Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for posting this!! :)
somebodylovesme
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The UN Posts Their Letter!
by jgnat indid our letter-writing campaign work?
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/watchtower.pdf.
here are some lovely instructions drafted by syn, and hosted by valis, on how to navigate to the site yourself.. http://www.sassquatch.com/syn/un_ngo_letter/.
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The relationship between religion, education, and political party - help!
by somebodylovesme ini am drawing from the collected wisdom of this board, which has never let me down before!
i'm doing some research for a school project and was wondering if anyone had any sources (academic, news, articles, anything "legit") discussing the relationship between a person's religion, education, and political party -- or any combination of those.
i do have the list ranking each religion's percentage of college-educated members, but i'm having a hard time finding anything linking these to political party.
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somebodylovesme
I am drawing from the collected wisdom of this board, which has never let me down before! :)
I'm doing some research for a school project and was wondering if anyone had any sources (academic, news, articles, anything "legit") discussing the relationship between a person's religion, education, and political party -- or any combination of those. I do have the list ranking each religion's percentage of college-educated members, but I'm having a hard time finding anything linking these to political party. This will be more of a "systems" approach, not a linear "this causes that" type of project, so any ideas or links would be much appreciated.
Thanks. ;)
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Why do people get mad at the person who answers when they dial a wrong # ?
by somebodylovesme injust venting for a minute.
most commonly, they say, "well, if you're not the newspaper, then what's the newspaper's number?
" 'cause i can't remember which digit is different.
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LOL those stories are great!!
Somedays I'd like to get call-block... although the telemarketer black-list has stopped all of our calls, which is nice. My sister has privacy manager, but my mom can NEVER EVER EVER remember the code (it's the kind where you HAVE to enter the code) ... it's pathetic, especially since the code the easiest thing possible to remember.
I don't think I would have the guts to actually take someone's order or reservation -- but it sure would be fun!
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Why do people get mad at the person who answers when they dial a wrong # ?
by somebodylovesme injust venting for a minute.
most commonly, they say, "well, if you're not the newspaper, then what's the newspaper's number?
" 'cause i can't remember which digit is different.
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Oh, I know, I hate that too! Funny side note, though... sometimes when I call my mom and just say "Hello!", she says, "Who is this?" and I say... "Your daughter", and she says, "Which one?" and she means it. It's just funny because I only have one sister, and she's twenty years older than me and sounds completely different. My poor mom is getting senile, methinks!
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Why do people get mad at the person who answers when they dial a wrong # ?
by somebodylovesme injust venting for a minute.
most commonly, they say, "well, if you're not the newspaper, then what's the newspaper's number?
" 'cause i can't remember which digit is different.
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somebodylovesme
Just venting for a minute.
We get a LOT of wrong numbers here -- several a week, sometimes several a day, because our phone number is one digit different than the number for the advertising department of the county newspaper. I'm quite used to it. What I can't get over is how people get annoyed with ME when I tell them they have the wrong number. Most commonly, they say, "well, if you're not the newspaper, then what's the newspaper's number?" and I said, "I don't know. Look it up." 'cause I can't remember which digit is different. I just had a call where the guy, finding out there was no one here named "Sara", gave me an exasperated sigh and asked what my phone number was. Then he says, "Well, that's the number I have for her." ... um... okay, well, there's no one here by that name. And he says, again, "Well, that's the number I have for her" as if I have kidnapped the elusive Sara and am withholding her calls.
I also had a lady who called the day after we moved in and was responding to a classified ad that the former resident must have placed. The lady wanted to buy our sofa. I explained we had just moved in and that that must have been from the previous resident, but that I had no forwarding information (apartment complex, you know). She got all pissy about how she wanted the couch (come on, lady!) and how I must know SOMETHING about where the couch is. No, ma'am, I don't. Fine, she hung up. Then she CALLED BACK the next day and did the same thing all over again. I'm like... nope, still no couch. She finally said, "Well, if you don't want to sell me the couch, you could just say so!" and hung up. whaaacko.
Anyway... I really do have a life, but I am about ready to cut the phone line some days!
SLM
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What was your very first job ?
by xjw_b12 in.
do you remember it ?.
did you you learn anything from it?.
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"when minimum wage was $5.40..." .. isn't it only, like, $5.15 now? If not, I'm getting screwed.
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Are meeting styles different in particular regions?
by somebodylovesme inthe meetings i have been to (in the rural midwest) have been the quietest, tamest, and most boring religious events i have ever been to.
they make the lutheran church i used to go to (in which no one was under 60 except my family!
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That's so interesting... I wonder why enthusiasm and fakeness are correlated? Strange.
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What was your very first job ?
by xjw_b12 in.
do you remember it ?.
did you you learn anything from it?.
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somebodylovesme
I worked at a local pizza place when I was about 14. I was paid less than minimum wage under-the-table, operated the ovens when I was legally too young, worked more hours than I legally was allowed, and was generally treated like crap. Why did I take and stay at that job for two years? My family knew the owner and the business was failing (gee, I wonder why?) and they needed help. I got lots of free pizza, though. Sometimes that was ALL the pay I got. I doubled as a baby-sitter for the owner's five obnoxious children.
It was a bad situation. The owner and all the kids wound up homeless and lived in the pizza place for awhile... then in their car when the restaurant was shut down. If the health department didn't close the doors, then it was the IRS -- they were both there a lot near the end. I then moved on to a job that actually paid taxes (lol) - and liked it even less. Go figure.
SLM
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Are meeting styles different in particular regions?
by somebodylovesme inthe meetings i have been to (in the rural midwest) have been the quietest, tamest, and most boring religious events i have ever been to.
they make the lutheran church i used to go to (in which no one was under 60 except my family!
) look exciting.
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Shotgun -
That sounds like a great idea! lol... ohh I can imagine. Yeah, the three halls I've been to were all soooo dry and quiet. Barely anyone sang above a whisper. I think I was singing the loudest, and I didn't even know the songs! I would love to just, Amen! at the end of a song... that would be funny. Or start weeping and saying "I can feel the spirit!" - bet that would go over well.
SLM
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Are meeting styles different in particular regions?
by somebodylovesme inthe meetings i have been to (in the rural midwest) have been the quietest, tamest, and most boring religious events i have ever been to.
they make the lutheran church i used to go to (in which no one was under 60 except my family!
) look exciting.
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somebodylovesme
The meetings I have been to (in the rural midwest) have been the quietest, tamest, and most boring religious events I have ever been to. They make the Lutheran church I used to go to (in which no one was under 60 except my family!) look exciting. I figured all halls were like that - but I heard from a JW acquaintance that "down south", the meetings are much more passionate and energized, with loud singing and emotional talks -- more like what I would call the "Southern Baptist" type of event, where the audience is actively emotionally involved in the talk.
What are meetings like where you are from?
... and Happy Tuesday, everyone. :)
SLM