Posts by betty boop

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What is your Favorite Scene from a Movie?

by Sweetp0985 in

i thought about this topic last night for the board when watching one of my favorite movies.. 1. the man from snowy river- the part when they are going after the expensive colt and they get to the edge of the cliff and all the other riders stop and "jim" keeps going and leaps down the cliff after the wild horses.

i absolutely love that part of the movie...everytime its on i have to watch it, if not just to see this part only.. 2. love and basketball- when she tells him she will play for his heart...awwww first time i started crying.

and then the music they had playing in the background made it even worse.

betty boop

Breakfast at Tiffanys: Well the whole movie,lol, but i love when she is drunk and Paul carries her up the stairs and The Japanese neighbor is like "ms. go-lucky you have no respect, be quiet" Shes like "now you quiet down, you wanna wake the whole house" as she sprays perfume up in his direction. Its just funny

City of God: where the 2 little boys get cornered and are about to be shot. That was the most intense scene i have ever seen.

Titanic: where the orchestra continues to play amist all the panic.

Forrest Gump: the entire sequnce of him running from one end of the country to another. Just amazing.

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What have you replaced the Sunday meetings with?

by Glenmore in

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friends

i have got into the habit of checking this forum and then going out on the deck (which we call the church of flow, it's a perch about 30' up) and playing my guitar for an hour or so - particularly on nice days like today.

then i come back in, look a bit of tv, eat, read and stuff like that.

i consider my sunday's sacred, i won't go anywhere unless i have to.

betty boop

i have to admit sundays are a bit sad cuz i know that next is monday madness

although now that its summer i usually get up make breakfast and head out somewhere with my friends, movies, a park or even just to have dinner..nothing crazy, as my friend says Sundays are just "chill" lol

Yesterday (sunday) i went to the Dominican Day Parade in manhattan and laughed at all the boys trying to flirt with my friend and I, and her and i thinking arent they like 15!!! But it did make me want to go to the DR and see my grandma...

Then we went to Brooklyn to spend the afternoon with some friends in her backyard and i got bitten by all these insane mosquitos!! then we moved it all indoors and just laughed and laughed,..i rode the subway home falling asleep and almost missing my stop, then i spoke to my BF on the phone and went to sleep....sigh...

My favorite day is still saturday...I love that day!!!

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Children at the meetings...

by desib77 in

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friends

i've noticed quite a few "meetings" threads lately and thought i would add another one.

i remember when i was young, 8-12 years old, my mother would see a sister take her baby or children to the back.

my mom would get up and go back there with her.

betty boop

i did this alot!! when i was young it was my mom who did it and i stayed amused by the baby the rest of the meeting. after i got older and id go to the bathroom and find a mom with an infant id be like can i take him/her for abit usually theyd say yes very gratefully..it made the time pass alot quicker..if the baby cried the mom would get him/her from me but usually they were ok..as long as they had something to play with while they sat with me they didnt cry

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Survived The DC!!!

by Doubtfully Yours in

ate more than i've eaten in weeks!

breakfast and dinner buffet daily!!!

got to see people than i hadn't seen in ages!!!.

betty boop

i did not attend the DC but every time i think of some lil girl being possesed by a demon i just crack up..i think its hilarious! im sure if i woulda seen it i woulda cackled like a hyena while everyone else sat there mortified at the scene

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Why are Spanish congregations more zealous?

by truthseeker in

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i was thinking of ths question the other day, and wondered if any of you here may have an answer.

why is it that spanish brothers and sisters have more zeal, than non-spanish congregations?

our kingdom hall has 1 spanish speaking congregation, the one i am in is english.

betty boop

lol ozzie..well i was raised going to a spanish-speaking congregation and yea i agree in general they are more zealous, altho it might not be the case with individual people..altho i do know that if i ever needed a place to sleep, somthing to eat or anything at all the memebers of the congregation (most of them anyway) would be more than willing to help you. Not that this doesnt happen in congos with people from other backgrounds, but i have noticed there is a lil more of that family-warmth between people in Hispanic congos. Could be a coincidnece but the culture does play a large part in how people treat each other. Just my humble opnion..I dont like to sterotype either..Ok now im gonna go play the maracas with a basket of fruit on my head...arrrrrrrrriba!!!

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Jehovah's Witnesses Seek To Expand Presence In Brooklyn

by Larry in

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august 05, 2004

on ny1 now: news all day

weather: wet & cloudy, high 79

betty boop

Aside from the fact they would be expanding, another reason it would suck is they would be using alot of good space. The area of DUMBO is def. up and coming and im sure in time it wouldve been put to alot of good use for the the residents of downtown brooklyn. They have alot of business already im sure it would expand into alot more. Of course the WTS will just be using alot of good freakin space...besides they are not cool enough to be in brooklyn

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The Da Vinci Code

by betty boop in

who has read this book?

im in the middle of it and its pretty good.

has some interesting information, although i wonder if anyone believes all the information in it.

betty boop

Whoops! igonore my subject line..thats a mistake, i dont need tech support

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The Da Vinci Code

by betty boop in

who has read this book?

im in the middle of it and its pretty good.

has some interesting information, although i wonder if anyone believes all the information in it.

betty boop

Who has read this book? Im in the middle of it and its pretty good. Has some interesting information, although i wonder if anyone believes all the information in it. About Da Vinici, The Holy Grail, Mary Magdelene..I dont wanna go into details incase someone hasnt read it, i dont wanna spoil it...But those who have, what was is your opinion of it..

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Is JW all doom and gloom?

by uninitiated in

i am in a relationship with a man who is jw.

the things he tells me leads me to believe that their beliefs espouse doing nothing to better the world as it is hopeless, and all is coming to an end anyway.

this seems like a cowardly way to face the hardships in this world.

betty boop

generally yes. Like if theres a commercial on tv for starving kids technically they arent supposed to send money to the foundation who helps poor children because that means they are putting their faith in man and not in God becausehe is the only one who can help the bad and terrible things in the world..i was surprised during 9/11 so many that i knew (who were JW's) went to Ground Zero to help with the cleanup. Then again the WT in brooklyn woudlve looked really bad not helping with a disaster in such large scale, in a city where they house their headquarters, and we know they cant have bad publicity..so there u go

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What are Americans taught about U.S and what do you really believe?

by sleepy in

just wondering what exactly americans (u.s.a) are taught about their country in school .do you really salute a flag, do you swear allegiance to the country.

are you taught that you fought for freedom, and that america is the land of the free, etc etc?

do you actually believe what you are taught?

betty boop

im confused by a post by Country Girl on the first page of this thread. You say that if you are canadian or from the USA then you are american but if you are latino or black than you are still american even if you're parents arent? I dont get that because if youre CANADIAN you are not american althought you are from North America, but if you're from Colombia that you are latin but arent you an american as well cuz it is in LATIN america isnt it? So esentially yea youre right we are all american by birth but not by blood.. NO ONE in this country is a native..everyone came from somewhere else even if youve lived here for 10 generations. So to claim that someone cannot include their bloodline or ethnicity with their national birth place in their personal description is ridiculous because no one here can have that "luxury" everyone has a bloodline from somewhere else. So the "white" people are still irish-american, italian-american, polish-american OR african-american (and yes some people do know what tribe they came from) Latin-american (cuz you could have parent from south american or the carribean or Spain and be LATIN born in america) OR chinese-american. It just doesnt make sense. I dont think anyone should be treated speacial, but to think we shouldnt recognize what is the core of this country which IS immigration is preposterous and ignorant...

Thank you