Is there anyone not from Australia who has been watching the Commonwealth games? Has this affected your impression of Australia?

Looks like a typing mistake. Abode is a dwelling-place, house a place to stay. Aboad is not a word that I know of, nor is it in my dictionary.

King Robin wrote: Robyn Thats right as well . Of course his statement is correct when dealing with the spiritur al aspect . But even in bible it mentioned that it is to check whether JESUS (Why have you put his name in capitals?) died or not.

To say "It is fine" is fine, not awkward at all.

Dave's post is refering to the symbolic meanings that can be drawn from the blood and water. What he says could be correct also, it has to do with the spiritual messages that one can get from the event. I was just talking about what happened

Yes, sure Milky, but I was responding to the post that started this thread.

To love is the better. It is harder, to love someone and not be loved in return is a painful thing. Being loved is easy and requires nothing of us. It is a gift we receive without any effort or work. But to love grows and develops us as a

Not that I can recall Milky.

Let me first check that I understand correctly, someone has asked you to sponser them in an fundraiser and you do not want to, or cannot, is that correct? If so, I would say something like; 'I have received your request for sponsorship and

I undersatand that when someone has been dead a while, the blood starts to separate so that when it flows out it appears like blood and water. I have been told that this was how the Roman soldiers showed that a bloke was well and truly dead.