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  My wife and I bought a bar !!

  by elder-schmelder in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i think that we are a little crazy but we bought a bar in wisconsin last week.

  here is a picture of my wife behind the bar.. .

  i still work for my jw family, but my wife is going to run the bar.. .

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  poppers

  That's only about an hour from my home. I'll try to stop by sometime.
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  The Man Who Saved the World - October 27, 1962 (bet U never heard of him)

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. social
  2. current

  october 27, 1962. a soviet submarine was being bombed with depth charges by us warships who had detected the submarines presence in waters off cuba.. in the emergency the soviet submarine captain ordered a torpedo attack on the american warships.

  problem was, the torpedo's were fitted with nuclear warheads.

  the submarine could not contact moscow for authorisation.

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  I remember the Cuban missile crisis vividly even though I was 11 at the time. -I was scared out of my mind, and couldn't sleep for weeks. Thanks for the history lesson, fulltimestudent. It's reassuring to know that there were some level headed people on the Soviet side when it mattered the most.
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  Yet another intro letter

  by problemaddict in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  to the mod, if this is posted in the wrong place please feel free to move it to wherever is appropriate.. so here is another lurker turned community member.

  i might write up a life story at some point, but for the sake of time here are the abc's of me.. raised a jw.

  friends for the most part are all jw's.

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  poppers

  Welcome to the board, problemaddict (nice name).
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  This is for all who remember what a typewriter was!! enjoy

  by finallysomepride in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=g4nx0xrn-wo&sns=em.

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  poppers

  Here's the Jerry Lewis version from the 60s movie, Who's Minding the Store?.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozd6W1wyzo
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  Ok. I'm confused and slightly stunned.

  by Left in the Cold in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  on pages 54 & 55 of the "what has religion done for mankind" book the following quotes can be found.

  considering adams decision to eat the fruit with eve it is written, "the woman was not to consult her husband first on the matter of eating, although god had made him first and had used him to construct the woman concerning the forbidden tree.

  no, but she was to exercise woman's rights and show him she had better judgement.".

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  poppers

  A rapist is after the victim's money and virtue?
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  So utterly hurt.

  by LouBelle in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today something happened that hurt me more than the jwks, more than the shunning, more than my sexual molestation, more than my hellish years at caxton and more than the year i've just had.. the moment i was told this, i felt like my insides had been ripped, torn, shredded and my heart squeezed of it's very life.

  i put my head in my hands and for the first time in my life let out a primal gut wrenching wail.. my father had asked my gran why she has been treating me the way she has (which hasn't been very nice).

  he though it strange considering how in the past i have helped her and given her so much.

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  poppers

  (((((LouBelle)))))
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  All Things Pagan

  by Unbrainwashed publisher1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  why is the wt org selective concerning things with pagan origin?

  for instance wedding rings they have no ban on wearing them and some wtnss say it is because it is commonly accepted now and no longer have significant pagan roots, but is that the point?

  if satan himself starts up something popular and as time moves on it loses its original satanic flavor it is ok for "true christians" - i love how j dubs qualify that, to adopt it now as a practice?

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  I asked a JW recently about the pagan origin of her wedding ring and she said it was OK because it provided her with a measure of protection. My response was "Expediency makes it OK even if it's pagan?"
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  Who here watches Dexter?

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love this show.

  been hooked since the first episode.

  for anyone who follows, i captured a bit of tonight's episode.

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  poppers

  (((Crisis of Conscience))) Wow! Thanks for this last link - you are a prince!
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  Who here watches Dexter?

  by MrFreeze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i love this show.

  been hooked since the first episode.

  for anyone who follows, i captured a bit of tonight's episode.

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  poppers

  Love Dexter - thanks for the link CoC.
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  Please read

  by JeffT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my father passed around 9 this morning.

  he'd been in poor health for some time, but it still comes as a shock to have him gone.

  we are going to miss him terribly.

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  So sorry for your loss, Jeff. I registered as a donor in 2007 when my sister-in-law got cancer, but a match for her wasn't found and she subsequently died. I'm still in the system and hope that my name will get called saying that I am a match for someone in need.