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http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html.
if you think the pictures tell the story - read the story.
I had the unwanted experience of being bitten by a brown recluse spider in 2003 while visiting my daughter in Fort Myers, Florida. That little critter got me just above where the heel of my tennie shoe ended. One of the worst thing I ever experienced. Many years ago at Idelwild Park in New Jersey, I was stung by jellyfish and even though I suffered a lot with that.......the spider bite was the worst of anything I have had from mother nature.
HappyDad
while watching the network's coverage on the election, i kept noticing how the announcers kept talking about what impact the rush limbaugh show might have on the republican vote... they felt his show might sway the votes away from mccain... .
now, all you conservatives out there, isn't it one of the biggest embarassments you can ever have, to know that rush limbaugh can have an effect on how your party votes?
if i knew that people thinking like rush limbaugh were voting for my candidate, that would automatically make me vote the other way.. i mean honestly, how can you not be embarrased that your party holds a man such as rush limbaugh in high esteem?
The only time I liked Rush Limbaugh was back in the early 1970's when he was an oldied disc jockey at a local radio station....WMCK in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.........about 3 miles from my home. He was very popular back then and went by the name of Jeff Christy. See the following link. There are many links if you use the keyword Jeff Christy but I only posted this one.
http://pssht.com/biography/rush_limbaugh.html
He is making millions $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ more these days and I can't stomach to listen to his diatribe even though I'm mostly conservative.
Rush has no meaning or place in my life. He is like vomit after a binge.
HappyDad
i'm sure this has been posted before but i think many have changed their avi's.
my avi:.
the frog i have now has a gavel...i liked it because to me, it's giving the impression of being released from bondage (as in a prisoners case).
My Snoopy with the shades and leaning against the wall is my way of saying "So what! It won't matter in a month from now." Snoopy has always been the adventurer and not afraid to do new things.
HappyDad
I feel bad for someone who died from whatever cause..............but what is your point RR?
Are you that callous the you would want to connect this death with the JW's?
People die every day in various circumstances and just because this particular body is found behind a JW owned building....is that supposed to be an omen?
Nah..........you're just looking for attention........either for yourself or to point another whacko finger at the JW's. Get a life RR and do what you are good at................proclaiming Charles Taze Russell as the Laodicean Messenger and stop the BS posts.
You are very good in your element with the Bible Students. Please don't discredit yourself with assinine assumptions.
HappyDad
it appears that both political parties and economists are agreeing on the need for a tax rebate.
the white house has a proposal in mind, and the democrats seem to be in line.. so will this help head off a recession?
and will you "do your part" .
If I actually do get a rebate from GWB, then I will use it as a deposit on more Income Tax that I have to pay for 2007, Pa Income Tax that I owe for 2007, and my Local Income Tax that I will owe for 2007.
So what did/do I get?
A T-Man coming to my door and saying........."Hi......Ben Dover here......I want to help you".
HappyDad
i just heard this - anyone else?
i was curious as to the reason people were given for this.
and i can't help but think of those that will be trying to get a job in this economy, with few skills and probably no college education.
My guess is that eventually there will be some who come upon JWD and start posting here as disgruntled JW's or they will wind up being full blown "apostates" like the rest of us who have been set free.
I can't wait to hear some of the inside story. Maybe......just maybe......there will be someone......who is higher up will realize they've been hoodwinked for decades and write another expose of the WT.
HappyDad
it's almost impossible for anything someone does to be about anything except them...not necessarily bad, but true.
we can only truly see things from our point of view...period.. being broke is better when you are with friends.. there are real people here.
know that at all times.. sometimes you have to be there for someone when it isn't convenient...do it anyway.. frostbite hurts...bad.. pay attention at all times...this thing (life) moves really fast and a little screw up can turn into the mother of all clusterf*cks in a split second.. i don't know sh*t.. .
Thanks WLG.
This old coot still learns good things from all you young whippersnappers.
HappyDad
note: if you are cautious about being outted then be very careful what you post.. the biggest thing i learned was sign language.
after i left i had a few jobs interpreting.. public speaking - didn't help me at all - that could be because speaking to someone else on the platform doesn't gives women an opportunity to address the audience.
i took a intro course in public speaking that was far better than 22 years of the ministry school.. i'm thinking .
In the mid 1980's when the steel mills here in Western PA were shutting down I got interested in sales work but wasn't sure if I could do it. An older brother who I was real close to told me that I would be very successful at sales. He said........"after all, going door to door presenting literature is just like selling". And I was pretty good at sales until I quit when a job in industry came my way.
Then too.......I always applied the scripture that said "a worker is worthy of his wage" and "giving a days work for a days wage". My good work ethic helped me get jobs when the going got rough.
HappyDad
i went to my 2nd aa meeting last night and came away with doubts as to whether this would work for me, so would value peoples opinion especially those who attend aa.. there were one or two there that were quite evangelical, which obviously works for them.
also within the program there is alot of emphasis on god or a higher power.
for many this higher power is the group itself, yet for some it is god.. i spoke to someone sitting by me about this who said that to make sobriety sometimes you have to fake it and go along with the god thing.. at the end of meetings there is a short prayer which i do not want to take part in.
I started attending AA meetings in 1989 and am still going even though it is sporadic these days. At first it bothered me about the higher power, the Serenity Prayer and the Our Father at the end of the meeting. You have to remember, I was a JW elder when I started attending and we didn't believe the same as those "religious crazies"....remember!
But it worked for me and I have some really great friends in AA. The praying doesn't bother me at all now because I am still a believer but now I call myself a Christian. But lets get away from the Christian aspect and talk!
One thing that bothers me about....not AA itself...but a lot of people in AA who make it as bad as a cult......saying if you don't attend all the meetings, you will fail. NOT TRUE! As I said, I only go to a meeting now and then these days, but a lot of my friends still go to a lot of meetings.
Now if you want to look into something other than AA, I would suggest Rational Recovery. It works too! Nothing at all said about God or a higher power. It is a great alternative for a lot of people.
I have their book and it is great.
Good luck on you road to sobriety.
HappyDad
youtube - former jehovah's witnesses proclaim: i'm not who i was!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbwwe0nn1i.
i didn't see where anyone had posted this.
That was just awesome and I love the song. I recognize some of the people in the video.
Wish I would have gone this past October.
HappyDad
