Triss, can you delete ALL my contributions somehow? The more I read them, the more I'm ashamed of them. Why did I ever loose my time with this? What I say silly, silly, silly... I insist that you delete everything I wrote. It's all worth NOTHING! I don't think Nat and Mir will object, they felt uneasy enough with all this ridiculous nonsens. I wish to offer them my apologies and thank them for the lessons, and I promise that from now on I will try to listen instead of rambling like a fool. Again, I'm so sorry.... I mean this folks, I just hope you'll forgive me. Bye for now.

Thanks Mir. Well, it's just... things are not going well here. My wife has a "dip" (MS is horror),  I'm not feeling well myself, there are troubles on the job, and there's a general feeling of "wat does it all matter?". Ok, does not matter indeed. Do what you like, as long as you don't harm other people . I'll be back...

Thanks a lot for your concern, Triss. I'm glad that at least one Babylonian thought about our difficult situation. As to deleting what I wrote or not, I sincerely couldn't care less. But maybe Nat or Mir will, and I'm very sorry I deleted their sensible replies in the last thread. You better ask them but I have the vague feeling that for them it will not matter a lot either. This being said, you can as well leave everything as it is, and not even take the trouble of erasing. You make the choice; use a coin to help you  decide  ;-) . Byeeee

Heee mossiou Trisse, toi y'en a vouloir des sous?? Aah, the Great Depression song:

Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;

Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?

Of course Triss' towers were virtual zigguraths, but the Apocalypse has struck Babylon and maybe Catchabula's Revelations had something to do with it? I just want to be careful with God from now on, because you never know if Babylon will not be treated like Sodom and Gomorrah. If no money available pray to the Mammon, and sacrifice five oxen. I'll be buck, I mean back.

Well, I have a constructive proposition. Why not delete THIS tread and let the rest as it is, as an invitation for hmm other adventurers? The thread that we're in now is neither informative nor explorative, and my personal state of mind is not of the slightest importance for the world, so why not delete THIS thread and perhaps start another with a broader relevance? Hey, I may even start it, and let criticism roll...  . As to the oxen, it's obvious you buy them on credit and you pay them back as soon as the Mammon has compensated you. This is clearly an act of faith, without which sacrifice would be pointless, no? As I said before: give it a try. But don't forget it's Mammom's Divine right to refuse you His favours. If it doesn't work with oxen try with virgins...

Mir, in certain circumstances it is just difficult to think of others. My wife can hardly walk after spending six months in bed because of Multiple Sclerosis (we went to the neurologist this very afternoon). And I can hardly help her because I'm almost paralysed myself by some form of Parkinson's Disease. Sometimes this is a bit irritating to say the least, and it causes mood changes that may be difficult to understand for many people, especially for the outsiders, the "healthy ones". But I suppose you have enough problems yourself to understand what I mean, and whatever be the state of your health I wish that unlike us you will have a relatively happy old age. As to the threads, apart from some kind of distraction and a physical exercise (a game called "hit the right button"), they were a sincere try to explore important issues and keep my (small) mind in use. I thank both you and Nat to give a well-willing reply that stimulated me to answer, thus enabling me to distract myself a bit from daily reality. And I did regret erasing your replies, because indeed both yours and Nat's were "better" than mine, demonstrating a sharper intellect and a more profound insight, especially on such important matters (if you consider them as NOT important: anything you like...). As to the other Babylonians, I think they are all nice and friendly people, morally conscious and believing in high ideals. I completely associate with that and my belief in Love will never be shaken, thanks to a person who may be the only "great mind" around: the priestess. You can do what you like Mir, but if I prefer to "loose my time" and add another thread, I think that's my right no, as it is your right not to answer. Or I may not do it and sneak out of Babylon all together, that's also my divine birthright. After all one does not need a virtual Babylonia and a forum, to think about what Babylonia represents, and about the fascinating riddle of Ishtar. But I think I will hang around, we'll see what the future brings...

Why is everybody so bloody serious these days? Okay okay, I started. But somehow I feel I have to laugh now. Somebody knows a joke?

ooh, jokes.... jokes good!

I'm getting a wee little bit tired about all the delete-this-thread stuff... I don't think anything has been posted that's genuinely offensive or malevolent, not enough to warrant deletion anyway.... In case you really think what is written somewhere will hurt you later on because someone might read it, I think the solution wasn ot to put it on the internet at all... i'm against censorship, so I will not start deleting stuff unless someone really goes out of bounds, or if you really really think you made a bigm istake by saying something, but again, in such cases a little self-censorship before the posting should come first...and I don't think there's much, if any, content here that is of the kind that warrants deletion.... Everyone realizes someone may go through some more difficult times, and/or express opinions in another way then he/she normally would, but that doesn't mean these thoughts can't have value and/or should be deleted immediately afterwards.... A little i-has-posted-that-and-it-can-stay self-confidence please  

If someone has enough material to reconstruct the thread that has been inadvertently deleted, feel free to re-create it, just make the startpost so that you can see who said what etc....or send it to me, and I'll do it. 

I, Catcha-Caballah, was on the chemical junkyard on the day of the Lord, when behind me there was a great voice as of a trumpet! And It said: you dunno A, you dunno B, you're not even beginning, you're in a dead end, and besides you're trespassing, So write this down and send it to the community in Babylonia, for the wisdom of the world and as an undeniable proof of your own stupidity and ignorance. I stepped aside and let the truck pass, but I could not prevent myself to see the angel who was behind the wheel. His teeth were yellow as the sky while he was singing this hymn: