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  • in reply to: How Shidduchim became a beauty pageant contest. #1707533
    DovidBT
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    Sarai Imeinu was described as beautiful. In fact, that’s the first thing said about her, other than she was childless.

    in reply to: People Who Can’t Write Properly #1704463
    DovidBT
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    In mine opinion, the people whom post in this here forum spell very goodly. There grammar could be weller, but its usualualy easy to make sense of what they are meaning.

    in reply to: Diet Coke or COFFEE?! #1702906
    DovidBT
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    I drink both, but coke is easier on the digestive system. It’s like flavored Alka Seltzer + caffeine.

    in reply to: Chabad? Most non religious Jews are not halachikly Jewish. #1700463
    DovidBT
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    Chassidism teaches how to look beyond the halachah and see the latent Jewish soul in a person.

    in reply to: Where to live that is not socialist? #1700167
    DovidBT
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    Walgreens

    in reply to: Lakewood Water Table rising #1697072
    DovidBT
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    Doesn’t Israel have a shortage of water? Maybe you could arrange a deal.

    DovidBT
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    Just talk very loud. Everyone understands English if they really want to.

    in reply to: Unrealistic ways to lower tuition #1691677
    DovidBT
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    Moving south would lower heating costs.

    But it would raise cooling costs.

    You can lower heating costs by wearing additional layers of clothing. Removing layers to adjust for a hot environment is less effective, and is limited by tznius.

    I stand with my suggestions of tents and robotic teachers.

    in reply to: Unrealistic ways to lower tuition #1691058
    DovidBT
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    Emulate the ways of the Patriarchs. They didn’t need fancy buildings with utilities. Find an empty field and erect tents.

    in reply to: Unrealistic ways to lower tuition #1690773
    DovidBT
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    Replace the teachers with robots.

    in reply to: Which internet filter do you use? #1688905
    DovidBT
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    I use the filter that Hashem gave me.

    in reply to: Dont let SOBER people drive!! #1688677
    DovidBT
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    @RichardM: +1

    Or enact a universal speed limit of 15 mph (25 kph).

    in reply to: What Wearing a White Shirt says about you as a working man. #1685682
    DovidBT
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    Surgeons wear colors such as green or blue to make the blood stains less noticeable. That’s dishonest. They should wear white, and then be rated according to the amount of blood stains. That way the patients could avoid the clumsy ones.

    in reply to: Amazon out socialism in #1680144
    DovidBT
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    Amazon should buy the U.S. Postal Service.

    in reply to: Shul Membership Drives #1678821
    DovidBT
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    @anonymous Jew: I was asking a question, not making a point.
    @Uncle Ben: I don’t know. Does it?

    in reply to: Shul Membership Drives #1678580
    DovidBT
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    the paying member is accorded a place ahead of the non-member for honors.

    Do you score more points with Hashem for getting honors, as opposed to sitting in your seat davening?

    in reply to: No blackface this Purim #1677390
    DovidBT
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    Why do we have to cave to black people, at every turn? I think it’s more a case of caving to white leftists, who are using the issue in their thought-control compaign.

    Would a Kim Jong-un costume be offensive? What about François “Papa Doc” Duvalier?

    in reply to: Are there fewer Sephardi shuls on the East Coast? #1677384
    DovidBT
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    In this context, is Chabad considered to be Ashkenaz?

    in reply to: No blackface this Purim #1677062
    DovidBT
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    make your face black. goyim will think you are really black.

    Not if you do it properly. Search for publicity posters of the 1927 movie, “The Jazz Singer”.

    in reply to: Question for Working Men #1676430
    DovidBT
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    Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Judah HaNassi would say: Beautiful is the study of Torah with the way of the world, for the toil of them both causes sin to be forgotten. Ultimately, all Torah study that is not accompanied with work is destined to cease and to cause sin. …
    Pirkei Avos 2:2

    in reply to: Should The Rich Be Taxed? 💸🚕 #1674222
    DovidBT
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    Its the desire to earn money that drives economies.
    That’s the “positive side”of the yetzer hara.

    Another theory I’ve seen is to abolish income tax, and use other funding, such as expanding the tax on consumption. Rich people buy a lot more stuff than poor people.

    in reply to: Should The Rich Be Taxed? 💸🚕 #1674064
    DovidBT
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    It gets complicated, because the rich have more options for sheltering their income.

    in reply to: Thanks in Advance #1674018
    DovidBT
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    @RebYidd23: Exactly.

    in reply to: Simple portable space heater #1672975
    DovidBT
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    Search for “portable oil-filled radiator”. They’re relatively efficient. But for a large room, you’d probably need more than one of them.

    in reply to: What’s with all the hate crimes against Klal Yisroel ?!?! #1671695
    DovidBT
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    It’s a reaction to the left’s continuing efforts to control what people may say or think.

    in reply to: Why wear sunscreen in winter? #1668540
    DovidBT
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    In view of a recent Daf Yomi, I think the Moon would be offended by this topic.

    in reply to: Tzniut Problems In The 5 Towns #1668530
    DovidBT
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    Discussion topics like this one make me wonder what people who aren’t observant Jews think if they come across this site.

    in reply to: Mental Health and Judaism #1667522
    DovidBT
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    … and I see [the judgement of] G-d from my flesh.
    Iyov 19:26

    in reply to: New Kosher Gym? #1667060
    DovidBT
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    Doesn’t Shmiras Einayim conflict with being a “light unto the nations”?

    in reply to: New Kosher Gym? #1665973
    DovidBT
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    Going to a non-all male gym is forbidden by Jewish law.

