get a life -- 10 facts (page 14)

Andee

What a fun thread!

10 facts about me:

1. Married 14 years and I still LIKE the guy!

2. Two children, girl 10 and boy 5. My children, my greatest joy, my
greatest aggraviation.

3. I have a sarcastic and snide sense of humor that most people just
don't get.

4. I don't give a damn about, other than what is necessary, that
being NEEDS not WANTS, about status and money.

5. The defining moment of my life was when my daughter was diagnosed
cancer. (See number 4)

6. My spouse has no idea how much money we have in the bank. He
just hands it over to me.

7. My nickname is the "vacuum killer". I have to get a new one
every year.

8. I love strawberry margaritas!

9. Most people think my Mom is my sister. She was only 17 when I
was born. Married when she was 14 in the 50's in true JW fashion.

10. I read two newpapers everyday. Woe is the individual that touches
them before I am done reading them.

Andee

"head in the clouds with feet firmly planted on the ground"

1) I'm 37 and counting. Considering I was born in Detroit, MI. in the mid sixties you might consider it an accomplishment... ;-) While I was born there I grew up in Fenton and Howell, MI. so that might explain my survival. I'm also the oldest of 4 boys. Though anyone who knew my family growing up would know that we were a foster family that cared for at least 4 mentally retarded kids at any given time over a 13 year period.

2) I now live in Utah with my 2nd wife... I guess this proves I like to live on the edge. I mean really, now I live around another one of Americas larger and equally nutty religious communities.

3) In between growing up in Michigan and moving to Utah I had a brief 17 year stint of living in Brooklyn, NY. While in NY I served my time as a faithful true believer at the Big House for a couple of years. Spent a few more years there married to my first wife (no kids).

4) I have been declared an "Official Nuisance" by the state of New York. This is a long story that revolves around the neccessity of balancing ones check book and making sure that your checks clear.

5) I have worked as a commercial and a wedding photographer while in NYC as well...

6) I am an avid reader - enjoying Sci-Fi, hard science, mystery and historical novels as well as history itself.

7) Like someone else on this board I have over 1300 CD's in a very ecclectic collection.

8) My current love and wife was met on the "Old H2O" and is known here as Circe.

9) I enjoy the fine art of xymurgy and love a good single malt Scotch. I currently have a lovely 25 year old Springbank that I picked up in Scotland a few years back.

10) Finally, on a theological note... I would have to say I am an agnostic with Theistic/Deistic leanings. The wonders of the universe leave me with a sense of awe and I cannot quite shake the idea that there may be some design behind the basics of our universe. My contact with JW's is pretty much limited to family and boards like this on the web these days.

There's more but its late and I'm trying to keep it to 10 like everyone else.

felix a. (David P)

r51785

Okay, I'll join in....

1. I was raised a dub, pioneered for five years, left when I was 26.

2. I talked my parents into leaving but five years ago they went back.

3. My first job after leaving dubdom was as a door to door cable tv salesman in Ocean Beach (San Diego)

4. I entered college late because of dub rules and graduated when I was 31.

5. Mrs. r51785 and I have two children, the most recent one having been born 26 days ago.

6. I really really really love to play golf!!!

7. My friends and co-workers are often amused by my dub stories. One of my golfing buddies asked me how to get rid of dubs-at-the-door. I told him to tell the dubs he was a "mentally diseased apostate!"

8. I love the San Diego Padres (baseball team for you non-USA'ers)

9. I secretly love it when my four year old daughter discusses Christmas, Easter, birthdays, etc in front of my dub mom.

10. I love my dub mom because she does not shun me or in any way treat me the way a dub is supposed to.

Scorpion

Bendrr,

There is a book that reveals tons of the trivia that you request. The book is called, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. It was published in 1986 by Duane Magnani. I also have a few other books with several qoutes by the WT that will give you a side ache from laughing so hard.

Too bad the JWs will not look any further than what they are told.

idaho

1. I'm male, and 40 years old (though still in denial...concerning
my age, I have excepted my sex)
2. I've been (am) married for 17 yrs. (The trade-in duedate has
surpassed - of course no need for that, right deaaar?)
3. Three kid's: 16 and 14 yr.old girls, and a boy 10 yr.
4. Born and brought up on Staten Island, New York
5. Live in Norway (forcefully moved by my parents)
6. Never a dub- been a atheist, now a Christian
7. Have worked in christian org. for 18 yr.s (last day tommorrow)
8 Love golf (handicap? - don't ask)
9 love music, mostly into "neo-jazz" and "neo-classic"
10 love this place

Cowboy

Dave,
Hmmm,yes the wild women from down under do seem to be laying low...maybe the blood did rush to their heads...lol.Well maybe they'll come out of hiding and tell us 10 things about themselves(or do we really want to know?).

