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    From Ed P@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 13 09:05:37 2025
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt. I figured it would be a
    great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only! Seems
    like discrimination to me. I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and at
    a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 13 11:05:35 2025
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!  Seems
    like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and at
    a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th. I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th. Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;)

    Jill

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun Apr 13 12:13:16 2025
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would be
    a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!  Seems
    like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and
    at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;)

    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day after
    Labor Day.

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun Apr 13 12:17:25 2025
    On 2025-04-13 11:05 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would be
    a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!  Seems
    like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and
    at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;)


    Special events like this are often held early in order to get more
    volunteers to help out with the event. A lot of people have plans for
    Easter dinner that preclude getting out to help run events.

    I came across an early Easter Egg hunt last year and it was a traffic
    disaster. I came across it by accident. I was on my way somewhere and
    was following my usual route and when I turned on to the road from out
    town to the city I could see the traffic stopped and cars parked at the
    side of the road, and nothing coming the other way. I quickly spun
    around and took the road parallel to it. It was almost as bad but cars
    were parked only along one side of the road there. It turned out to be
    the Easter Egg hunt at the speedway track. Their parking lot is usually
    big enough to handle the race crowd but for this event they were parked
    along both intersecting roads for more than a mile and along the
    parallel roads.

    Thank goodness I know the date for this year's hunt. I will stay a long
    way away from the traffic chaos. Imagine taking a bunch of toddlers to something like that and having to walk a mile each way to get to it. I
    would be taking up egg dying and doing it at home.

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 13 12:27:59 2025
    On 2025-04-13 12:13 p.m., Ed P wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;) >>
    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day after Labor Day.

    People around here have raised hell over that. Shoppers made it pretty
    clear that they did not want stores to have Christmas displays and
    Christmas music until after Remembrance Day (Nov.11).

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sun Apr 13 18:40:24 2025
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would
    be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!  Seems
    like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and
    at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;) >>
    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    Jill

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Dave Smith on Sun Apr 13 20:02:55 2025
    On 4/13/2025 7:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2025-04-13 6:40 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day
    after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)



    It's an old German thing so it involves rabbits judging children and
    whether or not they have been good.  Apparently it came to the US with
    the Germans who settled in PA. Since no on in the US likes chocolate it
    was quickly adopted across the nation.


    No one in the US likes chocolate?!

    Jill

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun Apr 13 19:17:36 2025
    On 2025-04-13 6:40 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day
    after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)



    It's an old German thing so it involves rabbits judging children and
    whether or not they have been good. Apparently it came to the US with
    the Germans who settled in PA. Since no on in the US likes chocolate it
    was quickly adopted across the nation.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to j_mcquown@comcast.net on Mon Apr 14 10:06:10 2025
    On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:02:55 -0400, Jill McQuown
    <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

    On 4/13/2025 7:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2025-04-13 6:40 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day
    after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    It's an old German thing so it involves rabbits judging children and
    whether or not they have been good.  Apparently it came to the US with
    the Germans who settled in PA. Since no on in the US likes chocolate it
    was quickly adopted across the nation.

    No one in the US likes chocolate?!

    He's got the typing skills of cshenkie.

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.postimg.cc/5NvHwfF0/trumpputin.jpg>

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  • From Dave Smith@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun Apr 13 20:54:01 2025
    On 2025-04-13 8:02 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 7:17 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
    On 2025-04-13 6:40 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day
    after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)



    It's an old German thing so it involves rabbits judging children and
    whether or not they have been good.  Apparently it came to the US with
    the Germans who settled in PA. Since no on in the US likes chocolate
    it was quickly adopted across the nation.


    No one in the US likes chocolate?!


    Is there a sarcasm emoji I should have used?

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sun Apr 13 20:58:51 2025
    On 4/13/2025 6:40 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would
    be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!
    Seems like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm
    handicapped and at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick
    them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg
    score? ;)

    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day
    after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    Jill

    Even the theory below is sort of sketchy. I don't see the connection of
    Christ on the cross and banging bunnies.

    From Google:
    The exact origins of the Easter bunny are clouded in mystery. One theory
    is that the symbol of the rabbit stems from pagan tradition,
    specifically the festival of Eostre—a goddess of fertility whose animal symbol was a bunny. Rabbits, known for their energetic breeding, have traditionally symbolized fertility

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Janet on Mon Apr 14 18:50:10 2025
    On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:47:08 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> wrote:

    In article <vthegp$3ld3l$2@dont-email.me>,
    j_mcquown@comcast.net says...

    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day after >> > Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    You've probably swallowed the myth that Easter is about
    Christianity.

    It's another of the ancient pagan festivals
    appropriated by Christianity For thousands of years
    before, far older religions celebrated the spring equinox
    as the season of fertility, rebirth, reproduction and
    renewal. When birds begin to lay eggs, hares dance, and
    rabbits represent extreme reproductive fertility.

