Comments on: Unsolved Mysteries http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/ Your home for traditional conservatism. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allen Wilson http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-63795 Allen Wilson Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:37:25 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-63795 Alright, let the battle of the Wilsons - er Willsons - begin. My name originally had two 'n's, not two 'l's: Wilsonn. Scottish covenanters from Stirling. I always thought that 'Willson' was strictly English, whereas 'Wilson' could be English, Scottish, or anglicised German. However, Willson can be anglicised German 'Willsohn'. Then there is German Vilsen, Vilsohn, or Dutch Velsen. Whether these are abbreviations for 'son of Willhelm' or 'son of Willem, I'm not sure, but I think so. From some of the antics of the Adams family - specifically, the story about one of the sons digging his father up, boiling the remaining flesh off the bones, etc., so he could put the skeleton on display and charge a fee to see it (I dont remember who did it or who he did it to) - one would think there should be two 'd's in the name. Alright, let the battle of the Wilsons - er Willsons - begin. My name originally had two 'n's, not two 'l's: Wilsonn. Scottish covenanters from Stirling.

I always thought that 'Willson' was strictly English, whereas 'Wilson' could be English, Scottish, or anglicised German. However, Willson can be anglicised German 'Willsohn'. Then there is German Vilsen, Vilsohn, or Dutch Velsen. Whether these are abbreviations for 'son of Willhelm' or 'son of Willem, I'm not sure, but I think so.

From some of the antics of the Adams family - specifically, the story about one of the sons digging his father up, boiling the remaining flesh off the bones, etc., so he could put the skeleton on display and charge a fee to see it (I dont remember who did it or who he did it to) - one would think there should be two 'd's in the name.

]]> By: robert reavis http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-63660 robert reavis Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:28:52 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-63660 Thanks fellows for your concern but I was really commenting on Dr. Wilson's phrase, "There are still many things that I experience almost every day that remain for me unfathomable mysteries defying all comprehension: sleep;..." Simple things are the most difficult to understand. Sleep is like the Sun described by D.H. Lawrence : "Obvious and obscure." Shakespear describes it as simple and significant just as Freud and Clyde Wilson, see it also as simple and profound. The day before Socrates death, his visitors were amazed that he was sleeping peacefully as they arrived at dawn. The disciples were amazed at Christ sleeping during a storm, and so far as we know, St. Joseph may have slept through Christmas once he got situated in the stable. Yes, I enjoy reading Dr. Wilson and going to sleep musing over his lifetime of recollections. Thanks fellows for your concern but I was really commenting on Dr. Wilson's phrase,
"There are still many things that I experience almost every day that remain for me unfathomable mysteries defying all comprehension:

sleep;..."

Simple things are the most difficult to understand. Sleep is like the Sun described by D.H. Lawrence : "Obvious and obscure." Shakespear describes it as simple and significant just as Freud and Clyde Wilson, see it also as simple and profound. The day before Socrates death, his visitors were amazed that he was sleeping peacefully as they arrived at dawn. The disciples were amazed at Christ sleeping during a storm, and so far as we know, St. Joseph may have slept through Christmas once he got situated in the stable. Yes, I enjoy reading Dr. Wilson and going to sleep musing over his lifetime of recollections.

]]> By: Kyle Rodramdon http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-62679 Kyle Rodramdon Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:45:20 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-62679 P.S. hemingway's mom (a student of Christian Science) used to grow out his hair into rabbinical like curls and dress him dresses. his dad committed suicide. what's the moral - women Can get ahead of themselves as well - [where we goin?] chill - if possible accept - or go at least for the organic : www.primaltherapy.com blesses i.e. in defense of the normal - (normal) blesses ! in Fact TJF type blesses - no blasphemy intended. blesses ________ P.S. hemingway's mom (a student of Christian Science) used to grow out his hair into rabbinical like curls and dress him dresses. his dad committed suicide. what's the moral - women Can get ahead of themselves as well - [where we goin?]

