what a nice way to spend your 4000th post. in dedication to a friend. it is true that this forum has helped us find friends so glad I found you all. it's been interesting. congrats on 4000+ posts heres wishing you many ,more.
Posts by bem
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11Country Girl: Thanks (open a can of whoop ass for me, would ya?)
by RAYZORBLADE inthis forum, as we all know it, has brought many of us together.
without exposing intimate details, some of us have replaced lost mothers/fathers; brothers/sisters; sons/daughters; with those of us lain to waste as a result of wtbts thinking.
i would like to dedicate my 4000th post to a very special person from south-central texas, namely: country girl.
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Things that made me go hmmm
by TweetieBird inanother thread asked what made you first have doubts.
for some, i guess there was one particular instance that made them start questioning, i.e.
generation change in 1995, un scandal, child abuse being brought out into the open, but for me it was little things.
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bem
At a Dist. assem. an eld. from our cong. shook hands with one of the gov.board mem. and he was so excited about it he said he would never wash that hand again. to say I was stunned would put it lightly....... Then once a C.O. told the P.O. he needed to be encouraging people that were in better economical conditions than most in that cong. were in.......same co also said his wife was used to a certain life style and it was difficult to keep staying with the same family when they were visiting that cong. Then an apartment was built at the kh where he based from. Those were some of first things that made me shake my head.
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The view from my house.
by Gadget in.
i've just walked back home from the local shop, and noticed how much i like the view from the back of my house on a summer night so i thought i'd share it!
what do you think?.
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bem
Great place to have to look at while out walking. Thanks for the picture. bem.
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She
by Big Tex inshe came into my life and brought the sun to chase away my darkness.
she held me when i was sad.
and kissed away the tears.
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bem
Wow big tex That was the sweetest thing. That makes two positive things I have heard about marriage today, thats saying a lot. congragulations to both of you and hope you have many more.
Unlike the folks on here that said it's hard to make them cry but they did anyway.Well lately I cry easily.and that was so sweet I had to.... cry!
hoping you all the best.bem
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WILD FIRE HAS BEEN INVADED BY AUSTIN SWAT TEAM!!!!!
by wildfire inyes my life is just one big crazy circus,,,, i go to the apostofest and have a great time.....meeting great people,,, and then i come home to recoupe... well i am in my new house ,, trying to put things away ,,, when i hear a pounding on the back door.... i am alittle startled thinking it was my daughter,,,no think again,, its the austin swat team with all there gear and weapons drawn... (i abouttttttttttt shit my pants....) they had to tear down a portion of my security fence to get in....( i shudder to think if i wasnt home,,, would they have just broke down my door.... me thinks so.....) so i go what is this about...they tell me there is a guy across the street with a rifle shooting .... and making threats... they proceed to all gather at the only window i have downstairs ,,,,and keep telling me to get down.... incase the bullets start flying.....am i dreaming...is this really happening to me.... i just wanted to start my life over... and now it could be ending//////i keep running upstairs to change my clothes...and then they invade my bedroom as it has the perfect spot to watch him,,, as they move around my not moved in stuff to another corner////one guy was sooo sweet and done was a complete moron ordering me around ...in my house./....yikes.....so finally one guy say s get her out of here and i hear 6 shots.....this time i did shit my pants but thank god i was kneeling in the bathroom.... i must have been a bad girl at the apostofest... i am being punished for all my sins .. oh this will take awhile so macho swat team guy says take her out of here of course i gladly leave while i am being escorted by a nice copper.... now remember my 2 vehicles are right outside and the chance they will get shot up are good ...!!!
