Well, Phil, we could have a TV party one night for sure!

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Carol - Reading, UK

To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:21 PM
Subject: Legalism


> Recently, we had a TV put in my office.  My office used to be a breezeway,
> so called, between our house and garage so you didn't have to go outside 
> to
> get to the garage.  When Everett and Donna got married, they lived in our
> basement for about a year which has a one bedroom apartment in it.  When
> their house was done in the back of our home, they moved out, of course, 
> but
> our garage had to be torn down to provide access, driveway access, to the
> backyard.  Everett's lot was separated from my lot and is technically 
> called
> a Flag Lot.  Anyway, to conform to city ordnance, the breezeway had to be
> cut back by 2.5 feet.  When we first moved into this house nearly 25 years
> ago, I made the breezeway into a pair of rooms.  The larger room is now
> about 15 by 10.5 feet and the smaller room is only about 7 feet by 10.5 or
> there about.  In the smaller room, I have all of my electronic stuff and
> that is where the TV went.  I said all of that to say this.  I was 
> watching
> something on one of the Science channels last night and as they were 
> talking
> about the origin of rogue waves, I got thirsty.  I have some diet pop out 
> in
> my office but it isn't cold.  I just reached down, pulled out a can, 
> popped
> it and began drinking it at room temperature.  As I listened to the 
> science
> program and took little sips now and then, I got to thinking about cans of
> pop.  I remember when they first came out.  As a Baptist family, we were
> even careful about buying root beer because the word beer was in the name 
> of
> the product.  My folks were even concerned about the appearance of 
> drinking
> pop from a can where you could be seen by the public because up to this
> point, only beer came in cans.  Then I started thinking about the 
> television
> in my little personal room with all my radios, recorders, and now my 
> sinful
> TV.  As a kid, my dad owned a TV because, he said, those in the church who
> didn't have a TV, when their kids came over to play at my house?  All they
> wanted to do was watch TV.  When I went to their house, the last thing I
> wanted to do was watch TV.  Now, all these years later, I am watching TV 
> and
> drinking from a can.  How bad can it get?
> s
> Phil.