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  Dead at Sixteen

  by COMF in

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  on may 30th, rachel marie, the 16 year old daughter of a coworker of mine, was killed in a car wreck.

  she would have been 17 on june 23d.

  i did not know the girl; i barely know her father, but out of respect for a coworker and enpathy for his loss i attended her funeral today.. to their credit, those who prepared for the service had done quite a fine job.

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  So sad.

  I feel only the friends or relatives of the deceased should speak at the wake or service. At my Dad's funeral, I wrote the words eulogizing my father's life and my brother read it....I knew that I would never make it through.

  Mr. Shakita and I lost a friend in our high school class. She was a vibrant and beautiful person, always smiling and one of those people who was a caring soul. Her funeral was full of music and lots of people who still seemed to be in a state of shock. She died of a heart condition, laying down on the couch one afternoon never to wake up. When a young person dies, the hurt is so painful and the void so deep, that I don't think that those that knew him/her will ever fully recover.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  BIG TEX & CRUZANHEART -- 20 YEARS TOMORROW!!!! (6/4/83 to 6/4/03)

  by cruzanheart in

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  big tex, honey, it's been a grand ride so far and i look forward to the next 20 years.

  you're my soulmate, my lover, my best friend, and never, ever boring.

  i love you!!!!

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  Congratulations on your 20th Wedding Anniversary, Big Tex and Cruzanheart!

  Mr. and Mrs. Shakita(who will celebrate their 25th next month!)
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  I feel like feeling sorry for myself

  by Aztec in

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  i want to vent and feel sorry for myself for a sec okay?.

  if you don't like these sort of threads then please ignore.... i had/have a sucky father who abused me mentally and physically and a mother who looked the other way.

  my grandfather was the p.o.

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  Aztec:

  Sounds like you have a lot of friends here. I hope that you start to feel like yourself very soon, it's the pits when we get like this, huh?

  

  I HOPE you feel better soon. And, you vent anytime you want!

  "The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention to one another's existence."-Sue Atchley Ebaugh

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Why the WTS is selling their assets

  by Amazing in

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  the recent post by randy watters is very good regarding the watchtower selling assets.

  some posters suggested that maybe they were doing this because the clean-up of asbestos is too expensive, making a sale more rational.. .

  in the usa, any building containing asbestos insulation must be dealt with by the seller of a property.

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  Interesting stuff, Amazing.

  Mary said:

  Just as it may be a local elder body that disfellowships a victim of pedophilia for going to the police, it is ultimately the Governing Body's fault because they are the ones that make the rules in the first place.

  Exactly what I was discussing this past weekend with some JW relatives. We were discussing many JW topics, but when this was brought up about the pedophilia problem in the organization, the relatives agreed that the 2 witness policy is wrong and that the elders should always point the person seeking help to the proper authorities. I also brought up the point that the elders are following direction from the governing body, they are the ultimate authority in this issue. We talked for over an hour on this and other issues, and I came away from that conversation with more hope than ever that the up and coming new generation of JW's will not bow down to the GB and do their bidding like previous JW generations. There is hope out there for those of us who still have family members who refuse to leave the organization. New light is on the horizon, I think.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Women

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  Shakita

  Wait a dog-gone minute!

  Mrs. Shakita
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  NJ Nets Vs. SA Spurs NBA Finals: Bet on It

  by clash_city_rockers in

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  so it is the new jersey nets vs. san antonio spurs in the nba finals who do you think is going to win?

  better question who would you put your money on?

  i might make a quick drive up to lake tahoe (harvey's) and drop a buck($100) on the series.. here is the latest line from the don best's nevada rotation.. timegm.

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  Its the Nets all the way in our house!

  Mrs. Shakita
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  To the Philosophers Among Us.

  by Blueblades in

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  what is the task of future philosophers?

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  Sentinel:

  How was your vacation? Glad to see you back with us.

  Very good post. Most I agree with.

  Perhaps in due time, having come to live our lives in goodness, with love and compassion, we will be granted an existence on a higher plane at some point. Only then will we begin to see the truth of the universe.

  But, the age old question is.....WHEN? How many people have to live and die before we can be awarded this great prize of "truth"? Maybe the truth is that there is no "truth", that we are born, we live our lives the best we can, and then we die becoming just a memory to those who remain to fulfill the same cycle. Would this be so bad?

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Living near nuclear power plants

  by JH in

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  do you think that nuclear power plants are safe, either from terrorism or malfunctions?.

  i live about 10 miles from the only nuclear power plant in quebec.

  every now and then they talk about either closing it down or upgrading it.. would you mind living close to a nuclear power plant?

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  I was pregnant with my first child when the "accident" happened at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in PA. I lived across the river in New Jersey, and was worrying that the wind direction would send fallout my way.

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/tmi/stories/chrono032889.htm

  My brother works at nuclear plants on and off, and says that he is never worried when working in them.

  Also, Amazing has posted here some very good information in the past on the safety of nuclear plants that was very informative. He seems to think there is nothing to worry about if I remember correctly.

  All said and done though, I would never choose to live next to one myself. The plants are run by human beings and human beings makes mistakes.....and then there are the terrorists.......just make sure you have your thyroid pills close by.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  God, where are you?

  by onacruse in

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  i haven't seen you posting here lately, and i just wondered if everything is ok?.

  i've always considered you my best friend.

  but lately i've been thinking about a lot of things, and it occurred to me: you've never said one word to me in my entire life, even though i've sent you thousands of messages; not exactly what friends do to each other.

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  If God is real, I hope somebody kicks his (or her) ass.

  Nice visual picture there, ashi.

  Mrs. Shakita
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  Do you think you will ever experience terrorism yourself?

  by freedom96 in

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  i bet the people in the twin towers never thought they would be the victims of a terrorist attack.

  sometimes the stuff that happens overseas seem so far away.

  i look around my community and find it hard to believe that anything is going to happen here.. i live in southern califonia, near san diego, and who knows?

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  Remember, Osama didn't inflict enough damage the first time he bombed the towers from the bottom, so he tried again, this time aiming at the top. Probably not everyone thought about being a victim of terrorism that day, but I am sure those that were there the first time knew that the possibility did exist that it could happen again.

  I live between New York City and Washington, DC. The flight path of one of the planes that slammed into the towers went directly over my house that day. I saw the face of shock and pain of someone I knew who lost a friend and left behind a wife and baby. A family relative watched as people jumped from the towers to their horrible death on the pavement below.

  The government tells us that there are terrorists in the US today. They have been very quiet here since September 2001. Why the silence? Why not blow themselves up on a bus full of people like in Isreal? That would surely please Osama to kill even more Americans. I have to tell you that it worries me that things have been so quiet and time has gone by without a terrorist incident in the US. But, will I personally be a victim?... maybe not an immediate victim, but physcologically we are all victims when a terrorist event happens.

  Mrs. Shakita