my finace's sister is getting married soon.
we are not invited to the reception.
he doesn't know if it is worth the flight for a 15 min.
To me it would depend on if I liked the city I'd be flying to and could use it as a little holiday, the 15 minute ceremony notwithstanding. If it's not a place I'd want to go, not really worth the bother and expense.
However, if money isn't an option, and some good may come from it family wise, might be an idea.
I guess it depends on how you weigh the pros and cons.
i went to visit some friends in san diego and my little one (2 1/2) stayed the night at my moms house so she could visit with grandma.
well when i picked her up she told me that she had taken her to "meeting" and that she had been a very good girl.
well i didnt want to make a big deal about taking her to meeting because i really needed some grown up time and it was nice for my mom to offer to take my daughter for the night.
My fiance, who is "deliciously irreverent" when it comes to religion has a suggestion, especially if your Mom is going to see your daughter and her 'elvis' in the future.
Take the cover off the NWT, throw out (or otherwise dispose) of the contents, and then replace it with a copy of Darwin's Origin of the Species. Your daughter has her 'elvis', you have peace of mind, and your Mom just might get the message if she ever sees it again.
*grin*
please share your opinions and experiences here, including cost and side effects both good and bad.
a description of your experience would be great.
I've had "No Touch" surgery (sounds similar to how Big Tex described PPK, but our Canadian version). No surgeon's touch, all done by laser. I've had basically the same results...dryer eyes and mine are more sensitive (used to be able to walk in the wind with no problem...now I tear up). I have problems with night vision but those are the the same as before the surgery.
They also told me at the time that due to natural aging I'd need the procedure re-done for reading...I had the surgery in Feb of 2002 and they had *just* brought this new surgery out. (See link below)
It was a lot of healing pain but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
http://lasereye.com/in_news.html
Sadly, the doctor who pioneered the technology and who performed my surgery was killed in a car crash 5 months after I got it done. Clinic still going though and apparently doing well.
just stopping in to say hi and i?m ok. thanks to those who sent concerned emails.. update on nancy: she is going through counseling at a voluntary facility where she will remain for another 1.5 weeks.
we visit her often and she is very homesick by now.
she is looking forward to a fresh start, which we are all working hard to give her.
Corvin, I'm glad Nancy and your girls have you. It sounds like things are on the right track legally, and emotionally.
I'm continuing to send my positive thoughts and energy to you and yours. Take care!
if this post is not appropriate for this forum, the mods can remove it.. i have cd copies of the wt library 1999 (qty: 1), and burned copies of the wt library 2001 (qty: 2).
i have no interest in them.
i doubt most people here do either.
ROFL You're very silly. I like that.
i was reading some comments on randy's site, and lately i've been noticing a trend - a majority of jws can't spell.
i've seen them come on here and their spelling is very poor.
here's an example: what a nut case!
ROFL Well, considering how messed up I've been on the boards today, I'm not surprised I misspelled it.
In my defense, I will say that I don't use that type of 'leet' speak much...it's just not me. And now you see why I don't.
the first holiday of the season is coming up soon, and i was wondering why j.w.
's don't celebrate it.
it's not a bilbical event, as far as i know.
*glares at you all and reminds self of the wedding dress and the calendar, the wedding dress and the calendar while looking longingly at the mashed potatoes and gravy*
*sigh*
i was reading some comments on randy's site, and lately i've been noticing a trend - a majority of jws can't spell.
i've seen them come on here and their spelling is very poor.
here's an example: what a nut case!
In one of my Tech writing courses we talked about the current trends in communication and in language in general. The 'teacher' (an in-the-field technical writer) said that it was common thought that the abbreviated text may become the wave of the future and drive some of the current word usage into the 'antique' category.
"s8r" may be the way, a hundred years from now, we spell 'skater.' Horrifying to language purists, but let's face it, English is a nightmare as it is anyway, with all those silent e's and other useless bits. *grin*
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12 years of schooling (and never stayed back, either) for me.....and you?
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Finished required 12 years of schooling, graduated with honours from high school. Did a few semesters at a local college but didn't know what I wanted to do so went to a business college and got a diploma to get into the workforce. Got a job.
Was just thinking about going back to college/university to become a teacher when I was 'witnessed to' and decided that I would 'teach' that way (Bible studies...).
While still in, I took some night school/Saturday courses (a certificate to complete my Technical Writing required one Saturday a month for 7 months and I still got flack for it, even though I kept my FS hours up). While still in (right before I left) I started back to university to work on my Bachelor's (something I'd always wanted to do, and decided that I wasn't going to not do something I really wanted, especially when it wasn't unscriptural or anything). I got ALL sorts of flack from my sister and others in the cong. about being distracted from "Theocratic Activity." By then, considering how I'd been abused and left by the majority of the cong., I wasn't overly worried about their opinion.
Since I could transfer my earlier college credit, I'm now 1/4 of the way to my Bachelor's.
i was reading some comments on randy's site, and lately i've been noticing a trend - a majority of jws can't spell.
i've seen them come on here and their spelling is very poor.
here's an example: what a nut case!
Joker: Studies? Data? Conclusive proof? Kind of a blanket statement you make without anything concrete to back you up. At least the person who started this thread had provided an example. Your comment *looks* like a knee jerk reaction and a deliberate dig at those of us who are no longer involved in the religion of *your* choice. That would be a very unloving and small-minded thing to do to another of God's creatures, don't you think?
General: I'm hesitant to put spelling and grammar categories onto a "JW" or "ex-JW" label. I'm working on a Bachelor of English (and so very "into" English, spelling, grammar and the like), and find that most people on message boards don't worry so much about that kind of thing. Personally, I do so much "proper" writing for school and work and my home business, that when I'm on internet boards I'm not as picky with myself, or others (hey...everyone needs a break sometime! *grin*).
I took a creative writing course where the teacher said it's okay to break the rules of spelling and grammar...provided you know what rules you're breaking. In other words, intentionally choosing to 'slack' can be part of your own creativity. I'm not saying that's what people do...in fact, I think in most cases people don't really learn the rules in the first place. I do think, along the lines of the poster, that a lack of higher education certainly doesn't work in anyone's favour.
I understand the Watchtower Society is now advocating for 'some' higher education...it's never a bad thing and I'm glad they're not setting this generation of JWs up like they apparently did the last one, who they told to not bother because 1975 was coming...
