Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
So what's up with spelling God with a hyphen, making it "G-d" instead of God? Is that a Jewish thing?
I always thought it was an atheist thing, but searching now, it seems to be a Jewish thing indeed.
They get weirder every day imo.
Very interesting. TY. Led down some other interesting rabbit holes too where I bumped into Joys1daughter!! Once I was sailing years ago and pulled into Miami. Spent a few days exploring with my dinghy. My Captain and I went down this nasty canal he knew led to a neighborhood where a Publix food store was across the road. (We needed ice). Anyway stayed with the dinghy & I ventured into the weirdest Publix Iād ever seen. It was adjacent to an orthodox Jewish neighborhood and I was the only nordic guy for miles. It was like being on another planet and I forget now some of my interactions but they were bizarre. I spent 12 years in the Mideast and those Jews give me the heebie-jeebies like no Arab or Persian can. Ha, I meant HEEB. š
You got that right!