changing my first name legally (no one's freakin business!)
inviting teens from the hall over to hang out and watch Star Trek (even though they all watched it at home with their parents anyway)
give me a frigging break.
Posts by Fleur
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90Name Things That You Can Be Counseled For
by minimus ini'll start.......a woman wearing a skirt higher than her knee and a child crying during a meeting
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Fleur
aww, man, that rots. May the grinch make sure that whoever did that to you gets jock itch, dandruff, and coal in their stocking! LOL
Abba eh? Great mental picture I have now of you driving around listening to that LOL :) Too adorable. We'll have to work on getting you a replacement! Do they cover Swedish Supergroups in your insurance policy?
love,
essie
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I think I hate Mother Teresa now...
by Preston ini've been reading christopher hitchen's love poverty, and war.
it's a pretty good book that puts a lot of things in perspective regarding iraq, iran, pakistan...there's even a section on mother teresa.
this section...was probably the most interesting part of the whole book i have read so far.
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Fleur
Kenneson I don't see what connection a person's own charitable works has to do with their factual criticism of someone's work. The argument you seem to be pushing is; "If you haven't done charitable work you cannot criticise someone who has done charitable work even if there is room for criticism."
But maybe you don't mean that, as that's silly.
I concur.
I also don't think giving and honest opinion of other people's works are mutually exclusive. Especially one who put herself into the spotlight because of her acts. You're right, Kenneson, there are exceptions.
You have got to look at how charities really work; where the money really goes. Because in a lot of cases, most of the donations do not get to their intended recipients.
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My story, please read
by fairchild infirst of all, thank you very much for taking the time to read this.
i hope that i am putting this in the right forum.. .
i studied as much about different religions as i could and read every book available to me.
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Fleur
hi again fairchild,
I just wanted to clarify in light of grannylinda's post that I wasn't suggesting that anybody post any deep dark secrets on the open forum. I was just trying to say that no matter what a person is going through, that there is someone else out there who has been through it too, so you wouldn't feel down on yourself, whatever the issue is.
You seem to be on the right track, just keep reading, asking questions, and you will find your way.
have a good evening!
essie
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Putting myself in "time-out."
by Odrade ini think i need a time out.
i feel like whatever contributions i may make to this board are being outweighed by the emotional upheaval participating is causing me.
i've been taking things way too personally lately, letting posters i don't know and don't particularly care about, hurt my feelings badly.
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Fleur
Do whatever you need to do to feel better, kiddo. We all get there sometimes.
Just feel better, take GOOD care of yourself and post when you feel up to it! I agree with you...the internet ain't worth crying over. Not those kinds of tears, anyway...feel better!
hugs
essie
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I think I hate Mother Teresa now...
by Preston ini've been reading christopher hitchen's love poverty, and war.
it's a pretty good book that puts a lot of things in perspective regarding iraq, iran, pakistan...there's even a section on mother teresa.
this section...was probably the most interesting part of the whole book i have read so far.
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Fleur
It's so easy to criticize. And all who are critical, exactly what are you doing to alleviate suffering?
Kenneson, you will never know how much people do individually that is never known publicly or spoken of and they prefer it that way. I've seen them do it. I've seen many here give and give, they just prefer to keep it quiet as possible.
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JWD 2004 Annual Report
by seattleniceguy inwell, it's been one year since i first came to this lovely board, and i have to say, it's been a lot of good times.
thanks to everyone for keeping the homefires lit.. it was also encouraging to see so many new ones.
i'm happy to report that for the 2004 jwd service year (ends dec 14), we had spectacular growth.
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Fleur
My cat sends his warm greetings.
ROFL.
Friends, would we like to convey our warm greetings back to brother Seattleniceguy's cat?
*insert weak @ss applause here* LOL
Be sure to show your gratitude by making a contribution in the box on your way out, kitty LOL ;)
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Am I being hacked, or do I need a new mouse?
by Mulan ini seem to remember someone saying one time that if your cursor won't control, and goes all over the screen, it means you are being hacked.
mine is doing that, but not all the time.
it is very irritating.
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Fleur
oh, come on, Mulan...you know what it is...it's DEMONS cause you come to this site! ;)
Honestly, though, I have heard that about the mouse and hacking thing. Do you have a firewall? Can you run spybot seek and destroy or a similiar program to be sure that you don't have any trojan horses or anything on your machine?
I don't know if a mouse would move the cursor on its own because it's broken, usually when a mouse dies on me, the cursor won't move at all.
hopefully someone with more expertise can help you out more than I have I just couldn't resist lol
love you!
essie
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What Is Your Biggest Regret Because You Were a Jehovah's Witness?
by minimus ingrowing up as a witness makes it nearly impossible to deal with the "world", as a child.
constant pressure is put on witness kids to conform.
most lead a "double life" out of necessity.
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Fleur
...turning down a full music scholarship at the age of 18 because my parents said it wasn't theocratic and I'd have to move out and support myself to do it. nevermind that they let my troublemaker sibling go to school for a similiar arts degree...while they supported her and paid her tuition just because it was "keeping her from getting into worse trouble"! I was terrified to be on my own in the big wide world. Even when the music professor offered to help me find a roommate (he was gay so it wasn't like he was interested in me himself) and said that I could quit my day job that moment and make money singing to support myself through school.
Of course, I wouldn't have my daughter if I'd done that, so I can't say it's really a regret, but it's something I wish that I could've done. Now my health is too bad for me to go back to school. I will always wonder what I could've done.
essie
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The Worst Watchtower I've Ever Read
by MungoBaobab init wasn't the straw that broke the camel's back.
that back had already broken.
it was more of the last nail in the coffin for my allegiance to the wts.
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Fleur
I guess the one thing the turn the lightbulb on for me was when I was at a witness friends wedding. The elder giving the wedding talk said how the wedding rings had pagan backgrounds, but that JW's didn't recognize them like that. I thought "Wait a minute here!!". The main reason witnesses don't celebrate Christams, Halloween, Easter, and other holidays is because they say they have pagan origns. Then when a "worldly" person says that they don't recognize the pagan background and just like the family togetherness of the holiday, the witnesses say that's no excuse. The holidays still have pagan origins and are not right for Christians to celebrate. After that I really started looking at things in a different light
That always got to me too! It's like, how do you pick and choose which pagan customs to follow? because wearing wedding rings is an outward sign in public that you're married? Couldn't you just tell someone that you're married if they show interest in you especially if it meant keeping the congregation clean of pagan practices? *rolling eyes*.
Give me a frigging break...