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  JW Marraiges

  by sweetone2377 in

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  how many here were married as jw's to jw's??

  if so, what was your main purpose in getting married to this person?

  i ask this because, i married my dh so that i could get to know him.

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  ashitaka

  YOYO,

  on a side point meant for you, I know that you think we are animals; that's obvious. But, I've seen compassion in other threads from you, at least the semblance of it. Paul's wife ignored him, and when he felt hurt that she was spending more time with other people other than him, you scorned him.

  The dubs say, first Jehovah, then family, the everyone else. How is family a priority if couples use "Jehovah" as an emotional battering ram when they ask for the cake, get it, ask for more, get it, and ask for more.

  My mother in law is the perfect example of using God to get her way. She's a poineer, and when her tired husband asks for help, she's going on a bible study. Calls him unspiritual, although he totally supports her and is a ministerial servent. She makes her children do all of the work.

  Do you see? Pioneering becomes a VACATION instead of a SACRIFICE, and yet people in good circumstances still call it a SACRIFICE, although they are getting out of work of far more importance than telling people about God. Like taking care of family.

  ashi
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  JW Marraiges

  by sweetone2377 in

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  how many here were married as jw's to jw's??

  if so, what was your main purpose in getting married to this person?

  i ask this because, i married my dh so that i could get to know him.

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  ashitaka

  Sweets,

  I was out of my mind in love with my wife. Still am. I guess it depends on the Dub. My old best friend, I KNOW why he's getting married......he wants to be an elder someday. He explained his theory a long time ago. I won't bore you with it now.

  ashi
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  Lord of the Rings

  by think41self in

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  hey guys,.

  the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.

  those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!

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  ashitaka

  Couldn't agree more, Sleepy.

  ashi
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  Lord of the Rings

  by think41self in

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  hey guys,.

  the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.

  those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!

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  ashitaka

  Seeker,

  I'm right with you. Let's make one ourselves. I could cut it down to three hours, and still be wonderful.

  As for missing the "depth and texture", that's the feeling I got too. Glad I'm not alone.

  ashi

  p.s.-have you read lost tales, Silmaril..., Tolkien Reader, etc.? Wogdog? Also, what do you think of CS Lewis?
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  Infinite Justice?

  by Satanus in

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  a us vs afghani scorecard to date.

  by robert fisk@ .

  http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=111323.

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  ashitaka

  Oh, I feel SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for them. Typical Hippie shit.

  Remember the 11th? I do. So people died in Afganistan. Big deal. Happened every day before the States attacked, and will continue until the end of time. People will always kill each other. But, if the camps are gone, and are limited to small thing as to terrorism, then so be it.

  One think Fisk forgot to mention. People won't be getting their feet and hands chopped off in stadiums anymore.

  ashi
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  Lord of the Rings

  by think41self in

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  hey guys,.

  the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.

  those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!

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  Seeker, I was commenting on the bad CG, not on the fact that "Shrek" wasn't in the book. Another certain creature was, though, not "Shrek."

  Also, re-read Lothlorien, in Fellowship. You'll see that there was just a moment where she seemed dangerous, not some goofy transformation. I read it five times, and I couldn't understand why Jackson would ruin that part by doing that. "Beautiful and Terrible", just doesn't meld with the silly effect Jackson chose. It ruined it for me.

  Bilbo's character was OK, and I did understand what Jackson was getting at with the "large-marge" eyes, but it was just excess....that's the whole film's problem.

  As for Arwen, it was the lines at the river where I was irritated.

  I DID think that the Rignwraiths were fairly cool, and the "ghosts of the kings" at Weathertop was interesting. I did like that a lot. I never thought of it that way....brought a lot to the scene at Weathertop.

  I just HATE Peter Jackson's direction, though. The screenplay could have been better.

