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Posted by mm on July 20, 2007, 3:23 pm
A week or two ago, a church in Baltimore was hit by lightning and
burned to shreds, other than the brick walls iiuc.
It turns out that they had remodeled the steeple within the past year.
It was the highest steeple in miles. It occurred to me that it would
have had a lightning rod, even in Baltimore.
It also occurred to me that maybe the contractor didn't recognize a
lightning rod when he saw one. Or disconnected it and forgot to
reconnect it.
What do you think?
(Today I heard on the radio, quoting the newspaper, that the church
was 12,000 dollars behind on the water bill and the mortgage was being
foreclosed, but last year it bought the minister a 150,000 dollar
Bentley. Maybe he tried to save money by hiring someone cheap? The
church is insured for 4 million and that bill is paid.)
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on July 20, 2007, 3:49 pm
>A week or two ago, a church in Baltimore was hit by lightning and
> burned to shreds, other than the brick walls iiuc.
>
> It turns out that they had remodeled the steeple within the past year.
>
> It was the highest steeple in miles. It occurred to me that it would
> have had a lightning rod, even in Baltimore.
>
> It also occurred to me that maybe the contractor didn't recognize a
> lightning rod when he saw one. Or disconnected it and forgot to
> reconnect it.
>
> What do you think?
>
> (Today I heard on the radio, quoting the newspaper, that the church
> was 12,000 dollars behind on the water bill and the mortgage was being
> foreclosed, but last year it bought the minister a 150,000 dollar
> Bentley. Maybe he tried to save money by hiring someone cheap? The
> church is insured for 4 million and that bill is paid.)
When I was in the home audio biz, I had 3 customers who would pay list price
on fancy audiophile gear, just to be the first on the block to own a
particular thing. One was an orthopedic surgeon, another was a big shot at
Kodak, and the third guy was a Catholic priest from a small town out in the
sticks.
Religion's a great thing.
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Posted by Don Phillipson on July 20, 2007, 4:19 pm
> A week or two ago, a church in Baltimore was hit by lightning and
> burned to shreds, other than the brick walls iiuc.
>
> It turns out that they had remodeled the steeple within the past year.
>
> It was the highest steeple in miles. It occurred to me that it would
> have had a lightning rod, even in Baltimore.
>
> It also occurred to me that maybe the contractor didn't recognize a
> lightning rod when he saw one. Or disconnected it and forgot to
> reconnect it.
>
> What do you think?
Well, what did he say when you asked him?
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Posted by Banty on July 20, 2007, 4:49 pm
>
>A week or two ago, a church in Baltimore was hit by lightning and
>burned to shreds, other than the brick walls iiuc.
>
>It turns out that they had remodeled the steeple within the past year.
>
>It was the highest steeple in miles. It occurred to me that it would
>have had a lightning rod, even in Baltimore.
>
>It also occurred to me that maybe the contractor didn't recognize a
>lightning rod when he saw one. Or disconnected it and forgot to
>reconnect it.
>
>What do you think?
>
>(Today I heard on the radio, quoting the newspaper, that the church
>was 12,000 dollars behind on the water bill and the mortgage was being
>foreclosed, but last year it bought the minister a 150,000 dollar
>Bentley. Maybe he tried to save money by hiring someone cheap? The
>church is insured for 4 million and that bill is paid.)
>
..that maybe Someone Up There had something to say about that Bentley??
Banty (Thor's angry enough for having been mixed up with Jesus for all these
years....)
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Posted by on July 20, 2007, 6:10 pm
wrote:
>A week or two ago, a church in Baltimore was hit by lightning and
>burned to shreds, other than the brick walls iiuc.
>
>It turns out that they had remodeled the steeple within the past year.
>
>It was the highest steeple in miles. It occurred to me that it would
>have had a lightning rod, even in Baltimore.
>
>It also occurred to me that maybe the contractor didn't recognize a
>lightning rod when he saw one. Or disconnected it and forgot to
>reconnect it.
>
>What do you think?
>
>(Today I heard on the radio, quoting the newspaper, that the church
>was 12,000 dollars behind on the water bill and the mortgage was being
>foreclosed, but last year it bought the minister a 150,000 dollar
>Bentley. Maybe he tried to save money by hiring someone cheap? The
>church is insured for 4 million and that bill is paid.)
>
>
Care to say what religion/denomination that church was?
If there is a God, he/she/it must be snickering up a storm!
Whatta gig -- a $150,000 Bentley for preaching morality to suckers
while not paying the water bill or the mortgage! Where can I score a
deal like that?!
Higgs Boson
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