Story I've been waiting to hurl everybody's way...

by IsaacJS2 24 Replies latest jw experiences

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  Threestars

  Those dub pictures remind me of a song by the Talking Heads, "Nothing but Flowers" that was reorded a few years back.

  Here are some excerps from the lyrics.

  Here we stand
  Like an Adam and an Eve
  Waterfalls
  The Garden of Eden
  
  From the age of the dinosaurs
  Cars have run on gasoline
  Where, where have they gone?
  Now, it's nothing but flowers

  There was a factory
  Now there are mountains and rivers

  We caught a rattlesnake
  Now we got something for dinner

  There was a shopping mall
  Now it's all covered with flowers

  If this is paradise
  I wish I had a lawnmower

  This used to be real estate
  Now it's only fields and trees
  Where, where is the town
  Now, it's nothing but flowers

  This was a Pizza Hut
  Now it's all covered with daisies

  I miss the honky tonks,
  Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens

  I dream of cherry pies,
  Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies

  We used to microwave
  Now we just eat nuts and berries

  This was a discount store,
  Now it's turned into a cornfield

  Don't leave me stranded here
  I can't get used to this lifestyle
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  IsaacJS2

  It was a freak sort of thing. Surprisingly, we don't often get major floods in many parts of Delaware, despite it being a peninsula. This is probably the moderate weather center of the world. But it rained for about 5 days straight or more that time, and it was a heavy downpour each and every day. The drainage system couldn't handle it and the exact street where I live happens to be lower than many of the rest. I have never, ever experienced anything like it.

  We did make CNN. Sadly, the Daily Show was off that week. (Figures) Would have been cool to hear our town mentioned by Jon Stewart.

  FEMA came by and did nothing at all except poke around. But our trailer is a few inches higher than everyone else's, so our floor didn't get wet. I guess this is why we were "blessed," according to my aunt-in-law. It did ruin our floor insulation, but since the trailer is old and we have (already beat up) aluminum skirting instead of vinyl, we didn't have to replace that right away. I would really like to live somewhere else with or without the flooding at this point. Luckily, this was a mild winter so our pipes didn't freeze.

  It took nearly a week to get our power back. I found out we could have moved in sooner because the power company had repaired their end of things, but the breaker outside had been tripped and the new management here had to throw the switch. If not for that, we could have gotten home days sooner than we did. Probably the very day my AIL got all presumptuousarrogantrighteousignorantstupidassinine "Witnessy" on me.

  At least that part of it is over with, now.

  IsaacJ
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  LongHairGal

  I absolutely hate the misleading statement about how it isn't fair to blame Jehovah for how people treated you, etc., etc. In my opinion, it is the policies of the religion and not just imperfection which cause the people to act they way they do.

  First of all, it presumes that Jehovah backs them up in all they say and do. I would like to know who the person or persons are there who Jehovah in fact communicates with and how he communicates with them. I have never gotten an answer to this question.

  LHG
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  Crumpet

  She gets up and shows me the flyer for the convention they came from recently. It's another one of those annoying pictures they so love, the one with a bunch of multi-cultural people wandering aimlessly through a forest and smiling for no reason? (What the heck are they doing out there, any way? Are people just gonna screw off in the New System and collect lightning bugs, or what?) She points to an open spot in the picture and says, with tears in her eyes: "Would you like to be here?"

  That's her opening salvo.

  I respond: "No. I suburn easily and I'm allergic to bug bites." Yes, that's what I really said.

  I can't believe i missed this thread before! PMSL!
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  Finally-Free

  She gets up and shows me the flyer for the convention they came from recently. It's another one of those annoying pictures they so love, the one with a bunch of multi-cultural people wandering aimlessly through a forest and smiling for no reason? (What the heck are they doing out there, any way? Are people just gonna screw off in the New System and collect lightning bugs, or what?) She points to an open spot in the picture and says, with tears in her eyes: "Would you like to be here?"

  If I want to be among multicultural people I can take the subway during the Friday afternoon rush hour. They're not wandering aimlessly and smiling for no reason. They're going home, and smiling because the weekend has begun!

  W