Posts by Rabbit

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Hydrogen from vegetable oil!

by seattleniceguy in

awesome!

one possible solution to the problem of how to get source fuel for fuel cells in a green way.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20040825/sc_nm/energy_vegoils_dc

Rabbit

yup, yup the sooner this is done...the sooner we can tell OPEC where they can put it.

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Hydrogen from vegetable oil!

by seattleniceguy in

awesome!

one possible solution to the problem of how to get source fuel for fuel cells in a green way.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=585&e=1&u=/nm/20040825/sc_nm/energy_vegoils_dc

Eventually the middle east will run out of petroleum, then imagine the economic shift to countries who can 'grow' oil. That will be good, as long as the agriculture of oil does not poison the earth with fertilizer & phospate problems.

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A calm Iraq and What happened to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi???

by Elsewhere in

for a long time al-zarqawi was in the news regarding a string of major terrorist attacks in iraq... the us even put a $25 million dollar reward on his head.

for the last month or so i have not heard peep about him.

was he killed or captured and i did not see it in the news?.

Rabbit

Simon:

"...in the next place America wants to bomb. Ooh, how did I get so cynical?!"

* sigh * I really wish you would get specific...when you make 'country emcompassing' posts like those, you make it sound as though there was a popular vote on bomb dropping. You are causing trouble for yourself and this fine board for reasons that are not clear at all.

I don't care what you say about Bush, I really don't. I do care when you blame a whole country.

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Feral elders

by SixofNine in

jw
friends

came to my door this morning.

seems they want to clean up the books or somesuch.

they said that they had some serious "accusations" against me, and would be having an elders meeting (...."uh..uh...it's a judicial meeting" ) this wednesday evening.

Rabbit

Six, I am sorry, I'll bet somebody was thinking about you, because of the wedding. When I re-married last year...not a single JW showed up, including sisters and brothers. There were a lot of them, including a couple of elders, so I was afraid of going thru what's happening to you now...last year. I had an unscriptual divorce...so apparently, I was committing adultry by getting married. So far nothings happened, unless you count un-official shunning.

The weird thing is...it's been about 4 years fading for me, too. In the same neck of the woods, sorta.

I wonder if this is a trend ? My JW herd has gotten a lot better or more lenient over time, but, if I was DF/DA officially, I think I would be dropped like a hot potato. Can you feel the love...

Hang in there and Good Luck...

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hi guys, i am kinda down, no i am really down

by orbison11 in

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friends

i am very sad, since i was df'd i have led a crazy life.

one you would read about in a book.

i have many many aquaintances, they think i have it all together, but i do not.

Rabbit

Hang in there...I still have two kids shunning me...the good news is -- one has come back after several years. Have faith in your kids...as they get older they may get wiser. All you can do is make sure they know you love them.

One of mine has...that is hope.

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Wish me luck!

by Valis in

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well i've spent a couple hours today getting my cameras ready.

which means cleaning them like a dentist with solutions, swabs, picks, fiberglass brushes, prayer *lol*, etc..they are going to be entered into the collectors competition at the state fair of texas in october.

i have three cameras, the max entry, all going back before the 1930's.

Rabbit

Valis...that was a great collection you have some really old ones that probably still work. I wish I had saved all my old cameras.

I recently got an old 1960 or so B/W Polaroid Land camera, I'm not sure if film is even available...do you know ?

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I MADE A SCENE AT THE KINGDOM HALL REMODEL TODAY

by Corvin in

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the set up

it was getting close to noon and elese decided to give her mother a call to let her know she was ready to be picked up.

sara said she had to stop by the kingdom hall to drop off some ice for the brothers doing the remodeling.

Rabbit

Man...Corvin, I would have PAID good money to have 'witnessed' this, damn.

Only in my dreams do I get that kind of satisfaction. My X wife uses control, too, over my daughters by giving or witholding affection or by threat of it. Things are becoming clearer to some of them slowly, 2 of 3 don't attend meetings now --- there is always hope !

Your experience has given me even more hope...good for you and your daughter.

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Tipping Your Hat to a Woman is SATANIC

by JanH in

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*** w52 4/15 254-5 questions from readers ***.

"* is it proper for men to tip their hats to women?g.

s., missouri.

Rabbit

W-what...? Women do NOT want to be flattered ....? Damn...why didn't somebody remind me ? I had it s-o-o-o-o-o wrong...lol

* sigh * What a great religion , huh ?

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Question... Do JWs shun Family?

by Sassy in

i had a disagreement with xq in chat today, because he was trying to say that jws for the most part disobey the wts and still treat family like family even if they are dfd or quit being witnesses.. i don't feel that is true.

i think that the majority of us on here who no longer are jws have family members who no longer have anything to do with us and shun us.... so i said it would be interesting to take a poll and see how many here are treated just like all the rest of your 'loving family' who is a jw still.......are you treated the same?.

does family shun you for being df'd, da'd or no longer participating?or do they hide and talk to you but only when other active jws can't see?

Rabbit

Does family shun you for being DF'd, DA'd or no longer participating?

I'm not DF/DA, but...I am definetly "marked" as a 'spiritual danger'. I went thru an un-scriptural divorce and started f a d i n g ... away. After 5 years of loneliness and celibacy...I gave up and started dating -- of course THAT was impossible because I was "not free to re-marry". I met a fantastic woman and married anyway. My JW relatives had a hissy-fit saying I could NOT marry "outside the Truth", they...100% of them...boycotted our wedding a year ago. I was told my "only" "choice...heheh" was to remain celibate...the rest of my life...or wait and hope my X would be the one to "...mess up." Yeah...right ! We have never heard one single "Congratulations."

Or do they hide and talk to you but only when other active JWs can't see??

They refused to talk to or acknowledge our existence for a while. I think they were "watching to see which way the wind would blow..." One of my non-JW sisters was told by our Type-A sister elder...that they would speak to me only at "familiy functions" and then ominously added: "Unless something ...changes...". I had to explain to the non-JW -- this meant they were expecting my congo elders would probably find out I had "committed Adultry" by re-marrying and on top of that to "an un-believer...an un-clean thing !" This s---t of a religion's rules nearly tore my family apart. It hurt my new wife's feelings -- deeply...and that hurt me.

Do they share meals with you?

ONLY at my Dad's house (non-JW) or a "family gathering" at a restuarant, etc. Recently my Dad was in the hospital, my JW sisters had invited ALL our JW relatives AND ALL my 'never-been-JW-relatives' to their house for a Dinner. My wife and I were not invited, nor welcome. This made the non-JW's get purdy pissed at their hosts when they found out...another FINE 'witness' was given, lol.

Go shopping, see movies, do PUBLIC things with you?

Never. And they won't answer the phone or call back, until they get embarrassed for not returning 10 calls.

* Is your life the same with them when you were a JW, as when you are not?

Not the same at all. They act as tho' they don't WANT to get too close...'cause they think/know the Elders will catch up with me sooner or later...so they might as well start doing the "Christian" thing NOW, to get me and them used to the way things will be in the future.

*sigh*

Thanks Sassy...important thread !

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You may think I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May...

by SixofNine in

...perhaps even a cliche come true.

or do you see me as bromidic and bright as a moon-happy night pouring light on the dew?

you see, i'm as corny as kansas in august, and i'm as normal as blueberry pie.

Rabbit

Congrats...again...

how she "makes his heart a-flutter",

Yep, your French accent even shows in the words you post, always made my heart flutter, too. lol You seem like a gentle soul in love with a gentleman!

Be happy