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  HELP.. tips or advice for cleaning....

  by Sassy in

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  i am looking for any tips that might get me help getting my tubs and spots on my linoleum floor white.

  i have soaked the tubs in bleach water and although it helped some, there still is some staining that i can't quite scrub out, and the same on my linoleum floor.

  if anyone has any advice on things besides bleach i can try... i'd be grateful.

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  MonkeyPrincess

  I am a clean freak when it comes to my floors and tub's. I use Clorox Clean Up on everything. It works so good, it has
  that strong bleach smell, but it cleans so nicely. I also use lemon with salt to get rid of any sort of rust stains or
  mildew spots. The salt works as an abrasive and the acids in the lemon clean really well.. plus you get a nice
  lemony smell. The lemon also works well if you are cleaning your pots and pans, it will makes them look brand new.

  I hope you find something that works for you. If i were close by you i would come and help you out

  MonkeyPrincess
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  What causes most JW's to lose the ability to reason?

  by XBEHERE in

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  take a look at this wt excerpt from another thread that i copied and pasted:.

  *** g93 3/22 why so many false alarms?

  jehovah?s witnesses, in their eagerness for jesus?

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  MonkeyPrincess

  This is by far one of the worst cases of circular thinking i have ever seen.
  

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  Anyone vegetarian and why??????????

  by BLISSISIGNORANCE in

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  i'm not vegetarian.

  being italian and brought up on the mediterranian diet i tend to eat a lot of fruit, vegetables, cheese, pasta, rice and some meat.. i'm just curious to know who here is vegeterian and why?????.

  cheers, bliss

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  MonkeyPrincess

  Im not vegetarian, but i do like to take a meat break every once in a while.

  I am, on the other hand, highly allergic to dairy, so i cannot have anything
  that contains milk. No chocolate, No candy, No regular butter... ect, ect..
  So, going out to eat sometimes poses a challenge. I sometimes have to ask
  the waiter to ask the cook if there is any dairy in this or that.
  I was at a restaurant recently and i could not eat the fruit pie because it was
  made with milk.. which is strange because usually fruit pies dont have milk.
  I drink soy milk, and use it to make our dinners and desserts. But boy, do
  i ever miss eating chocolate!!!

  MonkeyPrincess
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  My irrational fears when I was a JW

  by Jez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my mind is healing.

  i know this because i am remembering things that i use to fear.

  here are some examples of irrational fears that i had:.

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  MonkeyPrincess

  These are all such terrible thoughts to have, especially when we had them as children.
  

  I use to have dreams all the time about Tribulation coming, my mom and dad would always
  tell us how it would be a test of our faith. So i would have nightmares about men in military
  uniforms coming into our home while we were sleeping and taking us away to concentration
  camp type places, we would be starved and beaten and tortured. I remember that we would
  have to choose which one of our parents were to be killed, or which one of my sisters would
  have to be killed. It was aweful, i use to wake up so scared and sad.
  I think this still affects my sleep to this day, i still cant get a good nights sleep without waking
  up several times at night looking around our room for people, or trying to listen for someone
  coming in our home. Its so sickening how this affects us for so long after the fact.

  I am so happy that i am not going to raise my son with such terrible thoughts.

  MonkeyPrincess
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  Describe your last meeting!

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  my last meeting was memorable.

  it was a saturday morning bookstudy.

  i showed up a little late per usual with my coffee.

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  DIdn't you just feel that love and encouragement? - Really though, that's awful - I think these 'men' just like exercising the only power they will ever have - and that's what it's about in a lot of cases...Do unto others etc.

  Yes, exercising their power is right!

  But if you can beleive this.. he was nicer then the PO who disfellowshipped me in the first place.
  He is the most arrogant man i have ever known.
  So feeling love and encouragment was never something that had never been shown to me.

  MonkeyPrincess
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  Describe your last meeting!

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  my last meeting was memorable.

  it was a saturday morning bookstudy.

  i showed up a little late per usual with my coffee.

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  MonkeyPrincess

  Gosh, the last meeting i went to was horrible..

  I had written a letter for reinstatement and was told to meet with the body of elders after the meeting
  on the next sunday. So, i went and sat with my dad. After the meeting, i waited till the elders were ready
  to meet with me. Finally the PO came up to me and said that the other elders that were all suppose to
  meet with me didnt show up, so they will have to reschedule. He saw the dissapointment on my face and
  proceeded to tell me "what is your problem, you didnt think we were going to get together today and say
  ok, you can be reinstated now, did you?" And i said. "well, yes i thought that maybe you would and thats
  what this meeting is for".. he said... "no, thats not how it works, you are going to just have to try harder
  for the next 3 monthes or so and write another letter". Then he walked away. I cried so hard and told
  my dad on the drive home that i will never go back again , im done trying, i will not be treated like that
  ever again. My dad felt bad for me but just tried to encourage me. I have never stepped foot in a
  kingdom hall after that.
  I guess i should thank this elder for opening my eyes to the real truth.

  MonkeyPrincess
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  Do you have a better career now that you're out?

  by wanderlustguy in

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  just dawned on me that i couldn't do my job if not for leaving.

  i'm a director of marketing for a telecom company and travel the country constantly, different city and state every three months or so.

  part of the job is "having" to take people out for drinks and dinner, etc all the time.

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  Oh definatly!!!

  I got an awesome job at a Radio Station, i was a Promotions Coordinator. I had to work alot of
  weekends and nights, and promote at clubs and bars, i couldnt beleive i got paid for that job. Anyhow, that
  was all before i became a full time mommy. Had i married in 'the truth' i would never have been able
  to be a full time mommy since we probably wouldnt have been financially stable. My husband had
  the opportunity to go to college, unlike those of us that were dicouraged from attending college.

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  Studies over....................sob............they dont want me...

  by holly in

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  2. bible

  straight away told im not ready for baptism, not with the amount and depth of questions, that ive been warned about these sites and that apostates will do anything to knock jws.

  proving its the true religion bec the bible says it will happen (shows me scriptures).

  also told it doesnt happen with any other religious group - usually people just quietly leave and make no fuss - further proof that ths is the true religion.. i asked about all the dates where predictions were made, eg 1914, 1975. was told there were some articles loosly talking the 'possibility' of something happening, but the wt never said it definitely would - how could it, these are just ordinary men, not profits.

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  MonkeyPrincess

  ((((((HOLLY))))))

  I hope you find all the answers you are looking for.

  MonkeyPrincess
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  Hello Everyone

  by BornAgain in

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  whats up, just introducing myself to the board!

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  MonkeyPrincess

  Hi bornagain, welcome!!!

  Tell us about yourself, when your ready.

  MonkeyPrincess
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  why do JW try to alienate reality

  by paradox213 in

  1. social
  2. family

  what i mean by this is how can they believe a baby shouldn't have both parents?

  i truly believe both mother and father should be united together for their baby.

  i posted a question regarding marrying outside the jw earlier... please help me understand this atrocity.

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  MonkeyPrincess

  'alienate reality' is the best two words i have seen to describe the jw mentality.

  I married an unbeliever, and when my mom learned he was not willing to convert
  she kept dropping hints and giving me information about seperation or divorce
  because he could put my spirituality in jeaopardy. She direagrded the fact that
  we are very happy and very much in love, plus how wonderful he is to me and
  our son. Very sad!!!

  MonkeyPrincess