i was driving on some back roads today and seen a large building, the building was about 700 feet square and only 2 cars in a very large parking lot.
the sign in the front said jehovah's witness assembly hall.
the doors were locked and i heard no machine noise inside.
I am very interested in seeing how a Jehovah's witness is built.
This is a closely guarded secret. Once you understand how a thing is built it is far to easy to dissemble it. The Corporation that builds these Jehovah's Witnesses have no desire for anyone to unmake their products.
i didn't want to hijack the "how to save money" thread, but just wondered if anyone else here does his/her own sprouting (making sprouts from beans or seeds).. if you buy sprouts in the supermarket, they can very expensive, expecially if you like to mix 2 or 3 types within a salad.
additionally, if you don't have easy access to an asian market, the long white bean sprouts can be expensive.
locally here in miami, we pay about $2 for just a 12 ounce package.. i started sprouting my own things several years ago, not so much to save money, but more to have a fresh supply of sprouts and not have to go to the store as often.
Amicus, I'm hyperventilating here. Why put it in the recycling bin? Why not donate it to your local soup kitchen? They could definitely use it. Around here, everybody gives their overflow of veggies to the food pantries.
I know, it's sick. I can't give it away locally, most of my middleclass neighbors don't eat like I do. They "shop" at the local supermarket.
The food kitchens are 20+ miles away. I could possibly harvest and store in my refrigerator enough vegetables to make the 40 mile round trip worthwhile...but I'm not sure. We're in the...I forget the word, bleh. We're globally directly opposite from the "Promised Land". So, recall all the adjectives we've heard about the land of milk and honey, and they apply here. Sadly most folks grow "lawns" rather than food. I decided years ago that I'd mowed enough lawns for one lifetime so instead I grow food (and use less water). The olive trees that shade my house? Not harvested. Most of the fruit off my trees I have to rake up and compost. Grapes this year? I've not seen a better harvest. Most will be composted. I'm talking 100's of pounds. Mostly Thompson Seedless, but some red varieties. It's quite bizarre really. I spent about an hour harvesting ripe, not quasi ripe, blackberries this morning with my neighbor in his yard...we got 8 baskets. But I can only eat so much. The birds will get the remaining 100 baskets. Most American's have forgotten that they can actually grow food rather than shop for it, and they are begining to forget that one can make a meal out of something more complex than a can of Chef Boyardee Ravioli.
Wolves used to kill mice for food, now dogs eat bagged dog food. Fifty years ago my neighbors would have been found on small family farms living what was close to a self sufficient lifestyle, now they graze at the local supermarket.
i go back and forth everyday.
one day i'm like, "suppress your gay feelings and what you think is wrong about this organization and keep going forward because you want eternal life and all of your friends are here and it's as close to the truth as it can possibly get so just deal with it.
" others i'm like, "live your life.
DO's and CO's who are especially bright and so well-versed in the scriptures not figure out it's a hoax (if it in fact is)?
Perhaps, they too have doubts. If you truly felt you had enough freedom of speech to ask them these questions, with no fear of repercussions, you would be talking to them rather than to us here. So how do you know some, if not all of them, aren't of the same mind as you? You can't know of course. They have far more to lose than you. It takes years to work up to those positions. Those "bright" DO's and CO's might be chewing their fingernails off at night worrying that they have wasted their lives chasing an empty dream.
So, why rely on another to answer questions that in all honesty YOU have to find answers for. Take your time, decide what troubles you the most and start to find answers to those questions. We live in a golden age of information. You certainly can't believe all you read, but in time if you take the time, those little nuggets of "truth" may start to shine a little brighter than the "fools gold" that is so often offered as a substitute.
It's odd that a drug as harmless as Cannibis Sativa is so vilified. Yes, I have used it...no I don't currently and have not in many years. The reversal of the legality of Pot and Alcohol makes far more sense to me than what we see now. Unfortunatley Cannibis is easily grown throughout most of the world. Therefore it would be extremely difficult for "big business" to profit from it's use.
