i have never been on a forum before.
i was very happy to find this one while i was doing my research finding out the truth about the religion & just trying to heal from such a damaging religion.
i was raised in it from birth by a devout witness mother.
Hi there emeril, Just turned 30 eh? Until now I bet you thought that 30 was REALLY old and nobody that old could ever learn anything new. Well TA-DA, you've just found out different, everybody can learn something new. Welcome to the board, it's nice to have you here.
alfie
good king wenceslas
good king wenceslas looked out,.
on the feast of stephen,.
Incense... Thank you so much for printing out the lyrics to "O Holy Night". It is my favourite Christmas Carol, but I'd forgotten the words and could only do the la-la thing. Now, thanks to you, I'll be able to actually sing the song. LOOK OUT WORLD!!
alfie
a blind man enters a ladies bar by mistake.
he finds his way to a barstool and orders a drink.
after sitting there for awhile, he yells to the bartender, "hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?
A blind man enters a Ladies Bar by mistake. He finds his way to a barstool and orders a drink. After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the bartender, "Hey, you wanna hear a blonde joke?" The bar immediately falls absolutely quiet. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says, "Before you tell that joke, sir, you should know five things.
First - The bartender is a blonde girl.
Second - The bouncer is a blonde gal.
Third - I'm a 6 feet tall,200 pound blonde woman with a black belt in karate.
Fourth - The woman sitting next to me is a blonde and is a professional weightlifter.
Fifth -The lady to your right is a blonde and is a professional wrestler.
Now think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?"
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head, and declares, "Nah, not if I'm gonna have to explain it five times."
alfie
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yesterday was a great day along the east coast of australia....it rained!!
i felt like posting: "it's raining.
it's bloody well raining!!
Good morning Oz et al, Living here on the "Wet Coast" of Canada, we normally get more than enough rain. This year, however, we've had a very dry autumn so far, a mini drought so to speak. Even the local authorities were concerned. Then a couple of weeks ago the heavens opened and we got so much rain that flooding became an issue. The skies have once again cleared and we've returned to unusually dry conditions again. As one who has spent his entire life with webbed feet, I rather am rather enjoying not being soggy for a little while. Just a different perspective.
alfie
are you a bit oversensitive?
do you tend to take offense easily?
do you find yourself charecterizing people by their race or nationality?
Why the hell do YOU want to know? I don't really think it's anybody's business but mine. Oh I know, you probably are thinking,"That alfie, he'd never be offended by somebody asking if he was "Touchy" Well, YOU'RE RIGHT!!!! I'm probably the least "Touchy" person here. So put that in your pipe and smoke it!!!
PS, I hope everyone is having a nice day.
alfie
so hows about a grandchildren pic thread ?.
cameron and savannah.
searcher.
It would be a pleasure to show off my grandkids, but my daughter and son in law are reluctant to have me post their pics as they are a little reluctant to come out of the closet yet. However, as soon as I can convince them that they needn't worry about exposure, my little darlings mugs will be up for all the world to see, as will mine. Brace yourselves!!
alfie
there is christmas music blaring out in every shopping centre now, it started in mid-november.
it works a treat, reminds everyone to get spending.
most of it is rubbish, i feel so sorry for shopworkers having to listen to that for 7 weeks.
When it comes to Christmas music, O Holy Night is right up there with me. Having said that, Just about anything having to do with Christmas gets me singing. My family and I celebrated Christmas Big time before I lost my sanity, but finally escaping after a quarter of a century in the asylum, I'm making up for lost time. Just about every seasonal song I hear brings back great memories:Fa La La La La, La La La Laaaa!!!
alfie
happy holiday, everyone.. i just wanted to say that being a grandparent is one of the greatest joy's.
i know there are other grandparents posting on this board who are proud of their offspring, too.. gosh, for all those lost years of having been raised jw - not really getting to know my maternal grandparents except through the eyes of an emotional jw.
sheeezzzzz.
Hear, hear Granny; It's true. We grandparents have a special, and wonderful gift in our grandkids. We have a grandaughter(21/2 years and a grandson(9 mos) and by golly, if we don't talk about them a million times a day, we're being positively quiet. It's great that you and other grandparents on this board feel the same way. Let's hear it for our grandkids!!!!!!!!!!!!
do they send our names to the wts when we are df or da ourselves?
i'm just curious.
yep, each letter is popped into the great big WBTS toaster and that's it!
alfie
did anyone see the documentry last night on t.v channel 45. i was about glen howe fighting in the high courts for freedom of religion?
i dont get that channel.. i hope no one else posted about this.
if so let me know please i dont have time to day to look it all up.
Hi Mouthy, yes the program to which you refer has been on in the past and if I'm not mistaken, it was quite some time in the past. Methinks we were still attending meetings and thought, as did all JWs we knew, what a great witness for God's organization. Watching it the other night, I couldn't help but think that it was probably an attempt at damage control or a deflection from the current issues plaguing the WBTS. Anyone else?
alfie
