Sorry!

Today is Yom Kippur, and although I'm far from being religious I do fast
on this one occasion, though no prayers or anything like that.

So, this is the proper time to say I'm sorry to anyone I might have offended.

I'm also sorry I spend less time here than in previous years - I hope
it would get better but I can't promise. Work has its demands and
being married also has its effects.

As always, if someone need help and get no reply in his/her thread,
my inbox is always open and I'll at least have a look.


Happy programming everyone, now I'll start my 25 hours fast.

25 hour fast

i can keep 25 min fast maximum

well, for Potato it's understandable...

yeah, the fast went fine, headache appeared only during the last hour
but went away soon after I drank and ate something.

I'll agree with micky..
25 hours?
And you're far from being religious?
I say the same for myself and I haven't been to church for about... hmm... 10 years? Maybe more, I can't remember(weddings and baptisms are excluded but only for social reasons)

well, think of that as a challenge - don't you like putting challenges to yourself sometimes?

lol

Some caste of people here do fasting for around 2 or 3 WEEKS ....... that too without water

Its amazing how they and their body cope without food and water for so long........... mind over body, huh

yeah, that's really insane - IMO it's "human hibernate". only Buddhists are
doing it, right? anyone you know?

I am not talking about buddhists.

I dont know them, but i read about them in Newspaper recently.
Our armed forces wanted to know from them how they do this

I'm pretty sure that while mediating (thus no food or drink) they can't fight
anything, so it's pretty useless for the army.

It might help when you are stuck in jungle or an island

I do 16-17 Hours a day for 30days in Ramzan 25 Hours is really something

yeah, I know of the Ramadan... IMO it's harder than "our" fast.
I prefer to have "one time blow".

lolz
But we get used to it after 2-3days

As big a loony as you all think I am, I'm actually a devout Christian who follows God's Holy Days, otherwise known to the world as "Jewish Holidays". We observe the Day of Atonement and I fasted that day as well. Even though I love to eat I seem to be able to handle 24 hours with no problem. Don't forget, both Christ AND Moses fasted for 40 days! And Moses did it twice!

Today is the "Last Great Day" of the Feast of Tabernacles. Unfortunately financial circumstances prevented my family and me from going away so I'm at home, which is why I'm here typing this right now!

Anyway, as some Indian guy once said in a message board to his Jewish friend about 10 years ago (and I still remember, for some reason) "Shalom, ya wad!"