You nearly gave me a conniption fit when I read what you wrote to B - before I saw the punchline.

That was very funny.

My memory isn't quite what it used to be but, if I'm not mistaken, it was an anniversary edition.

Just unbelievable. Does the woman have no shame?

You know it turned out just fine. I thought OW's husband deserved something after he got cheated on while in Iraq and came home to no wife, no job.

The OW went back to live with him for a short time, but they divorced and he met an Australian (27} in Dubai. He is 45 now. Anyway the Aussie chick looks good on the back of the Harley.

I had a friend in Dubai who rode a Harley. He had a Harley shirt he had bought in Bali that said on the back "if you can read this, the b&%ch fell off". About a year later, I saw his wife in the supermarket. Her shirt said "I'm the b&%ch that fell off".

What was my point?

Oh. Yes.

I'm leaving MB. I just can't stay up this late any more.

Oh, and for KiwiJ who always thought this thread was educational, many parts of the pine tree ARE edible.

Hope you don't leave. You have lots to give folks.

I bought my kindle because of you. And it is the best thing I ever had. I'm a reader, and can't believe how I got along without it.

Pio - It's an honour to have known you and I consider you a friend. I hope you stick around. I believe you have a lot to offer as well.

God speed my friend.

Pio!!! You can't leave!!!

Not only do you give wonderful advice to others, but you also keep Mr. W and I in stitches!!!

Nope, request denied Mister...You may not leave! So there!

Mrs. W

The world is a little more right when you are around.



:MrEEk:

NOPE! You have to reset your clock....don't stay up so late...Just post at a normal time in your civilization. We'll take you whenever we can get you.

If he actually leaves, I'm gonna be really Pio'd!

tl

So will I.

Love,

Frenchy

Very punny!

(stowing the LiceMD)

STAY.

I have a bit of a conundrum. It all started out simply enough and somehow has just spun out of control. This year the DDs have been going through the classes to prepare for their first communion. Our plan was to get a letter from our local padre to present to the padre in Mexico so he would accept the girls for communion. If the letter doesn’t work then I’m certain a “little donation” will. Gemela wanted to do this in Mexico so the DDs could be with family. Now it looks like we may not even go to Mexico based on this new epidemic but, oddly enough, it doesn’t solve the problem. Gemela was finally able to locate an aunt and uncle to be godparents. Searching for godparents was a problem all by itself because, based on the requirement that they were married in the church and are actually still married (to each other), that left a very limited resource pool. Well the aunt and uncle took the role with enthusiasm and the uncle decided he wanted to get the DDs white leather-bound Bibles as gifts for the service. Later gemela decided that, if he bought the Bibles, they would be in Spanish since that’s all you can get in Mexico and Spanish Bible’s wouldn’t really be that useful to the DDs. I can already see where uncle’s good intentions are going to cost me money. Sure enough – gemela says I should buy them from the USA.

You wouldn’t think getting a white leather-bound Bible would be so difficult – at least I didn’t think so but I went on Amazon and came to find that people don’t actually print Bibles any more. Paper is apparently obsolete. All I could find was an electronically downloadable Bible for the Kindle 2. Well the Kindle 2 almost is white. The problem was it is plastic. Well with a little more searching I discovered the “5 in 1 Bundle for Amazon Kindle Includes: Melrose White Leather Deluxe Carrying Case + Car Charger + Travel Charger + Screen Guard + Live*Laugh*Love Wristband!!!” for only $29.99 in stock. Then Just as I was about to place it in my shopping cart, I saw the footnote “(not for Kindle 2)”. DANG IT! So I went ahead and ordered them with white silicone rubber cases hoping gemela wouldn’t notice the difference. Okay a long shot. Well not only did she notice the difference – she noticed they were electronic and totally not what she wanted. I was afraid I would have to return them but the DDs reminded gemela that they are wireless, improved display reads like real paper, 25% longer battery life and has a new text-to-speech feature so she eventually caved (although still not happy about the silicone). Everything was going fine until we took them to Father Paul to be blessed. What Amazon doesn’t tell you and clearly should is that the Kindle 2 is not holy water resistant. Fortunately holy water is good for putting out small fires. At least now I know where the phrase “Holy Smoke!” comes from (albeit an expensive lesson).

Now I’m back to square zero. Gemela has given very clear specifications now about what she wants and she wants two rich Corinthian leather-bound Bibles. Well I have checked Craiglist, facebook, myspace and google and I have searched and searched and, although I have been able to find quite a few rich Corinthians, I cannot find one single rich Corinthian who binds any kind of book – much less leather Bibles. Of the few rich Corinthians I contacted that looked promising, all have told me that they now outsource this work to China now because of the cheaper labor. I have discovered an upper middle-class Corinthian who may be able to perform this binding service in her studio in Corinth but the cost is slightly prohibitive.

If you're still hunting, Pio, here are some possible trails. I'm assuming you want the Douay Version and not the King James, etc., so that's what is in these links. If I was wrong, you should still be able to take off from here and find something with real paper and leather, although the "Corinthian" is not guaranteed!

tl

White leather binding Douay Bible

same idea 10 bucks cheaper

52 choices, one of which might fit you

459 choices--we're moving up

different company, priced in pounds

family record Bible

no pix--maybe the website will have some

I need to make sure it is catholic.

Should I get SJE or NRSV? Not being catholic myself, I don't know which is better.

Catholic Fireside Bibles

That is a great link.

The style I really like is the Catholic Companion Edition Librosario stock # 4375 but the color is wrong. I want white.

Stock #3514Ivory and Rose Cover may be an option. I'll have to run it by gemela.

Stock # 3050 is a good fallback position.

how about these...




catholic trust society

There's a lovely white leather bound one.

I wish I could see an enlarged view of the photo. It does look nice but I cannot tell if it is a hard hardcover or it is a soft hard cover. I want the kind that is a little bendable.

One problem I see is that it's dimensions are metric. I would really prefer a Bible whose dimensions were English units. OTOH it does seem to have the most pages of any one that I have seen so far so it must be a good one. Do you think it has extra commandments?

One nice thing about the Kindle 2 was that it could always be updated by WiFi if they ever decided to add more commandments.

It's not that I have anything against the metric system. I really like driving better in countries that use it because you can get wherever you're going so much faster. Here, for example, I can drive 120 KM per hour whereas in the USA I can only drive about 75 miles per hour. So, in the same amount of time, I can cover a whole lot more kilometers - about 60% more. So, for driving, the metric system is more efficient and I'm sure it must save on fuel - it HAS to.

I think all the Catholic ones have "extra commandments"