Posts by amicus

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The WTB&TS best defense against apostates

by Gregor in

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i had 2 nice ladies come to the door this morning.

i played it very cool as long as i could, asking "dumb" questions like what ever happened to your 1914 generation teaching?

i knew it could only go so far and sure enough they began to smell a dirtyratcat.

amicus

I've been in my area for about 2 years now. I live in a metro-type area. There is a kingdom hall down the street. I have not encountered not one JW in the mininistry. I see mormons everyday. but the Large army of JW's preaching to save mankind....NONE NADDA.

I see a Witness perhaps once every 6 months to a year. On rare occasion I see one I used to know, they either don't recognize me or pretend not too. I've never been df'ed just did the fade. I smile, take the tracts they pass out, never magazines any more, just tracts and politely excuse myself. Mormons I see far more often and they are much more interested in engaging me in some type of discussion. I see Baptists from some local church more that Witnessess nowdays.

I'm home (semi-retired) probably 23.5 hours a day. Front door open, back door open, stereo on doing some project or another around the house. It's like the witnesses went *poof*. It's not that they are avoiding me either, they are avoiding my middle class neighborhood. Can't say I blame them, going door to door was one of the harder things I ever forced myself to do. I used to sing to myself when Pioneering, "People are strange, when you're a stranger. Faces look ugly when you're alone. Women seem wicked when you're unwanted. Streets are uneven when you're down".

Used to crack me up that Jim Morrisons lyrics helped me to maintain my sanity.

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More CRAP from CHINA

by Nathan Natas in

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004479249_valve16.html.

chinese-made automobile tire valve stems are failing due to manufacturing defect.

as many as 70,000,000 may have been sold to the us.

amicus

Let's all spend more money on everything and avoid Chinese products.

Seriously, I do when I can. I've never found a difference in price to be an issue. Product availability is another subject though.

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More CRAP from CHINA

by Nathan Natas in

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004479249_valve16.html.

chinese-made automobile tire valve stems are failing due to manufacturing defect.

as many as 70,000,000 may have been sold to the us.

amicus

It used to be crap from Japan, then it was crap from Taiwan now it's crap from China.

I guarantee two things about items made in China.

1. Quality will improve.

2. Prices will increase.

15 years from now the thread will read "More crap from *****"

I hate to admit it to myself as I'm a big proponent of buy local...but, China is changing so fast it's mind boggling. It's like those B-Horror flicks where the guy turns into a werewolf. Something totally unlike what it was is emerging before our eyes, too soon to tell what it's going to be...but it's sure going to be different.

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Let's Hear it For Simon -Thanks For This Board - And All it Accomplishes

by flipper in

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i think it's only appropriate to put out a thread to thank simon for the great job he does in moderating this board, watching over discussions to make sure that the purpose of jwd discussion stays focused .

i believe that he and the mods do a great job in helping this board along in it's journey - and enables us to have the freedom of speech- without having fear of reprisal - as long as the guidelines are met.

so, i for one would like to personally thank you simon - for bringing this board into existence, as it has helped many to be able to vent after leaving the jehovah's witnesses cult, and get support, and for others it has helped them have a great place to discuss many important topics that have a heavy play in many of our lives !

amicus

Flipper, you old kiss ass.

Gawd, I'd almost forgotten how much fun this place can be. Here's to the house Simon built! (pops open a Sierra Nevada)

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If Eve was made from Adam's rib...

by changeling in

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wouldn't they have the same dna?

would that not make eve a clone of adam?

aren't clones by definition an exact replica of the original?

amicus

Wouldn't they have the same DNA? Would that not make Eve a clone of Adam?

Actually, yes. A clone or an identical twin. Nothing else shares the exact same DNA.

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Went to Victoria Secret and had a flashback of Conventions...

by Layla33 in

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this is probably silly, but i went to victoria secret to do my three month buy up of the usual female undergarments and it reminded me so much of the fake conventions and greetings.. hi!

can i help you today?

(as you first step in) .. "no, thanks, just browing...".

amicus

I remodeled a Victoria's Secret a few years back, sadly we finished our work before the grand opening...

