Tab'le Du'bah-rye

[Tab'le De'Bah-Rye]

[quote name='KnightofChrist' timestamp='1351386670' post='2498902']
What is your avatar about?
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I decided i don't wan't this avatar anymore but i have to wait untill i get a new computer to fiddle with it, i'm on my brothers computer. It comes from a book that i once read before somone told me the only book i will ever need is the holy bible. The book is call the magnificat by julian may. It is a sci fi fantasy, the thing i really have decided now that my concience is forming is that the novel has telepathics in it and jesus says "no man can read anothers mind." So i don't wan't this avatar anymore. And i chose it because it looks like an angel to me that is battle weary and GOD watching over the angels too. I actually think the star with the lizard on it above the angel may be a pagan or wiccan symbol(not 100% sure), hence why i have to ditch it asap. I will ask my brother if i can download something to his computer to change it. I have thought about changing a few times this year but now i'm talking about it i think that i must.

JESUS iz LORD

<edit> P.S. the main reason i chose the avatar is i thought it looked cool and have never really talked about it.

Edited October 28, 2012 by Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye

[Tab'le De'Bah-Rye]

Another thing about me is that i like to smoke tobacco. I was woried about that and took it to a priest and he said that smoking tobacco is not a sin but that the amount i smoke may be. So than i moved and am at a new parish now and i spoke to the priest there and he said definately not smoking tobacco is not a sin. So i have been thinking maybe it is like it is holier for a man to have hair above his shoulders and not below. One seems to be holier but the other not un-holy. So in that i do want to quit because perhaps the excess smoking tobacco will have me doing more time in the slammer of purgatory. And than after all i just said i don't know much and is just a guess. And i still examine my concience and do mental prayer when smoking a ciggerette, or talk to someone.

[BarbTherese]

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351412583' post='2499024']
On the props i don't know. There is still a kind of props i guess, that is the rating stars for the thread topic. Just above the thread title on this page.
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Thanks Tab.
I do prefer to quote the actual post and make a complimentary comment. I noticed the rating stars and apparently each poster can only rate once. So if I wanted to give a thread a three star rating say, I can't. It would take three different posters to give one star each. Not to worry,

[BarbTherese]

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351414141' post='2499027']
Another thing about me is that i like to smoke tobacco. I was woried about that and took it to a priest and he said that smoking tobacco is not a sin but that the amount i smoke may be. So than i moved and am at a new parish now and i spoke to the priest there and he said definately not smoking tobacco is not a sin. So i have been thinking maybe it is like it is holier for a man to have hair above his shoulders and not below. One seems to be holier but the other not un-holy. So in that i do want to quit because perhaps the excess smoking tobacco will have me doing more time in the slammer of purgatory. And than after all i just said i don't know much and is just a guess. And i still examine my concience and do mental prayer when smoking a ciggerette, or talk to someone.
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I would not worry too much personally on the moral score. I tend to think that people who smoke at today's cost, would surely give it up if only they could. We are supposed according to the CCC I think it was, look after our health and life. To my mind, that includes not only the physical, but the mental, emotional and spiritual too. I gave up smoking years ago and put on much weight. My doctor told me to make a choice: lung cancer or heart disease. I decided to die happy and went back to smoking. Some years later, I did give it up but that was for financial reasons and I found that nicotine replacement therapy (I used Nicobate Lozenges) curbed my hunger and after about 8 years now, I am stil not smoking. Weight is still a problem, but I am told it is not morbid obesity, just overweight. I am trying to loose some - but trying and doing are two different things.

I used to do the same with prayer, have a smoke handy. In those days I would pray the Office at the kitchen table, and at the same time as putting out my book, I put out an ashtray and the baccy. But when I gave up smoking of course, the 'smoking prayerfully' stopped. I used to smoke tobacco too - it was far cheaper. If someone visits who is a smoker, I will have a smoke with them - and then never think about it again, till the next smoker appears.
When I was a full time chain smoker, I would absolutely love on a nice night to go out under the pergola, no lights on and have a smoke with a glass of red and talk to Jesus, muse things over with Him or perhaps at and to Him was more like it.

I agonized over dyeing my hair and wearing makeup at times becuase of my private vows. I absolutely agonised over it. Finally, with a great struggle, I let my hair go right back to grey and never wore makeup. My sons complained about it. I said to one of them "Do you prefer me the way it was?" He replied "The way you were was perfect" that was an excellent and very subtle diplomatic way of putting his opinion. My other son took one look at my grey hair and scrubbed face when he arrived from interstate : "Mum, what on earth has happened to you". Then the clincher was my brother and his wife who very kindly, knowing I am on a strict budget, offered to pay for me to have my hair dyed.
On the 8th November my neice (hairdresser) is coming here to dye my hair. And I have put my makeup box in the bathroom..........no longeron top of my wardrobe. I never had the fortitude to throw it out completely.

