Posts by alfie

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Newbie

by Abbie in

hey all,.

ok lovely, my very first post and i post a empty post.

got carried away with the tab key!

alfie

Welcome to JWD Abbie.

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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Do You Vote and/or Get Involved In Politics Now?

by minimus in

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just curious.....

Not only do I vote (I am a B.C. Separatist), the provincial government here is forming a constituency association to examine electoral reform, and I am hoping to be selected to serve on that committee. Our system is modelled on the British Parliamentary System,but unfortunately it is a very poor and sloppy copy, one which discriminates against a huge number, often the majority, of constituents. Hopefully any reforms will address these problems. Then the challenge will be to speak to these same issues on a federal level.

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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Fictional Conversation at the Door

by Farkel in

two dubs approach a door and one of them ever-so-quietly knocks..... .

dub gives standard starting presentation about how screwed up everything is in the world, and about the "wonderful" promise god has made to us to fix it all.... .

"don't you people believe that your god will kill everyone who isn't a member of your religion?

alfie

Kind of makes me ill to remember that I once walked away from people's homes thinking like those JWs in your story. Farkel, it's NOT a fictional conversation after all.

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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What is your all time favorite album?

by William Penwell in

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don't know if this has been done but it it has my apologies.

.i was just listening to the beatles, abbey road.

i consider this as one of the great musical albums of all time.

alfie

Anything Simon and Garfunkel, but especially "Wednesday Morning 3 A.M."

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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Favorite epitaphs/ Your epitaph

by bebu in

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i've always "enjoyed"(?

) walking thru cemeteries, especially older ones, when i travel.

i guess that's because in the western us we really don't have very many old cemeteries, and i find it an interesting window on history and lives.. in lexington, there was a grave that had the headstone marked with "i told you i was sick" (at least, that's what we heard on a local tv news story while we lived there).

alfie

My epitaph- "CIAO4NIAO!!!"

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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FOOD in DUE SEASON - The JWD Holiday Cookbook

by Lady Lee in

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well i have been thinking about this and was wondering if anyone was interested in contributing some holiday recipes for a special edition of food in due season - the jwd holiday cookbook.

some of us have been out for a while and have begun to establish special holiday traditions.

for some this whole idea of celebrating holidays is rather new.

alfie

Lady Lee,

This is a terrific idea as there are many people who being raised as Witnesses never had the opportunity to learn let alone establish any holiday traditions. Perhaps this thread could be one of your gifts to the board and itself become a tradition. For our part, Mrs.alfie and I would be delighted to share recipes, decorating ideas, and my favourite part of Christmas; our miniature village. We started it two years ago and it keeps getting bigger each year. Just let us know when you want us to send in our thoughts.

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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JWD Maps Oh Canada

by Lady Lee in

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well i have been busy tonight.

if your name is not on the map please post your name and the province you are in..

alfie

Lady Lee

Dear me what happened to me,alfie on your B.C, map; as well as Tanya43 and Pharisee?

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Yet another example of how silly the Bible is...

by Abaddon in

okay, let's go along with the flood story for a moment, to the point where noah exits the ark.. here we have noah, with two of each animal and seven of the clean animals; maybe a few dozen animals that were not essential to the future survival of the species.. what does god do?.

tells noah he can eat animals now.. are you telling me an all-wise, all-knowing god isn't capable of better planning than that?

which strikes you as more likely?

alfie

HMMMMM

Never thought of it quite this way. Interesting too that the gestation period of most of the animals would have left Noah and his brood having to go hungry for quite a while during which time the carnivores(snackees) would also be wanting to eat which undoubtedly would be cause for the herbivores(snackors) to run like hell from the buffet thereby leaving the boat people eating veggies again.

Shall we carry on?

CIAO4NIAO!!!

alfie

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Greeting Cards for JW Situations -- Let's Get Creative!

by cruzanheart in

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following a train of thought started by metatron, i think someone should start a line of greeting cards, a la hallmark, just for jws and those oh-so-sticky situations.

my first idea was this:.

[artist's rendition of armageddon on cover].