'Nuff Said
Cowboy

"I know there's a balance,I see it when I swing past"-John Mellencamp

taughtbyJehovah

Joel,
Highly inventive idea, dude.

1.i was a lousy husband in my one and only
marriage,sorry Angela.
2.i love all people and fervently believe
in the majority's genuine goodness.
3.i have learned to really enjoy the road
of life i am on,and just in time,too!
4.i worry most personally whether i am a
decent father,the future will tell,i guess.
5.my one earthly wish i would like to have
come true: Commercial Airline Pilot!!!
6.i love sci-fi and horror flicks,plus that
woody allen comedy show of neurosis.
7.my biggest secret:i think Jehovah might be
calling me,if not,it's insanity.either way,
i gotta deal with it in the mind,like all of
us must do in life.
8.my mother does'nt respect me,but i know you
can't force a person to treat you squarely,
so i suck it up and stay silent.she is a jw,
reinstated recently.
9.my father was an alcoholic,and i knew it was
a sickness he could not control.rip daddy, i
love you.
10.i am damn fortunate to live in the U.S.of A.
it was a blind blessing,but i cherish what i
have here and i love and honor,all soldiers
who have died for this country,especially
those who served in WWII.ThANK YOU,SO MUCH.
God will remember.

Thanks Joel, for letting me say 10 things i
really needed to say about myself. Larry.

Prisca

Dave and Cowboy - no, blood doesn't rush to my head.... only when I think of you two guys... no, not you guys together - I mean... one at a time, but not in a sexual sense..... although if you want to make a fantasy come true....lol....

ok, a little about me...

1. I'm a girl. And no, I am not in a lesbian relationship with another Aussie poster I really like men. Really really like men. Too much. I've been hurt in the past and hope I won't be hurt like that ever again. Hope springs eternal.

2. I like to travel. Been to some really groovy places. Walked in Red Square (Russia), climbed Ayers Rock (Uluru, Australia), and visited the village my Greek great-grandfather came from.

3. My mother died when I was 11. Of cancer.

4. I still believe in a Creator. But I am sorting out what I do believe and what I don't.

5. I have brown hair and brown eyes.

6. My father had brown hair and brown eyes.

7. I like guys with brown hair and brown eyes. Go figure.

8. I love to drive. And I'm great at reading maps. I have to be, as I often drive alone.

9. My favourite colour is blue.

10. I'd like to be a mother one day.

thinkers wife

Joel, This is WAYYYYYYYYY COOL!!
I will try not to bore everyone too much!
1. I was born and raised in Middletown, PA. To JW parents. Seriously.
2. I was born November 26, 1959. On Thanksgiving. My father said he had a turkey, because I weighed 9'13 oz.
3. I am the oldest. I have three younger brothers. Two are still in the org. one never got baptized.
4. I pioneered regularly for eight years and auxiliary pioneered for many more. What a waste.
5. I was in an abusive marriage for almost seventeen years. He left me, the elders blamed me.
6. Five led to me leaving the org. in June of 2000. Almost the best thing I ever did.
7. The best thing I ever did, was marry Thinker!! We met online. Met in person ten days later. I moved in on our first date. Six days later he asked me to marry him. I said yes. June of 2000 we were married! It is a joy and a treasure every day that we are together. Just gets better!!
8. I never had children because of my situation. I now have a thirteen year old step-daughter. She is great!
9. Decorating is my passion.
10. I have my own cleaning business. Just me. Since 1979.

waiting

Hello Andee

Nice to meet you - I've seen your posts before (the long blonde hair is a good memory jogger).

2. Two children, girl 10 and boy 5. My children, my greatest joy, my greatest aggraviation.

I had about the same difference in age between my girl & boy, but I didn't learn my lesson (duh) and added another boy a couple of years later. For a while, I was NOT a happy camper. But he's a sweetie.....now.

I'm sorry about your daughter's cancer. It seems to strike so unexpectedly. I wish you well, along with the rest of your family. There are several here with sick children, once in a while they speak about the medical problems. I think the speak only when necessary about it, but I'm guessing at that.

I hope it goes well for your daughter and your family.

waiting

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