    My understanding is that it’s a fence, not a law.

    in reply to: In Town versus Out of Town #1664510
    DovidBT
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    For me, the difference is:

    Out of Town is where I am. In Town is where I am not.

    in reply to: Will Israel be the korbon of Trump’s desperation. #1664031
    DovidBT
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    That won’t happen, because:

    1) Too many liberals support Israel.
    2) Israel is important to the U.S. military-wise.

    in reply to: Please recommend me a good business start up book #1662852
    DovidBT
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    The Art of War, by Sun Tzu.

    in reply to: Driving Like A Policeman #1661554
    DovidBT
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    Here’s another option. Get arrested frequently. You’ll have the opportunity to observe the driving from the back seat.

    in reply to: Anyone Have Any Cool Inventions? #1661251
    DovidBT
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    A bed that bathes and dresses you, takes you to shul, davens for you, then brings you back home.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1658936
    DovidBT
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    It’s possible for a wind gust to flip a plane. I don’t know if the “swamped” analogy applies to planes.

    Light planes have to be especially careful when landing or taking off behind large, heavy planes, because of “wingtip vortices” produced by the big planes.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1657761
    DovidBT
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    Here’s a specific example:

    Suppose an airplane has a stall speed of 48 knots, and there’s a headwind of 60 knots. The plane doesn’t have to fly at 60+48=108 knots to keep from stalling. Since the plane is inside the air mass that’s moving at 60 knots, it only has to fly at 48 knots (indicated air speed) relative to the enclosing air mass. To an observer on the ground, though, the plane would appear to be flying at 48-60=-12 knots, i.e. it would appear to be moving backwards at 12 knots.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1657658
    DovidBT
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    a plane needs to faster than the wind to keep up airspeed so that it won’t stall
    That’s not exactly how it works. The airplane is “inside the wind”, so it’s relative airspeed that matters. Actually it’s the “angle of attack” that determines when a plane stalls.

    DovidBT
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    A brokerage service that lets you sell your share in the World to Come for cash.

    in reply to: Government Shutdown #1657223
    DovidBT
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    The guys controlling all this need your taxes to pay their salaries, so that won’t happen.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1655021
    DovidBT
    Participant

    Was it a towered airport or non towered airport

    Yes 🙂

    I flew in and out of lots of airports. Some had FAA control towers, some only had FBO’s monitoring the radio, some had neither.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1654839
    DovidBT
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    @Cessna172

    Thanks for the info. In that case, I could fly, but not legally. But the typical passenger would not know the difference. 🙂

    I flew out of an airport other than FRG. 🙂

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1654558
    DovidBT
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    Joseph, I think that car accidents are much much more common than general/private aviation accidents. When I served as chief of police of a large city for eight years, we had to respond to tens of thousands of car accidents, but only a handful of airplane accidents.

    (One of the above statements is false.)

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1654383
    DovidBT
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    Another thought occurred to me.

    I haven’t piloted an airplane for decades. But as far as I know, my private pilot license is still valid (they don’t expire). If I renewed my medical certificate, which only requires a visit to a doctor, I could legally get in a Cessna 172 tomorrow and fly it. That’s assuming that the owner of the airplane didn’t require taking me for a checkride.

    That’s one difference between private vs. commercial aviation. There’s far less oversight by the government. It’s up to individuals to verify that the aircraft has been properly maintained and that the pilot is competent.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1654363
    DovidBT
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    @tgsm
    Because statistically, car accidents are much more common than airplane accidents.

    in reply to: Illogical argument contest #1654073
    DovidBT
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    Suppose you shoot an arrow at a target.
    At any instant of time, the arrow is at a fixed position in the air.
    So the arrow is never in motion.
    Therefore, motion does not exist!.

    in reply to: Why do people get nervous when they fly? #1654076
    DovidBT
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    @Cessna172

    I have a private pilot license and have flown Cessna 172’s, although it’s been a long time. Before I started flight training, I knew absolutely nothing about small planes or how planes work.

    I suspect the reluctance of the prospective passengers is due to ignorance.

    DovidBT
    Participant

    Will the “Right” of MO wake up in time?

    In time for what?

    How is this different from the questions obtained by replacing “Right of MO” with “Conservative”, “Reform” or “secular”?

    in reply to: Disappointing event for my son and family #1649681
    DovidBT
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    Among otd people, there’s a notably greater proportional representation of children of bt’s.

    I first read that as “Among old people”, and spent a few minutes to trying to understand it.

    in reply to: New Ongoing Story, please add your continuations. #1639521
    DovidBT
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    The radio broadcast told of the ongoing aerial attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese! Annie, Biz and their Mustang had mysteriously been transported back in time to 1941!

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