chill - if possible

accept - or go at least for the organic : http://www.primaltherapy.com

blesses i.e. in defense of the normal - (normal) blesses !

in Fact TJF type blesses - no blasphemy intended.

blesses

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]]> By: Kyle Rodramdon http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-62668 Kyle Rodramdon Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:33:09 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-62668 sometimes priests get ahead of themselves i think is what smythe is saying... it could be spiritual ambition or pride... that's normal... (who want's to 'stay' here?) ... but chill - i.e. accept or blow your head off - like hemingway after his misguided electrical 'shock' treatments failed??? i maintain - they Actually killed him - ? teach us to care and not to care. who cares? reavis - tickle-tickle? otherwise seriously the organic is at (seriously) www.primaltherapy.com dig it. blesses sometimes priests get ahead of themselves i think is what smythe is saying... it could be spiritual ambition or pride...

that's normal... (who want's to 'stay' here?) ... but chill - i.e. accept

or blow your head off - like hemingway after his misguided electrical 'shock' treatments failed???

i maintain - they Actually killed him - ?

teach us to care and not to care.

who cares?

reavis - tickle-tickle?

otherwise seriously the organic is at (seriously) http://www.primaltherapy.com

dig it.

blesses

]]> By: Caroline Gordon http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-62651 Caroline Gordon Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:45:06 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-62651 If that ain't a yankee fer ye! If that ain't a yankee fer ye!

]]> By: Clyde Wilson http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-62635 Clyde Wilson Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:19:10 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-62635 Dear John Willson, thank you for your comments, as ever kind and gracious. All the best of this Joyous Season to you and yours. As to understanding the better part of humanity, I did say "only a little bit." I think you are correct about John Adams. I admit to native Southern bias against Governor Coolidge---will have to strudy that. I always thought that you Willsons were the aristocrats and us Wilsons were just the plain old folks. Regards, Clyde Dear John Willson, thank you for your comments, as ever kind and gracious. All the best of this Joyous Season to you and yours. As to understanding the better part of humanity, I did say "only a little bit." I think you are correct about John Adams. I admit to native Southern bias against Governor Coolidge---will have to strudy that. I always thought that you Willsons were the aristocrats and us Wilsons were just the plain old folks. Regards, Clyde