But 2 years ago I helped remodel one of the local Nordstrum's. We were supposed to finish our sales floor projects before the daily opening but an emergency required that I change a few things in one of the womens dresssing rooms after they opened. After notifying the department manager that I was going to be in the middle of her dressing rooms for a while I went about my business, standing on a ladder mind you with a clear view over the partition walls. After the second woman entered, waved to me and asked if the dressing room was open I went back to the manager to say, "Ummm, you know people are in these dressing rooms. She said "Well, if they don't care I don't care". Dang was I embarrased , and no I didn't peek ! There weren't any sexual harassment complaints either so I guess alls well that ends well.

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The World's Largest Swimming Pool - WOW!

by AK - Jeff in

http://www.victory-cruises.com/pool.html.

it is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115-foot deep end, and holds 66 million gallons of water: this one took five years to build, cost nearly 1 billion, and the annual maintenance bill will be 2 million.. .

.

amicus

Sheesh, that's a whole lotta Chlorine. And power for filtration, what a waste. The Ocean is so much better for swimming, healthier too.

Sharks are overrated. With the number of tourists they can cram into those Hotels would anyone miss a tourist of two?

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High gas prices finally changing North American vehicle attitudes

by Simon in

when i read that the ford f-150 is the best selling vehicle in america i wrongly assumed that it was just the best selling truck.

but no, it has been the best selling vehicle for the last 17 years!

if that is the best selling you can be sure that there are plenty of similar models from different manufacturers being bought as well.. they are huge, fuel-inefficient things and i seriously doubt that even 90% of the people who buy them really need them.

amicus

American's have been wasteful because they could be. 200-100 years ago this place was an unspoiled wilderness. Since then we've clearcut most the forests, strip mined and burned millions of tons of coal, damned most the rivers, turned untold numbers of acres of riparian woodlands into farms or pastures. Pumped and consumed most of our oil plus any other we could get our hands on, killed off most the wildlife..etc. In California I think we are down to 3% left of the old growth redwood trees. The Colorado river no longer reaches the sea, there is nothing..left..there..to damn. We've hydraulically blasted away mountainsides for the gold, dredged entire rivers. We haven't been very good stewards to put it bluntly. Not much left to rape and pillage, so we'll change.

We'll change because there is no alternative. And then we'll go out kicking and screaming selling carbon credits to the wealthiest Americans so they can continue to lead an unsustainable lifestyle and convince ourselves that it's only fair that the rich be allowed this luxury.

On a more positive note GM is suggesting that they might stop production of the Hummer. It's kind of funny that this is just NOW occuring. We've know for a few years that we were approaching the point in which the demand for oil was going to outstrip supply. There is no reason why the homes around me are still on the grid, this area has enough sunshine that we should be spinning the meters the other way. Most families with a minimum of effort could grow a good portion of the food that they eat, useing less water than they do on their lawns.

One of the next California crisis will be mass transportation. The only city in CA that has any to speak of is SF and it's so-so. Most people would gladly take mass transit if it existed rather than sit in the gridlock that I've seen in CA my sweet short life. It will take YEARS to build up the CA infrastructure and so far the Politicians really aren't even talking about it.

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the JW spin .... is it for everyone?

by chickpea in

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watching the evening news i keep feeling this catch in my throat...... .

iowa city is under water and the water is still rising..... just 2 weeks ago the hub and i went down to move our.

student daughter back home while she figures out her next move...... here is a jw spin...... the issue had been: do we make the 1200 mile roundtrip.

amicus

It's pretty sad looking at the pictures of all the destruction. It's going to take a while, but all of it will be rebuilt.

The real issue is will it happen again next year, or the year after that? Everything there has changed in the last 100-150 years. Riparian woodlands are gone, rivers have been dredged and straightened out., plowed fields replaced lush grasslands. We have no idea what is normal for this new ecosystem.

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WHY we can not afford health care in the US...

by zeroday in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bljxmjzxgni

amicus

"The problem with US healthcare is that a large proportion is spent on administration and legalities than anywhere else in the world ... it isn't being spent on healthcare at all !"

Bingo!

Interestingly enough I just had a similar conversation with my Dermatologist. One of his comments to me was that every month more and more of his Dr. friends are begining to withdraw from the system, cutting their overhead and working fewer hours to keep the $$ from flowing to the Insurance Ind., Drug Company's, Hospital Conglomerates etc. The attitude he portrayed to me is one of disgust with the current system. No doubt the Doctors make a good living, but the big bucks are going to the big boys who are far removed from the actual patients.