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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1475
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 12:19 pm: |    |
J, we breezed through your town over the weekend on our way back from eating some very delicious Bucilli's Pizza, but I didn't see you in any of your regular haunts. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2085
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 12:26 pm: | |
Almada? |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 3925
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 12:30 pm: | |
No, I was in my 'office' aka back bedroom, working on a PC most of Sat and Sun. They had the Harvest fest in town over the weekend, but as that largely entails hanging out in 50° weather in a beer tent, I didn't go. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1476
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 12:44 pm: | |
Build one yourself, or refurb? Either way, sounds like fun.
Beer in a tent. What a great idea! If you get too schnockered, the cots are right there so you can sleep it off. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1477
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 12:48 pm: | |
That's what I thought, but the signs now say Almont.
Hey, I got it right. I should get a prize. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 1073
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:35 pm: | |
Laing and 7: You are correct. Fr. Ording's confessional was near the sacristy. The one next to it had the sign "VISITOR". There was a total of 18 confessional rooms....12 on the Blessed Mother side and 6 near the sacristy. I believe the confessional nearest the Blessed Mary statue (the most north/west) was the one converted to a face to face confessional.. Is that right? |
Campfire_girl
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Username: Campfire_girl
Post Number: 482
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:39 pm: | |
Yes, KR - you are correct - the one nearest the Blessed Mother statue is a face to face. It now houses the candles for the altars as well as the cleaning supplies for the altar society. Surprisingly, folks must be getting more "sin-free" as there's only one confessional now - and no waiting. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2086
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:46 pm: | |
Maybe they have a drive thru |
12468_laing
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Username: 12468_laing
Post Number: 210
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:50 pm: | |
question as to rooms in the church. what is in the old choir practice room in the basement church. remember being in there a few times. also remember those rooms seemed like a maze. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2087
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:55 pm: | |
I thought Almada was derivative of where EB kept saying he was going through and could never figure out why he never saw JC. |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 1076
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 1:59 pm: | |
Yeah Z, say your sins at window #1 and penance at window #2. If you're light on the sins (12 sins or less) you can go to the express line where both can be done in one minute or less at window #1...Don't run into the holy water font available just outside the express window. If these comments are sacrilegious, I better go to confession. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2088
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:05 pm: | |
They have drive up wedding chapels in Vegas right? I think this would work. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2089
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:08 pm: | |
There is long hallway in between the choir room and the what used to be the lower church sacristy. I used to have this thing about wanting to throw a super ball down that hallway and watch it bounce at all of the different angles. I probably would have tried it except I didn't want to break the lights. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1478
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:09 pm: | |
How about an online private chatroom confession, or confession by email? |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2090
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:25 pm: | |
CFG: Do you think you could do this the next time you're there? Throw a supper ball down that hallway and let me know if it's as cool as I thought it would be? Film it if possible
Thanks you're the best |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 3927
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:39 pm: | |
" thought Almada was derivative of where EB kept saying he was going through and could never figure out why he never saw JC"
You're right, that's what it was. I live in Almont, Armada is to the left and south. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2091
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:44 pm: | |
What do I win??? I have to stay ahead of 7 with the prizes |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1479
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 2:59 pm: | |
Uh, I got that one right, Z.
So I'm up 2 to 1 today so far. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2092
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:08 pm: | |
We need a ruling |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 1077
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:39 pm: | |
7: You're up 2 to 1 for what contest? What time period? Are you counting a two part quiz as 2 points? You know, you're not Al Gore..You didn't invent the internet.
I like the idea of on line confession...It would save a lot of energy costs....I wonder if they could replace the light bulbs that illuminated the priest's stenciled names and the "occupied" signal lights with the newer energy savings bulbs.
BTW, Does anyone remember intruding on a penitent or have an unknowing penitent intrude on you simply because the kneeler light bulb outside the confessional was burned out. It always made for good comedy while waiting in those long lines. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1480
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:47 pm: | |
KR, I get 1 prize for correctly answering quiz question #2, and another prize for correctly remembering the city name, "Almont". Z gets one prize for correctly answering quiz question #1. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 1481
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 3:50 pm: | |
KR, they did one better than that. The bulbs were removed entirely. Not only that, but in addition to the face-to-face confessional you mentioned on the west side, there is another larger face-to-face confessional on the east side where the baptismal font used to be.
I'm pretty sure I deserve a third prize for pointing that out. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2093
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:00 pm: | |
My Almada response was intended to be humorous for past oversights by our beloved EB. So, in the context in which it was intended I win this point, it was not erroneous. 2-1 my favor.
EB would tell JC he just went through her town of Armada and didn't see here and she explained that's because she lived in Almont, thus the Almada reference
(Message edited by zitro on September 30, 2008) |
12468_laing
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Username: 12468_laing
Post Number: 211
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:01 pm: | |
the fun we had in the confessional had me and a couple of others kneel, stand, kneel, stand, etc. and by the time the nun would open the door wondering what was going on, we would be kneeling again and ask her if something was wrong. small things for small minds. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2094
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:06 pm: | |
You didn't get many chances to get under the nuns skin without getting expelled so those kinds of things were huge victories |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 1079
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:07 pm: | |
I always wanted to see the light go on when I knelt on the confessional kneeler. I guess that will never happen.
Looks like another photo puzzle is in order to decide who wins. That's if other contestants don't win first, of course. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2095
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:15 pm: | |
It's kind of like the light in the refrigerator |
Eastburn
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Username: Eastburn
Post Number: 481
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:16 pm: | |
"How about an online private chatroom confession, or confession by email?"
Didn't I make that offer several months ago?
JC, I see you're 1st in line.
Fr. EB |
Kellyroad
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Username: Kellyroad
Post Number: 1080
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:17 pm: | |
Now that's cold. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 2096
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 4:24 pm: | |
Your right EB you were first to mention it. You win! |