  I understand what you're saying about the chapter titles being a tribute to the fans, but did it HAVE to be in there? Not really. It broke up the flow for me. Just seeing his eyes look bemused as he drove by would have been subtle and sufficient.

  i still contend that Sam was wasted. I LIKE the actor who played him. I enjoyed a couple of the scenes with him and Sam, but there just wasn't enough of him.

  Really, though, the actors I can take. Even some of the shoddy direction. But they really could have tightened up the script, took out the "dwarf-tossing" joke, and left out farmer Maggot, and just had the four leave the shire the way the book spoke of.

  I know that having Tom Bombadil is too much to ask, but at 3 hr 15, they could have fit him in, as well as read the Lower Bronx phone book, A-Z.

  As for Viggo, it's not his look, but his awful dialouge delivery that was irritating.

  I thought I was going to hate the scenery, but I didn't. Thought I was going to hate Gandalf's rendering, but I didn't. Just a lot that I don't agree with.

  Peter Jackson said, I'm not making Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, I'm making Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Well, shouldn't he be faithful to the book in mood as well as script?

  ashi
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  Lord of the Rings

  by think41self in

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  hey guys,.

  the family and i just got back from seeing the movie.

  those of you who read the books will not be disappointed!

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  Yes, but Peter Jackson's Direction was horrible. He is a hack. I know each actor's nostrils intimatly, now. Horrible blaring music sounded everywhere, and he seemed obsessed about showing helicopter shots circling around Frodo.

  I did like McKellen...very good choice. I would have like Galadriel more if it wasn't so badly directed. What the hell was with the Galdriel boogie-woman transformation? In the book, it just says she "seemed" to grow taller(when Frodo tempts her with the ring), not change into a she-devil.

  Also, notice the awful Bilbo Rivendell "Large Marge" effect from Pee Wee's Big Adventure? Horrible.

  How silly was incorporating the chapter titles in as dialouge? Gandalf says in the beginning, "An unexpected party". WHOA- WhOA!!! How CLEVER!!!!!! No wait, that isn't clever.

  Arwen is in the Fellowship(the book), but only briefly, and her Enya-esque speech at the river is just stupid. Viggo is an idiot, just as bad as he was in Portrait of a Lady.

  Unfortunatly, both Sam and Aragorn were non-characters. Gandalf was the best rendered; my only annoyance was the slight camp in some scenes with him.

  Wood? Well, he's ok. No real complaints, but I'm not impressed here.

  What the hell were the orcs doing crawling up walls?

  What was Shrek doing fighting alongside them?

  My favorite set was Rivendell. That I liked alot. Hugo Weaving as Elrond wasn't so bad either. Too bad Jackson couldn't write a digestable screenplay. It would have made all the difference.

  ashi
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  I Am Your Chauffeur!

  by Englishman in

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  this is just for fun, and addressed mainly to our american and australian cousins.. ok!

  here we go.. the scenario:.

  you have recently won a million on the lottery.

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  ashitaka

  I would like to see Cornwall, (probably a 200 pound roundtrip trip from Heathrow) besides visiting you and your lovely wife, (along with the beer you serve).

  I'm a history buff, so anything along those lines would be very appealing....

  Yet, I have to say....Scotland, anyone?

  ashi
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  ELDERS JUST HERE, and now I'm

  by FreeFallin in

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  confused.

  was in the middle of sending out some last minute "seasons greetings," cards.

  any way, he spoke of the events of the last year, how they were significant, about the brothers going to the trade center and offering comfort from the scriptures, while priests and ministers only offered water and towels, and about the change in subscription arrangement.

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  ashitaka

  I agree. He's probably a good guy, but intentions aren't everything.

  ashi
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  JW's in my Apartment Complex

  by ashitaka in

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  some jw's are preaching in my apartment complex right now...and it's so peaceful, quiet.......what i wouldn't give for an air horn right now.....{heh, heh}.

  ashi

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  ashitaka

  Some JW's are preaching in my apartment complex right now...and it's so peaceful, quiet.......what I wouldn't give for an air horn right now.....{heh, heh}

  ashi