    The origin of Easter, is the springtime worship of
    Oestre, the pagan goddess of fertility/rebirth whose
    symbol was a hare or rabbit.

    I guess she invented oestrogen.

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.postimg.cc/5NvHwfF0/trumpputin.jpg>

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  • From Janet@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 14 09:47:08 2025
    In article <vthegp$3ld3l$2@dont-email.me>,
    j_mcquown@comcast.net says...

    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would
    be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!  Seems
    like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and
    at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;) >>
    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    You've probably swallowed the myth that Easter is about
    Christianity.

    It's another of the ancient pagan festivals
    appropriated by Christianity For thousands of years
    before, far older religions celebrated the spring equinox
    as the season of fertility, rebirth, reproduction and
    renewal. When birds begin to lay eggs, hares dance, and
    rabbits represent extreme reproductive fertility.

    The origin of Easter, is the springtime worship of
    Oestre, the pagan goddess of fertility/rebirth whose
    symbol was a hare or rabbit.



    Janet UK

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  • From Janet@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 14 10:13:07 2025
    In article <vthmkb$2j8o$1@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n
    says...

    On 4/13/2025 6:40 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would
    be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!
    Seems like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm
    handicapped and at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick
    them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting
    for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg
    score? ;)

    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day
    after Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    Jill

    Even the theory below is sort of sketchy. I don't see the connection of Christ on the cross and banging bunnies.

    The job of Christianity was to persuade people that
    Jesus had miraculous powers, including, being born of a
    virgin, being definitely dead then coming back to life in
    Spring.

    There are many ancient beliefs about hares having
    mysterious powers, including sexless virgin reproduction,
    shapeshifting, etc.

    If Jesus had been crucified in America and come back to
    life on the third day, Christians would probably celebrate
    Easter with possums.

    Janet UK

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  • From Graham@21:1/5 to Janet on Mon Apr 14 07:43:29 2025
    On 2025-04-14 3:13 a.m., Janet wrote:


    The job of Christianity was to persuade people that
    Jesus had miraculous powers, including, being born of a
    virgin, being definitely dead then coming back to life in
    Spring.

    All pre-existing Mithraic superstitions too.

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  • From flood of sins@21:1/5 to Ed P on Mon Apr 14 15:25:57 2025
    On 2025-04-13, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt. I figured it would be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only! Seems
    like discrimination to me. I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and at
    a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    lol!

    if there's any consolation in this, egg prices are coming down.
    yesterday at Tops Friendly Most Expensive Market in town i paid
    $8.19 for an 18 pack of large white eggs. i would have went
    elsewhere with better prices but i was 100% sure Tops had a hunk
    of BelGioioso parmsean cheese and going to more than one store
    to save a few bucks wasn't on my agenda.

    perhaps next year you can find some kids to hide eggs you can
    hunt. it'll probably be affordable enough to pay them with eggs
    by then.

    too optimistic?

    --
    SDF Public Access UNIX System - https://sdf.org

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to Janet on Mon Apr 14 18:43:34 2025
    On 4/14/2025 4:47 AM, Janet wrote:
    In article <vthegp$3ld3l$2@dont-email.me>,
    j_mcquown@comcast.net says...

    On 4/13/2025 12:13 PM, Ed P wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 11:05 AM, Jill McQuown wrote:
    On 4/13/2025 9:05 AM, Ed P wrote:
    Yesterday our community had an Easter Egg Hunt.  I figured it would >>>>> be a great way to score breakfast for the next week or two.

    Turns out, they have some silly rule that is is for kids only!  Seems >>>>> like discrimination to me.  I tried to tell them I'm handicapped and >>>>> at a disadvantage as you have to bend over to pick them up.

    Next year I'm taking my lawyer with me to resolve this inequity.

    Easter isn't until the 20th.  I'd be questioning why the were hunting >>>> for rabbit eggs on the 12th.  Cheaters looking for an early egg score? ;) >>>>
    Jill

    The same mentality that puts Christmas decorations on sale the day after >>> Labor Day.

    I'm still wondering what rabbits have to do with Easter... ;)

    You've probably swallowed the myth that Easter is about
    Christianity.

    I haven't bought into any of the Christian myths.

    It's another of the ancient pagan festivals
    appropriated by Christianity For thousands of years
    before, far older religions celebrated the spring equinox
    as the season of fertility, rebirth, reproduction and
    renewal. When birds begin to lay eggs, hares dance, and
    rabbits represent extreme reproductive fertility.

    The origin of Easter, is the springtime worship of
    Oestre, the pagan goddess of fertility/rebirth whose
    symbol was a hare or rabbit.



    Janet UK

    That makes sense. Nice explanation. :)

    Jill

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