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  What would YOU do?

  by Adam in

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  the california super lotto plus is up to $131 million.

  our office has 35 people buying a single ticket together.

  since the organizer picked the "cash now" option instead of the "over 20-years" one, there will be a stiff penalty.

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  Adam

  The California Super Lotto Plus is up to $131 million. Our office has 35 people buying a single ticket together. Since the organizer picked the "cash now" option instead of the "over 20-years" one, there will be a stiff penalty. With that penalty, divided up among 35 people, and after taxes, each of us would get somewhere in the ball park of 1 million in pocket.

  Would you take the "partial cash now" or the "all of it over 20- years" option?

  What would you do with $1 million?

  What would you do with $131 million?
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  No Speaka Da English? No Live In England!

  by Englishman in

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  should the uk toughen up on it's immigration policies?

  should immigrants be able to speak english?

  this is clipped from today's guardian:.

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  Perhaps I should have wated for a little while after I read the day worker article before I posted so that my wording would have been more civil and I could have gotten responses like this. I think it's obvious that I'm all for the proposal in Britan.
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  "Some people claim that the government is trying to foist British culture onto immigrants, potentially at the expense of their own cultures. "
  If they want their own cultures so bad, then stay where that culture extist. If they want the benifits of living in Britan, then they should accept the whole package.
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  Okay Fess Up: What's Your Handle Mean?

  by Mindchild in

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  okay fess up: whats your handle mean?.

  my handle: mindchild comes from computer scientist and futurist dr. hans moravec: who wrote the book, the future of robot and human intelligence which is a book about when we will be able to construct machines capable of human intelligence and raises the possibility of uploading ourselves (every thought we ever had) into an android body much superior to the human ones we have now.

  i entertain the hope that not only will i live long enough to see this happen, i will transfer myself (the complete essence of what is me) into a body of my own choosing and become immortal if i so choose.

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  I was directed to this site from someone I met on another exjw site. On that site I saw a bunch of people using aliases. I thought, "Why the hell would I want to do that? I'm not going to pretend to be someone I'm not on the boards and in the chat room, I want people to know who I am for real and right away. So why defeat that purpose by putting anything but my real name?" So here is Adam as Adam.
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  It's the little things.....

  by Adam in

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  you know, i've been out of the borg since '94 and still, once in a while, it pops into my head that something i am doing or are planning on doing is something that i would have been denied me if i had decided to stay in.

  this time it's seeing the lord of the rings movie.

  i love those books so much and can't wait to see the film over and over.

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  You know, I've been out of the Borg since '94 and still, once in a while, it pops into my head that something I am doing or are planning on doing is something that I would have been denied me if I had decided to stay in. This time it's seeing the Lord of the Rings movie. I love those books so much and can't wait to see the film over and over. I can imagine myself still a JW, secretly sad that I wouldn't be able to go see it, but having to hide it, and also feeling guilty for wanting to do something that is "wrong." Oh how wonderful and joyous to say "Fuck the govenring body, I'm goin' to the movies!"
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  Do you celebrate X-mas but aren't Christian?

  by betweenworlds in

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  just curious.

  are there any out there who are not christians, ie.

  born again pagans .

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  Adam

  Between, I am an agnostic leaning tward athiesm. I celebrate Christmas. The JWs don't because of things that happened centuries ago, because of meanings that haven't been aplicable to anyone for hundreds of years. My advise would be to celebrate Christmas and do it for what it means NOW. Now Christmas means family and food and time off work (and porn for Cygnus). Don't get hung up on religion or any of that crap. Christmas doesn't mean religion, church means religion. Christmas means smiles on faces of people you love (and lesbian co-eds for Cygnus).
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  Biggest Can-O-Worms in a LONG Time

  by Adam in

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  so what does everyone think about this whole human cloning thing our intreped scientists recently accomplished?

  i haven't read up enough and discussed enough to formulate a rock solid opinion on all the ins and outs of the whole issue, and i like to have rock solid opinions on just about everything (but i don't push my views on anyone or consider opposing views "wrong," that's something else i have a strong opinion about).

  i have been away for a few days so if this has been covered, please accept my appologies for the repetition and direct me to the appropriate subject heading.