!so i am alittle concerned my house has become commando central...with austins finest... and i am escorted around the street to a van/////i left ndak for this... why not ... they dont callme wild fire for nothing.... well minutes pass and i meet my neighbors ,, welcome wagon texas style....yikes,,,,,so finally the all clear is given i walk up to some smart asses and say what if my vehilcles are all shot up they say well you need to talke to so and so...i go great while my life passssses before my eyes... i go back to my house ... afraid of i may find inside ... but alas.,,, only the wooden shades to the window are damaged scuff marks on the floor and my bedroom looks well messy like it did before.....all this time i am taking pictures of everything ... all for proof and to think i didnt even hand in the move --in sheet yet... what a hoot.... they hauled him away safely.. but the yellow tape comes up so i cant go anywhere and i am invaded by detectives.. police... they take pics and ask ????...
i dont know much i just moved in...soooooooooooooo what can i say...adventure or trouble follows me around for sure.....he was shooting mostly at the trash can and he did shoot close to my vehicle but missed it//// oh well... dontcha know ,,, life is one big circus.. parade...you name it, i am usually in the middle of it..... i miss you guys already... gumby,, shotgun, valis.... cg...theresa....wild turkey and dede...npy... winston.. xena....joanne... my northern partner in crime/////i am just glad its all over or is it????
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bem
What a welcome! and all for you! Your new home will always have an amazing first days there memory. Pretty scary tho' hope your still okay. and not fallen apart after the rush.
bem
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W. that was too funny, Am I picking up something about a nuclear explosion?
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Have others given up trying to communicate their feelings?
by Celtic ini don't think i'll be listened to any more, my story is not worth telling, it is too complex, it causes me too much sadness to try to relate it, too much shame and too much internal pain.
am i the only one that feels that they have given up trying to communicate their feelings here anymore?
like my personality is a sham, i do my best to cope, to be happy, to be this cantankerous old sod that tries to make out to everyone i'm doing well, but ..... anyone?
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((((Celtic)))) I haven't been on the forum long. and I have told my story slowly and in bits and pieces. That has helped me, I'd like to have someone listen to the whole spill but I couldn't do that to anyone. Believe me I am not taking your feelings lightly if I can help in any way I listen real good. Umm I do tend to be rather chatty too. But I feel your sadness, sometimes we just need to know someone is listening. Shame is such a painful/numbing expierience. I work with children and you can see the affect on them if someone just says "what did you do" so any extended time with shame is so hard to live over. You have picked me up several times when I felt down. So if not I then hopefully someone will do that for you.
bem((()))
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JW Aging Parents/ Rest Homes
by 4JWY infor those of you with aging jw parents/friends, i would like to pose a question: .
if the time came when they would need to reside in a senior assisted living facility of some kind - would the jw belief regarding close association with "the world" keep them from moving in?
the wts does not provide any kind of jw home environment for the elderly/infirm and when folks have had their thinking controlled by the org and taught the dangers of "the world" for much of their lives, this can be an especially traumatic time.
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W: Thanks for the thread I managed the kitchen at the local nursing home. There was an eld. with cancer that lived the end of his life there His wife said he decided when for her was the right time for him to go there. He was very aloof with the other residents. Demanding and rude to those of us that cared for him.Which always surprised me (I was active at the time) Here was a man that used to visit these people now he had nothing to do with them.He treated females especially poorly.Could never reason out his thinkin of course he could of been bitter being sick. I'm more inclined to think he was just "more so" meaning however you are as a rule you could become "more so" as you age. (((W.))) I think of what you have gone through often. I'm sorry that you lost your dad this way.
BEMs mom
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Do You Defend Your Friends Even When They Are Wrong?
by new light ini know i'm way behind on the personal development thing, here, but do you stick up for certain people no matter what?
i had always thought that standing up for "righteousness" was all that mattered.
now i think its more important to back up loved ones even if they are in the wrong.
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I'm with you all in agreeing with AlanF, I couldn't word it any better. I'm always conscieous of how I say things to people especially so of friends. And I can take correction to depending on how it's dealt. We can all use constructive advice at times.
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George Carlin
by talesin infor those who love satire, here's george's latest rant from his website:.
that time of the month.
hi, folks.
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bem
That was fun to read I kept thinking about how one fit.... Boss,co-worker,family. the perfect people.