guys and girls, mrs slh and i are emigrating to the promised land of australia in august and the cheapest way to get there with the best luggage allowance is via the us.
as it's a round the world ticket we can stop twice on the way and have decided to spend 2 days in ny and 2 days in la.
so, we've got limited time and don't want to spend an absolute fortune (so disneyland is out).
There is a fairly reasonable hotel called Club Quarters located in the Wall st area and in midtown. The rooms are small but extremely cheap - about $100. per night.
PM me and I can get the contact information to make a reservation.
When do you plan to be in NY?
I still have the close true friends that I had as a Dub, even though I am no longer in the "False".
I have also made new friends that have replaced most of the fair weather friends I used to have.
It's hard but I sometimes still miss the friends of my youth if only because of the memories we shared together.
the order of these don?t mean anything because they all suck.
some are recent ones i?ve seen, a few others i threw in there for old times sake.
1. the day after tommarow- ok, jake gylennhall is a cutie?
Hated Lost in Translation - what is the big deal about this movie. I just didn't get it.
Alos the Blair Witch 2 . Where are the stars of that movie now.
Also I really liked the Village. Reminded me of the Borg.
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i heard a very sad news item this morning on the way to work.. in upstate new york, a rabbi has been ordered to stop performing bris, using his mouth to suction the blood after 3 boys tested postive for herpes after receiving a bris from the same rabbi.. 2 of the boys a very sick and one has died.
apparently herpes can be deadly on the new ammune system of babies.. does anyone know anthing about this religious ritual - why would a rabbi use his mouth to suction blood from the baby?
Funky, thanks for finding the linkand posting. I'm not very compter literate o I didn't know how to do this.
As strange as this story may sound and hard for us to believe, think of the many people who can't believe that we as DUBs would have died or allowed our children to die for a religious belief.
This is part of the reasson why I have trouble believing in any organized religion. When does religious beliefs over ride common sense?
Since I grow up in Bklyn and lived near a Hasidic Jewish community, some how this story as disturbing as it is does not surprise me.
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i heard a very sad news item this morning on the way to work.. in upstate new york, a rabbi has been ordered to stop performing bris, using his mouth to suction the blood after 3 boys tested postive for herpes after receiving a bris from the same rabbi.. 2 of the boys a very sick and one has died.
apparently herpes can be deadly on the new ammune system of babies.. does anyone know anthing about this religious ritual - why would a rabbi use his mouth to suction blood from the baby?
I heard a very sad news item this morning on the way to work.
In upstate New York, a rabbi has been ordered to stop performing Bris, using his mouth to suction the blood after 3 boys tested postive for herpes after receiving a bris from the same Rabbi.
2 of the boys a very sick and one has died. Apparently Herpes can be deadly on the new ammune system of babies.
Does anyone know anthing about this religious ritual - why would a rabbi use his mouth to suction blood from the baby?
but you have to admit that some are nice caring people.
my wife missed the meeting to night due to flu and a sister who has far more health problems than us phoned to ask after her.
she even asked after me, brother 'long time no see'!
I agress Eyeslice.
Many witinesses are truly nice poeple.
I just wonder how many of them would visit their sick DF, or DA relative with a cup of soup.
do ugly people have a right to normal lives - relationships, marriage, families?.
about half of us must be below "average" attractiveness.
maybe xjws are on average more gorgeous than the general population.. what can you tell about a person by their facial beauty or lack of it?
To rephase a Forrest Gumpism:
Pretty is, as pretty does.
If you are good to others and have a good attitude about life, you are beautiful.
A shapely ass is icing on the cake.
are you able to tell if someone is a jw just by looking or listening to a person?
what are the give away signs that make you just know that they're a witness?
In the workplace it can be tricky especially if you work in a corporate environment. Usually I can tell the DUB's by their not participating in any of the office celebrations related to holidays or by their refusal to work any overtime because of "personal reasons". Also they tend to be extremely unflexible when it comes to taking vacation time (particularily for an assembly). They do not care about seniority or the work load of other staffers, all they care about is getting time off to attend their assembly.
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what about it...i know for me i got gifts throughout the year but i didnt get as many as my friends did on their birthdays etc....what about you...do you or did you replace b/days and christmas gifts or celebrations with anything else whilst being a jw and in particular anything as personal....
Yes. We had two gift days one near my birthday and one near Christmas.
Since I was an only child and my Dad was an unbeliever, I think both my parents tried to compensate for the alienation I received from relatives who were worldly.
i remember back in the lat 60's earlier 70's the international conventions.
i thought they were great and we always had dubs from around the world who would stay at our house for the assembly.. .
one of my best memories is about a group of young sisters from the mid wet who had never really known any black people who stayed at my house and stayed in our guest bedroom during the 7 day assembly .. .
No Bethel, not a joke.
I was only about 8 so I didn't know any better.
If I was older I just would have asked for a peek.
