Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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Where’s my silverware?
“Lay still. Good boy”
“ Roll over”
“Stop playing with your food!!”
Perfect/brilliant caption for this image, well done (as usual) Leon!
Betsy, here is my response to your comment yesterday – I agree =j
Good morning, griever💖. I do thank you so much for that, my friend. It truly proved my point. And isn’t it wonderful! We don’t know a fraction about them, I’m convinced. Blessings as always.🙏
Dogs say of cats. “They live too long”.
Remember when we used to think hot dogs were shkeevy? Those were the good ole days. 🐜
Cat: ” Who puts ketchup on a hotdog? “
Hate to tell the cat…my British hubby does.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ Jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison, 😁
Good morning, Mr jay🤗 All His blessings to you, sir.
Blessings upon thee and thine always 😊💐🇺🇸
Thank you so much.😊
One more . . .
Wore those S&G albums out when I was a kid.
Such beautiful music.
Yep. Their music is timeless. Personally, I think the Graceland video is killer. 🙂
Good morning, Garrison💖 Oh how I loved those two albums, and like sunnydaze, I, too, wore my mine out.
And all of a sudden, I am hearing “I Am A Rock” in my head…
Mornin’ Betsy. 🙂 looks like another hot day in Texas. Just read it’s 104F in London w/ only 3% air conditioning.
You’re right. No AC for Blighty. Bit thee s heat in the UK is no unprecedented. The whole of Europe is suffering. The papers are using his as a tool of their climate hysteria, fear ramping, and overall propaganda.
There have been fires everywhere which those propagating the hysteria are telling all are a product of climate change. But investigations are being done now which suggest arson. We’ll see. I won’t discount t that.
New Tory leader will be selected today. It looks as if it will be Schwab’s boy Sunak. That means Britain is well and truly been sacrificed to the WEF.
(Didn’t the edit above for autocorrect errors. Yes, I AM blaming it! Though it could be my fault I guess because I hadn’t had coffee yet….naaaah)
Haven’t heard this in decades. But the lightening in FL. today popped it into my mind tonite.
It was actually getting traumatizing at points. hehe.
Waaay too close.
I love watching it in the distance, thankfully. Best to be able appreciate the beauty of lightening if you live in certain places, like FL. At least when it’s not right outside your door!
I’ve sat many a time and just watched the beauty of storms, in the cab of my truck or in the motorhome.
🤔🤔
Was getting this kinda show today, didn’t have time to watch it much.
Was rather high up striking on the mountain, never got a drop of rain here, did about a 3/4 mile north but only wet pavement
Wow. Wonder where my old VW Beetle is?
there’s a light ..
a certain kind of light …
My favorite version of “To Love Somebody”.. sung by Keith Urban at a tribute to the Bee Gees, The passion and pacing are perfect.
Moti channel – Bee Gees Grammy Tribute Keith Urban – Bing video
Thank you for the dedicated song early Monday morning! Whenever I hear one of these BeeGees torch songs, I picture Robin singing with his hand over his ear.
happy you saw it ♥️
stuff you can only find here.. on CTH..
oilfield diving in the major leagues.. what it was like..
a boots-on-the-ground inside view of the final years of the greatest diving company in the world.. I was their last one..
I could be full of sht.. and then again.. it all could be true. so there.. plausible deniability for all of us who were there..
I only dare to offer a few generic pieces that comprise this area of intrigue.. much of which is still hidden unto this day.. and probably will be forever..
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Pipelines.. Dredging.. and Ditch Checks.. a series..
(this first one is boring.. but it gets better.. the Ditch Checks..)..
Part I.. Pipelines..
Pipelines.. every diver knows pipelines.. pipe.. pipe.. and more pipe.. does it ever end.. nope..
the annual upcoming summer season.. going on tour..
laying pipe and dredging pipe were the standard tours.. miles and miles of them..
I preferred being on the dredge barge team.. it was much more challenging.. more dangerous.. but I certainly had worked many pipeline jobs.. especially early on..
in the major leagues.. most beginning divers cut their teeth on pipelines.. it’s not that hard.. and most of the time it’s not that strenuous.. not that complex.. and generally involved less calculated risk..
for the diver it was a relatively easy task.. and a job where diver/tender ranks usually got wet more often.. racking up dives.. gaining in-water experience..
so welcome to the pipeline.. first.. the topside construction barge team lay it.. welders.. welder helpers.. riggers.. foremen.. all pushing pipe.. 24/7..
this was a big company.. handling large and deep operations.. with large construction barges.. there’s like five welding stations.. all welding pipe joints at the same time..
the welds are then x-ray inspected.. then they “push” all of it off the back end of the pipeline barge.. then five more pipes roll off the rack.. and are “pushed” down to the welding stations..
fck’n welders.. burning rods all day.. and all night.. non-stop.. their whole twelve hour shift long.. this goes on 24/7.. they got paid well though..
