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Some people are just so damned lucky!!
Jan 23^rd, 2019 at 5:09pm

Some people are just so damned lucky!!

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Lamar Gillett, the only P-35 pilot in World War II to shoot down a Japanese Zero

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IT'S BETTER TO BE LUCKY THAN GOOD - - THE STORY OF 2ND LT LAMAR GILLETT

By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

"It's better to be lucky than good," says Lamar Gillett, the only P-35 pilot in World War II to shoot down a Japanese Zero.

"I was lucky I was behind the Zero instead of in front of him.

I was lucky when I landed back at Clark that the guys who were shooting at me didn't give enough lead.

I was lucky my C.O. on Bataan sent me to Corregidor to get the chewing-out he was in for and wasn't there for the shelling that killed him."

As a survivor of the Bataan Death March and three ears of Japanese captivity, two years of it spent as a slave on Shikoku, Lamar Gillett is a lucky man indeed.

http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/pdf/bios/gillett_bio.pdf

Its better to be born lucky, than smart.

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Ecclesiastes 9:11
....the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Psalms 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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Reply #1 - Jan 23^rd, 2019 at 5:47pm

Footballer Emiliano Sala, signs $27 million contract, with Cardiff.

Days later, plane ditches into English channel, Sala feared dead.

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Photo: Sala signed with Cardiff last week, leaving FC Nantes for a $27 million contract

Cardiff FC's Emiliano Sala believed dead as aircraft goes missing during English Channel flight

Updated January 23, 2019

The 28-year-old Sala, .....signed for Premier League team Cardiff on Friday for a club record fee, around $27 million.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-22/fears-for-cardiff-fcs-emiliano-sala-as-ai...

Its better to be born lucky, than smart.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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Reply #2 - Jan 24^th, 2019 at 1:19pm

Something off in the story
Sala is quoted as saying he was reluctant to take the short flight
He's then reported as texting that the Piper felt as if it was coming apart, adding maybe a search/rescue party should be sent for him
The Piper was barely over the Channel, according to media diagrams
Conflicting reports about debris turning up, also that Sala and the pilot may have taken to a life raft known to be aboard the plane
Media reports claiming the pilot told someone that he was 'rusty with the landing-gear'
Sala's ex-lover writing what appears to be an open letter in the last 24 hours, warning about the 'football mafia'
Don't know if bodies have come to the surface yet -- they say it takes 3 days

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 46595 Gender:	Re: Some people are just so damned lucky!! Reply #3 - Jan 24^th, 2019 at 9:39pm You do not leave FC Nantes when you are in their debt in the first place, like he was. He was put away.
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Auggie Gold Member Offline The Bull Moose Posts: 8571	Re: Some people are just so damned lucky!! Reply #4 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 9:01pm "Blessed are those who seeketh to place thy Lord's children in administrative detention for the crime of believing in another religion." - Yadda.
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Reply #5 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 10:03pm

Auggie wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 9:01pm:

"Blessed are those who seeketh to place thy Lord's children in administrative detention for the crime of believing in another religion." - Yadda.

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Auggie,
Moslems declare, that they want to murder those who worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
....especially Jewish people.

Is your argument that, that is OK by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ?

The God who is identified in the bible ?

2 Chronicles 19:1
And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

Matthew 12:30
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

Luke 11:23
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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Reply #6 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 11:07pm

Yadda wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 10:03pm:

Is your argument that, that is OK by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ?

The God who is identified in the bible ?

Well, your God, Yahweh, seems to be ok with slaughtering men, women and young boys, and then placing young women into sexual servitude.

In fact, He is also all right with having the rapist pay 50 shekels and then marry the woman the man raped.

What about forced abortion?

Seems it's ok when Yahweh does bad things, but when Allah does bad things, it's not??

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Reply #7 - Jan 27^th, 2019 at 11:19pm

Auggie wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 11:07pm:

Yadda wrote on Jan 27^th, 2019 at 10:03pm:

Is your argument that, that is OK by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ?

The God who is identified in the bible ?

Well, your God, Yahweh, seems to be ok with slaughtering men, women and young boys, and then placing young women into sexual servitude.

In fact, He is also all right with having the rapist pay 50 shekels and then marry the woman the man raped.

What about forced abortion?

Seems it's ok when Yahweh does bad things, but when Allah does bad things, it's not??

I like Dante's interpretation: The Beast of Inferno has x3 Faces: Each Face is reflective of Judaism, Christianity & Mohommedism. Grin

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