I was talking with my director and expressed much gratitude and praise of The Lord that He would be my judge and not certain fellow human beings. One can only do what one can and then leave the rest up to The Lord in complete Peace. I gave up torturing my poor heart, mind and soul years ago, although the hair/makeup thing lingered. Soon to be settled once more. I trust in The Lord absolutely. And if I am astray somewhere, then I trust in Him to get me back on track His Way whatever it may be. I dont even know the true 'right track' let alone know if I am on it. I laugh and joke with Him consistently, daily and especially in the evenings.

I used to say "do my best" and never could figure out if I had done my best or always stopped short of it and perhaps far short of it. Mary MacKillop of The Cross said "do what you can, and then leave the rest to God" I was so happy when I read that, I heaved a great sigh of absolute relief.

What appears to be holy, is not necessarily holy. As what appears to be totally unholy, is not necessarily so. I remember once at Sunday Mass in my old parish. A lad of about 15yrs or so I suppose came in in those baggy very loose pantaloons that are slung very low. He wore a TShirt and a baseball cap. When the plate went round, he hesitated holding the plate and then put his baseball cap into the plate. Some parishioners were appalled, shocked at such an action in Church during Mass. It just may have been the most precious thing he had and in that collection, he was probably the most precious to The Lord. The widow's mite parable.
"Man judges appearances, but The Lord knows the heart"

[BarbTherese]

One new year's eve at my old address, I was under the pergola smoking with a glass of redred and I had that song "Will I ever see your face again?" (meaning the year just ended to me) and I was singing out on top note at the appropriate time "No Way! Not Me! (you know what) Off! It had been a trying year for me. One try after another and I was invariably and always found direly wanting and lacking.
Then I heard a voice over the back gate calling "Barb, are you ok"? Yeah, well I guess as ok as I could be just at that point in time and somewhat tipsy to boot. We shared a red, a smoke, and a laugh as that terrible year drifted into the past. That young man (one of my teens, my babies) was a gift of The Lord to me on New Year's Eve as a bad year ended, and minutes of another bad year had begun.

Another time, a couple of my teens and I had been out the front having a smoke on a beautiful day. I had been helping, I can't say how, one of our missionary priests undercover in a missionary country. He was now back in Australia safe and sound. Next thing, a very nice car pulls up and a man gets out in a very nice suit. I lived then in an extremly poor suburb. The two lads smoking with me panicked "Barb, its a D!" (D in their lingo meant "detective"). It suddenly hit me that my fellow smokers were underage. I said under my breath, "Just drop the cigarettes without fuss, and let me do the talking". It turned out it was Father coming to thank me. And I was as proud as punch to introduce my two teens to a real live hero. Much to Father's embarrassment. Actually, I was really bowled over that Father would take the time out to especially visit little 'old smoking, drinking, swearing me! And he spoke with my teens and they were absolutely wrapped, enthralled - and that was NOT easy to do with my babies.

Edited October 28, 2012 by BarbaraTherese

[BarbTherese]

Sorry! Duplicate post..........again.

Edited October 28, 2012 by BarbaraTherese

[BarbTherese]

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351414141' post='2499027']
Another thing about me is that i like to smoke tobacco. I was woried about that and took it to a priest and he said that smoking tobacco is not a sin but that the amount i smoke may be. So than i moved and am at a new parish now and i spoke to the priest there and he said definately not smoking tobacco is not a sin. So i have been thinking maybe it is like it is holier for a man to have hair above his shoulders and not below. One seems to be holier but the other not un-holy. So in that i do want to quit because perhaps the excess smoking tobacco will have me doing more time in the slammer of purgatory. And than after all i just said i don't know much and is just a guess. And i still examine my concience and do mental prayer when smoking a ciggerette, or talk to someone.
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Reading your various posts, Tab, I think you are a very special sort of person - very special.

[dUSt]

Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye is amesome.

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351317549' post='2498430']

I feel like i'm being tested often here USAirwaysIHS. Which is ok and doesn't really effect me much, but is not nescisarily acceptable christian behaviour in my books. Holy Scripture says a mans heart is tested by the LORD.
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Don't look for perfection in an imperfect world. This is not Paradise. We have a job to do.

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351314228' post='2498392']


I'm not an earthling. I am a citizen of the kingdom of heaven, or hopeing to be anyway.
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Touche!

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351316897' post='2498422']
Whats it exactly?
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I guess Jaime is saying there are times when all of us need a bit of a ruffing up to get us back on track. Dust is possibly no exception. Isn't there a point in the ceremony of becoming a Catholic where the priest is supposed to slap your face so you won't forget what you've promised?

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351317549' post='2498430']

I feel like i'm being tested often here USAirwaysIHS. Which is ok and doesn't really effect me much, but is not nescisarily acceptable christian behaviour in my books. Holy Scripture says a mans heart is tested by the LORD.
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The lord tests your love in many and strange ways. Judge others by the measure of which we judge ourselves. Without faults how can we pray for one another.

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351364164' post='2498707']
Since this thread is titled tab'le du'bah-rye i would like to ask something also, can all of you also post here anything you think i do badly/character defects that i may address them as such.

Onward christian souls.
JESUS iz LORD.
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You're a human with defects. Will God expect you to be anything else? In prayer seek to suppress sin and nurture that which is Holy. Just be yourself Tab.

[quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1351365340' post='2498740']

hey tab! cool thread. you seem like a good guy, I think people only have a problem sometimes since we cannot understand what you are saying sometimes, and sometimes it is a very long thing to read without being able to get much sense out of it! but I don't think anyone has any problems with you for real
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I've picked quite a few goodies out of Tab mysterious posts.

understanding with helps also upside down being, guess I!

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1351438799' post='2499084']
Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye is amesome.
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Australians are wonderful people. Deeply spiritual, gentle and humble. Will invite visitors into their homes and share what they have no matter how little. It's those bloomin' white immigrants that are the problem!

[Tab'le De'Bah-Rye]

[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1351438799' post='2499084']
Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye is amesome.
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Sometimes, i still have alot of work to be done on my wretchedness. It's a long way to the shop if you wan't a sausage roll. lol possibly only mark and therese will get the sausage roll thing.

[Tab'le De'Bah-Rye]

[quote name='BarbaraTherese' timestamp='1351422680' post='2499040']
Reading your various posts, Tab, I think you are a very special sort of person - very special.
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major ember.
I will tell you what though if i can kill those three things,drugs,alcohol and ciggeretes i will be well on the way to be far more equiped with grace to continue my mission to the streets. It was almost put on hold due to these.


look at that word, say it with me " equiped" what a cool word in lower case, it sounds razzle dazzle too.

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351676077' post='2501032']
major ember.
I will tell you what though if i can kill those three things,drugs,alcohol and ciggeretes i will be well on the way to be far more equiped with grace to continue my mission to the streets. It was almost put on hold due to these.


look at that word, say it with me " equiped" what a cool word in lower case, it sounds razzle dazzle too.
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I'm sure Phatmass will join me in prayer that you can conquer those things.

Hail Mary full of grace..

Personally alcohol was never a problem to me I could always take it or leave it. But usually I take it er no that should be leave it! (lol) It makes anxiety worse! As for drugs I was cured before it began with the horrible side effects of prescription drugs. I'm terrified of drugs and doctors! Especially psychiatrists most of whom are mentally challenged and so full of their own problems they can't possibly be of any help. You spill your troubles to them and they just develop a contempt for you. (venting) A kind of accidental aversion therapy. Tobacco was my Waterloo. Imitated the Marlboro man at age about 8. Men smoke 'Drum' and all that stuff. 15 Doctors recommend Turf. No wonder we have a shortage of doctors LOL! Was addicted by the time I was 12. was always in trouble at school for smoking during recess. A teacher once sent my mates off for punishment and then turned to me and said. "I'm not going to bother with you. You're a hopeless addict!" One morning when I was in my 40s I woke up and took that first drag and felt like I had been hit in the chest with a hammer. Developed a wet cough and felt like my lungs were furry. I gotta stop smoking or I'm dead! Took 2 years of on again off again. Used Nicarette chewies but sometimes smoked as well and got awful nicotine headaches. Eventually I won by going cold turkey. The Nicarettes reduce craving but don't allow you to escape the addiction. So if I can do it anyone can. Tobacco is an evil thing it anesthetizes the mouth, throat and lungs so you don't feel the burning pain. In a heavy smoker like me you can smell the burnt flesh! And you don't actually derive any pleasure from it you are only alleviating that awful craving. Tobacco is obscenely expensive in Oz. Things like it and gambling are the devils tools when peoples children get neglected in preference to them. After a few months you will wonder why you ever smoked because your body will buzz from restored circulation and increased oxygen and the elimination of toxic chemicals. When someone smokes in front of you you will think "Did I do that to other people, especially children?" It did have one plus My children don't smoke because of me. My wife got my son to keep telling me I'm going to get cancer. It worked! Nihil thinks I'm invading peoples free choice by posting these lectures, but you can always tell me to mind my own business I suppose. But I urge you to stop smoking and drinking TODAY. Alcohol and cigs go together, touch one and you'll fall to the other. BTW I'm not against moderate drinking for those that can control it and don't smoke. But alcoholics that I know won't even take the wine of the Eucharist. Our Lord said moderate alcohol was okay at the wedding feast of Canna when he made wine for already merry guests. Start counting the days and every time you are tempted just think that you will go back to zero and start again. But if you do, don't give up, keep going. There is only one possible outcome WIN!
Prayers for you Bro, PM me anytime you need support!

[Norseman82]

[quote name='Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye' timestamp='1351314345' post='2498395']
which makes me think you may be a jock that picks on the little guys and in need of some ruffing up.
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A phatmass cage match! We can air it as pay-per-view on EWTN and split the proceeds with them - then dUSt won't have to keep hitting us up for donations!

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='Norseman82' timestamp='1351723194' post='2501445']
A phatmass cage match! We can air it as pay-per-view on EWTN and split the proceeds with them - then dUSt won't have to keep hitting us up for donations!
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It might be a little unfair pitting Tab against a Phatmasser. Ozzie's are quite adept at killing Dunny Budgies!