I liked the topside welders.. they were kind of like divers.. they had some leverage.. if they have to do anything else other than welding.. it’s gonna cost some more..
they’re fck’n welders.. it’s all they do.. and they did it well..
the “stinger”.. hanging off the back of the pipelay barge.. it provides support for the pipe sloping it’s way down to the seafloor..
and as for the dive team.. when pushing pipe.. there’s the stinger check.. and the bottom check..
to me laying pipe was boring.. a “stinger check”.. you jump in the water and inspect the pipe on the roller ramp that sticks off the back of the barge..
yep.. it’s on track.. it’s rollin’.. it’s all good.. “..roger that.. check bottom..”..
the stinger check does have some risk though.. if you have to address an unexpected issue with the stinger or pipe.. ..if you have to reach in there.. watch your fck’n fingers..
the sea is moving.. the barge is moving.. and the pipe on the stinger could suddenly move.. actually the pipe is basically stationary.. but appears like it’s rolling in and out.. back and forth.. in the stinger.. it’s actually the barge.. in response to the waves..
over the years I had worked with a few divers who had lost some fingers in the stinger.. so I had to be extremely careful..
because whenever I was back on the beach.. I also played rock star.. it was my career back-up plan.. a hair metal guitarist.. with big hair.. so I needed my fingers.. and my hair..
in my very first year one of the other guys from my commercial certification graduating class lost the tip of his finger.. just from wet quarter inch manila rope..
he was lowering something down to the diver.. the rope was wet and he lost his grip.. he lost control of the load.. his finger got caught between the round pipe guard railing and the fast slipping rope.. zzzip.. the rope grinded right through it..
a lesson learned early on.. whenever I had to touch the barge railing.. any railing.. any pipe.. any load.. any thing.. if at all possible.. I always rested my clinched fists on them.. my fingers curled under and tucked in.. it was my defacto hand position.. relaxed yet clinched..
on another job a rigger had lost a finger in a wire rope sling.. the crane operator came up on the load too quick.. before the rigger could pull his hand out of the bite.. the sling bit against the load.. and bit off one of his fingers..
I was off shift and had just come out of the galley into the hallway in my flip flops and gym shorts.. first the rigger came past me.. involuntarily shaking.. resulting from the shock..
with his other hand he was holding his injured hand up in the air in front of him.. with a stick of bare bone sticking out of it.. ohh fck..
with the load on the way up his finger fell back on the deck though.. one of the other riggers found it.. he came walking down the hall to the medic room with it a few minutes later..
I stood in the hallway right outside the open doorway to the medic room.. the rigger gave the finger to the medic.. who said “..I can’t do anything with this..” and threw it into the trash can.. right in front of the guy.. ..fck..
meanwhile.. the pipe keeps rollin’.. the pipe then slopes down from the end of the stinger to the bottom and lays on the sea floor.. you follow the pipe all the way down and check to make sure it’s falling and laying in proper form..
then follow it a few pipe joints back for good measure.. and take a pneumo or two.. (top-of-pipe depth reading).. “..she’s all good..”..
and that’s pretty much it.. diver up.. we will check it again in a few hours.. gravy..
so two to four dives per twelve hour shift.. you might get wet every day.. or every other day.. twenty four hours a day.. seven days a week.. four weeks a month.. all summer long..
pushing pipe.. boring.. easy money.. but pretty much just day rate wet pay and depth pay.. which is not that bad.. especially in deep water.. and it’s steady.. and easy.. and boring..
so read a book.. work on your suntan.. or make up for some prior sleep deprivation left over from last season.. zzz..
hey.. rock star.. wake up.. “..are we there yet..”.. yep.. pack your shit.. we’re going home..
pipelay is now done.. time for dredging.. and a crew change..
Part II.. Pipeline Dredging
..down into the danger zone..
[cont’d.. on the next posting.. stay tuned.. it gets better..]
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it was 1989..
you already know the personal story.. I’ll just let the songs continue it.. because it was written in the stars.. I was just along for the ride.. playing my part.. and so were they..