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  So what does everyone think about this whole human cloning thing our intreped scientists recently accomplished? I haven't read up enough and discussed enough to formulate a rock solid opinion on all the ins and outs of the whole issue, and I like to have rock solid opinions on just about everything (but I don't push my views on anyone or consider opposing views "wrong," that's something else I have a strong opinion about). I have been away for a few days so if this has been covered, please accept my appologies for the repetition and direct me to the appropriate subject heading. If not, please let me know what you think and why.
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  It's a Holy Day! .....or something

  by Adam in

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  tomorrow is the first day of ramidan.

  (or is it lent?

  ) so be a good muslim.

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  Tomorrow is the first day of Ramidan. (Or is it lent?) So be a good muslim. (or is it rastafarian?) And put on your burkas. (Or is it habbats?) Read from your personal copy of the koran. (Or is it the book of mormon?) And follow the teachings of islam. (Or is it shinto?) Face mecca. (Or is it jeruselem?) And praise allah. (Or is it Osiris?)

  Or you can just forget all that religion nonsense alltogether and just be a good person.
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  Let's have some honest answers

  by chappy in

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  ok all you ex's, be honest.

  do you ever have that little voice pop in your head and say "what if - just what if they're right?".

  it happens to me on occasion and i've been totally out for years.

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  Adam

  I left because I realized that I couldn't know for sure that the JWs were right. I never said that I knew they were wrong though. At first I guess I felt a little concerned. But as time has gone on and I have become more and more comfortable with the fact that I don't know who, if anyone, is right I am no longer concerned in the least. As far as I know Zeus is gonna kick all of our asses because the Greeks had it right and everyone has forgotten about Him. I worry about the JWs getting it right just as much as I do about Zeus.
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  A question about those who are disassociated

  by OUTLAW in

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  when i disassociated myself i just walked out and didn`t come back.i gave the elders no explanation,i just told them not to bother me again,that was in 1974.when i read the posts on this forum,it seems as though some feel the need to give a formal explanation.why is this ?are the jws demanding an explanation if you leave?if so why would you go along with this invasion of privacy?i would appreciate it,if someone could bring me up to date on this...thanks...outlaw

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  Outlaw, I too left without any notice or formal disassociation letter. But when the elders wanted to talk to me about it, I agreed. I did not change my mind or agree with them that I was doing something wrong, but I still had that feeling in their presence that they were my superiors and still had some hold over me. Mentaly I knew that they were no better or worse than the average Joe on the street, but after 6 years with these people as my rule-makers and authority figures, it's hard to shake the feeling. Like when you get fired or laid off from a job. As soon as you no longer work there, your managers are nothing but ordinary people in regards to their relationship to you. But you still have the feeling of respect or fear or resposibility to them for a while.
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  If evolution is true ?

  by D wiltshire in

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  if evolution is true and god doesnt exist, and all matter always existed, and life keeps adapting and getting more and more advanced, conquering all problems set before its existence.. then life should have already filled the entire universe and advanced to the point of never dying.. am i being presumptuous?.

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  if someone lived a trillion x longer than you, and had a billion x more reasoning ability would he come to the same conclusions as you?.

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  Fred,
  I don't exactly know what farting has to do with the discussion. Perhaps if you had a better handle on the English language and were a little (no, make that a lot) more articulate I would be able to understand what you are trying to say. Also, I did not say that I believe in evolution. (I think that's what you were trying to refer to in your "crap" comment) I was simply throwing an idea out there and pointing out that it is truly the mark of a brainless twit to discount theories and ideas because of emotion instead of weighing the arguments for and against them.