]]> By: John Willson http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-62628 John Willson Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-62628 Ah, Dr. Clyde, the hubris! To claim at once to recognize increasingly your "puzzlement and uncertainty" (age makes me at least as humble) and then an understanding, however slight, of women! I have one wife (46 years), three daughters, seven granddaughters, and one great-granddaughter, understanding none of them, adoring them all, spending my days completely at their mercy. Your hubris (or greater wisdom) on the subject may have to do with your improper spelling of your last name. It derives, of course, from "Will's son," or "son of William," neither of which could be without the extra "l." I have always suspected that Scots dropped one to avoid being identified with their English enemies, and who could blame them? I know that quite a few of my New England ancestors changed to the one "l" after the War for Independence for a similar reason. I had "people," as Mel Bradford used to say, on both sides, and came from a family utterly ignorant of a "proposition" founding, then or since. They probably kept the old spelling out of stubbornness. May I use this as a segue to your "Proposition Nation" essay in the current Chronicles? I like it very much, wanting to quibble only with your inclusion of Mr. Coolidge in your lineup of shame. His "business is business" speech was not his best, to be sure, but if you read his autobiography, and the great bulk of his speeches (all of which he wrote) you will see a man who was not a seeker after power, and a man who was grounded in village life, family, hard work and duty. He was also a deeply believing Christian of the Presbyterian variety, thus having much in common with several of your favorite leaders. I was once a great admirer of John Adams, but made the mistake of visiting his Quincy home and the Unitarian "church" he established in his will, and where he and Abigail are buried. He was, I'm afraid, a man of the Enlightenment. Coolidge, on the other hand, was our last constitutional President. Ah, Dr. Clyde, the hubris! To claim at once to recognize increasingly your "puzzlement and uncertainty" (age makes me at least as humble) and then an understanding, however slight, of women! I have one wife (46 years), three daughters, seven granddaughters, and one great-granddaughter, understanding none of them, adoring them all, spending my days completely at their mercy. Your hubris (or greater wisdom) on the subject may have to do with your improper spelling of your last name. It derives, of course, from "Will's son," or "son of William," neither of which could be without the extra "l." I have always suspected that Scots dropped one to avoid being identified with their English enemies, and who could blame them? I know that quite a few of my New England ancestors changed to the one "l" after the War for Independence for a similar reason. I had "people," as Mel Bradford used to say, on both sides, and came from a family utterly ignorant of a "proposition" founding, then or since. They probably kept the old spelling out of stubbornness. May I use this as a segue to your "Proposition Nation" essay in the current Chronicles? I like it very much, wanting to quibble only with your inclusion of Mr. Coolidge in your lineup of shame. His "business is business" speech was not his best, to be sure, but if you read his autobiography, and the great bulk of his speeches (all of which he wrote) you will see a man who was not a seeker after power, and a man who was grounded in village life, family, hard work and duty. He was also a deeply believing Christian of the Presbyterian variety, thus having much in common with several of your favorite leaders. I was once a great admirer of John Adams, but made the mistake of visiting his Quincy home and the Unitarian "church" he established in his will, and where he and Abigail are buried. He was, I'm afraid, a man of the Enlightenment. Coolidge, on the other hand, was our last constitutional President.

]]> By: John Smythe http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-61721 John Smythe Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:40:44 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-61721 hey i wuv (seriously) robert reavis & 'almost' philip zurich above... but i hear'Ya roberto... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz can you still laugh -?- if not you can't even imagine (fortunately for you) you don't merit it - what's worse. i'm getting 'sick' of this myself. i'm going to change it. _____ hey i wuv (seriously) robert reavis & 'almost' philip zurich above... but i hear'Ya roberto... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

can you still laugh -?-

if not you can't even imagine (fortunately for you) you don't merit it - what's worse. i'm getting 'sick' of this myself. i'm going to change it.
_____

]]> By: Philip Zurich http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-61630 Philip Zurich Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:26:42 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-61630 Why is there 'mystery'? That which in Fact connot be known. That which we can know (those of us with a high enough i.q.) is unknowable. WHY? Tell me why-why-why you cried - and why you lied For me? Why are people stupid, usually - regardless of intelligence? Funny thing - most people mistake what is knowable - as 'mystery' - case in point like - 'The Fed' - ooooooohhhh. wow. wowie. Though that which is unknowable they 'think'/(believe) they 'know.' Why is there humor? Wait, that should be self-explanatory, no? _________ Why is there 'mystery'? That which in Fact connot be known. That which we can know (those of us with a high enough i.q.) is unknowable.

WHY?

Tell me why-why-why you cried - and why you lied For me?

Why are people stupid, usually - regardless of intelligence?

Funny thing - most people mistake what is knowable - as 'mystery' - case in point like - 'The Fed' - ooooooohhhh. wow. wowie.

Though that which is unknowable they 'think'/(believe) they 'know.'

Why is there humor? Wait, that should be self-explanatory, no?

_________

]]> By: robert reavis http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2007/12/19/unsolved-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-60989 robert reavis Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:48:31 +0000 http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=448#comment-60989 Dr. Wilson, You are a national treasure. And like most of our national treasure, it is being offered up for sacrifice today by nuts. Please keep your posts coming, reading them is one of the few joys left in my day except of course, sleep. Dr. Wilson,
You are a national treasure. And like most of our national treasure, it is being offered up for sacrifice today by nuts. Please keep your posts coming, reading them is one of the few joys left in my day except of course, sleep.

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