Good morning, Texian. My son in law is a petroleum engineer. He and my daughter and 3+1 grandchildren are in the process of moving to the Houston area if…
They can sell their current house…
They can find one in the area they want…
His job in a newly promoted position in a company under murderous attack by truly evil people is unaffected.
All big “ifs”. I know he’d find your technical report extremely interesting, as I did. Thank you.
Most of the people in the oil & gas industry are down-to-earth nice people.. my husband used to sell pipe; my brother-in-law is a petroleum engineer specializing in fracking; I was in-house counsel to an oil & gas company & also did title work. I met so many people who worked on the rigs, pipelines, gas processing plants, etc.
The industry doesn’t deserve what the Democrat Communists & FJB are doing to every day workers & Americans don’t deserve the Green Energy fallout.
No it does not..Salt of the earth they all are. I completely agree. And nor do we deserve what’s being done to us through the vile actions taken against these fine people, as you say.
These evil moronic cultist despots have seen their chance, and they are taking it. A civil war in every way, except in name. And that’s coming.
In my life, I’ve come into contact with all sorts of people in every economic strata you can name. I can tell you that the best God ever made are those in professions like the oil industry. They never put on airs, and are the nicest kindest people on this earth.
You are so fortunate to have been around them every day.
Petroleum Engineer.. nice.. that’s a challenging curriculum to accomplish in college.. with one of those in Houston.. he will have many options when choosing a specialization..
he could even work offshore.. lol.. really.. you will find out in my next post.. the customer Company man.. be it Shell.. Exxon.. Transco.. etc.. there’s one of those out there on most every job..
especially when installing their production platforms.. shit has to be right.. and at least two of their engineers are out there to make sure their shit is done right..
in later years.. my experience among major international Energy Corporations downtown.. was very positive.. good people.. among great Companies..
Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, BB King, Jimmie Vaughan (Rock me baby)
BB king – Eric Clapton – Albert Collins – Buddy Guy – Jeff Beck. Live apollo hall fame 1993
😉
this one .. is the same as b.b.’s ….
now that i’m more awake, i realize that …. silly me..
Yes!!
wow.. synchronicity..
as a young teen.. in the same year as this video.. I was in a band.. I played the guitar.. and we entered a formal talent show.. and played this song.. and we won first place..
Lynyrd Skynyrd.. Tuesday’s Gone..
20 July 2017 Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (Linkin Park), commits suicide at 41.
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Linkin Park
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20 July 2020 Mickey McGee, American session and touring drummer (Linda Ronstadt; Jackson Browne; Flying Burrito Brothers; Juice Newton), and songwriter (“I’ll Never Love Again”), dies of Covid-19 complications at 72
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He is our Rock and our Refuge in the raging storms which have engulfed us all and are showing no signs of letting up.
Amen and amen. Thank you, Andrew.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Holy Martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia (+ ca. 305)
Saint Thomas of Mt. Maleon (+ 10th century)
Saint Hædde or Hedda, Bishop of the West Saxons (+ 705)
Saint Willibald of Wessex, Bishop of Eichstätt and Enlightener of Bavaria (+ ca. 787)
Saint Maelruain of Tallaght, Ireland (+ 792)
July 7th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
July 20th – civil or commercial calendar
July 20 Oswald Chambers
Dependent on God’s Presence
Those who wait on the Lord…shall walk and not faint. —Isaiah 40:31
There is no thrill for us in walking, yet it is the test for all of our steady and enduring qualities. To “walk and not faint” is the highest stretch possible as a measure of strength. The word walk is used in the Bible to express the character of a person— “…John…looking at Jesus as He walked…said, ‘Behold the Lamb of God!’ ” (John 1:35-36). There is nothing abstract or obscure in the Bible; everything is vivid and real. God does not say, “Be spiritual,” but He says, “Walk before Me…” (Genesis 17:1).
When we are in an unhealthy condition either physically or emotionally, we always look for thrills in life. In our physical life this leads to our efforts to counterfeit the work of the Holy Spirit; in our emotional life it leads to obsessions and to the destruction of our morality; and in our spiritual life, if we insist on pursuing only thrills, on mounting up “with wings like eagles” (Isaiah 40:31), it will result in the destruction of our spirituality.
