Walk!" He had a smile
> on his face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he wasn't getting
> anywhere soon. He was joyed to be a part of it.
> --
>
>
> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
>
>

What you witnessed was a typical moment of "Joie De Vivre". For most here
in this group, that's french for Quebec's official motto meaning "love of
living"...

Of course, the same thing can be said of the guy in California stuck in
traffic. Cars were at a stand still in every direction, engines idling and
throwing heat, and one guy, in typical California fashion stood up in his
convertible, started waving his arms back and forth from the shoulders
shouting, "I'm mad as hell and can't take it anymore!" He had a smile on his
face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he wasn't getting anywhere
soon. He took out his "legally" purchased assault rifle and began shooting
in all directions.



Posted by RicodJour on January 28, 2008, 10:28 am
>
>
> > I was once walking with my wife in a huge crush of people on St.
> > Catherine's in Montreal one summer evening. Cars were at a stand still in
> > every direction, engines idling and throwing heat, and one guy, in typical
> > Montreal fashion stood up in his convertible, started waving his arms back
> > and forth from the shoulders shouting, "Walk people! Walk!" He had a smile
> > on his face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he wasn't getting
> > anywhere soon. He was joyed to be a part of it.
> > --
>
> What you witnessed was a typical moment of "Joie De Vivre". For most here
> in this group, that's french for Quebec's official motto meaning "love of
> living"...
>
> Of course, the same thing can be said of the guy in California stuck in
> traffic. Cars were at a stand still in every direction, engines idling and
> throwing heat, and one guy, in typical California fashion stood up in his
> convertible, started waving his arms back and forth from the shoulders
> shouting, "I'm mad as hell and can't take it anymore!" He had a smile on his
> face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he wasn't getting anywhere
> soon. He took out his "legally" purchased assault rifle and began shooting
> in all directions.

He couldn't carry enough bullets to shoot in all directions, not even
most of them.

R

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 28, 2008, 11:09 am

>
>> ...without anyone cussing out anybody else.
>> Very nice. I could get used to that.
>>
>> I was once walking with my wife in a huge crush of people on St.
>> Catherine's in Montreal one summer evening. Cars were at a stand still in
>> every direction, engines idling and throwing heat, and one guy, in
>> typical Montreal fashion stood up in his convertible, started waving his
>> arms back and forth from the shoulders shouting, "Walk people! Walk!" He
>> had a smile on his face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he
>> wasn't getting anywhere soon. He was joyed to be a part of it.
>> --
>>
>>
>> MichaelB
>> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
>>
>>
>
> What you witnessed was a typical moment of "Joie De Vivre". For most here
> in this group, that's french for Quebec's official motto meaning "love of
> living"...

Absolutely right. His heart was filled with communion with the crowd.

> Of course, the same thing can be said of the guy in California stuck in
> traffic. Cars were at a stand still in every direction, engines idling
> and throwing heat, and one guy, in typical California fashion stood up in
> his convertible, started waving his arms back and forth from the shoulders
> shouting, "I'm mad as hell and can't take it anymore!" He had a smile on
> his face, and was more than resigned to the fact that he wasn't getting
> anywhere soon. He took out his "legally" purchased assault rifle and began
> shooting in all directions.

heheh We make choices every moment about how we will confront the world. Joy
is present everywhere
...if you are tuned to the frequency.

We had a shooting with a legal handgun here in TO just a while ago. Innocent
bystander. A week earlier the same thing happened with assailants and weapon
still to be identified. The mayor had been making much noise about
eliminating illegal handguns, so the second shooting pointed out that those
aren't the only threat. Apparently, according to stats, gun crimes with
legal guns are very few compared to illegal ones. A more interesting, if
less than surprising, stat would be the percentage of gun crimes committed
with guns that were *once* legal.



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