One rule that has proven true time and again, when pondering confusing edicts imposed by those in power, is "follow the money".
i didn't want to hijack the "how to save money" thread, but just wondered if anyone else here does his/her own sprouting (making sprouts from beans or seeds).. if you buy sprouts in the supermarket, they can very expensive, expecially if you like to mix 2 or 3 types within a salad.
additionally, if you don't have easy access to an asian market, the long white bean sprouts can be expensive.
locally here in miami, we pay about $2 for just a 12 ounce package.. i started sprouting my own things several years ago, not so much to save money, but more to have a fresh supply of sprouts and not have to go to the store as often.
They didn't have - broccoli -seeds .
I think broccoli is a "flower". It might be pricey to sprout broccoli seeds unless you grew and harvested them yourselves. Broccoli would go to seed after the normal harvesting time for the "vegetable" broccoli that we know.
the jw's just called my job.
my boss answered the phone and she said that they were like, id like to share a scripture with you, read the scripture and was like now if you grab your bible, and she was like i dont have a bible and they said well, when someone comes by for a talk, and she was like, you cannot come here, this is a place of business.. .
lmao.
Very few things irritate me more than being outside working and having to drop what I'm doing and run inside to answer the phone just to speak to a telemarketer, etc. I've not been phoned by anyone selling religion. Anyone serious enough about their religion to think they can peddle it to me should be damn well motivated enough to get off their lazy a$$es and come to my door.
Grrrr,
I'm not easily irritated. That would push one of my well guarded buttons though, I do believe. I might even have a Robdar moment.
Love you Robdar, wish I was a "grasshopper on that grass" when you returned that "tract".
i didn't want to hijack the "how to save money" thread, but just wondered if anyone else here does his/her own sprouting (making sprouts from beans or seeds).. if you buy sprouts in the supermarket, they can very expensive, expecially if you like to mix 2 or 3 types within a salad.
additionally, if you don't have easy access to an asian market, the long white bean sprouts can be expensive.
locally here in miami, we pay about $2 for just a 12 ounce package.. i started sprouting my own things several years ago, not so much to save money, but more to have a fresh supply of sprouts and not have to go to the store as often.
Great topic.
I'm not currently growing sprouts as most of the food growing in my suburban back yard gets tossed into the compost pile during the summer months. The summer output far exceeds my demands.
In the winter months sprouting provides a fast easy way of providing "fresh, nutritious" food. Any seed that will grow in soil can be sprouted.
Grains, legumes and vegetables are all fair game.
Basically it's like starting seeds for a garden, but you use mason jars and water rather than pots, soil and water. Keep the seeds moist but not saturated until they sprout. I first used plastic lids manufactured just for this. Now any non- toxic screen that can be secured over the top of a mason jar is fair game. I haven't tried old nylon hose..but I bet they would work.
Radish sprouts added to a salad are killer!
being a former witness, when i first left the religion, i thought it would be a good idea to stick with a party that was fairly conservative in their stand.
although, in many ways i did not agree with them, i liked the republicans more then the democrats.
so i registered republican.
Of course, in 2000, Bush runs and he wins (sort of) by being a younger Republican and maybe able to connect to the next generation of Americans born after WW2. He wins again, because everyone could see Kerry was even a bigger prick then him.
I usually vote 3rd party candidates (vote your conscience and all that). So I'm pretty sure I didn't vote for Gore, Bush or Kerry during these two elections. Having said that, I'm not sure Bush really ever won at all. I think the International Community should intervene here in the US to try to insure that our electoral process is above board. We certainly aren't setting a high standard for free and fair elections as things stand now.
so what was it like at the beginning of jwd?
was it lonely?
how does it compare to now?
Outlaw,
This post made me think about some of the "old-timers", including Larc of course. I'm sorry to hear he passed on. Larc was one of the best. He and I used to pm each other occasionally when we thought things were getting too bizarre. I'd saddened to hear that he'll never be able to pop in here with us, but my life is the richer for having known him.
so what was it like at the beginning of jwd?
was it lonely?
how does it compare to now?
But sadly far too many situations arose where people were becoming abusive so chat was shut down.
A Ventrilo style voice channel would be a nightmare then as well.