Having the reality of God’s presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually. Our problems arise when we refuse to place our trust in the reality of His presence. The experience the psalmist speaks of— “We will not fear, even though…” (Psalm 46:2)— will be ours once we are grounded on the truth of the reality of God’s presence, not just a simple awareness of it, but an understanding of the reality of it. Then we will exclaim, “He has been here all the time!” At critical moments in our lives it is necessary to ask God for guidance, but it should be unnecessary to be constantly saying, “Oh, Lord, direct me in this, and in that.” Of course He will, and in fact, He is doing it already! If our everyday decisions are not according to His will, He will press through them, bringing restraint to our spirit. Then we must be quiet and wait for the direction of His presence.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
It is an easy thing to argue from precedent because it makes everything simple, but it is a risky thing to do. Give God “elbow room”; let Him come into His universe as He pleases. If we confine God in His working to religious people or to certain ways, we place ourselves on an equality with God.
Morning FC. 😃😃
Good morning, Cat. No thrills please, Dr Chambers…just His peace, as only He can provide🙏
Morning Bet! Will be gone to Sea World the rest of the day with Nipper and his Dad.
Have a blessed day! ❤️
I’ll post date my reply then, G😉💖 I hope you all had an absolute blast and were soaked through by an obliging dolphin or two or a whale. 🐳🐬😘
Have a great day!
Good morning Cat! Glad to see you ❤️. Read late last night the exchange with the mods from yesterday. Sending prayers and love your way, and a big hug. 🙏🏻😻❤️
“Then we will exclaim, “He has been here all the time!” – Indeed, however there is more to those words – In Hebrew, one of the names of God, written YHWH – which is forbidden to be spoken – but very loosely “explained” can also mean “I am – with you”. It is also explained that only after the Messiah is arrived, will the true name be allowed to be freely spoken. Seems “I am – with you” would be a good enough translation for me.
It certainly is for me, Oldspeak. Thank you for that uplifting post.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Good morning, duchess💖 May I add another of Charles Spurgeon’s?
“Downcast and troubled Christian,, come and glean today in the broad field of promise.”
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
“Lord, I put my family in your hands today. I can’t control everything that happens to them but I can cover them in prayer. Please keep them safe and healthy always. Amen”
My husband fell on this prayer. This is so right. Once we let go of our children and they are no longer within our sight or reach (perhaps the hardest thing as parents we will ever do), we must then have faith through prayer that our Lord will watch over them.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
Colossians 3:23 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
The Wizard, Uriah Heep, 1972
Would you believe – played this very track from my playlist this evening.
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Good morning, ms Idaho.💖
Wednesday blessings to all
Good morning ms idaho, and blessings to you and yours!
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love love love your flags
Mornin all:
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CNNs resident public masturbating pervert, calls former POTUS Trump “Tinfoil hat crazy”.
‘Tinfoil hat crazy’: CNN’s Toobin astonished by Trump’s latest phone call to Wisconsin GOP leader (msn.com)
The left loves to try to ridicule and marginalize those who speak the truth.
Blind Blinky calling Pot.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/united-states-trafficking-blacklist-vietnam-cambodia-macao-2821781
I’ll throw this out there. FAUX News just ran a story that said only 20.1% of renewables supply the U.S. grid. More than 60% comes from fossil fuels. So buying evs isn’t going to replace the need for fossil fuels. Very little infrastructure, no rural area infrastructure, sun doesn’t shine at night, no battery storage, etc. I really hate these idiot liberals.
Reality taking a back seat to fantasy.
Three extreme heat waves on this date in American history. 1901, 30, and 34.
America’s Hot Past | Real Climate Science
Glad you made it home, rah. Almost 6 here…108.
Those were prior to my birth! I can remember serveral years were people in cities like Chicago, and NY were dying due to the extreme long term heat.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/italy-government-verge-collapse-after-coalitions-members-abandon-draghi-euro-tumbles
Same ole, same ole for the Italians, who change governments is as often as we do our laundry.
But in this case, I can’t tell you how this thrilled me when I saw it this morning, per the evil WEF.
Draghi is a monster, a player in the NWO. Hope he stays gone for the sake of the Italians.
Try to stay cool everybody 😎 🧊
Thank you, Judith.🤗 You do the same. Here it seems each day has been hotter than the last.
Amen 🙏
Amen, my friend🙏💓
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Nothing to see here? https://jam-news.net/are-washington-and-moscow-watching-visits-of-the-heads-of-us-and-russian-special-services-to-yerevan/
Jesus Christ is Lord.