Scardinoz Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Hello everyone. I came across this forum in casual web browsing and it seems to be right up my alley. I hope to enjoy my time here and, perhaps, even contribute something of value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Welcome to FOH!...you got very lucky as have us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Cheers and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habanakane21 Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Welcome to FOH. You'll find no better place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopolis Semper Fidelis Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Your avatar appears to depict Pope Saint Pius X, a great man (and he was a cigar smoker too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 welcome and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scardinoz Posted August 14, 2010 Author Share Posted August 14, 2010 Your avatar appears to depict Pope Saint Pius X, a great man (and he was a cigar smoker too!) Most great men are, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopolis Semper Fidelis Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Apparently, in the process for Papa Sarto's canonisation, the "Devil's Advocate" raised the objection that he had been a cigar smoker. That was overruled. Another hurdle placed by the DA: when visiting a parishioner on a Friday, the future Pope caught him frying sausages. He knocked him out! Anyhow, I don't think that the Holy Father smoked Cubans, but those Tuscan things. An anecdote relating to his Pontificate: a bishop, on his ad limina visit to Rome, when received by the Pope, was proffered a cigar. The prelate declined, saying, "I don't have that particular vice, Your Holiness". St. Pius promptly responded, "If it were a vice, I wouldn't have offered you one. In any case, you have far worse vices!" I wonder what those vices were? A predecessor, Pope Pius IX, though not a smoker, received excellent quality Havanas as gifts. He distributed them among the Papal zouaves. By the way, is Saint Pius X a patron of yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZCUBAN Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Welcome to the forum and enjoy OZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKA27 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 A very warm welcome Scardinoz. I attended Saint Pius X primary school many, many years ago. Enjoy the forum, look forward to hearing from you soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samb Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechenman Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Welcome to FOH. Enjoy the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scardinoz Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 The prelate declined, saying, "I don't have that particular vice, Your Holiness". St. Pius promptly responded, "If it were a vice, I wouldn't have offered you one. In any case, you have far worse vices!" I wonder what those vices were? Excessive drinking, raucous partying, and cavorting about with unscrupulous women. By the way, is Saint Pius X a patron of yours? I consider him to be a patron of anyone who considers that the truth is not relative, myself included. I appreciate the warm welcome shown by all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leopolis Semper Fidelis Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Excessive drinking, raucous partying, and cavorting about with unscrupulous women.LSF: Especially the last one! I consider him to be a patron of anyone who considers that the truth is not relative, myself included. LSF: My sentiments exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khomeinist Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Excessive drinking, raucous partying, and cavorting about with unscrupulous women.I consider him to be a patron of anyone who considers that the truth is not relative, myself included. I appreciate the warm welcome shown by all. First of all....Welcome! Secondly.... Quite the opening salvo! Which 'truth' are you referring to? Can you elaborate on your epistemological commitments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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